Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1056: Truth and lies

It was raining non-stop outside, Albert held up the umbrella Isobel handed over, and walked into the rain-washed street.

Hogsmeade looked deserted under the rain, without the atmosphere of Valentine's Day at all. Pedestrians on the street came and went in a hurry, and few students were seen at all.

Albert stopped for a moment in front of the Death Eater's arrest warrant. The price offered on the arrest warrant was the same as Sirius' previous arrest warrant. Anyone who could provide clues to apprehend the fugitive would also be rewarded with a thousand galleons .

Just, how credible is this arrest warrant?

The reputation of the Ministry of Magic is terribly low right now.

However, it seems like a good idea to expose Voldemort's lair and ask the Ministry of Magic to help him.

The icy raindrops hit the umbrella and splashed on Albert's boots. He stopped pattering and walked towards the Three Broomsticks bar.

Because it was raining outside, the Three Broomsticks bar was more lively than ever. When Albert glanced over the bar, he saw Lee Jordan waving at him.

"You came much sooner than I expected!" Lee Jordan moved aside to make room for Albert to sit down.

"Where have you been talking!" Albert asked straight to the point.

"Basically, it's almost there." Lee Jordan looked at the reporter in front of him, signaling that he could ask the reporter directly if he had any questions.

"Ahem!"

Rita Skeeter coughed lightly and put down the parchment in her hand.

"Speak directly." Albert didn't intend to make a detour, it would be boring.

"You can't expect me to write for nothing, at least pay this price." Rita Skeeter spread her palms towards Albert, she knew that the guy in front of her was not short of money at all, "Also, this Things cannot use my signature."

"You are also afraid. I thought you were not afraid of these things. After all, you have made trouble for the Ministry of Magic before." Albert looked at the no longer glamorous Rita Skeeter, and chuckled , he turned his head to look at Luna and asked, "It shouldn't be a problem if you don't sign it!"

"No problem." Luna fiddled with the small paper umbrella on the cup, humming Weasley is our king: "However, many people are willing to contribute to "The Quibbler" just to make their own The article was published in the magazine."

"I can only give you this price." Albert stretched out two fingers: "I can give you half of the reward first."

Speaking, Lee Jordan took out a small bag of Gallon from his pocket and placed it in front of Rita Skeeter.

"To be honest, there is no market for this kind of article, and it is published in "The Quibbler". Do you think people will take it seriously? I think you know it better than anyone else." Rita Skeeter actually I really don't want to get involved with the mysterious person, even if I don't use my brain, I know that this is a very dangerous thing.

"Still, you plan to publish it in..." Rita Skeeter was interrupted before she could finish her sentence.

"This is not something you should care about." Albert took a sip of butter beer without haste.

Of course, it is mainly on "The Quibbler", and "Defense Letters" is used to attract the attention of the Ministry of Magic. Even "The Quibbler" must be finished.

"Okay, it's a deal. They're really unlucky." Rita muttered, picked up the money bag and stuffed it into the purse. She knew that if she didn't agree, her memory would probably be erased.

"Tell me about your thinking." Albert made a gesture of invitation.

Rita Skeeter took out her notebook and told Albert about her writing ideas. Tell the whole thing from last year's Triwizard Tournament, add parts of Harry's report last time, and Fudge's report, plus what Umbridge did at Hogwarts , linked to the Azkaban escape.

Of course, there is also Albert's prediction for the future.

With Rita Skeeter's ability, it is not difficult to organize an article. She has done this often before, and now she can write in more detail.

"You missed one thing, the Spanish incident last summer." Albert reminded, "At that time, Fudge insisted that Gore and Crabbe were not Death Eaters."

For some reason, Rita Skeeter gave him the feeling that Fudge might really have a connection with the Death Eaters after careful analysis.

"You don't need to affirm one thing directly, but use the tone of analysis and speculation, put the evidence in front of everyone, and let everyone make their own judgments." Albert added Rita Ski Something very missing.

He is very clear that they may not believe what others say, but they will believe what they see, analyze, and believe.

"I dare say that if this article is published, the entire Ministry of Magic will explode." Rita Skeeter asked in a low voice, "Do you have a grudge against Fudge?"

"Aren't you very clear? Fudge has caused me some trouble before, you can think this is a small counterattack from me. Of course, these don't need to be written on it." Albert took a sip of butter beer, lightly said.

"Are you sure it's just a little bit?"

Rita Skeeter suspects that if this article is actually published, Fudge may really be pulled down this summer.

Rita Skeeter has of course heard the prophecy that Fudge is about to step down.

Well, if she knew that the prophesied culprit was sitting in front of her, she didn't know how she would feel.

The two chatted for about half an hour. After thoroughly perfecting the structure and content of this article, Rita Skeeter got up to leave. Before she left, she reminded: "Absolutely, absolutely not My name is famous."

No way, she was also worried that Albert would dig a hole for herself, and then she would really be finished. Just look at the unlucky Fudge, and she would know that such a black-hearted guy really can't be messed with.

After Rita Skeeter left, Albert turned his attention to Luna.

"How are you doing now?"

"How about what?" Luna was a little confused, obviously not understanding the meaning of Albert's words for a while.

"It's about the Wizard Card Club." Albert explained.

"It's okay." Luna suddenly said.

"Time is not enough. We will graduate at the end of June this year. At that time, you can only rely on yourself. If you feel that you cannot inherit the Wizarding Club, I can only temporarily hand it over to Hermione. Granger." After Albert finished speaking, he looked at Lee Jordan and said, "You have to hurry up, I have a hunch that Fred and George will leave Hogwarts early, and the time may not be far away .”

"Do they really want to suspend school early?" Lee Jordan muttered: "Obviously there are only a few months left before graduation. Damn, it's really enviable."

"Didn't you expect it earlier?" Albert looked at Luna again and said, "Do you have any other questions? If you have any, you can ask them now, and we will answer them for you. If not, I will first Gone."

"This..." Luna took out a notebook from her pocket and said, "There are a few questions."

…

After Valentine's Day, Albert's mood obviously improved a lot. It may be because he and Isobel just spent Valentine's Day together, or it may be that the Felicia elixir that he had been waiting for for half a year is finally coming to an end. , or perhaps the predicted future has not deviated too much, Fred and George still left on broomsticks, and Dumbledore was also driven away from the position of Headmaster of Hogwarts.

The known future may be boring, but at least it is better than safety, better than having traces to follow, and being able to be under control.

Before the mysterious man is defeated by Harry Potter, it is definitely not a good choice to completely deviate the plot and let the situation completely escape Albert's control.

Albert has never thought of being a savior, and he hates being a savior, let alone come out to clean up the mess in the end. If possible, he didn't want to fight Voldemort at all, even if he could defeat Voldemort in the end and gain a lot of experience from it, it would be a loss-making business.

In the past, there was really no way. If you don’t fight, you can only be a salty fish. What’s more, the cheat is right in front of you. If you work harder, you will be the winner in life. Why not work hard?

It is different now, he is rich, has a family, a business, a wife, a successful career, and a proper winner in life. Winning is also losing money.

For this, Albert admired Dumbledore from the bottom of his heart, even though they occasionally disagreed on certain matters.

Shortly after Valentine's Day ended, Hermione came to him several times frequently, but each time she hesitated to speak.

She obviously noticed the problem in the prophecy.

Actually, as long as anyone with a bit of brain and believes in the prophecy can find the answer from the prophecy, Hermione is undoubtedly the best among them.

"In the near future, Dumbledore may die."

Looking at the trio of saviors who finally came to ask him, Albert calmly stated this cruel fact.

"Who did it?" Harry asked in a trembling voice after a moment of silence. It was really hard for him to accept such an answer.

"I saw the Dark Mark." Albert said calmly.

"How is this possible!" Ron was obviously unwilling to believe this cruel fact.

"This matter is definitely different from what we thought. I don't believe that Dumbledore will die at the hands of Death Eaters. Even the mysterious man can't do anything to Dumbledore." Hermione calmly analyzed , "There may be something happening that we don't know about."

"Don't worry, the future is just the future. It hasn't happened yet. It's just been predicted, but it can still be forcibly reversed." Albert spoke to calm the emotions of the three, "I have already told Dumbledore the result of the prophecy. Lido, I think if Dumbledore doesn't want to die, there must be a way to avoid possible fatal dangers in the future and reverse his own destiny, so you don't need to worry about this."

"Can such a thing really be done?" Hermione asked in surprise. Not only her, but even Harry and Ron, who were stunned by the news of Dumbledore's death, were a little dumbfounded.

"What did I lie to you for?" Albert asked back.

"But..."

"As one of the few most powerful wizards in the world, Dumbledore is fully capable. As long as he is willing and knows the danger in advance, it will not be difficult to avoid danger and reverse his future." Albert explained, "Even if it is a time converter, after paying a huge price, it is still possible to reverse the future results to a certain extent, let alone something more uncertain like divination."

"However, your predictions are accurate every time." Ron stammered.

"That's because I never interfered on purpose, and those things are not worth my time to interfere." Albert guessed what they were thinking.

"Is there a time-turner that can really do it?" Hermione was also confused, because these were different from the knowledge she had learned.

"Yes, but there are risks." Albert said to Hermione, "Professor McGonagall said that, but he doesn't want anyone to do it. Most people will only make things worse, and..."

"Let me give you an example. Potter killed Weasley in a duel. Then, Hermione, you went back in time and used the stun spell to sneak attack Potter and Weasley, knocking them into a coma, and successfully prevented that." A duel, in the future it may turn into someone sneak attacking Harry and Weasley instead of Potter killing Weasley in a duel, and only you know about it."

"Can't you change your name?" Harry couldn't help complaining, but he couldn't help but also heaved a sigh of relief. To be honest, he was quite frightened when he learned that Dumbledore might die in the future.

However, when Albert said that Dumbledore knew about this and had a way to change the future, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The future hasn't happened yet.

can be changed.

Actually, Albert is also very curious, in the story that Dumbledore is not dead, where will the future be led?

In fact, he didn't really want Dumbledore to die like this. After all, there was a tall man supporting him when the sky fell, so he didn't need to play in person.

Unfortunately, although he comforted the three of Harry like that, who knows what will happen in the future?

"By the way, there is one more thing. I still don't understand what Umbridge wants to do?" After putting down the matter of Dumbledore, Harry asked the previous question again.

"What does Umbridge want to do?" Albert repeated.

"Yes, what does she want to do." Harry continued to ask.

"Fire you, drive away Dumbledore, and become the new headmaster of Hogwarts."

"But, what excuse is she going to use? The Defense Association?" Hermione asked puzzled

"You guys have to remember ~IndoMTL.com~ They are the rule makers, they say what they say, if you say you violate the laws of the Ministry of Magic, you violate the laws of the Ministry of Magic, you have to understand that within the rules they set, You will never be their opponents."

The three of them opened their mouths slightly, Albert's words gave them a big shock, is it true?

"Your opponent has never been a rule-abiding person, otherwise Umbridge and Fudge would not have made a bunch of education orders to try to deprive Dumbledore of his rights. As the law-makers, they are always on top, Using these frameworks to restrain and restrict others may have a good intention in the law. When the judiciary is corrupt and used for evil, the harm is greater than anything else.”

Albert looked at the three people who were silent, and continued: "In the Muggle world, the collapse of a country usually begins with the rule of law and justice, and other aspects will soon be infected and change. It's a mess."

"Even if I don't say it, you can see their harm. When the government has a credit crisis, it is not far from the end, and the Ministry of Magic has already had this kind of problem, so I said Fudge's The next one is unlucky, because he can't clean up the mess at all, even Dumbledore can't solve the problem."