Harry Potter’s Defense Professor - Chapter 439
“Daily Prophet”: The Ministry of Magic wiped out two Dark Lords in the middle of the night, and all the Death Eaters on the run were arrested.
The shadow of war has completely dissipated from the sky above the British wizarding world, the Ministry of Magic has lifted martial law, and all registered wizards will again be able to freely enter and leave all areas except the Department of Mysteries and the Office of the Minister.
Grindelwald was “dead”, Dewadi Traeger took Lockhart’s house allowance, removed the magic mark on himself, and disappeared from his sight; After the energy in the Philosopher’s Stone was almost exhausted, the curse of the unicorn blood left by the ancestors was completely eliminated; after the Black Thorns changed their name to “Thorn Tree”, they became a potions distribution organization managed by the Ministry of Magic; The wizards who have contributed to the battle, Lockhart has applied for the Merlin Medal for them…
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Although he suffered some internal injuries, the White Devil still tried his best to appease his angry wife because he felt that he was hiding everything, and insisted on going to work at the Ministry of Magic in the morning as usual.
“Interrogating prisoners”, planning and arranging the next work direction of the Ministry of Magic – correcting the course of the British wizarding ship in the morning, and returning home in the afternoon to recuperate.
Scrimgeour, as the only wizard to fight with wounds, miraculously survived last night’s battle unscathed, and has returned to work at the Ministry of Magic as Deputy Minister of Magic.
“You looked terrible after taking down Voldemort last night, how is it now?”
“I can’t die, but I’m going home to recover later. You can watch Wizengamoor’s trial of the newly caught Death Eaters.” Lockhart took out a piece of paper: “Make sure to guarantee this Everyone on the list has been sentenced to more than six months.”
Scrimgeour hesitated for a moment, but still reached out to take the list: “Are you determined to kill them?”
“Yes, in two days I will order the reopening of Azkaban.” Lockhart nodded firmly: “Then let the surrendered Dementors guard the prisoners.”
“It’s going to cause a lot of controversy-“
“Yes, what you have to do is to expand this controversy. And I will force this ‘unreasonable’ and ‘inhumane’ policy regardless of advice.”
Scrimgeour had regained his former spirit, and he stared at Lockhart for a few seconds with sharp eyes. Understand what the other party is thinking: “Okay, I will publicly oppose and criticize this policy.”
“Let’s just pretend to have a falling out, two senior leaders with opposing views…” Lockhart felt a little empty and leaned back in his chair. A new idea came up. “This will make a lot of things easier to handle. It’s the old rules. I’ll come with the black face, and you will come with the white face.”
Scrimgeour smiled. “Bad tricks.”
Lockhart shrugged. “But always practical.”
“What are you going to do after leaving office?”
“Go back to Hogwarts to be a professor, easy and comfortable.”
“And by the way, to harm the little witch?” Scrimgeour snorted disdainfully.
Lockhart was a little speechless: “Can you stop talking in the same tone as Arthur’s wife? I’m also the one who has been recognized as the best defense professor in fifty years, okay-“
“That’s because you’re the only one who dares to continue working on a professorship…”
The door to the minister’s office was opened. Percy probed in. “Mr. Minister.”
“No fans! Especially young witches!” said Lockhart, frowning.
“No, it’s Headmaster Snape here.”
“You can just put people from the Order of the Phoenix in, you don’t need to stop…”
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Outside the door, Snape pushed Percy away unceremoniously and walked in with a blank face.
“What’s the matter, Severus?” The two Ministers of Magic looked at the visitor together.
Snape sat down in the other chair beside Scrimgeour. “How’s your injury? I heard you gave away the Philosopher’s Stone, and I have another—”
Lockhart waved his hand: “No need, now I’m not in a hurry to restore full combat power, I will recover after a month or two.”
“Headmaster Snape, when did you become Gilderoy’s family doctor?” Scrimgeour asked curiously, turning his head to look at him.
Snape ignored Scrimgeour’s teasing. Instead, he continued to look cold: “There is one more thing, I am going to resign as the headmaster of Hogwarts and join the Auror.”
“Huh?” Lockhart looked at him in surprise: “What’s the matter.”
“Severus, you are such a good wizard to join the Auror, of course I welcome you.” Scrimgeour said with a smile, then looked at Lockhart: “But who will take this seat, Hogwart Although the Headmaster of Z is not as powerful as the Minister of Magic, he is also a very important role in the context of the new wizarding law that all wizards must be admitted.”
“I can’t think of anyone for this position.” Lockhart thought about it in his head. “Have you asked Professor Flitwick, or Professor Slughorn?”
“None of them would.”
“Why are you in such a hurry to be an Auror. Voldemort is dead.”
“The last Horcrux hasn’t been found yet—”
“I see, you must say again, you can’t ‘start a new life’ without killing him completely!” Lockhart interjected impatiently: “But Voldemort is no different from being dead. People will go to resurrect him again!”
“That’s what you think.”
Scrimgeour interrupted the brief quarrel between the two: “Didn’t Gilderoy just say that he would return to Hogwarts to be a professor after leaving office, and he would just be the headmaster.”
“Please, according to the plan, I will resign by taking the blame, be kicked out of the position of Minister of Magic, and run over to be the headmaster?”
“Manipulate public opinion a little bit. Wouldn’t it be enough to make you an image whose merits outweigh your demerits?”
Lockhart thought about it, and it didn’t hurt anyway: “Okay, then, Severus, can you hold on for another half a year?”
“Half a year, I’ll just give it a shot.” Snape reluctantly agreed.
“Professor McGonagall is dead…” Lockhart said regretfully: “Otherwise she is a suitable candidate for the principal. Dumbledore almost ignored the school in the past few years~www.mtlnovel.com~ and gave her almost all the trivial matters. “
“People can’t be resurrected from the dead, so I’ll go back to work first,” Scrimgeour put away a pile of documents and stood up: “Go home and recuperate, I’m here.”
“Well, oh yes, one more thing, Rufus – Hermione is going to Australia to find her parents who have been cast on the oblivion spell, and you will get me a reliable Auror to protect her.” Lockhart thought. After thinking about it, he added: “I want a female Auror.”
“Understood, I asked Anna to take her there.”
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While still serving as Minister for Magic, Lockhart had in fact put all the burden on Scrimgeour. Anyway, the wizarding world has been completely calmed down, and what the latter needs to do is to deal with some less serious wizard crimes. Under the victory of the Ministry of Magic’s complete extermination of the Death Eaters and the strongest dark wizard, everything really went smoothly.
Lockhart can finally start enjoying life, but just as he’s making headlines again for defeating the Dark Lord, he’s on the cover of The Quibbler for seducing girls while he’s a professor!
Hermione and Pandora were indeed once his students. If he just talked about the two girls, Lockhart would recognize it, but the article actually imitated Rita Skeeter’s routine and wrote himself as if he was the same as everyone else. All the girls had **** and then dumped them, even Ginny was coaxed by him to fall in love with him…
There are also some well-founded dry goods in the article. This must be known only by the people around you. Who is having trouble with you?
Lockhart was a little annoyed, but Mr. Lovegood, the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, had helped the Order of the Phoenix in the war.
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【Recommended ticket】
——(To be continued.)
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