Chapter 226 Public Opinion War



Just as Draco was looking forward to the start of school, Dobby, the house-elf of the Malfoy family, walked in with a few newspapers in his hands.

Dobby came to Lucius, raised the newspaper above his head respectfully and handed it to Lucius.

Lucius frowned and was about to speak, but something seemed to attract his attention. He was startled, and then he immediately put down the food in his hand and picked up the Daily Prophet in Dobby's hand.

Then he waved his hand, signaling Dobby to leave quickly.

The front page of the Daily Prophet was a huge photo. In the photo, a group of wizards were kneeling or lying down. Around them, several wizards who were obviously dressed as Aurors were holding wands and guarding them.

Afterwards, The Daily Prophet used an entire page to describe in detail how the British Ministry of Magic, under the command of Minister Fudge, launched a raid on Hogsmeade village, where a group of dark wizards on the British Ministry of Magic's wanted list were arrested.

The report claimed that this was an operation carefully planned by the British Ministry of Magic, which was carried out during the Christmas holidays in order to further ensure the safety of Hogwarts teachers and students.

Finally, the newspaper also included a list of dark wizards captured by the British Ministry of Magic in this operation.

Seeing this, Lucius smiled coldly, then threw the Daily Prophet in his hand on the table without a care.

Seeing Lucius's action, Draco walked forward curiously, picked up the Daily Prophet on the table and began to read it carefully.

After reading it, Draco said angrily: "Father, this... this is too shameless!"

Hearing Draco's words, Lucius was about to frown and subconsciously refute, but he heard Narcissa cough twice.

Lucius was stunned, and then he remembered that his son might have become a member of the Witch Party.

Therefore, Lucius had to retract the scolding that was about to come out of his mouth.

Narcissa smiled and said, "Draco, so, strength does not mean power! We all know that this is what the Wizarding Party did. The Wizarding Party is very powerful, but unfortunately, they are not the ones in power in the wizarding world, so they don't even have a channel to speak out."

After hearing Narcissa's explanation, Draco nodded thoughtfully and said, "Now I understand why the Wizarding Party was unhappy with the Ministries of Magic of various countries!"

Lucius added:

"So, if the Wizarding Party wants to truly realize its slogan, it must become the authority in the wizarding world. Do you understand, Draco?"

Draco was suddenly confused by Lucius's look, but he nodded subconsciously.

Lucius and Narcissa looked at each other, their eyes filled with indescribable meaning.

And when this issue of The Daily Prophet was published, the entire British wizarding community was instantly filled with praise for the Ministry of Magic and Fudge, which made Fudge feel a little complacent.

The front-page headline of "The Quibbler" was also a photo, but this time it showed four people walking on the streets of Hogsmeade village.

The four people in the photo are familiar to everyone. The one walking in the front is Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, and following behind Dumbledore is Wentworth, the star student of Hogwarts, and behind Wentworth are Professor Snape and Professor McGonagall.

As soon as this strange combination appeared on the cover of The Quibbler, it quickly attracted the attention of a large number of wizards.

Later, The Quibbler wrote in its own newspaper: The article published in The Daily Prophet the day before was the British Ministry of Magic trying to take credit! The real people who took action in Hogsmeade and eliminated so many dark wizards in one fell swoop were actually the headmaster and professors of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, but the biggest contributor was Hogwarts student Wentworth.

According to "The Quibbler", Wentworth, a student loved by the professors at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, chose to stay in Hogwarts during this year's Christmas holidays and continue studying with Dumbledore.

On that day, Dumbledore wanted to give the hardworking Wentworth a break, so he and two professors accompanied Wentworth to Hogsmeade village to relax.

The result was that in Hogsmeade village, Wentworth discovered that some wizards were engaging in illegal activities, and Wentworth, although young, had a strong sense of justice.

So, at Wentworth's request, Principal Dumbledore and two Hogwarts professors worked together to eliminate these dark wizards and informed the Ministry of Magic. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Magic wanted to take the credit for itself! Then, "The Quibbler" strongly criticized the British Ministry of Magic. For a time, doubts about the British Ministry of Magic arose everywhere, and Hogsmeade Village became the focus of attention.

The photo was actually taken by a witchcraft wizard when Dumbledore and Wentworth were leaving.

The article was written by Rita Skeeter, who was addicted to back-and-forth. After writing the first day's report for the Daily Prophet, Rita immediately began writing the second day's content for The Quibbler.

Rita Skeeter felt that she gradually fell in love with the feeling of playing with readers in the palm of her hand.

As for the advertisement of "The Quibbler", not to mention the connection between Xenophilius Lovegood and the Witch Party, he was very interested in it simply because it was to cause trouble for Fudge.

Of course, Fudge and the Daily Prophet would not sit idly by, and soon the Daily Prophet published a new article.

The article claims that the British Ministry of Magic did receive help from other wizards in this operation, but they were not the teachers and students of Hogwarts as mentioned in "The Quibbler", but a folk wizard group! The reason why this folk wizard group was not mentioned in the initial report was because this folk wizard group's own request was to do good things without leaving a name! This also fully proves that under the leadership of Minister Fudge, the British Ministry of Magic has become more and more popular! The entire British wizarding world is about to usher in a more glorious tomorrow!

Afterwards, The Quibbler and The Daily Prophet once again launched a war of public opinion in their respective newspapers, which made the wizards dazzled.

Of course, all those who knew about it were stunned.

Especially Wentworth. When Wentworth saw that the Witch Party was called a folk wizard group in the Daily Prophet, he couldn't help but feel a little admiration for Rita Skeeter. It was difficult for Rita Skeeter to find such a suitable word.

(End of this chapter)


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