The Admiral of Hogwarts

A huge disagreement arose between Headmaster Dumbledore and Fudge regarding whether Voldemort had returned. Fortunately, Hugo and Veneto's previous acceptance of the Ministry of Magic's Legilimens reading their memories provided a way out for both sides.

Therefore, Professor Dumbledore no longer requires Fudge to believe that Voldemort has returned, and Fudge will acknowledge that dark wizard activity has indeed been rampant recently and will launch a crackdown on British dark wizards.

"This should already be the best-case scenario," Hugo said with a sigh, "At least compared to other possibilities, this is already the best-case scenario."

"The best-case scenario? This is clearly a very bad thing—" Hermione, unaware of the original situation, muttered softly, "This is equivalent to us being completely disorganized when the enemy is prepared, and we can't even confirm the enemy's identity."

"You're right, but you also know the previous situation," Hugo said, shrugging helplessly at his sister.

"Minister Fudge has been in that position for more than a decade. As the highest official of the Ministry of Magic, he naturally doesn't want anyone telling him what to do, including the Headmaster."

"Another point is that most of the Ministry of Magic's supporters are pure-blood families, and these people are all related to the Dark Lord. In this situation, they will also do everything possible to block the news of the Dark Lord's return until that person decides to appear openly."

"Therefore, the Ministry of Magic will definitely oppose Dumbledore's theory that the Dark Lord has returned, and it may even be used to incite the war-weary public, who suffered heavy losses in the last war, against your feelings and aversion."

"That's indeed the case. If it were just Fudge's problem, it would be easier to handle. But the problem is that ordinary people in the wizarding world don't want to admit this fact from the bottom of their hearts, so they are more inclined to believe the lies of peace and tranquility that Fudge and others have fabricated," Ilya added.

"Think about what happened before World War II. Did Chamberlain really not know the threat of appeasement? No, he knew, but because most people were unwilling to believe it, he could only adopt such a policy."

"Human nature is like this, unwilling to hear bad news. Sometimes they are even willing to accept some lies that sound better, even if these lies have endless troubles. On this point, wizards are no stronger than ordinary people."

"It seems that we can only rely on ourselves next," Hermione said with a sigh. "Although the Headmaster is the most powerful white wizard, he is far worse than the Ministry of Magic in terms of mobilizing power."

Because he participated in the Voldemort's resurrection incident and changed the relationship between Headmaster Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic, Hugo gained 66 Fate Points this time.

Considering the recent tension, Hugo planned to take some time to leave the school one day to strengthen his power as soon as possible.

Headmaster Dumbledore, knowing that Voldemort had returned, naturally didn't stop during this time. In the following days, he began to mobilize the wizarding world based on the fact that foreign wizards had been killed and domestic wizards had been kidnapped.

Due to a certain tacit understanding between Dumbledore and Fudge, only a very few people knew about Voldemort's return.

However, the previous kidnapping case and the dark network established by that group of Matriarch Nightshades in Europe were completely exposed in the newspaper. The Headmaster used some means to mobilize Rita to do this.

For Fudge and the Ministry of Magic, the Matriarch Nightshades' troubles were obviously much easier to deal with than the possibility of Voldemort's return, so they acquiesced to the publication of this article.

Rita Skeeter's writing style was indeed sharp enough. Her sarcasm, coupled with the contents of the ledger anonymously mailed to her by the ship girls, which was seized from the Matriarch Nightshades, completely enraged the entire wizarding world. Countless howler letters were sent to the Ministry of Magic.

It's no wonder, wizards have never regarded other intelligent beings as equal to themselves. In any case, they would not accept that noble wizards were actually used as raw materials by these dirty, inferior creatures, especially when the targets were young wizards.

Naturally, under this overwhelming public opinion, Headmaster Dumbledore's proposal to launch an operation to completely cleanse the dark side of the wizarding world naturally gained the support of most wizards at this time.

In the following period, obvious targets such as Knockturn Alley were repeatedly searched by members of the Ministry of Magic. Even some pure-blood families had to hide their dark magic artifacts to avoid disaster.

However, this storm did not affect Hogwarts except for providing some talking points for everyone. The school was still slowly doing its own thing according to its own arrangements.

Except for one thing that caused a sensation in the school: Barty Crouch, the judge of this Triwizard Tournament, was arrested on his way to work on the grounds that he had released his son from Azkaban.

Although the Ministry of Magic was unwilling to admit Voldemort's return, out of compromise, the fact that there were students from Beauxbatons among the victims and the detailed evidence left at the Voldemort's resurrection site made it impossible to deny that Harry Potter had indeed been attacked.

With the help of magic, even Peter, who had been burned to charcoal at the scene, was accurately identified, not to mention Barty Crouch Jr., who was only split in two from the neck.

In order to divert attention, and because Barty Crouch Sr. was originally a strong competitor to Fudge, the Ministry of Magic quickly took action to arrest Barty Crouch Sr.

According to Javelin, who happened to be drawn to carry out the arrest mission, Crouch looked relieved when he was arrested. This may be because he had always felt that this day would come after he got rid of the Imperius Curse and discovered that his son was missing.

As for Percy, he was very unlucky to be detained for review. After all, he is now Barty Crouch's secretary, so the Ministry of Magic needs to prove that he did not participate in this matter.

However, compared to the situation in the original text, Percy is much better now. According to his letter to the twins, Auror Office Chief Scrimgeour is willing to vouch for him and recruit him.

This change happened because Javelin intervened. As a leader among the young Aurors, Javelin has a good relationship with everyone in the office, including the office director.

So, when Scrimgeour was nagging about the office needing several clerical staff to help during a dinner, Javelin casually mentioned Percy's name.

As an old Auror, Scrimgeour easily judged that Percy was just unlucky to encounter such a problem, so he took this opportunity to recruit Percy.

After all, the Auror Office does not only have Aurors. Professional clerical staff are needed to handle tasks such as accounting and material management. So now Percy has been transferred to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and joined the Auror Office as a clerical staff member.

And less than a week after Percy completed his entry procedures, Fudge also hoped to transfer him to his office, but unfortunately, he was one step late.

However, in his letter to his brothers, Percy didn't feel too regretful. He blamed himself for not noticing the abnormality of his immediate boss earlier, so he felt that it would be better to be in the Auror Office now than to reach the sky in one step by being by the Minister's side.

After all, Percy is only ambitious, but not stupid. Therefore, when there are multiple options, he will naturally repeatedly consider and choose the plan that he feels is more beneficial to himself.