Chapter 279 277 Taking advantage of the opportunity

You must know that no matter how powerful the Ministry of Magic is and wants to intervene, as long as the principal recognized by Hogwarts Castle is still Dumbledore, they will not be able to completely intervene in this thousand-year-old school.

Therefore, as long as Dumbledore learns about this matter, they can take corresponding measures.

"Don't worry, Feeney, I already know about this..."

Dumbledore looked very tired and his voice was a little hoarse, as if he hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

Feeney noticed something was wrong with Dumbledore and frowned.

"What happened, Professor?"

Dumbledore shook his head,

"It's nothing, Feeney, you should go back and rest,"

Feeney said again,

"Professor, you know me. If I want to know something, there are many ways, so just tell me."

Dumbledore sighed and said,

"It's Trelawney's business,"

Feeney reacted immediately,

"The results of Umbridge's review are out?"

"Yes, the probation was announced directly by the Ministry of Magic, and there was no chance for me to intervene."

When Feeney heard this, he was also stunned for a moment. He guessed that the Ministry of Magic would use Professor Trelawney, the weakest Divination professor at Hogwarts, as an opportunity to intervene in Hogwarts and as an opportunity for them to interfere with Dumbledore.

However, by directly announcing their decision without going through Dumbledore, this was no longer an attempt to interfere with Hogwarts, but an attempt to exclude Dumbledore.

However, this obviously will not make Dumbledore so tired, and Trelawney should not be retained for observation. The entire wizarding world knows that the divination class at Hogwarts is actually just a screening for young wizards. , looking for wizards who truly have the gift of prophecy, which is the so-called third eye. Therefore, even if Trelawney has no achievements in divination, no one will replace her because there are too few wizards who master divination. It's half-assed like Trelawney.

"Professor, there are other things to do. If it were just this one, Professor you wouldn't be like this."

Dumbledore hesitated for a moment and then said,

"Because of Trelawney, my interference prevented the Ministry of Magic from publishing all their decisions,"

He paused and continued,

"They think that Hagrid's bloodline is problematic, full of violence, and not suitable for teaching young wizards. The same goes for Sirius. They think that Sirius is originally a playboy. After spending ten years in Azkaban, There must be some hidden mental dangers, and he is not suitable to be a professor,"

Feeney was confused again;

"Professor, there is a problem here. The Ministry of Magic needs to consider the attitude of the school directors and pure-blood families when it wants to intervene in Hogwarts. Why is Sirius the heir of the Black family? This judgment of the Ministry of Magic is completely contemptuous of Black. , Even Rich and the others wouldn’t do this, it’s too embarrassing,”

"So, there is only one possibility for the Ministry of Magic to do this, and that is that they urgently need to be loyal to Professor your power to leave Hogwarts. This makes me have to wonder whether the Ministry of Magic is still on our side, or is neutral. They may have been incited to rebel, or even if not, they must have been controlled.”

Dumbledore nodded,

"I thought so too, so I have been investigating this matter these past few days, and I did find out some people who had taken refuge in Tom. However, they were unable to interfere with the Ministry of Magic's decision, and Fudge has no problem,"

Feeney was stunned.

"So this is really Fudge's order. Is he crazy? Or is he just a fool from the beginning?"

Dumbledore sighed and said,

"Maybe I made a mistake,"

You know, Fudge was able to become Minister of Magic largely because he had the support of Dumbledore.

"Although Connelly was a bit snobbish before, he was not so obsessed with power..."

Dumbledore was a little absent-minded, perhaps a little disappointed. You know, Fudge was once his student.

Feeney continued to ask,

"Professor, it's not just these things, right? If it's just these things, people from the Order of the Phoenix can do them, so you won't be so tired."

Dumbledore nodded and said,

"Two other things happened in the magic world, but they were suppressed."

Feeney was stunned and asked,

"What?"

"Azkaban was attacked, led by Bellatrix Lestrange and his wife. Almost all the Death Eaters escaped. At the same time, the dementors on the island also disappeared."

Finny frowned.

"Did it still happen?"

Dumbledore nodded,

"Yeah, it still happened,"

"Dementors themselves are creatures that came to this world accidentally. They have no so-called loyalty. As long as they are provided with enough food, they will gain their effectiveness."

Feeney said with emotion,

"We have had similar concerns before. I don't know, Professor, whether you have mentioned this to the Ministry of Magic. However, it is obvious that Fudge and the others have never paid attention to the issue of Dementors and Azkaban."

Dumbledore continued,

"Another thing has something to do with Feeney. The vampires and werewolves have all taken refuge in Tom,"

Feeney was stunned.

"I understand the werewolf clan. After all, the so-called Wolf King Fenrir Graybert was an ally of the mysterious man more than ten years ago, but the vampire clan? Didn't Professor Jonathan intervene?"

Dumbledore sighed,

"Jonathan has not been seen since he disappeared last time. There are rumors in the vampire family that he has passed away. It is said that he left his blood with you before he disappeared? Because of your behavior towards the reformists, the vampires did not dare to find you easily. But it also makes conservatives reject you.”

Hearing this, Feeney smiled bitterly and said,

"So, it was me who pushed the vampire clan into the mysterious man's camp?"

He really didn't know what to say. Those reformists and today's conservatives are completely hostile. When he was able to attack the reformists, he naturally had the help of conservatives. Otherwise, how could his people Maybe he found the base of the reformists so easily and quickly, but now he is blaming him.

"In this case, Professor, we also need to find allies,"

Dumbledore nodded,

"Giants are what we must fight for. I have already planned to ask Hagrid to find the giant clan. His mother is now among the giant clan and may be able to help win over them."

Feeney nodded in agreement with the decision.

"It's best to do it as soon as possible. Hagrid's character makes him defenseless in front of Umbridge. If it takes a long time, I'm afraid he will be calculated by Umbridge to use it as a weakness against you, Professor. It's better to let him leave Hogg." Watts, go and do this, and while completing the task, you can also let him see his mother. "

Having said this, Feeney paused and asked,

"Professor, you said before that Sirius was also considered unsuitable for educating young wizards, right? So who did the Ministry of Magic recommend? Umbridge?"

Dumbledore nodded solemnly,

Feeney said with emotion,

"It seems that the Ministry of Magic hopes to control the entire magical world."

Dumbledore was also stunned, and after thinking for a moment, he understood what Feeney meant.

The biggest obstacle to the Ministry of Magic's control over the magical world is the Presbyterian Council and pure-blood families. The Presbyterian Council is generally secluded from the world. Although it is difficult to fight against it, it has little influence. Therefore, the main target of the Ministry of Magic is actually the pure-blood families.

After many years of marriage between pure bloods, they actually have more or less blood relationships with each other. This has also led to the fact that most pure blood families have relatively few offspring. Generally, a family only has one child, and a family has at most There are just a few descendants. In total, there are only five or six underage wizards at most. Of course, except for those like Weasley who live in a litter for a lifetime, they are very rare in the entire magical world, or rather , are not common in the Muggle world.

It is obviously impossible to target adult wizards or directly target families.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic's approach is to target their heirs, the young wizards.

For a family to have enough influence on the magic world, apart from money, it also has power.

Although in addition to the Defense Against the Dark Arts course, there are also two courses, Charms and Transfiguration, that teach magic.

But what is really suitable for fighting is what is taught in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. There are wizards who like to use transformation or common spells to fight, but they are all geniuses in this area. For example, Dumbledore is very good at transformation. , Professor Flitwick is very good at common spells,

Most people still have to rely on the combat magic taught in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course. If this course is controlled by the Ministry of Magic, then it will be possible to teach young wizards any magic, or even no magic at all.

Dumbledore sighed and said,

"Even so, there is no way. The Ministry of Magic will not give up. Sirius's identity allows him to continue in this position. However, the existence of the unknown curse also allows him to only work for one year at most. In a year, we won't have family wizards like Sirius as professors, and it is inevitable that the Ministry of Magic will succeed,"

Feeney nodded, shook his head again, and said with a smile,

"Since it's unavoidable and they like this location so much, just give it to them."

Dumbledore was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Finny in confusion.

Feeney smiled and explained,

"We all know that this position can only be held for one year. Sirius will not be able to do it next year. This is the case for him, and the same is true for Umbridge,"

Dumbledore blinked dully. He had no idea what was going on in Finny's brain circuit. He would kill you with what you want?

Feeney continued,

"And now that school is only a week away, Sirius's resignation is unlucky at best. He can teach the young wizards again next year. Even if Umbridge survives, she won't have the energy to come to Hogwarts next year. Of course, Yes, there is a second reason.”

Feeney paused.

"Sirius no longer teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts. He can work for the Order of the Phoenix outside of Hogwarts and investigate the situation of mysterious people. Indeed, if Umbridge becomes the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor , according to the idea of ​​the Ministry of Magic, we don’t want to give combat magic to young wizards, but we can teach it. Although Harry is not very powerful now, he is relatively good at combat magic in the Defense Against the Dark Arts course. Teach those young wizards A wizard is more suitable,"

"Professor, even the savior is not a lone hero. He needs the help of friends and partners. I think you know this very well. That's why you train Ron and Neville. In this case, why not play bigger and let them While Harry is cultivating his own team and teaching young wizards who are willing to learn combat magic, he is also making friends with them,"

After Dumbledore thought for a while, he nodded and said,

"What you said makes some sense. I will talk to Sirius later. Moreover, if this is really necessary, it is better to announce Tom's return. Although I will be targeted by the magic world, at that time I am willing to The little wizards who learn magic from Harry will believe in us and be willing to fight Tom,"

Feeney nodded in agreement. He is still smarter. He just said this, and Dumbledore perfected the idea.

"That's it, Professor?"

Dumbledore nodded,

"I will talk to Sirius. By the way, you came to me because of the communication channel problem. I understand. Although there is no way to stop the Ministry of Magic from interfering, the Order of the Phoenix will use the guardian God and Fox.”

Feeney nodded. The message transmitted by the Patronus is an application of the Patronus Charm improved by Dumbledore. Although the content of the message cannot be too complicated, it can even be said that it needs to be very simple, but it is very useful. When compared, it can also serve as a Owls are used to mail items, not to mention Fox. As one of the phoenixes, it can teleport directly. It is better whether it is delivering messages or items, but it is a bit wronged by Fox.

Feeney nodded and said,

"I have also asked Black's people to be stationed at the Pig's Head Bar. If the Order of the Phoenix has urgent news, you can tell me through this channel. It may be faster than your communication channel. Sirius, the Black stronghold in the UK, is very aware of it. Looking back He will tell the members of the Order."

Dumbledore nodded, glanced at the time, smiled at Finny and said, ‘

"You should go get some rest. Mr. Filch will start patrolling later in the evening,"

Feeney nodded,

"I understand, Professor, you also need to take a good rest. You look really ugly right now."

After saying that, he turned around and left the principal's office.

In fact, Feeney had planned to tell the Order of the Phoenix about the Black family's stronghold. In the original book, the reason why the Order of the Phoenix had such difficulty fighting the mysterious man's Death Eaters was largely due to the fact that they didn't eat enough. Strongholds, on the issue of mutual messaging,