A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 719: An expected conflict

Latest URL: After Felix returned to school, he took some time to find Varen who was having a pleasant walk—because the atmosphere of the previous meeting was too serious, Felix left him at school. I haven't seen him for a while, and Varen's temper has become wilder.

Felix asked in a tone of asking for insider information: "I heard that there is a flying Niffler wandering around the Forbidden Forest recently?"

Warren shook his head again and again, expressing that he was completely unaware of this. "Really?" It patted its chest, and suggested that it could ask Hagrid, he might know.

"...There are many dangerous creatures in the Forbidden Forest." Felix warned it.

Warren waved his hand indifferently.

Felix followed its line of sight and saw the small bell tied on its scarf, and reached out to grab it——

"Confiscated—this is for your safety, not an adventure item." Varen could only watch helplessly as Felix flicked his finger, and the cute silver bell stretched out, turning into a silver bird.

This is a patron saint magic specially arranged by Felix. The Patronus is not the point, the point is that it contains part of the magic circuit of the Mandrake inside - if it is in danger, the Patronus can completely knock out a few unsuspecting wizards with a roar. This trick also has an effect on creatures near the Forbidden Forest.

They walked towards the castle.

"You like the Forbidden Forest? I know a few particularly delicious spices...Professor Sprout has a good hide."

When Felix was awakened by the tempting aroma of roasted pumpkin the next day, he stood in front of the window sill, feeling as if he had passed away. The mountains in the distance are covered in silver, and the black lake at the foot of the mountains is covered with a thin layer of ice, just waiting for the arrival of heavy snow.

He spent Halloween in school, and took time to get to know his students again. It's strange that no one distinguishes him from the memory. Felix feels that he must be serious and serious when teaching students many.

He even attended the party held by Slughorn with great interest. Snape still kept a look that no strangers should enter, but he quietly mentioned his achievements in potions 'Small progress' - Felix refrained from asking for details, so that the other party could not show off. Emmeline Vance was not interested in the food at the banquet, but she had a soft spot for the classical music played at the meeting. She asked about the name of Slughorn's record, and Slughorn said lightly:

"I can't buy it anywhere else. I bought it from a Muggle shop... Yes, it has been specially processed. I have a relationship with the Muggle government... I can give you a set..."

After Halloween, Felix realized that he was still wearing the name of the vice-principal, so he ran to Professor McGonagall to perform his duties-chatting with the Sorting Hat by the way, but the dirty hat didn't appreciate it , kept yelling, and listed Felix as a person who refused to communicate. Felix was a little annoyed. The relaxed days did not last long, and now is a critical period, so he returned to the federation headquarters after a week, like a large information transceiver, constantly receiving and sending various information, for a while the hall of the federation headquarters There are more than a dozen different forms of patron saints at the same time.

The progress brought about by the work of the past few days is very gratifying. Some countries with a relatively fast negotiation process have reached the final step, and the headquarters of the federation feel excited. One morning, Aginbad came back from the United States with bad news.

"The situation is not good." He handed over a newspaper concisely, and Felix took a look. The headline on the newspaper read "Auror Team Died Unfortunately" in bright red letters.

Putting down the newspaper, Akinbad briefly explained what happened. When a three-person Auror team was investigating the incident of the local government secretly controlling the little wizard, an accident happened and there were no survivors.

"Are the troops involved?" Felix asked in surprise.

"It's the caster, another group of casters." Akinbad said: "It happened last night. The other teams received the final signal, and it was too late when they arrived. Reporters in Congress saw..."

Half an hour later, Felix appeared at the Magic Congress of America - the Woolworth Building.

There are three dead bodies in front of him. Horace Greenstinch, chairman of the Magical Congress of America, the principal of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the director of magic security, Uriah as his deputy, and several senior congressional officials were all present, and their faces were very ugly.

"Is there any clue now?"

"There may be other wizarding organizations involved," said Horace Greenstinch grimly. "I suspect they are descendants of the Scavengers. I sent a large number of people around Halloween to monitor the suspicious past. People—it is theoretically possible, and many wizards have purchasing plans during the festival, and I think some people will take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters..."

This is the plan he mentioned to Felix. But half of the plan was successful, the Aurors did find the anomaly, but didn't make it back alive to report.

Felix was noncommittal about the speculation of 'Scavenger'. The scavengers have played the role of disgraceful wizard traitors in history, similar to mercenaries who take money to do things. American wizards once talked about them and hated them deeply. After the Magic Congress of America was established, these people were immediately liquidated, and only a small number escaped punishment and hid among the crowd.

They were unable to retaliate against Congress, let alone use magic. For this reason, they even voluntarily abandoned children with magical talents. From the perspective of subsequent development, these people did not choose to cooperate with the government for a long time—as once Selling out their countrymen for money to the executioners of the Puritans and official extremist organizations, they know all too well what they will suffer, and this fear and hatred of the Magic Council has been passed down from generation to generation.

So the incident of the twelve magically gifted children some time ago was really an accident. No, maybe not by accident. Felix suddenly thought, what if it was some people's temptation last time? A probe of wizards and public opinion? Assuming that those children have been watched by a small group of people, and when the time is right, they will be transported to sea bases that cannot be plotted. They are a 'fixed share' every year, but they are used for other purposes this year...

Felix carefully inspected the bodies of the three victims. After a while, he raised his head.

"I think these three Aurors have met the people we have been looking for, but those children have now grown up and become our enemies."

This is pretty much the worst case scenario.

"Could it be that this secret plan has been going on for decades... But even so, they can't fight against formally trained Aurors, and those people haven't even received a complete magical education." A person at the scene the bearded wizard - he was the head of magical security - yelled.

"They haven't received a complete 'school education'." Felix corrected: "It is indeed difficult for them to accept orthodox magic teachings, but it doesn't mean that they have to learn from scratch. The easiest way...just get any With the trust of a wizard, they can go in and out of the magic world at will, and easily buy published magic books, potion materials, and second-hand magic wands in magic shops..."

"As for whether their real level is higher than that of Aurors... I can't see it for the time being. There are many possibilities for the real story. One thing is certain...their opponents are not ordinary people, but highly trained and carefully cultivated professionals.”

A fuzzy figure emerged from Felix's fingertips. He looked closely at the faceless face and said softly:

"The purpose of any magic school is not to train agents, assassins, or killers - we learn magic to better control magic power, and at the same time, it is the wizard group's subconscious desire to grow, at least to avoid The psychology of decline is at work. So wizards have moved from the earliest family education, master-apprentice education to school education, established a community, and derived many professions that are dispensable in my opinion, all of which are for the betterment of people. There is an intersection between people. But the hidden opponents don't think about it that way, they just want to squeeze out a certain aspect of talent as much as possible in the short term."

"You might as well try to outline the growth environment of those people. Regardless of those who died due to various accidents, they generally left their parents before the age of eleven, and they have been drifting at sea for several years, undergoing various experiments, brainwashing, Training... When you get a little older, you will come out to perform tasks, so what are those tasks?"

Horace Greenstitch felt creepy, his thoughts turned quickly, and then he suddenly turned his head to look at a person, and said urgently: "Uria, you immediately go to the common magic shop and ask those shopkeepers if they have received young people. The common feature of all wizards is that they have bought various magic materials in bulk more than once, and—” he said with some difficulty: “Investigate those wizards who live in isolation, and check whether there are people who have disappeared for no reason in recent years? "

Uria hurried away with a serious expression.

Several people present had different expressions and did not speak for a long time. Finally, the headmaster of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry broke the silence: "Mr. Haipu, according to this situation, is it possible that the other party has cultivated a strong enough The spellcaster?"

Felix denied this possibility after thinking for a moment.

"Those people's comprehensive qualities are almost at the level of ordinary excellent Aurors, which is the limit, and they are only comparable in one aspect, and there is no possibility to go further, let alone explore the true meaning of magic... As for the evidence, from Judging from the wounds left behind, they all have obvious characteristics of black magic when they cast conventional spells, this does not mean how advanced their magic attainments are, but a manifestation of the imbalance of magic power."

"It can also be concluded from this that no matter who the other party is, the time span for them to do this will not be too long, definitely not more than thirty years."

"Why do you say that?"

"——No matter how long it takes, these people themselves will suffer backlash. You must know that the magic power of a wizard is directly connected to the soul, and it will directly feed back on the character..."

After a long silence.

"What to do next?"

"The negotiation is going on as usual. I have a feeling that the next negotiation will not go smoothly. There is a hidden force that will do everything possible to prevent the conclusion of the contract...but someone will jump out on their own initiative, so that we can easily find the key person. In addition , I also need to make a map."

…

The entire month of November was spent in an uneasy atmosphere. Although more than a dozen ministries of magic and local governments around the world have signed contracts and recognized the status of the "Confederation and Alliance Charter", there are also many Few people openly question the effectiveness of this law, and believe that organizations like the International Federation of Wizards that override the will of wizards from various countries, or even governments of various countries, are illegal and should be banned.

Especially some of the clauses above are simply unbearable for consortiums and governments of certain countries.

The delegation of the Magic Congress of America conducted three rounds of negotiations with the local government successively. However, as the negotiations deepened, some issues of principle came before them, which became irreconcilable contradictions between the two sides, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate again. Some tough voices appeared publicly in the news media: An unknown senator from a remote state proposed that the government funded the establishment of special schools to create and take over the magic world belonging to the Americans. This statement was immediately supported by the pharmaceutical consortium and the arms consortium. Offer to donate to this great cause.

But the next day, the congressman cried bitterly in front of reporters, telling the "evil crime" he had committed, which almost immediately became evidence of the witch's demagoguery, and a series of vicious incidents were "indirectly" proved Regarding wizards, the delegation of the Magic Congress negotiated for more than half a month, and found that the public opinion environment outside had completely changed.

The coldness of the delegation of the Magical Congress of the United States, the boycott of the International Federation of Wizards, and the gradual spread of public opinion around the world, all lead to a result—this is exactly the conclusion drawn by many government think tanks—a Frontal conflict is inevitable.

Even to some extent, this is the result that everyone hopes for-provided that the conflict does not happen in their own country-for many people, it is incredible that it has taken so long, and it makes people unable to help Doubt is the work of magic.

A group of more than two million people hidden under the water is incompatible with the world order, and possesses abilities that only exist in literature and fairy tales... But so far, there has been no explosion The conflict of certain volumes and scales, as if everything was designed, is so strange.

The shadow of war has never been far away. It wandered in the UK at the beginning. As the situation in the UK stabilized, the eyes of all countries turned to Africa, which is the most chaotic. It never got out of control. Some people waited and waited until the "Confederation and Alliance Charter" was promulgated, and then dozens of countries launched drastic negotiations at the same time... It is a miracle that things have developed to this point.

However, some things cannot be avoided. Other means only play the role of delay and deterrence. The deduction only happens on paper. Only a head-on contest can best reflect the strength of two different groups. Whether wizards are vulnerable, or modern weapons are completely ineffective against magic, only after a real sword and gun are tried, will those dark and restless thoughts sink back into the rotten mud, acquiescing to the birth of a new order.

What makes the think tanks of various countries disagree is when and where this conflict will break out, who will provoke it, and - how many people will be killed and injured in the end, can it be controlled within a certain range?

The bad weather in November lasted until the beginning of December. As a group of people held their breaths and looked forward to it, the time came to the last month of 1997. Finally, Babajid Akimba, president of the International Federation of Wizards, Felix Haip, the first president of the International Pan-Magical Union, issued a solemn warning to all wizards.

One stone stirs up a thousand waves!

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