Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 317
Voldemort in the magic mirror, busy in front of a cauldron with green bubbles.

"Is it just this matter, Hermione, cough, cough, thank you for telling me this, this will not affect my plan."

Voldemort, coughing on the green steam escaping from the cauldron, waved his hand to indicate that Hermione was all right.

"I think she will talk to me in the future, teacher, what do you think..."

In the middle of Hermione's speech, she was suddenly interrupted by a female voice who had never shown her face on the opposite side of the mirror.

"The basilisk is too poisonous, master, I think we need more neutralizing potions."

"It's hard to solve the problem only with neutralizing potions, Bella." Voldemort turned his head and looked out of the mirror. "We need more hedges."

"More toxic substances can be added, which may affect the balance of other potions..."

"Solve one problem first, Bella. The dementors behind will also break the balance. That's the last problem we have to solve."

After Voldemort finished speaking, he looked into the mirror again, "Hermione, I'm a little busy here, so..."

"But you always tell me what to do, teacher, I think it's a betrayal of you to talk too much." Hermione said seriously.

Those words made Voldemort stop, and he finally straightened up and looked at Hermione.

"Hermione, I advise you not to think about me, especially when it comes to the Burner Falcon."

While speaking, Voldemort took off the dragonskin gloves on his hands, "Now you are no longer yourself. As the leader of the Burning Falcons, your rights and obligations are equal."

"But I always have my own life..."

"You have to separate the two, Hermione. Personal relationships do not affect matters at the level of power. It is incompetent to confuse the two."

"But I don't know what to say and what not to say, such as this time in the media..."

"You mean the war of opinion?" interrupted Voldemort.

"Yes, sir." Hermione nodded.

"Unless Dumbledore solves the problem with his own strength, the rhythm of public opinion will still be manipulated by the two media."

Voldemort paused briefly, and said, "But, Hermione, do you think Dumbledore will stand up and solve the problem?"

"I don't think... probably not?" Hermione said hesitantly.

Voldemort shook his head with a smile and said, "I hope he will do that, because then I will have a reason to discredit him."

Hermione smiled at the other end of the mirror, and sure enough, this was the Dark Lord she was familiar with.

"Whether it's power or conspiracy, if you want to play it well, you have to treat it as an infinite game."

Voldemort said again, "It's not important to win or lose for a while, the important thing is to keep enough chips so that you can sit at the gambling table all the time. Only in this way can you have a chance to play your cards."

Hermione nodded, she roughly understood what her teacher meant.

To put it bluntly, the Dark Lord is fearless.

"I see, sir." Hermione said.

Voldemort nodded and waved for Hermione to close the mirror, while he himself had gone back to the cauldron and got busy.

Hermione glanced curiously over the cauldron, then closed the mirror.

She slept very deeply that night, and the worries of the past few days disappeared because of this conversation.

On the next day, her roommate brought her the news that the dean invited her to visit early.

"Okay, Lavender." Hermione replied cheerfully, "Remember to bring me some breakfast, I may not be able to go to class later."

Lavender agreed with a smile, then picked up the book and left.

Hermione also quickly left the dormitory and came to McGonagall's office.

And when she entered the room, she realized that McGonagall had not only invited herself, but also the new Dark Defense Professor Lupine.

Compared with Professor McGonagall's seriousness, Professor Lupine is much gentler.

He kept a gentle smile on his face as he nodded to Hermione.

"This is today's morning paper, Hermione. I don't think you've seen it yet." Professor McGonagall was much more serious, and she handed the newspaper directly to Hermione after nodding.

"Yes, Professor."

Hermione said in her mouth, reaching for the newspaper.

When I looked down, I happened to see a Muggle book on public opinion warfare on the table.

Hermione glanced from the book cover to the headline of the newspaper in her hand.

For a moment, her eyes were attracted by the content above and could not move:

Death Eater: We deserve what we deserve, but the children are innocent.

Of course, she is not unfamiliar with this sentence, but writing it out so straightforwardly, is this a pity?

The incident didn't attract much attention when the news was initially blocked.

It was the participation of [The Quibbler] that made things start to attract more wizards' attention.

But at that time, the wizards just watched it as a show, and didn't think it was a big problem.

It wasn't until the first flashpoint—the Ministry of Magic meddling—was exposed that wizards realized the problem might be bigger than they thought.

And because of the previous layout, when this explosive point came out, the entire wizarding world focused on it.

Even, many foreign media are rushing to report.

The matter did not end so far, just a few days after Hermione met Dean McGonagall, the cause and effect began to be revealed slowly.

Well-known reporter Rita Skeeter, as always, writes creatively and provides a fascinating report on the matter.

She didn't write the whole truth at once, but cut the whole story apart, wrote several articles, and published them every few days.

[On a cold rainy night, the wizard apprentice bravely fights against the dementors! 】

[The past and present of the Wizarding Society, the Falcon Burner, and the Candle Bearer! 】

【Azkaban, justice is never absent! 】

[A blow from the back of a Death Eater! 】

Ordinarily, the article should have ended as of yesterday.

Because everything has been explained clearly so far.

But today's front page headlines are related reports about this matter.

Moreover, Rita Skeeter's eyes were completely focused on the Death Eaters.

Hermione suppressed her beating heart and quickly read the content of the article.

It has to be said that Rita Skeeter can become a well-known reporter, and her writing and storytelling skills are quite powerful.

Even Hermione, who witnessed the incident, still finds it fascinating when reading this article.

"Did those Death Eaters really say that?" McGonagall asked Hermione as soon as she put down the newspaper.

"Yes, that's what he said." Hermione nodded, "but it's a bit exaggerated."

"She and the Daily Prophet are both trying to help the Death Eaters." Lupine said with a frown, and it was obvious that she was in a very bad mood.

McGonagall nodded and said: "Calling the cruel and terrifying rule as a revolution, it seems that that person can't stand loneliness, and it shouldn't be too long before he enters the public eye."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, she thought so too.

"Dean, did you come to me just to verify the authenticity of the content above?" Hermione asked McGonagall.

"More than that, Hermione." McGonagall hesitated, and finally said: "I want a little bit of your memory, the part in Azkaban, okay?"

(End of this chapter)