Rita knows: Now it's not just that the other party is holding her own hands - before, whether it's an unregistered illegal Animagus transformation or writing fake news, it's not a big crime. But the fact that she has helped the Death Eaters is troublesome. To be honest, she can indeed be said to have surrendered under the threat of the Death Eaters, so there are not a few wizards who are forced to serve the Death Eaters, and it is impossible to convict them all... …

In other words: how to deal with it is entirely up to Lockhart - if he, as the Minister of Magic and the chief wizard of Wizengamore, insists on putting a Death Eater on his head, it is not legal or reasonable. questionable.

Likewise, as long as Lockhart says he is innocent, no one can hold him accountable.

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"Don't pretend to be pitiful, isn't it okay to admit that you're good at acting?" The new Minister of Magic, sitting behind the desk, smiled contemptuously. "As long as you are obedient, I won't do anything to you."

It turned out to be doing things by herself, I should have said it earlier - Rita was secretly delighted, but her face was still full of fear: "Mr. Minister... What can I do for you?"

"See the marriage part of the new wizarding law," Lockhart said. "Polygamy is legal. Do you know what I want you to do?"

"This..." Rita didn't dare to think that the other party was interested in her, and she was barely considered a beauty when she was young... Now, forget it. What the **** is this guy doing, he deliberately brought up the law of polygamy, then... maybe this law was made by him, and he wants to be the beneficiary of this law!

Who does he want to marry? But she is just a fake news editor, misleading the public through reports and books. She is good at it, and has never been a matchmaker.

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"My wife, Hermione, has worked with you, and she still thinks highly of you," Lockhart continued regardless of Skeeter's whims. "She said you were a genius journalist, well, no one could deny that—and the book you smeared Dumbledore made me realize you're a genius writer..."

"Miss Perfection said I'm a genius?" Skeeter was a little surprised, she almost forgot: she once pretended to have some consensus on the attitude of house-elves with the wife of the Minister of Magic in front of her. There is a friendship that can be regarded as cooperation and cooperation... Merlin, how can I be in trouble with this kind of relationship. "It's an honour!"

"Miss Perfection?" Lockhart raised his eyebrows. "Is that what you call her in private?"

"Uh... sorry. I mean, Miss Granger, ah no, Mrs Lockhart - she's a very smart woman too." Skeeter realized he had lost his way, but fortunately there was no more sarcasm. In fact, she prefers to be called Hermione the Know-It-All. "As for the book about Mr. Dumbledore. Those were the ones who forced me to—"

"You don't have to explain much, that book was very successful, and it actually convinced many people that Dumbledore was a dark wizard." Lockhart waved his hand, "But what I ask you to do next may be more difficult— —I want you to write a book or a series of books, and sort out the records, the legends, and even the ones that could be fabricated. In the case of witches marrying Muggles, the ones who failed to achieve happiness in the end, or even the miserable ones, were sorted out. "

"Okay. But... as far as I know. Your mother was a wizard, married to a Muggle—"

"They were doing well, that was my mother who settled my father and made him accept it all, understand!" Lockhart narrowed his eyes. "Hey, you know me well—"

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

Lockhart stared at the witch so motionless, until the other party shivered, then looked away: "Do you know why you do this?"

"I know, the law of polygamy has caused a lot of controversy among wizards... There are more voices against it than those who support it..." Skeeter made two mistakes and did not dare to talk more. Every sentence is thought through: "You are trying to make a case for this law by marrying a Muggle and not getting happiness!"

"Correct, you're very smart." Lockhart was satisfied. "Seeing how fast you reacted. You must have prepared for similar public opinions for those in power."

"Well, that's right..." Skeeter was a little smug - her reports have always been considered biased, which is almost recognized in the wizarding world, but she has never been unemployed... because of being a Ministry official covered. But she is a wizard who is neither born in a big family, nor ordinary, how can there be someone on it?

Because every time she made a campaign for the actions and policies of the Ministry of Magic. Always get the job done well. So even though she was always making some unrealistic and even absurd news and even rumors to gain attention and create topics, the upper-level Ministry of Magic officials also turned a blind eye.

Someone who has the ability can be forgiven even if they make a little mistake, and although Rita's "skill" is very unpopular, it is exactly what Lockhart needs.

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"Not only do I have to legally marry a second girl when I have a wife, I have to make everyone around me think it's normal, even taken for granted and not shameful, you understand?" Lockhart said for the first time. It feels so good to find empowerment. "In addition to what I just said, you should also include some stories like this: the people who love each other are not together because of conflicts, and the woman is very unhappy in the end..."

In this regard, Lockhart is still too tender, and Rita guessed that it must be Lockhart and the Fudge girl who were in conflict, but this time she did not dare to talk more: "I see what you mean, you Do you want to marry the Miss Fudge, but you don't want her to feel wronged or to be looked at differently by the people around her?"

Lockhart nodded: "I'm just giving an example, after all you're an expert in this area. Now that the purpose has been told to you, just remember that the main audience of this book is the single witch who opposes this policy - except Besides, it's up to you how you play it. Not just telling stories and examples, you can use your brain to use a variety of arguments to justify the policy... As long as this is done well, not only will you The Death Eaters' service can be written off, and if I'm happy with the results...I can even put the Daily Prophet under your control."

"I must use all my energy to complete this task!" With the benefit, Rita suddenly became excited, "Mr. Minister, is there anything else to order."

"Other New Deal propaganda work is done by your colleagues, you just need to do this one thing well." Lockhart said lightly, "The book you write, I will naturally arrange for people to make it big. Sell ​​it, let it be seen by every witch, and the remuneration will ensure that you don't write in vain. Now, you can go, remember, this conversation never happened today, I don't want to make more threats, understand. "

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

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Lockhart again summoned Muggle Intelligence officers - now all British wizards are required to register their identity ~lightnovelpub.net~ and hand it over to the Muggle government for entry, plus the Ministry of Magic encourages wizards to move to places near London The city, and even the Ministry of Magic already has wizards who are pro-Muggle government officials... All this makes it possible for Muggles to want to deal with wizards now.

Therefore, even if the relationship between British wizards and the Muggle government enters a honeymoon period, they must be prepared for danger - the work of the Muggle Intelligence Service should not be slack, but will increase.

Now that there is an extreme shortage of manpower, no more manpower can be dispatched, but the work of these wizard intelligence officers can only be increased.

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There are thousands of wizards in the UK (most of them are family members of Ministry employees) who responded to the Ministry's call, accepted the identity registration and moved their families to the Ministry of Magic or around London, while receiving the protection of the Ministry of Magic, in fact, they also Protects the Ministry of Magic.

The entire British wizarding and Muggle world is functioning normally, and is surprisingly well-ordered. The Dark Lord and the Death Eaters were as honest as they were a year ago when they hadn't taken the Ministry of Magic... no, they were hiding more honestly than they were then.

Originally, after the Floo network was unavailable, if the Death Eaters were running around to commit crimes and create panic, the Ministry of Magic really had nothing to do. However, the expected riots, dementor attacks and even the confrontation between the dark wizard government and the Ministry of Magic did not happen! It really makes one wonder if the Dark Lord has gone abroad with the remnants of Death Eaters - of course, Lockhart doesn't believe this, but the strange situation is really hard to explain.

Ordinary wizards at the bottom were lucky, they believed without a doubt that the new Minister of Magic had defeated the Dark Lord so he was afraid to take the lead, but among the insiders who knew that Lockhart was actually defeated, there was unease and panic. keep accumulating...

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[There is still 600 recommended tickets to add more~]

——(To be continued.)

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