According to the latest report Ludo had submitted yesterday, Fudge was already on the verge of being forced from office, and many of his decrees would be rejected.
Even though those pure-blood families secretly following Voldemort were still supporting Fudge and doing their best to help him maintain the current situation, the collapse was unstoppable. Within half a year at most, Fudge would be completely thrown out of the Ministry of Magic—he might even disappear in the literal sense.
After all, his recent madness had offended quite a few neutral pure-bloods, and they were no harmless bunch either.
Unless Fudge was willing to voluntarily give up power now, he might still be able to secure a powerless advisory position at the Ministry of Magic, keep his miserable life, and live out his old age in peace.
But Fudge would definitely refuse to accept such a miserable reality. He had opposed Dumbledore in the first place because he craved power.
Making him give up power now... that would be worse than killing him.
And the pink toad's appearance at Hogwarts was Fudge's final struggle within what little authority he still possessed.
Combining the information provided by Ludo, Rita, and Dobby, Fudge was likely still pursuing his original goal: attacking Dumbledore's reputation directly.
Since fabricating dirt in the newspapers had not worked, he would manipulate Dumbledore into creating dirt himself, making Professor Dumbledore ruin his own name.
Thus, Fudge had first learned from old Lucius and young Draco that Hogwarts professors did not particularly follow the curriculum set by the Wizarding Examinations Authority during lessons.
For Transfiguration and Herbology, Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout would at least roughly refer to the curriculum's required pace.
But for classes such as Potions and Divination, the professors had always tossed the curriculum aside and advanced