Harry returns from Hogwarts Legacy

Chapter 221 Do You Understand Politics Recently?

It was only then that Rita finally understood Vivi's spirit.

As a paparazzi, observing people's words and expressions is her basic skill.

No one knew what Rita said to Vivi in ​​the room, but when everyone saw Rita's relieved expression when she left, they had a general idea.

"How is it?" Harry walked into the room and asked Vivi, "Did she agree?"

"I gave her a reason she couldn't refuse." Weiwei said with a smile, "Don't worry, I didn't force her. You should also know that the Daily Prophet will not bow to anyone."

"But they're very flexible," said Sirius from behind.

"Yes, but the Daily Prophet will not bow to anyone," Vivi repeated.

When she returned to the editorial office, Rita breathed a sigh of relief.

She is now scared, extremely scared.

Even a little regretful.

"I'm so stupid, really." She paced back and forth in her office, muttering to herself, "I only knew that the woman's last name was Grindelwald and that she was a top-notch news material, but I forgot that her last name was Grindelwald and that she was a naturally evil, murderous dark wizard..."

But it was no use regretting. Since Vivi had caught her with the handle, she had to obey the other party's orders.

She had no choice but to obey, not only was she caught, but just as she was muttering that Vivi was a 'naturally evil dark wizard', she suddenly felt a burning pain on her back.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

Her screams echoed throughout the editorial office.

"What's wrong with you, Ms. Skeeter?" someone knocked on the door and asked with concern.

"I'm fine! I'm fine!" Rita yelled, "I just kicked the table leg! I'm fine!"

The man outside was skeptical, but since Rita said nothing was wrong, he didn't ask any further.

Rita had no idea what was happening. A curse had been placed on her back...

Anyone who dares to resist that woman will suffer the same pain as I just experienced, pain that burns the soul.

She had no doubt that anyone who dared to do anything to offend Lady Grindelwald would be burned to ashes by the cursed flames.

She worked all night in the editorial department, and after several revisions, she finally finalized the news release.

The next morning, Number 12 Grimmauld Place received a newspaper from the Daily Prophet.

This time, Rita did not tell some fabricated gossip, but told the readers the heroic deeds of Regulus Black in a very serious manner.

Under her shaping, Regulus Black became a hero who endured humiliation and joined Voldemort only to give him a fatal blow at the critical moment.

Attached to the letter was a photo of Regulus Black. The young man was thin and looked frail, which aroused the sympathy of some witches.

As a journalist, Rita understands readers' psychology very well.

"It seems that this Rita is not completely hopeless." Sirius said with a smile while holding the newspaper: "I think she can still speak human language."

"She must be scared. Otherwise, given her personality, she is unlikely to compromise."

Although Dumbledore said this and his expression was calm, Sirius could still see that he was gloating.

It’s not Dumbledore’s fault. After all, Rita had framed him many times in the past.

But as an upright white wizard and headmaster of Hogwarts, Dumbledore naturally could not find Rita Skeeter and give her some reasons that she could not refuse.

Rita also grasped this point, so when she was writing about Dumbledore's gossip, her pen was almost sparking on the paper.

The effect was immediate. Once the new issue of The Daily Prophet was released, it immediately caused a sensation in the wizarding world.

A tragic hero like Regulus deserves more sympathy.

There were also many witches who were instantly sympathized by Regulus after seeing his photo.

"Regulus Black is a hero!"

Letters like this were delivered to the Ministry of Magic like snowflakes.

The Ministry of Magic is extremely worried about this, but there is no way to get rid of it.

Even when Fudge was giving a speech somewhere, he was asked when the hero Regulus Black would be vindicated.

"We promise that we will vindicate him once we find out the truth!"

As a seasoned man, Fudge would of course not give a direct answer, but only gave an ambiguous answer. Anyway, as long as the facts were clear, he would definitely vindicate Regulus - but if it couldn't be found out clearly... or when it could be found out clearly, then the initiative would be in his hands.

Politicians tend to lack a sense of security and like to take the initiative so that they can be invincible.

But the problem is, no matter how much you win, win and win, the final result is that you lose everything.

The Daily Prophet would certainly not stop at publishing just this one article. In fact, Rita had already prepared a combination of punches to vindicate Regulus Black - or rather, she wanted to take this opportunity to please Miss Grindelwald.

She is a reporter with a keen sense of smell. The news that Grindelwald... Oh, Gellert Grindelwald had escaped from prison, this big news has spread throughout Europe, and this Miss Grindelwald is also from Austria, so she is obviously the descendant of old Grindelwald.

Investing in her early on is a sure win.

This is Rita's life motto: You may make a small profit, but I will never lose money.

For several days, the pages of the Daily Prophet were filled with stories about the struggle of the Black family - stories about how to resist the Dark Lord.

First, Sirius Black resolutely decided to join the bright Gryffindor in order to rebel against his family, and then Regulus Black had to shoulder the heavy responsibility and take over the baton of the family's "pure-blood glory".

In Rita's writing, Regulus became a man who did not want to surrender to Voldemort, but had to join the ranks of Death Eaters under the earnest expectations of his parents.

If no one from the Black family, a pure-blood family and an old Slytherin, joined the Death Eaters, they would become the laughing stock of the entire British wizarding community.

After joining the Death Eaters, Regulus gradually realized the reactionary nature of Voldemort, so he decided to take this opportunity to endure humiliation and gain Voldemort's trust, and then give Voldemort a fatal blow at the critical moment.

The story of Sirius Black is a commonplace story, and even adds a little fantasy adventure element. In short, the two Black brothers became popular for a while and became the daily talk of wizards in the British wizarding world. Under Rita's spring and autumn writing style, there is even a subtle rhythm.

After reading the article in the Daily Prophet, some people even thought, "It would be great if Black worked in the Ministry of Magic."

Although everyone knows that the Daily Prophet likes to make up stories and talk nonsense, everyone still likes to read it.

What's more, Sirius Black was originally a wrongful conviction by the Ministry of Magic, and the truth of the matter had been made public some time ago and was no secret.

With the two things in mind, the Daily Prophet's reports on the Black family became credible in the eyes of wizards.

What's more, the Ministry of Magic has not refuted the rumor, which is enough to prove the authenticity of the report.

In the old Black house, Sirius was busy in the study with both pain and happiness.

The days after Christmas were full moon days, and Professor Lupin was busy taking wolfsbane potion and hiding, and he didn't have the leisure to appear in front of everyone.

Otherwise, Sirius could have grabbed Lupin to help.

Sirius was busy replying to the letters from a group of fanatical fans that had recently emerged.

Yes, ever since the Daily Prophet published the Black brothers' heroic deeds, quite a number of wizards have become fans of the Black brothers.

The biggest reason was that Rita published photos of Sirius when he was young and his current photos on the front page.

Sirius even carefully tidied up his appearance for this photo.

"Your looks are also an advantage, Sirius." Harry said as he helped Sirius with his hair. "What we need to do now is to make use of all your advantages and take advantage of this opportunity to build momentum among ordinary wizards."

Sirius was stunned when he heard this.

Instead, Vivi looked at Harry with approval: "You understand politics now."

Harry gave her a smug look in return.

"Where did you learn all this?" Sirius asked curiously.

"Oh, Mr. Septimus taught me." Harry thought for a moment and then said, "Septimus Malfoy, you should have heard of this name."

Sirius counted on his fingers, raised his head and asked, "It should be Lucius Malfoy's great-grandfather, right?"

"Yes, and Cassandra's father too." Harry said with a smile.

The corner of Sirius' mouth twitched. He overlooked a problem - that is, the generation of this godson... might be a little high.

If it weren't for the status of godfather and godson, he would probably call Harry at least uncle-in-law when he saw him.

As for political science, Mr. Septimus had spared no effort in teaching Harry, even breaking it down into pieces and teaching him in a cramming manner.

Harry didn't dare to resist or say no at first. Through the influence of Mr. Septimus and his teaching by example, although he didn't learn everything from him, he still learned a lot.

The Minister of Darkness a hundred years ago, just learn it and you will...

At first he didn't dare to ask why he had to learn these things. He just learned them since he was taught, and accepted everyone who came to him.

But it should be said that Harry is not a stupid person.

"Fame is a fickle friend." Sirius wrote his reply carefully, saying, "It is very likely that I am being held in high esteem by wizards right now, but will be thrown to the ground in the next second because of something - the higher I am held, the harder I will fall."

"It's true that we should prepare for a rainy day, but the one who will be thrown into the mud is definitely Fudge," Vivi said, crossing her arms.

She was quite upset with Fudge right now, and Harry didn't know why.

"is it?"

Ron looked up and saw an owl flying in from outside.

The owl was like a missile, flying in the sky with a long trajectory and then accurately flew into Ron's arms.

"Oh, it's Errol."

He reached out and took the letter from Errol and opened it, saying, "I really don't understand why Mom let Errol deliver the letter, even though we already bought a young owl. Errol is so old, he should be resting instead of flapping his wings and delivering the letter in a way that attacks me."

When Errol heard what Ron said, he seemed to understand and rubbed his head against Ron's hand.

"See what's written in the letter?" Hermione asked from the side.

Ron opened the letter, took a look, and then said to Sirius, "Oh, it was Dad who asked me to bring Sirius a good message - I see, they sent the letter from Romania to home, and then Errol had to fly from home to bring the letter here... Dad said he would come to visit you at number twelve Grimmauld Place at the end of the Christmas holidays, Sirius."

"I welcome them," Sirius said gently.

He had a good relationship with Arthur Weasley's family at the beginning because an elder of the Black family married Septimus Weasley, and Sirius was a Gryffindor who rebelled against Black, so Arthur's family naturally liked Sirius very much.

It should be said that, except for the pure-blood Slytherin family, other wizard families all liked Sirius Black very much.

When the Godfather was young, he was handsome, elegant and polite, and of course he won the hearts of parents.

Especially Harry's grandparents, who liked Sirius even more than James, and James was jealous for several days because of this.

"But then again," Weiwei asked again, "Does Godfather have any plans? I mean, which department of the Ministry of Magic do you plan to go to?"

"That's Harry's godfather, how did he become hers?" Cassandra whispered to Pabbie at the door.

Pappy was doing the same, wrinkling his nose and picking his fingers, his mouth pouting so much that it could almost hold three licorice wands with his nose.

"The Auror's office." Sirius carefully put the letter into the envelope and said to Vivi, "I've always wanted to be an Auror."

"The current head of the Auror Office..." Vivi thought for a moment, "Rufus Scrimgeour, right? I remember him. He looks like an old lion and has the same temper. Maybe we can think of a way to change his position..."

"Where is the change going to?"

Harry looked at Vivi in ​​confusion. Why do you say it so easily, as if you are the Minister of Magic?
Of course, Harry's EQ isn't that low so he wouldn't just say it directly.

(I have something to do at home today, 4000 first)

(End of this chapter)