radicalducati Chapter 191 The conspiracy 5 years ago (3)
Chapter 191 The conspiracy 5 years ago (3)
As a political elder, Barty Cratchit is no more naive than Fudge.
Although the outside world has criticized him one after another, he is still very keenly aware of those different voices that represent sympathy. Yes, as the supreme leader of the British wizarding world, when faced with such a level of man-made disaster, in fact, , no matter who it is, the result will be the same.Even Dumbledore didn't have the ability to defeat so many enemies quickly.There will still be casualties, but they may be much smaller.
Therefore, the public opinion in the outside world has emerged that the Minister of Magic is also a victim.
Coupled with the fact that a few days before Christmas, a large number of "tell-the-scenes" type reports began to appear in newspapers.
Most of them were Aurors who participated in the attack.They were interviewed by reporters, revealing how sad they have been in the past few months.About their work with no end in sight.
Moreover, the Aurors were not without casualties.Several of them lost their lives in the battle between Death Eaters.
The Ministry of Magic prepared solemn funerals for them, and many Aurors were posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class.
After this operation, within a few days, the entire British wizarding world fell into a silent mourning.
On the contrary, Minister of Magic Barty Cratchit doesn't have many people talking about him anymore, and the incident seems to have just passed.
With skill and skill, he easily reversed the direction of public opinion, and finally succeeded in keeping his position, and even won the sympathy of everyone. The image of a serious and aloof minister in the past, after showing some vulnerability, not only did not collapse, but became stronger. .
The same principle applies to Mr. Harker. On the third day after the attack, the Queen personally summoned him and gave him a good encouragement.With the help of publicity on subsequent TV programs, Mr. Harker's position as prime minister did not waver at all. Instead, he was re-stabilized by the subsequent clear plan to rebuild London and the huge economic support package.
The royal family is also taking frequent actions. Her Majesty the Queen of the British Empire has appeared on the streets of London from time to time in the past month, inspiring her people.
Charles also began to express condolences to the entire London neighborhood. As he walked from block to block, he earned a large number of sympathetic looks.
And the letter Anthony sent her at Christmas was a hindrance to the busy work.The Queen did not see it immediately.
The letter was collected by the butler at Buckingham Palace, and it was not until the afternoon of the first day of the New Year that the letter was placed on the Queen's desk.
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"Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington?" In the study room of the palace, the Queen saw the eye-catching letter from a pile of documents beside her.
Then I opened it and started browsing.
This is not a letter written in Antony's voice, it is more like someone dictating it and Anthony recorded it, like a story.
The content of the letter is very long, three pages in length.
From the moment she read the first word, a pitiful man seemed to appear in front of the queen's eyes. He was telling his painful past in a sad tone.
The world returns to October 1492, 10.
Sir Nicholas, who had just finished a banquet, was walking in the garden of the royal city. Just now, he used exquisite magic to add luster to the banquet. The golden light illuminated the banquet as if it were daytime, and everyone praised him excitedly.
This also included Lady Grieve, the first queen of King Henry VIII of England at the time. (Second identity creation)
Ms. Greif is a mediocre-looking woman. Thanks to her status as the daughter of a duke, she was able to marry the king.So it is unrealistic to expect her to have any relationship with the king.
Especially recently she discovered that her king had climbed into another woman's bed.
Although this kind of romantic affair is nothing to a king, even a knight can have several mistresses, not to mention the king!
But Ms. Grieve didn't think so. She felt that she was not ugly, and that Anne Boleyn (a real historical figure) was not much prettier than her. If it weren't for her crooked front teeth, it affected her overall appearance. With a beautiful face, the king will definitely fall in love with him.
So she found Sir Nicholas, believing that magic could help her.
"Haha! Madam, this is just a trivial matter, a matter of waving a magic wand." Sir Nicholas, who was already drunk, completely forgot about his level of transfiguration and almost failed to graduate from Hogwarts.
Maybe it was the bragging at the banquet that made him feel a little giddy.
After agreeing, he pointed his wand at Ms. Griff's face and uttered the spell.
The result was obvious. He was not good at transfiguration, but with the help of alcohol, he couldn't even recite the spell correctly.
Instead of being corrected, Ms. Greif's teeth were transformed into two long fangs by the magical power.
"Ah~~!!"
After a scream, the knight behind Ms. Greif couldn't help but punched Sir Nicholas down with one punch, took away his wand, and pushed him to the ground.
Sir Nicholas, who was on alcohol, didn't have much strength to resist, and passed out directly.
When he woke up again, he found himself in the dungeon of the castle.And the wand was nowhere to be seen.
After a moment of panic, he finally remembered everything that had happened before, and then spent the rest of the night howling, saying that he could undo the damage he had caused to Ms. Greif.
Of course it was of no use and his voice was hoarse by morning.
Then a Muggle priest came in, and the priest said a prayer for him, and then read the king's decree, and he was sentenced to death.
Sir Nicholas was dumbfounded when he heard the news. He didn't think he deserved punishment for Ms. Greif's failed transformation. At Hogwarts, the little wizard often cast spells on each other with his classmates to grow rabbit ears. , big teeth, pig tails, there are too many things.
what is this?Are you going to kill him just for a failed spell?
But the guards picked him up without any explanation and dragged him to the execution ground.
At that time, Sir Nicholas was speechless. He knelt on the stone, staring blankly at the daylight in the sky. Next to him was the tall and burly executioner. He held up a blunt ax and shined a bright light on it. , people can clearly see its rusty red traces.
"Cut my neck with a knife and save me from pain."
These were Sir Nicholas' last words.
Then, a huge pain came from his neck. Before he could feel the pain, another heavy hammer fell on his neck. In this way, a wizard was beaten to death.
This was the last day of Sir Nicholas' life.
Things developed quite unexpectedly, like a conspiracy.
In other words, this is a conspiracy.
Because in addition to this letter, the Queen also received a second letter.
The second letter was written by Anthony in his dormitory on the first day of the new year. Without the idiot Nick talking nonsense next to him, he wrote this letter very freely, reasoning out the conspiracy 500 years ago.
Anthony is not a magician, and of course he cannot know what exactly happened at that time, but Hogwarts has records that are not found in Muggle history.
After knowing the identity of the key person, a conspiracy clearly emerged in front of him.
The first is about Nick's identity and the records of Hogwarts. He is the king's bodyguard, a court magician, and a progressive wizard who is openly friendly to Muggles. '
Next is the person who caused the whole incident, the king's second queen, Lady Greif's 'disappearance', and the new queen Anne Boleyn.
This person is no ordinary person!
Because her portrait is now placed on the wall next to the spiral staircase on the third floor of Hogwarts.
Yes, this lady Anne Boleyn was also a wizard.
Then there is the eldest daughter of Henry VIII, the first heir to the throne, Lady Gray, the nine-day queen of the Tudor dynasty. She is also a wizard, and she also died from an axe. Her ghost is in Hogwarts Castle. Maintained a good relationship with Nick.
Next up was Henry VIII's chief executive, Thomas Cromwell, who also died by beheading.Although he was a Muggle, he was a powerful figure in the Tudor Dynasty, the Hand of the King, with overwhelming power.
Ha ha!
Now that everything is clear, let's look at the ultimate beneficiaries after a brutal purge.The last queen of the Tudor dynasty, Elizabeth I.
Tsk tsk!Who could her mother be?
Unsurprisingly, it was of course the wizard queen Anne Boleyn.
Look, with such scheming and methods, it can only be said that it is normal for Nick, who is born in Gryffindor, not to be able to fight against others. Nick, who has a single head and looks like a low-end version of Sirius, died in such a confused way. .Although it is sad.But in the end it was because he was so stupid.
Because of his stupidity, he not only ruined his own life, but also indirectly set off the destruction of the Tudor dynasty.
In Buckingham Palace, the Queen frowned and watched Anthony introduce the conspiracy from 500 years ago in detail.To be honest, her succession to the throne was quite smooth, and modern Britain was not as bloody as before. Didn't her uncle who gave up the throne live a good life in France?
The royal family did not persecute him. Of course, it was best not to return to the UK if nothing happened. This was an unspoken rule that everyone knew. But even if he did come back that day, the queen would not say anything. After all, no matter how much she didn't want to see him, , but the other person is her uncle after all, her father's brother, and he even helped her when she first registered.
So the current queen has not experienced such a conspiracy.The bloody scene in the royal family still slightly surprised her.
However, this did not prevent her from thinking, and soon she dispatched an oracle and sent it to Hogwarts via owl.
On the first night of the New Year, Anthony, who was having dinner in the auditorium, suddenly noticed an owl flying over from the ceiling. The letter in its mouth had the symbol he was most familiar with, the king's flag.
Sure enough, the owl landed directly in front of him.