A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 440 The earliest AI face-swapping technology!

"That's the whole story. Do you have anything to say?"

William circulated the letter from the school board member to everyone.

"Hagrid must prepare a strong defense!" Hermione said seriously.

"The hearing is on April 20th next year, which is six months away. We can definitely prove that Buckbeak will not hurt anyone again."

"I'm not too optimistic," Cedric shook his head.

"My father replied that the Committee on the Handling of Dangerous Animals had been pressured by Minister Fudge to execute Buckbeak."

Cedric's father, Diggory Sr., works in the Department of Magical Creatures Control.

The Department of Fantastic Creatures is the second largest department after the Department of Law Enforcement.

It is divided into three departments: the Outcast Office, the Beast Office, and the Ghost Office.

The Committee on the Handling of Dangerous Animals is under the Office of the Wild Animals, while Old Diggory is the director of the Office of Misinformation.

Although he and the Dangerous Animals Handling Committee belong to different departments, they are in the same division, so he can naturally find out some "insider information".

In a sense, old Diggory was William's bronze-level underling. After all, he would answer any question Cedric asked.

The term "doting parent" is not just a casual remark.

"But we still have to help Hagrid," Cho agreed with Hermione's opinion.

"We can't bear to see him at the hearing, unable to say anything, just crying!"

The group nodded, still shaken.

They were truly terrified of Hagrid's crying; his reckless tears... Are you the reincarnation of the Crimson Pearl Flower?

"Yes, I'm sure I've read about a case involving a hippogriff as bait," Hermione pondered, a determined glint in her eyes.

"In that case, the hippogriff was unharmed."

We can find many cases, study them carefully, write a defense statement for Haiger, and help him win this case.

Hermione talked on and on, and Cho quickly wrote down the books she mentioned.

At the same time, I admired Hermione for being able to remember so much!

William nodded in agreement with Hermione, but inwardly he didn't approve of her efforts.

No matter how well she writes, she can't match the financial power of someone like Galleon.

Perhaps it would be more effective to package up the defense statement and send it to Fudge by owl.

Of course, a key to the Gringotts vault must also be included in the letter.

How many Galleons should we send?

Malfoy demanded 20,000 Galleons in compensation, right? Just give Fudge 20,000.

With a financial offensive, Buckbeak is guaranteed to be safe and sound.

To be even more shameless, Minister Fouché might pull off a double-crossing maneuver.

They openly told Malfoy that Buckbeak had been beheaded, but secretly let him go.

But William would never bribe Fudge for something like that.

First of all, Hermione, being the righteous one she would never agree to. Besides, does he look like a sucker?

William has always been the one extorting others.

No one has been able to blackmail him yet!

William is prepared to use other methods to protect our Buckbeak.

Just then, Harry and Ron arrived.

Seeing the tense atmosphere at the table, Harry couldn't help but ask, "What happened?"

Qiu handed over the letter on the table.

Harry took it, glanced at it a few times, and looked up, saying, "Oh, this is terrible! How's Hagrid?"

"He's still crying at home, but he's much better now," Cedric said softly.

"What did Dumbledore say?" Ron asked.

"Since he could get the school board to pardon Hagrid, maybe he can also get Minister Fudge to forgive that monster..."

"Hagrid said Professor Dumbledore is very busy," Cho said in a low voice.

"We can't let those Dementors into the castle, and Sirius Black is wandering around everywhere..."

"But it's just a matter of a single sentence!" Ron argued loudly.

"Everyone knows that Minister Fudge is not very bright and only listens to Dumbledore's orders."

William and Hermione rolled their eyes simultaneously.

What gave Ron this misconception: that a Minister of Magic was Dumbledore's puppet?

During the Tywin Lannister incident, Professor Snape was taken away by the Aurors twice; Hagrid did the same in the Chamber of Secrets last year.

The Dementors were stationed at Hogwarts, which Dumbledore strongly opposed, but Fudge insisted on pushing it through and even allowed them to multiply on his own initiative.

Minister Fudge was merely being subservient on the surface, giving the public the illusion that Dumbledore supported him.

In fact, they were always wary of the principal and tried to weaken his influence.

Fudge is definitely not one of us.

William was preparing to write to Rita, urging her to focus more on Fudge.

Fudge is so good at making money, he must have left a lot of dirt on him.

His relationship with that toad Umbridge isn't exactly normal either.

Umbridge's promotion was too fast. A few years ago, he wasn't very influential, but after he got involved with Fudge during the Merlin Medal incident, his position jumped up rapidly.

It felt like doing anaerobic exercise inside a rocket.

To strike a snake at its vital point, William waited for Fudge to betray him so he could deliver the fatal blow and bring him down.

Tom is not easy to kill. A Minister of Magic like him is not hard to deal with.

"If Professor Dumbledore is busy, William, could you perhaps lend a hand?"

Ron interrupted William's thoughts, saying matter-of-factly.

"I heard from Fred and the others that you became the British youth representative for Wissengamo during the summer holidays... and also saved Scamander in France."

"Ron, Wizengamor doesn't concern itself with such trivial matters," Hermione said impatiently.

"If you read more books, you'll know..."

Wisengamoes really doesn't concern itself with such trivial matters.

It has judicial power and its status is basically equivalent to the "Supreme People's Procuratorate".

A school teacher's pet scratched a student... No matter what you say, you can't appeal to the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

Besides, William is just a youth representative, not Wizengamo.

When traveling abroad, he can use the tiger skin given to him by Dumbledore to make a show of himself, but in China, he is just a mascot with little real power.

Hermione had to explain several times before Harry and Ron, who were completely ignorant of the law, could barely understand the jurisdiction of Wizengamor.

Harry hesitated; he needed to speak with William, but he wasn't sure whether he should.

Especially since everyone is busy with Haig's matter.

"Harry, is there something you need?" William asked, looking at Harry's expression.

"Um..." Harry stammered.

"I want to—I want to learn the Patronus Charm to fight Dementors, can you teach me?"

Harry scratched his head and said, "I wanted Hermione to teach me, but she said she was too busy."

"Wasn't her guardian spell taught to her by you? So I thought..."

"That's right, I taught you during the summer vacation, but I'm afraid I don't have time to teach you now," William explained.

"You know, I have a ton of things to do, including preparing lessons on ancient magic runes for third graders and grading their homework."

William and Hermione didn't have enough time; they used the Time-Turner to buy time every day, so they simply couldn't spare any free time to teach Harry.

Now we need to be even busier with Hagrid's affairs.

"I can wait...for Christmas?" Harry said, still unwilling to give up. "I heard from Ginny that you're not coming home for Christmas this year."

"Yes, we won't be going back for Christmas," William said apologetically. "But one of my teachers is coming back from America, and we have to go see him."

Harry was somewhat disappointed.

He's now eager to learn the Patronus Charm so that if there's another Quidditch match and the Dementors come again, he'll have a way to deal with them.

"Harry, I have a suggestion."

"What?" Harry asked hastily.

"You can go to Professor Lupin," William said. "Professor Lupin is very skilled in this area, and... he and your father are close friends!"

"What? I've never heard of that before," Harry said, bewildered.

"I only heard about it," William said vaguely. "He would definitely be willing to help you."

"If you need a Dementor, you can borrow the twins' Boggarts; they've hidden one... under the bed."

Ever since Ron went to the Slytherin common room to sell the photos, the twins have put away their tools and dared not dabble in women's clothing anymore.

They plan to wait until things calm down before making a comeback and offering custom services.

They've already secretly arranged a price through someone.

Pansy paid a hefty price to buy out the copyright to the Malfoy photos in drag.

The two suddenly discovered that the personal customization industry was more profitable than selling Professor Snape's photos.

For example, William...

There were dozens of girls who wanted to buy his photos in women's clothing.

The supply simply cannot meet the demand.

If William knew, he would probably be unable to help but sigh:

This is the earliest AI face-swapping technology.

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