Hogwarts: I'm really not the third Dark Lord

In fact, even Dumbledore himself believed that good luck and bad luck were the worst.

The reason why he appeared at the Ministry of Magic was partly because he was looking for the next minister.

It's a pity that among those who are most qualified to succeed as ministers, either their ambitions are too great but they don't have the strength to match them, or they are pure losers, not even as good as Fudge.

Amelia Bones, the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, is pretty good.

But as everyone knows, he has a close relationship with the Bones family. If he really wants to appoint her as the next minister, someone will inevitably gossip.

Dumbledore didn't care about the rumors, but he was worried that Bones would not have enough prestige to command others if he came to power in a hurry.

"If it doesn't work out, I can only choose her."

After sending away the woman named Dolores Umbridge, Dumbledore rubbed his temples and thought.

This toad-like woman, as Fudge's confidant and senior deputy minister, hurried over to flatter Fudge when his life or death was still uncertain.

Dumbledore remembered that when she was in school, she had excellent grades and entered the Ministry of Magic as an intern as soon as she graduated.

After that, his official career went smoothly, from a low-level intern in the Office for the Prohibition of Abuse of Magic to the position of senior deputy minister.

During this period, he also heard some rumors.

For example, Umbridge's mother is actually a Muggle, and she also has a Squib brother.

She had always looked down on them. When she was 15 years old, she teamed up with her father to drive them away, and she pretended to be a pure-blood wizard in front of everyone she met.

After that, even her pure-blood status couldn't satisfy her anymore.

As she rose through the ranks of the Ministry of Magic, she concocted an ancient and noble Selwyn family, pretending that her father had been a prominent figure in the Wizengamot.

As for her real father, an ordinary clerk at the Ministry of Magic, she gave him a small sum of money to retire early and leave London.

If these are just internal conflicts within her family, then her behavior of taking away the credit of her colleagues and humiliating and controlling the behavior of her subordinates is purely a matter of character.

Of course, these are all rumors and there is no conclusive evidence.

To be cautious, Dumbledore used some "little tricks" during the communication with her just now.

Then he was shocked.

It was just a little hypnosis that made her let down her guard against herself, and Umbridge began to talk about her extremely cold-blooded views and how non-magical people should be treated ruthlessly; even Dumbledore saw Some of the anti-Muggle people I had ever known would be shocked when they heard Dolores's proposal.

For such a person to be able to reach such a high position, Dumbledore felt that either she was pretending too well, or Fudge was in the same boat as her.

He suddenly felt lucky that Fudge was taken away by the lizard people.

Just then, there was a commotion in the foyer.

"The minister is back! The minister is back!"

Someone shouted, and then, a large number of footsteps made the whole building seem to shake.

"Don't be crowded, everyone go back to their offices." Fudge shouted loudly, pushing away the reporter holding parchment and quill pen in front of him.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm okay, I was saved by some nice people."

"Lizard people? They escaped. Don't worry, these aliens are no match for wizards. As you can see, lizards should hide in the ditch!"

Dumbledore couldn't sit still anymore and stepped forward to greet him.

"Oh, Dumbledore, nice to meet you." Fudge said through gritted teeth. He still remembered how Dumbledore gave up on him.

"I'm glad you're okay, Cornelius." Dumbledore looked at him carefully, looking for signs of being controlled.

"Thanks to you." Fudge said coldly, "I have troubled you during my absence. Now you can do your own thing."

He issued an eviction order without hesitation.

When he first came in, he saw a group of people surrounding Dumbledore, and he knew what these people were thinking.

He also knew that his rise to power was not what everyone expected, but the actions of these people still chilled him.

After he was kidnapped, instead of thinking about how to rescue him, these people began to think about the position of the next minister.

Since he took office, he has never treated them badly, but has given them many benefits.

Is this how they repay themselves?

A pack of underfed wolves!

Thinking of the conversation he had with the old man who called himself "Odin" when he left, Fudge secretly made up his mind.

But before that, he needs to win over a few real confidants.

……

……

Christmas passed in the blink of an eye, and so many things happened during this period that Jerry actually felt a burst of heartfelt joy when he saw the familiar spire of Hogwarts.

Jerry was on the Hogwarts Express, holding a newspaper.

The day after the battle in the House of Representatives, the Daily Prophet published a series of special features detailing what happened.

One photo takes up an entire page.

It was the confrontation between Dumbledore and the Lizardmen.

The cold-blooded cruelty of the lizard people and Dumbledore's powerful aura are vividly displayed in this photo.

I don’t know who took the photo.

However, the "Daily Prophet" obviously had limited knowledge of the truth of the matter. Apart from spending a lot of time describing the fierce battle, the rest were some legends and conspiracy theories about the lizard people.

Not unlike a Muggle newspaper.

That's right!

Most people in the magical world believe that since the lizardmen are only interested in Muggle society and have never tried to interfere with the magical world, the main force against the lizardmen can only be the Muggles themselves.

What's more, Muggles are not completely powerless to fight back - don't they still have superpowers?

Although this superpower was just a flash in the pan, he was killed by the lizard man as soon as he showed up.

But now that one has appeared, there are bound to be more.

It would be enough for the wizard to provide some help from the side.

Therefore, they did not completely erase the memories of the Muggles present, but only erased the short period after Dumbledore's appearance.

The emergence of the lizard people still spread in the Muggle world and caused a sensation.

Within a few days, a large number of evil cult organizations have sprung up in London. These organizations claim to be the subordinates of the Lizard People. Only by paying money to join them can people avoid the fate of being purged by the Lizard People...

In fact, various religions have been popping up in this land, and as long as taxes can be paid on time, the government rarely cares about them.

As for the ordinary people who were deceived?

That only shows that you are stupid!

Therefore, those religious leaders who thought they had discovered a new way to make money thought that this time was no exception. Their faces were almost numb with laughter when they saw the huge amounts of money coming into their accounts.

But what they never expected was that Scotland Yard, which had always been slow, would go out in force the next day, unite with an organization called the Sky-Exploding Gang, and attack everywhere, wiping them all out. The prison was overcrowded for a while.

Jerry has ordered several wizarding and Muggle newspapers these days, just to keep an eye on the situation and to check for any omissions and fill them in time.

Just as Jerry was concentrating on reading today's newspaper, the box door was pushed open and a little girl walked in.

She has silver eyes and dark golden brown hair.Her eyes were bulging, giving her a constant expression of surprise.

Her complexion is pale and her eyebrows are light.Wearing a pair of carrot-shaped earrings and a necklace made of butterbeer bottle corks, she exudes a strange and erratic temperament.

After seeing Jerry, a surprised expression appeared on her dazed face.

"Jerry Yoder, I know you...hello."

"Uh... hello."

Jerry said hesitantly. He felt that it would be difficult for him to deal with such a radio wave girl.

Luna seemed to be looking for something, but after seeing the "Daily Prophet" in Jerry's hand, she immediately forgot what she was looking for.

She walked over slowly and sat opposite Jerry, staring at him unblinkingly.

"Um...do you want to read this newspaper too?"

Jerry held the newspaper up in front of her: "I can lend it to you—I've finished reading it."

Luna shook her head: "My father said that this newspaper is full of lies and illusions, and a smart person will not spend even one second on it."

"..."

Jerry felt as if he was being targeted.

However, Luna seemed to have noticed something wrong with her words and waved her hand hurriedly: "Of course, as we all know, Jerry Yoder is the smartest student at Hogwarts..."

"Ah...thank you."

After another moment of silence, Luna asked in a low voice: "Um...Jerry, are you interested in lizard men?"

"A little bit..." Jerry said, he even cosplayed it once.

"Then you can take a look at this!"

Luna took out a magazine from her pocket like a show off.

"Singing the Contrarian"

is the name of this magazine.

Below is a big subtitle.

Amazing ambition!An attempt to invade the world!

Jerry's heart moved and he quickly took the magazine and opened it.

The first thing that caught the eye was a cartoon about Fudge. He stood tall and spat at the people below, and behind him were the lizard men as far as the eye could see.

Those lizard people all look silly, giving people a naive feeling.

Next is the title of the article——

Lizardmen - alien invasion or careerist conspiracy?

Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge was successfully elected a year ago due to his harmless appearance and Dumbledore's strong support.

In the eyes of outsiders, Fudge is humble and courteous, cautious and measured in his actions. He may not be so pioneering, but he is more than conservative.

And is that really the case?

Sources close to the Ministry of Magic revealed to this newspaper as early as a year ago that Fudge had always been resentful about being forced to seek support from Dumbledore to be elected Minister of Magic. A secret force of his own.

Due to the good relationship between Dumbledore and Fudge, this news was not taken seriously by this newspaper until the lizardman suddenly appeared some time ago...

In the article, Fudge seems to have been conducting evil human experiments, and the lizard-man is his proud result. The appearance of the lizard-man this time is just a test for Dumbledore.

Just one lizardman can escape from Dumbledore. If there are a few more, wouldn't it be possible to defeat Dumbledore?

Fudge's experiment seems to have achieved satisfactory results. The author of the article predicts that it won't be long before Fudge has enough trump cards to take action against Dumbledore, overtly or covertly suppressing Dumbledore...

Jerry looked at it and called him an expert.

He almost guessed it.

"Do you like it, Jerry?"

Luna looked at him with twinkling eyes.

"It's okay..." Jerry said with a dry smile.

Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind.

"Luna, Xenophilius Lovegood is your father, right?" Jerry asked, pointing to the name of the magazine editor.

"Yes." Luna nodded.

"If I said I wanted to buy a stake in this magazine, do you think your father would agree?"

"Invest in shares?"

Luna looked at him quizzically.

"Yes, I like this magazine. I just want...well, I just want more people to see it."

"The first batch of investment...just a thousand galleons."

"A thousand galleons!"

Luna's mouth opened into a circle.

"I think he will agree. Some time ago, he has been saying that few people are willing to advertise in our magazine, which has led to him having to reduce the scale of printing..."

Luna rubbed her chin and thought.

She suddenly looked at Jerry curiously: "Jerry, are you...very rich?"

"So-so." Jerry said a little modestly.

"No wonder Ravenclaw said that extraordinary intelligence is a person's greatest wealth." Luna muttered.

"I don't think she meant that..."

"I will write to my father right now. He will be very happy to hear the news."

Luna interrupted Jerry and left like a gust of wind.

But not long after, she ran back again.

"I'm sorry, I'm looking for my schoolbag. I don't know where it is. Have you seen it?"

"Are you sure you took it on the train?"

Luna doesn’t look like the kind of forgetful person either!

Suddenly, Jerry thought that in the original work, Luna was often bullied on campus due to her weird personality...

"Is there anyone else in the box you were in before?"

"There are my friends Anne and Zoe, but they said they didn't see it..."

"I think I know where your school bag is..." Jerry touched his chin.

Soon, Jerry followed Luna to her box. As soon as he entered, he heard a red-haired girl ask with a suppressed smile: "Luna, haven't you found your schoolbag yet?"

Another little girl with pink hair then said: "If you ask me, you must have forgotten it at home. It's still too late to get out of the car and go back to get it..."

She stopped mid-sentence and stared blankly at Jerry, who was following Luna. After a few seconds, she let out a scream.

"Senior Yodel! Is it really you? That...I..."

Jerry smiled: "Even if I really forgot it at home, I think it would be more convenient to send a letter back to my family, what do you think?"

PS: It’s too difficult to name the supporting cast, so just use a few familiar ones.