A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 686: Secret talks in the prime minister’s residence

"Hello, Prime Minister." Ms. Burns said solemnly, "This is Felix Hep, he is Yiyi"

"I am the professor of ancient runes at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." Felix said. The Prime Minister stood up and shook hands with him hesitantly, feeling increasingly unclear about Felix's identity. Maybe bodyguards or staff?

Ms. Burns sat on a hard wooden chair directly opposite the Prime Minister, and Felix sat next to her, slightly lowering his head and fiddling with his fingers,

So the Prime Minister had to turn his attention to Burns.

"Do you know?" The Prime Minister said with a straight face: "Although we have met twice, including Fudge before you several times, there is even a pair of nose-picking and yawning eyes hanging behind my office every day. Portrait..." His eyes bulged slightly, "But I still have a faint hope, maybe you are a group of sophisticated liars, or I am exhausted after countless painstaking efforts to sit on the Prime Minister's throne, and I have hallucinations..."

"Mr. Prime Minister one by one"

"I carefully concealed all this, but all illusions were ruined today! The whole country is in chaos! The chiefs of more than fifty counties blew up the phone number of the Prime Minister's residence, and they reported to me that there was a group of guys in strange clothes Flying overhead and performing all kinds of magic tricks - a cow in Kent leaped the Thames in full view, with more than 2,000 people on the scene! God, even my niece cried out that the gerbil I gave her became I've never been so helpless when my teacup was broken."

"I'm sorry, you mean a gerbil?" Felix asked politely. Could it be that the prime minister's niece is a potential little wizard? This is good news, and it will be beneficial to the upcoming negotiations.

"Fudge turned the teacup on the table into a gerbil when we first met," said the Prime Minister through gritted teeth.

"Oh." Felix said in a drawn out tone, tapping his index finger on the arm of the chair.

The prime minister regained his senses and straightened his tie, but he was out of breath at the moment from talking too much in one breath.

Ms. Burns finally found a chance to speak, and she said straight to the point, "This is what we are here for. Wizards can no longer hide, and the integration of the two societies is inevitable."

"The two societies merge," said the prime minister slowly, "how?" He was completely calm now.

"In the past, we only revealed our identity in front of the current prime minister, which is the most conducive to confidentiality, but after today's incident, the old method is obviously not working," Ms. Burns said mildly: "We need to work closely together: You have to explain to the people why there is a group of wizards living on British soil, and I also need to appease wizards who are used to the law of secrecy to adapt to a completely different environment."

"I did use the power of the Prime Minister to cooperate with you," the Prime Minister said bluntly: "For example... such as the arrest warrant for Little Gray Wolf Black, Tom Riddle's arrest warrant, and a gas pipe leak, which is unreasonable , I paid the price, but what was the result?

The whole country is in a mess. "

"You haven't figured out the seriousness of the problem yet!" Ms. Burns expressed her impatience for the first time, "It's not a matter of who cooperates with whom. When we first met, I spent an hour with you Explain the meaning of the existence of wizards and the meaning of the existence of the Ministry of Magic. So you should be clear,

More than 20,000 wizards lived on this land, and their ancestors owned it even before you, before the secrecy law was officially implemented,

Wizards and Muggles live together, and these legends are still circulating all over the country. "

"But you backed out," said the Prime Minister nervously. "I haven't seen any news about wizards in any of the published papers—maybe after today—and now you want the two societies to merge." How can I convince the people that you are hiding in the dark to maintain British order? What's more, I have to consider the opinions of the parliament, the church and the army. They didn't know anything about you before, maybe one or two families knew, but Do they dare to speak out? Well, unless--" His expression changed.

"Unless what?"

"Hey, I can't just say nothing, maybe you don't know our attitude towards refugees one by one"

"Wizards are not refugees!"

"Yes, yes, I know, but in the eyes of ordinary people, there may not be much difference, especially if you go to heaven and earth one by one, who knows if you will suddenly get out of the fireplace one day, my God, the wizard will Stealing things, you may find it funny, you can make coins, but people will think so..."

Felix didn't smile, and neither did Ms. Burns. Because there are indeed many thieves in the wizarding world, and there are still a lot of them, but most of them are not interested in Muggle property, and the penalty for breaking the secrecy law is much more serious than petty theft.

"I think," the Prime Minister took out a green diagonally-striped handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his brow, "if wizards can be nominally under the control of the government, subject to legal supervision, and at the same time swear allegiance to the Queen-of course, just In name—I think the situation will be much easier.”

Ms. Burns stared, trying not to turn her head to look at Felix. He had fully expected the Prime Minister's reaction:

"We have to win over the Muggle Prime Minister." Felix analyzed: "I know he can't fully decide on this matter, the cabinet, parliament, military, civilians, and those who live in Buckingham Palace The queen, they all have the opportunity to exert influence, but the prime minister is the most important one, he connects everyone, and also has the ability to exert influence on those people."

"Well, I don't know how to convince him." Ms. Burns rubbed her forehead wearily.

"Persuasion?" Felix looked at her seriously, "This is the result we hope to achieve. But in the process, you have to be tough."

Bowens looked at him hesitantly, "But—in case—"

"Oh, Amelia. We are worried about war. Isn't the other party afraid? But when you think about it, we are not afraid of war. The war that should break out."

"This is not the same as what we discussed." Burns objected.

"That's a strategy for ordinary people, we can certainly take a softer approach and get broad support. But with politicians? You have to treat them as a completely different creature, you take a step back and you have to take it from the other side Something. It's almost etched in each other's veins."

"Concession represents weakness?"

"It may also be a signal of exchange of interests."

Bones snorted.

"You seem to know them well."

"I just read a few 'story books' before coming here, and I can only say that the contents inside are very exciting." Felix said vaguely.

"If you insist on this idea, Mr Prime Minister," Ms. Burns snapped, "then we can't go on. We accept negotiations and stipulate the obligations that both parties should perform, but we will never give any group or personal submission, even in name!"

The Prime Minister did not expect to incur a fierce rebuttal. A moment of silence.

"I recall, you have a United Nations-like organization?" he said cautiously.

"International Federation of Wizards." Ms. Burns pursed her lips and said.

"That's right, the International—a cough, the Wizarding Union, that's it, Fudge told me once." The Prime Minister asked hopefully, "What do they think?"

"They still can't make up their minds," Felix interjected suddenly, "they're worried about war."

"War?" cried the Prime Minister.

"Yeah," Felix blinked, as if he had noticed something interesting, "You may not know that not all Ministry of Magic maintain friendly relations with local governments, the UK is quite good in this respect. In fact, the relationship between the Ministry of Magic and the government was once very tense, and they were not afraid to speculate on each other with the greatest malice and measure the balance of power between the two sides. For example, I have heard a word more than once, nuclear bomb"

"Nuclear bomb?" The Prime Minister's eyes were completely protruding, he jumped up excitedly, put his hands on the table, and saliva splashed: "Do they still think that a nuclear war will break out?"

"Oh, they do have this concern." Felix spread his hands and said 'frankly': "Some Ministry of Magic have cut off contact with the Muggle government early, and their information channels are quite limited... I will Never worried about being nuked.”

"Of course not!" The Prime Minister roared: "No leader of any country will agree to detonate a nuclear bomb in the place where its own people live, let alone allow other countries to do so! This is completely nonsense. If there is Who dares to issue a similar order, his political opponents will definitely laugh crazy, and the angry people will tear him apart.”

Felix glanced at Burns calmly.

Ms. Burns cleared her throat and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, no one wants a war. We hope with the utmost sincerity that the two sides can reach a consensus and do our best to facilitate negotiations. In the meantime, In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, we will recall the wizards who live in seclusion in the Muggle society, fully shrink and hide."

The prime minister nodded, he really felt the sincerity of the other party.

"But... I hope you don't think about it for too long. On the one hand, I can't suppress the wishes of the wizarding people for a long time. On the other hand,

Our retreat will also cause a vacancy in the local wizarding forces. At this critical moment, it may not be a good thing. "

"Empty power? What do you mean?" The chief asked sensitively.

"During our strict implementation of the closed policy, there may be other wizarding forces coming in." Ms. Burns warned solemnly: "It may be foreign wizards—such as wizards from Africa and America, Felix As mentioned before, they have a poor relationship with the local government and may flee to England for asylum; the dark wizard who was driven away by Auror and could only hide in the gutter may also take the opportunity to make trouble; but the most likely one is Grindelwald's saint .”

When he heard the first point, the prime minister just frowned. Compared with outsiders, he certainly trusted wizards in his own country, but as a proven politician, he was well versed in the principles of negotiation and compromise. Art, didn't mind using this as an excuse to gain benefits, but when he heard that the Ministry of Magic planned to let the dark wizard go, he immediately couldn't sit still.

"This is a threat!" he yelled, "You are uneasy and kind, you have hidden this hand for a long time, haven't you? Secretly keep dark wizards in order to be able to-"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" said Ms. Burns angrily.

"Don't lie to me, I'm not ignorant of you," said the Prime Minister, with a reminiscence of agonizing thought, "You, that

—Your former Minister for Magic revealed quite a bit in several conversations - Knockturn Alley, didn't he? Once Fudge complained that the Aurors found another batch of cursed items from Knockturn Alley, and repeated bans... You won't deny it! ? "

"I don't deny it." Ms. Burns said calmly, "In the official definition, Knockturn Alley is another magical business district besides Diagon Alley. Diagon Alley is rich. Many of these items have no practical use, are second-hand, or have defective functions... Naturally, some dangerous items are also included. Law enforcement officers are cracking down on the transaction of the last type of goods.”

"... Different people have different senses of it. If he is just a student or a law-abiding civilian, he may never step into Knockturn Alley; but if his interest is special enough, such as the ancient If you are interested in magical items, cheap novelty gadgets and rare magic materials, or simply want to get rid of a rare plant pest, the conventional method does not work... You can try your luck there.

Of course one - you have to keep an eye on your wallet and your own safety at all times. There are always some weird, scary people walking around there. But they didn't break the law, and the Aurors couldn't deal with them. "

"Sounds like a large unregulated grocery market," said the prime minister dryly.

"Is your grocery market completely free of stolen goods, drugs of abuse and second-hand guns?" Ms. Burns asked.

The Prime Minister fell silent.

"The most common people in Knockturn Alley are some petty thieves-or smugglers, or obsessed with dark magic, the latter are also classified as dark wizards, but they are more cruel and evil than the real ones. The dark wizard is much cuter, at least the Aurors don't have to worry too much about a death curse flying from the opposite side when they are enforcing the law." Burns finally concluded.

"What is a real Dark wizard?" asked the Prime Minister.

"Or to change the question-what is a dark wizard who is strongly hostile to Muggles?" Ms. Burns adjusted her monocle, "You should have seen his abilities this morning, although he I didn't even show my face, and making trouble is a saint under his hands."

"Grindelwald? Oh, yes, I was just about to ask, you mean he is the culprit of the whole thing? An extreme subversive?" The Prime Minister asked eagerly, "I saw the man at the gate of the Parliament building I watched the interview with the guy who created the tornado before, several times!" He couldn't suppress his anger again, and punched the desk.

"Why didn't you arrest him?"

"If you knew what he had done, you wouldn't ask this question." Ms. Burns said seriously, and she waved her wand, and a bulging folder appeared on the desk, "This It contains some information we compiled, his ideas, his ideas, his influence..."

The Prime Minister opened the folder and poured out a newspaper clipping from it. It seemed to be old and the clipping was a little yellow.

"One by one it is worth mentioning that there is a big difference in the combat evaluation standards between wizards and Muggles. I know that the Muggle army relies more on collective strength, while wizards one by one" Burns sighed, "Some People only need a magic wand, and they can do all kinds of incredible things.”

"Like this person?" the prime minister asked uncomfortably, frowning at the evil man in the photo.

"And Dumbledore."

"The man in the news said he was dead."

"...yes, alas, if only he was still around, he has thwarted Grindelwald's plot to rule the world many times." Ms. Burns sighed, and she saw the Prime Minister's mouth opened, and he seemed to be dumbfounded. She continued: "However, this does not mean that he is unstoppable. We also have archmages who have touched the essence of magic in certain fields. He, the researchers in the ministry borrowed from Professor Haipu This form is also attached to the file for the grading method of magic."

"Professor Haipu? Is he a scholar who studies this field?" The Prime Minister turned his attention to Felix, who had no sense of presence.

"No, he is currently the only one who can compete with Grindelwald, even though he is still young, only one" Ms. Burns paused, then turned to look at Felix, as if she was also interested in what she was about to say Surprised by the numbers, "If I remember correctly, you are only 2 years old?"

Felix nodded, "If you compare magic to science, the only ones who have the power are scientists in the magic world, and I happen to be talented. There is no need to make a fuss."

The Prime Minister murmured: "Yeah, 26 years old is nothing. Many scientists published the most important papers in their lives at this age, such as Einstein. I remember that he seemed to have done it at the age of 26." What an earth-shattering thing."

"He came up with special relativity," Felix reminded him kindly.

"Grindelwald almost destroyed a city in the 1920s?" The Prime Minister flipped through the documents and asked in disbelief. He lowered his head and quickly glanced at the parchment, "Or Paris? How did he do it? ?”

"An out-of-control magic," Felix said softly.

"Fiendfire." He fiddled with a cluster of small flames at his fingertips, "Even in the magic world, it is an extremely evil curse. The reason why it is called a curse is that it can sense living creatures and prioritize it as an attack." The target is difficult to extinguish, you can only wait for it to burn itself, I mean it cannot be extinguished by conventional means, but it has a counter-curse.”

The prime minister stared at the little flame in his hand, without saying a word.

"What I have in my hand is just an ordinary flame, no different from the flame of a lighter." Felix said.

"Felix, are you sure he is using Fiendfyre?" At this time, Bones asked suspiciously, "There is no conclusion in the magic world yet."

"He trained Fiendfyre." Felix said flatly: "Grindelwald seems to be very good at fusion magic, such as the one I saw in the information, I suspect it is an advanced form of armor protection and Fiendfyre The combination of spells. It’s not a random patchwork, but a fusion of the characteristics of different spells, maybe mixed with other things... Presumably he has a very in-depth study of magic power itself. "

The prime minister swallowed, and continued to read the materials with his head down, asking one or two questions from time to time.

Borns heaved a sigh of relief when he came out of the prime minister's residence.

"It was a worthwhile trip, although the Prime Minister did not agree to stand on our side. But at least he promised to try his best to facilitate negotiations, and he also asked us to continue to maintain the magical order during this period, er, we originally planned to do so."

"This is just the first step," Felix raised his eyebrows, and said calmly, "The Prime Minister is considered half-aware of the existence of the magic world. Call to kill, but what he has to face is a group that knows nothing about wizards, and this prime minister has never been known for his decisiveness and tenacity... just wait and see."

"Oh, I am determined to quit."

"It doesn't sound like it came out of your mouth." Felix turned his head in surprise.

"I'm serious," Ms. Burns said seriously, "I'm not planning to escape, I just feel more and more that I'm not capable enough to lead the people to deal with the immediate crisis, why don't you become the Minister of Magic , I will assist you again as the Director of the Law Enforcement Department"

"No, I don't think so."

"Felix..."

"Okay, let's talk frankly." Felix looked into Burns's eyes clearly: "At this moment, I can't stay out of it, and I do intend to grab power-but not magic Minister, do you understand?"

"That one" Burns blinked and said in shock, "The president of the International Federation of Wizards?"

"Exactly."

"But what about Abkind and Grindelwald's oath?"

"Amelia, of course not now. We might as well take a long-term view: even if the wizarding society and the Muggle society reach a settlement,

Will the contradictions and conflicts just disappear? Counting from the moment the two sides signed the peace treaty, at least the new generation will have to fully grow up to see results~IndoMTL.com~Under the dark night, Felix narrates his thoughts, Born Ms. Si listened quietly.

"Whether it is a little wizard or a Muggle child, they may still be in their infancy, babbling, and toddler. But they will eventually grow up in the new world structure, which is what I hope to see Arrived—it’s not like the current Muggles are unfamiliar with and afraid of magic,

It's not like today's wizards feel at a loss about living in the sun. "

In the silence and stillness, the moonlight shone on Ms. Burns' resolute face.

"Then go ahead and do it, Felix, I'll give you my full support," she said.

Felix smiled.

"We took the first step tonight: kicking the International Federation of Wizards and other countries away, and successfully shifting the conflict from the huge topic of Muggles and wizards to the internal affairs of the country. If all goes well, We are likely to be the first successful example!"

"You will also use this to gain great prestige and step onto a bigger stage?" Ms. Burns asked excitedly.

"Yeah, so you can't be lazy anymore. Aren't you going to give a speech to all British wizards? Add me to it."

"Don't tell me you still want to get rid of it?" She widened her eyes.

"Hey, I'm still in the adaptation stage." Felix looked away and said with flickering eyes: "Let's go. Let's talk to the undercover agent lurking in the newspaper office. After that, I have to go to Hogsmeade Take a trip. There are too many things, and many of my research plans have been put on hold."

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