Rufus-Scrimgeour has been under a lot of pressure lately.

Eleven months ago, after the fall of Cornelius Fudge's regime, Scrimgeur, who was then the head of the Auror Office, was successfully promoted to become the head of the Law Enforcement Division of the Ministry of Magic...... The position of Director of the Law Enforcement Department is almost second only to the Minister of Magic, and he is the second most important person in the entire British wizarding community.

At first, many people thought that Scrimgeour had a promising future and could even become the next minister, but the results did not seem to be a good thing.

In the eyes of others, Scrimgeour has always been a sharp and tough wizard, and many have commented that he looks like an old lion. In fact, his appearance alone - his brown hair, thick gray eyebrows, and piercing eyes with gold-rimmed glasses have left a very deep impression on many dark wizards.

Scrimgeour was also a resolute man, and most of his work was devoted to dealing with dark wizards, and he also achieved a lot of success for the Ministry of Magic.

However, these "achievements" did not receive any praise, but unbelievably received a lot of criticism.

The wizarding world has transferred its dissatisfaction with Fudge's regime more than a year ago to the current Ministry of Magic...... Many people have complained that the Ministry of Magic has been too slow to react to the Dark Lord and his minions...... But there is no doubt that it is not Scrimgeour and the current Ministry of Magic that is not his fault, although many blame him for it.

And more critically, it is a series of moves after Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix.

Even Scrimgeour himself has to admit that Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix have made a very big contribution in the fight against the Dark Lord and his minions. Even their leader, Albus Dumbledore, was tragically killed.

But these contributions seem to further highlight the "incompetence" of the Ministry of Magic.

The vast majority of Death Eaters were captured by the Order of the Phoenix, several major crises in the wizarding world in the past two years were resolved by Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix, and even the Dark Lord himself was defeated twice in a row by the people of Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix in two years.

This is certainly not a good thing...... After all, the dignity of the Ministry of Magic is at stake!

As the most authoritative institution in the entire British wizarding community, if the Ministry of Magic is disgraced, then the entire British wizarding community will also be in chaos.

So, after Albus Dumbledore's funeral (after the complete fall of the Dark Lord and his minions), Scrimgeour has been working hard to suppress the prestige of the Order of the Phoenix and Hogwarts......

However, he undoubtedly failed!

Its roots lie in the new Headmaster of Hogwarts...... Albus Dumbledore was amazed enough to appoint a Hogwarts graduate, now under the age of seventeen, as the new Headmaster, and even more surprisingly, this appointment met with little opposition from many of the Hogwarts professors.

The young new headmaster was quite a trick when it came to intrigue......

Over the past two months, he has been extremely skillful in carrying out a series of propaganda campaigns throughout the Order of the Phoenix, which has completely frustrated Scrimgeur's original intentions.

Now the entire wizarding world is talking about the efforts and sacrifices made by the Order of the Phoenix and Hogwarts in the fight against the dark forces, completely unaware that their Ministry of Magic is the real main force in the confrontation with the Dark Lord!

Even Mr. Barnabas Guffey, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, seems to be eye-to-eye with the Headmaster of Hogwarts through his former Headmaster, Horace Slughorn, and the failure to keep even this former mouthpiece newspaper shows how far the Ministry of Magic has failed.

Especially a day ago, when the interview with "My Godfather Sirius" was published in the Daily Prophet......

The Ministry of Magic was bombarded with howler letters like never before, and even Scrimgeour himself was inevitably attacked twice by howler letters in one day.

So much so that he had to explain to the public again and again that the culprit who threw Siris Black into Azkaban without trial in the first place was the former director of the Law Enforcement Division, Barty Crouch, who had been dead for more than two years......

Although Scrimgeour admits that the Ministry of Magic did have a bit of a hasty trial of Cyris Black, this is not a reason to attack the Ministry of Magic, is it?

There may be some hidden conspiracy against the Ministry of Magic, but Scrimgeour is a little powerless.

......

As he pondered this, Scrimgeour sighed deeply as he took off his gold-rimmed glasses and wiped them gently.

Maybe it's because he's in a bad mood, and he even feels like his glasses are starting to blur these days......

"Rufus-Scrimgeur. Suddenly, someone whispered Scrimgeour's name.

The sound came from the wall, and Scrimgeour quickly put his glasses back on, and after searching the wall, he found the person who had just called him.

"Mr. Evra, what's the matter?" he said with a serious face.

The walls of the Ministry of Magic are also filled with portraits of witches and wizards, most of whom have made significant contributions to the Ministry over the past few hundred years...... And Rufus-Scrimtheer's greatest wish in this life is to be able to hang his portrait on the wall after his death, and become a member of it.

"I brought a message from Hogwarts Headmaster Jon Hart. The sorcerer on the portrait replied, "He hopes to find an opportunity to talk to you." ”

"Headmaster Hart wants to talk to me?" Scrimgeur's face changed slightly.

In fact, he did want to talk to the young Headmaster of Hogwarts...... Questioning what he's been doing to the Ministry of Magic over the past two months......

However, Scrimgeour tried to be as serious as possible: "I don't have a problem with that, but I'm not going to Hogwarts...... I don't think I'll be welcome there!"

After all, Scrimgeur, as the director of the Law Enforcement Division and the number two person in the Ministry of Magic, also needs a little dignity and confidence.

"Principal Hart guessed you would say that. Mr. Evra, who is depicted in the portrait, said calmly, "So, he wants to invite you to a bar in Hogsmeade and have a butterbeer together." ”

Scrimgeour thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, please pass on to Headmaster Hart, I have no problem with that." ”

......

The wizard in the portrait leaves, apparently on his way to deliver the message.

And Scrimgeour also calmed down at this time.

If you want to confront the Principal Hart and negotiate with him—

If memory serves, during a previous interrogation, the headmaster seemed to reveal his unusual relationship with the Greengrass family......

It seems that this will be a breakthrough point in negotiations!