Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

"I used the heuristic method, and I asked them to chat with the house elves while they were stealing food from the kitchen." Hermione looked very proud, "I knew they were not cold-blooded people."

"Very good!" Lockhart praised, "You have taken the first step of exerting influence - changing the attitudes of others, and the next step is the second step, which is how to influence the judiciary."

"Shadow, affecting justice?" Hermione was taken aback.

"Yes, aren't you trying to do this right now?" Lockhart reminded them, "The law is very unfavorable to Buckbeak now, and Mr. Malfoy who pushed this matter is obviously determined to win...you can think about why .”

"Why else? Because they're all bastards!" Ron said angrily, "I didn't expect them to take no responsibility for what happened last year, and now they're bold again."

Although everyone knows who did the Chamber of Secrets, there are many people who want to save Malfoy, and some of these guarantors are not entirely paid, so he was only expelled from the school director in the end position.

Lockhart has always had reservations about this kind of venting that is only emotional but irrational.

"Yes, but most of the time, villains do evil for profit, not for evil. So, why does Malfoy have to kill a Hippogriff? Only after you understand these things can you successfully help it get away with crimes." , if it goes on like this, it is very likely to be executed." Lockhart threatened them.

…It’s not actually a scare, because according to their naive approach, the Ministry of Magic will definitely impose the death penalty on it in the end.

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Ron and Hermione were taken aback by Lockhart's conclusion.

Although they don't feel much for Buckbeak per se, they like Hagrid very much, so it wouldn't make them feel much better if Hagrid would die of grief over it.

"You also think the Ministry of Magic would be inclined to... er... slaughter an innocent animal?" Hermione said a little distressed.

Seeing her like this, Lockhart shook his head again and again.

Due to various reasons, the three members of the Iron Triangle, such as Percy, Malfoy, and Fudge, did not have a good impression of the Ministry of Magic, so that the three of them preferred to work alone during the Voldemort Rebellion rather than seek a political solution.

Although the facts have also proved that the Ministry of Magic is really a sieve, but after Dumbledore's death, the Lions even directly gave up the weapon of politics, which made Lockhart feel somewhat reckless.

Looking at Voldemort again, he started killing Mrs. Burns of the Wizengamot, gradually absorbed members who believed in his ideas, and finally pushed out the puppet minister.

Although this skill is a little immature, but at least it is a skill. He purposefully eliminated and subdued the political forces of the Lion faction, and finally completed the achievement of "overpowering people with power".

If it weren't for the effect of the protagonist's halo, when the vast number of Death Eaters came outside Hogwarts, the outcome would have already been decided—because the entire wizarding world has been coerced by this time.

Fortunately, that guy still has the unavoidable threshold of "eternal life", otherwise the wizarding world would really have nothing to do with him.

In fact, signs like the Iron Triangle began when they were in third grade—they would rather take risks by themselves, using time-turners and invisibility cloaks to repel dementors, save

Send out Sirius and Buckbeak, let them escape together, and refuse to work hard politically, so that this thing can't happen from the beginning.

As the so-called third-rate doctors treat serious illnesses, second-rate doctors cure serious illnesses while they are minor ones, while first-rate doctors can reduce the probability of people getting sick.

Lockhart didn't think he was first-rate, but at least second-rate could do it.

"Hermione, Ron, please think about it carefully. If you were the Ministry of Magic, what would you choose after Buckbeak happened?" Lockhart tried to inspire her

"Of course it's to investigate the truth and give everyone justice." Ron didn't think about it.

"and then?"

"What then?" Ron asked stupidly.

"Then the Ministry of Magic will spend a lot of time and money investigating this matter, and the Malfoy family will cut off financial support to the Ministry of Magic, and then retaliate against those who promoted the investigation; Hagrid, who has not learned any lesson, continues to put Magical creatures outside the legal norms, students will continue to be injured in the future; legal experts on the "Daily Prophet" accused those in power of losing justice, and if something happens to Buckbeak again in the future, these people will take this mishandling Attack..." Lockhart pointed out the problem they hadn't thought of.

"Buckbeak isn't dangerous... er... I mean, if Hagrid was paying attention...

The voices of Hermione and Ron became lower and lower, obviously their own confidence was not very sufficient.

After all, Hippogriff is of course classified as 3X for a reason, and the person responsible for setting this standard is Master Newt Scamander.If even the "last druid of the present age" thinks so, how can they say that it is not dangerous, even if it is indeed excusable.

"Look, you can't guarantee that it won't happen, that's the risk" even if it doesn't happen. Lockhart sighed, "But let's think about it another way, if the Ministry of Magic chooses to kill Buckbeak, what will they gain or lose?" "

Ron stopped talking, obviously asking him to think at this level was beyond his ability.

Hermione tried to answer with something she understood: "I think, first of all, the Malfoy family will be satisfied with this and give the relevant personnel some monetary rewards, right?"

"That's right, but it's very likely that it won't be money, but something else, and political deals are sometimes not so straightforward." Lockhart said approvingly, "Is there anything else?"

"What else... Although killing this Hippogriff is a bit cruel, to the outside world, the Ministry of Magic has solved the problem neatly, and it is absolutely impossible for it to attack people again, once and for all, and pay The cost is only a big ax that can cut off the head."

"That's right, is there any more?"

"And..." Hermione turned paler as she spoke, obviously realizing something, "Ministry of Magic... Hogwarts..."

"It seems that you are already aware of this problem." Lockhart continued, "Because Principal Dumbledore is trying to isolate the influence of the Ministry of Magic on the school, so if you kill this Hippogriff, Not only can it hit Hagrid, Dumbledore's confidant, but also show Dumbledore the "honesty" of the Ministry of Magic: at the same time, it can also tell the entire wizarding world that Hogwarts is not a place outside the law, and it still needs to accept the Ministry of Magic. constraints. "

— Ron, who seemed a little confused by the side, finally understood at this time: "Killing Buckbeak is of great benefit to the Ministry of Magic, but to protect it, the Ministry of Magic will suffer a great loss."

"That's the way it is." Lockhart shrugged, "In the end, it is just a "beast" in the eyes of some people, and there is no psychological burden to kill it. It really hurts. "

"Malfoy wasn't hurt at all." Ron said angrily. "That guy was totally faking it. Madam Pomfrey healed him in just three seconds, and he was howling all the time."

"Yeah, so here comes the second question—why does Malfoy insist on killing Buckbeak?" Lockhart continued to ask.

"He has a feud with Hagrid!" cried Ron.

"Because Lucius Malfoy was expelled from the school board, he wants to take revenge, and at the same time show his strength and influence on Hogwarts." This was Hermione's thoughtful answer.

Lockhart clapped his hands: "Very well, it seems that you finally figured out the key

T”

"But...justice?" Hermione tried to struggle again.

"The so-called judicial regulations are all made by people. People need something to regulate politics, so they created judiciary. It can be said that justice is part of politics, but the general trend of politics will never give way to judicial regulations-I don't suggest you Wasting time looking up judicial cases, even with a Time-Turner, Hermione.

When he said the last sentence, Lockhart meant a lot, because he knew that's what the original Hermione did—wasting her time doing useless things.

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Hermione asked back curiously: "What is a Time Turner, Professor?"

Lockhart: ?!

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Lockhart suddenly found that he seemed to have inadvertently "changed" some history.

Because of the relationship between the condensed real name, Hermione followed Professor McGonagall's advice and gave up divination in the second grade.And with Lockhart teaching politics, she felt that the content taught in Muggle Studies was not only deeply biased, but also very shallow, so it wasn't a big deal.

So when she was taking courses in the third grade, Hermione didn't take the two courses of Divination and Muggle Studies at all, and she got a normal class schedule because of this.

Now that her courses are normal, the school naturally didn't do anything unnecessary, and then applied for a time converter for her. To be honest, it is too exaggerated to give her a causal law weapon just because a student can choose two more courses. .

Knowing that Hermione didn't have a Time-Turner on hand, Lockhart suddenly realized something was wrong.

It seems that it is no longer possible for these little friends to have a Gryffindor-style adventure like "the original", so if the death of the Hippogriff is to be avoided, what is probably needed is not a bold act activities.

No, more importantly, Sirius Black...

Thinking of this, Lockhart subconsciously glanced at the black dog by the fireplace.

Originally, Sirius was listening carefully to what the two Harry's friends were saying. Seeing that Lockhart suddenly looked at him, he could only turn his head and stick out his tongue, pretending that he was looking around.

This is really a problem - if this guy dies prematurely, or goes to prison again, then the personal growth path of the savior will lose a rare opportunity to improve.

In the past few years, Harry has not had much experience with various emotions, which also makes him far from being a healthy person.

The Weasley family provided him with friendship, love, and affection close to his mother, but he really lacked someone who could be called his father for him, let him experience what fatherly love is

If there is no Black, then Harry's personality is doomed to be incomplete, so it is hard to say whether he can keep himself from being possessed by Voldemort by virtue of his love for the godfather.

hiss…

It was clear that Lockhart had originally intended to stay aloof about Black's escape, but the fact that Hermione had inadvertently lost the Time-Turner made him feel the need to fix that gap.

Otherwise, no matter how ambitious his plans for the future are, if he has that paranoid lunatic Voldemort on his head, then he can't even think about doing anything.

"About the hippogriff, I'll ask the Ministry for you to find out who else, besides Malfoy, was behind it. Also, I'll write to Newt Scar Mr Mander, tell him about Buckbeak," Lockhart said to Hermione.

Hermione only thought the name sounded familiar, but Ron let out an exclamation.

"It's Mr. Scamander!" he shouted joyfully to Hermione. "He can definitely save Buckbeak!"

Although Newt has not admitted that he captured Grindelwald at this time, those who survived the war in that era are legends to this day, and his name is naturally very famous to Ron.

It was only after he reminded Hermione that she remembered this man - the compiler of their textbooks.

"So there's still hope?" she asked hopefully.

"Yes, and no." Lockhart spread his hands.

Hermione is obviously not used to Lockhart's bureaucratic form: "Uh... this is

What's the meaning?

"I mean, Mr. Scamander's influence is great, but if he also joins in, the nature of the matter will change. You can think about the reasons for it.

And even if he intercedes for Buckbeak, you can't take it as everything is over, you still have to find a way to solve the problems we just talked about. "

Hermione sighed: "We know, it seems that this matter is more complicated than we thought."

"It doesn't matter. People will always encounter some problems on the way forward. If you can solve one of them, your ability will gradually improve. If you can't, then...it's a pity." Lockhart gave them a vaccination.

Ron also seemed a little disappointed: "Before we came, Hermione told us that you would definitely have a solution... Oh, why did you bump into me?"

Hermione elbowed him in the weak spot and glared at him.

"I do have a solution, but you will definitely not do what I say, so it's a pity." Lockhart shrugged.

—Hearing something interesting, Hermione was overjoyed immediately: "What way?"

"It's very simple, go to Malfoy, beg him to do you a favor, and ask Dumbledore to find a way to let him loosen the restrictions on Lucius' funding of the Slytherin Alumni Association." Lockhart proposed a compromise.

But both Ron and Hermione looked as if they saw something dirty.

"No, we won't beg Malfoy even if we die." Ron said firmly.

In other words, the life of the hippogriff is still not that important to you.Lockhart thought.

So he began to take back the words: "I knew you would not compromise... when

Of course, confrontation to the end is also a good choice, especially when it is predicted that the opponent will make progress. "

"He's going to make a big difference." Ron vowed.

"Then fight it...but remember what I just said, if you want to keep that hippogriff alive, you have to isolate your political enemies as much as possible while enlisting as many allies as possible, And to eliminate the worries of the Ministry of Magic, of course: it is best to let some key people benefit from supporting you.

Although he has decided to help them, Lockhart still does not want to express

So positive now.

Although Dumbledore's purpose was to train the savior Harry Potter, Lockhart's purpose was to train Hermione to become the successor, so while the situation was still under control, he decided to use this incident as much as possible the impact.

"Okay, it's useless to worry now. It's a holiday anyway. Have fun today... Let's all watch a movie together tonight. That "Terminator" is really good, and the actor who played that big robot is also good Guy, looks very conscientious..."

Having said that, Lockhart sighed a little.

It may also be because Arnold Schwarzenegger still has such a shred of ideals that he messed up California so much after he became governor.

A person with ideals does not have enough brains, knowledge, and skills to implement the so-called ideals, so the harm he causes is likely to be greater than those indifferent guys.

I hope that Hermione will not repeat the mistakes of Schwarzenegger in the future, at least not like the family

Like the Association for the Promotion of Pokémon Rights, with enthusiasm but no practical means

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Because they had to buy some things, Ron and Hermione didn't stay in the Shrieking Shack for long, and walked out quickly.

Gemma Farley was drinking black tea on the window seat of the Three Broomsticks. When she saw them coming out, she put a Galleon on the table, and then walked out of the bar with an aura of not getting close to strangers.

She brushed past Hermione without saying a word, and closed the door behind the Shrieking Shack.

For some reason, Hermione always felt that this senior was not very friendly to her, and what's more, she also had an indescribable dislike for this person in her heart

Of course, now she would only regard this antipathy as the "mortal rivalry" between Gryffindor and Slytherin, and didn't think much about it.

In the room, although Gemma tried her best to conceal her tone, she still couldn't help revealing her true thoughts.

"Do those little kids come and interrupt our work on weekends?" she asked Lockhart.

It was really difficult for Lockhart to answer this question, neither was it right to say "yes", nor was it right to say "no".

"They came to me for legal advice." Lockhart could only explain in this way first, "They are all people in the club anyway, and I occasionally need to make plans for my future.

"future?"

Gemma thought for a while, and then understood what Lockhart meant.

For some reason, she restrained her temper a bit, but for the interview just now

As a customer, she still has no good comments.

"My father often told me that a person's energy is limited, and it is impossible to contact everyone. You should always contact those who are beneficial and helpful to you." She said