Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

Vizette handed over a feather. "Mr. Ferencze, if anything happens to the Forbidden Forest... I would like to inform you."

This phoenix feather is imbued with "ancient magical power nurtured over time," thus allowing Vizette to sense it just like a real phoenix feather.

“I will…” Ferenze held the phoenix feather in his hand. “Helping you is helping this forest.”

"He might be plotting something... Pluto is also showing anomalies... so you must be vigilant."

Hearing this, Wizette felt that Ferenczek must know something. "Mr. Ferenczek, are you talking about Voldemort? Or Tom Riddle?"

Ferenc shook his head. "Planets don't give clear instructions; interpretation still depends on the individual. I hope I'm wrong, and if I am, I hope we can at least avoid causing harm."

He waved the phoenix feather in his hand. "That's why I took this... I should leave now..."

Leaving behind these ambiguous words, he turned around and leaped into the darkness.

Watching Ferenze disappear quickly, Vizet rubbed his temples. "Riddle... Centaur."

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For a long time afterward, Hogwarts entered the end-of-year phase, and the amount of homework assigned by the professors gradually increased.

Compared to the orderly internal workings of Hogwarts, the situation outside Hogwarts is far more turbulent.

The Daily Prophet has once again stepped up its efforts, producing an in-depth report on the locked-room mystery from fifty years ago;

The report suggests that Dumbledore knew who opened the Chamber of Secrets but deliberately concealed the truth and even protected the student who opened it.

As soon as the report was published, the number of owls flying to the Great Hall increased immediately, and discussions about Dumbledore and the Chamber of Secrets also broke out within Hogwarts.

Faced with such controversy, Dumbledore made no response, and this silence seems to have become strong evidence that the Daily Prophet's report may be true.

……

When Vizet finished her Herbalism class and returned to Hogwarts Castle, she saw a lot of people standing on the marble staircase.

Seeing so many people whispering among themselves, and hearing the occasional mention of the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, Aurors, Dumbledore, Hagrid, and other such words, Vizzet already had a guess in his mind.

However, Vizet did not mention anything related to this to anyone; it was not appropriate to reveal what Dumbledore was planning as a topic of conversation.

"How did the Ministry of Magic get involved?" Anthony Goldstein frowned. "Are they coming to Hogwarts to arrest people again?"

"Again?" Michael Corner repeated curiously. "Is it... another exclusive scoop from your relative?"

Anthony's connection with Newt Scamander and Tina Goldstein allowed him to know many details of the past.

Anthony nodded. "Uh... I can't guarantee it's accurate either."

The roommates exchanged glances. When Anthony said these words, it usually meant that it was a true story, but it was not appropriate to spread it to the outside world.

“That’s just my opinion…they think Headmaster Dumbledore is easy to bully!” Anthony said in a low voice.

"After Gellert Grindelwald escaped from the Magical Congress, the English Ministry of Magic came to see Headmaster Dumbledore."

"Who was it that approached Dumbledore... I think it was the head of the Department of Law Enforcement at the time... but they didn't say what his name was."

Chapter 45: A Quibbler for the Ministry of Magic

Terry Booth asked impatiently, "What do you want with Headmaster Dumbledore?"

"What's the rush? Isn't this what we were just about to say?" Anthony cleared his throat. "It seems they think Headmaster Dumbledore has betrayed them, and in order to keep him in check, they've put a warning ring on him."

Chris Moon asked, "What is a warning ring?"

“A magical tool used to monitor wizards,” Vizette explained with a frown. “It has a similar effect to ‘Tracer’, but is more accurate.”

"Once the warning ring is worn, the Ministry of Magic can know what the wearer has done and what spells they have cast. If we have to make an analogy, it's somewhat similar to... shackles on the hands."

……

"What do they take Headmaster Dumbledore for!"

After hearing Wizette's explanation, not only his roommates, but also the students who heard their discussion were indignant and shouted out in unison.

“So you see… you can’t bully Headmaster Dumbledore.” Anthony shrugged. “The Ministry of Magic has always been like this, and the Daily Prophet has also changed.”

"That's the Ministry of Magic slandering Headmaster Dumbledore!" Michael said indignantly. "The Daily Prophet is also slandering Headmaster Dumbledore!"

“Why don’t we watch ‘The Quibbler’?” Terry said. “The last few episodes of ‘The Quibbler’ have been talking about Fudge’s crimes!”

"If I had to choose... whether to believe that Headmaster Dumbledore is protecting criminals, or to believe that Fudge is murdering the goblin, I would definitely believe that Fudge is murdering the goblin!"

Vizette laughed. "I think so too!"

Xenophilius still held Dumbledore in high regard;

In addition, as the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, Xenophilius naturally launched a counterattack when The Daily Prophet once again slandered Dumbledore.

Since the Daily Prophet was slandering Dumbledore, The Quibbler attacked Cornelius Fudge, and compiled a lot of related evidence.

This time, Xenophilius did a very clever job, not attacking by name, but simply implying between the lines that the person in the story was Cornelius Fudge;

This can be seen as using their own methods against them, and given the nature of "Singing a Different Tune" itself,

The Quibbler was not particularly noteworthy; it was a very niche magazine, so the Ministry of Magic never intervened.

Once the Ministry of Magic takes action, it will be tantamount to proving one thing—Cornelly Fudge did indeed do these things;

However, if the Ministry of Magic does nothing, there will always be some people who will believe that Cornelius Fudge did something shady.

This back-and-forth, almost verbal sparring, led to a surge in the audience for The Quibbler, with Terry being a prime example.

Even if this audience isn't long-term, it's enough to make Cornelius Fudge feel bad for a while during such a special period.

……

"Hagrid's been arrested!" Harry and the others squeezed through the crowd. "We saw it when Potions class ended!"

Hermione frowned, looking worried. "If what you're saying is true, they must be going to see Headmaster Dumbledore right now!"

Her guess was immediately confirmed, as another commotion came from afar.

"Headmaster Dumbledore is coming down!"

"And people from the Ministry of Magic!"

"You don't seem to have anything in your hands?"

……

A line of people was slowly descending the marble staircase.

A short, stout, middle-aged man walked ahead, a dark green top hat tucked under his arm and a dark green velvet robe draped over his shoulders.

He was breathing heavily with his mouth slightly open, holding a clean white handkerchief in his hand, constantly wiping the sweat from his forehead. He looked somewhat nervous, his eyes darting around.

Perhaps because there were too many students, he had to show his demeanor. He walked down the stairs with his head held high and his eyes not on the stairs. He seemed to be swaying with every step.

Behind the middle-aged man were several wizards dressed in black robes, who surrounded Dumbledore and Hagrid.

Among the black-robed wizards, one witch stood out; she looked extremely young, probably no more than twenty years old.

Her hair color was also very special, like a bubble gum. As she walked down the stairs, her hair changed from ear-length short hair to a fluffy afro.

The black-robed wizard next to her turned his head, noticed the witch's hairstyle, and immediately said with displeasure, "Miss Tonks, you'd better change to a less conspicuous hairstyle."

“At least I need to differentiate myself from you, to let the students know that I’m not one of you.” Tonks’ tone was also tinged with dissatisfaction.

"If I had known they were here to take Headmaster Dumbledore away, I definitely wouldn't have come! I thought we had found a clue about the dragon thief!"

The other black-robed wizards were also tempted, their expressions showing obvious dissatisfaction; clearly, they too had been "tricked" into coming.

The black-robed wizard warned, "If you don't change back, you'll have to do another internship!"

Dumbledore smiled and said, “Miss Tonks, now that you have become an Auror, you will face many more things in the future, so please don’t worry about these things.”

“Okay!” Tonks sighed, and went back to his original hairstyle, even changing his hair color to brown.

……

At the very back of the procession were two somber-faced wizards, their robes impeccably tailored, and jeweled rings adorning almost every finger.

“How wonderful! Headmaster Dumbledore always knows how to be considerate…” one of the wizards said sarcastically, “If you could be considerate of my daughter, things wouldn’t have turned out like this!”

Dumbledore maintained his smile. "Mr. Parkinson, if you had talked to your daughter more and noticed something was wrong with her, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"You!" the harsh wizard gritted his teeth.

“Why talk to our predecessor…” another wizard drawled, “The Hogwarts headmaster like that? He can’t do anything right now!”

Dumbledore smiled and agreed, “Yes… Mr. Yaxley is right, there’s really nothing I can do right now.”

Without a doubt, the middle-aged man leading the group was Cornelius Fudge, the current Minister of Magic;

The black-robed wizards surrounding Dumbledore and Hagrid were likely from the Auror's office.

The two wizards at the back of the group should be members of the school board and pure-blood families, as their surnames are pure-blood family surnames mentioned in the Pure-Blood Register.

Compared to the others, Hagrid was actually in the worst condition.

This was the first time Vizette had ever seen such obvious fear on Hagrid's face;

Hagrid's full beard trembled constantly, and he staggered with every step, as if he might fall at any moment.

The very next second, Hagrid really lost his footing and fell forward.

The black-robed wizard was the first to act, drawing his wand while shouting a warning: "Minister Fudge, be careful!"