A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 683: meeting

The departure time of the Hogwarts Express train was forced to be postponed. Except for some parents who came to attend the funeral, they were allowed to take their children out of school directly, and the rest of the students were all driven back to the castle.

Because of the existence of the Weasleys, Sirius, Remus Luping and others, Harry and the others were not required to return to the Gryffindor common room, but were allowed to stay with their families. Placed in the school hall. Harry saw many familiar faces, Ernie, Zacharias.

Smith, Seamus, Cormac McLaggen, Hannah, Susan Burns, Anthony Goldstein, Marcus Belby, Draco,

Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Chabini...

Many were frequent guests at Professor Slughorn's banquets.

All of these students had family members or relatives staying behind, including the Weasleys. They stayed in the auditorium and talked quickly, stopping from time to time, with gloomy and anxious looks in the direction of the staff lounge. , looking forward to someone coming out—Abaginde temporarily borrowed the school venue to discuss important matters with the ministers of magic from various countries.

"Ms. Burns sent out a large number of Aurors before going in to prevent unrest..." Percy said seriously. Members hold small meetings. When the incident happened, Percy originally planned to return to the Ministry of Magic immediately, but was asked by Mr. Weasley to stay. He argued, "The Ministry needs me now!" As a result, Penello said sarcastically, "What are you going back for?" ? Planning a celebration for the wizarding world to be exposed to the world?" So Percy stayed.

The elders and children of the Order of the Phoenix sat together, "There is nothing to worry about!" Neville's somewhat scary grandmother said forcefully,

Mrs. Weasley responded absently. Fleur had just sent Mrs. Maxim away. When she came back, she saw Penelope and Mrs. Weasley sitting intimately together, pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, I saw Mrs. Maxim kissing that big man, it's unbelievable, isn't it?" Fleur shook her cascading hair and forced her way between them, "Maybe it's a friend in adversity , or purely of a courtesy nature," Mrs. Weasley snorted uncertainly.

Ginny was pushed aside, looking very unhappy. She stood up, tossed her hair and walked over to her two twin brothers, her beautiful head raised proudly, just like another hibiscus.

"So you were taught for a year by a dark lord who has lived in seclusion for half a century, and your school life is really colorful," said Fred.

"Don't be so ignorant," said George seriously, "Know that one of us killed another Dark Lord with his own hands."

Harry said gloomily, "Thanks, George—I'd be happy to share that part of my experience, if you want to learn from it." Then he gave Ron a glare, the one who'd slipped the tongue just now.

Looking around, Ron seemed to be very interested in what Professor Marchban was yelling on the other side of the auditorium. The old woman shouted loudly: "Stupid!

Losing my mind! I wonder, when did our government become so keen on making deals with criminals? If you want me to say, Dumbledore shouldn't have stepped back at all, isn't that Abakid another Fudge? "

The real Fudge is standing in the corner twirling his top hat awkwardly. He also attended the funeral, but he was alone, alone, even the Malfoy family was more popular than him,

Ron looked away, pretending not to see Harry looking at him, shrugged and said, "She's right, there is no shortage of people like Fudge in the world.

"I don't think," said Hermione matter-of-factly, "that it's unfair for him to put Abkind and Fudge together, at least he has good intentions,

To avoid war. But obviously he underestimated Grindelwald. "

"That's his biggest problem, Hermione," Fred pointed out.

At this moment, Harry saw a figure flash by the door of the auditorium. He jumped up from his chair, his heart was pounding, but he immediately realized that his thoughts had gone wrong, and he fell back on his seat, seemingly losing everything. strength.

"What's wrong with you, Harry?" Ron asked in surprise.

Nothing—” Harry opened his mouth, “Well, I thought I saw Dumbledore, but it must have been Aberforth.

"Oh, the two of them do look alike," Ginny said, "but I don't think I saw him at the funeral?"

"He went to classroom seven."

Nick, who was almost headless, floated back and forth behind her, his head shaking, Ginny and Neville, who were closest to him, froze all of a sudden, and quietly made room for him.

"Room number seven?" Ron asked with interest, "Why? Oh one" he understood, "His family is there."

"Yes, but he was unlucky today, and was almost kicked out by the memory of several professors." Nearly Headless Nick said.

"What's going on?" Harry asked sensitively.

"It has something to do with a new memory. He is about the same age as Dumbledore, um, I mean Dumbledore in Room 7." Nick said, "I know a little about Aberforth, He has been coming frequently recently, and I am not the only ghost who has encountered it during dinner...but he usually just watches from a distance, but today when he saw that new memory, he suddenly jumped out and lost his temper"

"So it has something to do with that new memory?" George asked thoughtfully, "Who is that person?"

"I don't know." Nearly Headless Nick said cautiously. He shook his head, turned his head to one side, and turned his face completely upside down. Harry looked away chillingly.

There is a new memory in classroom 7, and Aberforth is so angry, who could it be?

Harry's eyes lit up, he thought of it, and he looked at Hermione, and from her shocked expression, she seemed to have guessed it too.

Probably Grindelwald's own memory. Judging from the words of the almost headless Nick, what Grindelwald left behind should be memories of his youth, but when did he do it? Does Professor Haip know? If he knew why he didn't stop it, was it because of his special relationship with Dumbledore? Did they come to an undisclosed agreement in private? Harry's head is getting dizzy,

"You can find time to ask Professor Haipu, classroom 7 is his territory, he must know the identity of the memory." Ron said to Nick, he glanced at an inconspicuous door in the auditorium, "but he took It should be very busy, alas, I thought he could detect and stop Grindelwald in advance. But also, it is difficult for normal people to imagine Grindelwald's madness." There was a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Why do you say that?" Neville asked in a low voice. Does the professor know something?

Ron shrugged.

"He is omnipotent in my mind. You know, looking for clues through clues - like a detective in the Muggle mouth, I didn't expect to miss this time."

"It's totally different, Ron." Hermione shook her head, counted her fingers and said seriously: "Grindelwald seems to have done a lot of things—calling the core saints, negotiating with the chairman of the International Federation of Wizards, and disclosing that Dumbledore The news of Principal Lido's death, making an unbreakable vow, and attending today's funeral—but in fact, these things are dispensable and have nothing to do with the overall situation."

Harry's somewhat numb mind started to function again, and Hermione's words brought him a new direction of thinking, and he seemed to clear away the fog in his heart.

"I see! Grindelwald's goal from beginning to end is only one: to expose the entire wizarding world and force the wizarding society to integrate with the Muggle society,

Fulfill his and Dumbledore's original dream. "Harry said excitedly.

"Then what he did before was all a cover-up? Everyone was tricked by him?" Ron looked at the two and asked hesitantly.

"I can only guess at the moment." Hermione said softly: "Judging from the strength Grindelwald has shown today, he can complete the plan alone - he may not be able to beat Professor Haipu, but at their level , He can leave the battle at any time, so it is so difficult to capture Voldemort alive. Ordinary wizards can't get in at all. I even think that once Grindelwald judges that the plan is not going well, he will immediately abandon those details and go straight to the point."

"Why did he bother with it?" said Ron irritably.

"Because Grindelwald is human too." Harry said slowly, the memories he saw in the Pensieve with Dumbledore in the past provided evidence for what he said now.

"He was arrogant, arrogant, wanted to prove himself right, wanted to announce the arrival of a new era to the world with his own words, and perhaps added to that he wanted Dumbledore to be buried with dignity. He was already in an invincible position, and all he did after that was to make the process as consistent as possible while ensuring the result remained unchanged.

"Professor Haip—"

"He may have guessed part of it." Hermione thought of what Felix had said before, "but he guessed the time not much earlier than us, maybe because of Grindelwald's speech at the funeral, or because of what they said at school What Grindelwald said during the short fight at the door was noticed by the professor, thus connecting all of this."

"...Think about it, the professor knows Grindelwald better than we do. We can all immediately think that there is a conspiracy hidden in the negotiations led by Grindelwald. How could the professor not think of it? The same is true for the announcement of Dumbledore's death— A professor does not believe that Grindelwald's purpose is so simple. He wants to find out Grindelwald's true intentions. The professor always makes plans before acting. The fact is also true, Grindelwald lied to everyone. But it is too late,

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" Ron shouted.

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" In the temporary meeting in the faculty lounge, Abkind shouted,

The lounge was full of people, each of whom was an undisputed figure in the magic world, ministers of magic from various countries, the president of the Federation, and the head and vice head of Hogwarts who were the owners of this place.

Abakind stared blankly at his arm, the oath was still in effect and showed no sign of being broken.

"Mr. Abkind, I have also heard about Grindelwald's oath, but I still don't know what your oath is about?" Professor McGonagall asked seriously.

Abakind licked his dry lips.

"I can guarantee that the process of forming an alliance is completely open. There were more than a dozen ministers of magic witnessing the scene... The content of the oath is two-way: Grindelwald promises not to kill people indiscriminately, unless someone attacks him first, and of course the discussion does not count; he also I will not take the initiative to provoke wizard wars; I will not conspire to subvert the existing wizard regime; and what I want to do is to give up the accountability of the saints, allow him to perform public activities, and at the same time not issue orders against him as long as he does not violate his oath."

The people in the lounge frowned. At this time, Felix said: "He really didn't provoke the wizard to fight the net'." He emphasized the last few words, and none of the people present were stupid, and they immediately figured out the key point,

"You fool!" Professor McGonagall yelled fiercely, "Didn't you even study his political views carefully before negotiating?"

Abaginde's dark face turned purple, and he defended himself: "We didn't expect it—he's never done this before, he's been seeking his place in the wizarding world—"

"Actually, something similar happened. A very old Minister of Magic said slowly: "Before he was imprisoned in Nurmengard Castle, Grindelwald reached the peak of his power twice. At that time, he had already done Prepared to declare war on Muggles, but in the end they were thwarted by Dumbledore.

Abakind's face turned pale.

"Even if Muggles are counted, he is not breaking his oath. After all, he only disclosed the existence of magic to the world, and did not take the initiative to provoke a war... He is really tight." Professor McGonagall said sharply. Everyone is a little uncomfortable.

"Mr. Haipu," Abkind said, with a hint of eagerness in his tone, "I admit that we have made a huge mistake in our work, and we cannot continue to make mistakes. Only you have the ability to catch Grindelwald, I beg you Stand up, and I will let the newly formed Auror team cooperate with you."

Felix gave him a warning look.

"Some things can only be said here, Mr. Abkind - one of the contents of your Lixi is not to issue orders against him. Unless you plan to break the oath first Grindelwald."

Abakind was speechless and seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to speak. After a while, he opened his mouth again. At this time, his face was completely pale, "I, I will take the initiative to resign, so it won't be counted as one by one"

"You'd better not go anywhere," said Felix. Restricted by the 'unbreakable oath', as long as we don't trouble him, he can't interfere with what's going on."

"You, you mean to say" Abkind stared wide-eyed, "He set off a huge wave, but just stood by?"

"I think standing still is a more accurate word," Ms. Burns said. The world is exposed before the eyes of the world, and we must come up with a solution as soon as possible!

The old wizard who spoke before shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's not about one or two people, nor is it about one or two cities. There is no way to hide it anymore. Alas, the secrecy law... the secrecy law is completely over."

"What is Grindelwald waiting for?" Abkind murmured, and then his pupils dilated with fear, "Needless to say...it is natural to wait for the situation to fall into chaos, and chaos is what Grindelwald wants to see Yes, maybe he doesn't have to do anything, and the angry wizard people who are trapped by the war will naturally lean towards his idea. At that time, he will stand up—because I allow him to act publicly—as the savior,

War on Muggles. "

A disturbing silence passed. "He even counted this?" Someone shouted in disbelief.

"Think positively," Felix said meaningfully: "If you deal with it properly, Grindelwald can only stare blankly, and even have no chance to show up during the whole process... Who knows!" He leaned back in the chair, Staring at the ceiling and falling into thought, could this be Grindelwald's real thoughts?

How can a good guy be more intimidating than a downright bad guy?

If the Muggle government and the people realize that once the end of the two ends in war, they will personally help a dark wizard who is hostile to Muggles to get rid of the restrictions of the oath, and this dark wizard was not afraid decades ago Will they be more cautious and sincere in destroying a city with powerful magic?

Felix's thoughts are rambling, don't rush to make a decision, it's better to talk to some core saints...Grindelwald gave him the method of summoning saints,

But it might not be necessary, maybe there is someone waiting for him in Hogsmeade right now.

The meeting hardly made any substantive progress, and what was obtained was nothing more than some very conservative opinions. If you carefully collect external information,

All the wizards went into hiding on the spot, but these ministers of magic couldn't reach an agreement on what to do next, and their thinking was completely bound by the "Secrecy Act".

Two hours later, the ministers of magic from various countries left in a hurry. I don't know what the chaos is like outside now, there are too many things waiting for them to go back and deal with. When the men left, Ms. Burns stayed.

"We have to figure out our own way." She said seriously, rubbing her forehead with one hand in pain, "Everyone has their own position, and now that Abkind's reputation has plummeted, he can't convince everyone at all. It's not just a joke, it's a joke.

"In this matter, we must do something, and as soon as possible, we cannot passively wait for the result. Felix, I want to know your thoughts.

Felix spreads his hands.

"Grindelwald caught everyone by surprise. I don't have a complete plan yet, but there are a few things that need to be prioritized."

Ms. Burns and Professor McGonagall looked at him,

"First, student one in the school"

"Cancel this year's Hogwarts Express train," Professor McGonagall said decisively: "Children from wizarding families will be picked up by their parents, or leave through the school fireplace; for young wizards from non-wizard families, I will let the professor Send them straight home."

"The Ministry of Magic will fully cooperate." Ms. Burns nodded.

"Second, the security measures around the school have to be re-fortified; it's not sure if the next school year will start as scheduled, but try to be prepared. And there is a huge shelter here."

The two also have no opinion on this point.

"Thirdly, Amelia, I suggest that you start negotiations with the Muggle government as soon as possible, starting with the Prime Minister. Haven't you always maintained one-way communication? He must be made aware that this is not our unilateral matter~ IndoMTL.com~Once a crisis occurs, no one can escape."

"I'll try to arrange it as soon as possible." Ms. Burns said, "I actually met the Muggle Prime Minister twice, and he looked—" She shook her head.

"Fourth, stabilize the mood of all wizards. Newspaper interviews and magic radios will let your voice be heard as much as possible. The pamphlet on beware of Voldemort last time can also be modified and used;"

"Fifth, public opinion and intelligence one

"Public opinion?" Professor McGonagall and Ms. Burns asked in unison.

"The governments of the non-magic world and their people are closely related, and they influence and restrict each other." Felix said: "Proper public opinion guidance can make it easier for ordinary people to accept the existence of wizards. Their attitudes may go to extremes. Of course, we are mainly collecting information now, but how to collect information is also the key, for example, ordinary people’s attitudes towards stylists, their reasons for accepting and opposing wizards; People with important influence, politicians, celebrities, opinion leaders, especially those who jumped out at the first time"

"Sixth, the safety and confidentiality of little wizards born in Muggle families after returning home"

"Seventh, it is strictly forbidden for any group or individual to contact the Muggle government in private. Regarding this point, I am particularly worried about the goblin's attitude. The plan of the Pan-Magic Alliance must start;"

"Eighth, well, I have a suggestion, send some trustworthy Aurors to secretly rescue the Muggles influenced by the saints, don't show up, don't make it too obvious, it may be used in the future"

At the time of their plan, the outside world was already in chaos.

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