The End of May
Wind of the Sleep God proudly presents <Hogwarts: The Rise of Malfoy>, exclusively released for the first time!
A few more days passed, and March arrived in the blink of an eye.
After March, the weather became a bit clearer, but if students went outdoors, the biting cold wind could still make their hands and faces sting.
Just as Skylar had predicted, the investigation into the student disappearances made no progress and stalled. Accompanied by Dumbledore, the two Auror investigated all the upperclassmen and questioned all the portraits, statues, and Ghost, but still found nothing. Even if the four families who had lost their children were still dissatisfied, they had lost the ability to continue causing trouble.
After all, Dumbledore is still the most powerful wizard of this century and the spiritual leader of the Europe wizarding world. The fact that he is willing to take the time to actively cooperate with the investigation is already a testament to his good temper. But this does not mean that he is a spineless man who can be manipulated at will, nor does it mean that he will allow the Ministry of Magic's influence to further infiltrate Hogwarts.
In his heart, Hogwarts was a pure land of education, and he would never allow politics to invade the campus!
The four families who lost their children had no choice but to give up. As for what new plans they might be plotting in secret, that's another matter, and we won't go into that here.
As for the rest of the people, they can live their lives as they always have.
On the surface, nothing has changed, but anyone caught in the vortex knows that everything has actually changed.
As mentioned earlier, although Pure-blood families share a common ideology and are all advocates of Pure-blood Supremacy, they are not truly a close-knit alliance. For the sake of family interests, development, and survival, each family actually has its own ulterior motives.
The House of Malfoy has always appeared to be the most successful, but in reality, there are many Pure-blood families who look down on the House of Malfoy's nouveau riche lifestyle. These families, such as Selwyn, Carrow, Avery, Yaxley, and even the now-extinct Lestrange and Rowle, have always harbored the intention to unite and suppress the House of Malfoy.
Those second-tier families, such as Wakanda and Bletchley Family, were originally subordinate to these sovereign families, but as these sovereign families showed signs of decline, they gradually developed different intentions.
Following the student disappearance, the Wankanda Family was extremely pleased with their foresight. After gaining the friendship of the House of Malfoy, Skylar's business collaborations with them had enabled them to amass a great fortune, and the family's eldest daughter Narelle, had also fulfilled her wish of becoming the sixth-year Prefect.
In contrast, the House of Bletchley, who bet on the wrong side and chose the wrong side, suffered greatly. Mr. Bletchley Family, who was originally a director in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, was inexplicably suppressed and transferred to the Centaur Liaison Office of the Department of Biological Management and Control for making a minor mistake.
As is widely known, although the Centaur Liaison Office exists within the Ministry of Magic, the proud Centaur have never used it, making it essentially a sinecure. In other words, Mr. Bletchley Family has been marginalized from the center of power. Even Miles Bletchley Family, the family's most promising heir, has mysteriously disappeared. Anyone with eyes to see can tell that the House of Bletchley's impending doom is looming.
These two families are just two examples of the most obvious changes.
In this rapidly changing situation, as long as no fool is in charge, seeing the starkly different fates of these two families, most people can sense the future trend and make corresponding responses and new choices. In a short time, undercurrents of personnel transfers began to appear in the political, business, and even student factions within Hogwarts world.
Skylar's reputation was further enhanced after Druella's funeral and the Second Task the Triwizard Tournament.
At Druella's funeral, many neutral, neutral, moderate, and even profit-driven Pure-blood families saw an opportunity in the attitude Skylar displayed.
In the second competition, although Skylar didn't score the highest, his method of completing the challenge was undoubtedly the most dazzling and awe-inspiring. Dumbledore's comments on Skylar's Transfiguration spread, and with the media's overwhelming coverage, almost the entire Europe wizarding world heard about Skylar's innovation in Transfiguration. Even Zhang He, far away in China, heard about it and wrote a letter to Skylar to verify the matter.
Reputation is like a snowball; once it accumulates to a certain level and breaks through a threshold, it will experience explosive growth. With several powerful families, such as Carrow, McLaggen, Runcorn, taking the lead in currying favor with the Skylar House of Malfoy, the banner bearing Schelling as its representative was quickly raised.
Soon, other small and medium-sized families, or even business families that were still observing, followed suit, eager to show their allegiance to the House of Malfoy and express their willingness to join them. Among them were even many families that were originally affiliated with Selwyn, Avery, and Yaxley, who were not afraid to openly change their allegiance and join the House of Malfoy's camp.
The House of Malfoy's power has once again reached its zenith. The last time the House of Malfoy was so powerful was during the reign of the tenth patriarch, Septimus (whose then Minister for Magic, Osbert, became his puppet).
After Draco wrote a letter to Lucius, the latter reluctantly abandoned his belief in Pure-blood Supremacy. Throughout his life, he had been instilled with the idea of pure -Pure-blood Pure-blood Supremacy by his family elders and friends, making the concept deeply ingrained in his mind. When Skylar first proposed a new direction for the family that went against Pure-blood Supremacy, even though Skylar was his beloved son, he may not have said much, but he was deeply displeased.
This doesn't mean he's truly foolish. In his view, Skylar's momentum is now unstoppable.
The House of Malfoy may seem incredibly powerful at the moment, but he knows perfectly well that these families and forces that come to form alliances, befriend, attach themselves to, and rely on him are actually all drawn by Skylar's reputation. It's less about allying with the Malfoy and more about allying with Skylar himself.
To put it bluntly, Skylar has successfully stirred up a storm in the Britain wizarding world, and has even become one of the centers of that storm.
At this moment, Skylar was fully aware of the situation in the Britain wizarding world, and even of every major event happening within Britain. This was because the four House Elf were constantly Apparition throughout Britain, tirelessly relaying intelligence from all over the Britain to Skylar or Daphne. Apart from truly crucial intelligence that required the Sprite to report directly to Skylar, other matters, such as the allegiance and defection of various small and medium-sized families, were generally handled by Daphne Skylar.
As the eldest daughter of the Greengrass Family, Daphne received family training from a young age and was adept at understanding the power struggles and intrigues between different families. As a noble lady from a prestigious family, she indeed possessed an aura that could command respect, making everyone who met her (the Sprite used Apparition to take her out) submit to her and regard her as if she were Skylar.
Skylar himself was hiding in the laboratory within the Suitcase Space.
He knew the time was ripe; it was time to move the Sleeping Dragon Society into its planned second phase.
Before that, he needs to master a spell!