Schemes and Stratagems Arise

"You deserve that praise," Skylar said with a smile, then his expression turned serious. "The various factions within the Ministry of Magic have always been xenophobic, and for an unknown wizard to become such a sought-after figure—I find this very suspicious. Instruct Pierre Sworth to send more people to monitor this Gulie Misted... Also, instruct Rita to investigate his background... I suspect this might not even be his real name..."

Susan hadn't expected that her casual, unconfident suggestion would be taken so seriously by Skylar. Her expression immediately turned serious, and she said, "Understood. I'll prioritize getting this done later."

"Hmm," Skylar then asked, "Is there anything else about the Ministry of Magic worth mentioning?"

"And then there are some—" Susan said slowly, "Regarding the Auror, Scrimgeour has been making great efforts to reorganize internally. Some of the more unruly Auror have been temporarily suspended, and a few of them are quite powerful in magic." Susan said, "Scrimgeour doesn't have a better way to deal with them. After all, they haven't done anything wrong, and we can't really fire them."

Skylar nodded in understanding. Even though Scrimgeour was nominally the leader of all Auror, as the highest fighting force in the Ministry of Magic, how could the Auror not have internal power struggles? Especially with the involvement of various political factions, it was not surprising that there were dissidents.

In the original story, Aurors Tonks and Kingsley were Dumbledore's spies, and Umbridge was able to use five Aurors, including John Dexter, to arrest the innocent Hagrid without the approval of the Department of Justice. This clearly shows that she also had her confidants among the Aurors.

The original world is like a fairy tale. After the young hero Harry defeats the evil villain, everything ends happily. In reality, Voldemort only represents the conservative ideology of the political and business world, and the three powerless kids are at most just puppets to be manipulated by various political forces.

Although Rowling has spoken about the characters' fates after the ending, Skylar sometimes suspects that Rowling is just making things up—since Skylar traveled into this real world, and Rowling finished writing * Deathly Hallows * in 2007, when Hermione had only graduated nine years prior, how could Rowling know what would happen next?

In short, it's always good to be Mind's Eye.

Susan spoke clearly, "Since Kingsley Shacklebolt's death, Fudge's confidants have become John Dawlish and Williamson; and at least three Auror have chosen to side with Umbridge. Although their identities are not yet 100% certain, I have some leads..."

"Very well, send a copy of these materials to Scrimgeour— " Skylar sneered, "But tell him not to alert them for now. Next school year, we'll still need Fudge and Umbridge to keep Dumbledore in check, so we'll have to give them a few Auror troops."

"Then, there shouldn't be any major personnel reshuffles." After a moment of thought, Susan said, "If I had to say, Cuthbert Mokrich has retired from his position as director of the Goblin Liaison Office, and he's been replaced by a young man Dirk Claysway..."

A glint flashed in Skylar's eyes. Having read the original work thoroughly in his previous life, he was naturally familiar with the name Dirk Clyde.

Dirk Clysway, born into Muggle family, attends Ravenclaw House and is one year below Lily Potter. During his time at Ravenclaw, he displayed exceptional academic talent, achieving outstanding OWL grades. In his sixth year, he also minored in a foreign language— Gobbledegook —in addition to his main subject, and became one of Slughorn's most outstanding students.

After Dirk started working, Dirk continued to keep in touch with Professor Slughorn and often shared inside information about Gringotts Wizarding Bank with him. In the original book, Dumbledore even mentioned that Slughorn's good relationship with Clydeway could give him the opportunity to recommend a clerk to the Goblin Liaison Office.

Unfortunately, this talented individual was killed after Voldemort took control of the Britain Ministry of Magic. To save his life, Dirk attempted to forge a family tree to prove his wizarding identity, but was exposed by Albert Runcorn. To avoid being sent to Azkaban, he knocked out the Auror escorting him and escaped, but was eventually caught and killed by the Snatchers.

Of course, Skylar would never allow this to happen in this world.

A sparsely populated magical world cannot develop and reform without talented individuals; every single one of them is invaluable.

"As far as I know, Clyde's eldest son Gabriel, just enrolled last September at Ravenclaw House — Cho Chang, Luna," Skylar said, looking at the two women, "Are you familiar with him?"

Cho Chang shook her head slightly. She and Luna were both responsible for recruiting young wizards for the Sleeping Dragon Society in Ravenclaw, but she and Clysway were four years apart.

Luna smiled and said, "I know him. He's got a lot of Wrackspurt around him..." She said softly, "He doesn't seem to fit into small groups easily. I've tried to persuade him... I think he believes me..."

"Very well, Susan, send a letter to Professor Slughorn, have him remind Mr. Claysway to rest assured that the Sleeping Dragon Society will take care of his child—" Skylar said coldly, "Of course, not for free. I need a position in the Goblin Office, and I know he can get it."

Skylar then looked at Gulie and Vinia and said, "I remember there are quite a few members of the Sleeping Dragon Society who are about to graduate, right?"

"Yes," Gulie replied in a deep voice, "Including the two of us, there are 12 people in total."

"I'll leave this matter to you, Gulie," Skylar said. "Make the arrangements and see who's suitable to be placed in the Goblin Liaison Office."

"Good."

"The rest of them?" Skylar asked, "Do they all have plans after graduation?"

"Three people will be joining the Ministry of Magic. They'll first try out for the Auror selection—" Gulie thought for a moment, "Two plan to go back to help manage the family business, one will go to St. Mungo's's to apply for a healer position, and the rest haven't decided where to go yet."

"Those who haven't decided where to go yet, stay and help me!" Skylar said. "The Miraculous Alchymia in Hogsmeade Village is my property. They can work there nominally, but actually use the Secret Passage there to come here and help Susan with intelligence work. Salary and benefits are not a problem; I guarantee it won't be worse than working outside."

"Alright!" Gulie and Vinia exchanged a glance and said, "Then let's make the arrangements now—so they don't change their plans. As for those who applied for jobs at the Ministry of Magic and St. Mungo's's, if they don't succeed in the end, we'll arrange for them to come here as well."

Seeing that Skylar nodded, the two immediately set off.