Chapter 1257 ? Review Committee

The Ravenclaw Temple on the floating city does not look like an enlarged version of the Ravenclaw Temple in Diagon Alley. Large, elegant arched windows hung in the walls, hung with blue and bronze silks. The ceiling is a dome with stars on the background of the subject above and stars on the dark blue carpet below. Many ravens fly and inhabit under the starry sky on the dome, adding a lot of mystery to the temple.

Many members of the Ministry of Magic, as members of pure-blood families, have never been to the temple in person. Even if some of them experienced the divine descent when the former headmaster of Hogwarts was kicked out, there is no such thing as a rich life. It is difficult for them to change their past habits, to have faith in what to pray for.

But at this time, they were slowly gazing at the scenery in the temple that even the silent people of the Department of Mysteries had rarely seen in the past, and they couldn't help but feel the feeling of hearing thunder, the exciting feeling of thunder rolling past—— As a wizard, I will be proud of my kind who have built such a majestic and majestic magic palace.

When the visiting wizard looks up, he will see some of the deeds of Ravenclaw described in the murals as the queen of the gods, and he will find the huge statue of Rowena Ravenclaw in the empty hall that connects the indoor world and the sky. As a headless dragon relief for her mount, some internally reared ravens fly around under the starry sky on the ceiling.

And when looking at the head-up, the themes of those murals and reliefs become familiar deeds when Ravenclaw was still a human, such as creating a college or spreading knowledge. The painting finds its kind, and the murals on the walls of the temple are separated by countless huge bookshelves, just like Ravenclaw's common room.

In front of it, the usual podium and benches with blue upholstery have been temporarily arranged to look like a meeting room.

Noticing that the Minister of Magic came in, the silent wizards sitting on the bench made themselves quieter, avoiding their voices being too conspicuous in this temple that has been confirmed to have the existence of gods—because the temple The internal structure and similar to the Muggle church have been specially designed, so that the sound can be strengthened as needed.

The high space and the dome above are the characteristics of the space. In order to emphasize the ethereal effect of polyphony in the temple music, holes are punched in the wall, and clay pots are embedded in the wall. While making full use of the ground echo to improve the transmission of speech sound, the upper part of the dome that is outlined as the universe has become more and more important. They cannot be reflected by the echo when casting spells, so as not to cause the echo to interfere with the speaker due to distance problems.

But no matter the structure or the atmosphere of the entire temple, people can't help but speak slowly, appearing calm and calm.

Later, the meeting officially started.

"Everyone, from now on, the temporary office of our Ministry of Magic will be set up in Floating Void City. Today is our first meeting." Owen rested his hands on the pulpit and glanced at the staff of the Ministry of Magic in uniform His voice was also much slower than usual, "The arson that happened last night is completely trampling on our Ministry of Magic... The UK welcomes wizards of different customs and religious beliefs to join us with an inclusive and open attitude, but this is based on These beliefs and customs of theirs do not affect other wizards. Now, some extreme protests caused by Italian immigrants about their native religious beliefs have seriously affected others, and have even been used by Death Eaters, leading to our The Ministry of Magic has suffered heavy losses...."

Owen swung his palm down heavily.

These members of the Ministry of Magic sitting on the benches listened quietly—everyone knew that the words on the scene at the beginning were revealed to the ordinary people outside. The reason is not the point, but what specific countermeasures will be taken Today's highlight.

"In order to build a peaceful and safe living environment for wizards in the British wizarding world, I think the Ministry of Magic will further strengthen supervision.

"Owen's tone became tough, and he raised his head and said irrefutably, "I ask the Ministry of Magic to set up a monitoring organization in this regard and establish a review committee. The chief will take the lead and use her department as the prototype to expand the functions in this area. The members of the committee will be the Burns, Longbottom, Foley and other families who have been loyally serving the British wizards and making continuous contributions to the development of the magic world. And members of some wizarding families who have performed well in the Ministry of Magic this year, such as Grimson and Barcelona. "

Suddenly, the positions of these family members named by Allen became the focus of the wizards. Some wizards who were not named were obviously not prepared for this. list, which disturbed them deeply.

"Let's talk about the current assumptions about the functions of the supervisory department. In view of the identity of the suspect in the arson case, all demonstrations and other protests must be reported to the supervisory committee with detailed materials; The factual information, inciting wizards' emotions, has had a negative impact on the stability and harmony of the magic world. The Supervisory Committee will comprehensively and continuously clean up the publication market to ensure the authenticity of the reports... In view of the fact that there are frequent incidents of funding illegal organizations in China, the Supervisory Committee will The committee will be able to review their accounts with the permission of the Law Enforcement Division, but businesses and families previously found to have funded Lord Voldemort will not be subject to such restrictions." Amid the uproar and the cacophony of Aurors maintaining discipline , Owen said forcefully and forcefully, the voice he applied magic matched with the special structure of the temple, and it was clearly transmitted to the ears of every wizard, "In short, the supervisory committee now has the power to investigate these situations, so that the British magic community can obtain Peace and security."

The British purebloods who were still in the Ministry of Magic immediately understood after hearing the members and functions of this department. Burns and Longbottom had abandoned them. They no longer maintained relative neutrality, but turned to And voted for Harris, now there is no doubt that this department will make this group of people a member of the new ruling class-all opponents will be sanctioned by this committee and labeled as illegal.

The wizards who were originally in the core ruling class of the magic world realized that they were kicked out of this level, and their family and personal interests would be damaged. They immediately went into an uproar, completely unable to accept the taste of losing their rights. Like tumbling boiling water, these wizards instantly stood up angrily, waving their palms and arms, gesticulating at Owen's accusations, protests and protests - some wizards from pure-blood families who had remained neutral secretly regretted themselves , when the victory or defeat was already clear, he did not seize the opportunity because of hesitation, and missed the opportunity to become a new ruling class in this round.

However, as one of the parties involved, Amelia Bones' thick eyebrows were raised high at this time, and her monocle seemed to be about to slip off; beside her, Algie Longbottom's round face and mouth were open He froze, and at this moment showed his blood relationship with his nephew Neville, which looked very similar to Neville's dazed expression.

What the Minister of Magic Owen just announced is quite different from what they discussed in the early morning. The previous discussion was only for the review of families connected with the mysterious person, and those families with too much black magic and black industry Well, they are quite decent and hope to use this to make the British magic world a little cleaner, and they can also annex these family legitimate industries to gain some benefits, but now in Owen's mouth, it has become aimed at everyone, but they themselves have nothing at all. There is no intention of throwing other families aside by this.

"Minister Harris! I object!" Amelia Bones stood up from her seat, seeming to organize her words after an unexpected pause, "Such an act of expanding the scope of the review! Too extreme can easily lead to magic The uneasy atmosphere in the world has increased, and many families have not made mistakes before!"

After reacting, Alji immediately stood up, and he said in a rough voice: "...I don't understand, this is not what we are talking about..."

"I agree." Suddenly, Josephine Harris' clear and cold voice interrupted Longbottom. She stood up and straightened her wide-brimmed hat with her head raised.

Following her footsteps, the senior management of the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures stood up and expressed their approval. Some people tried to stand up to express their disapproval, but they were surprised to find that their voices seemed to be weaker than his original voice in this temple. a lot.

"I agree." "I agree." "I support."

With Lun, Daisy and Albert taking the lead, their forces also expressed their approval. John Bartha followed closely behind. Grimson rubbed his red nose, glared at those wizards who expressed their opposition with eagle-like sharp eyes, and followed up with a very serious attitude.

These wizards who had completely voted for Harris stood up one by one, and the endless voices of agreement almost converged into a coherent note. These wizards who stood up were almost connected into one piece, occupying more and more space in the temple. In such a situation, apart from those wizards who protested violently and shouted the loudest just now, more and more people were engulfed by this wave of agreement and stood up.

Burns looked at the changes in the scene in surprise. She opened her mouth and wanted to continue to object to the defense, but was held down by Alji next to her. She looked at the other party suspiciously. Following the other party's line of sight, he saw those who were forced to stand up and agree. The neutral pure-blood families were hostile to their gaze.

"It's useless to say anything." Foley whispered without saying a word just now. "There is no other choice. If you object at this time... Burns will not only be kicked out of the committee, but will be completely isolated...We It was put together by Owen."

It is true that Harris' people occupy most of the advantageous positions in the Ministry of Magic now, but if the neutral families of them are as unified as before, they should also be able to hinder or make Harris more restrained. The function of the committee, but at this moment after the seeds of their mutual distrust grow, they understand that if they do not object, at least they will be accepted into the emerging real ruling class. The development potential is lost...

"Amelia, forget it..." Algee Longbottom seemed less urgent than before, he looked at the aggrieved witch, "At least we are still in the review committee, we are inside than we were kicked out... It can better guarantee the fairness of this organization, right?"

Amelia narrowed her eyes tightly, and the edge of the monocle sank into her flesh. After listening to Longbottom's words, she fell into a tangle, and finally gave up on continuing to protest and defend—of course for the so-called Bottom line, she didn't agree, but that didn't matter anymore.