The Admiral of Hogwarts

Whether it's the Harry Potter novels or films, they give the impression that Fudge is an incompetent fool driven by jealousy, good for nothing but causing trouble.

But in reality, Fudge, who was able to serve as Minister for Magic in the Ministry of Magic for more than a decade, and who took office during the chaotic era after the end of the First Wizarding War, had a few tricks up his sleeve.

For example, he was very clear that as an ordinary pure-blood family wizard, he could not actually control the Ministry of Magic, so he simply and completely sided with those pure-blood wizards.

However, siding with pure-blood wizards did not mean becoming a puppet of pure-blood wizards. With a certain degree of tacit consent from the pure-blood wizards, he also organized a group of his own cronies in the Ministry of Magic.

Of course, Fudge knew that he could not interfere in core departments such as the Department of Magical Law Enforcement or the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, so he simply chose positions that usually did not receive much attention, but could play a key role in important situations.

However, this kind of organization method is not without its disadvantages. For example, the loyalty of most of these people is to the position of Minister for Magic, and they are all profit-oriented.

Therefore, for Fudge, he needs to constantly give these subordinates all kinds of benefits in order to drive them, otherwise, the subordinates may run away at any time.

To give a simple example, one of the important reasons for launching an attack on Hogwarts this time, in addition to suppressing Dumbledore, was to open up the situation at Hogwarts and find good positions for Fudge's followers.

Under normal circumstances, if Hogsmeade Village at the foot of Hogwarts Mountain wants to establish a shop, it needs to be decided by Hogwarts. After all, what kind of shops are opened around the school needs to be screened, and it is impossible to open whatever shop you want.

And if Fudge can gradually seize power from Dumbledore, then just issuing this kind of permission can make Fudge and his subordinates a lot of money.

Because of this reason, Hugo did not let the ship girls try to get rid of Umbridge. Compared with Fudge, who has his own little calculations, the damage caused by the pure-blood group as a whole to the school, especially to the Muggle-born wizards in the school, may be even greater.

But no matter what, the Ministry of Magic's current actions have seriously affected the atmosphere inside Hogwarts. Fortunately, a month after the start of school, the first Hogsmeade weekend of the semester arrived.

"I heard that Harry, on Ginny's suggestion, hopes to form a Defense Against the Dark Arts study group and extracurricular group. Ginny and Ron have been helping them recruit people these days. It's a pity that we already have our own things to do, so we can only politely decline," Hermione said to Hugo while eating breakfast on Hogsmeade weekend.

"Actually, no one from Ravenclaw has participated this time." Hugo swallowed the bacon in his mouth and said. "Because everyone thinks that it is enough to participate in one after-school group of this type, and compared to Gryffindor, they trust their own people more."

Unlike in the original text, although Harry had participated in the Triwizard Tournament before, he was not as outstanding as Veneto in the competition, so for Ravenclaw students, they are more willing to believe in their own housemates.

After such a change, Hugo was a little curious about how things would develop next, because in the original text, the DA was caught because Marietta betrayed them, but now, Marietta obviously won't join the DA.

"I hope Harry and the others will be successful!" After passing Filch's inspection and arriving in the cold, sunny outdoors, Hermione said to Hugo and Veneto beside her.

"I think what Harry and the others are doing now is indeed a bit dangerous." Hugo shook his head. "There are not a few people who are willing to believe in Dumbledore this year. With Harry's identity, he should be able to recruit a lot of people."

"But I'm a little worried about what measures Umbridge will take after she knows about this kind of thing. After all, Umbridge came to the school to suppress Dumbledore, and now Harry's actions are obviously going against her."

In fact, Hugo has always felt that the organization Harry created is quite dangerous, because they are clearly doing something with great risk, but internally it is as loose as the Weekend Beer Club.

Therefore, when facing the strong suppression of the Ministry of Magic represented by Umbridge, problems are highly likely to occur. It's just that it's hard to say whether it's an internal person who rebels and betrays them or whether Umbridge directly discovers the clues.

"Okay, let's not think about those things. Being a prefect in the O.W.L. year is already tiring enough, not to mention there are so many things to worry about. Let us have a good rest today." After speaking, Hermione took Veneto's hand and walked towards Hogsmeade.

"That's right, today is a day off, I don't need to think so much." Looking at the two girls running forward hand in hand, Hugo was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, and quickly followed.

They walked along the road, passing by Zonko's Joke Shop—unsurprisingly, they saw Fred, George, and Lee Jordan there, passing by the post office—some owls flew out of it every once in a while.

When they arrived at the entrance of the Three Broomsticks Pub, they happened to see Sirius Black and Mr. Weasley walking into the Three Broomsticks Pub together.

"Good morning, you should be here for Hogsmeade weekend today." After seeing Hugo and the others, Sirius immediately stepped forward to say hello, and then lowered his voice. "Also, thank you for your help with Hagrid."

"It's nothing, it's just a matter of lifting a finger for us." After entering the pub and finding a seat, Hugo and his sister went with Mr. Weasley to buy drinks, while Veneto sat there and chatted with Sirius.

"By the way, we only transported Hagrid to southwestern England at the time and left him there. How is he now? Has he arrived home yet?"

"He is temporarily staying in a forest near Oxford that belongs to my family, because he brought back his brother, so everyone is now trying to find a way to arrange for his brother."

Speaking of this, Sirius frowned.

As in the original text, Hagrid's trip with his brother was purely a fait accompli, except that this time, before he arrived at Hogwarts, the ship girls had already notified the Order of the Phoenix of the specific situation.

For the Order of the Phoenix, even if there is only one giant who does not stand on Voldemort's side, it is naturally valuable, not to mention that he is Hagrid's brother, so it is naturally impossible to kill this giant.

But in this way, settling this giant has also become a big problem. Therefore, the Order of the Phoenix has been thinking about what good place can be used to settle this giant for a long time.

After all, the giants were exiled by the Ministry of Magic's order back then. Any giant who sets foot on the British Isles without the permission of the Ministry of Magic will be forcibly expelled, and giants from certain tribes will even be directly executed.

Unfortunately, the tribe to which Hagrid's mother belonged is on this kill list of the Ministry of Magic. Although members like Hagrid's brother who have not been stained with blood are generally only deported by the Ministry of Magic, the current situation is not good to say.

You need to know that during this period of time, the conflict between the British Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix is very big, and wizards usually never regard other creatures as equal to themselves, so it is very possible for the Ministry of Magic to directly kill the giant to establish its authority.

Therefore, the Order of the Phoenix has to find a way to try to settle the giant without being discovered by the Ministry of Magic and Voldemort's henchmen.