r18novel Chapter 120 The Problem
Chapter 120 The Problem
Chapter 120 The Problem
In the Ministry of Magic's Great Hall, everyone was in high spirits as the Merlin Medal awarding ceremony concluded in a harmonious atmosphere.
Dumbledore, Flitwick, and Lane declined all invitations and rushed back to Hogwarts.
Everyone could tell they were in a hurry; they even bumped into a wizard who was talking to his friends and walking backwards at a corner.
While this wizard had only himself to blame, it seems unreasonable to apply this incident to wizards like Dumbledore and Flitwick.
It can only be assumed that they were distracted and lowered their guard against their surroundings.
Everyone who thought about it was curious about what exactly happened at Hogwarts.
Meanwhile, at Hogwarts Castle, the post-disaster reconstruction work is in full swing.
It's called a reconstruction project, but it's really just a matter of painting the walls and maintaining the flowers and plants.
Because collisions between young wizards, and between puppets and living sculptures, generally do not cause any damage to the castle.
At most, Doro's sword could scratch the wall, but it wouldn't cause any real damage.
As a group that made outstanding contributions in this battle, the puppets were granted the right to graffiti in certain areas of Hogwarts, which was essentially to cover up the scratches caused by the Sword of Slaughter with cartoon graffiti.
The little puppets that used to gather in the Adventurers' Club have all come out, scattered throughout the castle, interacting and playing happily with different little wizards.
The adorable puppets also achieved results in the post-disaster reconstruction that exceeded the professors' expectations: the young wizards not only relaxed, but also, encouraged by the puppets, temporarily forgot what had happened and devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the game.
The corridor outside the school clinic.
"Believe me, Headmaster, our Minister Fudge will do everything he can to claim the credit for himself." Lane had heard that Dumbledore was going to announce Voldemort's capture, and he personally agreed with it. But the thought of what kind of ugly behavior a political creature living in power would do made him feel nauseous.
Because Fudge will always try to strengthen his influence, which is a common trait of all political beings, whether ordinary people or wizards.
Because political creatures live by power, they become abnormally excited when faced with the pursuit of power; when enraged, they are like the most venomous snakes spewing venom, hoping to instill fear in others to worship their power.
Political creatures will not miss any opportunity to strengthen their power and influence.
Most unfortunately, Fudge was also the most stubborn and self-deceiving of all political creatures.
"Connelly Fudge—ah—"
Dumbledore also felt a headache coming on when he thought of Fudge.
He knew very well that the Minister of Magic was a weak-willed person who liked to hide behind a blanket, deceive himself, and refuse to accept anything he could not accept.
Especially since everyone sees him as Minister of Magic only because his rivals have run into trouble and Dumbledore has given him this position, it seems all the more illegitimate and unjustified.
In the first two years of his tenure, Fudge hasn't done anything particularly noteworthy. But if this continues, he'll inevitably develop a sense of entitlement, believing himself to own everything in the British wizarding world, and thus begin to interfere with the true power holders among wizards.
All of this was originally something that would have happened a few years later.
No one can guarantee that Fudge will remain clear-headed in the face of such a significant victory as capturing Voldemort.
Even if we take a step back, Ryan and Dumbledore's concern wasn't that Fudge was out of his mind; their worry was that Fudge was so out of his mind that he might make the decision to order Oro to surround Hogwarts and forcibly take Voldemort away and imprison him in Azkaban.
At that point, the only option left for both sides was to fight each other.
For the vast majority of wizards, the wizarding world has been led by the leaders of groups for thousands of years, because the number of truly top-level legendary wizards is too small, and there are basically no records of legendary wizards leading the wizarding world.
Therefore, in the view of most wizards, even Dumbledore should not have defied the entire wizarding world, nor should he have defied the orders of the Ministry of Magic.
It must be said that the wizarding world is very democratic in this respect, more so than any other democracy in the world.
Regardless of whether it's because most ordinary wizards are too self-centered, thinking everyone is a wizard and therefore no one is particularly powerful, the results show that the wizarding world is very democratic.
This left Ryan and Dumbledore somewhat helpless. In any case, democracy is a good thing, and they cannot turn back the clock of history and turn the wizarding world into a place where everyone is the only one who matters.
"Should we give him a warning?" Ryan suggested. "Giving him a warning beforehand will only backfire and make him more convinced that he, as Minister for Magic, has the right to have supreme authority. What we're doing is challenging the authority of a minister." Dumbledore was both amused and exasperated.
Admittedly, Fudge's rise to power did have his tacit approval; two years ago, he still thought that a mild-mannered Minister of Magic would be a good thing for the wizarding world.
But why did everything change so quickly?
The sudden appearance of a top-tier alchemical artifact, and the elusive top-tier alchemist hidden behind it.
All of this seems to point to a prophecy he no longer wants to mention.
With all plans disrupted, Fudge's selection seemed to become somewhat of an obstacle.
However, it also takes into account the "ethics" and "freedom of blood" of the wizarding world.
The professors and principal can't just do nothing. They need to go to each wizard on the list and modify their memories and thinking.
This is clearly unrealistic and unreasonable.
What is the term of office for the Minister of Magic? Is there a mechanism for early impeachment?
Ryan believed that since reprimanding would backfire, they could simply replace him with a Minister of Magic who had a brain and could communicate.
"It's very difficult, unless you find some fundamental flaw," Dumbledore dismissed Lane's idea.
In his original plan, if Voldemort returned and Fudge was willing to acknowledge him, then everyone would be happy.
If Fudge refuses to believe and launches a severe attack, the result will prove him terribly wrong, leading to his humiliating resignation.
This idea had already been conceived before Fudge became Minister for Magic, at a time when Dumbledore still believed his idea was flawless and brilliant.
Now all he wants to do is use the time converter to go back in time and slap his past self across the face twice.
"If there are no difficulties, we'll create them! There are no easy paths in the world, as long as you're willing to use your brain!" Ryan said seriously, putting his quick thinking to figure out what kind of trap to dig for the Minister of Magic.