Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

 Chapter 622 The panicked Dumbledore

 Fudge's movements were much faster than expected.

 The first is the change in the Daily Prophet.

In the previous newspapers, almost every time you can see different people criticizing Dumbledore, and in the end firmly stated that the mysterious man cannot be resurrected. This is a complete lie.

 But since Fudge left the Three Broomsticks, there has been no news about the mysterious man in the newspapers for a week.

 Those who had been filled with righteous indignation seemed to disappear overnight, and the whole newspaper could be said to be harmonious... at least to other people.

 “Kyle, can you explain what’s going on?”

On the eighth floor, in the principal's office, Dumbledore, who had rarely come back from the outside, was sitting there with a sad expression, and there was an open newspaper on the table in front of him.

　　【Dumbledore intends to run for Minister of Magic. Is it a long-planned plan or an impulse?】

"Our special correspondent Rita Skeeter reported that the famous headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, has been in frequent contact with senior staff of the Ministry of Magic in the past few days. Sources say that he seems to be because of the current Minister Cornelius. Fudge was dissatisfied with his slander and intended to run for a new minister in order to restore his declining reputation and honor..."

 The article is very long. Although it is not on the front page, it still occupies a whole page.

The above is full of revelations from some so-called insiders, as well as Dumbledore's recent itinerary, and there is even a big photo in the middle of the article.

In the photo, Dumbledore was chatting and laughing with Umbridge, and the two even shook hands.

“Senior Under-Secretary of Magic, Dolores Umbridge, took over the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts in mid-September.

“Some people said before that she took this job because she wanted to monitor Dumbledore’s every move for Fudge, but now it seems that this is not the case.

“A person familiar with the matter revealed that the two were often seen chatting and laughing in the corridors at Hogwarts and were very close.

“We have reason to suspect that Deputy Minister Dolores Umbridge is actually a double agent, ostensibly working for Fudge, but in fact she has defected to Dumbledore..."

"Ha..." Kyle couldn't help laughing when he saw this, "This is really interesting. I dare say Umbridge will be mad when she sees this."

"I have no doubt of that." Dumbledore sighed.

Kyle looked at the newspaper, "By the way, Professor, when did Umbridge become one of our own?"

"Didn't you do this?" Dumbledore asked, his blue eyes staring at Kyle unblinkingly.

"Of course not." Kyle looked calm and blurted out: "If I were so capable and could make Umbridge stand on our side, I wouldn't have to wait until now."

"That's not what I'm talking about." Dumbledore said with a complex expression: "Professor Umbridge has always been a loyal follower of Cornelius, I have never doubted this."

 He pointed to the photo above. “The fact that this photo was taken after Sirius was taken away, when she wanted to take up the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship, I welcomed.

“Also, the location above is not at Hogwarts, but at the Ministry of Magic.”

"That's it..." Kyle suddenly said: "I should have thought of it a long time ago. This Rita Skeeter just likes to write randomly."

 “So this article has nothing to do with you?” Dumbledore asked.

"Of course not." Kyle shook his head repeatedly, "As you just said, this photo was taken at the Ministry of Magic, and I have been staying at the school since Sirius was taken away. There is no way I could go to the Ministry of Magic. Let’s go take a photo.”

Dumbledore looked into Kyle's eyes, but didn't see anything strange in them.

"So, is there any way you can end this farce?" Dumbledore sighed: "The famous Rita Skeeter has written many articles about me, but this one has the greatest impact on me.

"You probably don't know, but in just a few hours, I received so many letters." Dumbledore turned sideways, revealing a thick stack of letters behind him, which were piled almost several feet high.

 “This is only part of it…”

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, another owl flew in from the window and threw a letter on the table.

"You see." He continued: "Everyone seems to believe this article and think that I really want to be the Minister of Magic... and they actively advise me. This is simply terrible.

“Honestly, I’m a little scared of seeing an owl now.”

 Dumbledore was afraid of owls?

Kyle couldn't help but think that if he said this sentence, he would probably write another front-page article.

"Professor, this is not necessarily a bad thing." Kyle whispered: "Only if more and more people believe it, Fudge will not doubt it."

Dumbledore's expression changed, "This is different from what we agreed."

 He clearly remembered that Kyle's original words at that time were just to create a false impression and make Fudge feel suspicious.

 And he did just that, saying a word to Amelia Bones, saying hello to Barty Crouch...it was all just a little more enthusiastic than normal etiquette, that's all.

 Why did things suddenly become like this now?

Since this morning, people have been writing to ask if the news in the Daily Prophet is true, and some people have been eager to express their support for him in the letters. Several of them are from the Wizengamot. members, even…

Dumbledore glanced towards the table.

There is a special letter on it, which was sent by the French Ministry of Magic. The letter was written by the Director of the French Department of International Magical Cooperation.

Although this seemed to be just an ordinary greeting letter, he had never received a letter from the other party before, and he didn't even know the name of the director of the International Magical Cooperation Department.

A person with whom he has no acquaintance chose to send a letter of greetings at this time. How could Dumbledore not understand what it meant.

Even the Ministry of Magic in other countries is supporting him. If this continues, Dumbledore feels that he will really be pushed to the position of minister.

 This is not what he wants, he just wants to be an ordinary principal.

"Well...I can't help it." Kyle said, "It just depends on what Fudge does.

“If he wants to keep his position as minister, he will definitely find a way to stop you. Then we just have to do nothing and let him win.”

 “Really?” Dumbledore glanced at Kyle suspiciously.

Intuition told him that there was a trace of Kyle in this article, but he couldn't find any evidence...even if he wanted to use some special means.

 He ​​knew that Kyle had learned Occlumency, and his proficiency was quite high. Even Snape couldn't see through his thoughts at all...or he could, but it was certainly not true.

 While being able to hide his true thoughts, he can also create illusions to confuse the enemy. This level of Occlumency is extremely difficult even for an adult wizard to achieve.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore sighed again... If he had known that this would happen, he should not have agreed to Kyle to create any illusion in the first place.

 Now I just hope that Fudge can be more reliable.

 (End of this chapter)