Chapter 649 The Demon King’s Plan

Devon, near the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole.

A small wizarding village appeared somewhere among the low mountains that were once deserted.

Some time ago, after soliciting the opinions of "local villagers", the Ministry of Magic officially designated the new wizard village named Quibble as one of several key wizard settlements in the UK. Naturally, the burrows near the village were also included. in.

As for the origin of the name of the village of Quibble, it is extremely simple - "The Quibbler".

With the increasing sales of "The New Quibbler" and the number of subscribers to new magazines such as "Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue" and "Exploration and Discovery" derived from it, only Xenophilius Lovegood’s original family workshop was obviously no longer able to support such a huge news magazine.

Of course, with the joint investment from Hogwarts and Gringotts, "The New Quibbler" quickly grew into a giant enterprise in the European wizarding world, with nearly thirty wizard employees, and Several goblin accountants.

In order to facilitate work and communication, some of the wizard employees of "The New Quibbler" voluntarily moved to live next to the residence of editor-in-chief Xenophilius Lovegood. This is naturally a reasonable thing...

As for why at the beginning, the proportion of foreign elderly people was the majority, this is not important.

Anyway, as time goes by, the number of residents in this village has gradually increased. Now there are almost a hundred wizards, plus at least dozens of goblins, who have chosen to settle in this inconspicuous and remote village.

"After that... let's slightly limit the number of people staying..."

Dumbledore rubbed his eyebrows and looked helplessly at the white-haired dumpling following him.

"If this development continues, this place will not be a wizard village, but a wizard city. No matter how stupid Cornelius Fudge is, he will never believe that thousands of foreign wizards will travel thousands of miles for a magazine. Move to England.”

"Don't worry, Professor Dumbledore, everything is under control."

Elena put her hands behind her back and danced nimbly on the stone street while answering nonchalantly.

"We have simulated it many times. With the number of Aurors in the British wizarding world today, even if they mobilize all their personnel to break into this village, they will just disappear silently like water droplets falling into the sea. "

"...I'm not worried about the safety here!"

Dumbledore glanced at the surrounding houses and streets, and sighed tiredly.

In just such a short journey, he had already seen at least five wizards acting as secret sentries. More importantly, in addition, he could see two or three goblins in every corner of the street every few houses. "Small talk".

This scene appears in the goblin who advocates that time is money. It is as funny as the troll writing poetry.

"Elena, Mr. Lovegood is just running a magazine. You are spending a lot of manpower and material resources to build a wizarding settlement like a fortress. It is a bit too fussy..."

"No, on the contrary, this is just a prototype, and the scale will be more than ten times larger in the future."

Elena stopped slowly, turned her head to look at the old wizard behind her, and replied calmly.

"You know, any wizard with some basic mathematics can estimate how much money Mr. Lovegood will earn from these publications, as well as the size of the daily turnover of "The New Quibbler." Moreover, this There are also the Weasleys nearby, and with the temptation of money and your reputation, it is very likely that they have been secretly targeted."

"Therefore, I think it is very necessary to provide basic security for the Lovegood family and the Weasley family - at this point, you have already set a very wrong example for me. Quite. I believe more in the reliability of the wolf pack effect and the power of the collective than to break it into pieces and fend for itself in a hide-and-seek way of self-protection.”

"On the other hand, the magic world really needs to establish a complete social system and social system. This cannot only rely on illusory systems and gold galleons innovation. Everything ultimately requires a reliable material carrying entity."

"Besides..."

Elena paused slightly and looked at Dumbledore with a half-smile.

"In this way, won't it also make it easier for you to control the overall situation? If I let all the employees of destiny and newspaper employees be broken into pieces and hidden in every corner of the magical and non-magical world, wouldn't you be a little worried in your heart? …”

"What are you worried about? Are you worried that these wizards will not be able to find suitable places to live in the future?"

Dumbledore glanced at Elena with some scrutiny and raised his eyebrows meaningfully.

Elena looked around the street, nodded seriously and replied softly, half-jokingly.

"It's not impossible. Buying a property now is not as easy as it was a few decades ago. The identity information alone is enough to give the Ministry of Magic and the wizards a headache... "

Since the enforcement of the International Statute of Secrecy has become increasingly stringent, and the non-magical world has developed rapidly after World War II, even with the assistance of magical space magic, the range of residences that wizards can choose is not as wide as before.

Except for a few wizard families living alone in deserted corners, more wizards often choose semi-wizard settlements registered with the Ministry of Magic (here refers to the Muggle villages where wizards live after the International Statute of Secrecy comes into effect. living in a city, similar to Godric's Hollow), or hiding directly in a Muggle city under the supervision of the wizarding world.

However, Elena knew that this situation might not last long.

With the advent of the era of information technology and big data, real estate accounting will become more and more complex. It will be extremely difficult for wizards to completely hide their whereabouts in the non-magical world - social relationships like spider webs , will slowly tie up the wizards’ space for survival and struggle.

Whether it is the Academy City centered on Hogwarts or the preparations for the province of Quebull, they are actually mitigating the outbreak of these conflicts from another aspect, delaying the arrival of the final day as much as possible, and fighting for her. to enough time.

However, all these things are still too far away for Dumbledore who is limited to this era.

Perhaps only after that day arrives, and wizards look back at her current preparations, will they understand that there are no coincidences or luck in this world, but only plans and inevitable trajectories.

While talking, the two passed through the layers of magical protection and arrived at the door of the newly renovated Lovegood home.

Luna Lovegood was already accompanied by her father, pulling a large suitcase and standing on the edge of the lawn outside the garden fence, waiting for Dumbledore and Elena to pick her up - as agreed, They were going to sleep over at Newt's house.

"Everything is starting to get interesting, isn't it? Professor Dumbledore."

Elena glanced at the several whomping willows planted next to Lovegood's house, as well as the knotted vines that had been magically cast and were particularly intimidating at first sight, as well as the looming vines that were looming under the blessing of the continuous disillusionment spell. Goblin Outpost.

There is no doubt that under the influence of her continuous crisis theory, Xenophilius Lovegood is no longer the obedient, indecisive and simple dreamer he used to be - in order to protect his daughter, he has changed a lot.

Strength and dreams, you need both, this is the world of adults.

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at the same time.

On the outskirts of Hogsmeade, the border between Hogwarts Castle and the village.

"Albus Dumbledore" took the house elves and experts and scholars from various institutes in the former Soviet Union to this huge area planned as the "Hogwarts External Faculty and Staff Living Area" site.

"Mr. Dumbledore, all houses have been built and all daily circulation facilities can be used."

The house elf responsible for repairing this living area bent down and spoke in a rather respectful voice.

"Very good." Dumbledore nodded lightly, turned around and looked at the former Soviet scholars around him, "Everyone, this area will be where you work and live for a long time in the future, and your first priority The job is..."

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, paused slightly, looked around the surrounding environment, and issued instructions skillfully.

"First of all, complete the magnetic field survey and physical constant measurement in the Hogwarts area as soon as possible, master the spoken and written English in Scotland, and... summarize and summarize a set of general subject knowledge suitable for children aged 11 to 18. The content of this section, I hope, includes literature, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry..."

"Don't worry, although the students at Hogwarts are relatively young, they are also real wizards. With the help of magic, their physical strength and energy can easily break through the hardest working in the non-magical world. Muggle limits."

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