Chapter 521: Graduation Season

After the beautiful holiday ended and Harry returned to school, he began to rethink some things he had to do. Of course, after witnessing Luo En and Eve's bold kiss at another dance, he no longer thought about the possibility of interfering with the two's emotions, but focused more on other affairs.

The most urgent one was of course the marriage with Zhang Qiu that the Chinese had been urging, but obviously, Harry had to complete his graduation. Thus, the impatient Lin Shuanghe quickly provided him with a very long, very long investigation report written from the perspective of 【Hogwarts High Inquisitor】, which attached many reform suggestions for the existing system and teaching methods, just like the report issued by the Ministry of Magic that year.

However, when Harry deleted and reduced the unrealistic parts, he found with some sadness that the part that could be used as a graduation thesis was only a few pages left.

"That's about it." On this day, Luo En saw Harry scratching his scalp and organizing the report in the dormitory again, and couldn't help but persuade him. "Didn't Arnold also produce a report of hundreds of pages that year, but the result was that no one read it at all. I have to say, this is a homework to make up the number, why are you embarrassed, it's not once or twice that we handed in plagiarized or made-up homework."

Harry rolled his eyes at him. Luo En was indeed often perfunctory, but he himself had always tried his best to finish his homework.

"Moreover, just like you said," Luo En pointed to the parchment on the table, "even if all the unrealistic things are deleted, there is still so much content."

"But so much content is all nonsense." Harry sighed. "Dozens of pages and dozens of pages introducing the status quo of Hogwarts, who doesn't know these things? What I want to do is to concisely and refinedly put forward my point of view, instead of... sigh! Moreover, these nonsense drowned out my point of view, so no one will read this report!"

"If you sincerely want to reform this school, you should go to talk to Snape, instead of writing this kind of report that is both smelly and long." Neville pointed out the core of the problem accurately.

"How much heart does the old bat have in school now?" Luo En said with dissatisfaction. "Now everyone knows he is going to be the dean of the university, how can he still look down on Hogwarts?"

"The problem is, which university?" Neville threw out this question with some intrigue.

Harry's action of organizing the thesis slowed down unconsciously, and he also began to think about this question. Yes, following Jianqiao's opening of the Royal Caria College, preparing to provide higher education for students in the Wizarding World, Oxford also immediately announced that they would recruit a batch of magical students. The name there is the Beihaim Long College.

Obviously, interested people in the Wizarding World can see that the two colleges happen to be in two directions. Behind Jianqiao is the Muggle royal family, which is related to the "legitimacy of the wizard regime in the post-Statute of Secrecy era" that the Ministry of Magic has been promoting; while behind Oxford are the old conservative wizard families headed by the Malfoy family, who hope to continue to maintain the purity of the Wizarding World in the field of higher education and avoid being "Muggle-polluted".

In this summer when all the professors revealed their intention to leave, Hogwarts is experiencing an unprecedented turmoil, the most disheartening graduation season. For this reason, some reform means that Harry carefully considered, such as interdisciplinary project practice, transparency of college points, expansion of prefect functions, etc., all seemed to have lost the object of telling.

"I think the biggest possibility is the Dragon College, he and those nobles are birds of a feather." Luo En said. "Of course, Caria College is not impossible, after all, he is also the Senior Deputy Minister."

"Yes, Snape has reasons to go to both sides, but similarly, he also has reasons not to go to both sides, he has too many identities." Neville said earnestly. "So, the biggest possibility is that he continues to serve as the headmaster of Hogwarts."

Harry didn't participate in their conversation, just continued to organize his graduation thesis. He wanted to try to write the part of his suggestions longer, so as not to be drowned by those nonsense—at the same time, he was reluctant to delete those nonsense, because he subconsciously felt that a longer thesis had no harm.

However, a few days later, Hestia Jones, who was scheduled to be hired as the new professor of Charms, moved into Hogwarts, which she always missed and always loved, impatiently, and brought the news that Professor Flitwick was preparing to go to Caria College to teach. This topic once again started a heated discussion among the students.

As soon as Harry stepped into the school gate, several Gryffindor students immediately surrounded him, shouting to ask him to explain the future of the school—although he was definitely going to have a date with Zhang Qiu, everyone felt that he must have just finished some important meeting and came back.

Looking at the young faces of the juniors, Harry also hesitated. Yes, he as a graduate can not care about the changes in the professor team, but for these children who are still learning, it is necessary to properly appease their mood.

Thus, in the Gryffindor common room, as the well-informed person who mastered the most first-hand information, Harry began to explain the changes in the school to everyone.

"What can be determined at present is that Professor Flitwick will be promoted to the vice-dean of Caria College, mainly teaching Charms and modern dueling direction. This is the news you should have just received." Harry paused. "Besides that, Professor Sinistra and Madam Pomfrey go to Caria College, Professor Slughorn and Professor Sprout go to Dragon College, which are also things that were decided before."

"And, I know what you care about, then I will say it directly: Snape will go to Dragon College to be the headmaster, and Professor McGonagall will succeed as the headmaster of Hogwarts." Harry said earnestly. "Although it is just an inference, I have 90% certainty."

"Why are you so sure?" Neville frowned and asked.

"Because if he doesn't go, Dragon College is very likely not to be opened." Harry said his reasoning. "Maybe you don't know, but in the high level of the Ministry of Magic, some factional differences have begun to show signs. The cause of the matter is the post-Statute of Secrecy theory proposed by the Prime Minister."

When he said this, Hermione happened to come out of the dormitory, and she also naturally stopped to listen.

"We all know that the current Prime Minister is promoted from the Minister for Magic. His understanding of the status quo of the two worlds is that the Muggle Prime Minister must understand magic. For this, the best way is for wizards to be Muggle Prime Ministers. This almost received the support of everyone in the Wizarding World at the beginning. After all, old pure-bloods couldn't refuse the saying of 'wizard rules Muggles'. But this led to a problem, the wizard Prime Minister must understand Muggle affairs, then it is inevitable to have a batch of wizards to learn Muggle things, which is unacceptable to old pure-bloods." Harry summarized the political wind of this year. "And between, our Minister for Magic is a neutral faction who is curious about everything Muggle, but firmly refuses to participate in Muggle affairs... very magical. But although it is neutral, he is from the Order of the Phoenix, and Doge is actively participating in Muggle affairs, undoubtedly the Prime Minister faction."

"Plus Voldemort's matter, the conservative faction is in a state of being unable to lift their heads in front of the Ministry of Magic and the Prime Minister, plus the support of the Order of the Phoenix, I once suspected that they were going to settle down." Harry said while sorting out his thoughts. "But obviously, our wizard Prime Minister is not very popular in the Muggle World, some Muggle politicians and conservative wizards—this kind of enemy's enemy—formed an alliance, so they still have to muster the courage to express some resistance, which led to Dragon College."

"Then, speaking of which, if you were Snape, a person with influence and who can choose to support either side, how would you choose?" Harry looked at the students. "If Snape chooses to stand on the Prime Minister's side, Dragon College is afraid that it will be difficult to move in the Wizarding World; if Snape stands on the conservative side, the situation can still be said to be balanced."

"But it is also possible to really let those stinky nobles taste the feeling of being difficult to move." A little fat man in the crowd said.

"If our headmaster wants to do this," Harry recalled the changes in the situation over the past few years, "he could have done this during the first post-war liquidation, but he didn't—the fact is, he has always believed that certain different opinions should be retained. Maybe we might not agree with this thinking on some issues, but at least in the field of higher education, I think, a little appropriate competition is not a bad thing, what do you think?"

What made Harry unexpected was that after he finished these words, not many people in the crowd showed a sudden realization or thoughtful expression. On the contrary, many people showed dissatisfied expressions, some started whispering "Snape and them are indeed a gang".

"Er, students, we can actually jump out of the college thinking and try to understand Snape more macroscopically." Harry explained awkwardly.

"But, macroscopically, will he stand on the conservative side from beginning to end?" A thin girl said. "I think this is also reasonable."

"After all, he is from the Snake House." Another voice echoed.

"If he wasn't birds of a feather with those people, he wouldn't have been sorted into the Snake House at the beginning." Sharp words started to emerge among the students.

"I don't even dare to think why he wants to cooperate with the Order of the Phoenix, I am afraid it is ulterior motives..."

Harry tried to turn the topic direction back, but the children still insisted on looking at Snape with colored glasses—in the end, before the topic became irreparable, he announced the dismissal in time.

The crowd in the common room dispersed. At this time, Harry noticed that Hermione had been watching here, but she seemed to have other things to do, just smiled at him and left. In the end, he just walked toward the dormitory with a trace of embarrassment of not being understood. ===== CHAPTER 522 =====