When September came, the Ministry of Magic carried out several reforms, in order to facilitate the pursuit of Death Eaters who had fled abroad, and in order to quickly send wizards to assist when similar organizations were born in other European countries, the British Ministry of Magic began to establish a fireplace line across the sea after communicating with the French Ministry of Magic.

Azkaban, a famous wizarding prison, was reopened after renovation and reconstruction, and all the convicted wizards were re-engaged in it. The Dementor Extermination Order was lifted, and the Ministry of Magic did not learn its previous lesson and sent them to guard the prison. Opposition to the decree overshadowed the debate over the marriage law and became the hottest topic after the Dark Lord was eliminated.

Mr. Scrimgeur, the Deputy Minister of Magic, has spoken out against this "reform", which is not considered a reform, and it is said that he quarreled with Minister Lockhart several times in the minister's office over the matter, and the relationship between the two suddenly deteriorated to a freezing point.

As more and more wizards immigrated to the UK, Hogwarts was urged by the Ministry of Magic to remove only British and Irish wizards. In addition to this, the school had been divided for a thousand years, but it was abolished because it was considered sloppy and prone to estrangement, and the school was divided according to the children's interests and aspirations.

There was some talk about it, but few children cared about it, because among the dozen or so transfer students welcomed by Hogwarts this year, there was a little girl named Gabrielle Delacour, who was said to be of Meiwa blood and extremely beautiful - after a summer vacation, except for the fact that she still had difficulty controlling herself when she saw her idol, she was able to control her charm ability, and she also started school on time like other young wizards. The girls were nervous about her arrival, and the boys were excited.

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The Spells and Magic Research Department of the Department of Mysteries also began to recruit people to resume the work, as Lockhart had hoped, and he specially handed over the only resurrection stone in the Deathly Hallows that he had never understood what it did, and ordered the wizard's scientific research institute to figure out its function, and according to its principles, to restore the technique invented by the Peverell brothers to perform multiple complex enchantments on a magical object.

Tried and tested. The function of the Resurrection Stone was quickly determined - contrary to the previous speculation that it could summon the souls of the dead, its function was simple: through the cooperation of several magic spells, the user could hallucinate and see a loved one who had passed away.

But what users can see is actually only the person they imagine, the other person's memory, personality, body, and appearance...... It's all from the user's memories, and even what they can say is what they want to hear: for example, when Dumbledore sees his sister with the Resurrection Stone, she gently says she forgives her brother, and if Harry sees his parents, they encourage his son to fight bravely......

Compared to the Elder Wand and Cloak of Invisibility, the Resurrection Stone is probably the most useless of the three Deathly Hallows. Only those who are not determined need its encouragement...... But then again, people are not machines, and who hasn't wavered?

Despite its lack of practicality, the enchantment on the Resurrection Stone is far more complex and subtle than its two brothers. How did the Peverell brothers manage to attach so many different functions and non-conflicting magic to such a small object?

It's been too long since everything in the wizarding world has changed, and it's time for a revolution.

The wizarding crime rate has dropped to an all-time low, and the Aurors and Strikers have focused on searching for Voldemort's last Horcrux. The job wasn't easy, and Voldemort apparently learned his lesson and didn't put this last Horcrux in a special place. The wizards of the British Ministry of Magic turned every place where Voldemort and the Death Eaters had been stationed, but still found no trace of the golden cup. It has even been suggested that a prophet should calculate the whereabouts of the thing, but no one can make such an accurate non-event prediction......

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But Lockhart will not and does not need to be personally involved in all of this - he has now decided to enjoy his life, and from now on he will only call the shots behind the scenes. Never show up again, do it yourself.

In the six months leading up to the last big event, Lockhart and the two girls were married, although the two daughters-in-law surprised his parents a little. But his mother supported him unconditionally, and his father, the two daughters-in-law, were not so bizarre as strange as his wife had told him he was a witch more than twenty years ago.

As a Muggle, Baron Lockhart apparently preferred Hermione, who lived and spoke the same way as Muggles, while the shrewd Baroness, although she found both daughters-in-law likable, preferred her in front of Pandora, lest the girl feel left out.

Lockhart then began to fulfill his wish to "transform the Order of the Phoenix from a small wizarding community into a large, transnational forum of highly qualified and enlightened wizards."

The wish is grandiose and difficult to achieve. But with the reputation of being known as the strongest wizard in the world, managing one-third of Europe's wizards, and even having a close relationship with the Chinese Ministry of Magic, which has the largest number of registered wizards in the world, the Order of the Phoenix even has a tendency to become the United Nations of the wizarding world......

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In February 1999, if nothing else, Lockhart would no longer be Minister of Magic the next month.

"You're the new leader of the Dementors right now?"

"Yes, Mr. Minister......" a black-robed man replied to Lockhart across the minister's desk.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a Dementor honestly floating low on the ground, shaking the air, carefully answering the Minister of Magic's questions.

"You have no problem with the old-timers I ordered your execution half a year ago. Lockhart asked kindly.

"No, sir, they have foolishly chosen to take refuge in Voldemort, which has almost brought destruction to our species, and they are to blame, damned-"

"I'm glad you're so sensible. Lockhart looked satisfied: "Then I will entrust you to do something now, if you do it well, I will give the Dementors a better life, if you don't do it, you will starve in Azkaban for the rest of your life......"

"Mr. Minister......" The Dementor hastened to show his loyalty, "I'm willing to serve you." ”

"There aren't many prisoners in Azkaban now, and yesterday, the last group of wizards who had their sentences commuted to six months were released...... "Lockhart said lightly, "Do you know what the remaining prisoners have in common?"

"They're all Death Eaters? no—some aren't, they're all men......?"

Seeing that the Dementors were stumped, Lockhart shook his head and stopped selling his son: "The rest of these people are either crazy blood-bloodists, people who killed my Auror comrades in the war, or I have killed relatives and hold a grudge against me...... Some are stubborn, others are enmity or threat to me. What they all have in common is that they're all people I want to kill!"

The Dementor shuddered at Lockhart's grim tone, and replied more carefully, "But—if you want to kill them, wouldn't it be better to sentence them to death?"

"It's not that simple, I don't want to get in trouble!" Lockhart glared at the Dementors, "You don't need to know much, you just need to understand my intentions." ”

"You mean, let's- if the Dementors do it...... The wizard won't let us go. ”

"But what if the prisoner escapes?" Lockhart asked with a smile, "What are you afraid of with me?" At eleven o'clock tonight, the Dementors will simply kill the prisoner who is still in prison, and then inform the Ministry of Magic that the prisoner has escaped, and the Ministry of Magic will fake the scene for you. ”

"But the Dementors can't survive without the prisoners...... Mr. Minister. ”

"After this vote, I will allow you to go to the Muggle City to fill your stomachs. Lockhart replied, "As long as you control your numbers and don't kill people, I'll turn a blind eye." ”

"This-" The dementor, who was only a few years old and had almost no experience, was moved, and now that the crime rate of wizards had dropped, the prisoners who had been locked up had their sentences completed or even commuted, and they were starving almost every day.

Lockhart leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes: "This is an order, not a request, now you go back." Remember, I'm a very superstitious person, and if anyone else knew about it, even if it wasn't your fault, I would blame you. ”

"Yes, Mr. Minister. The Dementor bowed in mid-air and floated out the door. Lockhart was left behind, his eyes shining.

Most of the prisoners have only a few months to a year or two left in their sentences, and they will escape? Dementors of a little age and mind may be aware of the conspiracy, but they are all dead. Now the Dementors are only a bunch of brainless babies.

Even if they saw that something was wrong, even if all was done and that Dementors could survive Scrimgeour's seamless trap and run out into the street to tell wizards that they had been framed, they would only be greeted by Patronus spewing out of their wands, not listening and trusting.

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【Ask for a satisfactory ...... in advance】

――(To be continued......)