[HP] Illusion

As I said before, before being organized and returned, most people were in a state of ignorance of the truth. It wasn't until the two chambers parted ways and returned to the common room that they found out that there had been dementors visiting the venue just now.

Dementors are such creatures. People still have the impression that they are stationed in Azkaban or something. They feed on the happiness of people, and only the Patronus can expel them.

It does sound unreasonable that this thing suddenly appeared at Hogwarts.However, because there are many magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, even if many people have not figured out the appearance of these dementors, whether it is the assessment brought in by the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor or something, until someone finally connects everything When they got up, someone realized that this was not Prince's arrangement, and Prince made everyone return to the castle in an emergency for the safety of the students.

It's just that at the beginning, not everyone expressed enthusiastic concern for the dementors. After all, except for a few people who suffered minor injuries, everyone else was fine. Let's put it this way, this is them again. It was the first time to experience such a practice assessment. Although they were miserably cheated in the process, most people were still amazed by this kind of practice. I have to say that even if they were really in danger, Prince and Dumbledore Lido will also arrive as soon as possible, so they actually don't have to worry about their own safety at all.

Since there were no problems in the other three major groups, and Dumbledore was escorting them, this shows that they should have taken protective measures early in the morning. From their point of view, there is actually no bigger problem.

So the fifth and seventh graders in the common room were almost reminiscing about this assessment, and almost just discussed the dementors before passing.

On the other hand, Dumbledore returned to the office, and Harry had to keep up, but Dumbledore said that he would go to the Ministry of Magic to find out what went wrong, and asked Harry to go first to appease the students.

The little accident in the Forbidden Forest actually didn't make Harry's mood particularly high. Although he really wanted to concentrate on thinking about what happened, the dementors had obviously affected him more than he imagined today. .Seeing that most of the students were in a good mood, Harry chose to go back to the office first.

Even though the assessment hadn't been fully completed, the results had actually been released. After this incident, although his focus was indeed still here, he had to take care of other things as well.

When Harry returned to the office, he slumped on the sofa directly. It was getting late at this time, and Harry just remained motionless, fixed on the sofa as if he had no strength to move, until Xiaosnei Pu sneaked over, and Harry finally moved.

"What's going on today?" In the Forbidden Forest, because the situation was urgent, Harry didn't say much. Once he finished the inspection, he was pestered by Avery and Murcybor, and finally came to the place. Here, of course, I want to get first-hand information, especially that Harry's state this afternoon is not as good as expected.

Thinking of Harry crying in front of him this afternoon, an unknown feeling surged in little Snape's heart. No such feeling made him even more impatient to find this person.

Harry wanted to make a gesture of spreading his hands, but when he moved, he realized that he didn't feel very good, and he didn't even have enough strength to do this, "Dumbledore has already gone, if there is any news, he should inform I."

"I'm afraid it won't be easy." The man had said that Dementors weren't.

As we all know, the dementors are controlled by the Ministry of Magic. Now that the dementors have gone to Hogwarts, either the Ministry of Magic is doing something to Hogwarts, or

"The most important thing is that Dumbledore didn't find anyone from the Ministry of Magic later, and he didn't receive any notice about the coming of the dementors." So even Dumbledore was particularly shocked. Why did the dementors come? appeared here.

"There have been rumors in Slytherin recently that Dumbledore is being suppressed in different circles." Little Snape said in a low voice.

Harry thinks this is quite normal, although Voldemort is secretly entangled in the activities of the Death Eaters, but Dumbledore is the No. With one click, Dumbledore, who could not fully control the situation, would be criticized by everyone, and public opinion would gradually turn in a direction that was not conducive to Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic.

In fact, it has always been like this. Although the Ministry of Magic wants to rely on Dumbledore's credibility and use it as a banner to fight against Voldemort's evil forces, they are always paying attention not to let Dumbledore's influence The situation is so powerful that it poses a threat to the Ministry of Magic. Using Dumbledore well at a good time will only increase the reputation of the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore. One plus one is greater than two, but when the situation starts to deteriorate Sometimes, for the sake of the Ministry of Magic's own image and interests, Dumbledore will be suppressed from all sides.

Dumbledore's suppression by all parties is also a signal, which means that Voldemort's power is getting stronger and stronger, and this power has even begun to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic.

Harry didn't know whether Snape knew about these things, but he didn't intend to tell Snape directly about these things, he just said: "I believe Dumbledore will take care of it."

This is not his blind confidence in Dumbledore, but Dumbledore's ability to bend and stretch is amazing, and the old man's plan is often higher and farther than others, even if the old man is in a disadvantaged situation—— Even if he is dead, he can lead him to turn defeat into victory in the end, not to mention that it is far from that level now.

"Don't worry too much, it might be a misunderstanding." Before things become clear, all guesses are just fantasy and nonsense, and they are not accurate at all. We can only prepare for the best and plan for the worst.

"How are you doing now?" Since Harry didn't want to say more, of course little Snape didn't bother with this matter any more. He was more concerned about Harry's body, and no one knew him better. Harry was What happened, although he didn't know everything, but being under the influence of a dementor was definitely not a good thing.

——This may even show that this person has many, many, many things in his heart, and when these things completely flood into this person's brain, he cannot bear it at all.

It was actually Harry who was supposed to be examined by Madam Pomfrey, but he was certainly not going to be examined.

When Snape came in, he also saw that the man was not in the right state,

"It's okay." Harry was telling the truth. Although the negative emotions soared in the afternoon, this experience was indeed a bit scary, but he could still bear it. "Just take a rest."

"Then why don't you go? Didn't you have dinner?" Little Snape came over after having dinner. It was obvious that Harry must have eaten nothing in this state.

Harry had no appetite, but under Snape's disapproving gaze, he had no choice but to ask the elf to bring some easy-to-drink food, and then drank the unknown potion that Snape gave him, I don't know if it's because of the effect of that potion. Anyway, before going to sleep, he has completely calmed down and is in good condition. It feels like he just needs to sleep, and all his energy and strength can come back.

At this time, Harry was completely unaware that a big storm was about to unfold.

In fact, as Harry himself said, he had to prepare for the best and plan for the worst.

It's just that what Harry and Dumbledore didn't expect was that this matter was more troublesome than imagined.

On the second and third pages of the Daily Prophet the next day, there was a page about Hogwarts' practical exercise evaluation. The finger pointed directly at the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who arranged the assessment, and the headmaster Dumbledore who bowed his head and agreed to the plan. .

The content unfolded the matter in the public eye in a seemingly objective and fair manner, and it also mentioned the news that the Dementor had broken into the Hogwarts campus.

At first, when Harry saw this edition of the report, he thought that the Ministry of Magic was preparing to shirk responsibility, but news soon came from Slughorn that the Ministry of Magic asked the Daily Prophet to deal with it coldly and even withdraw the entire When looking at the layout, Harry realized that this manuscript was likely to be pushed out without the knowledge of the Ministry of Magic's senior management.

According to Slughorn's revelations, the Ministry of Magic was in chaos that day, and Dumbledore was not able to appear in front of the school on this day.

In fact, even though this report appeared on the Daily Prophet, not many Hogwarts students paid attention to this matter when the assessment practice was much more favorable than the negative ones. Only the Daily Prophet made a fuss at the time, Not many people care about it at all, and of course there are still a small number of discordant voices that are almost negligible.

It's just that no one thought that this was the calm before the storm. Although Harry noticed this, he really couldn't control the undercurrent.

Dumbledore didn't show up. He stayed at Hogwarts and could only wait for news from the other party.

But on the third day, a dramatic scene appeared, which was also the beginning of a sudden turn for the worse.

During breakfast, a large number of owls from parents flocked to the school, and even a lot of shouting letters began to explode in the auditorium, and many people sent letters to Hogwarts, criticizing the teaching methods of Hogwarts, and even There was a call to replace the failing Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

On the same day, the Daily Prophet published an amazing article, which analyzed the terrifying biological species in the Forbidden Forest in an all-round, diversified, and multi-level manner. Normally, Hogwarts and the Forbidden Forest are like rivers and wells. As long as the students don't go in, their personal safety can be guaranteed, and this Defense Against the Dark Arts actually put the assessment practice in the Forbidden Forest, which is completely in the rhythm of wanting the students to be in danger.

And more owls sent condemnation from the parents, and many parents publicly expressed their dissatisfaction with Hogwarts because they trusted the public opinion.

At the end of the matter, even the students began to pay attention to this matter.

Regarding this report, it mentioned that the dementors appeared at Hogwarts purely because of official business, which directly weakened the existence of dementors in this matter, and the spearhead of this report still points to the teaching of practical assessment This method is extremely dangerous for students. There are alarmist words about the dangers of the Forbidden Forest. Some parents even stated that if Hogwarts does not rectify the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest, they will definitely organize other parents to oppose the teaching of Hogwarts. .

Because the accusations of the practice assessment in the report completely exaggerated the influence of this matter, this made Hogwarts also suffer from the pressure of public opinion.

If you don't analyze this issue from an emotional point of view, someone will definitely find that yesterday's report seems more objective, but the angle of today's report is that the Ministry of Magic pushed the matter to Hogwarts in order to shirk its responsibility. on his head.

In the report on the fourth day, there was content about the practice assessment. The content appeared in it was obviously stricter than imagined, and even looked too difficult in the eyes of many people. In fact, this kind of assessment seemed too avant-garde. In all People's eyes are a bit unbelievable, so many parents have expressed their inability to accept it, which has caused public opinion to crusade against Hogwarts.

As for whether it is all the parents who are the most clamorous and victorious among them, it remains to be discussed.There are indeed many letters of unknown origin mixed in, and all of them accuse the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor of being a completely wrong and stupid decision. Some people even openly said that they would never let it go, and many people Said that Hogwarts should replace the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Dumbledore finally came back on the third day, but the news he brought was indeed not optimistic.

In this matter, the Ministry of Magic still has a dominant position in the direction of public opinion.

Although the Ministry of Magic has no right to interfere with the teaching mode of Hogwarts most of the time, Hogwarts is still under the management of the Ministry of Magic in name.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see that the Ministry of Magic is also at fault in this matter. The Ministry of Magic controls the dementors. If the Ministry of Magic hadn't suddenly brought the dementors to Hogwarts, then the practice assessment might not be successful. Temporary interruption, and in fact, even all the students were not injured.So the biggest problem now is that the Daily Prophet is unwilling to publish Dumbledore's clarification on this matter. In order to clear the relationship, the Ministry of Magic tried to put all the responsibility on Hogwarts Make the dementor's visit a routine.

On the other hand, Dumbledore was indeed under pressure from other places, and things were more complicated than he imagined, and the Ministry of Magic was more chaotic than he imagined, because when Dumbledore hated the Ministry of Magic, He found that even the Ministry of Magic itself couldn't tell exactly which link had the problem.

Because it did not cause a major impact, Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic were in a bad light at the time. The result was to try to weaken this matter, and when Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts, he would explain it to the students according to the situation—— At that time, Dumbledore urged the Ministry of Magic to investigate the matter clearly. After all, if this matter could not be handled properly, there were many issues involved, especially whether the Ministry of Magic had been polluted by other forces.

Although such a result is unsatisfactory, Dumbledore really needs to give face to the Ministry of Magic, coupled with the apparent friendly relationship between the two sides, and the fact that they jointly fight against the enemy has never changed. If this is an enemy's conspiracy, If they want to kill two birds with one stone, then they must unite.

This was what Dumbledore thought. He thought that the Ministry of Magic would agree with him, but obviously the group of guys in the Ministry of Magic who only cared about their own interests were also stunned by the opponent's move and messed up their hands and feet.

So when the first report from the Daily Prophet came out, the Ministry of Magic immediately began to follow the law, and wrote a report on the danger analysis of the magical creatures in the Forbidden Forest the next day, putting all the blame on Hogwarts.

Everyone knows how terrible the public opinion is. He can make people the target of tens of thousands of crusades overnight, and he can also promote people to the height of Merlin overnight.

Hogwarts does not hold any power of public opinion, but it does not mean that Dumbledore has no choice. He contacted a weekly magazine and urgently stated Hogwarts' position. First of all, he emphasized that this assessment is absolutely safe. The circumstances proved that he was also present during the assessment that day, which was not mentioned by the Daily Prophet, and Dumbledore stated that he never accepted any advice from the Ministry of Magic on that day about bringing dementors into Hogwarts. Ci's request to talk about official business. The appearance of dementors is a strange thing in itself. He asked the Ministry of Magic to give an explanation immediately. What kind of official business must be brought into Hogwarts with dementors.

Since the Ministry of Magic did not intend to give him face, he also decided to spread the matter out and say that it is not entirely a good thing to blindly take care of the overall situation. Perhaps to a greater extent, he fell into the trap of the other party.

His remarks also caused the Ministry of Magic to fall into the "Rashomon".

In a big way, Dumbledore is trying to clean up Hogwarts. In this matter, he is essentially Hogwarts. The fault is that the Ministry of Magic sent the dementor Brought to Hogwarts, and why the dementor lost control and ran to the Forbidden Forest, which is a very strange point in itself.

From a small perspective, Dumbledore actually wanted to keep the controversial Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Prince.

Because Dumbledore is indeed one of the greatest white mages of the twentieth century, and his credibility is obviously still very strong, so when he started to happen, the orientation of public opinion also began to change.

A vigorous public opinion war began.

Of course, Dumbledore didn't really want to use this incident to tear himself apart with the magic cloth. From his point of view, the Ministry of Magic minimized its own responsibilities, but the problem was indeed with the Ministry of Magic, and the Ministry of Magic did not do anything. For this matter, Hogwarts was completely blamed, which is completely ridiculous to the extreme.

The point is that the Ministry of Magic does not seem to intend to deal with internal issues. Dumbledore wants to use public opinion and supervision to find out the insider in the Ministry of Magic. This is not difficult at first, because the other party has already If the horse's feet are exposed, if it is handled well, these people can be pulled out. This is what Dumbledore wants to achieve.

The stinky move of the Ministry of Magic itself is confusing, but the matter has reached such a point that only this extreme method can make people in the Ministry of Magic sober.

Of course, it does not mean that people in the Ministry of Magic are completely blind to their own internal problems. Over the years, there are quite a few Dumbledores in the Ministry of Magic. Lido put in a lot of effort.

Not only are you coming and going from the outside world, but the inside of Hogwarts has also begun to be very different.

Someone inside Hogwarts started rumors, and it was Gryffindor who spread the word.

In fact, when the content of the third practical assessment was reported, the remarks used above were a certain classmate, although it was not specified who it was.But first of all, Gryffindor has always hated dementors, magical animals that should belong to the dark species, and secondly, because public opinion is aimed at a professor of defense against the dark arts, and this professor is himself a Slytherin, so I want to It was obviously Gryffindor who replaced the professor.

In this way, in this matter, Prince has obviously been completely beaten into a Slytherin faction. I don't know if it was intentional or not. Before that, the war between the lion and the snake was already on the surface, and it also started to escalate. tidal part.

This incident also seems to have become a watershed in the war between the lion and the snake.

Things have come to this, of course, it is not so easy to suppress.However, it is undeniable that under the cold treatment of all the professors at Hogwarts, this matter began to soften again within Hogwarts, and it was Easter that made this matter slowly fade away. The holidays are just around the corner.

Compared with the vigorous public opinion war outside, Hogwarts is obviously much more peaceful.

However, there have been many subtle changes in the details.

For example, little Snape realized that someone was trying to spy on him. When the other party's purpose was unclear, little Snape didn't dare to act rashly, in order not to be caught by the other party, and it happened that he also wanted to return to Slytherin to participate in it. Need, so he went back to the dormitory every night to go to bed logically.

Since he helped Avery and Murseb several times during the assessment, their attitude towards him also began to change.In fact, Snape's popularity in Slytherin was not very good. In the eyes of many people, he was just a top student.Little Snape even had a relatively cold relationship with his roommates. He hadn't returned to the dormitory most of the time this time, which also made the already cold relationship even colder. Avery and Murseb were obviously his second intrusion. Great opportunity inside Slytherin.

It's just that the reputation of these two people is very bad, but even if he doesn't agree with their actions, he still has to maintain a good relationship with them, but in this way, his actions fall into the eyes of others.

The author has something to say: Oh, the public opinion war... I don't know if everyone understands (┳_┳)...

Well, in fact, I didn't write very clearly in many parts...

Thanks to the little cute things Xiyin and Xia Gouyan for their landmines