Hogwarts: I am Voldemort

Stubborn people are difficult to persuade, and the same goes for rational people.

But one advantage of both is that once convinced, they will change from the inside.

Professor McGonagall really wanted to change her mind, but the few opportunities she had to speak were cleverly avoided by Hermione.

This little girl seemed to have read Mag's thoughts. After Mag looked at her with his deep eyes for the first time, she began to avoid her intentionally.

This forced her to implement other plans first, such as traveling to Hogsmeade to consult with the parents of students there about the details of that day.

But this was not a pleasant home visit. The other party was obviously hiding something.

She even said it very explicitly, but the other party still chose to conceal it.

The day after her home visit, the content in the Daily Prophet finally reversed:

The messenger of justice under the power of the Ministry of Magic: Rita Skeeter! ! !

This article with a very eye-catching title was written by Barnabas Guffey, editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet.

He wrote down the recent turmoil within the Daily Prophet with words of grief and indignation.

It accused the Ministry of Magic of exerting pressure on the daily newspaper, causing the newspaper's chief reporter Rita Skeeter's articles to be repeatedly frustrated and unable to be published.

To this end, the editor-in-chief mobilized his own connections, sought help from colleagues, and asked for help from The Quibbler magazine, trying to defeat this ugly suppression with external force.

But he failed.

As a last resort, he bypassed the Ministry of Magic's surveillance of the newspaper and temporarily replaced it with this tearful article before printing today's newspaper.

In tearful words, Rita Skeeter is described as a freedom fighter.

She experienced the entire incident and saw all the truth, but was unable to tell the truth because of the suppression from the Ministry of Magic.

For this reason, the freedom fighter was even slightly depressed, and his overall mental state was not very good.

"If messengers of justice and freedom fighters like this cannot speak out, then the sky in the wizarding world must be covered by dark clouds and must be black."

At the end of the article, he denounced the Ministry of Magic's actions very harshly.

But if you read the article carefully, you can easily find that there is no substantive content in it.

There was no naming, no surname, and even the process of suppression was not explained in detail.

"Sad and angry, but without substantive content, it aroused more people's curiosity."

McGonagall put the newspaper on the desk, looked at Hermione in front of her and asked, "What do you think they are doing, Hermione?"

Hermione's eyes were lowered, seemingly sitting there obediently, but her eyes were spinning.

Obviously, this little girl is not as honest as she appears.

"State the facts, Professor McGonagall. You also know what happened that day. The dementors attacked the train, and then we fought back. That's it." Hermione whispered.

"But the newspapers didn't report this, and there's no explanation of how you got there." Mag frowned.

"Yes, Professor McGonagall, but this is a requirement of the Ministry of Magic. They do not allow us to say this to the outside world, saying that it is to avoid panic in the wizarding world." Hermione said.

McGonagall rolled her eyes, pushed the newspaper forward, and said: "Now everything has been pushed to the forefront, Hermione, I think even people who didn't pay attention to this originally are full of curiosity about it."

Hermione looked up at the newspaper, then lowered her head again.

"This is that person's method, right?" Mag asked straightforwardly.

Hermione remained silent and didn't look up. She obviously didn't want to comment on this.

"What I can imagine is that the next person will report the whole story and increase wizards' dislike of the Ministry of Magic. Specifically, it is Fudge."

Mag frowned and said in thought, "But what is his purpose for doing this? It can't be just for Fudge, right?"

Hermione finally raised her head. She glanced at the dean of her college, thinking about the gap between the two.

This gap seems a bit big to her.

The other party has already taken action, but here they can't even understand what's going on.

"I need your help, Hermione. We shouldn't let what happened ten years ago happen again, and you may be able to change everything." McGonagall stared at Hermione and said.

"I can't change anything, Dean."

Hermione chose a title for her position, which was a sign of alienation. "In fact, if you look at it clearly, the outcome of the matter is already doomed."

McGonagall's frown deepened, and Hermione's words gave her a bad feeling.

"What do you mean?" Mag asked.

"[Daily Prophet], Dean, and [The Quibbler], they are not in your hands, nor are they in the hands of the Ministry of Magic, so..."

Hermione paused, gathered her words, and said, "This is part of war, Headmaster."

"war?"

McGonagall's eyes widened in surprise. She was surprised by the words Hermione used.

"Yes, Dean, this is a war of public opinion."

Hermione's words did not surprise McGonagall.

Of course she knew about the public opinion war, she just didn't know the meaning of that person doing this.

To be more precise, she couldn't see what benefit the other person could gain from this matter.

"Can you tell me something specific, Hermione?" McGonagall asked.

"I don't think I can, Dean." Hermione refused without hesitation. "The Falcon Burners I represent are currently taking a wait-and-see attitude on this matter."

"Wait and see?" McGonagall asked in surprise, "Don't you stand on the opposite side of pure bloodism?"

"Of course we are on opposite sides, Dean." Hermione said thoughtfully, "But between suing for peace and fighting, we always have to make a choice, and it is not the time to choose yet."

"When is that?"

Mag was finally no longer surprised. Instead, she looked curiously at the student she once admired very much.

"Before the policy comes out, Dean, I can't make decisions out of thin air."

Hermione's answer was almost without any hesitation, and it was obvious that she had indeed thought deeply about this question.

"The mysterious man's attitude towards Muggle wizards is obvious to all. I thought of that time..."

McGonagall shook her head and expressed her opinion, but was quickly interrupted by Hermione's quick and urgent words.

"I don't think that's the case, Dean. The world will change and people will change."

Hermione also shook her head and said rationally with a straight face.

This made Mag see his own shadow in her.

"If he can't take advantage of the situation, he will definitely be abandoned by the wizarding world. We can still come back by then."

Before McGonagall could speak, Hermione said first, "As for his hatred of Muggle wizards...it's not so much hatred, but a failed attempt to take advantage of the situation."

"Dean, that person just habitually looks for the group that is most beneficial to him, but that failure gave him enough changes. I think he will change."

Hermione's words made her no longer look like a child in McGonagall's eyes.

She thought for a moment and said, "You won't tell me what his purpose is, right?"

"No, Dean, it's not that I don't want to tell you." Hermione said with frank eyes, "It's just that I don't know what he is going to do."

"I told you, Dean, this is part of the war."