Hogwarts: I am Voldemort.

Chapter 495
Time flies, three years in a blink of an eye.

The situation in England has finally reached a balance in three years.

The first is SI:[-]. After Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic, Diagon Alley and other wizarding gathering places were closed successively, it has been difficult for them to find a substantial wizarding gathering place, so the plan to rule the wizarding world has been stranded indefinitely.

The second is the royal family and the government. After three years of negotiations, MI[-] is finally no longer independent from government departments, and will be jointly supervised by the royal family and the government.

This also weakened the voice of ruling the wizarding world by force. After all, neither the British politicians nor the British people wanted such internal collisions.

The "Soul Eater Incident" three years ago is still vivid in my mind. While the horror of wizards made Muggles vigilant, they also did not want to use force to unify.

Finally, there is the wizarding world in England. Compared with MI[-] and the British royal family and government, the wizarding world is still in a disadvantaged position.

Although with the intervention of the British government, MI[-] began to be restrained, but its evil intention to rule the wizarding world is still alive.

Over the years, they racked their brains to obtain more lists of wizards, and secretly arrested wizards everywhere, making the wizarding world still in a state of turmoil.

Minister Barty Crouch resigned a year ago for health reasons.

There is no way, he has been under too much pressure these years, and his son was imprisoned in the early years, his career was not smooth, his wife was imprisoned for his son, etc., which tortured him all the time, and finally broke out at this moment.

Although there is no danger of his life, he cannot take on the heavy and dangerous position of Minister of Magic.

In this case, the new candidate for the Minister of Magic also caused headaches for the wizarding world.

Part of the reason for this is that few people want to accept the Ministry of Magic in name only under these circumstances.

Another part of the reason is that the wizards who secretly took refuge in MI[-] are making efforts to eliminate those diehards.

Under such circumstances, Percy, who was rigorous and upright, was sent to the front of the stage.

A large part of the reason for this stems from the support given to him by the Candle Club.

More specifically, Harry, who represented the interests of Muggle wizards within the Candlestick Club, was already, to a certain extent, the agent of SI:[-] in the wizarding world.

Yes, this lad is the only wizard in the wizarding world who has publicly disclosed his SI:[-] background.

In addition, Percy's close relationship with the Death Eaters is also one of the reasons why he can take power.

Today's wizarding world is roughly divided into three factions.

Most of them are centrists, and Percy is their representative.

They are willing to establish limited connections with the Muggle government and SI:[-], hoping to complete the integration of the two through peaceful means.

Next came the Muggle faction, represented by Harry, who believed that wizards should be ruled by the Muggle government, and more specifically, by SI:[-].

Most of these people were Muggle-born and had studied at Hogwarts.

Those of them who entered the wizarding society very early were full of resentment towards wizards because they were excluded by the natives of the wizarding world.

Therefore, their performance is relatively extreme.

As for the Burner organization, which represents Muggle wizards, it is not liked by Muggle wizards because it adheres to the principle of "Muggle wizards are wizards, not Muggles".

Therefore, their development has not been smooth, and they have been squeezed out and have no influence.

On the contrary, the Wizarding Society has been unusually low-key these years, and has not expressed too many views on current affairs, which makes them less concerned.

And the last faction in the wizarding world is the Death Eaters faction known for their stubbornness.

Today, the word Death Eater is completely different from three years ago.

If these three words used to represent evil and cruelty, they are servants of the Dark Lord.

So what it represents now is hope, the future, and unswerving wizards.

All the wizards who still hoped to "let wizards manage wizards" gathered under this banner, which further expanded the size of the Death Eaters.

It's a pity that because of Voldemort's absence, these new Death Eaters don't have the Dark Devil's symbol on their arms.

But this does not affect them to join the sacrificial dance held regularly within the Death Eaters. At such a dance, the Dark Mark will still emerge, which is the only proof that the Dark Lord is still alive.

But even so, more and more people within the Death Eaters have voiced their voices, hoping to choose one of the Dark Lord's horcruxes to resurrect the Dark Lord.

Neville has suppressed this many times, and he doesn't even allow anyone to bring this matter up to him.

Naturally, some people resisted during this period, and even caused the Death Eaters organization to almost split at one point, but fortunately, the two sides eased the relationship in the end and maintained external unity.

But even so, Neville's dominance was shaken.

As for the thoughts of this group of people, Neville can understand.

Everyone knows that if an organization does not have a convincing leader, then the strength that the organization can demonstrate must be limited.

Although Neville has worked hard in the past three years, he is still far behind Voldemort.

This also made him face a lot of pressure, and even denied himself several times, giving birth to the idea of ​​resigning from this position and handing it over to Crouch Jr. or Quirrell.

The former's ability and loyalty are recognized by everyone.

The latter followed Voldemort in a special period, and now he controls the Gaunt library, which is naturally convincing.

Neville's idea had never been brought up in the Death Eaters internal meeting, because he couldn't get past Bella.

"You have to catch what the master gave you. Even if this seat is rotten, you must sit here for me."

The strength Bella showed, not to mention Neville, even the Malfoy family, which has great authority within the Death Eaters, can only choose to avoid its edge.

Speaking of the Malfoy family, after Abramovich died of old age the year before last, they became more and more quiet.

Even in Death Eater meetings, they rarely spoke, more often they just listened quietly.

Even if Neville or others asked for their opinions, they would just hum and haha, without giving too specific opinions.

Many people speculated that they had secretly turned to MI[-], and everyone believed that this conjecture was true, but there was no evidence on the surface.

Facing the turmoil among the Death Eaters, Neville was also very overwhelmed.

He was not a Death Eater himself, and he could get this position only because of a word from Voldemort.

But with the disappearance of Voldemort for three years, this appointment began to be doubted.

"If His Majesty the Dark Lord knew that so many things would happen later, he would definitely not hand over the power to Neville."

This is a sentence that has been widely circulated among Death Eaters recently, and it indirectly proves that Neville's rule is getting weaker and weaker.

At this time, MI[-] once again reached out to the Death Eaters.

After all, this is the stronghold of the resistance, and they have no reason to let it develop quietly.

　Two changes today

　　
　
(End of this chapter)