Hogwarts: I inherited my legacy

When Umbridge's letter was delivered to Fudge,

Fudge was sitting on the chair in his office, enjoying the last moment of tranquility. Unfortunately, his mind was not at peace.

"What an eventful time it has been." Fudge put down the Daily Prophet in his hand, picked up Umbridge's letter, walked to the easy chair and sat down.

He took out top-grade tobacco that looked like gold leaves and stuffed it into his pipe, lit it with a wand, frowned, and took two puffs.

This kind of tobacco, which costs only 10 galleons for a small pack, did not ease his mood.

Although Dumbledore being trapped in the Magical Congress is barely good news,

but,

Some of Umbridge's recent little moves were actually noticed by Fudge.

It is true that Fudge is a fool, but in politics, he is an undoubted genius.

That’s why we were able to dig out the “talent” Umbridge from the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic.

His political sense is also not bad,

In fact, Fudge no longer believed in Umbridge that much during this period. After all, Umbridge did not achieve anything at Hogwarts.

This made him particularly unhappy,

But since Umbridge has sent a letter today, Fudge is also idle.

Putting down the pipe in his hand, he unfolded the letter stained with suspicious liquid stains.

As he watched... Fudge's brows stretched and the corners of his mouth curled up.

He picked up the pipe he had just put down and took a deep breath.

This time he was in a good mood, and he finally experienced the wonderful taste of this luxury product.

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it."

Umbridge's letter is not a report on her recent work. To be honest, those things have no meaning to Fudge now.

Rather, it is a suggestion, a suggestion that is very needed and useful to Fudge at this stage. It is presented in the form of a plan. If this plan is implemented, this suggestion is very likely to be realized.

What Fudge didn't expect was that Umbridge could provide him with such an excellent plan.

In Umbridge's plan,

In the next time, Umbridge will become a knife, and she will get rid of those Dumbledore loyalists in Hogwarts for Fudge.

Fudge just needs to take the initiative to resign from the Ministry of Magic before the International Federation of Wizards' inquiry comes and before Dumbledore comes back.

Then you can report to Hogwarts.

And at this time, naturally,

Fudge can ask the school board to officially appoint him as the headmaster of Hogwarts, no longer the acting headmaster.

After all, Dumbledore is about to step down, and the school board was supposed to be looking for a new principal.

Is it reasonable to turn the acting principal into a permanent one?

According to Umbridge's plan,

Since Dumbledore's diehard loyalists had been eliminated by her, and the interests of the school board and Fudge were aligned,

Even more so, no one would object to Fudge becoming the principal.

Of course, becoming the Headmaster of Hogwarts was never Fudge's goal;

He has enjoyed power for too long and it is difficult for him to return to an ordinary life.

His target is always the Minister of Magic,

Fudge didn't feel that he had lost to Barty Crouch Sr., he just felt that he was a little unlucky.

He was not the only Minister of Magic who fell into the hands of Voldemort.

No, you can't say that,

To be precise, except for the previous minister Millicent Barnold, who ended normally, the two ministers before Millicent Barnold were forced to step down because of Voldemort.

Moreover, Millicent Barnold herself is not perfect. Not long ago, she was forced to hand over her honor because of Sirius's case.

So Fudge is finally enlightened.

Counting himself, a total of four Ministers of Magic all fell into trouble because of Voldemort.

So, how good can Barty Crouch Sr. be?

Even though Voldemort went to America to cause trouble, it was Fudge who took the blame.

But aren’t Barty Crouch Sr. and Rufus Scrimgeour responsible for this?

They are the ones responsible for catching the dark wizards. They have not caught Voldemort all this time. Logically speaking, they are also responsible.

It's just that Fudge was involved with Crouch, a die-hard militant, some time ago, so in everyone's eyes, Fudge was guilty of a huge crime.

Fudge felt that even if Crouch really became the boss,

Soon he will be forced to step down due to difficulty in fighting Voldemort.

Like Eugenina Jenkins (Minister of Magic from 1968 to 1975) and Harold Minkan (Minister of Magic from 1975 to 1980),

Fudge can still afford to wait at this time.

Of course, the premise is that he can no longer stay in the Ministry of Magic.

Because Crouch will not let him, a ministerial candidate, continue to threaten his position.

If Fudge continues to stay at the Ministry of Magic, when Crouch takes over, what awaits Fudge will be either dismissal or death.

Therefore, Fudge needs a transitional position that is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Magic and has enough social status to be able to become Minister of Magic at any time.

This is why Umbridge's plan impressed Fudge. It was really calculated into Fudge's heart.

She prepared a retreat for Fudge, a retreat that allowed Fudge to retreat unscathed first, and a retreat that allowed Fudge to counterattack at any time.

The Headmaster of Hogwarts is Fudge's best choice.

After all, Dumbledore turned down many invitations to become Minister of Magic during his tenure as Headmaster.

With such a precedent, once Barty Crouch Sr. fails to resist Voldemort and is forced to step down, it will not be difficult for Fudge to become the next candidate for Minister of Magic.

Fudge now believed in Voldemort's ability to harm the Minister of Magic. He had no doubt that Barty Crouch Sr. would be killed by Voldemort.

(From a certain perspective, Barty Crouch Sr. was indeed killed by Voldemort)

Dumbledore's absence is the best time for Fudge to enter.