Chapter 439: The War Ends
Daily Prophet: The Ministry of Magic killed two Dark Lords in the middle of the night, and all the fugitive Death Eaters were caught.
The shadow of war has completely dissipated from the skies over the British wizarding world, and the Ministry of Magic has lifted martial law, and all registered wizards will be able to freely enter and exit all areas except the Department of Mysteries and the Minister's Office again.
Grindelwald is "dead", DeWadi Trege took Lockhart's settling-in money, removed the magic mark on his body and disappeared from his vision, and the Bloodnish family completely got rid of the curse of unicorn blood left by their ancestors after almost using up the energy in the Philosopher's Stone, Black Thorn became a potions distribution organization under the management of the Ministry of Magic after changing its name to "Thorn Tree", and all the wizards who contributed to the battle against Voldemort, Lockhart applied for the Merlin Medal for them......
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Despite suffering some internal injuries, the White Lord tried to appease his wife, who was angry because he felt that he was hiding everything, and insisted on going to work at the Ministry of Magic in the morning as usual.
"Arraignment of prisoners" and planning the next direction of the Ministry of Magic's work - correct the course of the big ship of the British wizarding world in the morning, and then go home in the afternoon to recuperate.
Scrimgeur, the only wizard to go into battle with an injury, miraculously survived last night's battle, has returned to work at the Ministry of Magic as Deputy Minister of Magic.
"You looked terrible after you killed Voldemort last night, how are you doing?"
"I can't die, but I'm going to go home and recuperate later, and you can watch the Wizengamot trial of the newly captured Death Eaters," Lockhart pulled out a piece of paper, "Make sure that everyone on this list is sentenced to more than six months." β
Scrimgeour hesitated, but still reached out to take the list: "Determined to kill them?"
"That's right, I'll order Azkaban to reopen in two days. Lockhart nodded firmly, "Then let the surrendered Dementors guard the prisoners." β
"It's going to be a big controversyβ"
"Yes, what you have to do is let the controversy grow. And me. will not heed the advice and impose this 'unreasonable' and 'inhumane' policy. β
Scrimgeour had regained his old spirits, and he stared at Lockhart with sharp eyes for a few seconds, understanding what the other party was thinking: "Okay, I'll openly oppose and attack this policy." β
"Let's just pretend to have a falling out, two senior leaders with opposing opinions......" Lockhart felt a little empty, leaned back in his chair, and a new idea popped up. "This will make a lot of things easier, the old rules, I will come with a black face, you will come with a white face. β
Scrimgeour smiled: "With a bad trick." β
Lockhart shrugged: "But always practical." β
"What are you going to do when you leave office?"
"Go back to Hogwarts as a professor. Relaxed and at ease. β
"And the little witch by the way?" Scrimgeour snorted disdainfully.
Lockhart was a little speechless: "Can you please stop talking in the same tone as Arthur's wife? I'm also recognized as the best defense professor in fifty years, okay?"
"That's because you're the only one who dares to keep working when something happens to you in your professorship......"
The door to the minister's office was opened, and Percy probed in: "Mr. Minister." β
"Fans, especially young witches!" Lockhart said with a frown.
"No, it's Headmaster Snape here. β
"You can just let the people of the Order of the Phoenix in, you don't have to stop ......"
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Snape, who was outside the door, unceremoniously squeezed Percy away and walked in with a blank face.
"What's wrong, Severus?" the two ministers of magic looked at the comer.
Snape sat down in another chair next to Scrimgeur, "How's your injury? I heard you gave away the Philosopher's Stone, and I have oneβ"
Lockhart waved his hand: "No need, now I'm not in a hurry to recover my full combat effectiveness, I'll recover after a month or two." β
"Headmaster Snape. When did you become Gildero's family doctor?" asked Scrimgeour as he turned his head to look at him, curiously joking.
Snape ignored Scrimgeour's teasing, but continued to look cold: "There is one more thing, I am resigning from the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts. Join the Aurors. β
"Huh?" Lockhart looked at him in surprise, "What's wrong?" β
"Severus, of course I would welcome you as a good wizard to join the Aurors. Scrimgeour smiled, then looked at Lockhart, "But who's going to take the seat?" The Headmaster of Hogwarts, while not as powerful as the Minister of Magic, is an important role in the context of the new wizarding law, which requires all wizards to enroll. β
"I can't think of anyone who would fit into this position. Lockhart thought in his head, "You asked Professor Flitwick. Or Professor Slughorn?"
"They won't. β
"Why are you in such a hurry to be an Auror, Voldemort is dead. β
"The last Horcrux hasn't been foundβ"
"I see, you're going to say again, you can't 'start a new life' without killing him completely!" Lockhart interjected impatiently, "But Voldemort is no different from dead, he has betrayed his family, and no one will resurrect him again!"
"That's what you think. β
Scrimgeour interrupted a brief argument between the two: "Didn't Gildero just say that he would return to Hogwarts as a professor after leaving office, and he would just be the headmaster." β
"Please, according to the plan, I'm going to resign and be ousted from the position of Minister of Magic and run over to be the Headmaster?"
"Wouldn't it be okay to manipulate public opinion a little bit and make you an image with more merit than fault?"
Lockhart thought for a moment, but it didn't hurt anyway: "Okay, then Severus, can you hold on for another half a year?"
"Half a year, no matter how long it takes, I'll pick it directly. Snape reluctantly agreed.
"Professor McGonagall ......is dead," Lockhart said regretfully, "Otherwise, what a suitable headmaster she is, Dumbledore had hardly left the school to her in the past few years, and almost all the trivial matters were left to her." β
"People can't be resurrected after death, so I'll go back to work first," Scrimgeour put away a pile of papers and stood up: "You go home and recuperate, I'm here." β
"Well, oh yes, one more thing, Rufus-Hermione is going to Australia to find her parents who have been cast the Oblivion Curse, and you can get me a reliable Auror to protect her. Lockhart thought for a moment and added, "I want an Auror." β
"Understood, I asked Anna to take her. β
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Although still serving as Minister of Magic, Lockhart has actually thrown all the burden on Scrimthair. Anyway, the wizarding world has been completely calmed down, and all the latter needs to do is deal with some wizard crimes that are not serious. With the Ministry of Magic completely destroying the Death Eaters and killing the strongest Dark Wizard, everything really went smoothly.
Lockhart can finally start enjoying life, but just as he is making newspaper headlines again for defeating the Dark Lord, he is on the cover of "Singing Back" for seducing girls while he was a professor!
Hermione and Pandora were indeed his students, and if he only talked about these two girls, Lockhart would admit it, but in the article, he imitated Rita Skeeter's routine, wrote himself as if he had sex with all the girls, and then dumped them, and even Ginny was tricked by him to like him......
There are also some reasonable and well-founded dry goods in the article, which must be known by the people around you, who is having trouble with yourself?
Lockhart was a little annoyed, but Mr. Lovegood, the editor-in-chief of "Singing the Odds", had helped the Order of the Phoenix during the war, and he could not take revenge for personal reasons, so he could only endure his anger.
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ββ(To be continued......)