A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 642: Observation report
"You didn't reveal a word either?" Harry said with a grin.
Ron looked at the twins' clothes.
"How much will this cost?"
Fred shook his head pretendingly sighing, pulled out his wand and waved lightly, three goblets flew over and landed in Harry's hands. Fred and George stepped forward to clink glasses with them, and drank it down. "Then I won't bother you," Fred said. .
"Some people have been chanting your names." George said with a smile: "Especially that fat professor, who is mentioned once in three sentences on average. We suspect that some of you secretly cast a curse on him."
The two stepped aside—"Wait, wait!" Harry yelled, but it was too late.
"Harry, my child!" Professor Slughorn spotted the three of Harry with sharp eyes, and he immediately walked towards them with his big belly bound by a brown vest, and a few golden buttons looked like creatures. Staring at them like eyes.
The office was quiet for a few seconds, and various scrutinizing eyes came from all directions, which was one of the reasons why Harry didn't like this environment. Fortunately, he saw Mrs. Weasley waving happily at them, which made it easier for Professor Slughorn to drag him.
"And you two," Slughorn said to Ron and Hermione as he left, "I've been talking to your parents for a while about - um - the importance of homeschooling." But he Instead of taking Harry over to the Weasleys and Grangers, he walked around the crowd and joined Amelia Bones in the conversation.
He forced Harry to be placed between Ernie and Cormac McLaggen, and said with a smile: "Look, you'll never find a stronger relationship than the friendship you formed in school." Harry stared Eyes closed, expression stiff.
He didn't know when he had a solid friendship with Ernie and McLaggen'.
For the next period of time, Harry remained silent throughout.
He found that Professor Slughorn focused most of his conversation on Ms. Burns, occasionally giving some attention to Sirius. This seems to be the same as the McMillans and the McLaggens... After blinking, Hermione blushed.
"I don't think anyone would refuse a favor to a recipient of the Order of Merlin."
Mr. Granger froze for a moment.
"Oh, is that so?" He suddenly said a little uneasy: "I heard that that person has been arrested? We have ordered several magic newspapers,
Pay close attention to the development of the situation... It is said that the mysterious man - the name is really weird - made a deal with the former Azkaban prison guard,
Trading human emotions for powerful spellcasting abilities. "
"Dad, I've said it all, so you don't want to watch The Quibbler!" cried Hermione, blushing even more.
"But only this newspaper gave an explanation." Seeing his daughter's uneasy expression, Mr. Granger decisively changed the subject, "Mr. Haip—"
"You can call me Felix."
"Okay, Felix." He said: "We bought a whole set of magic projectors. I especially like the 'immersive' mode. It's amazing, as if we have also become characters in the movie. , but you must lock the doors and windows when using it, and hang up the sign of "no outsiders".
"Hermione," said Mrs. Granger with a deliberately stern face, she was concerned with other aspects, "look at your hair—didn't you send home the speed detangler? And clothes, Do you wear this all the time?"
Hermione let out an annoyed cry and ran away angrily. Mrs. Granger gave chase.
"My daughter, uh, has been stubborn since she was a child." Mr. Granger tried to explain.
"I understand."
On the other side, finally relieved, Harry and Sirius wandered around the field with food in their hands.
"That woman is Carlotta Pinkstone?" Harry asked.
"Yes, a complete nuisance, leave her alone, Harry." Sirius mumbled, stuffing a piece of strawberry pudding into his mouth, "As if we weren't in enough trouble. "
"What's the matter?" Harry asked worriedly, he thought of Sirius' investigation mission, "The work is not going well?"
Sirius sucked his teeth hard. #...
"Successful one by one because of this, the problem is big." He had a toothache expression, "A lot of things are on the bright side."
"Why is that? You don't look like you're okay."
"Hey, I just verified someone's theory. In fact, this way, Harry." Sirius raised his head, and found that the two of them had wandered to Felix's side unknowingly, and Felix was walking towards Felix. He bared his white teeth. He hurriedly pulled Harry to turn around, and continued: "As I said, just running errands, it's not too bad to hand in Felix's books."
"However, I have figured out one thing in the past few months."
Sirius became serious: "Muggles are different from wizards. They can deduce huge theories through some simple principles, and because there are enough people, there are enough people to fully realize the potential of these theories. What they named 'basic scientific theory'..."
"This means that the speed of development of Muggles can be estimated—of course there are exceptions, but in general—I can feel more and more that there is a line in front of me. line, it will be very difficult for wizards to keep it secret.”
Harry's heart was heavy when he heard it, and he thought of the fragment of the speech that Professor Bagshot showed him. Did that person more than half a century ago, like Professor Haip, foresee that the exposure of wizards was inevitable? It's just that Grindelwald finally chose to start a war and try to enslave Muggles.
He vaguely described Professor Bagshot's point of view to Sirius, who stopped chewing and looked at Harry thoughtfully.
"I don't know what Dumbledore thought, but since he chose Mr. Bagshot as the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, it means that he is also aware of the problem. Do you think that professor is hostile to Muggles?"
"Neither," said Harry, rummaging for the exact word, "I guess he thinks wizards and Muggles are two different groups,
Once the wizard is exposed to the outside world—you know, there may be conflicts—" He said, and his breath suddenly became stagnant.
He thought about the war. #b......br# Sirius caught the anxious expression on his face and seemed to guess what Harry was thinking, so he said seriously.
"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. I agree with Felix, we still have at least a few decades to prepare - don't forget, the Minister of Magic has actually been in touch with the Muggle Prime Minister, not Fully enclosed."
He lowered his voice suddenly, and Harry moved closer to hear him better.
"Frankly, I have some respect for Felix - but don't tell him, lest he be proud - both because he pointed out the problem, but also because he did those things quietly, laying the foundation for us...Ah Miria already has a general idea."
"What idea?" Harry asked holding his breath, following his godfather to look at Professor Haip in the crowd.
"Gradually increase the connection between the two parties." Sirius said, picking up a piece of ribs, "The problem of squibs is a good starting point. Now that we have an exclusive magic wand, the number of squibs that can cast spells will definitely increase in the future. - We haven't let go yet, but there is a trend - a conservative estimate, the number of squibs in the country is hundreds of thousands, or even more, because squibs also have descendants."
"Amelia is going to wait two years for the situation to stabilize, and use this incident as an excuse to secretly negotiate with the Muggle government to set up a special department that will be kept secret from ordinary people.
"Why keep it secret from ordinary people?" Harry asked puzzled.
"Let's do it step by step," Sirius shrugged. "Actually, cooperation means that more government workers will know about the existence of wizards. Let's make a hole first, and send people from both sides to jointly manage what happened in the The magic incident in the Muggle community, after a few years, the two sides have a foundation of mutual trust, and then let it out a little bit..."
Harry swallowed.
"Don't look at what I said is simple, but it is very cumbersome to do, and there are various details that need to be sorted out. For example, we are still in a blank in relevant laws, and both parties need to make concessions. People have a headache."
That's enough. Although he still doesn't know the full picture of the plan, Harry's tense mood has relaxed. Just a moment ago he had felt that the conflict was not... avoidable, but after a few minutes things changed, and for a split second Harry thought he didn't understand anything.
"You're still in school," Sirius smiled understandingly, "a lot of knowledge can't be learned on campus, I strongly suggest that you travel for a year or two after graduation, and then enter the Ministry of Magic as an Auror.
Harry lowered his head and remained silent, as if thinking about the feasibility of the plan.
"What if conflict is inevitable?" he blurted out, Sirius looked at him in surprise, and Harry explained in a low voice, "I mean,
We're all thinking of the bright side right now, aren't we? If there is an accident, such as the Muggle government not recognizing the status of the Ministry of Magic—"
"They have to admit," said Sirius lightly, "do you think the Ministry of Magic is only protecting wizards from being discovered? Who is suppressing the power of dark wizards? Who is it that restrains dark creatures and prevents them from harming people? ?The Ministry of Magic can hide at any time, or even withdraw from the UK,
Then what? This is going to be a paradise for dark wizards, you don't think dark wizards are stupid enough to take on the Muggle army head-on? "
After a long silence, Harry opened his mouth a few times, unable to imagine the consequences of this happening.
"Let's talk about something happy," Sirius said suddenly excitedly: "How is your Animagus learning? I heard that there are more than 20 students who got excellent in the exam?"
Harry laughed too.
"Yeah, you have a talent for being a teacher. But, well, we're stuck at the first step, and even Hermione can't think of a perfect solution."
A smile flitted across Sirius' face, and he suddenly made a face at Harry.
"To be honest," he said with a stern face, "do you think us elders are quite useless?"
"How is it possible?" Harry quickly denied.
"Then what made you have the illusion that Animagus is easy? It took me and James almost three years to achieve this, and with a little bit of luck, it would be impossible to do it again. I'm not sure there will be no trouble." Sirius said angrily: "It would be great if you can finish it before graduation." #b......br#Harry was dumbfounded.
"But you're not talking about Animagus' achievements in transfiguration—"
Sirius grinned and winked at him, which reminded Harry of Fred and George who succeeded in pranks, "Actually, I didn't lie, if you really do it once, you really don't need to worry about transforming again." I'm worried about my grades..."
The atmosphere in Slughorn's office was cheerful, and a violent argument had just ended in the bathroom not far away.
Ms Burns came out in a rage, she was wasting her tongue, Pinkstone was too hostile to the Ministry~IndoMTL.com~ Whatever she said,
Even Pinkstone thought he was deceiving her, with the sole purpose of holding her down and waiting for her to die naturally.
Burns took a few deep breaths to calm down, then turned around and strode towards the banquet. A moment later, Carlotta Pinkstone also appeared, looking sullen.
"You are arguing, Carlotta," said a voice, and Pinkstone turned his head sharply. She hesitated at first, then stared deeply at the pair of silver-blue pupils and opened her mouth wide.
"Green, Green one—"
"Xu." The man put his index finger on his lips and said softly. Pinkstone immediately calmed down, his pale face flushed with excitement, and he stammered, "I really didn't expect to meet you here."
"But I have been waiting for you. From the first time I heard your name, I had a premonition: that little English girl who single-handedly found me half a century ago would appear in front of me in an incredible way .You had a hard time, but you enjoyed it, didn't you?"
"Yes, yes, I only hate that my claim has not been realized." She looked at Grindelwald expectantly, "Do you want to do something this time?"
"But Carlota, we have a small difference in our thinking."
"That's right, but one"
"Can I trust you?"
"Of course! What do you need me to do?"
A moment of silence.
"Wait." Grindelwald whispered: "You just need to know that our cause has not stopped." #br......r#******
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