Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

At Hogwarts' Christmas dinner, everyone ate with relish, even those who are about to usher in the "lifeless old meal."

Under the control of Grindelwald, Cornelius Fudge and others, the auditorium is decorated in an exceptionally grand manner.

On dozens of silver frost-covered Christmas trees hung shards of golden stars that could sing, and the thick ribbons made of mistletoe and holly crisscross on the ceiling, with exquisite magic displayed, constantly moving from the ceiling to the ceiling. Warm and dry snowflakes fell down.

The signed Siren Choir under the Gringotts Wizarding Bank also came to the castle and sang several cheerful Christmas carols.

Hagrid, Professor McGonagall and others also returned to Hogwarts. Under the offensive of eggnog and red wine, Professor McGonagall finally loosened his tight lips.

Newt did not have the energy to continue dealing with the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, because his wife Tina Scamander has arrived. Even after the age of ninety, the former American elite Auror is still very prestigious and serious. Asked about the details of Newt's encirclement and suppression of the basilisk, and why he didn't report to his family in advance before performing this dangerous task-if it weren't for Cornelius Fudge, Newt's fate might have been more bleak.

Connelly Foley, sitting in the center on the left side of the long table, is proudly introducing the details of the battle in the back room to reporters and school managers.

As an official who arrived at the scene early and was guided by "Abe Dumbledore", Cornelius Fudge showed his immersive freedom in his words. If you don’t know the real situation in advance, whoever listens to it Will produce the illusion that he is the main force of action.

And Albus Dumbledore and Newt Scamander are more like elders who are checking for missing vacancies.

Dumbledore didn't mind it, and even smiled and nodded from time to time, seeming to agree with some of Fudge's statements.

In fact, this is also the propaganda calibre that the Ministry of Magic, the Board of Trustees and the Hogwarts professors have discussed before.

If the reporters of "Prophet Daily", "Witcher Weekly" and other magazines are efficient enough, then tomorrow morning, many wizard families’ breakfast tables will have reports about the elimination of basilisks, and by the way, Mr. Minister. Group photo with the headless basilisk.

At the same time, the other side.

In the Hufflepuff common room.

Since the students have all gone back, the entire common room is their free range of activities.

Hermione and Luna had just finished their third cranberry Christmas pudding, while Hannah was still fighting the golden and oily roast goose. Elena was holding a crystal goblet and shaking it. Red pomegranate juice strives to create an atmosphere of wine tasting.

"However, I still don't quite understand, Elena."

Hermione took a sip of the iced grape juice she had on hand, and looked curiously at the white-haired dumpling sitting by the fireplace grilling sausages.

"Why Dumbledore, well, I mean you Grand Arcanas will finally decide to give this credit to the officials of the Ministry of Magic? If the newspaper publishes it like this, with the corresponding pictures, everyone will think of the secret room. Actually the Ministry of Magic helped—"

"Maintaining the stability of the magical world is originally the duty of the Ministry of Magic, isn't it?"

Elena's wand lightly tapped the sizzling sausages on the fireplace, instructed them to turn their faces, and said lightly.

"In this adult world, it is a very important thing to perform their duties-not to mention that in this secret room hunt, the Auror Office, the Department of Magical Disasters, and the Department of Fantastic Beasts Control Department all sent employees, even if they No one came, and the names of those who cleaned the Slytherin secret room and executed the basilisk had to be added to the list. Frankly speaking, it is actually the most perfect result now."

"Anyway, that is after all the ‘property’ left by Salazar Slytherin in the castle, right?"

"Furthermore, considering the issue of the secret room-related case, it is obviously better to be handled by the Ministry of Magic than Hogwarts can solve it quietly. As the defender of the current magical world, the Ministry of Magic takes the initiative to clean up the basilisk. The representative meaning of this is The most important point."

Elena glanced at Luna thoughtfully, and explained to the three little wings unhurriedly.

"There has always been a saying in Hogwarts that the descendants of Slytherin will return to the castle one day and release the monsters in the secret room to clean up those who are not qualified to learn magic—well, that is, pure blood. Everyone other than the wizard—such as me, such as Hermione."

"In fact, this kind of thinking is not uncommon among many pure-blood wizard families..."

Elena paused for a few seconds, and after a few seconds meaningfully paused on Hermione's face, she continued.

"If Dumbledore only killed the basilisk, at best, it would add an extra record to his glorious resume, which would not have any subsequent impact in the magical world, but if the Ministry of Magic, as the maintainer of the magical world order, takes the initiative In order to eliminate the basilisk, the signals revealed in this are different. Combined with some of the popular remarks, it can have several Dumbledore effects in breaking barriers and discrimination."

"…professor."

At this moment, Hermione said seriously.

"You can't form a habit, Elena, that's Professor Dumbledore."

"Well—at least a few of the influence Professor Dumbledore can have."

Elena shrugged helplessly, did not choose to argue in such a place, and continued speaking while flipping through her grilled sausages.

"All in all, we have planned everything.

"There has never been a free cake in this world. The employees of the Tianming Group are also among the reporters. Except for the last few makeup shots of the big men, they started when they stepped into Hogwarts Castle and before the shooting process. There are just a few dynamic photos."

"After all, reporters, it is inevitable that there will be a few people who take risks for the sake of popularity. This is a fatal backstop."

Elena ignored the stunned expressions of Hermione, Luna, and Hanna, and put the sizzling sausage on the plate beside her.

"On the other hand, killing the basilisk will also lead to the birth of another reason for revenge-as a descendant of Slytherin, the genius wizard who opened the secret room last time, Tom Riddle, who is currently at large, will obviously look at the Ministry for this reason. If he recovers a little bit of strength, the Ministry of Magic from tomorrow will most likely be marked as the first target, and the Death Eaters and the Dark Lord will avenge the senior officials of the Ministry..."

"This is very reasonable, isn't it? The benefits of this are too many, you will gradually understand later."

Elena's eyes flashed dangerously, and she looked a bit like the goblin on the Gringotts Wizarding Bank.

"So, you plan to use this to blackmail the Minister of Magic and the school board members?"

Hermione thought carefully for a few seconds, glanced at the white-haired dumpling who was nodding her head casually, and said in disbelief.

"Elena, do you think the officials of the Ministry of Magic are too stupid? I don't think they won't see this possibility—"

"You can never measure a bureaucracy by cleverness or stupidity. This is what Dad once said."

Luna stood up, held a knife and walked to Elena and sat down. While helping her cut the grilled sausage, she said lightly with a singing voice, "The difference between them is greed, and more greedy... These are nothing compared to fame, power, and status."

"What's more, the Grand Arcanas never imagined intimidation from beginning to end, and the Ministry of Magic and the school board have never had this concern."

Luna glanced at Hermione who seemed to want to say something, shrugged her shoulders, and said softly in a erratic tone.

"In the eyes of the Ministry of Magic and the school board, if Professor Dumbledore really wants to target them, he won't have to spend so much time and effort-I guess, those photos or something will probably be sent to other people who have nothing to do with them. Is there friction at the Ministry of Magic?"

"Well, that's right, so—"

Elena said happily, took out a parchment list from her chest, and handed it to Hana who was eating roast goose next to her.

"Approximately a few months ago, an informant from the Gringotts Wizarding Bank provided news that some ancient magic families and officials were quietly transferring property. The recipients were the American Magic World and the American Commonwealth Magic Savings. And in Dumbu With the help of some friends of Professor Lido, we got a more detailed list. Greedy guys are best suited to deal with other greedy guys..."

Under normal circumstances, Connelly Fudge naturally has no need to target the forces of those ancient magic families.

However, if someone uses these handles to blackmail the Minister of Magic, perhaps a little political compromise can be obtained at the beginning.

But with the passage of time, as the Grand Arcanas continue to tout and build the reputation of Ministry officials, between the Ministry of Magic and those ancient magic families, sooner or later there will be the day of tearing the face and rebuffing—the wolves expelled. Tiger, this is a very clever hunting method.

"Luna, you are now a reserve ‘priestess’, and you have to learn to handle some simple matters on the Gringotts side."

Elena pushed the parchment list and said in a cheerful tone that seemed to be a gift.

"You choose a few names here, and then ask Hannah to cooperate with you to give orders. Within a few days, let the wizards of the Destiny Group cleverly send out the evidence that can threaten the officials of the Ministry of Magic. Member of the Hogwarts School Board of Directors."

"Right, by the way, you can eat barbecue only after you finish your daily ‘approval’ homework."

"Otherwise, we can only smell it on the side first, and watch this we eat first..."

After speaking, Elena went back to the fireplace in the lounge, and began to roast the leftover dried tofu, leeks, herring and so on.

Although the Hogwarts kitchen is very happy to serve them, the fun of grilling lies more in the process than the final result. Of course, there is also some extra pleasure of occasionally persecuting Little Wings to work overtime.

On the other side, Luna quickly circled a few names on the parchment with facial expressions, and handed them to the bewildered Hanna.

"My ‘approval’ process is over long ago, and I will leave the rest to you, Miss Cha—"

"Eh?"

Hannah blinked in a daze, and turned her head to look at the common desk in the lounge subconsciously.

On that long table, less than one-third of the "documents to be reviewed" belonging to her were replied.

Immediately afterwards, Hannah turned her head and looked at the sizzling barbecue by the fireplace, swallowed and said tentatively.

"Why don't I go get you a Christmas present first, and then Elena will you help me finish today's "approval" together? If you help me, I can promise you two, oh no, three A Christmas wish! Well, never regret it, do what you say!"

"Don't find Elena, I'll just help you, two wishes, how about?"

Hermione suddenly took the initiative to speak, stopping Han Na's self-survey in advance. UU reading www. uukanshu.cOM

At the same time, Hermione glanced calmly at Miss Lovegood who was not far away, and raised her eyebrows.

"Wait, Granger, you're too much—then I'll be two too..."

However, he hadn't waited for a certain white-haired dumpling to finish speaking.

In the bargaining between the three of them, a new voice came out.

"A wish."

Luna said quietly.

Ok?

Huh?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh? !

Elena turned her head in astonishment, can this be rolled? !

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Great!