"What about Stan Sampark?" Hermione asked. "Don't tell me you're still holding him captive?"
"I'm afraid so. I know Dumbledore wanted to appeal to Scrymgeour on Sampark's behalf …" Mr. Weasley said. "Everyone who talked to Sampark thought he couldn't be a Death Eater. In fact, anyone with a normal IQ would know he wasn't, but he shouldn't have said these things at this time. I think it's necessary to teach him a lesson. The higher-ups also want to make it look like there's progress. 'Arrest three people' sounds much better than 'arrest three people by mistake'. Of course, if it really becomes' arrest three people by mistake and release ', that would be terrible, wouldn't it? However, this is all highly confidential. Don't tell anyone. "
"Is there no other way in the Ministry?" Hermione asked with a sigh.
Mr. Weasley seemed to be thinking, then shook his head. "To be honest, I don't think so. Scrymgeour is counting on Dumbledore, but Dumbledore doesn't intend to reveal his plan to the Ministry of Magic."
This was correct. Whether it was the soul vessel or the evil god, it was not something that the Ministry of Magic and ordinary wizards should know.
What could they do even if they knew? Stop Lord Voldemort. Stop messing around, he might be scared into despair.
Elwyn felt that what the Ministry of Magic should do now was to stabilize the situation as much as possible and prevent it from worsening.
Scrymgeour had done a good job in this regard, far better than his predecessor, Foggy.
He had taken the right approach when it came to maintaining law and order, dealing with the relationship with the vampires, and winning over the giants. Although they had indeed caught the wrong person and sent the braggart, Stan Sampark, to Azkaban, at the very least, it had deterred the other idiots from bragging about things that they did not know the depth of. It had a certain deterrent effect.
Ever since the news of Voldemort's return was confirmed, the United Kingdom, as the core of the war that was about to break out, had instead maintained its stability. It did not suffer from the frequent disasters of other countries, such as collapse, social unrest, or large-scale riots. This was very rare.
Compared to Foggy, Scrimgeour had done a lot of work.
However, he was not satisfied with just this. As a veteran Auror and a powerful minister, he hoped to capture Lord Voldemort.
The wizards were not satisfied with this. They also hoped that the Ministry of Magic could capture Lord Voldemort as soon as possible.
In this way, things became awkward because he had no ability or possibility of catching Lord Voldemort.
The unrealistic expectations made people more and more disappointed in him and the Ministry of Magic.
If things continued like this, it would only be a matter of time before Scrimgeour was ousted.
Moreover, Elwyn also knew that Scrimgeour didn't have that much time left.
When the Lord Voldemort finished his preparations and launched a full-scale counterattack, the first to be dealt with was the Ministry of Magic, thus announcing the official start of the war.
If something happened to Dumbledore again, the Ministry of Magic would be finished!
This was the current situation. It was a waste of energy to count on the Ministry of Magic. They still had to rely on themselves.
While Elwyn, Hermione, and Mr. Weasley were discussing the current situation of the Ministry of Magic, Harry asked Lupin another question. He asked expectantly, "Remus, have you heard of a man called Half-Blood Prince?"
"Half-Blood what?" Lupin was a little absent-minded. He was thinking about what Elwyn had just said and his relationship with Tonks.
"A prince," said Harry, watching him closely for any signs of remembering.
"There are no princes among wizards," said Lupin with a smile. "Do you want to use this title? I thought 'The Star of Salvation' was enough. "
"That has nothing to do with me!" Harry protested. "Half-Blood Prince used to be in the Hogwarts. I took his magic potion textbook. He wrote spells all over it. One of the spells he invented was the Golden Bell Upside Down …"
"Oh, I remember. This spell was very popular when I was in the Hogwarts," said Lupin with nostalgia. Lupin said with nostalgia, "When I was in the fifth grade, there were a few months when someone was hung upside down in the air by their ankles, unable to move."
"My father used it," said Harry. "I saw it in the meditation basin. He used it on Snape."
Lupin's smile contained too much understanding. He looked at Harry with tolerance.
"Yes!" He said. "Jaime used this spell in the fifth grade. It was the time you used the Flying Net to tell me and Sirius about it last semester, right? But he wasn't the only one who used it. Harry, as I said, it used to be very popular in the Hogwarts. You know, these spells come in waves … "
"But it sounds like it was invented when you were in school," insisted Harry.
"Not necessarily. Spells, like anything else, have their popular and unpopular times." He looked at Harry's face and seemed to guess what he was thinking. Then he said calmly, "Harry, Jaime is a pureblood. I can assure you that if you want, you can write to Sirius at any time. Jaime has never asked us to call him 'Prince', and we have never called him that."
Harry gave up trying to hide and asked directly, "Isn't that Sirius? Or you? "
"Definitely not." Lupin said, "Sirius is also a pureblood. As for me, do you think I would call myself a prince?"
"Oh!" Harry stared blankly at the fire. "I thought … he helped me a lot in Potions class, that prince."
"When was that book, Harry?" asked Lupin.
"I don't know. I've never looked it up."
"Maybe this will help you understand the time the prince spent in the Hogwarts," said Lupin.
Just then, Lady Weasley came back with the eggnog. She poured everyone a big glass.
Maybe it was because of the weak alcohol in the eggnog, but everyone was very excited after drinking it.
Not long after, Hibiscus Chinensis decided to imitate Serena and sing "A Pot of Hot Love".
It was incredible. She had clearly been muttering about how awful the song was, but she had memorized the tune and lyrics and sang it very well.
Elaine sang along with her, but she was just humming blindly and did not even remember the lyrics.
After humming, she excitedly asked Elwyn to sing …
Lady Weasley coughed heavily. Seeing her expression, everyone took it as a signal to go to bed.
Lupin said goodbye and left. Elwyn, Harry and Ron climbed all the way to Ron's bedroom in the attic. Hermione, Ginny and Elaine slept in Ginny's room. Fred and George slept in their own rooms and Bill. Hibiscus Chinensis was arranged to sleep alone in Percy's room.
Before they got married, Lady Weasley was determined not to let Hibiscus Chinensis and Bill sleep together …
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