Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 277 The Turbulence from Hogwarts

Whether it is the original plot of the DC comics or Lin You’s personal experience, Constantine is undoubtedly a "trouble maker".

John Constantine, born in 1953, is now forty years old, which is the golden period of a man's life. His handsome appearance, gloomy and unruly temperament shaped by his complicated experiences, and his sunny and free-spirited smile from time to time quickly captured the hearts of the little witches.

Compared to Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, who was a figurehead and pretentious professor last school year, a man like Constantine who has been baptized by the years is more likely to make young girls fall in love. The little witches' attitude towards the former is more like worship, while the latter is charming.

Of course, given the traditional customs of the UK, those who are fascinated by Constantine may not be limited to witches.

As a result of its popularity, "rumors" of a "teacher-student romance" began to spread soon after the school started; the male protagonist of the "rumor" was naturally the charming professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but there were five or six different versions of the female protagonist, covering almost all sixth and seventh grades of the four colleges.

The "rumor" spread quickly from Hogwarts Castle and was officially reported in the Daily Prophet in less than a month.

Rita Skeeter, who is known for her ability to capture hot topics and sensationalize, wrote the column at a rapid pace.

"The new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is surprisingly popular with students, especially female students; perhaps not surprisingly, considering the performance of his predecessor, Gilderoy Lockhart.

...The author can't help but come up with a seemingly absurd but reasonable guess: when the great Professor Dumbledore hired professors, he might consider more about their popularity among the opposite sex (not excluding the same sex) rather than their academic and teaching level..."

The media reports sparked quite a bit of controversy, but the most resolute defenders of Professor Constantine were the female students at Hogwarts. More than one little witch wrote to her parents and newspapers, denouncing the Daily Prophet's false reports and proving that Professor Constantine was a gentleman who adhered to moral standards.

However, considering that those who defended Constantine were all students below the fifth grade, and none of the young female wizards in the sixth and seventh grades spoke up, the credibility of the so-called "gentleman who abides by the rules" is inevitably questionable.

For example, Count Goff speculated that perhaps Constantine adhered not to moral standards but to personal aesthetics.

The controversy caused by Constantine is not just about the "teacher-student love affair", more importantly, it is about the content of his lectures.

Rita Skeeter's column says: "The new professor's lesson plans are full of hell, devils, sulfur, hexagrams, etc., as if he is not teaching defense against the dark arts, but Muggle necromancy rituals.

These contents even have a ridiculous name: "Demonology"; but wizards all know that it is just a few stupid Muggles who accidentally discovered the existence of wizards and magic. Muggles covet this power that does not belong to them, so much so that they are willing to sell their souls to make ridiculous attempts.

I doubt whether young wizards need to learn such stupid and useless "knowledge" - if it can be called "knowledge"? The only thing we are sure of is that the pitiful and ridiculous attempts of Muggles pose almost no threat to wizards. "

Compared to the groundless romance rumors, Constantine's teaching content actually caused a bigger stir; it also took only one month for the related controversy to become rampant.

In the end, Dumbledore had to speak out: "Wizards have been too negligent about the threat from the other world. Sacrificing to demons and using demonic power seem pathetic and ridiculous in the wizarding world, but they are passed down in the Muggle community and have even intensified in recent years. If wizards are interested, they can check the historical records. The demonic power that occasionally invades the wizarding world through the Muggle population has caused heavy casualties to wizards more than once. It is a good thing for children to have more common sense about this."

Dumbledore is a recognized great wizard. People not only recognize his magical power, but also his erudition. When he stood up for the new professor, the controversy in the public opinion field immediately subsided. Although people like Rita Skeeter are still picking faults and even provoking, they can't cause much trouble.

By confusing right and wrong, Rita Skeeter can wantonly discredit Dumbledore's character, morals, attitude, and physical health, but she cannot deny his actual academic level.

Although public opinion overwhelmed the doubters, information received by Earl Goff showed that Constantine also quietly modified the lesson plan and added a lot of content from the regular textbooks.

As time went by, not only the turmoil within Hogwarts Castle, but even the panic caused by Sirius Black's prison break gradually subsided.

Looking at the increasingly peaceful wizarding world, Lin You also felt happy; because the first round of the Hogwarts intramural Quidditch competition was also completed in a calm and safe atmosphere.

The Dementor uprising in the original plot did not happen.

Earl Goff has a wealth of intelligence sources and he knows very well the reasons for this plot change.

It's not that there are no Dementors patrolling around Hogwarts Castle, nor that the heated emotions on the Quidditch field have no impact, but that someone drives the Dementors away from the field in advance on every match day.

That person is Remus Lupin, who has been living in Hogsmeade since the start of the school year. It is unknown whether Harry Potter will have the opportunity to learn the "Patronus Charm" and use it to drive away the Dementors at the end of the school year after losing this mentor and close friend of his father's generation.

Could it be that the result of the plot change is that Sirius had his soul sucked away and died instantly?
As the plot line changes further, Lin You can almost hear the footsteps of the "unknown" knocking on the door. Interestingly, before the "unknown" actually arrives, someone from the Ministry of Magic knocks on the door of Forrest Manor.

The person who came was the Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, but he was not accompanied by Dumbledore, but by a tall and strong middle-aged man with short golden hair and blue eyes.

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Count." Fudge introduced enthusiastically, "This is Mr. Ludo Bagman, Director of the Department of Magical Sports and Physical Education at the Ministry of Magic."

"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Count. It's our first meeting, please take care of me." Bagman looked at Count Goff eagerly; for someone he met for the first time, his behavior was a little too attentive.

Lin You was very familiar with this look because he had seen it on others more than once in the past; the most impressive person with a similar look was called Mundungus Fletcher.

This kind of eager gaze is usually not because of seeing a person, but more like seeing a large pile of shining gold galleons.

(End of this chapter)