Chapter 1273 The Ministry of Magic’s Counterattack

Different from the regimes in the non-magical world, the school positioning of the magical society is quite special.

Due to the multiple restrictions of region, language, and wizard population, most magic schools have a detached status.

And Hogwarts is even more so. During Dumbledore’s time as headmaster, Hogwarts became the top wizarding school in the world.

Most of the previous British Ministry of Magic’s regime changes and implementation of decrees required Dumbledore’s opinion “politely”.

This is not only because the other party is the strongest wizard of the time, at least half of the reasons come from the identity of the headmaster of Hogwarts.

Today, the British Ministry of Magic, from ministers to new recruits, is without exception Dumbledore’s students.

And with the sudden departure of Dumbledore, a “new era” came to the Ministry of Magic at the same time.

“Post-Dumbledore” – as Cornelius Fudge calls this new era.

“There is no doubt that Hogwarts can’t be without a Headmaster for long.”

Ministry of Magic, Office of the Minister.

Cornelius Fudge put his hands on the table and looked around, with a hint of uncontrollable excitement in his tone.

“I propose the passage of Education Order Twenty-seventh: when the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts is ‘factually’ vacant, the Ministry of Magic will temporarily appoint an Instructing Headmaster.”

“During the temporary absence of Professor Dumbledore, the temporary headmaster will coordinate with the work of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.”

Connelly felt his hands sweating, and he never imagined that the Ministry of Magic would have a chance at Hogwarts during his tenure.

“I don’t know what everyone thinks, if there is no problem-”

“Well, Minister Fudge, on this point .

At this moment, Amelia Burns, director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, coughed lightly.

She took a brief letter from her bosom and handed it to Fudge.

“Dumbledore left a message before he left, hoping that the vice-principal Professor Minerva McGonagall would be temporarily in charge of Hogwarts affairs…”

“Oh, thanks for the reminder, Amelia—in fact, I got this note too.”

Cornelius Fudge raised his hand to take the envelope, opened it, glanced at it quickly, and put it on the table with disapproval.

“Of course, in the absence of Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall as the ‘Vice Headmaster’ is naturally the current coordinator of Hogwarts.”

“But that’s only for emergencies, we’re talking about a relatively long time frame – obviously we’ve got a special situation:”

“The official principal has not yet retired, so the ‘deputy principal’ is still the ‘deputy principal’. We cannot directly regard her as the official principal, and Professor McGonagall now has quite a few teaching tasks and research projects. Although I don’t really want to do that. Yes, but as Minister for Magic I have to raise some questions about Professor McGonagall’s energy and time…”

Connelly deliberately accentuated the word “Vice-Principal”, and nodded slightly towards Umbridge not far away.

“Cough-cough-”

The next moment, Umbridge’s contrived cough rang out in the office.

She emerged from the shadows with a smirk on her fat, pale face.

“Oops, dear Chief Burns, you probably haven’t seen my Hogwarts Staff Inquiry report.”

Umbridge opened his satchel, took out a flat hardboard clipboard, and quickly flipped it a few times.

“Minerva McGonagall, a former member of the Division of Magical Law Enforcement, had an unusual relationship with her boss Elfstone Uquilt during her tenure.”

“And after investigation and evidence collection, she had received an extraordinary promotion opportunity, but at Dumbledore’s invitation, she chose to leave the Ministry of Magic and go to Hogwarts.”

“Minerva McGonagall received extraordinary support from Dumbledore during her time at Hogwarts, including taking over as Head of Gryffindor and Professor of Transfiguration, and even her Deputy Headmaster was held by Dumbledore. What Lido recommended, I have reasonable reasons to question, how much Ms. McGonagall has in this series of promotions comes from her own actual ability.”

Umbridge coughed lightly, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious, as if a large toad had seen a fly.

“As the investigation progressed, I was surprised to find that Ms. McGonagall seemed to have more identities—”

“First of all, she is a core member of Dumbledore’s secret army, the Order of the Phoenix.”

“Other than that, her husband died unexpectedly after three years of marriage – a bite from a poisonous tentacle, but oddly it was Elfstone Uquilt.”

“Sorry, Umbridge… ma’am. I have to interrupt you.”

Amelia Burns raised her eyebrows high, displeasure flashing behind her monocle.

“With all due respect, I really don’t see how what you said has anything to do with it. If you want to imply that Professor McGonagall is involved in ‘murder’, you may as well say so.”

“I must remind you, however, that this is a very serious and high-profile charge, especially as it involves the personal reputations of several well-known wizards.”

“Oh – of course, of course, I’m not accusing and implying anyone…”

Umbridge’s unsightly swollen eyes rolled, revealing a formulaic smirk, and said sweetly.

“I mean, Minerva McGonagall still has a lot of doubts for the time being, for example, about Peter Pettigrew—”

“Oh, Peter Pettigrew? What’s the matter?!”

“He’s an unregistered Animagus, right?”

Umbridge flipped through his book, eyes gleaming with evil pleasure.

“I checked the records. Peter Pettigrew’s Transfiguration professor happens to be Minerva McGonagall.”

“The Animagus masters known in the contemporary magic world, from the perspective of basic magic knowledge, it is extremely difficult to learn Animagus deformation alone.”

“Even McGonagall completed the transformation of Animagus with the assistance and guidance of Dumbledore. In fact, I have found some clues – the illegal Animagus who has been guided by her over the years has not been small. Peter Dwarf alone, if these charges stand, Minerva McGonagall will face full charges from the Ministry of Magic, should that be the case, Director Burns?

“After all, this is quite a serious illegal act… Or, Director Burns, are you willing to vouch for her with your reputation?”

“I–”

Amelia Burns opened her mouth, but in the end said nothing, exhaling heavily.

“Okay, then if Professor McGonagall is in doubt, who can the Ministry of Magic find more suitable for coordinating and coordinating Hogwarts than her?”

She was silent for a moment, her eyes fell on Umbridge’s plump slack face, and she asked sarcastically.

“Don’t you want to recommend yourself? Your controversy seems to be not small now…”

“Why not–”

Umbridge waggled his fingers triumphantly, ready to pursue the victory.

However, before she could finish speaking, Cornelius Fudge suddenly spoke.

“You’re right, Amelia – Dolores is a senior advisor to the ‘Guiding Principal’.”

Connelly ignored Umbridge’s surprised eyes and continued to speak calmly.

“The ‘Directing Headmaster’ dispatched by the Ministry of Magic is someone else.”

“Someone else?!”

“Who?!”

“Rufus~www.readmtl.com~Mr. Rufus Scrimgeour.”

Connelly pulled out a newspaper from the desk and spread it out on the desk.

“This is the first edition of the Daily Prophet tomorrow, and the Ministry of Magic attack has to be explained to the public.”

“And the Auror’s office has lost a lot of information about the wizard’s residence. In this case, I don’t think he is suitable to continue to be the director.”

“I have communicated with Scrimgeour. During this time, he first went to Hogwarts Castle to preside over the work. As for the Auror office, Kings will take over temporarily.”

“In addition to this, Mr. Scrimgeour will also recruit some Aurors and officials to return to Hogwarts with Dolores.”

Cornelius Fudge nodded towards Umbridge, tapping his fingers on the newspaper.

“Hogwarts is a little weird right now, you guys just took the opportunity to investigate—”

“As for public opinion, I will help you deal with it one by one.”

“Oh, and… don’t mess with that Kaslana.”

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