Dumbledore obviously attached great importance to this trial.
He probably hoped to be able to confirm that he still had influence in the magic society through this trial, but Jon felt that the most important thing was to control the public opinion, not the public opinion of the society, but the information channel such as the newspaper, which was not in the hands of his own people, was useless no matter how influential he was.
Things like smearing one's reputation were not afraid of appearing once or twice, but they were afraid of continuous propaganda.
But Dumbledore himself did not care, and neither did Jon.
Anyway, Dumbledore was leaving in two years.
If it was some Wizard who cared about his reputation, he would definitely fight back against these smears, but Dumbledore obviously did not care much about what others thought of him. He had now reached a point where he had no desires, as long as what he and Grindelwald wanted to do could be carried out smoothly, he did not care much about things like honor and disgrace.
But although he did not care, those who firmly supported him cared.
For example, Mrs. Weasley. Jon heard that recently, Mrs. Weasley did not even read the daily newspaper of the Prophet.
She could be considered to be an example of her resistance.
And the day before Harry went to face the trial, he finally came to Jon's office as soon as he got off work.
This was the first time he came to Jon's office. To be precise, this was the first time he came to the office of a high-ranking member of Muggle.
"How is it? Is it much brighter than the Ministry of Magic's? "
Jon snapped his fingers and set up a sealing spell on the door to ensure that the two of them would not be disturbed.
This was indeed much brighter than the Ministry of Magic's office. Mr. Weasley nodded, took a deep breath, and said to Jon.
"The previous matter … I went back and thought about it, and decided to accept your invitation."
Jon had long expected this result. After all, Dumbledore personally went to persuade Weasley to join Jon's experiment, so it was naturally a success.
"Welcome."
Because he had already discussed the final outcome of this matter with Dumbledore, Jon wasn't too excited about Weasley's participation. To be precise, there wasn't much to be excited about.
Especially when Mr. Weasley seemed to be embarrassed.
"Mr. Weasley, is there anything you would like to ask? I have time today, I can help you answer all your questions. "
"Oh, it's like this. There is indeed such a problem."
Arthur Weasley was a Wizard who was obsessed with researching Muggle items. To be more precise, he maintained a high degree of fondness and curiosity towards the Muggle society. Although this was rare among pure-blooded Wizards, there were all kinds of birds in the forest. After all, the pure-blooded Wizard family had existed for so many years, so it wasn't a problem for one or two outliers to appear.
Of course, that was not the question he was asking.
"What do you want me to do? I mean, it can't just be one or a few experiments. "
"Uh, I think you misunderstood." Jon smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you before? The leader of the experiment you will be joining is Grindelwald."
"Who?"
Arthur acted like he didn't hear clearly and asked again.
Then, Jon reacted. He seemed to have let it slip. Because Dumbledore didn't seem to tell the Phoenix Society about Grindelwald's return, probably because he was worried that something would happen to them.
But this was a small problem that he could solve.
So he cleared his throat and said solemnly.
"Gellar Grindelwald, the Wizard who used to be enemies with Dumbledore. Now, he has become a legendary Wizard. So, I invited him to lead my new project. "
Although there was suspicion of using a tiger's skin as a flag, what he said wasn't wrong.
But this made Arthur Weasley even more nervous.
After all, in their minds, Grindelwald's existence was still that insufferably arrogant Black Wizard. It was very scary. Even if they didn't experience that era, they knew how terrifying it was.
"With all due respect, isn't this a bit too risky? And does Principal Dumbledore know about this?"
"Don't be so nervous." Jon walked over and patted Mr. Weasley's shoulder, who was sitting on the sofa, "Of course, Dumbledore knows about this. Do you think that if Grindelwald is released from prison, the first person he will look for isn't Dumbledore, but me?"
"If that's the case, the two of them have already experienced a battle before?"
"Battle? Why would they fight? The two of them are legendary Wizard. Once they fight, no matter where it is, it will be a very tragic matter. "
Jon looked at Arthur Weasley with a puzzled expression.
"Moreover, the relationship between the two of them isn't as bad as you think. Back then, they were on different sides. But now that they are on the same side, their relationship will naturally return to how it used to be."
But after saying this, Chown's expression slowly turned dangerous as he looked at Mr. Weasley.
He now knew much more inside information than the average member of the Phoenix Society, and this information had to be kept secret.
Mr. Weasley, who had been in the Ministry of Magic for so many years, naturally had the ability to detect important things. So, he understood the hidden meaning in Jon's words and saw the expression on Jon's face.
"Don't worry, I will keep this a secret. I definitely won't reveal anything about this matter to anyone else."
"Why would I be worried about you? Since Dumbledore trusts you, I naturally have nothing to worry about. But, frankly speaking, this matter was what Dumbledore wanted to do, and I am only taking over from Dumbledore. "
Although he said that he trusted Weasley, there was a hint of threat in his words. In fact, Jon knew that it wasn't appropriate to use a threatening tone in this kind of situation, but he had no choice. If he didn't involve Dumbledore in this matter, he couldn't guarantee that Weasley wouldn't tell the Phoenix Society when he returned.
Even if he didn't tell the Phoenix Society members and only told his wife, the news would definitely leak out. The more people who knew, the worse it would be for their plan.
And at this moment, Weasley asked another question.
"If Lord Grindelwald is on our side now, wouldn't we have two legendary Wizard Wizards? Why don't we directly eliminate Voldemort and his Death Eaters, instead of taking such a big detour? "
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