A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 690: Inheritance
In the morning, the Prime Minister delivered a speech in front of 10 Downing Street.
"Wizards are a real group. They used to act publicly as guests of the court, and their legends are still passed down in some places. But between the 15th and 17th centuries, Britain and the rest of the world were undergoing earth-shaking changes. The Middle Ages with a thousand-year history is coming to an end, the old order has been destroyed, and the new order has not yet been established. Our society has undergone major changes in all aspects. , it turns out that it is the scar left by us from the thorns to civilization."
"Wizards have since chosen to hide their identities, cut off contact with the general public, and have ensured this by establishing laws they call the Law of Secrecy."
"A week ago, the hidden wizarding society was made public due to an accident, and everyone faced a huge choice—maybe even the most important choice in recent years. Because the two societies have been separated from each other for too long, they are both Deeply unfamiliar. The ministers of the country held many meetings, all the members of parliament attended, including the rare presence of Her Majesty the Queen, and finally reached a consensus: to start the dialogue cautiously. "
"I am here to extend an open invitation, hoping that wizards will send a delegation. I believe that communication is the first step in resolving disputes..."
After the Prime Minister finished speaking, he looked around and waited for the reporter to ask questions.
"Mr. Prime Minister, do you mean that the terrorist activities last week were caused by accidents?" A reporter asked sharply, "According to the statistics of various parties, although there were no casualties, there are nationwide traffic jams, city shutdowns, and individual municipal public events. The destruction of the facilities caused huge property losses to the country, not to mention, many people were frightened and hospitalized.”
"Ahem... We have to admit that there are good and bad wizards. The difference is that they have mastered magic, so their individual combat abilities vary greatly. The panic we experienced is exactly an extremely evil and powerful black Created by the wizard and his followers, you should know that name, Grindelwald... He is ambitious and longs to rule the world as early as sixty or seventy years ago."
"But he was finally locked up for half a century. He escaped from the wizard prison not long ago and planned this operation." Take the opportunity to come back and burn every inch of the land, and then Britain will not be spared, and the world will not be spared. In view of that terrible future, we must keep our heads clear and not fall into the trap.”
Another reporter asked: "Has the government kept concealing the existence of wizards from the public? What prompted you to keep the secret? Don't you think this is a violation of the public's right to know?"
The Prime Minister did not answer directly, but changed the angle.
“I think the reason why successive prime ministers have kept secrets in the same way is that apart from national security secrets, the bigger reason is to avoid causing panic in the society, because wizards have hidden their identities for hundreds of years, and their images and imaginations in our minds exist. It's very different....They set up a regime similar to ours, and formed various organizations, such as schools, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and they even have organizations similar to the United Nations
—Wizards are also progressing and developing. "
After the press conference, the Prime Minister turned and walked back to No. 10 Downing Street.
"Thank you for everything you do, Mr. Prime Minister." As an assistant, Kingsley said politely.
The prime minister pauses.
"You don't understand, get ready for the turbulent public opinion."
Kingsley was a little stunned, but the Prime Minister returned to his office without saying a word, stood in front of the windowsill and looked at the reporters and people who had never left. He had a premonition in his heart that everyone would be forced to get involved. A bigger vortex of public opinion, his speech today is the fuse.
But he had no choice.
Whether it is for national interests or his personal political future, promoting negotiations is the best way. Even the opposition party did not overly persecute him in this incident. When he presented a piece of wizard information, MPs with different political opinions and belonging to different parties basically voted in favor.
Not all of these people are sincere, but there is no doubt that none of them want to clean up the mess at this time.
If the incumbent prime minister is removed from office on the grounds of opposing wizards, then there is only one way to go: the attitude is extremely tough, and the wizards are completely brought under the control of the government, even at the expense of triggering a war.
But this approach is actually far more dangerous than starting peace talks. If the peace talks are a thrilling tightrope walk that violates some public opinion, then hostile to the wizard and force the wizard to rise up to resist is like setting off fireworks on a powder keg.
The opposition party can gain popular support by inciting and making extreme slogans, but when the war really breaks out, relatives, property, stable life... will be destroyed once, how much those people have supported these congressmen, and how much they will hate them at that time them.
What the prime minister heard was similar to what he thought. Talk first, test the bottom line in the negotiation, and then continue to seize benefits.
But there is never a shortage of speculators in this world.
Not long after, Felix received the news.
"Is it just an invitation? The details haven't been discussed yet?" He asked in surprise.
"It has been settled, but the Prime Minister does not want to appear too familiar in public." Ms. Burns said: "The time is a week later, at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the location is in the Parliament Building."
Felix blinked.
"House of Parliament? Not Buckingham Palace?"
"The prime minister really wanted to put the meeting place in Buckingham Palace at the beginning, but the Queen refused after careful consideration."
Felix smiled. "Huh? Maybe it's because I don't want to show obvious personal inclinations, and to avoid arousing the resentment of some extremists. The parliament building is also good. There are many rooms..." He stopped talking suddenly.
"What's wrong?"
"I thought of something." Felix put away his smile and said seriously. He remembered the prophecy that Dumbledore had shown him—that is, the scene of the massive anti-wizard parade. In the picture, apart from Rita Skeeter appearing on the scene, there is another prominent sign, that is, the parliament building.
Things seem to be moving towards the picture Grindelwald saw.
In the past week, anti-wizard demonstrations have broken out everywhere, but the momentum is not big. On the one hand, it was because this matter was only discussed in the newspapers, and the government had not yet publicly expressed its opinion; on the other hand, because the Ministry of Magic had adopted a shrinking strategy, even if ordinary people wanted to demonstrate, they would not be able to find the right master.
The most important thing is, 'Wizards are new things, and opponents need time to unite.
But it was obvious that they finally had an excellent opportunity now—time, a week later; location, the Parliament Building; characters, wizard delegation.
Everything seems so natural.
Not long after Ms. Burns left, Hermione came with a list.
"At present, more than thirty people have signed up." She handed the parchment to Felix, and then said solemnly: "In fact, since we are here, it means that we are willing to contribute to peace. But many people Worrying about not performing well enough, they have some suitable candidates in mind...
"I guess you must be among the people they recommend, isn't that so, Miss Granger?"
Hermione rolled her eyes.
Felix stared at the list, "I really need to think about it." Since he thought that his appearance in a week might be related to the prophecy, he had better be careful. Those who are picked must at least pass the test of psychological quality.
Students have completed today's task of sorting newspapers. Near noon, some students go home through the school fireplace, while others stay at school,
Discuss today's news. They are basically students in the sixth and seventh grades. They are adults or close to adults, and they have the appearance of adults in terms of conversation and clothing.
Because it was summer vacation, these students did not wear school uniforms. The days of joint struggle and common hatred brought them together, regardless of each other.
These phenomena were seen by the professors who stayed at the school. They were delighted with this change. If it wasn't for the wrong timing, they might happily hold a few banquets. Slughorn definitely had the idea.
As they walked through the hall, Felix saw Snape. He stood in front of the descending stairs, seemingly waiting for a while.
"Is something wrong, Severus?"
Snape looked up at Felix, he asked in a tone without any emotion: "Is the time fixed?"
"Next week," Felix quipped, "is looking forward to it, isn't it?"
Snape would not answer such questions, he continued to ask: "Are you going to bring a group of students to negotiate with the Muggle government?"
"It's not a negotiation, um, it's similar to players from both sides going around the field before a big Quidditch match." Felix thought for a while and wanted to express his own thoughts~IndoMTL.com~Young faces are helpful to Grinder Wo's saints, and..." He pondered and said, trying to clear his mind,
"I'm thinking about how to show some strength without any trace. Isn't that what negotiation is like? Show sincerity, show muscle... But the method is very important, and it can't be too aggressive. Do you have any good ideas?"
"That's your business." Snape said coldly, he turned around, his robes fluttering behind him, "Follow me."
Felix was a little confused, but followed Snape towards his office. The door opened, Snape flashed into the room, Felix pushed the door open, guessing Snape's intentions in his mind, could it be that some kind of potion made key progress?
Since he showed several lesions including werewolf and dragon pox to a group of potion masters and pharmacists in Sword Castle, many wizards chose to stay near Sword Castle to conduct research and share with each other from time to time. Opinion, Snape has been there a few times too.
The Potions professor's office was as dimly lit as ever. Felix's eyes flicked over the glass specimen jars lined up against the wall, and finally stopped on Snape, who turned his back to himself, and his whole body melted into the darkness.
Snape's body trembled slightly, with one hand resting on the table, it seemed that he was desperately suppressing his inner emotions, like a forbearing snake. Felix caught this strange atmosphere, did not make a sound to urge, and stood quietly waiting.
At last, Snape turned to face him, his eyes calm.
"Disarm me, Felix."
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