Chapter 675: Three Parties

The news in the next few days was almost dominated by the Harris family. Except for the fact that the mysterious man returned and was beaten away by Alan Harris, which was widely commented on, all the media also reported another thing almost at the same time: Owen Harris succeeds Cornelius Fudge as the thirty-third Minister for Magic since the Ministry of Magic was established in 1707.

"Owen Harris, the former Deputy Minister of Magic, succeeded Cornelius Fudge as the Minister of Magic. This appointment..." In the Wizard TV, the hostess Fleur Delacour, who has the blood of the French charm baby, looked elated.

Mr. Owen Harris sat behind his desk and waved his hands to the camera. He was kind but authoritative. He looked very mature and stable, and he broadcast a very tough inauguration declaration live, but the wizards believed that the pressure on him should not be more than Ulrich Gamp, the first Minister of Magic, is much lighter.

Ulrich Gamp, the first minister, had a hard job trying to adapt a restless, terrified society to the International Statute of Secrecy. His greatest achievements were founding the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and chartering the Leaky Cauldron to remain in business as a safe haven and sanctuary for members of the wizarding community - out of gratitude, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron created a new brand of beer - Gan Aged social wine. The wine was so bad that no one could drink a pint even if they were rewarded with 100 galleons.

The thirty-third minister of magic, Owen Harris, had to face the re-emerged Dark Lord who couldn't even speak his name, his Death Eaters, and the possible Second Wizarding War.

The wizards were not surprised by this result. The strength and prestige of the Harris family has been rising rapidly in the UK, which was somewhat stagnant, for all to see, and almost a whole year was spent on framing Dumbledore and It is not surprising that Cornelius Fudge, who tried to tell all wizards that "everything will be fine", was replaced. When the mysterious man returned, he replaced Fudge, who had been proven stupid and weak, with a powerful one who has been trying to reform Auror, Owen Harris, who looks more reliable and tough, this result is good news for the British wizards who are in fear.

Now many optimistic wizards, after getting rid of the horror brought by the first wizarding war and calming down, find that they have the world's greatest white wizard Albus Dumbledore, the new Minister of Magic And his son is clearly not just the world's best Quidditch Seeker or Triwizard Tournament champion--Alan's strength and success after dueling with You-Know-Who and chasing him away, makes Many wizards who were planning to escape from England as soon as they learned of the Dark Lord's return changed their minds.

What gave people more confidence was that in the video of the follow-up report, everyone saw Alan Harris being trapped in the curtain of the arch that was once used to execute mortals on TV, and walked away alive. come out. Although this has affected the appearance of the savior, which is said to be irreversible, making him look a bit anti-heroic, but the meaning behind the accident after entering the veil and returning alive is extraordinary.

Compared with the black-haired and green-eyed boy who is said to have not outstanding grades and strength but is said to have survived the Avada gnawing the big melon curse, the Alan Harris in front of him, whose deeds have all been witnessed with his own eyes, obviously It is more in line with the definition of the savior and the boy who lived in the minds of wizards.

Moreover, Alan Harris is still a pure-blooded young wizard, even if he cannot be regarded as a true native family in the UK, but this also makes him more divided than because his mother is a Muggle-born wizard Lily Evans As a half-breed Harry Potter, it is easier for more wizards to accept.

As for Albus Dumbledore, who has been restored as a member of the International Federation of Wizards and chief wizard of the Wizengamot, to become the headmaster of Hogwarts again, Harris TV and the media controlled by the Harris family are all just doing nothing about it. a very small report,

Except for the "Daily Prophet", which has completely lost its credibility due to the continuous slander of Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter throughout the last year, which has tried to struggle and reported some positive news about them, there are only a few in the Foreign newspapers and folk tabloids with little influence in the UK mentioned Dumbledore’s name. Without knowing the truth, they were blindly optimistic, thinking that Britain had a new savior Alan Harris and the greatest white wizard Dumbledore, mysterious Man is bound to be quickly driven out and defeated.

Just like Owen Harris’ inaugural declaration, the Ministry of Magic’s original patrolling Aurors have stepped up their vigilance, and even armed Aurors who did not participate in patrol missions before began to take to the streets, constantly expressing publicly that they would help wizards from being attacked. The threat of Death Eaters, protecting their families and homes from attacks, and actually arresting some dark wizards in Diagon Alley, banning some gray industries-even according to gossip, many people even saw armed Aurors and There was also some minor friction among the patrolling Aurors over the security zone.

Under Owen's command, the entire Ministry of Magic seemed to have opened its fangs. The appearance of the Aurors in full armor made many wizards of pure-blood families whose strength in the Ministry of Magic was affected by this change raised their vigilance and secretly feared. However, they haven’t commented on this kind of aggression yet. They just keep trying to reconnect with the new owner of the Ministry of Magic—the pressure brought by the return of the mysterious man, Harris’ current strength , and the long-term secret confrontation with the white wizard Dumbledore made these pure-blood families temporarily unable to decide the future direction of their respective families.

However, this kind of professional inspection by the armed Aurors also gave the wizards a sense of security, and they have more trust and satisfaction with the officials of the Ministry of Magic-at least the spectators stationed in places such as Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade Village. The visible and tangible wizarding armed forces make the transactions and business in these areas quite normal.

The further follow-up actions of the Ministry of Magic satisfied more people. In addition to detailed manuals on precautions and handling methods, the Ministry of Magic also provided wizards with a large number of badges similar to those used by Aurors for free.

These badges are donated and sponsored by the umbrella company owned by the Harris family, so they all have the red and white umbrella logo belonging to the umbrella company painted on them. This kind of badge is a civilian badge with simplified functions. It only has the function of contacting the Ministry of Magic and letting the Ministry of Magic locate the badge position, and it cannot locate the role of Auror or other civilian badge users.

Badges are distributed free of charge, but they are not mandatory. After all, it involves personal privacy and is used voluntarily by ordinary wizards—because of the style of Mysterious Man, Muggles and half-blood wizards received badges almost immediately, while some The pure-blood families who have always been at odds with the mysterious person—such as the Burns family who supported the Order of the Phoenix in the First Wizarding War and were almost wiped out, and the Longbottom family, which directly had members of the Order of the Phoenix, are also members of the family They all received one.

At present, the Ministry of Magic led by Owen Harris has devoted all its energy to controlling the Ministry of Magic and preparing for the arrival of the second war. The newly appointed Minister of Magic, Owen Harris, seems to be full of energy. He is indeed very Motivated, the entire Harris family has benefited from this incident.

Nominated by Owen, who is the Minister of Magic, Fudge's compromise and contacts helped persuade the Wizengamot through his connections. Allen is now a member of the International Federation of Wizards, and has become the British branch of the International Federation of Wizards under the Minister of Magic's order representative.

The International Federation of Wizards is an intergovernmental organization in the wizarding world, roughly equivalent to the United Nations in the Muggle world. Last year, after the mysterious man was resurrected, because the British Ministry of Magic did not recognize this fact, it led to Dumbledore's Dumbledore's Federation The post of president and the membership of the federation were removed, and now his membership of the International Federation of Wizards has been restored, but he has not become the representative of the British branch and the president of the federation, the African wizard Babajid? Kimbad has previously replaced Dumbledore as the new president of the International Federation of Wizards.

After joining the International Federation of Wizards, Owen, Lun, and Allen also logically became one of the members of the Wizengamot, the highest court in the wizarding world. Because of the former senior member of the Wizengamot, Geselda Marchbane and Tiberus Ogden resigned last year to express their protest against Fudge's senior investigator Umbridge's involvement in Hogwarts. The members of the Wizengamot, which Harris sold well, simply absorbed the three of Harris and his son without any useless confrontation attitude. The fuchsia robe with a delicate silver W embroidered on the left chest has been distributed in their hands.

The entire Ministry of Magic ushered in a big change, and the position transfer rate was very large. Members brought from Germany who belonged to the Harris family and wizards from the British mainland who were close to the Harris family all got important positions, while those important seats originally belonging to the Fudge faction were vacated, and they were directly demoted without any background. If the family behind them is strong, it is inconvenient for them to be demoted directly, so they have been transferred to less important positions by means of explicit promotion and covert resignation.

Lenn Harris successfully became a regular and became the director of the Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. The father of Victor, one of the members of the Umbrella Squad, happened to be Mr. John Bartha, an aide to Owen Harris. He was originally only a name in the Ministry of Magic, but he turned into the director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters of the Ministry of Magic.

Although caught off guard after the Mysterious Man incident, the British pure-blood family could not react much in a short period of time, allowing the Harris family to control the Ministry of Magic, but they, who already understood the importance of force, also spent a lot of money. A lot of effort made Rufus Scrimgeour join them, and kept his position as head of the Auror office, and did not allow him to carry out the so-called promotion and transfer - this is also Rufus Scrimgeour's The main reason for the friction between the patrolling Aurors and the armed Aurors under Albert.

Apart from the Mysterious Man and his Death Eaters, the entire British magic world has basically formed three forces on the "justice" side.

The first force is the greatest white wizard in the world, Albus Dumbledore, and the Order of the Phoenix behind him. With their participation in the first wizarding war and the reputation accumulated in previous years, they are undoubtedly quite famous in the eyes of ordinary wizards. ——even many wizards are blindly optimistic that the cooperation between Dumbledore and the new Ministry of Magic will make the Mysterious Man lose quickly in this rebellion.

The second force is unintentionally the emerging Harris family. With the control of the Ministry of Magic, the Aurors' top armed forces, the financial and technical support of the Umbrella Corporation, and the new savior Alan Harris The existence of the Harris family has undoubtedly made the Harris family the strongest existence in terms of strength and financial resources. Coupled with the control of the laws and public opinion of the British wizarding world, at least no one dares to express resistance to them.

The third force is Rufus Scrimgeour and the patrolling Aurors under his control, as well as the traditional pure-blood families in England represented behind him. But those patrolling Aurors obeyed Scrimgeour's arrangement more because of his position, unlike the armed Aurors who had been marked with the Harris family's mark, which made these conflicts in themselves forced to temporarily The people in power of the pure-blooded families who are twisted together are quite helpless. The weakest of them need to unite with one party to maintain their dignity and status.

But Rufus Scrimgeour himself and Dumbledore have often disagreed over the years, and because he agrees with the Department of Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Substances, the attitude of agreeing to protect Muggles also dislikes the pure-blood family. The family itself has been confronting the White Wizard for a long time. In fact, if the Harris family hadn't been a bit aggressive, these pure-blood families would not have formed their own line in the face of the crisis, but had already joined Harris chariot.

The mysterious person has not entered the choice of these pure-blood families now. The person who cannot even say his name is too crazy, and he does not have a clear idea of ​​​​reform like the first generation of demon king Getler? Grindelwald, except for some pure-blood families The slogan of the supremacy of blood is more pleasing to the ear, and its own behavior is too crazy and unpredictable. It feels like a black wizard organization established by some mentally ill and criminals.

In the current situation where both the White Wizard and the new savior exist, these pure-blood families do not see the possibility of the Mysterious Man winning.

It's just that Harris' tough attitude, the contradictory relationship between Dumbledore's forces, and the pressure brought by the mysterious man make these pure-blood families barely able to protect themselves at present, they can only wait and see and test without making a choice.

P.S. Owen Harris is the thirty-third minister, which is a fantastic number and not made up by the author. The author said that he couldn't fit so many words, so he could only put them at the end of the main text, but it was a free word count. Three is a magic number!

The following is a list of the thirty-two ministers of the Ministry of Magic:

Ulrich Gump? (1707-1718)

Damocles Rolle? (1718-1726)

Perseus Parkinson? (1726-1733)

Edrich Diggory? (1733-1747)

Albert Bute? (1747-1752)

Basil Fleck? (1752-1752)

Hesphaestus Gore? (1752-1770)

Maximilian Claudy? (1770-1781)

Porteous Natchbull? (1781-1789)

Axes Osbert? (1789-1798)

Artemisia Lufkin? (1798-1811) [2]

19th century

Grogan Stump? (1811-1819) [2]

Josephine Flint? (1819-1827)

Ottaline Gamble? (1827-1835)

Radolphus Lestrange? (1835-1841)

Hortensia Milifat? (1841-1849)

Evangeline Orpington? (1849-1855)

Priscilla Dupont? (1855-1858)

Dugard Macphail? (1858-1865)

Farris Spavin? (1865-1903)

20th Century

Venusia Quickley? (1903-1912)

Archer Evermond? (1912-1923)

Loken MacLeod? (1923-1925)

Hector Foley? (1925-1939)

Leonard Spencer-Moon? (1939-1948)

Wilmina Taft? (1948-1959)

Ignatius Taft? (1959-1962)

Nobby Leach (1962–1968) [2]

Eugenia Jenkins (1968-1975)

Harold Minchem (1975-1980)

Millicent Bagno (1980-1990)

Cornelius Fudge (1990-July 1, 1996)