Harry Potter’s Defense Professor

Rita knew: now the situation is not just as simple as the other party taking advantage of her—before, whether she was an unregistered illegal Animagus or wrote fake news, it was not a big crime. But the one about helping the Death Eaters is troublesome. To be honest, it can be said that she was threatened by the Death Eaters and gave in. There are not a few wizards who are forced to serve the Death Eaters, and it is impossible to convict all of them... …

That is to say: how to deal with it is completely up to Lockhart - if he, as the Minister of Magic and the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, insists on condemning himself as a Death Eater, then it will be useless both legally and logically. questionable.

Similarly, as long as Lockhart says that he is not guilty, no one can hold him accountable.

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"Stop pretending to be pitiful, why don't you admit that your acting skills are good?" The new Minister of Magic who was sitting behind the desk smiled contemptuously. "As long as you are obedient, I will not do anything to you."

It turned out that I had to do things by myself, so I told you earlier——Rita was secretly pleased, but her face was still full of panic: "Mr. Minister...what can I do for you?"

"See the marriage part of the new Wizarding Law," said Lockhart. "Polygamy is now legal. Know what I want you to do."

"This..." Rita didn't dare to think that the other party had taken a fancy to her. When she was young, she was barely considered a beauty... Now, forget it. What on earth is this guy going to do? He specifically brought up the law of polygamy, so... maybe this law was made by him, and he wants to be the beneficiary of this law!

Who does he want to marry? But she is just a fabricator of fake news, she is good at misleading people through reports and books, she has never been a matchmaker.

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"My wife, Hermione, has worked with you, and she still thinks highly of you." Lockhart continued, regardless of Skeeter's wild thoughts. "She said you were a genius reporter, well, no one dared to deny that - and the book you smeared Dumbledore made me realize that you were also a genius writer..."

"Miss Perfect said I'm a genius?" Skeeter was a little surprised, she almost forgot: she once pretended to agree with the wife of the Minister of Magic in front of her in her attitude towards house elves. There is a friendship that can be regarded as cooperation and work together... Merlin, with this kind of relationship, how could something happen to me. "It's an honour!"

"Miss Perfect?" Lockhart raised his eyebrows. "Is that what you call her in private?"

"Uh... sorry. I mean, Miss Granger, oh no, Mrs. Lockhart—she's a very smart woman too." Skeeter realized that he had lost his composure, but luckily nothing else was more ironic. Meaningful title, in fact, she prefers to be called Hermione know-it-all. "As for the book about Mr. Dumbledore. Those people made me—"

"You don't need to explain too much, that book was very successful, and it actually made many people really believe that Dumbledore is a dark wizard." Lockhart waved his hand, "But what I want you to do next may be more difficult— —I want you to write a book or a series of books, sorting out the recorded, legendary, and even fabricated cases of witches marrying Muggles, those who did not get happiness in the end, or even miserable ones. "

"Okay. But... as far as I know. Your mother was a wizard, married to a Muggle—"

"They had a good life. It was my mother who settled my father and let him accept all of this, understand!" Lockhart narrowed his eyes: "Hey, you know me well-"

"Yes—the wizard who pretended to be you asked me to investigate..."

Lockhart just stared at the witch motionlessly, until the witch was trembling, and then looked away: "Do you know why you did this?"

"I know that the law of polygamy has caused great controversy among wizards...the voices of opposition outweigh those in support..." Skeeter made two mistakes again and again, daring not to say more. Every sentence has been thought through in the brain: "You want to pass through these cases of marrying a Muggle and not getting happiness,

Come build momentum for this law! "

"Correct, you're very smart." Lockhart was satisfied. "It looks like you reacted so quickly. You should have paved the way for similar public opinion for those in power."

"Well, that's right..." Skeeter was a little smug - the reports she wrote have always been considered biased, which is almost recognized in the wizarding world, but she has never lost her job... It is because the officials of the Ministry of Magic covered. But she is neither born in a big family, nor a wizard with ordinary strength, how could there be someone above her?

Because every time she campaigns for Ministry actions and policies. Always does a great job. So even though she always created some unrealistic or even absurd news and even rumors to attract people's attention and create topics, the upper-level Ministry of Magic officials also turned a blind eye.

People with skills can be forgiven even if they make some mistakes. Although Rita's "skills" are very unpopular, they are exactly what Lockhart needs.

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"Not only do I want to legally marry a second girl while I have a wife, but I also want everyone around me to think that this is normal, even natural and not shameful, do you understand?" Lockhart said for the first time It feels good to discover what it means to be empowered. "In addition to what I just said, you should also include some stories like this: people who love each other are not together because of conflicts, and in the end the woman is very unhappy..."

In this regard, Lockhart is still too immature, and Rita guessed that Lockhart must have had a conflict with the girl from the Fudge family, but this time she did not dare to talk too much: "I understand what you mean, you Do you want to marry the lady of the Fudge family, but you don't want her to feel wronged or suffer from strange eyes from the people around her?"

Lockhart nodded: "I'm just giving an example. After all, you are the expert in this area. Now that the purpose has been told to you, then you just need to remember that the main audience of this book is single witches who oppose this policy—except In addition, how to play is your business. Not just telling stories and examples, you can also use your brain to use diverse arguments to explain the rationality of this policy... As long as this matter is done well, not only will you The services of the Death Eaters can be written off, and if it turns out to my satisfaction... I could even make the Daily Prophet yours."

"I will use all my energy to complete this task!" With the benefits, Rita suddenly became excited, "Mr. Minister, is there anything else you want to order?"

"Other New Deal propaganda work is done by your peers, you just need to do this well." Lockhart said lightly, "I will naturally arrange people to spread the word about the book you write. Sell ​​it, let it be seen by every witch, and the remuneration can guarantee that you will not write it in vain. Now, you can go, remember, this conversation has never happened today, I don't want to make more threats, do you understand?"

"Understood, it never happened." Rita nodded in agreement, and carefully exited the minister's office.

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Lockhart summoned officials from the Muggle Intelligence Agency—now all British wizards must register their identity information and hand it over to the Muggle government for entry. In addition, the Ministry of Magic encourages wizards to move to cities near London, and even the Ministry of Magic There are already pro-Muggle government wizards serving as officials... All this makes it possible for Muggles to want to deal with wizards now.

Therefore, even if the relationship between British wizards and the Muggle government enters the honeymoon period, they must be prepared for danger in times of peace—not only must the work of the Muggle Intelligence Agency not be relaxed, but it must be intensified.

Now that manpower is extremely scarce, we can't send more manpower, we can only increase the work of these wizard intelligence personnel.

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There are thousands of wizards in the UK (most of whom are family members of Ministry of Magic employees), responded to the call of the Ministry of Magic, accepted the identity registration and moved their families to the Ministry of Magic or around London. Protecting the Ministry of Magic.

The entire British wizarding and Muggle world is functioning normally, in a somewhat surprisingly good order. The Dark Lord with his Death Eaters seemed as honest as he had been a year before when he hadn't taken the Ministry of Magic... no, he was hiding more honestly than he had been then.

Originally, after the Floo network became unavailable, the Ministry of Magic really had nothing to do if the Death Eaters ran around to commit crimes and create panic. But the expected riots, dementor attacks, and even the confrontation between the dark wizard government and the Ministry of Magic did not happen! It really makes people wonder if the Dark Lord has gone abroad with the remnants of the Death Eaters - of course, Lockhart doesn't believe this statement, but this weird situation is really hard to explain.

Ordinary wizards at the bottom are lucky. They believe without doubt that it is because the new Minister of Magic has defeated the Dark Lord so that he dare not take the lead, but among the insiders who know that Lockhart is actually defeated, anxiety and panic are in Continue to accumulate...

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——(To be continued.)

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