The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 525 Ada's Choice

The land area of ​​Britain is only about 200,000 square kilometers, and it is no longer the land where the sun never sets. In this small piece of land, two demons, one black and one white, are fighting.

If Ada, who had left Dumbledore, also got involved, the British wizarding world would become like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

As for the Ministry of Magic, who would care about the Ministry led by Cornelius Fudge? Not to mention that Dumbledore and Voldemort had infiltrated the Ministry of Magic, Ada led a few outsiders to beat the Ministry of Magic into a mess.

Such a Ministry of Magic would not gain the respect of Voldemort and Ada, and only Dumbledore still somewhat cared about their face.

The choir rehearsal in the church had ended, but Ada did not leave and was still sitting in the last row of the pew. Even if she left the church, Ada had nowhere to go.

Ada couldn't go to either the Burrow or 93 Diagon Alley. As Ada was wanted, no matter where she went, it would bring great trouble to the Weasley family.

As Percy said, the Weasleys really couldn't afford the impact of the Ministry of Magic.

People like Ada can ignore the Ministry of Magic with their own strength, but to many people, Cornelius Fudge and his Ministry of Magic are still a behemoth.

Sitting in the corner, Ada counted the various forces in Britain, including Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix and Hogwarts, Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and Cornelius Fudge and the Ministry of Magic.

Let's talk about the Ministry of Magic first. Its advantage is that it has a large number of people. Aurors, strikers, and other employees, even if Ada killed and injured many people in the abandoned manor, she still couldn't hurt the foundation of the Ministry of Magic.

The advantages are obvious, but the disadvantages are equally obvious. The Ministry of Magic lacks high-end combat power, and they cannot produce top masters who can be compared with Dumbledore, Voldemort, and Ada.

Without someone in charge, the Ministry of Magic will be at the mercy of other forces and will not be able to determine the outcome of the upcoming war.

The weak Ministry of Magic didn't even have the chance to sit at the card table. They could only wait for the card players to decide the winner and become vassals of the winner.

Let's talk about Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Their advantage is Voldemort himself. With the Horcruxes protecting him, Voldemort cannot be killed. The importance of an unkillable leader is self-evident.

The disadvantage is that the Death Eaters are completely under Voldemort's will. Without Voldemort's leadership, their overall strength is not even as good as the Ministry of Magic. After Voldemort's downfall last time, they were cleared out by the Ministry of Magic.

The shortcomings of Voldemort, or Tom Riddle, are also obvious... Those who understand know that fear of death, obsession, madness and other factors may all become Voldemort's fatal weaknesses.

Albus Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, whether in the last wizarding war in England or in the current war that has not yet broken out, Dumbledore and his Order of the Phoenix are at a disadvantage.

But even at a disadvantage, Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix still won the first war. Dumbledore's presence was enough to hold back Voldemort, preventing him from completing his dark reign.

Dumbledore could not kill Voldemort, and Voldemort could not defeat Dumbledore, and the two sides entered a stalemate. Until the person who had the final say appeared, the boy who lived, Harry Potter.

The Order of the Phoenix shares the same shortcomings as the Death Eaters in that they both rely too much on the personal leadership of their leader.

Once Dumbledore gets into trouble, the Order of the Phoenix will inevitably run into problems like the Death Eaters, and will most likely be in danger of being wiped out. Whether they can survive is unknown.

Finally, let’s talk about Ada herself.

Now she has neither obvious advantages nor obvious disadvantages, and is in an awkward position of being neither better than the best nor worse than the worst. In terms of numbers, there are more than a dozen people at most, not to mention the Ministry of Magic and the Death Eaters, and even the number of the Order of the Phoenix cannot catch up. In terms of high-end combat power, Ada cannot beat Dumbledore, and may not be a match for Voldemort (they have not fought recently).

Apart from being able to bully the Ministry of Magic, Ada cannot even compare with the other two forces. Being young is never an excuse. In terms of time alone, Voldemort, who can "live forever", is much richer than Ada.

This is the situation. If Ada wants to continue sitting at the poker table and continue playing, she needs more capital.

Either Ada's own strength improves by leaps and bounds, at least to the same level as Dumbledore; or she expands her own power, at least to the same level as the Death Eaters.

Rome was not built in a day, and there is still a long way to go! Voldemort started to build the Death Eaters in school, and after he graduated, he spent a long period of obscurity before he became famous.

As for Ada, although she dropped out of Hogwarts and became a dropout, she was away from school for less than half a year.

And from Ada's own perspective, she really couldn't think of any reason why Dumbledore and Voldemort would watch her continue to grow.

The reason why Ada can still enjoy herself leisurely now is only because Dumbledore and Voldemort’s main target is not her, and the two sides are on guard against each other, so there is no possibility of joining forces.

When the snipe and the clam quarrel, the fisherman gains. If Ada wants to be a fisherman, she must have the ability to be a fisherman, otherwise she will only be drawing water with a bamboo basket, and in the end it will be all in vain.

The more she thought about it, the more headache she felt. Ada rubbed her head, slowly stood up and walked out of the church.

It was morning when we came, the sun was gentle and the wind was slightly cool. It was noon when we left, the sun was so blazing that it was hard to look directly at. Ada put on her sun hat and joined the pedestrians on the street. She didn't know where she was going, so she just walked around.

The choice Voldemort provides is not a choice, but a wrong answer, which can be seen as a wrong answer at a glance. To give an inappropriate example, this is just like the Northern Song Dynasty allied with the Jin Dynasty to destroy the Liao Dynasty. The Liao Dynasty was gone, and the Northern Song Dynasty was gone too.

Unless Ada had been kicked in the head by a donkey or possessed by Cornelius Fudge's soul, she would not make such a foolish choice to join forces with Voldemort to fight Dumbledore.

There are two remaining possibilities: one is to join forces with Dumbledore, and the other is to do it alone.

By joining forces with Dumbledore, he no longer obeyed his orders or served as his successor, but participated in the other party's plan to resist Voldemort as a collaborator, with the ultimate goal of defeating Voldemort.

This method is easier and Ada does not have to bear greater responsibilities.

But one thing needs to be noted, that is Dumbledore's attitude. Will Dumbledore turn to deal with Ada after Voldemort's defeat? After all, Ada's current behavior can be equated with that of a dark wizard.

Working alone, Ida needs to take on more responsibilities and pay more. It is not easy to survive in the cracks and seek development in adversity.

Thinking about it, Ada felt a headache again. It was all because of Fudge and Umbridge. If there was no idiot Fudge and no vicious pink toad Umbridge, how could she face such a difficult choice?

The more Ada thought about it, the angrier she became. She wished she could run to the Ministry of Magic right now, find trouble with Fudge again, and give these ignorant bastards a good beating.

Speaking of the Ministry of Magic, a strange idea suddenly popped up in her mind. Ada felt that this idea would save time than going back to Europe to recruit troops, and it would also be safer than raising the banner of Grindelwald.

Since the Ministry of Magic at this stage has no high-end combat power, and is seen as incompetent by everyone, it can only play a supporting role and do aftermath work, what if the Ministry of Magic has high-end combat power?

Before becoming the so-called evil lord, Ada had tried to push Amelia Bones to power, and now she can still do so! Enter the Ministry of Magic and manipulate it behind the scenes to achieve her own goals.

In this way, the Ministry of Magic will have high-end combat power and will no longer be in a passive position of being beaten; Ada will also have enough capital, and she can continue to sit at the poker table. Isn't this the best of both worlds!

But if Ada really wants to do this, the minister will have to be replaced, and Amelia Bones is obviously not a suitable candidate for the puppet minister.

Ms. Bones is a very talented wizard with a strong personality. Such a person will not be content to be inferior to others, let alone be a puppet.

Percy is a candidate that can be considered, but he is too young, and his status in the Ministry of Magic is equivalent to Ron in the Burrow. If Ada wants to help Percy rise to prominence, she needs to work hard.

Thinking of this, Ada stopped. Maybe she should go back to Versailles, or go to Nurmengard again. She needed a meticulous person to help her complete this plan.

(End of this chapter)