Hogwarts becomes host

All things related to the wizarding world in the UK are independently managed by the Minister for Magic.

The wizard who resigned as Minister of Magic brought together all the interests of the wizarding world.

The terms of office of ministers varied. The shortest one resigned in just two months (it was the time of the goblin rebellion, and Basu Fleck stepped down in a hurry after the werewolves joined the goblin side to join the war). The longest one lasted for three years. Eighteen years.

Except for a few who died in office or resigned due to physical problems, most ministers were ousted.

But even if they are forced to step down, most of these people can still sit on the ministerial throne for five or six years.

Because there is a provision in wizarding law: the ministers of magic must preside over elections 'within a certain period' to ensure that they are supported by public opinion.

This period is seven years.

In other words, as long as the seven years are not up, the minister can remain stubborn and not resign...

In the original work, Fudge made a lot of mistakes: forcing a series of educational regulations to interfere with the operation of Hogwarts, allowing a large number of Death Eaters to escape from prison, continuing to stigmatize Dumbledore and Harry, and dealing with innocent people accused of being Death Eaters. The blood wizards came and went... and most importantly, refused to acknowledge Voldemort's return, giving him a whole year to gather strength before all the wizards clamored to step down.

Even in this situation, Fudge still took two weeks to leave. It was so difficult to replace the Minister of Magic.

Elaine originally wanted to let Fudge leave immediately after the Goblet of Fire to deal with Voldemort. The problem is that according to Slughorn's estimation, Fudge's support is now about 45% - this is because of Adair's performance in the previous two years. There were a lot of troubles, which caused the Ministry of Magic's reputation to plummet.

Muggles may think this is a good result, but in the wizarding world, 45% is already very poor.

The approval ratings of successive ministers are at least 70% or 60%, and rarely fall below 50%. If they fall below 40%, there is a risk of impeachment.

The Minister's high approval rating is due to the general consensus among wizards since ancient times: if wizards do not seem to be managing themselves well, Muggles will try to intervene. Therefore, despite many complaints, most wizards still support the Ministry of Magic. .

If you want to successfully force Fudge to step down in the short term, you must at least reduce his support to less than 20%. However, after the Triwizard Tournament, Fudge's reputation will probably rise again, and Dumbledore doesn't know whether it is intentional or unintentional. Planning to go against Fudge made Elaine very distressed.

Therefore, Elaine took drastic measures to respond to Umbridge's power.

What kind of personality is Umbridge? Anyone who has read the original novel knows that this woman will use any means, regardless of whether it is illegal or legal.

The hands of the Shafiq family are not long enough to reach into the Ministry of Magic. Scrimgeour cannot get in, Dumbledore has no intention of causing trouble, Slughorn can only pull people to neutral, and Elaine can only force Fudge first. Make mistakes and wait for the opportunity to come.

The professor and the investigator were fighting on the stage, and the students in the audience were frightened.

The class happened to be about law, so Elaine used it to mock Fudge and the Ministry of Magic.

She kept emphasizing that the makers and executors of laws in the Muggle world are separate. No Muggle head of any country can generate a law out of thin air in just two hours; she also explained in detail the concept of separation of powers and assigned homework Give everyone: two weeks to submit a two-foot-long report outlining the legal differences between the wizarding and Muggle worlds, and their pros and cons.

Incidentally, the most common Muggle law wizards break is traffic laws.

"Okay, that's the end of today's class." Elaine released Umbridge's mute magic ten minutes before the end of get out of class. "Students who have questions can raise their hands to ask."

There was no movement underneath, because someone's face was so livid that it was very ugly.

Elaine could laugh because her back was to Umbridge. These students would not dare to act rashly in front of an angry toad.

"No doubt?"

"I have many questions, Miss Shafik." Umbridge's cold voice came from behind Elaine. "Did you know that the exam does not cover how Muggle government is run?"

"This is a strange question, Investigator." Elaine replied lightly. "What does the scope of the exam have to do with the content of my class? Could it be that the professors at Hogwarts can only teach students what is within the scope of the exam, and cannot teach other knowledge?"

"Isn't this a matter of course?" Umbridge said loudly, "The most important thing for these students right now is to pass the exam and get good grades─"

"Then all Slytherin inheritance should not appear in the teaching content of Hogwarts." Elaine turned around and replied with a half-smile, "Because this knowledge cannot appear in O.W.L and It’s within the scope of the exam, so you’re announcing that you’re going to ban students from learning Slytherin’s heritage?”

Umbridge looked as if she had been punched by Elaine.

"I didn't say that, you're twisting my meaning!"

"Really? What do you mean?"

"There is something wrong with the content of your class. These things have nothing to do with your class -"

"It's up to me, the professor, to decide whether it's relevant or not." Elaine interjected. She stared directly into Umbridge's eyes and said word for word, "To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Magic currently has no right to interfere with Hogwarts. It’s not your turn, Senior Investigator, to tell me how to teach my class.”

"Do you really think so?" Umbridge replied in a rough voice with a furious look on her face, which made her broad, saggy face look particularly vicious. "As a senior investigator, I have the right to investigate any professor in Hogwarts. How can a thirteen-year-old girl like you be qualified to be a professor..."

She couldn't finish her words, because at this moment Elaine directly released powerful magic power, which suppressed Umbridge and made her breathless.

The students shrank their necks and looked at the confrontation between the two men in fear.

"My strength is my confidence." Elaine rolled her neck, "Besides, there is probably no second wizard in the UK who understands Muggles better than me: I not only know their past and present, but I can also see through divination. Looking at the direction of Muggle research development in the next twenty years, I can even use magic to create physical objects first. Based on this, I am the Muggle Studies Professor at Hogwarts."

"...Through magic?" Umbridge glanced around the classroom, looking at the computers and other props that Elaine had brought through the dimensional passage, and whispered. "No illegal connections with Muggles?"

"The Ministry of Magic has investigated the Shafiq family many times." Elaine replied contemptuously, "If you want to accuse me, you have to show evidence. Otherwise, this will be slander and slander against an ancient pure-blood family!"

The bell rang for the end of get out of class. Elaine glanced at the students, and they hurriedly packed their schoolbags and left the classroom.

But there were still people who secretly slowed down and planned to continue watching the scene. Elaine raised her wand and let the chalk fly over and hit the students.

After just a few minutes of distraction, when she turned her attention back to Umbridge, she actually saw the other person showing that fake smile again.

"...I think there is some misunderstanding between us." Umbridge said in the sweetest voice. "I would like to apologize to Professor Shafik in advance. I was too excited just now... In fact, the Ministry of Magic has always respected the Shafiq family and pure-blood wizards. I personally have a small relationship with the Welfare family─ ─”

This change of face was so rapid that Elaine's brain went blank for a few seconds.

Of course, there are also reasons for being disgusted by the falsetto.

"──Of course you have enough ability, but you are really too young. After all, you are only thirteen years old. Even with the endorsement of the Shafiq family, Professor Slughorn and Professor Dumbledore , there are still many parents who question your teaching qualifications, after all, you don’t have an O.W.L. or certificate at all, right?”

"The Ministry of Magic can help you." Umbridge's big eyes flashed with evil light, "The professor position at Hogwarts is very popular. Many wizards want your position, but Dumbledore is the only one who wants it. It gave you this opportunity, but now he is surrounded by scandals and is in a lot of trouble, so if you still want to be this professor─"

"Oh, you are wrong, I don't want to be this professor at all." Elaine chuckled, "Although I know that I am the most suitable, but I am very busy, just like Dumbledore has no interest in being the Minister of Magic, I actually don't I don’t really want to share my knowledge with other wizarding families. Not only is this not good for the Shafiq family, it also prevents me from dating my girlfriend.”

"So the Ministry of Magic wants to find someone to replace my position. I welcome it." Regardless of the dull expressions of the students in the classroom, Elaine sneered, "As long as Dumbledore agrees and Adair...well, my father allows, I will After you collect your things, you can leave and let your experts teach you!"

"...I thought the current head of the Shafik family was you, Miss Elaine Shafik?" Umbridge looked at Elaine in disbelief, "Why do you still--"

"No matter what, Adair Shafiq is my father." Elaine shrugged, "Oh, well, given his current situation, he should be called mother. No matter how powerful the head of the family is, the child cannot I completely ignore my parents’ wishes... not to mention that the principal also thinks I should do this.”

"So, if you want to remove my plants, you should go directly to Dumbledore. If he agrees, I will leave. If he doesn't agree, and you still want to tear me down, then I'm afraid you will have to face the Shafiq family. of resistance."

"Dumbledore may be in big trouble now. He can't care about other people." Umbridge replied, "Besides, since you don't want to waste time on teaching, we might be able to cooperate and I can help you get rid of——"

"I'm sorry, I won't cooperate with the Ministry of Magic unless you offer a better price and stop using bad checks to swindle me." Elaine said decisively, "There are many things in this world that I don't want but must." Things to do, like listen to you.”

***

"You're responding to her like this? Are you really not planning on continuing to teach Muggle Studies?"

"This is the fourth time you've asked, yes, that's how I responded."

Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Daphne occupied a corner of the Gryffindor common room. All the Gryffindor students no longer cared about a third-year girl wearing a green tie coming in and out of their common room, and they were even more concerned about Daphne sitting out of thin air. Not seeing things in the air,

However, it is still quite conspicuous, so Elaine plans to practice transfiguration with Slughorn during the summer vacation. Compared to Sirius and Professor McGonagall, Slughorn is better at turning himself into a chair.

By the way, if a person turned into a chair, would his face be on the back of the chair or on the seat?

If it's face-sitting, why don't you just use your face to pick up Daphne...

...Okay, let’s save this exciting little secret until the summer vacation.

"The Ministry of Magic must know that nothing can be found on Dumbledore." Elaine, who turned into a transparent person, replied. "So we can only start with other professors. It is best to expel a few so that they can bring in more people to make Hogwarts unstable and create an opportunity to impeach the old principal... Huh, come to me first. , I look so easy to bully?"

"It's not a question of whether it's easy to bully or not..." Ron laughed dryly. "No normal person would believe that a thirteen-year-old wizard can be a professor, right?"

"Since you already know the Ministry of Magic's plan, why do you still say that?" Hermione asked displeasedly, "Wouldn't that satisfy them?"

"Did you misunderstand something? I never said I didn't want to be a Muggle Studies professor." Elaine replied easily, "I just told Umbridge that I didn't want to be, but Dumbledore and Adair insisted. They were given this job, and I couldn’t resist them, so I could only go to class obediently, which was very pitiful.”

"I don't see how pitiful you are." Harry curled his lips.

"Of course, I used the Disillusionment Charm, so you can't see me at all."

"Better be careful." Daphne sighed, "I like listening to your classes very much. I once sat in on the original Professor Bubbaji's class. It was very boring. It's not as good as you..."

"It's okay, she will never impeach me!" As soon as she heard Daphne say this, Elaine's attitude immediately changed completely. She even showed up and grabbed Daphne's hand, declaring to her loudly and seriously. "I will definitely continue to be a professor of Muggle Studies. As long as you take this course, I will always be your professor!"

Daphne's cheeks were so red that she couldn't say anything, and the students around her looked at them.

Harry and Ron both shrank down and pretended not to exist.

"I really think Elaine has been addicted to a love drug." Ron whispered, "She wasn't like this at all before, was she?"

"Don't mention the love potion. It gives me a headache if I mention it." Harry said with a stern face, "As long as she is happy, Daphne likes her too, doesn't she? That's Hermione..."

They both turned to peek at Hermione, who looked like she was about to poke the quill into Elaine's mouth.

"Well, well." Daphne managed to squeeze out a sentence from her throat, "Well, it's almost time for me to leave. It's gate time..."

"Okay, I'll take you back."

Elaine stood up quickly and pulled Daphne away regardless of everyone's eyes.

After they walked for a while, Hermione looked back dullly and continued to write her homework.

As soon as she wrote the first word, she poked a hole in the parchment, causing Harry and Ron to shudder at the same time.

***

Elaine sent Daphne to the Slytherin lounge.

"Elaine." When they were about to separate, Daphne suddenly stopped Elaine and asked. "You...really like me now?"

"Isn't that natural?" Elaine blinked and kissed Daphne on the cheek, "If I don't like you, how could I do these things to you?"

"Then, do you love me?"

"...I─" Faced with this question, Elaine hesitated for a few seconds before replying. "──I'm trying hard to do that."