The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Grindelwald has taken a different approach this time, Newt... We have no evidence to prove he committed any of these crimes..." Dumbledore said. "And I... because of my complicated relationship with him, my testimony cannot be trusted..."

"We... well, we were caught. Like two poor Nifflers tied up and fed medicine." Jacob sighed. "It's so cruel... look at it..."

Jacob said this, pointing at the poor Bowtruckle. "Goodness, there's no keyhole. This little thing can't even open the lock!"

At this time, the guard next to him drew his wand and pointed it at the Bowtruckle.

"Crash!" The chains on the tree-guarding bowtruckle loosened instantly.

Newt hurried over, picked up the weak little thing, and put it back in his pocket.

"We can still testify now! Re-prosecute him!" Newt said firmly.

"At least... it won't work in MACUSA anymore," Dumbledore said. "Since he asked me to release you, it proves that he is still fearless even in the face of your accusations..."

After hearing Dumbledore's words, even Jacob, who was always talkative, fell silent.

"In any case, let's get out of here first," said Dumbledore.

At this time, another guard came over with a suitcase.

Newt took the suitcase and asked, "Did you feed them?"

"What are you feeding?" the guard asked in surprise.

Newt's eyes widened. "Oh my God! They've been hungry for days!"

With that, Newt opened the lid of the suitcase and crawled inside.

Not long after, bursts of wild beast roars were heard from the suitcase...

Tom looked at the dark suitcase in surprise and asked with a little confusion, "Was he... eaten by the suitcase?"

"Oh, of course not. In fact, he has some cute animals in his suitcase... well, very cute... So, don't worry, he's fine." Jacob paused, then continued, "If you know him for a long time, you'll get used to it."

"Keeping animals... in a suitcase?" Tom was a little surprised. He had seen the Traceless Extension Charm before, but he had never seen anyone use it to this extent!

"Hello, my name is Jacob Kovalski! Unlike you, I'm a No-Maj! Oh... you're little wizards from England, right? Then you may not know what a No-Maj is. It's just a different name. In America, people like me are called No-Maj, and in England, a No-Maj is..."

Tom waved his hand impatiently. "I know what a No-Maj is... well, my grandfather was a No-Maj."

"Ah! Really..." Jacob nodded repeatedly, but for some reason, he felt that this sentence sounded familiar.

Chapter 165 If you want to stop me, you must also take up the weapon of power!

Thirty minutes later.

Dumbledore and his companions came to the bakery owned by Jacob to rest.

"Where's Queenie?" asked Dumbledore.

Jacob shrugged. "When I was about to testify, she happened to be visiting her sister. Fortunately, otherwise... I don't know how to hide it from her. You know... she... always knows."

Dumbledore nodded, "You should leave America first, too. Now... perhaps it would be better for you to leave."

Newt agreed, "Yes, Grindelwald is at the peak of his power right now... You absolutely cannot stay here. Who knows if he will take revenge on you?"

"Okay, I have no objection... This world really is... There is no peaceful place..." Jacob said with emotion.

The Muggle world was at war, and the wizarding world was also in turmoil. For a moment, even an optimistic person like Jacob began to feel a little confused.

Dumbledore was silent for a moment before he said self-reproachfully, "Actually, this is also my fault... I once sneaked into the dungeon, but I didn't find you... If I had found you earlier..."

Grindelwald said in the note that he had given Dumbledore a chance, and at that time, two strong witnesses, Newt and Jacob, were in the dungeon.

But Dumbledore was too distracted to search the dungeons, so he naturally didn't find them...

As for how to know Grindelwald's location without searching?

Finding Grindelwald is so easy, just go to where there are more guards!

In other words, Grindelwald did give a chance...

Dumbledore felt very guilty about missing the opportunity.

Levid said, "Professor, don't be like this. Grindelwald said this to you deliberately to upset you. I think, let alone whether you had the conditions to search the dungeon at the time, even if you really checked the dungeon carefully, you would not have been able to find them... How can you trust Grindelwald's words?"

Newt also said, "Yes, Professor Dumbledore, don't blame yourself. Even if you did find us, he might not be willing to let you take us away... He might have a trick up his sleeve specifically for you. Maybe it's a good thing you didn't find us."

"I think it's nine out of ten! Since that guy dared to put us directly in the dungeon and was not afraid of you finding out at all, there must be something wrong!" Jacob also said.

Dumbledore sighed again. He sighed more today than he had in the entire year.

However, after everyone said so, he finally managed to cheer himself up again.

Grindelwald's sudden change of style really caught everyone off guard...

"Now that things have come to this, the most urgent thing is to help Jacob and the others evacuate the United States," Newt suggested.

"Well...it's time to go back." Dumbledore looked at Levitra and Tom. "I'm still with them, so I really need to be careful."

"It's okay, just help Mr. Kovalski, we can go out for a walk by ourselves..." said Li Weide.

But before he could finish his words, Tom interrupted him, "Now that Grindelwald is in power, you still dare to go out? Can you please stop causing trouble for the professor? Can you be more mature?"

Li Weide looked at Tom in shock. This guy was so bold today! He actually turned against Tian Gang and taught him a lesson!

After saying this, Tom hid himself, fearing that Li Weide would retaliate on the spot.

He was actually fine and really didn't want to provoke Li Weide!

However, he doesn't want to stay in the United States for even a second longer!

Dumbledore is in a very disturbed state right now!

If I didn't say anything, maybe this old man would really be fooled by Li Weide again!

"Tom is right, Wade, stop being naughty now... I'll use the fireplace to take you back..."

"Okay... okay... I finally come to the United States for a stroll." Li Weide said regretfully.

In fact, he wanted to sneak a peek at Grindelwald's speech.

Yes, the first thing Grindelwald did after he went out and saw so many followers gathered in the United States was to set a time and place and prepare to give another speech to deceive the people.

But now, Li Weide's plan was directly ruined by Tom.

……

After Li Weide and Tom returned to England.

The Daily Prophet spent several days reporting on Grindelwald's successful exoneration.

Moreover, Levitra also read in the Daily Prophet that Chairman Picquery, who wanted to use Dumbledore as a shield, has now stepped down.

And the newly appointed chairman... Li Wei De knew he was a member of the UMNO party just by looking at his eyes in the photo...

When he was taking pictures, he occasionally glanced at Grindelwald's figure not far away, and the fanaticism in his eyes... was simply beyond words.

This guy just rushed up and shouted "Hey!" to Grindelwald, and Levid didn't find it strange at all.

In fact, after sending Levitra and Tom back, Dumbledore took many people and went to the United States to take charge.

After Grindelwald was successfully cleared of the charges, Dumbledore and the others were worried that Grindelwald would continue to resort to secret violence to deal with those who disagreed with him as before.

However, after several days of strict defense, they discovered that Grindelwald's way of doing things had completely changed!

He completely abandoned his past ways and did not take action against any wizard who opposed him!

Instead, he chose to have many debates with those wizards who sang against him in American wizard newspapers!

Later, both sides seemed to feel that debating in newspapers was too lengthy, so they directly arranged an offline debate!

Anyone who dares to go against Grindelwald must be an extremely courageous wizard.

He immediately agreed to Grindelwald's challenge.

And then... they all lost!

When it comes to debate, none of the wizards who are hostile to him can defeat him!

Journalists faithfully compiled these debates into wizarding newspapers and magazines aimed at wizards around the world.

So, with Dumbledore and others on edge.

Not only did Grindelwald not commit any violent acts, but he also spread his thoughts and ideas to the wizarding world to the greatest extent possible during debates!

If Li Weide guessed correctly, his next step would be to publish a book!

After all, many people who were not interested in his affairs before have now become interested in his ideas after watching his debate process!

By the time the Ministries of Magic of various countries reacted and wanted to ban newspapers from publishing his debate process, they realized it was already too late...

Just when everyone was speculating that he would take up an official position in the Magical Congress of the United States and officially begin his political career, Grindelwald suddenly disappeared.

This time, he disappeared for a full half month.

This left everyone scratching their heads.

Among them were Dumbledore and his team who were trying to prevent him from committing any crime.

However, when Grindelwald reappeared, he was already standing next to the British Minister of Magic, Foley...

When Dumbledore saw the photo in the newspaper of Grindelwald standing next to the Minister of Welfare and having a cordial conversation with him, he felt like the sky was falling...

I'm still on high alert in the US...my house was robbed!?

When Dumbledore returned to England, the new issue of the Daily Prophet reported that Grindelwald had successfully obtained a senior advisory position in the British Ministry of Magic...

Senior Advisor was originally a sinecure, usually reserved for pure-blood families who donated money to the Ministry of Magic and wanted to gain a certain status.

In fact, there is not much real power.

Advisor, advisor...the only power is to make some suggestions on the work of the Ministry of Magic.

Whether it will be adopted or not depends on the mood of the Ministry of Magic.

So, this is just a sinecure.

But...sinecd positions are relative!

The Ministry of Magic can ignore the random suggestions made by those pure-blood families.

but……

Grindelwald's advice...who dares not take it seriously?

Even if he himself didn't say anything, his followers secretly tried to trip you up, which would be enough to make you suffer!

Therefore, the power of his senior advisor has become extremely great!

This situation did not improve even after Dumbledore returned to England and visited the Minister of Welfare at the British Ministry of Magic!

Dumbledore can protect you for a while, but he can't protect you forever!

Besides, Dumbledore is too rule-abiding...but Grindelwald is too sinister!

He doesn't even need to do it himself to retaliate against you!

Therefore, many people would rather offend Dumbledore than Grindelwald...

Therefore, when the idle position of senior advisor fell on Grindelwald's head, it suddenly became more useful than the Minister of Magic!

Dumbledore really had no way to deal with this!

Because all of Grindelwald's current actions are completely reasonable and legal...

It can be said that ever since Grindelwald cleared his name, Dumbledore has been unable to gain any advantage from him! He has always been defeated!

This is something no one could have imagined!

A dark wizard, he stopped practicing Avatar and started thinking about becoming an official! Who can stand this!

It was a full month later when Dumbledore saw Grindelwald again at the Ministry of Magic.

He was chatting and laughing with several senior officials...

When everyone saw Dumbledore, they all left tacitly, leaving a space for them to talk alone.

"So? There's no way to stop me? I told you that a long time ago." Grindelwald said with a smile.

"I will eventually find a way to stop you..."

"Your words seem so pale and powerless at this moment... Dumbledore?" Grindelwald laughed. "Even if you seize the Elder Wand, what does it matter? Do you think... I will give you the chance to use it?"

Dumbledore was silent. Indeed, although he had seized the Elder Wand, up to now, there was no record of it being used against the Wiccan Party... because it had not been used at all!