Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 43 The World Through the Eyes of a Conspiracy Theorist
In 1991, at this point in time, Fudge had just been in office as Minister of Magic for two years. He had not yet reached an exchange of interests with the large and small families and powerful wizards in the various departments under his command, and had not yet raised his own flag.

Now he needs Dumbledore, the big boss, to support him in every aspect.

So as soon as he received the message from Hogwarts, he immediately came over with a smile on his face and a friendly look.

There is no sign that he would become powerful a few years later and think that Dumbledore is an orderly person who is unwilling to overturn the table, so he would "deceive a gentleman with squares" and yell at Dumbledore.

As the saying goes, one should beg for favors from others in many places. In response to what Professor McGonagall had relayed, Minister of Magic Fudge immediately stated that he would do his utmost to promote the control of Boggarts, block relevant information, and monitor any clues that might arise.

The Director of the Department of Mysteries who came to Hogwarts with Fudge was not so friendly. He was trying to get more information.

But with Professor McGonagall's calm response, he didn't get anything good.

Although strictly speaking this incident was quite dangerous, it was suppressed in the cradle immediately and did not cause much waves, and only a simple report was made to the Ministry of Magic, so even if the Department of Mysteries wanted to do something, they had no handle to hold on.

The head of the Department of Mysteries, who was disappointed, was dragged away from Hogwarts by Minister of Magic Fudge.

On the way...

"Fudge, this is no simple matter. Are you worthy of your duties as Minister of Magic by doing this?" The head of the Department of Mysteries frowned and spoke angrily to the Minister of Magic.

"Of course I know this is not a trivial matter. I'm not blind, nor stupid." Fudge said unhappily.

"then you……"

Fudge interrupted him: "So what do you want to do?"

"The way this matter was handled is very inconsistent with the style of McGonagall and Dumbledore." Professor McGonagall also worked in the Ministry of Magic before, and Fudge knew a thing or two about her. As for Dumbledore, his current biggest backer, he naturally studied her every day.

"Snape? Flitwick? Sprout?" Fudge listed the names of the other three head teachers of the house besides Gryffindor one by one.

“That doesn’t match.”

"So... do you remember the child who stood behind Magg without saying a word when we were talking to her?"

"That prophet?" As a person from the Department of Mysteries, he certainly could not miss those wizards who were extremely different from ordinary people. Many people with extraordinary talents had special files in the Department of Mysteries.

What they study is extraordinary methods, so naturally they need extraordinary people. They have always paid special attention to this kind of existence.

"Well, although your Department of Mysteries also has his files, there are some confidential information that you cannot see without the nod from me, the Minister."

"Well, let me ask you, why do you think the Middle Eastern magic community didn't try to capture a prophet who used the power of prophecy to kill people on the battlefield during the Gulf War? Do you know how difficult it is to suppress the news that an 11-year-old child broke through the lines of a modern army?"

"Is it really just because of internal strife? Can't we arrest the people first and then fight internally? Must we let a prophet do whatever he wants on the battlefield?" Fudge showed a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth.

"...We are talking about the Demon of Fear, right?" The head of the Department of Mysteries asked confusedly.

"Because these two things are highly related." Seeing that the other party seemed to have not figured it out, Fudge stopped beating around the bush.

Riddles are meaningless if the other party has no intention of guessing them.

"Have you read "Ritual Magic Is Much More Than Blood Sacrifice"? "Of course, that book played an important role in the establishment of modern magic. Its author verified many key theories. Although it is a book written hundreds of years ago, almost all members of the Department of Mysteries have read it."

The status of this book in the wizarding world is a bit like the "Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art" from the Han Dynasty. Although modern people rarely read it, researchers in related fields are generally curious and take a look at it.

"Ritual magic is everywhere. It doesn't even require any arrangement. People's mere 'belief' can create an extremely vast ritual that affects everyone in the world..." Fudge softly recited a passage from the preface on the title page of the book.

"The total number of believers in that pantheon is close to 40 billion. Just the 'belief' of tens of millions of people was enough to forge a large number of holy artifacts in ancient times. Do you think there would be no wizards who would try to do that?"

The man from the Department of Mysteries snorted coldly: "Impossible, no one can do it with that kind of power."

If the power of faith was really that easy to utilize, wizards would have used the convenience of magic to create churches.

Unlike simple belief, the power of faith not only takes advantage of difficulties, but is also...toxic!
Even if it is cast into an alchemical item, it may cause countless side effects, not to mention...

and many more!

He suddenly realized what Fudge was talking about after going through so much trouble!

"You see, a large amount of 'belief' will naturally gather powerful forces. That little prophet, under the name of a religious prophet, created 'miracles' along the way. During the Gulf War, whether it was the enemy or the friend, a large amount of 'belief' was concentrated on him."

"He's still a powerful wizard, so he should be more susceptible, but nothing strange happened."

"That's not Harry Potter's kind of 'expectation', but a more extreme and larger 'belief'."

“Sometimes the absence of abnormality is the biggest abnormality!”

At this point, Fudge paused and said, "Although I am not a powerful wizard, as the Minister of Magic, I have access to a lot of information."

"Generally speaking, there are three possibilities for his situation. One is that the abnormality in his body is still waiting to develop. The second is that he has a special physique that can avoid some adverse effects... But it is hard to say whether he can avoid the benefits at the same time as avoiding the effects."

"And the last possibility is that his existence itself is an anomaly that is more terrifying than those beliefs."

"Changing the subject back to the first and third possibilities, then this prophet is a nuclear bomb that could explode at any time. As for the second possibility, he will become an important sample for studying the power of 'faith'."

Minister of Magic Fudge stopped walking, turned around and looked at the man from the Department of Mysteries with a serious expression: "Take the above as a prerequisite."

"Now, think about it again. Why didn't those wizards in the Middle East arrest this little prophet? Why did Dumbledore support his innocence during the Wizengamot trial and let him enroll in Hogwarts? Why have the wizards in the Middle East been making trouble recently? Why is Dumbledore not in the UK now and went there in person?"

"As for the matter of the Demon of Fear, why did Hogwarts handle it differently from before?"

Because Fudge, who now has no power, looks at Dumbledore through the filter of a lower-ranking wizard looking up to a higher-ranking wizard, and an ordinary wizard looking at a powerful wizard.

Therefore, he never considered the possibility that Dumbledore felt compassion for Roger because of his own painful experiences in the past, and that Dumbledore himself was a kind-hearted elder who was particularly tolerant of children.

Fudge liked to impose his own thinking patterns on others, and saw everything as a conspiracy. Fudge patted the man on the shoulder and said, "So, don't get involved in everything, and don't ask questions about everything."

"When the water is too deep, you have to learn to turn a blind eye..." Fudge talked about his survival wisdom.

(End of this chapter)