Chapter 4137 4139【The Ministry of Magic has changed】
Suddenly, Xiang Nan and Lu Ping went to find the principal, Albus Dumbledore.
But it's not easy to find him.
Because his office requires a password to enter, unlike other professors' offices where you can knock on the door.
Xiang Nan and the others first went to Professor McGonagall and proposed that they would like to discuss important matters with Principal Dumbledore.
Professor McGonagall knew that Xiang Nan would not cause trouble for nothing, so he immediately took the two of them to the third floor and stopped in front of a huge and ugly stone monster.
"Crucible cake," Professor McGonagall said to the stone monster.
The monster suddenly came to life, jumped to the side, and the wall behind it cracked in half.
Lu Ping was startled. Xiang Nan had known that this was a trap, so he acted calmly.
Behind the wall was a spiral staircase that was moving slowly upward, like an escalator.
As soon as Xiang Nan, Lupine and Professor McGonagall stepped on, they heard a roar from behind and the wall closed again.
They spun higher and higher, higher and higher, and finally came to a gleaming wooden door with a brass knocker in the shape of a griffon.
When they reached the top, they stepped up the stone stairs, and Professor McGonagall knocked on a door.
The door opened quietly and they entered. Professor McGonagall told Harry to wait, and then left, leaving Xiang Nan and Lupine there.
Xiang Nan looked around curiously and saw that this was a spacious, beautiful circular room, full of all kinds of funny little sounds.
On the table with slender legs, there were many strange silverwares placed, spinning and spitting out small puffs of smoke.
The walls are covered with portraits of old male and female principals, all snoring gently in their respective frames.
On a tall gilded perch behind the door stood a large crimson bird with a glittering golden tail as long as a peacock's tail and a pair of glittering claws.
"What is this?" Lupine asked curiously.
"It's Phoenix." Xiang Nan explained.
"It's so beautiful," Lupine said in admiration.
Xiang Nan also nodded sincerely, and if he hadn't forgotten, the core of his wand came from this phoenix.
…
The office door opened and Dumbledore walked in.
Xiang Nan and Lu Ping quickly stepped forward and saluted, "Good morning, principal~"
"Morning, you guys." Dumbledore nodded, "Minerva said, do you want to see me for something?"
"Yes, Principal." Xiang Nan nodded, "I invented a magic potion called 'Wolfsbane Potion' that can keep a werewolf sane after he transforms on a full moon night."
Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lupin.
Lupine had mixed emotions on his face, including panic, guilt, embarrassment, etc., but he still nodded.
"Principal, I tried yesterday, and I did maintain my sanity after transforming into a werewolf." He admitted.
"Severus, this is a great achievement." Dumbledore then said to Xiang Nan with a smile.
Although the magic potion developed by Xiang Nan cannot cure werewolves, it can still keep them awake after they transform. It is really an incredible achievement.
It can be said that with this potion alone, he can already be called a potion master. "Thank you, principal." Xiang Nan nodded, then took out a bottle of potion and a piece of parchment and said, "This is the formula of Wolfsbane Potion, and this is the actual Wolfsbane Potion. You can check it yourself.
If it is ok after your verification, I hope it can be widely spread so that the wizarding world knows about this formula, and it can also save more werewolves. "
"Okay, I will." Dumbledore smiled and nodded, "I also want to thank you for your generosity."
"You're welcome, principal, helping others is the foundation of happiness." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said.
…
Then came the exam season.
Xiang Nan still passed all the fourth grade exams with perfect results.
Lily also performed very well, especially in Charms, Potions, Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts.
Her performance in these fields is second only to Xiang Nan, and Professor Slughorn has drawn her into his slug club.
This is the best affirmation of her talent and strength.
And with the end of the exam, the fourth school year has passed.
Xiang Nan has almost nothing to say except studying, refining medicine and cultivating both magic and martial arts.
But this year, the outside world has been turbulent.
In the second half of 1974, Voldemort led the Death Eaters to continue causing trouble.
They ravaged, tortured and killed Muggle-born wizards, and massacred innocent Muggle citizens on a large scale.
They committed many horrific murders in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and other places, killing hundreds of people.
The most **** tragedy was in Manchester, where they used magic to destroy a local landmark, Manchester Cathedral.
It pinned down nearly a hundred innocent people who were attending Mass in the church. In the end, more than 80 people died, making it the biggest tragedy in Manchester in the past ten years.
The city government claimed that the collapse of the church was caused by an earthquake and the aging of the building. But everyone in the wizarding world knows that it was the Death Eaters who released the house-collapse curse.
But the Ministry of Magic has nothing to do about it. Not only can it not stop the actions of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, it doesn't even know who they are.
This caused strong dissatisfaction among the people.
Therefore, at the beginning of 1975, Minister of Magic Eugenina Jenkins was finally fired due to her inability to deal with Voldemort and Death Eaters.
Then the hard-line Harold Minkan succeeded as the new Minister of Magic. He promised the British wizarding community that Voldemort and the Death Eaters would be severely punished and they would all be imprisoned in Azkaban Prison.
Harold Minkan did take some measures, such as controlling public opinion, strictly prohibiting the Daily Prophet from publishing articles advocating "pure-blood supremacy", strengthening the protection of Azkaban, sending Aurors to hunt down Death Eaters, etc. .
These actions of his did show results in the early stages.
Those disgusting articles advocating "pure blood supremacy" in the Daily Prophet finally disappeared. The activities of Voldemort and the Death Eaters did stop for a while, seemingly shaken by the momentum of the Ministry of Magic.
But in fact, Harold’s approach treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
The articles in the Daily Prophet advocating "pure-blood supremacy" are gone, but the articles advocating "wizard supremacy" and belittling Muggles are still there.
As a result, Muggle-born wizards will still suffer discrimination because of their blood.
Although Voldemort and Death Eaters have ceased their activities, the activities of dark creatures such as werewolves, trolls, and vampires have become increasingly rampant. It was rumored that they were all Voldemort's subordinates and served him, which made the people even more frightened.
(End of chapter)