Early the next morning, the students at Hogwarts discovered that there were several outsiders in the school, and there was one person among the outsiders that most of them were familiar with.
This person is Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic who just took office last year.
Such a "big man" suddenly appeared in Hogwarts, which naturally aroused discussion among many students.
However, what they didn't know was that the "big man" in their eyes behaved quite "humblely" in Dumbledore's office.
"Albus, I can agree to all the conditions you mentioned, but you have to help me convince Mr. Capet not to pursue this matter further. It's best not to publicize this matter too much. You know, this After all, it is about the reputation of the British wizarding community!" Fudge sat opposite Dumbledore and pleaded softly.
Fudge couldn't help but be humble.
After all, it is a great coincidence that he can sit in this position.
Because originally the most vocal people for this position were Barty Crouch and Dumbledore, the former Directors of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
It's just that the former's son, Barty Crouch Jr., who later pretended to be Mad-Eye Moody as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, was also a Death Eater, so Barty Crouch's reputation plummeted. He completely lost the possibility of serving as the Minister of Magic, and even had to leave his position as the powerful Director of the Magical Law Enforcement Department. He could only serve as the relatively low-power Director of the International Magical Cooperation Department - that is, in the wizarding world diplomat.
Dumbledore himself refused to serve as Minister of Magic.
Finally, the opportunity fell to Fudge.
Naturally, this unexpected status cannot be very secure.
Therefore, in the early days of his tenure, Fudge acts very respectfully and cautiously. He will consult Dumbledore, a being who has a special status in the magical world, on many matters. He does not seek merit but seeks no fault - of course, whether it is him or Dumbledore knew very well that this "humbleness" was only temporary.
As long as Fudge stabilizes his position, Dumbledore's existence will only be a thorn in his side.
Starting from the third part of the original work, Fudge's performance has already said this.
But that's for later.
Now Fudge can only beg Dumbledore.
Now that Hogwarts has just started school, an illegal Animagus has sneaked into the school with the intention of assassinating the church knight leader who came to exchange and cooperate.
This is undoubtedly a major diplomatic incident.
In particular, Rufus Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office who came with him, had confirmed through the Legilimency Curse that Pettigrew had indeed assassinated John in order to provoke a dispute between the British Ministry of Magic and the Church, thereby facilitating death eating. The idea of a resurgence of gangsterism—why did this memory arise? Naturally, it was because John had already tampered with Pettigrew's memory before Snape's torture.
Shadow Priest's skill, mental control.
Just like the confession skill used before, this skill cannot be as powerful in the real world as it is in the game. To a large extent, it is equivalent to the soul-stealing curse in this world. As long as the personal will is strong enough, it is Can resist.
However, what makes mental control more powerful than the Imperius Curse is that it can not only control the actions of the person being casted, but also change the memory of the person being casted to a certain extent!
In addition, the process of mind control is quite secretive, and there is no such big movement as ordinary shadow skills.
Obviously, Pettigrew's will was not strong enough to resist, especially when he was still under the control of the confession skill.
So John succeeded easily.
Snape actually discovered this memory during his interrogation.
But for him, this memory is obviously not as important as Pettigrew betraying Lily.
What's more, John was very particular about implanting this memory, which only showed that Pettigrew had this idea, but had not implemented it yet - in this way, combined with Pettigrew's previous action trajectory, it becomes more credible.
But for John, having this intention was enough.
Under this situation, Fudge wanted to settle the matter, and John's attitude as the person involved was undoubtedly the most important.
It's just that the people at the Ministry of Magic didn't have a close relationship with John, so Fudge could only ask Dumbledore to be the middleman.
"Cornelly, what you said is wrong. These are not my conditions, but what you should have done!" Dumbledore frowned and said.
"Yes, yes, this is all what I should do. I will make arrangements when I return to the Ministry of Magic. So, can you help me with this?" Fudge said helplessly.
"Actually, I have talked with Professor Capet before you came here. He will not publicize this matter, but he also has some conditions." Dumbledore pretended to hesitate and said. a condition.
The conditions the two said were actually nothing else, but about dealing with Pettigrew and restoring Sirius's innocence.
Yesterday, when I learned about the cause of Lily's death, Snape actually had the intention to kill Pettigrew.
But neither John nor Dumbledore would allow Snape to do this.
Dumbledore was naturally thinking of Sirius - at that time, he actually didn't believe that Sirius would betray the Potter family, but he had no evidence, so he could only watch the other party being imprisoned in Azkaban.
Now that there is evidence, he naturally has to find a way to rescue his former student.
This is what Fudge calls Dumbledore's condition.
As for what Dumbledore said about the conditions proposed by John, it was not just this.
Although John also had the purpose of releasing Sirius, for him, this purpose was not the main purpose.
His real purpose is actually to use this matter to get himself some special treatment that is not in line with the laws of the British magical world.
For example, improving his security level - for example, allowing him to raise some dangerous magical animals without threatening the safety of students while at Hogwarts, hiring some personnel as his personal security, etc. some type of.
This kind of thing requires more than just Dumbledore, the principal, agreeing... Just like Hagrid raising a dragon in the school. Once it is discovered, not only Hagrid himself will suffer, but the Ministry of Magic or Fudge will have every reason to use this excuse to intervene. Hogwarts affairs.
Although John is a diplomat, he must abide by the regulations of the British Ministry of Magic in this regard and will not receive too much special treatment.
But now that he had been assassinated by Pettigrew as a reason, he could justifiably demand this treatment. Otherwise, if this matter got bigger, he would definitely not be the "victim" who suffered.
As for the condition proposed by John, Dumbledore agreed without even thinking about it.
Because raising illegal magical animals in schools is not just something John wants to do, Hagrid often does - Dumbledore himself also does it.
Does anyone really think that it is legal to keep a three-headed dog in school?
So John's request, which seemed to seriously challenge the authority of the British Ministry of Magic and the school rules of Hogwarts, was also in the interests of Dumbledore and Hagrid, whom he trusted - in this case, why did he refuse?
