Chapter 317: Survive and develop
Chapter 317: Survive and develop
"Shailene Malfoy, Special Order of Merlin, Order of Merlin Second Class, Youth Representative of the Medieval Wizarding Federation, British Youth Representative of the Wizengamot, Most Promising Newcomer Award in "Transfiguration Today", Top Three in 1994 The champion warrior of the competition..."
Xie Lin looked at his series of titles and showed a satisfied smile.
Judging from his current popularity among the young wizards at Hogwarts, the position of prefect next year and the position of male president of the student union should be a certainty. Even Dumbledore cannot disobey him. The aspirations of the people who are united together.
If this trend develops, I am afraid that before I graduate, the title hanging on my body will have surpassed Dumbledore.
Well, I also need to find an opportunity to upgrade the second-level medal of Sir Merlin to a first-level medal to satisfy my perverted obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Of course, Schelling collected these newspapers and read all the reports without omission, not to find these articles that praised him to the best of his ability to satisfy his own vanity. The real reason is that he knows that the great changes of the times are coming. So far, three great magisters have appeared, and Grindelwald's escape was not within his expectation——
How the coming troubled times will develop, he, who has always been full of options, is not completely sure.
Whether in the Muggle world or the wizarding world, the media has been the mouthpiece of those in power since ancient times.
Reading these newspapers is the fastest and most effective way to find out the thoughts of the Ministry of Magic in each country.
Coincidentally, no matter it is the British "Daily Prophet", the French "Silver Bat", the German "Silver Bat", or even the North American "New York Ghost", there is no mention of Voldemort's return or Grindelwald. A phrase for jailbreaking.
Let’s not mention what the Ministry of Magic in other countries is thinking. Let’s just take the closest one, the British Ministry of Magic.
Just like the development in the original work, Voldemort did not disclose the news of his resurrection and return. He chose to disappear and lurk in the dark.
Only in this way can he devote himself wholeheartedly to regrouping his army and making arrangements for his Horcruxes. This is actually what Schelling hopes. It can even be reasonably speculated that this is also a problem for Dumbledore. A good thing.
No one is ready.
Voldemort needs time, Sherrin and Dumbledore also need time, and the real confrontation has not yet begun.
But the most direct result of this situation is that Fudge is even more convinced that Dumbledore and Harry are talking nonsense.
This is why, during the award ceremony, none of what Dumbledore and Harry said was reported.
Harry and Dumbledore, one is the "Boy Who Lived" and the other is "the greatest wizard in the world today". They are both very topical public figures. In the words of the Muggle world, both of them are " Internet celebrities with their own traffic”, and they are top-notch.
It is almost certain that Fudge’s manipulation and suppression are indispensable behind the media’s collective silence.
On the contrary, in these newspapers, if you observe as carefully as Schelling did, unfavorable rumors about Harry have begun to appear in small text reports.
It had only been one night since the award ceremony. The efficiency of the Ministry of Magic in this regard was not bad, and it really shocked Xie Lin. What can be speculated is that the media will start with Harry, and then slowly branch out to unfavorable rumors about Dumbledore, and then about educational issues at Hogwarts... Then, hum, the Ministry of Magic can legitimately intervene. The management of Hogwarts.
Thinking of this, Xie Lin couldn't help but think of the terrifying image of a woman who looked like a pink toad.
Even someone as prestigious and wise as Dumbledore may not be able to reverse this situation. In fact, Dumbledore couldn't spare any extra energy to deal with the Ministry of Magic.
While Voldemort is quietly lurking, the Order of the Phoenix must regroup its strength and recruit new members.
Voldemort's power is very weak now, but Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix are not much better than him -
Members of the Order of the Phoenix of the previous generation died, were injured, and disappeared. To this day, only Dumbledore, Moody, Hagrid, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Sirius, Lupin, and Effie are still able to carry out their missions. Yas Dorje, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Stourge Podmore, Ms. Figg, Mundungus Fletcher, and Aberforth Dumbledore, 14 people in total.
Even so, Moody and Dorje are old and their combat power is not what it used to be; Ms. Figg is a squib and cannot participate in combat affairs; Sirius is a wanted criminal and cannot show up at will; Aberforth and Dumbledore There are complicated grudges and grudges, and they are generally not under the direct command of the Order of the Phoenix.
In this way, before Sirius can clear his grievances, there are actually only 11 people who can actually participate in the battle.
Fortunately, in the past four years after Harry entered school, Mr. Weasley recruited Kingsley Shacklebolt, Nymphadora Tonks, and Hestia Jones for the Order of the Phoenix in the Ministry of Magic, and then His two eldest sons, Bill and Charlie, also joined the Order of the Phoenix, which added some vitality to this stagnant organization.
Among the five new members, Kingsley is the most valuable. Not only does he have the strength of an elite Auror, but he is also stable and reliable. The most important thing is that he is a member of the Holy 28 pure-blood family and has his own background and connections. Let him have a say in many matters in the Ministry of Magic.
But such a valuable talent was obliterated under Schelling's arrangement last year.
This is nothing short of a major blow to the Order of the Phoenix.
To make matters worse, because of Percy's dereliction of duty in the International Cooperation Department and because of Schelling's push behind the scenes, Mr. Weasley was greatly implicated. Many families who were originally friendly with him, such as the Prewett family, the Longbottom family, The Diggory family also began to draw a clear line between them and stay away from them.
The consequence of this is that Mr. Weasley's voice and influence in the Ministry of Magic have been severely reduced, which has greatly affected his ability to continue to recruit new people for the Order of the Phoenix.
It can be said bluntly that the Order of the Phoenix has no chance of recruiting new people from the Ministry of Magic.
Apart from the stubborn Schelling, the most powerful force on the surface is undoubtedly Fudge and his Ministry of Magic, but they will not take any meaningful action. Fudge was unwilling to believe this, and instead listed Dumbledore as his biggest enemy at present, because he was worried that Dumbledore was doing all this just to seize his power.
Moreover, the situation of the Order of the Phoenix is worse than in the original work. In addition to having to deal with the smear and suppression of the Ministry of Magic, there is also the unstable factor of Grindelwald who successfully escaped from prison. You can imagine how Dumbledore must feel at this moment. Headache.
The situation is about to get stormy——
It can be said that the major forces now are struggling to develop, and it depends on who develops faster and better!
