war and peace

One night in May [-].

The Prime Minister is at his desk reading a diplomatic document just received today.According to the joint statement signed by the former prime minister and the other prime minister, they must return one of their many colonies in July next year.It's no big deal, the former prime minister has already solved the most fundamental problem, and what's left for him now is to confirm some details.

In fact, in addition to his own declining prestige in the Conservative Party (a man named Roger Lake has become more and more popular in recent years), there are also some inexplicable weather phenomena that have occurred recently (the reason for using inexplicable, Because they were violent, but caused no casualties), politics can be described as calm.So the Prime Minister turned his attention to the upcoming general election next year.Just when he had already considered how to re-elect the party leader (from voluntary resignation to re-election), a short and crisp cough sounded.

The prime minister froze.He turned his head to look at a small dirty portrait in the corner, trying not to sound so unassuming: "Hello?"

The little man in the picture frame immediately said in a clear and fast voice: "To the Muggle Prime Minister. Request an urgent meeting with the new Minister of Magic Boggs Chester and Senior Advisor Cornelius Fudge."

"Oh, okay, okay." The Prime Minister couldn't find any reason to refuse now, so he could only respond helplessly.He still remembered Fudge's previous meeting.He had just won the election and sat behind that long-awaited desk, his heart racing.Then the dusty portrait spoke suddenly, scaring him enough, and Fudge emerged from the decorative fireplace.Afterwards he tried to remove the painting, but in vain, and then he could only hope that it would stop making noise.

He's been upset lately, and it looks like it's about to get worse.But it sounds like Fudge has had a worse time than him. They took office in the same year, and now they have become senior consultants?Thinking about myself again, I guess I will step down next year... The Prime Minister sat back in his seat worriedly, finding it difficult to put on a good face to treat the two unexpected visitors.

Suddenly a green flame burst from the empty grate.The prime minister watched with force of composure, and a yellow-green top hat he had seen before appeared in his field of vision.Fudge stepped out of the fireplace with his head bowed, and brushed off the ashes on his body. "Good evening, Prime Minister," he said, without much of the frustration the Prime Minister expected. "Today is a routine announcement, and I will tell you something small by the way. You know, this is the rule."

The Prime Minister watched the dust fluttering down, could not help but frowned, and said reluctantly, "Good evening." He no longer wanted to comment on the fact that Fudge had to stain his carpet every time.But for God's sake, what's the little thing that requires notice, huh?

Just then, the fire turned green again.The people who come out this time are very young, at least the Prime Minister thinks so.The new "other minister" was about 40 years old, tall and strong.He was hatless, with pale gray curly hair brushed neatly to the side, and piercing pale blue eyes.The Prime Minister didn't know what to say about the wizard's attire, except to murmur that he did look, on the whole, more like a politician who could get the votes than Fudge.

"Good evening, Prime Minister." The man stepped forward to shake hands with him without any hesitation. "I am Boggs Chester, the new Minister of Magic (the Prime Minister caught a glimpse of Fudge's face at this moment, and there was a moment of unnaturalness). Today is a routine meeting after taking office. If there is no accident, you should never need to Worried about seeing me."

The prime minister suddenly became embarrassed.Had he been seen through by the other party at the first sight and had a dislike for wizards, or would his term of office be longer than his own? "Ah..." He laughed, his eyes rolled between the two of them, and he made up his mind to pretend that he didn't hear anything. "New? Are you changing this year?"

"No," Chester replied flatly. "A war broke out in the magic world." He glanced at Fudge for the first time after he came in, and motioned for the latter whose face flushed instantly to explain.

"What do you mean?" asked the Prime Minister, with faint luck.Why did he seem to hear the word war just now?

"I probably haven't mentioned it to you..." Fudge began. "In the 80s, there was a man who could not be named ruled the entire magic world, and everyone was shrouded in white terror. Later, when he was going to kill a boy, he was rebounded by the death curse and disappeared since then, but he has Many supporters are still at large..."

"Dead?" The prime minister was confused.Although he was really skeptical about spells or something, it didn't hinder his ability to understand. "What does that have to do with this... war?" He swallowed as he said the word.Fortunately, the media only criticized his overly conservative style of work, and he even had the nickname "Honest John", but this was nothing compared to the real war!

"No, Dumbledore said he's not dead." Seeing that the Prime Minister was about to ask another question, Fudge waved his hand irritably. "The headmaster of a magic school who is also the chief wizard of the Wizengamot (the Prime Minister showed a puzzled expression again)... is the highest court of wizards."

The Prime Minister still did not hear the reason for the outbreak of the so-called war. "Anything else?"

"The boy who narrowly escaped is missing." Chester couldn't stand it anymore.Originally, he didn't want to talk about that period of history and let Fudge do it for him, but his efficiency is really low enough. "The people who support the boy suspect that Voldemort did it." Normally, he addressed his master as the Dark Lord in front of others.But at such a sensitive time, hiding one's identity to provide convenience is the greatest help in finding the Dark Lord.

"Volde..." The Prime Minister tried to repeat the awkward name.But Fudge stopped him with a look of horror, and the Prime Minister realized that he had started to tremble before: "Don't, don't say his name!"

The Prime Minister had to change his words, "Then they tried to find the boy? Then they fought with the supporter who couldn't even mention the name?" Regardless of what the opposition said, the Prime Minister is indeed not a stupid person.He immediately thought of the most likely reason, but at the same time he was even more puzzled: "Isn't this kind of thing easy to clarify?"

"The problem is that Voldemort disappeared almost at the same time," Chester replied.Then he asked back: "Then do you also feel that the other party has used some kind of conspiracy to succeed? You must know that Voldemort is the most powerful wizard in modern history."

"Is this what those supporters think?" The prime minister focused on the first sentence, and didn't notice the flickering fanaticism in the other party's eyes when he said the last sentence.As for Fudge, he almost shrank himself into a corner and didn't notice. "They think that the other party is playing tricks?" The prime minister finally understood the cause of the incident, and the two sides suspected each other, and then fought.He asked cautiously, "When did this happen?"

"They disappeared probably in July last year. After that, small-scale frictions began, and a large-scale war officially broke out in April this year. According to the usual practice, we must notify the Muggle Prime Minister of this kind of thing. But I personally think there is no problem, the two sides have already The war is limited to the wizarding world only. The only thing to remind you is to keep the people away from those anomalous celestial phenomena. Otherwise, if we get involved in the war, we can't guarantee the safety of Muggles."

Chester spoke quickly, but the Prime Minister was surprised to find, for some reason, much easier to understand than Fudge's. "You mean those weird hurricanes...the frequent crop circles...the supercell clouds in the sky...are all because of you?"

At this time Chester had stood up and was about to leave. "Yes, many of them are the effects of spells."

The Prime Minister's eyes fell on Fudge, who stood up after him, and found that the latter was in a cold sweat.He looks like a timid gerbil (especially when he hears that name) compared to Chester, who doesn't change his face when discussing monsters and war.The Prime Minister now finally understands why he stepped down.

Fudge felt that he had been very frightened all night, so he went straight from the fire to the fireplace of his own house.As for Chester, he went back to the office of the Minister of Magic first, and then apparated to the next more important meeting place by himself.

There was already a circle of people waiting for him there. "You're coming, but sooner than we expected." The first to speak was a man of medium height with curly dark brown hair, Labastan Lestrange.His appearance looked similar to the other man in a suit and leather shoes next to him, but he was thinner.

"What does our dear John say?" Another man fiddled with jeweled cufflinks, his expression full of amusement. "I really hope he can predict the results of next year's general election in advance. His expression must be very exciting. The leader of the Conservative Party must be me." This person is the most powerful competitor that the Prime Minister worries about, Roger Lake.Here, of course, he was called Rodolphus Lestrange by all.

"Not really stupid." Chester said briefly, and sat down at the top of the round table.The reason why it is said to be the top one is because there is a long back chair that is obviously much more luxurious than other chairs, and there are relatively large empty seats on both sides to show respect. "I think he should have already guessed this, and his face was not very good at the beginning. If you want me to say, it is better to use political opinions to influence him, and we don't need to come forward ourselves."

Rodolphus spread his hands: "He is too stubborn. Maybe it should be said that he is a bit like Fudge, greedy for power." He paused and continued: "If the master asked to use the Imperius Curse, it would be easy to catch ? Of course, I'm not saying that the master's route is wrong!" He hastily added the last sentence, and then looked at the empty chair above with awe-inspiring eyes.

"That's more proof of your ability, isn't it?" Chester replied, "and can firmly shut the mouth of the Order of the Phoenix, like the International Statute of Secrecy or something."

There was a chuckle.When the Order of the Phoenix was mentioned, everyone at the table showed disdainful looks at the same time.

"They dare to come too! We haven't touched the Potter boy!" Bellatrix finally found a vent.Nott and the others were trained by the Dark Lord for this before, and everyone still remembers it.What other Death Eater would look for trouble without opening his eyes? "In contrast, I care more about the master. Although the master has disappeared before, he left a message after all!"

"Isn't there a message this time too?" Chester said with a confident face. "Do what we should do and wait for him to come back. Of course, we can't let them bully the things that the Order of the Phoenix provoked." He smiled again, "They are doomed to fail—"

"Of course!" Bellatrix said impatiently, and the Lestrange brothers nodded too. "Their suspicions are untenable! I really want to ask Dumbledore, where did the master go... The last place the master appeared was Hogwarts!"

"We should obey the master's orders and trust the master's strength." Chester said in a deep voice.He turned his head and looked at the other three people sitting at the round table. Apart from the upper one, there were still eight empty chairs.In other words, the round table members currently hand-picked by the Dark Lord are far from full. "It's late, let's talk about business first. Yaxley probably won't do it. I think it would be nice if he could tidy up those hippogriffs in the Department of Magical Creatures Regulation and Control. In contrast, Nott Some hope."

"Those old men in Durmstrang's school board are useless. I have switched to communicating with magic schools in other countries to expand my influence." Rabastan is not only Durmstrang's principal now He is also an honorary professor of many foreign magic schools.

Bellatrix took over the conversation, "The Lake Consortium has started to get involved in the oil and gas industry. I have to say, this gold is really easy to earn." She looked at the main seat again, with a look of hope in her eyes, as if there It's as if someone will come out of nowhere and praise her.

"As I said just now, everything is going well. Normally, I would win the election next May," Rodolphs said. "Master is right to let me relearn English beforehand—those media actually say that I have an aristocratic accent!"

All four laughed.Then they discussed some follow-up things, and Chester promised to solve the problem of the Order of the Phoenix in his current capacity.The other three didn't feel that he was exaggerating. This person had been trusted by the master from the very beginning, and the facts have proved that he really has that ability.Before the meeting ended, Chester conjured four goblets filled with amber-colored mellow liquid.Everyone said in unison: "Cheers to the Dark Lord!"

The author has something to say: Author's note:

Rough timeline of this story so far ------

1980.07.31 Harry was born

1981. Voldemort and Harry were reborn back to Godric's Hollow on Halloween night, and the wedge event at the beginning of this story happened

1981. After Halloween, Voldemort was frustrated again and decided to restore his soul; RAB was captured by Voldemort in the cave, and Kreacher was threatened with his life; some Death Eaters were instructed to go underground

1991.07 Voldemort deceived Dumbledore with MR Roald's false overall information, and obtained the teaching position of Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts

1991.09-1995.06 Harry entered Hogwarts, from the first grade to the fourth grade, in order from the first quarter to the fourth quarter of this story

1995.07 Voldemort and Harry used the Amat pairing ring in the Chamber of Secrets, and their souls were respectively involved in the world constructed based on each other's memory. Many people in the real world thought they were missing---the fifth and sixth chapters, their beginning time is the same

1996.04 The third world war broke out in the modern history of the magic world

1996.05 Boggs Chester (Barty Crouch Jr.), former director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, succeeded Fudge and became the new Minister of Magic --- Section VII

1996.07 Harry woke up before Voldemort

A few points of evidence:

1. According to a Blake family tree on the Internet, Regulus died in 1979, and it is not known whether it is true or not; but Sirius also said in the original book that his brother was killed by them because he wanted to quit the Death Eaters, and Voldemort died in 1981.10.31 .[-] After killing Harry but being cursed back, he was considered dead and fell down. Most of the Death Eaters scattered like birds and beasts. It is unlikely that RAB died after this (everyone’s self-protection is important, except Lestrange) , so it is speculated that RAB's death should have happened before that.

[Summary, RAB was dragged by the author to live longer ==] 2. In the setting, the time flow rate of the double-line memory world is the same as that of the real world, inspired by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", Chapter 35, King's Cross Station.

【So the name of Section Five is intentionally misleading, will I say it】

3. Do you think Boggers Chester's name is weird?That's right, because XX is a pseudonym based on initials ----- Barty Crouch Jr. (BartemiusCrouchJr.).The pseudonym of Rodolphus (Roger Lake) is also based on this principle, and they all follow the rules of the master (die-hard Death Eaters).Everyone should know how old Crouch treated Jr., so Jr. (Junior) was abandoned by him.

[Please don't carelessly complain about the author's naming level]

4. Voldemort entered the British Muggle title with a pseudonym, and had the opportunity to enter the House of Lords (House of Lords).Rodolphus-Lestrange could also have been awarded the title of nobility, but he gave it up.Because since the 19th century, the British House of Commons (House of Commons) is the place where power is really held.There are also nobles in the House of Commons, but many of them are lower-ranking nobles who give up their status and seek greater political development prospects.Rodolphus was clearly unwilling to choose this path - it was both conspicuous and embarrassing; anyway, he was a new identity to Muggles, so why bother.The aristocratic accent is a reference to Cameron, and "Honest John" is a reference to Major. (Comprehensive webpage information)

5. The abnormal weather and facts mentioned by the Prime Minister have all appeared, and there are different opinions on the reasons for it.