Chapter 1293 The Raging Storm

Over the next few days, Lockhart's "I Have a Dream" was recited over and over again.

Major magic publications immediately published the original text of his speech, as well as comments from people from all walks of life on the speech.

As time goes by, Elena is 98% certain that it will become a "full text recitation" content in the magical world and even this world.

Not only because it was adapted from a speech by Martin Luther King, but most fortunately, in the world that Elena lives in, a black man named Martin Luther King did not deliver a similar speech—a speech by a black wizard. Existence has made the contradiction between black and white in American society less extreme, and some minor deflections have changed the trajectory of history.

More importantly, the wizarding world hasn't seen such a provocative, personal hero in a long time.

A week later, wizards and wizards as far away as Serbia read this speech in the newspapers.

The real scenes that took place on Judgment Day became more and more legendary as stories were told one after another.

The amber barrier has become the best proof of Lockhart's extraordinary magical attainments - Professor McGonagall's "weak" explanation is unlikely to have much voice in mainstream newspapers.

Many wizards swore that they saw with their own eyes nearly a hundred Aurors drew out their wands and blasted Lockhart for half an hour. In the end, if Lockhart had not taken the initiative to cancel the protection after his speech, they would not even have lost a hair on Lockhart's head. It can't be hurt, and as people continued to tell stories, even those wizards who had witnessed the incident at the scene still took the initiative to echo, proving that there were indeed a large number of Aurors and officials from the International Federation of Wizards around to interrupt Loha. special speech.

After Lockhart was imprisoned in Azkaban, imitations of his works and speeches became popular.

Elena now often hears in school: "I have a dream..." or "A thousand years have passed..."

On the other hand, some of Lockhart's previous archives also ensure that the popularity will not dissipate quickly.

For example, the three best-selling new books placed on the window display rack at the entrance of Flourishes and Blotts Bookstore:

"Along with Death: The Hunt for the Dark Lord", "Bloody Coin: The Path of the Fairy Queen", "Betting on Your Life: A Date with the Sorcerer's Sorrow".

In the book, Lockhart revealed the Horcrux to people for the first time and elaborated on the price and stages of Voldemort's pursuit of immortality.

The secret of Voldemort's immortality was revealed to the public, along with information on several Horcruxes controlled by the Magical Government - and by the way, the Special Containment Procedures Foundation was promoted.

Of course, the foundation mentioned in Lockhart's book is a "foreign organization" jointly established by wizards from many countries.

In addition, in the book "Death with Death: The Hunt for the Dark Lord", Lockhart traced the founding of the Foundation back more than ten centuries.

Well... to be more precise, it should be traced back to "four thousand years ago" in the foundation's membership charter.

Magical civilization and ancient wizards have become an important leading force in resisting anomalies and protecting the development of human civilization. This is undoubtedly in line with public logic and perception. Whether they are ancient pure-blood wizards or hemp and mixed-blood wizards who have just entered the magical world, they all have deep faith in the ancient and mysterious wizard organization described in the book.

As for the book "Blooded Gold Coin", it introduces the story of the rise of the Goblin Queen of Gringotts from the perspective of a bystander.

For the first time in history, wizards are able to gain insight into the bloody events behind Gringotts' transition to power.

This made people finally realize that goblins are not a chaotic and primitive ethnic group like centaurs and werewolves, but an intelligent race with a history as thick as humans.

Every coin circulating in the hands of wizards may have been soaked in the blood of goblins - Lockhart described in the book how he was kidnapped by goblins, and participated in the new generation of goblins and the upper world under a semi-coercive and semi-voluntary situation. A generation of fairies fighting, a game between fairies from various magical kingdoms.

Of course, the Fairy Queen is also indispensable in bringing order to the darkest moments and saving the goblins and Gringotts. This is much better than the boring history of magic.

At the end of the book, there is even a brief mention of the cooperation between the Ministry of Magic and the goblins, such as the recovery of the Ministry of Magic's fire dragon lease and subsequent reconstruction and tax accounting.

Even though Lockhart specifically added a statement on the title page of the book this time, "This story is purely fictitious, and any similarities are purely coincidental," no one would really think that all the stories are false - you know, in Lockhart In Hart's novel, there is even a detailed introduction to the specific officials of the Ministry of Magic bribed by goblins, as well as the considerable wealth that some officials seized and extorted from the goblins... A former senior deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic who likes gemstone rings is in the article. It even appeared four or five times.

Most wizards have no way of verifying the authenticity of the stories that happened deep in the Gringotts vault, but the strong protest from Gringotts is enough to explain everything.

Unfortunately, no matter how fiercely the goblins objected, and even became so angry that they stormed the Ministry of Magic, they could not punish Lockhart in prison again.

Following the reaction of the Goblins of Gringotts, the sales volume of "Bloody Gold Coin" even reached the top of the best-seller list at Flourish and Blotts Bookstore.

No one is not curious about the power struggles that occur among goblins - after all, in the magical world, such bloody coups are still rare.

Compared with the first two books, which were very popular as soon as they were released on the shelves, the response of "A Date with the Sorcerer's Death" was much slower.

However, as time went by, this book surpassed the first two and rushed to the top of the bestseller lists in major bookstores.

Most of Lockhart's original readers were women, and this book can be said to be the most suitable subject matter for witches to read - a romance novel.

The wizarding world has always lacked excellent writers, especially wizard authors with delicate writing and good character creation, and the emergence of Lockhart undoubtedly filled this gap: the love story of the wizard Arcee and the Muggle female researcher Hart, in the following few years Zhou has become a part of all witches’ social interactions and chats.

In fact, from a literary perspective and detailed description, "A Date with the Sorcerer's Sorrow" is indeed more exciting than the first two books.

after all……

Strictly speaking, this book is a love novel written entirely by Lockhart.

The prototype of the story is actually Arkhipovna and himself. Although some plot modifications were added, he grasped the subtleties of emotion very well.

Well, the only problem is this - the book's description of sex is also unabashed, so much so that it was subsequently labeled as some kind of weird.

In the magical world, high-quality romance novels and romance action novels are equally scarce, which is also an important factor in the subsequent surge in sales of this book.

Many wizards lined up in major bookstores to buy this romance novel under the guise of buying books for their wives, girlfriends, sisters, and sisters.

Of course, as time passed and people gradually read the story, the details hidden in the text were finally noticed.

People began to question the gray income of the Ministry of Magic, and whether the magical government also had bloody methods similar to those of goblins. The illegal income of Umbridge and others, and the rough and inhumane handling of the tragedy of wizards by the International Federation of Wizards, have also become The focus of society, the society even began to doubt the real reason for Lockhart's imprisonment.

In a panic, Cornelius Fudge almost planned to issue a ministerial order directly to restrict the continued publication and sale of Gilderoy Lockhart's novels.

However, at the last moment, Ms. Bones, Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, gave up on this bad idea:

"If you want to make sure everyone reads those books, then impose a political ban."

Ms. Bones analyzed calmly, like ice water extinguishing Fudge's anger on a summer day.

In the same week, the Ministry of Magic's goblin analysts also gave the same judgment - in fact, they went one step further than Ms. Bones's.

As "goblin employees" employed by the Ministry of Magic, these analysts find the best way to find their value: as internal auditors of the Ministry of Magic, conduct a due diligence investigation within the Ministry of Magic, and issue a credible report to the public. assets and income reports to calm public opinion in the magical society.

Cornelius Fudge and others were initially hesitant about this proposal, but when he saw the first "investigation sample", he immediately agreed.

The salary at the Ministry of Magic is not very high to begin with, but when the goblins cleverly divide some of the expenses and file losses, the actual income is even lower.

When the goblins released the income and assets survey form of the Minister of Magic, Fudge's first reaction was that he was so poor? !

However, under the explanations of the goblins, he quickly understood the wonderful differences between the asset appraisal report and the actual reality.

At the end of this relatively simple and simple twentieth century, when the goblins of Gringotts released the asset statistics and salary statistics of each Coppernut, it still played a role in stopping losses in time - even if it was still Some people think this is a false report, but at least the Ministry of Magic gave a relatively perfect answer.

As for whether any wizards in the future will figure out the secrets hidden deep in the financial statements, that is not what Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic need to consider now.

As Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic responded, the International Federation of Wizards quickly responded accordingly.

The International Federation has promised to re-examine the issue of Sorcerer's Sorrow and admit that they have been struggling with it.

This kind of rhetoric is weak, but the latest progress made by the therapists at the Salz Hospital for Magical Maladies and Maladies has given the public and the Federation confidence.

Judging from the progress of magic research there, it is only a matter of time before wizards overcome diseases such as "Wizard's Sorrow" and "Cancer" - the theoretical replacement of magic and removal of radiation have actually completed the magic foundation, and the rest It's just organized into a systematic and effective healing magic, which is too timely for the Federation.

On the other side, the newly established "Special Containment Procedures Foundation" also couldn't wait to stand in front of the stage and disclosed more details of Horcruxes to the public.

For example, the types of Horcruxes currently known, and of course the process of containing some Horcruxes——

Lockhart's name came up again, because Lockhart happened to be at the scene during the containment of the "Marvolo Ring".

The local magic newspaper reported it well at the time, and the final word from "Newt Scamander" made the containment even more legendary.

All in all, with the help of the Ministry of Magic, Gringotts, the International Federation of Wizards, and the Watch Foundation, the turmoil caused by Lockhart's new book has finally subsided.

However, the troubles facing the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards now go far beyond this.

Under Lockhart's inspiration, the wizarding world launched a massive "equal rights" movement that spread across all fields.

Many wizards are vying to be the new leaders of the "equal rights" movement, and what worries officials even more is that wizards are beginning to take an interest in Muggle technology.

Although the wizarding world has closed its main entry and exit channels, Muggle creations still flow into the wizarding society on a large scale like a tsunami.

Since the events of Grindelwald and Scamander, the International Federation of Wizards' early warning has once again reached its peak.

The "magical exposure" level reminders of the Ministry of Magic in various countries are breaking new highs almost every day.

The Department for the Prohibition of Misuse of Muggle Articles has become the busiest agency in the Ministry of Magic, and Arthur Weasley is now traveling back and forth from place to place every day.

In the second week after Lockhart's speech was delivered, the Department for the Prohibition of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts actually began an unprecedented large-scale expansion of recruitment.

In fact, the Magical Government is discussing whether to separate this department into a large department.

New types of Muggle technological creations appear every day. The Ministry of Magic’s list is not even half as fast as Muggle creativity. Explosions caused by various magics and magically modified Muggle items are everywhere. Wizards have begun to share their own stories. Although most of the magic modification ideas seemed to Arthur to be extremely dangerous and boring attempts.

However, even without magical modifications, the convenience of many Muggle technologies was quickly recognized - many wizards were even able to make phone calls proficiently.

Of course, the focus of Arthur Weasley and the Aurors was not these Muggles, but those who used magic to reprocess Muggle creations.

According to the original regulations of the Ministry of Magic, the introduction of magically modified products into the market and unauthorized magical modifications are all serious violations of the line.

Judging from past experience, this kind of behavior that crosses the line can result in a light fine, and in serious cases, you may even be arrested and tried by an Auror.

Aurors patrol all over the country every day, eager to catch a few who cross the line and teach them a lesson.

But the problem is that there are too many people crossing the line now, and the Aurors really don't know how to deal with them.

Some pure-blood families have offered to assist the Ministry of Magic, but now the "composition" of pure-blood families is also extremely complicated.

It is said that the Greengrass family has invested in potion factories, with assembly lines all over the UK. The small bottles of refreshing potions and whitening sprays now on the market are all owned by pure-blood families headed by the Greengrass family, and they are keen to assist the Ministry of Magic. The Auror's reason was to attack another group of colleagues who had invested in the potion factory.

The potion market is now more than just a small workshop. Industrialization and the entry of family and government capital have turned this place into a meat grinding ground.

Even if the Aurors have relevant evidence that some potions have flowed into the Muggle world, they would not dare to confiscate or ban a certain potion factory at will.

No one knows how many terrible chains of interests are hidden behind a brand of potion.

The Malfoy family is extremely low-key, and they have not joined the competition in the potion market.

Because their main focus is on the sanitary napkin brand "Magic Space", while making profits, they have also become a talking point among many upper-class people.

The elegant and ancient Malfoy family has become the new "magic sanitary napkin" tycoon in the magical world and even the non-magical world. This is undoubtedly the only relaxing and bizarre episode in the chaos. However, someone in the Auror office came up with an idea. They wanted to thoroughly investigate the Malfoy industry, but were quickly suppressed by the angry witches.

It is not easy for the wizarding world to create a stable female hygiene products company. Any action that hinders the expansion of the Malfoy family will undoubtedly cause public outrage.

Although the name "Magic Sanitary Napkin Tycoon" is not elegant, Malfoy feels extremely at ease now.

Lucius was certain that the Malfoy family could prosper for another few centuries.