Harry Potter’s Defense Professor

"Daily Prophet": The Ministry of Magic exterminated two Dark Lords late at night, and all the escaped Death Eaters were arrested.

The shadow of war has completely dissipated from the British wizarding world. The Ministry of Magic has lifted martial law. All registered wizards will be able to freely enter and exit all areas except the Department of Mysteries and the Minister's Office.

Grindelwald was "dead", Devadee Tregg took Lockhart's settlement money, removed the magic mark on himself and disappeared from his sight; while the Bloody family was taking the After the energy in the Philosopher's Stone was almost exhausted, it completely got rid of the curse of unicorn blood left by its ancestors; after the Black Thorn was renamed "The Thorn Tree", it became a potion distribution organization under the management of the Ministry of Magic; all of them were fighting against Voldemort. Lockhart applied for the Order of Merlin for all the wizards who had contributed in the battle...

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Although he suffered some internal injuries, the White Devil still tried to comfort his wife who was angry because she felt that he had kept everything secret, and insisted on going to work at the Ministry of Magic in the morning as usual.

"Interrogating prisoners" and planning and arranging the next work direction of the Ministry of Magic - correcting the course of the British wizarding ship in the morning, and then going home to recuperate in the afternoon.

Scrimgeour, as the only wizard who was injured in the battle, miraculously survived last night's battle unscathed and has returned to work at the Ministry of Magic as Deputy Minister of Magic.

"You looked terrible after killing Voldemort last night. How are you doing now?"

"I can't die, but I have to go home to recuperate later. You go and watch the trial of the newly captured Death Eaters in the Wizengamot." Lockhart took out a piece of paper: "Be sure to ensure that this Everyone on the list was sentenced to more than six months.”

Scrimgeour hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the list: "Are you determined to kill them?"

"Yes, I will order the reopening of Azkaban in two days." Lockhart nodded firmly: "Then let the surrendered dementors guard the prisoners."

"This will cause a lot of controversy——"

"Yes, what you have to do is to expand this controversy. And I will not listen to advice and forcefully implement this 'unreasonable' and 'inhumane' policy."

Scrimgeour had regained his former energy, and for a few seconds he stared at Lockhart with penetrating eyes. Understand what the other person is thinking: "Okay, I will publicly oppose and criticize this policy."

"Let's just pretend we had a falling out. Two senior leaders with opposing views..." Lockhart felt a little weak and leaned back in his chair. A new idea popped up. "This will make a lot of things easier to handle. The old rule is, I will do the bad face, and you will do the white face."

Scrimgeour smiled: "Use a bad trick."

Lockhart shrugged: "But always practical."

"What are you going to do after you leave office?"

"Go back to Hogwarts and become a professor. It will be relaxing and comfortable."

"Can you also harm the little witch?" Scrimgeour snorted disdainfully.

Lockhart was a little speechless: "Can you not speak in the same tone as Arthur's wife? I am also recognized as the best defense professor in fifty years, okay?"

"That's because you are the only one who dares to continue to work even if something happens to him as a professor..."

The door to the minister's office was opened. Percy poked his head in: "Mr. Minister."

"The fans are gone! Especially the young witches!" Lockhart said with a frown.

"No, it's Headmaster Snape."

"You can just let the people from the Order of the Phoenix in without stopping..."

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Snape, who was outside the door, pushed Percy aside unceremoniously and walked in expressionlessly.

"What's the matter, Severus?" The two ministers of magic looked at the visitor together.

Snape sat down in another chair next to Scrimgeour: "How is your injury? I heard that you gave away the Sorcerer's Stone. I still have one here -"

Lockhart waved his hand: "No, I am not in a hurry to regain full combat effectiveness now. I will recover in a month or two.

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"Headmaster Snape, when did you become Gilderoy's family doctor?" Scrimgeour turned to look at him and asked curiously with a hint of joking.

Snape ignored Scrimgeour's teasing. Instead, he continued with a cold face: "There is one more thing. I want to resign as the principal of Hogwarts and join the Aurors."

"Huh?" Lockhart looked at him in surprise: "What's wrong?"

"Severus, of course I welcome an outstanding wizard like you to join Auror." Scrimgeour said with a smile, and then looked at Lockhart: "But who will take over this position, Hogwart?" Although the principal of Titz is not as powerful as the Minister of Magic, he still plays a very important role under the background that the new wizarding law stipulates that all wizards must enroll in school."

"I can't think of anyone suitable for this position." Lockhart thought over it in his mind: "Have you asked Professor Flitwick or Professor Slughorn?"

"They all refused."

"Why are you in such a hurry to become an Auror? Voldemort is dead."

"The last Horcrux hasn't been found yet—"

"I know, you must say again that you can't 'start a new life' without killing him completely!" Lockhart impatiently interjected: "But Voldemort is no different from being dead. He has been separated from all his relatives, and there is no People will resurrect him again!”

"That's what you think."

Scrimgeour interrupted the brief argument between the two: "Didn't Gilderoy just say that he would return to Hogwarts to be a professor after retiring, wouldn't he just serve as the principal?"

"Please, according to the plan, I will take the blame and resign, be kicked out from the position of Minister of Magic, and then run to become the principal?"

"Manipulate public opinion a little bit. Wouldn't it be enough to make you an image where your merits outweigh your faults?"

Lockhart thought for a moment, but there was no harm in it anyway: "Okay, Severus, can you hold on for another half year?"

"Half a year, or if it takes longer I'll give it up." Snape reluctantly agreed.

"Professor McGonagall is dead..." Lockhart said regretfully: "Otherwise, she would be such a suitable candidate for the principal. Dumbledore almost didn't care about the school in the past few years, and almost all the trivial matters were left to her."

"The dead cannot be resurrected, so I will go back and get busy first." Scrimgeour put away a pile of documents and stood up: "You can go home and recuperate, I am here."

"Okay, oh, by the way, there's one more thing, Rufus - Hermione is going to Australia to find her parents who have been cast under the Oblivion Curse. Get me a reliable Auror to protect her." Lockhart thought. After thinking for a moment, he added: "I want a female Auror."

"Understood, I asked Anna to take her there."

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Although he still serves as Minister of Magic, Lockhart has actually left all the responsibilities to Scrimgeour. Anyway, the wizarding world has been completely calmed down, and all the latter needs to do is to deal with some minor wizarding crimes. With the Ministry of Magic completely annihilating the Death Eaters and killing the most powerful dark wizard, everything really went smoothly.

Lockhart can finally start enjoying life, but just as he once again made newspaper headlines for defeating the Dark Lord, he appeared on the cover of "The Quibbler" for seducing girls while he was a professor!

Hermione and Pandora were indeed his students. If it was just about these two girls, Lockhart would admit it. However, the article actually imitated Rita Skeeter's routine and wrote that he seemed to be like everyone else. Girls have had sex with each other and then dumped them. Even Ginny was coaxed into falling in love with him by his tricks...

There are also some well-founded facts in the article. Only the people around you can know this. Who is having trouble with you?

Lockhart was a little annoyed, but Mr. Lovegood, the editor-in-chief of "The Quibbler", had helped the Order of the Phoenix during the war. He could not retaliate for personal reasons, so he could only suppress his anger.

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【Recommendation ticket】

——(To be continued.)

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