Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 269: Actively Creating the "Unknown"
It was not until the Minister of Magic disappeared into the fireplace that Dumbledore, who had been silent and watching from the sidelines, finally spoke. He sighed and said, "You frightened Fudge. The Ministry of Magic has been criticized for housing Dementors as jailers, and you are planning to breed Dementors."

"Perhaps in the eyes of the Minister, I have become synonymous with Ekridis?" Lin You smiled and mentioned the famous dark wizard who lived in the 15th century; he is generally recognized as the builder of Azkaban Castle, and he also created the dark creatures such as Dementors.

In the wizarding world, dark wizards are also divided into different levels; the difference between the dark wizards who were captured and imprisoned in Azkaban and the dark wizards who created Azkaban is obvious.

"You don't seem to mind having a bad reputation." Dumbledore's eyes showed a probing look. "Do you think there will be any benefit in making yourself notorious?"

Although he was over a hundred years old, Dumbledore was still as sharp as a fairy. Compared to the Minister of Magic, who seemed a little clever but actually had a slow reaction, the headmaster of Hogwarts saw through Lin You's hidden intentions at a glance.

"About a century after Ekridis, there was a Muggle scholar named Machiavelli. He wrote a book called The Prince. There is a sentence in the book that gives a concise summary of how a monarch can establish his authority: As a monarch, it is safer to be feared than to be loved."

With his wisdom and experience, Dumbledore naturally understood such a straightforward point of view. He also understood why the previous conflict between the two sides in the trade warehouse had escalated to the point of armed confrontation. The old wizard's eyes deepened a little, and he looked at the boy in front of him carefully.

"That is the way of a monarch; do you consider yourself a king?"

"I don't have the title or crown of a king, but..." Lin You looked at the old wizard calmly, "For wizards, the power I hold and the influence I have on the magic world are actually not much different from those of a king."

Dumbledore withdrew his gaze and remained silent. If we compare the British wizarding world to a sparsely populated city-state, and then compare it with the power of the kings in medieval Europe, there is nothing wrong with what Lin You said. In some aspects, Earl Goff took the initiative to restrain his desire for power, otherwise he would not have rejected the elder of Gringotts.

Even further, in the feudal system of ancient Europe that divided the country into pieces, except for a few powerful rulers such as Louis XIV, there were few kings who had the deterrence and influence on the people to the level of Lin You.

"But you can also choose to use this power and influence to help more people. You can have both fear and love; that's what people call 'awe'." Dumbledore proved it with just one sentence. He had also read "The Prince".

"The magic world doesn't need a beloved 'outsider'." Lin You sneered, "At the same time, there are too many stupid and bad guys who can't tell the difference between tolerance and weakness, and covet the huge benefits in the hands of others. I don't think I'm a good person, and I won't tolerate others pointing a gun at my head."

These suggestive words left Dumbledore at a loss for how to respond; the most powerful wizard in the entire wizarding world had just been driven off the headmaster's throne by a pure-blood noble using a small trick not long ago - although only temporarily.

If the person in Dumbledore's position was replaced by Lin You or any Earl Goff, do you think Malfoy would dare to play tricks? A clown-like thing.

"I can understand that you don't like Dementors and you don't want people from the Ministry of Magic to get involved in the trade; but you can take other approaches - more peaceful approaches. You can even prevent them from entering the Forresters' warehouse in the first place," Dumbledore suggested helplessly.

Lin You spread his hands, "Then the Ministry of Magic will accuse me of undermining the public safety of the wizarding world. Why should I do that? It's so good now. The Dementors have caused trouble. No matter what I do next, I will have a reason. Not only can I lose my temper for a reason, but I can also drive away the Aurors with a clear conscience." "If you do this, you will attract the hostility of the entire Ministry of Magic. Fear cannot prevent the emergence of challengers." Dumbledore said earnestly, "Although Fudge chose to compromise, there are more people in the Ministry of Magic who want to make a tough voice. Scrimgeour even proposed to dispatch all Aurors to surround Forrester Manor."

Lin You's eyes lit up at first, but then he was disappointed: "Why didn't he come? Why did you stop him?"

Dumbledore was almost pissed off by this look of wanting nothing but chaos in the world. "It's better... stop it! The people in the Ministry of Magic just instinctively want to expand the boundaries of their power. This is the natural tendency of every authority. They are not targeting you or your family."

"So I have to fight them back tit for tat and teach them to suppress their instinct of power - at least when facing the Forresters." Lin You said calmly, "And I am helping you by choosing to start a war, Professor Dumbledore."

Dumbledore said unhappily, "Help me? You want me, a man over a hundred years old, to be urgently summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Magic during my holidays, and then have to accompany the Minister of Magic to visit your home in the middle of the night? If you want to help me, I would rather have a good night's sleep."

"Really? When the Dementors surround Hogwarts Castle, you will be able to sleep peacefully?" Lin You asked with a half-smile, "But I heard that the Ministry of Magic has decided that if Sirius Black is not arrested by the start of the school year, Dementors will be sent to Hogsmeade to guard all the entrances and exits of Hogwarts."

The headmaster of Hogwarts's face immediately turned gloomy; he already knew about the Ministry's plan and had objected to it, but the Ministry was determined to do so.

All we can say is that the author, Ms. Rowling, has captured the behavior of Western politicians to the core: either do nothing, or go to extremes and make big news; and it is unknown whether doing or not doing anything will result in a worse outcome.

"Just because the Dementors sensed the excitement of dozens of Muggle fans, they went out of control and rioted. There are thousands of teachers and students living in Hogwarts, and most of them are passionate and unrestrained teenagers. Speaking of football games, there is also Quidditch in the school. I am very curious, when the game is in progress, if the Dementors sense the enthusiasm of hundreds of teachers and students, what will happen?"

Having said that, there was no more expression on Dumbledore's face except for the lividity; he left in the same haste as Cornelius Fudge, while Lin You laughed "happily" behind him.

On the second day of the new school year, there was no news in the news media or other information channels about the Dementors searching the Hogwarts Express and causing a riot.

It was not until this time that Lin You was roughly certain that he had successfully changed a small part of the plot of the Harry Potter story.

Whether it belongs to the category of “unknown” remains to be seen.

(End of this chapter)