Summer Recap

Prefect are an important part of the Hogwarts administration system and are usually students in their fifth year or above.

Each college selects one male and one female presiding Prefect from the fifth-year students to serve as presiding officers, and they continue to fulfill this role in the sixth and seventh years. Therefore, each college has six Prefect at the same time, for a total of twenty-four across the university. They assist professors in managing students, maintaining order, delivering notices, and organizing various campus activities.

In other words, the Prefect have become distinct from ordinary students and have become part of the school's management.

They have the power to deduct points from students. Although the dean of the college can check the point deduction records, they rarely interfere unless the student is strongly dissatisfied with the reason for the point deduction and files an appeal, and the success rate of the appeal is not high.

It's fair to say that at Hogwarts, offending Prefect rarely ends well—after all, who hasn't broken the rules at some point?

Having someone watching you who can deduct points at any time is definitely not a pleasant thing. Therefore, most students will try their best to avoid provoking or offending the Prefect, and some students will even put aside their dignity to flatter and fawn over them, which gives the Prefect considerable authority.

Besides the power to deduct points, Prefect enjoy many special privileges. For example, they have their own Prefect carriage on the Hogwarts Express, access to luxurious Prefects' Bathroom within the school, private lounges in their dormitories, free access to the Restricted Section of the library, and even exclusive services provided by House Elf.

For ambitious or power-hungry students, becoming Prefect is undoubtedly their first step toward the core of power. Many use this position to build influence among their peers and even younger students, and this influence often extends beyond graduation.

In addition, the Prefect themselves have formed a relatively close-knit circle, and this network may bring many opportunities in the future.

The next step up for Prefect is the Head Boy, which is the highest position students can hold.

The Head Boy is selected annually from all students, one male and one female, usually a graduating seventh-year student, for a one-year term. They not only manage the Prefect but also participate in some school decisions and even have the opportunity to meet with the Hogwarts Board of Governors to offer advice.

Generally, the Head Boy is chosen from among the Prefect, but there are exceptions, such as Harry Potter's father James Potter, who rose directly from a regular student to Head Boy. However, whether it is Prefect or Head Boy, their selection criteria remain the same—they must be the most outstanding students in their grade or even the entire school.

At Hogwarts, being "outstanding" doesn't just mean academic excellence; many other important qualities are also considered.

This undisclosed and opaque standard is decided by the headmaster alone, which is Dumbledore's opinion. Other professors, house deans, and even the Board of Governors have no right to raise objections. If Dumbledore thinks you are suitable to be Prefect, then you are Prefect; nothing else matters.

Dumbledore was never a fair person.

Putting aside the issue of a bully becoming the Head Boy, for the past three years, the male Head Boy has always been a Gryffindor student; throughout the entire book, all the known male and female Head Boy, apart from Voldemort, have been Gryffindor Dumbledore, McGonagall, James, Lily, Bill, and Percy.

If it weren't for Skylar's intervention that allowed Cedric to survive, the position would probably have gone to Gryffindor again.

This is also why Skylar constantly tried every means to accumulate glory and fame during his first four years at Hogwarts. Because the only thing Dumbledore cared about was the will of the people. When Skylar successfully united the people and became the uncrowned king whom everyone hoped for, even Dumbledore could not go against the will of the people.

On the last night before the start of the semester, Skylar returned to Ella Cottage after a tearful farewell to Phoebe. As night fell, a warm fire burned in the fireplace, illuminating the furnishings and casting his slightly furrowed brow as he pondered.

He sat in an armchair, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, fingers interlaced, his gaze fixed intently on the chessboard on the table like that of a hawk. On the board, black and white pieces were scattered about, some already fallen, representing the losers in this game, while the remaining pieces were in a delicate balance, as if waiting for Skylar's next move.

Directly in front of him, Sarf, Savannah, Katarin, Night Cat, and Thousand Charms stood in a neat row, backs straight, expressionless, as silent as shadows in the darkness. Their breathing was extremely steady, their gazes calm and sharp, their bodies without any unnecessary movements, like the most elite iron-blooded warriors, awaiting Skylar's command.

Skylar closed his eyes, his mind racing through the various changes that had occurred throughout the summer, meticulously analyzing each key moment to ensure that no detail of his plan was overlooked. His thoughts, like a spiderweb, crisscrossed and expanded, piecing together all the information into a clear strategic map.

Then, he slowly opened his eyes, tapped the armrest with his fingertips, reached out and moved a chess piece on the chessboard, and began to deduce and calculate the latest situation in the wizarding world.

The Shadow of the Magic Dragon's forces suffered further heavy losses—original intelligence indicated they should still have over thirty members, but he annihilated twenty-four of them in Valley of Giants, leaving them with less than twenty, completely weakening the dark organization's fighting strength.

Voldemort is now all alone. His Death Eaters have all been wiped out, and his plans to recruit Werewolf and Giant have been thwarted by Skylar. The Giant Tribe he once relied on no longer obey him, and only Fenrir and eight Werewolf remain to struggle on the Werewolf side.

More importantly, Skylar had already planted Snape as a hidden pawn by his side, keeping every move under control.

Supreme Wizard Alliance, Grindelwald has already appeared and recovered some of his strength. Based on Skylar's current understanding of him, it is unlikely that this person will be his enemy. On the contrary, he is a good pawn to be used to balance the Ministry of Magic and the International Confederation of Wizards.

Skylar's strategy also yielded significant results with the Order of the Order of the Phoenix.

Arthur Weasley lost his job at the Ministry of Magic, which not only worsened his family's financial situation but also completely destroyed any remaining influence he had within the Ministry of Magic.

Mundungus Fletcher had his memory completely erased and sent to North America. He is now considered by the Order of the Order of the Phoenix to be of unknown fate, which directly led to them losing their intelligence source in Knockturn Alley.

After Kingsley Shacklebolt's death, the only Auror in the Order of the Phoenix was Nymphadora Tonks, whom he had completely subdued and who was now his spy within the Order of the Phoenix. Any intelligence they obtained regarding the Ministry of Magic had to be screened and controlled by Skylar.

Recently, Sturgis Podmore was also inexplicably arrested by the Ministry of Magic, further exacerbating the already strained manpower shortage of the Order of the Order of the Phoenix.

Skylar pondered his next strategy. A slight smile played on his lips—the situation was becoming increasingly clear; the Order of the Phoenix, the Death Eaters, and the Shadow of the Magic Dragon had all been greatly weakened through his meticulous planning.

The Sleeping Dragon Society, on the other hand, is the exact opposite.

Knockturn Alley was firmly under control; intelligence outposts in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade Village were established; and an intelligence network covering every corner of Great Britain was at his disposal...

Crouch subdues the MacFusty Clan, regains control of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and resolves the long-term supply problem of Potions ingredients...

He subdued the Werewolf and Giant, forged an alliance with the Goblin, recruited eight Death Eaters, annihilated House of Avery, and unified the extremist faction of the Pure-blood families...

He gained followers in Durmstrang, forged alliances in Germany and Northern Europe, made business investments and partnerships, and expanded his influence...

He captured Mundungus and extracted the complete list of the Order of the Phoenix, recruited Nymphadora, planted spies within the Death Eaters and the Order of the Phoenix, recruited Maxime, and took control of Beauxbatons...

Everything is moving in a positive direction.

The sleeping dragon is finally about to awaken and take its first flight!

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