The Daily Life of Wizards [British and American]

At the end of May, Ms. Millicent Bagno, the current minister of the Ministry of Magic, finally announced that she has officially entered the retirement period.

This Ravenclaw-born lady reigned for ten years.

Although her performance as the Minister of Magic, the highest leader of the British wizarding world, was mediocre, and she did not bring much improvement and improvement to the lives of wizards, she is dedicated to her work and insists on justice. And the attitude of treating every wizard fairly and justly has won the unanimous appreciation of the wizarding world.

The "Daily Prophet" dedicated two pages to praise this respectable lady at length.

But despite such a grand treatment, everyone still couldn't help turning their attention to another hotter issue.

That is: Who is the next Minister for Magic?

Ms Millicent Bagnor is known to have submitted three shortlists to the Ministry of Magic before retiring.

They are: the current Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Albus Dumbledore, Director of Magical Law Enforcement - Barty Crouch, and Deputy Minister of Magic - Cornelius Fudge.

In order to choose a supreme leader who is more suitable for the wizarding world, these three have a week of preparation time, and in the next ten days, they will hold various large and small speeches, banquets, or other public events to publicly explain their ideas. Governing Philosophy'.

In the end, everyone voted for the winner. 【Note 1】

Reporters from the Daily Prophet went out of their way to interview each candidate.

Among them, Cornelius Fudge's answer is still impartial and mediocre, it is difficult for people to see where he stands; in contrast, Barty Crouch, who was born in the "Pure Blood List" The wizards of the Crouch family, who are ranked among the 28 sacred clans, have shown 'extreme anti-purity'.

His political views are very extreme, he is committed to 'Equality of Wizards', opposed to 'Blood Discrimination', and publicly shouted the slogan 'There is no nobleman in the wizarding world'.

These two very different performances undoubtedly attracted the attention of the vast majority of the public.

However, the most surprising candidate was the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry - Albus Dumbledore.

Prior to this, when the other two candidates were busy speaking and holding events, he seemed to be low-key and non-existent.

Until one day, he was finally blocked by reporters at the entrance of Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade Village. He even held a lemon ice cream in his hand...

"If you can be elected as the Minister of Magic, what is your future ruling philosophy?"

"Are you aware of the recent activity of Director Crouch and Deputy Secretary Fudge? What do you think of it?"

"Do you have any countermeasures for future elections?"

"You haven't taken any action recently, do you have full confidence in the position of elected minister?"

The "Daily Prophet" reporter asked a series of questions.

However, the headmaster, who was very popular among the people, did not show any gaffe expression as he expected, but only showed a faint and graceful smile.

Then, he handed the reporter a toffee finger cake and asked gently, "Would you like to try it? Honeydukes' new product."

After the reporter's embarrassing refusal, he calmly answered the question: "It is my honor to be valued by Minister Bagno. But everyone, don't forget that my main job is a principal, and I like being with children." Life. In fact, I have written to Secretary Bagno rejecting this nomination. So, I am sorry about that."

This answer was so unexpected that the reporter was stunned on the spot.

Because of this, he missed the next opportunity to ask questions.

The headmaster nodded politely at him, seized the time, and took the opportunity to leave calmly and gracefully.

But even though the conversation was so short, headlines such as "Dumbledore declined the post of Minister of Magic" and "Dumbledore openly declared that he disdains to compete with Batty and Fudge" still earned huge profits for the "Daily Prophet". sales.

When the time approached June, the whole incident was like the fiery weather, causing a lot of trouble.

Fudge remained tepid, but most wizards felt he was just 'powerless'.

There are even some impulsive Gryffindors who openly published something like 'Fudge is like a weak bitch, if the Ministry of Magic is handed over to him, the British wizarding world will have no future'; Go home and get the kids' kind of insulting remarks.

At the same time, because of Dumbledore's withdrawal, Barty Crouch's approval rating reached a new high.

After all, compared to Fudge's mediocre appearance, a warrior wizard who is iron-blooded and resolutely opposes the nobility is more in line with Gryffindor's yearning for a 'hero'.

Therefore, most wizards from Gryffindor felt that 'since there is no Dumbledore, it would be a good choice to support Barty Crouch'.

But there are also some mild-tempered Gryffindors, and wizards from neutral Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, who feel that although Batty's political ideas are correct, his character is too extreme.

The appearance of trying to "drive out the Slytherin nobles" is really a bit scary.

A group of nobles from Slytherin have always kept calm and restrained to these lively scenes, with a look of 'waiting and watching'.

Of course, to paraphrase Gryffindor's sarcasm, 'who knows what's going on in those vipers? ''Maybe they are just hiding in the dark and waiting for time, I don't know when they will show their poisonous fangs'.

The people who know you best are sometimes not your friends, but your enemies.

This is true.

On the last day of the first week of June, during a small speech held by the Ministry of Magic, these nobles who had been showing 'indifference' finally quietly delivered a fatal blow to Barty Crouch.

At that time, Barty Crouch was dressed in a high-spirited manner, with gray and old-fashioned wizard robes, his hair was carefully combed, and his facial expression was serious like a mask.

Standing on the podium, he looked down at the group of wizards, and talked eloquently: "We should take various measures to target those narrow-minded pure-blooded nobles. Although the mysterious person disappeared, there are still hidden secrets among them. Vicious Death Eaters. They claimed to be under the Imperius Curse...

His remarks immediately caused a small noise from the wizards in the audience.

The mysterious man's brutal rule once brought great harm to everyone in the wizarding world. To this day, people still dare not call that man by his name directly, and rarely talk about it in public.

It is precisely because of this that Barty Crouch's indifferent approach to mentioning the other party makes most people feel that he is very brave.

But in the eyes of the nobles who were born in Slytherin, this guy who 'talked nonsense' on the podium has become a widely circulated joke in the hearts of everyone.

Come to think of it, what kind of fool would do this kind of 'launch different campaigns, formulate various measures, just to strongly oppose your own class and group'?

'Has he forgotten that he is also a pure-blood noble? The patriarch of the Parkinson family once said with a sneer, "If you want to ban the pure-blood nobles, the most important thing he should do is to destroy himself." '

Even some Gryffindors who supported him often joked about it.

For example, during a certain alumni meeting, they would take the initiative to greet Mr. Barty Crouch, who was out of place by the side of Slytherin, and point to the Gryffindor seat beside them and say, "Hi, eand sit over there."【 Note 2] But none of these gossips defeated the stubborn wizard.

He used his own strength and courage to continue his "political opinion", just like today, every word of his is sonorous and powerful, every word is bitten very clearly, his eyes are as sharp as a falcon, deadly He stared at the group of nobles with indifferent expressions, as if there was a battlefield in front of him, and he was blatantly declaring war on the enemy.

The indifference on the outside and the wildness on the inside make him full of a unique charisma.

You may not like him, but you have to admire him.

In contrast, Fudge standing aside had the same presence as a grain of rice.

Until there was a loud cracking sound.

"Merlin!" A witch in the audience uttered a sharp cry, she was turning around and looking into the air in horror.

The gigantic skeleton is slowly rising, a python emerges from the skull's mouth, and the green light illuminates the place like a bright neon light.

"Dark Mark, it's the Dark Mark!"

Countless wizards shouted in horror, their faces were pale, they stood up hastily, they didn't care about the campaign any more, and rushed out one after another.

"Merlin, that's Director Barty Crouch's home."

At this time, a short wizard suddenly called out.

Barty Crouch's always cold face instantly turned pale, his expression was distorted, and a look of near-desperate horror appeared in his eyes.

[Note 1] The above are all made up by the author. PS. I forgot whether I wrote Fuji’s position in the previous article. I went back and searched for a long time but couldn’t find it... Khan, so I made up another one temporarily. If you find something wrong, remember remind me.

[Note 2] Here I imitated the discussions and elections in the British House of Representatives.