Hogsmeade, the tension in the air has not gone away. Since the last basilisk incident, there have been several terrorist attacks in the area. The wizards who live here have begun to look at every unfamiliar face with scrutinizing eyes.

Fortunately, during this time, the Ministry of Magic has become more and more protective of Hogsmeade, and several of these hurried wizards are veteran Aurors. They usually wore their signature dragonskin coats, wand pouches that reached their waists, and their eyes looked at each wizard sharply, as if they were potential Death Eaters.

Aside from the Aurors, the most foreign personnel who appear here are the intelligence officers of the major powers. As the only village where wizards can operate publicly, it is usually the place where you can get the latest news about the wizarding world. Compared to the bustling city of Diagon Alley, although it is a little monotonous, the wizards who come and go are generally not simple.

Hogsmeade is now building new houses, which are investments from families and businessmen. Although the current form of terrorist attacks is still severe, life goes on. New houses are built quickly, and there are wizards who specialize in building magic, who can build apartments with great character and good protection magic.

Like Malfoy Manor, the Black family's apartments, the Ministry of Magic headquarters, and more, these buildings have strong protective spells attached to them to keep them safe and private. Of course, none of this magic can be compared to the enchantment of Hogwarts Castle, which is not so much a protective enchantment as a bizarre magical system: the enchantment can not only protect students and professors, but also detect various anomalies in the castle, and realize the functions of defense, alarm, and attack according to the requirements of the headmaster.

On Hogsmeade's side, construction began on two more courtyards next to each other. The children watched with curiosity as several professional construction wizards built the building materials like building blocks, and soon the skeleton beams of the house were assembled, followed by the combination and connection of some materials. Under normal circumstances, at this time, some magic materials and magic formations will be added to form a protective spell for the house.

This courtyard, which is under construction, looks like a good specification, a three-story building, and a large area. In terms of materials, they are also some good wood and stone. Strangely, these building wizards didn't add any magic materials to these ordinary building materials: there were no commonly used pearl powder, fish bone powder, elven grass seeds, and no ready-made magic pattern formations, these building materials were just put together and built like a normal Muggle house.

This is a rare ancient Chinese palace building: the eaves are upturned, the walls are blue and the tiles are red, and from a distance, it looks like a square monkey crouching there. The building is said to belong to a wizard from the Far East, who traveled the world and never found a suitable village for the wizard to live in. He didn't want to hide his magical talents, so he couldn't live in a normal Muggle community. Many of the places where wizards can appear in public are generally extreme: there is a wizard village on the Antarctic continent, but it's too cold, and there are several tribes in the Amazon where magic can be used openly, but civilization there has long since declined.

It is said that the wizard from the Far East finally chose to settle in Hogsmeade because of the environment: the border of civilization, and at the same time the gathering place of wizards, the best place to live.

The wizard bought two plots of land, one to be used to build his own home, and the other to be designed as a specialty shop to sell strange things he had collected from all over the world.

The Architectural Wizard once asked if he wanted to add a suitable protective spell, but the mysterious wizard insisted on designing and constructing a portion of the protective spell himself, rejecting the architectural wizard's suggestion. Although there are also many customers who ask for their own protective spells, but they are generally unsuccessful, the construction wizard explains the difficulties, and the mysterious wizard is still very confident and still asks himself to deal with it.

Barty Jr. was very interested in the new house. He can now appear in Hogsmeade more freely. On the one hand, because he always uses the same polyjuice decoction, his face is gradually familiar to everyone: he is a house keeper hired by the Li family, and he lives in a screaming shack. On the other hand, Barty Sr. doesn't know what method was used to make Barty Jr. look dead in Azkaban, and the public record for Barty Jr. is that it is gone. In other words, Barty Jr. is no longer a prisoner of the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic does not want dead people.

The eyes of many Hogsmeade spies also looked at the building, and everyone began to slowly infiltrate it. The news of the attack on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has become known to many wizards, and many parents' owls have come from far and wide to inquire about the safety of their children.

Albus Dumbledore declared wizarding Britain in a state of war, causing Minister Fudge's utter displeasure. The two had an unpleasant conversation in the principal's office. Fudge sent his confidant, Deputy Minister Umbridge, to Hogwarts to give a comprehensive assessment of the school's teaching. In addition to this arrangement, Fudge is said to have pressured the Board of Trustees of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to remove Albus Dumbledore from his position as Headmaster.

The Wizengamot Wizarding Order also began to split with Albus Dumbledore's radical moves. Most of the wizards sided with the Minister, insisting that the form was fine, that Albus Dumbledore was just alarmist, and of course, the rumors that the Headmaster wanted to replace Minister Fudge were almost not believed by the members of the Wizarding Order.

It's not that they don't think Albus has such abilities, but they don't think the Headmaster has such ambitions: Albus had the opportunity to become a minister, but he turned it down and became the chief wizard of the wizarding order.

In addition to this group of wizards, some members of the wizarding group, led by the Longbottom family, the Bones family, and several other families, had the same attitude as the headmaster, insisting that the current situation was very bad, and that wizarding Britain must be declared in a state of war, and a state of emergency must be imposed until the outside forces and Death Eaters are eliminated.

However, there were relatively few wizards, and they all supported Rufus Scrimgeur, believing that the chief of staff, who advocated coercive measures, was the most capable person to lead the Ministry.

It's a pity that although the wizarding group is nominally the highest authority in the entire wizarding Britain, the internal views are seriously divided and extremely inefficient, and they will not be able to make any unified decisions for a while.

When Umbridge arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the first big problem she faces is the young wizards from other countries. The tournament has not stopped, although there has been news that the tournament may end early due to heavy casualties. But wizards who know the rules of the game know very well: the Goblet of Fire is a holy weapon, and the wizards who have been screened by the Goblet of Fire are equivalent to signing an unbreakable contract, unless the winner is decided, otherwise they will be punished by the Goblet of Fire contract if they withdraw early.

At present, except for the professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, all the professors and instructors of the other five schools have gone to the East China Sea region of the Far East, and the legendary ruins are much more dangerous than imagined. According to Principal Lan, the guardian magic of this relic is far beyond what is known to magic now.

Now that the tournament is not over, Minister Fudge's joint policy has not changed, and these little wizards are still guests of wizarding England. Umbridge can't be too them.

But for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's own students, Umbridge is much harsher. She removed the students' right to leave the school without permission, limited the number of people who could go to Hogsmeade each week, and only those who met the requirements and had her consent could be on the list.

All classes were re-evaluated, all the free time for students was withdrawn, and the classes were so full that a professor even had to teach three grades at the same time. Teaching tasks of this intensity are simply unbearable for ordinary professors, except for Professor Binns, who has become a ghost.

"Andrew, I have a good relationship with your father, Lee, you should know. Umbridge smiled and looked at the handsome boy opposite. She had already relied on the power of a minister to establish a rudimentary authority in the school, and at this point she needed to find a spokesperson among the students. Originally, she had in mind the Malfoy family's child, but Lucius Malfoy's influence on the Minister was no less than her own, and she felt that it was a little difficult to control Draco Malfoy. So she picked and chosen, and through all aspects of understanding, she learned some news about Andrew Lee.

This kid of the Li family defeated the heir of the Diggory family, you know, the Diggory family was also a very prominent family, although it has been a little depressed in recent years, but the Diggory family still has a certain influence in the Ministry of Magic.

Andrew is also a student leader in Ravenclaw. Know that every college will have a student leader. This leader is the uncrowned king. She or he may not be the prefect or the president of the student council, but her and his opinions will definitely be valued by all students.

Andrew's status in Ravenclaw is more detached, he is not a prefect, but he has an excellent relationship with prefect Penelope Crivat, he is not a traditional athlete, Quidditch star, but Ravenclaw's Quidditch princess Cho Chang is his girlfriend.

Lee is also a senior adviser to the minister, and he has a good relationship with him, and if Andrew can cooperate with him, Umbridge has the information to take control of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in a month and get Albus Dumbledore out.

It's a pity that the deputy minister doesn't know the true purpose of the Li family. If she had known that Count Lee had been secretly working against Minister Fudge, and was actually on Albus Dumbledore's side, she would not have had such thoughts.

Hearing Umbridge's false intimacy, Xie An nodded expressionlessly. He had already thought about it before he came, and Umbridge suddenly wanted to see him, just to win him over. It's a pity that Shea is not interested in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He only cared about Autumn, Luna, and Hermione, and the others were not so important to him.

"What do you think of Albus Dundedon?" Umbridge asked directly, slightly dissatisfied with Andrew's cold attitude, after a moment's thought.

Although Shean didn't care much about Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he was more wary of Umbridge. This vigilance is not because Umbridge has any ability to harm him - at the level of a second-rate wizard in Umbridge, there is no threat at all - but because he does not want to have any connection with her. There were two reasons for this: one was that he wanted to draw a line with Umbridge so that he would not be used by her in the future, and the second was that he did not want to get involved in the infighting of the Ministry of Magic now, and it was enough for Count Lee to join in this infighting, and there was no need to waste his time on it.

Therefore, Xie An's attitude is a kind of alienation and indifference.

"Headmaster Albus Dunledore is a great wizard, but in some ways he is too radical, and I have publicly advised the Headmaster, but unfortunately the Headmaster did not listen. Xie An said calmly and slowly.

"You've publicly accused Albus Dumbledore?" said Shea's, though calm, was like thunder to Umbridge's ears. So far, even Secretary Fudge has not publicly blamed Albus Dumbledore. Although the conflict between the two has been made public, they still maintain a superficial harmony, and Fudge has never said anything in public.

Umbridge was amazed that a child had suddenly done something that no one else dared to do.

"Yes, Vice Minister, many professors know this. Albus had told the professors that Andrew was a very interesting kid, and that he had said that the principal was too impulsive.

Albus's attitude towards Xie An has been changing. From the initial curiosity, to the later vigilance, to the later rejection, to the current acquiescence and even acceptance, the changes in this are not insignificant. The main reason is actually similar to Albus Dumbledore's transformation to Gellert Grindelwald.

He had feared that Sheaan would become a second Voldemort or Gellert Grindelwald. Xie An is too similar to them, talented, and several times harder than others. The magic mastered at a young age is several times greater than that of an adult wizard.

But Xie An has one biggest difference from them: Xie An has a girlfriend, and it seems that he has a good relationship with the other two girls.

In Albus Dumbledore's view, this difference is the biggest difference between Andrew and the two Dark Lords, and the biggest reason why he slowly changed from wary rejection to acquiescence: once a wizard has a bond, it is difficult for him to become a captive of the desire to kill.