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"What if Fudge is unwilling to be re-elected and really asks you to prove in the newspaper that the mysterious man has not been resurrected and that Professor Dumbledore is lying?" she asked. "
"Then I will be very embarrassed." Kyle spread his hands and said with a smile: "But the probability of this happening is too low. If Fudge really does this, I will look down on him."
"But if it really happened... wouldn't you just have to stand on the opposite side of Professor Dumbledore?"
Kangna said with some worry, "And with your participation, no one will believe that the mysterious man has been resurrected."
"And Professor Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, Professor Sprout...will they misunderstand you?"
"No, that won't happen." Kyle raised his head and glanced at the two warthogs with wings on the door. "If that time comes, I will have to use the Forgetting Curse again."
"Use the Forgetting Curse again?" Kangna asked in confusion, "Did you just use the Forgetting Curse?"
"Not just now, I used it once when I was detained by Umbridge." Kyle said, "The effect was pretty good..."
The two of them said as they walked through the school gate and walked along the grounds towards the castle.
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 622 Panic Dumbledore
Fudge's movements were much faster than expected.
The first is the change in the Daily Prophet.
In previous newspapers, almost every time you can see different people criticizing Dumbledore, and in the end firmly stating that the mysterious man cannot be resurrected, which is a complete lie.
But since Fudge left the Three Broomsticks, there has been no news about the mysterious man in the newspapers for a week.
Those who had been filled with righteous indignation seemed to disappear overnight, and the entire newspaper could be said to be harmonious... at least to other people.
"Kyle, can you explain what's going on?"
On the eighth floor, in the principal's office, Dumbledore, who had rarely come back from the outside, was sitting there with a sad expression, and there was an open newspaper on the table in front of him.
[Dumbledore intends to run for Minister of Magic. Is it a long-term plan or an impulse?]
"Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reported that the famous headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, has been in frequent contact with senior staff of the Ministry of Magic in the past few days. Sources say that he seems to be because of the current Minister Cornelius. Fudge was dissatisfied with his slander and intended to run for a new minister in order to restore his declining reputation and honor..."
The article was very long, and although it was not on the front page, it still took up an entire page.
It is all filled with revelations from some so-called insiders, as well as Dumbledore's recent itinerary, and there is even a big photo in the middle of the article.
In the photo, Dumbledore was chatting and laughing with Umbridge, and the two even shook hands.
"Senior Under-Secretary of Magic, Dolores Umbridge, took over the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts in mid-September.
"Some people said before that she took this job because she wanted to monitor Dumbledore's every move for Fudge, but now it seems that this is not the case.
"An insider revealed that the two were often seen chatting and laughing in the corridors at Hogwarts and were very close.
"We have reason to suspect that Deputy Minister Dolores Umbridge is actually a double agent. On the surface, she works for Fudge, but in fact, she has defected to Dumbledore..."
"Ha..." Kyle couldn't help laughing when he saw this, "This is really interesting. I dare say Umbridge will be mad when she sees this."
"I have no doubt of that." Dumbledore sighed.
Kyle looked at the newspaper, "By the way, Professor, when did Umbridge become one of our own?"
"Didn't you do this?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes staring at Kyle unblinkingly.
"Of course not." Kyle looked calm and blurted out: "If I were so capable and could make Umbridge stand on our side, I wouldn't have to wait until now."
"That's not what I'm talking about." Dumbledore said with a complex expression: "Professor Umbridge has always been a loyal follower of Cornelius, I have never doubted this."
He pointed to the photo above. “The fact that this photo was taken after Sirius was taken away, when she wanted to take up the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship, I welcomed.
"In addition, the location above is not in Hogwarts, but in the Ministry of Magic."
"That's it..." Kyle suddenly said: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. This Rita Skeeter just likes to write randomly."
"So, this article has nothing to do with you?" Dumbledore asked.
"Of course not." Kyle shook his head repeatedly, "As you just said, this photo was taken at the Ministry of Magic, and I have been staying at the school since Sirius was taken away. There is no way I could go to the Ministry of Magic. Let’s go take a photo.”
Dumbledore looked into Kyle's eyes, but didn't see anything strange in them.
"So, is there any way you can end this farce?" Dumbledore sighed: "The famous Rita Skeeter has written many articles about me, but this one has had the greatest impact on me.
"You probably don't know yet, but in just a few hours, I received so many letters."
Dumbledore turned sideways, revealing a thick pile of letters behind him, which was almost several feet high.
“This is only part of it…”
Before Dumbledore finished speaking, another owl flew in from the window and threw a letter on the table.
"You see." He continued: "Everyone seems to believe this article, thinking that I really want to be the Minister of Magic... and actively giving me advice, which is simply terrible.
"To be honest, I'm a little scared of seeing an owl now."
Dumbledore was afraid of owls?
Kyle couldn't help but think that if he said this sentence, he would probably write another front-page article.
"Professor, this may not be a bad thing." Kyle whispered: "Only if more and more people believe it, Fudge will not doubt it."
Dumbledore's expression changed, "This is different from what we agreed."
He clearly remembered that Kyle's original words at that time were just to create a false impression and make Fudge feel suspicious.
And he did the same, saying a word to Amelia Bones, saying hello to Barty Crouch...it was just a little more enthusiastic than normal etiquette, that's all.
Why did things suddenly become like this now?
Since this morning, people have been writing to ask if the news in the Daily Prophet is true, and some people have been eager to express their support for him in the letters. Several of them are from the Wizengamot. members, even...
Dumbledore glanced towards the table.
There was a special letter on it, sent by the French Ministry of Magic. The letter was written by the Director of the French Department of International Magical Cooperation.
Although this seemed to be just an ordinary greeting letter, he had never received a letter from the other party before, and he didn't even know the name of the director of the International Magical Cooperation Department.
How could Dumbledore not understand the meaning of a letter of greetings sent by a person with whom he had no acquaintance at this time?
Even the Ministry of Magic in other countries is supporting him. If this continues, Dumbledore feels that he will really be pushed to the position of minister.
This is not what he wants, he just wants to be an ordinary principal.
"Well... I can't help it." Kyle said, "It just depends on what Fudge does.
"If he wants to keep his position as minister, he will definitely find a way to stop you. Then we just have to do nothing and let him win."
"Really?" Dumbledore glanced at Kyle suspiciously.
His intuition told him that there was a trace of Kyle in this article, but he couldn't find any evidence...even if he wanted to use some special means.
He knew that Kyle had learned Occlumency, and his proficiency was quite high. Even Snape couldn't see through his thoughts at all...or he could, but it was certainly not true.
While being able to hide his true thoughts, he can also create illusions to confuse the enemy. This level of Occlumency is extremely difficult even for an adult wizard to achieve.
Thinking of this, Dumbledore sighed again... If he had known this would happen, he should not have agreed to Kyle to create any illusion in the first place.
Now I just hope Fudge can be more reliable.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 623 Fudge’s plan
Besides Dumbledore, there was another person who was also furious about this article.
Umbridge almost hated that Rita Skeeter. After seeing today's "Daily Prophet", she didn't even eat breakfast and rushed back to the Ministry of Magic.
The professors have all run away, so today’s Defense Against the Dark Arts course will naturally become inoperable.
However, according to Umbridge's teaching method, it doesn't seem to make any difference whether there is a professor or not. Anyway, it is all about reading and copying. Without the professor, it feels more free.
During the afternoon class, the classroom was noisy. Because there was no professor, everyone was as excited as if the Christmas vacation had come early.
What's even more gratifying is that there are no professors to fill in, which means they can do whatever they want except not leaving the classroom.
Mikel was playing wizard chess with Ryan, and several Gryffindor students even turned their textbooks into quaffles and threw them at each other.
Judging from their excitement, if it weren't for the fact that the classroom wasn't big enough to ride on broomsticks, they would probably have had a real Quidditch match.
Kyle sat in the bustling classroom, concentrating on his ancient runes homework.
This class is still the same as before, with one class per week and the same amount of homework.
Among the fifteen-inch articles, the simplest and most troublesome are the two translation assignments. They are both dispensable documentary documents, long and boring.
"Kyle, do you think Umbridge will be dismissed just like that?" Connor asked with some anticipation.
"It's unlikely." Kyle stopped the quill in his hand, sandwiched the translated documents in the textbook and said: "There are still big differences between the corridors of Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic. Fudge can't possibly see it. come out.
"Of course, he will definitely not be happy. For Fudge, even if he knows that this is a false thing, he will not care at all."
"What a shame," Connor muttered, not liking Umbridge at all.
In less than a month since Umbridge became Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, this course has surpassed History of Magic as the most unpopular course at Hogwarts.
After all, in the history of magic, they can catch up on sleep when they feel bored, or do homework on other subjects, as long as they don't make too much noise.
But in Defense Against the Dark Arts, they can only read the text over and over again and copy long paragraphs of nonsense, and they can't do anything else.
"Will Umbridge cause trouble for Rita Skeeter?" Connor continued.
"Definitely," Kyle said, "but only if she can find people.
"Rita has written so many articles that make people angry. If she hadn't had some skills, she would have been beaten to death long ago...So, it is not so easy for Umbridge to catch her."
"That's good." Connor said.
Soon, get out of class is over.
Everyone just felt as if someone had moved the time of this class forward, so they had no choice but to leave the classroom reluctantly.
"I really hope Professor Umbridge won't be back by Wednesday." Mikel said in an expectant tone.
Because their next Defense Against the Dark Arts session is on Wednesday morning.
Unfortunately, Umbridge came back the next day.