HP: Hogwarts Snake

When Della received the news that Harry had allegedly broken into the Ministry of Magic, she was talking to Edward Abbott about Barty the Elder.

Unlike Voldemort, who ruled a semi-terrorist regime, Della, who had suffered legal consequences in her second year, always valued "compliance" and "legitimacy," and was also well aware that both of these points depended on "recognition," official recognition.

Old Barty had worked in the Department of International Law for many years, and before being transferred there, he was a highly respected Director of the Department of Law. Although his son's affair greatly damaged his prestige, he still maintained his integrity and was a symbolic figure of the British Ministry of Magic.

For the past two years, Maggie, adhering to Della's "legitimate and compliant" beliefs, has occasionally tortured Grimo, whom Barty Old Man has taken for his son, in order to make Barty Old Man, who is under the control of the gentle Imperius Curse, obey his instructions and foreign diplomacy with the Ministry of Magic of other countries.

With a living example like Barty the Elder, no matter how turbulent the British magical world may be, or how severe the power struggles within the Ministry of Magic may be, the British Ministry of Magic will always be considered official and authoritative.

Now that Voldemort has complete control of the Ministry of Magic, this official authority is extremely important.

“That’s about it, Miss Riddle,” Edward, having finished discussing the matter, noticed Della’s pause while looking at the silver letter and offered a way out. “I’m going back anyway, there may be new information from there at any time.”

Della nodded, tacitly approving Edward's departure, while she continued reading the message from Ariane, holding the silver letter.

Hermione Granger came to my side. There's no word on the others yet; they've taken Polyjuice Potion.

"Are they gone? Did anyone witness it?" Della replied.

She's already gone. Nobody saw her come. She came to inquire about the implementation of the new Muggle Act and said I could contact Kingsley.

'Okay, I understand. No need to make a fuss. Just stay in your office, senior. The Ministry of Magic hasn't reached the point where everyone has to turn against the savior.'

【no problem. 】

After the conversation ended, Della looked at Ariane's messages for a while, thinking that only Hermione could speak so calmly with a Slytherin at this time.

This also shows that the series of prestige events they orchestrated for Ariane were very effective, making others overlook her Slytherin identity.

Ariane is a character created by Della, similar to the old Barty, who is righteous and prestigious, but not to the same extent.

They must comply with regulations and act legitimately externally, and they must do the same internally.

The war will not go on forever, and even if Voldemort can kill all the opponents, there will still be ordinary wizards who oppose him but have not resisted him and need to be managed in the future.

Reign of Terror?

If you have the ability, of course you can, but no matter what, there will always be a few people who step forward to do things. The meaning of reaching the top is not to do everything yourself.

These characters who appear in public should ideally not be so extreme or domineering, and it would be best if they could gain some goodwill from the public.

Ariane has a good mix of traits; she's mixed-race and displayed a lot of Republican and a little bit of Masochistic characteristics in the Cordosdoriz incident. Although she failed to successfully resist the prison break, she was still featured in the newspaper as a 'hero who fought against the Death Eaters' prison break'.

Beyond all her positive traits, she was also a Slytherin.

Its composition is so flexible that it would be worth recruiting even under the worst-case scenario of Voldemort ruling the wizarding world.

Ariane is currently the leader of a small group of people within the Ministry of Magic who are challenging the government, but their challenges are more show than substance. Ariane's side doesn't expose the conflict, and the Death Eaters don't go all out to eliminate them.

Such limited challenges can actually keep hesitant members indecisive forever, thus preventing uncontrollable resistance.

After all, someone has already stepped forward, so we can continue to keep our heads down.

Hermione can even mention Kingsley to Ariane, so Ariane's acting must be pretty good.

I hope I can act this well in the future.

Della was very satisfied with Ariane's performance and could already see a future where Ariane would do things for her and Maggie in a seemingly respectable way.

The more you put in, the greater the reward; Della is very patient with this.

As for Harry arriving at the Ministry of Magic...

Let him do whatever he wants.

Della closed the silver letter, glanced at Sadorine leaning against the wall to her left, and hesitated briefly whether to go over and give Harry another hint about 'coming to Riddle Manor'.

Thinking about it, I decided against it; going there would only bring her trouble.

Capture Harry; the plan is to end this.

If she can't catch Harry, Voldemort will question her abilities and loyalty.

Furthermore, one cannot appear to be too well-informed, as Voldemort would not tolerate any overstepping of his authority.

Della sighed and could only wish Harry and his friends good luck.