Rita knew that the situation was now more than just a matter of getting hold of her - before, it was not a big sin to be an unregistered illegal Animagus transformer or to write fake news on her own. But the one that helped the Death Eaters was troublesome, and to be honest, she could indeed be said to have succumbed to the threat of the Death Eaters, so there were not a few wizards who were forced to serve the Death Eaters, and it was impossible to convict them all......

In other words, it's up to Lockhart to deal with it - if he, as Minister of Magic and Chief Wizard of Wizengamot, insists on putting a Death Eater on his head, it will be fine both legally and logically.

Similarly, as long as Lockhart says that he is not guilty, no one can hold him accountable.

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"Don't pretend to be pitiful, can't you admit that your acting skills are good? The new Minister of Magic, sitting behind his desk, smiled contemptuously. "As long as you're obedient, I won't do anything to you. ”

It turned out that he was going to do things on his own, so he said it earlier-Rita was happy in her heart, but her face was still terrified: "Mr. Minister...... What do I need to do?"

"See the marriage part of the new wizarding law. "Polygamy has become legal, do you know what I want you to do." ”

"This ......" Rita didn't dare to think that the other party had taken a fancy to her, she was barely a beauty when she was young...... Now, forget it. What the hell is this guy going to do, he deliberately mentioned the law of polygamy, so ...... Maybe he made this law, and he wants to be the beneficiary of this law!

Who does he want to marry? But she's just a fabricator of fake news, misleading the public through reports and books, and she's never been a matchmaker.

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"My wife, Hermione, has worked with you, and she still thinks highly of you. Lockhart ignored Skeeter's ramblings and continued. "She said you're a genius journalist, huh. No one would dare deny that - and the book you smeared Dumbledore made me realize that you are still a genius writer......"

"Miss Perfect says I'm a genius?" Skeeter was a little surprised, she almost forgot that she had pretended to have some agreement with the wife of the Minister of Magic in front of her about her attitude towards the house-elf, and that she had a friendship that she had worked together...... Merlin, with this level of relationship, how can there be anything wrong with me. "It's an honor!"

"Miss Perfect?" Lockhart raised an eyebrow, "is that what you call her in private?" ”

"Uh...... I'm sorry, I mean, Miss Granger, ah no, Mrs. Lockhart—she's a very smart woman, too. Skeeter realized he had lost his temper, but thankfully didn't use other, more sarcastic names. Actually, she prefers to call Hermione a jack of all trades. "As for the book about Mr. Dumbledore, those people forced me—"

"You don't need to explain it, that book was so successful that it made a lot of people really believe that Dumbledore was a dark wizard. Lockhart waved his hand, "But what I'm going to do for you to do next may be more difficult - I want you to write a book or a series of books that will be written, legendary, and even fabricated, of the case of a witch marrying a Muggle." In the end, those who failed to achieve happiness were even miserable, and they were picked out and sorted out. ”

"Good. Can...... As far as I know, your mother was a wizard, married to a Muggle—"

"They're doing well. It was my mother who leveled my father's way and made him accept all of this, understand!" Lockhart's eyes narrowed, "Hey, you know me well—"

"Yes-the wizard who pretended to be you asked me to investigate......"

Lockhart stared at the witch motionlessly. It wasn't until the other party trembled that he looked away: "Do you know why you did this?"

"You know, the law of polygamy has caused a lot of controversy among shamans...... The opposition outweighs the ...... support," Skeeter missaid in two sentences. Don't dare to say more, every word is thought to yourself: "You want to build momentum for this law through these cases of marrying Muggles and not getting happiness!"

"Right, you're smart. Lockhart was satisfied, "Seeing that you reacted so quickly, you should have done a similar kind of public opinion for those in power." ”

"Well, that's right......" Skeeter was a little smug - she had written reports that had always been considered biased, almost universally recognized in the wizarding world, but had never lost her job...... It's because he was shrouded by officials from the Ministry of Magic. But she is not a wizard born in a big family and her strength is ordinary, how can there be someone on it?

Because every time she builds momentum for the actions and policies of the Ministry of Magic, she always accomplishes the task very well. So even though she always creates some unrealistic and even absurd news and even rumors to attract attention and create topics, the upper echelons of the Ministry of Magic officials also turn a blind eye.

People with skills can be forgiven even if they make some mistakes, and although Rita's "ability" is very unpopular, it is exactly what Lockhart needs.

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"Not only do I have to legally marry a second girl with a wife, but I also want everyone around me to think that it's normal, even taken for granted, and not ashamed, you know?" Lockhart felt good when he first discovered power. "In addition to what I just said, you should also include some stories about people who love each other and are not together because of conflicts, and in the end the woman is very unhappy......"

In this regard, Lockhart is still too tender, and Rita guessed that it must be Lockhart who must have had a conflict with the girl of the Fudge family, but this time she didn't dare to say more: "I understand what you mean, you want to marry the young lady of the Fudge family, but you don't want her to feel wronged or suffer from the strange eyes of the people around her?"

Lohart nodded: "I'm just giving an example, after all, you're an expert in this area." Now that you've told you the purpose, you just have to remember that the book's primary audience is single witches who oppose this policy - and other than that, how to play it is your business. Rather than just telling stories and giving examples, you can use your brains and use a variety of arguments to justify the policy...... As long as this is done well, not only can your service to the Death Eaters be written off, but if the result is satisfactory to me...... I can even put the Daily Prophet in your hands. ”

"I will definitely use all my energy to accomplish this task!" said Rita, who was excited, "Mr. Minister, is there anything else to order?" ”

"Your peers are doing the other New Deal propaganda work, and you just need to do this one thing well. Lockhart said lightly, "The book you write, I will naturally arrange for it to be sold well, so that it can be seen by every witch, and the remuneration will ensure that you will not write in vain." Now, you can go, remember, this conversation never happened today, and I don't want to threaten more, you see. ”

"Got it, it never happened. Rita nodded in agreement and cautiously exited the minister's office.

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Lockhart summoned officials from the Muggle Intelligence Service - all wizards in England were now required to register their identity and file them with the Muggle government, and the Ministry of Magic encouraged wizards to move to nearby London, and even the Ministry of Magic already had pro-Muggle government wizards as officials...... All of this makes it now possible for Muggles to want to deal with wizards.

Therefore, even if the relationship between British wizards and the Muggle government entered a honeymoon period, it would have to be prepared for danger in times of peace - the work of the Muggle Intelligence Bureau should not only not be slackened, but intensified.

Now that manpower is in extreme short supply, we can't add more manpower, so we can only increase the work of these wizard intelligence officers.

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There are thousands of wizards in Britain (most of them family members of the Ministry of Magic) who have responded to the call of the Ministry of Magic, accepted the registration and moved their families to the Ministry of Magic or the vicinity of London, where they actually protected the Ministry of Magic while receiving protection.

The entire British wizarding and Muggle worlds were functioning normally, and were surprisingly orderly. The Dark Lord and the Death Eaters were as honest as they had been when they hadn't captured the Ministry of Magic a year ago...... No, it's more honest than then.

Originally, after the Floo Network could not be used, if the Death Eaters were to commit crimes and create panic, the Ministry of Magic really had no way at all. But the expected riots, Dementor attacks, and even confrontations between the Dark Wizard government and the Ministry of Magic didn't happen! One can't help but wonder if the Dark Lord had fled abroad with the remnants of the Death Eaters - of course, Lockhart didn't believe that, but the strange situation was really hard to explain.

The ordinary wizards at the bottom were lucky, believing without doubt that it was because the new Minister of Magic had defeated the Dark Lord that he was afraid to come forward, but among the insiders who knew that Lockhart was actually defeated, uneasiness and panic continued to build......

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――(To be continued......)