Fudge looked a little embarrassed, not sure if Dumbledore was saying the opposite.

As a bystander, Lockhart can see it very clearly—Fudge is moving

Stoned himself in the foot.

According to Aunt Rowling, Hogwarts is funded by the Ministry of Magic. If so, the so-called 12 school directors are not so much the "owners" of the school as they are the "co-decision-makers" elected by the Ministry of Magic and the castle.

In other words, without Fudge, Malfoy wouldn't be able to assemble the signatures of the other 0 resigners.

It's just that in the original book, everyone's attention was mostly focused on Malfoy's threat to the school trustees, but Fudge's own attitude towards the matter was ignored.

Although Fudge kept saying that he believed in Dumbledore, he was forced. Malfoy was still able to come to Hogwarts with a recall order, and after Dumbledore left, he took Hagrid and imprisoned him. And Hagrid was Dumbledore's most loyal three-headed dog - everyone knows that.

In this case, it doesn't really matter what Fudge said. Look at a person by what he does, not what he says.

Of course Dumbledore understood this, and Fudge was not foolish enough to know that Dumbledore was deeply offended by the recall, especially after Dumbledore quickly persuaded 11 school directors to change his mind, he knew that now Dumbledore still has considerable energy in the political arena, and it is not appropriate to turn his face immediately.

So later, after Sirius escaped from prison, he tried to use a way to protect Harry with great fanfare to court Dumbledore, repair the relationship between the two, and put the credit into the hands of Snape of the Snake faction, but In the end, because of various yin and yang mistakes... we all know it.

Likewise, the fact that Malfoy had come to the school with his dismissal order said more than anything about Fudge's attitude, the sweet words on his lips now paled in front of Dumbledore.

Fortunately, Lucius Malfoy saved him.

He blocked Fudge with all his might, and shoved the dismissal order into Dumbledore's eyelids.

Bottom: "Very well, it seems that things have been resolved for the time being... but this does not offset your dereliction of duty, Dumbledore."

"So what?" Dumbledore looked coldly at the two of them acting in front of him.

"Your negligence caused a muggle student, a venerable house ghost, and a cat to be attacked, and it took half a year to find the real culprit, even if she was in your school, in under your nose."

Lucius Malfoy said this with a little bit of confidence - not to mention whether their pure-blood family would care about the safety of Muggle students, even a ghost and a cat can't be said to be such a tragic loss.

Before anyone could speak, Arthur Weasley rushed over and grabbed his front.

"Muggle students? Are you embarrassed to say so? I don't know when you started caring about this. How much threats, blackmail, and blackmail did you use to get other school managers to agree to sign with you?"

Lucius pushed his hand away coldly: "Pay attention to your attitude, this is the third time, Weasley! It is easy to be sued for defamation by accusing others without evidence."

He was not afraid of Arthur, although the ministry did raid under his living room later, but fortunately, Snape reminded him that he removed most of the black magic supplies in time, leaving only a little suspected illegal gadgets.

For this reason, he also scolded his son and threatened him that if he heard him go around again, he would send him a shouting letter.

This threat worked well for Draco Malfoy, because face was more important to him.

At this time, seeing Malfoy mentioning the evidence, Harry and Ron looked at each other, and immediately took out the diary that they had chopped into shreds-at this time, except for the cover, which could still be seen as a notebook, the rest Appearing in the trash can of the shredder doesn't make any difference.

people are surprised.

"He must have put it in!" Ron said, pointing at Lucius, "Ginny said it was in her old Transfiguration textbook, and he must have put it in during the fight with Daddy in Diagon Alley! "

"It really deserves to be the seed of the Weasley family." Lucius replied coldly, "It has perfectly inherited the fine tradition of the family in terms of gossip."

"You..." Mr. Weasley raised his right fist to hit him.

"Oh, Arthur, don't fight here, we'll definitely investigate this," Fudge said.

Fudge was very grateful to Lucius at this time—before his relationship with Dumbledore was torn apart, Lucius used this way of confronting everyone present to attract most of the attention, and Pulling the blame for trying to fire Dumbledore on himself.

In this way, it seems very convincing that Fudge was "forced to agree", anyway, he has always been an indecisive fat man in the eyes of the world.

It's Arthur Weasley, who actually wears a pair of pants with Dumbledore... As long as I'm around, he won't even think about getting promoted! Fudge said heartily.

After seeing several people finish the play, Dumbledore stood up to clean up the mess.

"Of course this matter needs to be investigated, and the outcome of this matter will end up in the newspapers in a 'everyone acceptable way'.

Arthur, what your kids need most right now is comfort, why not take them to Three Broomsticks for a butterbeer?

If possible, please let my old man be quiet, I'm going to study this diary...Harry, Gilderoy, you two stay, I have something to ask you

Chapter 109 The possibility of defeating the Dark Lord

After the others were gone, Dumbledore stopped hiding and asked the questions he had been concerned about.

"Harry, you just said that you heard someone talking after the death party, and later found out that it was a basilisk walking in the pipe... Can I understand that you can understand what the snake is talking about?"

Harry hesitated, but told the truth.

"Yes, in fact, I found it on a trip to the zoo with my uncle's family - a python told me that it had never been to Brazil..."

Dumbledore's eyes finally changed - his mood had never been so fluctuating when Fudge came over and said he was going to be fired.

It is absolutely impossible for the Potter family to intermarry with the Gaunt family, there is no doubt about this, then...

Then, Dumbledore turned to Lockhart again.

"The magic you just used on Tom Riddle was 'mind-block', which means you thought it was a living thing too, didn't you? "

"Of course." Lockhart replied without hesitation, "I wonder if you have noticed that the cabinets in my office are made of imported 'Peruvian sacred wood'? "

"You actually use Peruvian sacred wood as a cabinet."

"Do you want Peeves to break into my office and smash it all over the place?" Lockhart asked rhetorically. "I remember he smashed one of the school's vanishing cabinets this year."

Deng Buhe I" nodded more, indicating that he understood what Lockhart meant.

Whether it's a ghost, a ghost, or any other kind of soul, burning the sacred wood can temporarily deactivate it, since the last time the attacker was not because of Lockhart's office

The locker in the room burns and loses its mobility, which means that the attackers are not undead.

Dumbledore sighed heavily, and finally had the most direct evidence of what he had always feared the most.

But that's okay, he doesn't have any illusions about Voldemort anymore.

"It seems that Voldemort inadvertently transferred a part of his own soul to you after he failed to kill you last time with a spell, although he himself did not know it, and this is what you will feel familiar with Tom Riddle. The reason." Dumbledore said, looking at Harry.

Harry was speechless in surprise.

He took his goodbyes with a heart, but before he left, Dumbledore asked Harry to call Snape over, and negotiations with Lockhart began.

"Gidro, I'm afraid I need an oath from you."

"You can get my oath at any time." Lockhart shrugged. "No matter what conclusion you have drawn from the conversation just now, you can trust my ability to keep my mouth shut."

"Of course, I believe it, but what I need now is an 'unbreakable oath'" Dumbledore emphasized.

Lockhart suddenly closed his mouth and stared straight at Dumbledore.

Dumbledore also did not speak, and also stared at Lockhart, with a kind of sound field between his eyes that you dare not swear I will not let you easily walk out of this room.

Dumbledore was right to be so nervous, because he suddenly thought of a possibility, a possibility of defeating Voldemort.

In the West, "T is a very magical number and the most stable number. Not to mention that God created man in seven days, the music score is divided into 7 notes, and the seven deadly sins and so on also represent their belief in 7. superstitious.

Even mathematicians have discovered the uniqueness of 7—regardless of any number, as long as it is not a multiple of 7, the infinitely recurring decimal obtained by dividing by 7 is an infinite loop of the recurring section of 142857.

The same is true for geometry. In Ren 9, other regular polygons can be drawn with rulers and compasses, but only regular heptagons cannot be drawn with rulers and compasses, which undoubtedly adds another dimension to the number 7. A symbol of magic.

The same is true in the magic world, not to mention the origin of Druidism and the number 7, that is, many wizards can also find that the number 7 is different when they study astrology, mysticism, and digital divination.

Dumbledore could cast spells with seven minds at the same time, and Voldemort could do the same, but neither of them went any further, not because they couldn't, but because the more they found out, the more their magic power would become. Extremely unstable.

Although there is no evidence so far, Dumbledore instinctively believes that Voldemort must divide his soul into seven parts, that is, make six Horcruxes.

But Voldemort should not know one thing now, that is, Harry Potter also has a piece of his own soul. In other words, he had a Horcrux that he didn't even know existed.

If Voldemort continued to make what he thought was the "six Horcruxes", then in fact he would have made seven, and the soul would have been divided into eight parts.

If the soul is divided into eight parts, the profound magic power that Voldemort has obtained after many magical transformations will also become extremely unstable. Wouldn't it be easy to defeat him at that time?

If so, Dumbledore could kill Voldemort himself without the need for a savior.

Just the thought of this possibility made Dumbledore's heart skip a beat.

By the way, Sybill Trelawney's original prophecy was actually carefully divided.

In the words of the analysis, it is not said that the savior will be born in July "this year".

Her original words were "the one who has the ability to defeat the demon king is approaching", "born in a family that has defeated the demon king three times", "has a power that the demon king does not understand", "the demon king regards him as a formidable enemy" and "born in end of July".

In other words, the savior does not have to be born at the end of July of the year when the prophecy was made, and it can be in an earlier year, as long as he has defeated the Dark Lord three times, and also has "powers that the devil does not understand" and "the devil". regard him as a formidable enemy" these two conditions.

When is Dumbledore's birthday?

18& July.

As for defeating the Dark Lord three times?

I'm sorry, in the history of the Dumbledore family, they have really defeated two well-known Demon Lords. If you count Dumbledore's defeat of Grindelwald, it's three times - the prophecy did not say which "Dark Lord"

And the most important thing, "The Dark Lord sees him as a rival" - I ask, if Voldemort hadn't heard the incomplete prophecy, would he have regarded Dumbledore as a rival more, or a baby more as a rival ?

Otherwise, how can you say that the prophecy is unbelievable? Because what it says is true. Whether Dumbledore defeated or Harry defeated the Dark Lord, the prophecy was true.

Dumbledore didn't think of this at first, because he couldn't figure out what "power the Demon Lord didn't know".

But think about it now, love is also love, and Voldemort, the unfortunate child who fell in love with a love agent, knows what love is?

No matter who will defeat Voldemort in the future, the fact that "Voldemort accidentally made one more Horcrux" must not be exposed, especially Voldemort himself must not know, otherwise he will probably not make the seventh Horcrux .

Dumbledore stared at Gilderoy Lockhart with a firm attitude. You kid can't imagine walking out of this office so lightly.

Chapter 110 belongs to the counterattack of the politicians

Half an hour later, Lockhart and Snape walked out of the principal's office together.

"Congratulations, you have finally officially become Old Bee's dog." Snape said to Lockhart with a gun and a stick.

"I'm a little bit different from you. After all, I just want to keep a secret. You probably have more than this one, I can see it." Lockhart replied.

Snape didn't answer, tacitly.

As a witness, he had just made an unbreakable oath for Dumbledore and Lockhart, that is, the kind of violator that would die.

Lockhart was forced to promise not to reveal that Harry Potter also contained Voldemort's soul.

Without this commitment, it is estimated that Dumbledore would never trust him, especially when he also volunteered to be a politician.

However, Lockhart did not gain nothing. Dumbledore finally acquiesced to Lockhart's practice of treating Hogwarts as a private place for political talents, and promised him the power to expand the student union in the school.

Probably today Fudge's forcing the palace gave Dumbledore a warning. Dumbledore realized that while he was concentrating on school affairs and cultivating the savior, his voice in the Ministry of Magic was gradually disappearing, so he increased his investment.

Knowing that the opportunity was rare, Lockhart took the opportunity to come up with the outline of the new student union he planned and ask him for approval.

The authority of the Hogwarts student chairperson is not currently limited. The only ones with authority are prefects and student chairpersons. Their job is to help professors bring new students, maintain order or discipline, and assist in holding Quidditch. odd cup.

But here in Lockhart, he plans to expand the authority of the student union, and set up an organization department, a discipline committee, and a student election office to create a small "separation of powers".

Of course, the expansion of authority will naturally be accompanied by increased responsibilities, otherwise Dumbledore will have some opinions in his heart even if he doesn't say it.

Lockhart plans to register the student clubs one by one, and the student union will regularly distribute club funds to these legal clubs, and organize activities regularly.

In his opinion, there is still too little student activity at Hogwarts.

Events like regular alumni reunions, homecoming mini-concerts for parents, spring and fall field trips, homecoming lectures by top alumni, magic shows, and a flea market, Hogwarts is one of those events. None, this is too cold

As long as these activities are organized, the authority of the Student Union will naturally increase.

Dumbledore was a little worried, because the increase in activities meant an increase in school funding, and the Ministry of Magic funding and alumni donations alone might not be enough, even if the most prizes for the activities were gadgets such as chess and card books.

Lockhart was ready for this

He persuaded Dumbledore to boldly appoint talents, hire a school property manager from the Muggle world, and run the school property for Hogwarts.

In his view, Hogwarts' school property actually has great business prospects.

Hagrid is now helping Dumbledore run a school-run farm, but the output of this farm is only enough for the school's teachers and students, which is too wasteful, because the arable land can continue to expand, and even if he doesn't plant it himself, he can rent it out.

In addition, the finished products made in the herbal medicine and potions classes produced in the Hogwarts greenhouse: if there are qualified ones, it is not impossible to sell, and it is not impossible to even build a school-run factory.

With school-run farms and school-run factories, building a special store is also a problem.

As it should be, hotels, publishing houses, international students, magic research and consulting services, etc., are all businesses that schools can do.

In addition, their excess funds can also be used to invest in securities on the Muggle side. Even the most secure fixed income bonds and money funds, the annual income of a few points is better than watching a pile of gold Galleons piled up in Gringotts is strong, and Gringotts doesn't pay wizards interest on money they save.

Dumbledore failed to agree to his overall plan right away, but allowed him to expand the authority of the student union first, and if the new student union could operate smoothly, it would not be too late to consider other things.

Although the two shared the same views, they quickly reached an agreement on one thing, that is, to immediately use the follow-up effects of the Chamber of Secrets incident to fight for a relatively independent status for Hogwarts, and at the same time do everything possible Possibly suppressing the status of the Serpents wizards in the Ministry of Magic.

Although Lucius said that the diary matter had nothing to do with him, no one could deceive him, even if he left no evidence.

Because for some people, this kind of thing doesn't require proof.