bat, grimm and the cat can fix it (Translation)

Politics is tough business

Harry looked at Lucius Malfoy in fascination, he had never seen the man so passionate and, he was carried away.
.his father got him out of his daydreams.
"Can we postpone the conversation until later?I try to teach the students manners, and you two ruin everything by not even noticing the two boys, not to mention saying hello. "
The rebuke had sat, Sirius and Lucius got up immediately.
.sirius hugged Harry and then held out his hand to Draco. Lucius did it the other way around.
"Good afternoon, Harry, good to see you again."
The young hero almost melted away at the charming smile. .but then remembered the advice his two friends had given him. He had to concentrate.
“Good afternoon, Mr. Malfoy, I'm very happy too. .please don't let Draco and me bother you, the conversation was quite interesting. "
"I can only agree with that," Draco said.
Both boys sit down and Severus handed them tea. .oskar was doing gymnastics on Harry's shoulder and Beast made himself comfortable on the boy's lap.
"You always have them with you?" As he spoke, Lucius pointed to the book and the figure.
Harry cleared his throat nervously:
.“They don't like it when I leave them alone. Unfortunately, Hedwig is a little jealous. She hasn't been busy lately, and owls aren't allowed into dormitories. .she is often alone, but I try to visit her at least once a day. "
"Then maybe you should give her more to do," suggested Draco.
“What a wise suggestion. And who should I write to? .all of my friends are here at the school, as are my parents, ”Harry reminded him.
"You could borrow the owl lady to Sirius, the man will have a lot of mail to answer in the near future. .and, if your confidante does not agree, then you are welcome to write to me, I would be very happy about it. Unfortunately, Draco is extremely lazy to write, ”Lucius said, smiling at Harry endearingly.
.immediately the boy blushed and stuttered something to himself. It was only with difficulty that an affirmative answer came out of the babbling.
Severus glared at his friend, not having to embarrass Harry that much. .the aristocrat, however, was not aware of any guilt. He thought his idea was nice. He also liked to see the young hero blush so much.

Draco, inadvertently, helped Harry out of his embarrassment.
"What was your argument about earlier?"
.Lucius was instantly back in his element.
“I tried to persuade this stubborn man to finally take on his duties as the last Black. And don't come back to me with Narcissa now, nobody takes the woman for full anymore. "
.“I told you that I've been doing this for a long time. I was at the ministry when the wind cut happened. And otherwise I try to use my influence wherever I can. .You can't ask me to sit in an office eight hours a day and let these idiots talk me through. "
.."So you would like our next minister to be a man, or a woman, Albus Dumbledore's caliber?" It came back provocatively.
"Of course not, but you can't tell me that my voice has so much weight?"
."It depends on how many people are behind your opinion," said Lucius.
Harry's head was already spinning.
"Excuse me?"
"We're not in school, you don't need to be so formal," Severus smirked.
.“Okay, but I don't quite understand. Back when the thing with the Dementors was on the train, you said to me that the minister had not yet started school because he wanted to make himself popular with his constituents. .but now I learn that the population does not vote for the minister at all. What now? "
“Both,” said Severus, “the minister is not directly elected here. The Council takes care of that. However, he is already appointed by the population. "
."But, Draco said some of it inherited his seats."
"That is also true. The members of the council are made up of elected and unelected wizards. .and they then form groups among themselves again and they then elect the minister. "
"Kind of like in America," Harry mused.
"Not quite so, but partially, yes," Severus agreed with his son.
."And then the minister has as much power as a king?"
"How did you come up with that, Skunk?"
Harry glared at Draco.
"Do not call me that."
"Sandkunk then," grinned the blonde.
"Even more stupid. What I mean, however, is Mr. .malroy, said: A minister would come afterwards who would undo everything the present one has done. To me that sounds like the arbitrariness of a king. "
"The way you say it sounds more like a dictator," Severus grumbled.
.Since that was exactly Lucius' hobbyhorse, he wanted to bring the boy closer to the system in the magical world.
“A minister can only partially make decisions without the advice. .otherwise he has to get the majority of the council on his side to pass a law. And in the case of the equality of magical beings, he had the majority. This was mainly due to the Triwizard Tournament. Or much more, to you champions. .you have publicly denounced the hunts and marginalization of magical beings, which gave many people to think about. Fortunately, a large number of them were represented on the Council. And Crouch used that for his own purposes. .until then, he could never be sure that this law would get majority approval. That's why he never tried. .because if you fail with a legislative proposal, it is difficult to find people interested in it again. "
“So it was the elected part of the council that formed the majority. .and you suspect that this part of the population has made itself unpopular with this decision? "
Lucius smiled at the boy.
"That's the way it is. We can turn it around as we like. .many councilors are admirers of the great Harry Potter. Others attached great importance to the participants in the tournament. All in all, without this tournament, this law would not have existed either. At least not now.
.the members of the council who have inherited their seat are largely, as already mentioned, traditionalists. They didn't like anything at all. And it is to be feared that after the next election they will be in the majority. .well, you won't be able to undo anything yet, because the election as minister is later, but you will try to get the elected council on your side and the chances are good. They are already looking for supporters. "
."How many nobles have a seat and haven't accepted it yet?" Harry wanted to know.
Lucius glared at Sirius and Severus.

Of course, they didn't let that sit on them.
“We're hardly the only ones. .besides, I haven't been able to claim my seat until now. After all, I was only free because of Dumbledore, ”Severus grumbled.
"But not anymore," Lucius grumbled. He wouldn't make it that easy for his friend.
.“I would have to accept my title of lord, but even then I would not be able to fulfill my duties on the council. Not if I want to continue to be a teacher. "
"You hate this job," Draco reminded him.
.“Not as much as it was back then when the old man was still on my neck. Besides, I'm not ready to expose my son to this madman. And I don't want to leave some other students unprotected either, ”Severus argued.
."But the old man can't hurt us anymore," Draco protested.
“Which doesn't mean he won't try. He doesn't give up that quickly. Believe me, I know him, ”Harry growled.
Severus nodded and put his arm around his son.
.“That's how I see it, I have enough experience with the guy. And if he has to smuggle in someone as a teacher. "
"Then Sirius should take over your tasks," Lucius interrupted the gloomy mood.
"That works?" Harry's eyes widened.
."Of course you can," smirked the blonde.
This time he didn't upset the boy, the green-eyed man was much too excited for that.
"Can you also take over from me?"
.Sirius felt as if someone had knocked him over with his own machine.
“In theory, that would be possible, you would have to sign a power of attorney for me, which then applies until you are twenty-one or married. .that is, if I were to agree to all of the madness. But why do you speak in the plural? "
"Because I have more than just one seat," the boy grinned.

That had sat. At first it was completely calm. .Lucius started to speak several times but didn't know how to formulate his sentence. The boy's fathers were no better either.
Fortunately, Draco hadn't fallen on his mouth.
"What do you mean, which seats still belong to you?"
.Harry was a little embarrassed, but he knew this was important, he couldn't talk his way out of here so easily.
“I read it in my family book, only I haven't given it much weight until now. .Now, however, I also understand why Dumbledore was so after my guardianship, he knows for sure. And surely he would have asked me for power of attorney at some point. If Sirius and Severus hadn't got in the way. .that would have given him a lot of power. And people would have run after him. He was always so popular. "
"Grünauge, I'll call you for the rest of your life, Skunk, if you don't speak out right away," the blonde poisoned.
.“It's okay. So the first seat is that of the Potter family. Well, kind of logical. The second is Peverell's. Ignotus had no male offspring, so everything inherited his daughter and who, as is well known, married a Potter. .the third seat used to belong to the Quirrell family, and the professor had one too. And since I am his heir, his seat on the council is mine too. But I don't know why he never claimed it himself.
.well, and then there is a fourth seat, a very old one. "
Now Harry started chewing his lip again and tearing up his book.
"Harry?"
.the boy didn't hear Sirius at all, he was much too nervous and started babbling around again. This went on until Severus cut him off:
"Take it easy, don't start chattering into a loop again. .then we'll sit here tomorrow. So who did the fourth seat belong to originally?
Harry looked his father straight in the eye.
"Salazar Slytherin."

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