Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 402 Lingering Influence
Clearly, Tierra's words had intimidated Connelly Fudge.

Cornelius Fudge now wants to both benefit from Dumbledore's power and have Dumbledore obey him, just like a spoiled child. The peaceful life in the British wizarding world for more than ten years has made Cornelius Fudge forget the feeling of chaos, and has made him forget what a powerful wizard Dumbledore is.

“Headmaster Dumbledore,” Cornelius Fudge said with a forced smile, “this…this…you’re too kind. We didn’t mean…we didn’t mean to doubt you.”

Cornelius Fudge grumbled and mumbled for a long time without making himself clear.

“What we mean is—” Dolores Umbridge interrupted, “what we mean is that both educational reform and the return of Voldemort are of great importance, regardless of whether Voldemort has really returned. I, Minister Fudge, believe that it is not appropriate to announce them to the public now.”

“Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes!” Cornelius Fudge looked at Umbridge with gratitude, as if he had found a savior, and said, “Because the Voldemort incident happened so suddenly, our Ministry of Magic wasn’t prepared. So, we’re going to announce to the public that nothing has happened, it’s just a facade, because announcing it now might cause unnecessary unrest. Then our Ministry of Magic will secretly gather strength. When the time is right, we will announce it to the public. So, so, so don’t be too hasty, Headmaster Dumbledore. It’s all part of our plan.”

“Oh, right, and also, the reason your education reforms can't be passed for the time being is because of this,” Cornelius Fudge added. “Such a major reform is bound to cause social unrest, giving the Death Eaters an opportunity to take advantage of it.”

"Hehe." Tiera chuckled.

"Okay, this happened on June 24th, and you were there at the time. Logically speaking, you should have taken some action by at least June 25th, right? And now? It's August now, more than a month has passed, and what have you done?"

“Hmm, this, this,” Cornelius Fudge said, racking his brains.

"Heh heh." Tiera laughed again, a laugh that seemed to pierce Cornelius Fudge's heart like a sharp thorn.

Have you started training your Aurors yet?

"Have you thoroughly investigated all suspicious individuals within the Ministry of Magic?"

Have you contacted the International Department of Magic to unite against the enemy?

"Even if you can't do all of these, you should at least start mass-producing White Elixir, and prepare strategic materials such as Invisibility Cloaks, Portkeys, Auror-specific flying brooms, spare wands, and alchemical limbs, right?"

"Um, this, this..." Connelly Fudge stammered, while taking out a handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Then you should at least come up with a plan, a strategy, right?" Tiera said, exasperated. "Do you have one? Do you have one? Can you even produce one?"

"Look at you, look at you!" Tierra continued, her voice filled with exasperation. "Look at Fudge, look at you! And yet you keep saying you're afraid I'll seize power, afraid I'll rebel?"

“You dare to challenge me?” Tierra said. “Honestly, with the current level of management at the Ministry of Magic, even a hundred-year-old man like me could storm in and out seven times!”

“Um…yes, yes…Dumbledore, you, you didn’t need to say that…you didn’t need to be so…so aggressive…” Cornelius Fudge wiped away another bead of cold sweat and said, “We…we didn’t mean, we didn’t mean…cough cough, we didn’t mean that the Ministry of Magic was doing nothing…it’s just, it’s just…cough cough—”

Cornell Fudge coughed a few more times—

“It’s like this!” Dolores Umbridge quickly interjected after hearing Cornelius Fudge’s cough. “The evidence you provided is indeed irrefutable, but... but... but we still need... um... we still need to review and verify it. Yes, we still need to test the authenticity of this evidence. It’s not that we don’t trust you, Headmaster Dumbledore, it’s just that this matter is of great importance, and we need multiple layers of insurance.”

“After all, it was just two children who witnessed this. Hehehe.” Dolores Umbridge added, “We can’t rule out the possibility that this was a result of two young wizards being deceived and deliberately recorded.” “After all, there are too many suspicious points in this matter, and we have to treat it with caution.” Umbridge said, “Why would a mysterious person who has been dead for many years suddenly come back to life? Where exactly did the incident occur in the record? There are still too many things that we don’t understand. I believe there is a bigger conspiracy behind this.”

“So, Headmaster Dumbledore, I think we can’t just look at the surface when we’re observing things,” Umbridge said again in that fabricated voice. “We are the Ministry of Magic, the most authoritative institution in the entire wizarding world. We have a complete procedure for handling these kinds of magical incidents that are beyond the norm. I hope you can calm down. We understand your concern and love for the entire wizarding world. But I also hope that you will not interfere too much with our work.”

After Umbridge finished speaking, he straightened his back and stared intently at "Dumbledore".

And Dumbledore, or rather, Tierra, was also looking back at her—

At the same time, Tiera sighed inwardly.

Dolores Umbridge is an incredibly detestable villain in the novels, films, and even now, but even so, Tiera has to admit that Umbridge's professionalism is truly outstanding.

Umbridge's sophistry and ability to distort the truth left the thirty-something-year-old Tiera feeling ashamed of herself; she was indeed still quite a distance behind her.

This also explains how someone like Umbridge, who has no background and an unlikable personality, managed to rise to the position of senior deputy minister.

Moreover, considering the circumstances in Great Britain, Umbridge was indeed more suitable for the position of Minister for Magic than Cornelius Fudge.

Unfortunately, Dumbledore has been away from the center of power for too long, and today Tyra is only relying on a little of Dumbledore's remaining influence, so what she can actually accomplish is quite limited.

But none of that matters—

Tierra has achieved her goal for today—

First, help Harry clear his name. After Tyrell's outburst today, all the Ministry of Magic's firepower and hatred will probably be directed at "Dumbledore," and no one will care about Harry, this nobody.

Second, to formally present his reform plan to the Ministry of Magic as a formality.

To be precise, it was about making Dumbledore's reform plan merely a formality at the Ministry of Magic.

Dumbledore's main purpose in sending Tyrell out today was to pass the buck to her regarding the troublesome matter of arguing with the Ministry of Magic.

However, after talking with Dumbledore, Tyella sensed that Dumbledore didn't seem to quite agree—

So Tyrell decided to add a last-minute twist, bringing up the "Hogwarts Educational Reform Act," at least in the eyes of the Ministry of Magic, to forcibly tie Dumbledore to her side.

In other words, if a "Dumbledore" were to emerge in the future and decide to implement sweeping reforms, the other Dumbledore would not be able to say "no."

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