Chapter 684 Negotiation

"Now wizards can only get acquainted with and understand a little bit of black magic during their careers in school, and they graduate with only a superficial understanding. Sometimes the foundation in this area is not even considered as an entry-level, and they will explore on their own without knowing the dangers and carry out dangerous research practices. Instead of doing this, it is better to lay the foundation for them at the beginning, and not have any knowledge blind spots, no matter what Whether they will study black magic in the future, but at least they can master the basics and know the things to pay attention to when doing research, so that they can avoid the dangers they encounter in blind research." Allen raised his eyebrows and looked directly at the other party, " And on the other hand, in the next possible battle, they have enough understanding of the magic that the enemy is good at, and can also learn the necessary protection methods. The opponent they are facing now is not from the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Those red hats that were introduced."

"Professor Harris, you know that powerful magic can fascinate people. If a wizard who can't control his behavior goes on the wrong path because of indulging in black magic, his life will be ruined." Dumbledore said His face became more serious, "Professor Harris, you can't deny this possibility, and it has a high probability of happening, and if we win the war for them, they don't need to use these methods that may affect their minds to protect themselves, In the real life of wizards, they don't need to use these methods."

"But what about the wizards who died because of lack of self-protection means before we won the war? We can't give up because of choking. Principal Dumbledore, if he stopped because of fear, wouldn't he lose the opportunity to move forward forever?" Allen Seriously persuaded, and pointed out mercilessly, "And doing so is a very unfair approach to other little wizards. They obviously have the opportunity to get in touch with a more magical world, broaden their horizons, and grow their hearts. strength, but lost this opportunity because of your various concerns, I don't think you can make decisions for all students for their future so easily, except for ordinary wizard life, I think those who are ambitious enough Wizards and curious wizards should have their own path to promotion, Headmaster Dumbledore, otherwise what is the purpose of the founder of Hogwarts to set up the restricted area? Your previous approach also violates the founding principle in my opinion. people's original intention."

Dumbledore did not give up, he continued to try to persuade Allen to give up his ideas, "We cannot protect everyone by doing this, but we can protect the interests of most people by doing this, and in the long run, Allen, Wouldn't it be better for the wizarding world to create a world free of dark magic? And truly ambitious and talented wizards like you would obviously be able to continue their studies after graduation, and that would weed out those who don't have enough talent and will and There will only be a small number of wizards who have no need for this aspect, and only a few people will degenerate into dark wizards. Obviously, under the current strong execution of the Ministry of Magic, they will no longer have the opportunity to make any big waves—and those who Little wizards who don't need it don't need to put themselves in this kind of danger."

Alan was obviously not persuaded by Dumbledore. He also stood up and made himself look at the headmaster of Hogwarts: "I didn't ask everyone to learn black magic. Dumbledore, this is just an optional course. I will not give up teaching anyone because they have no "talent". As long as there is a little wizard who is interested and can learn and persist in using the Patronus Charm, I will try my best to teach him whatever he wants Learning knowledge and extraordinary ingenuity are the greatest wealth of human beings, but I think knowledge is also, and wealth needs to be circulated to be called wealth. I will not let these wealth circulate only in the hands of a few people. Now those in the history of magic How much of the magical magic in the legendary stories that have been passed down is now lost and how much is mastered by modern wizards? Dumbledore, it seems to be a blasphemy against knowledge and ancestors."

"Ellen,

Please be patient and hear me out. Dumbledore felt that the other party would not refuse his next proposal, and interrupted Allen confidently, "If you can do this, I am willing to let myself and the Order of the Phoenix cooperate with the Ministry of Magic's actions." , fight against the Dark Lord together, instead of insisting on the fact that Harry will defeat the Dark Lord in the prophecy——Alan, I think you may have misunderstood me, in fact, I don’t believe in divination and prophecy, and I even considered By outlawing the discipline, and the reason why I stick to that prophecy so much afterwards is because Voldemort chose it and himself marked Harry as the sworn enemy in the prophecy. "

"But when you believe that Voldemort believes in this prophecy, you yourself fall into it. The important thing is not what you think, but what you do." Allen sneered: "Sorry, Principal Dumbledore, we were in the past The Battle of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic proved that we can defeat Voldemort without your help or the help of the Order of the Phoenix, and now I don't think you can use this condition to make me agree with you to make decisions on behalf of others. One point—did you ask Moody for his opinion on the proposal you just made? Or did you make the decision for him without authorization?"

Dumbledore opened his mouth to refute, but Allen stretched out his index finger and stopped him in turn, letting him swallow the words he wanted to refute: "Please forgive me, please wait for me a moment, I will give you Show something."

After finishing speaking, Allen snapped his fingers to make his house elf Maggie appear in the principal's office. After whispering to her, the other party disappeared a few minutes later and reappeared, but with an extra set of water pipes in his hand-this is Made Dumbledore's eyes twitch, he knew what Alan wanted to do.

"Please don't worry, principal, I am different from the "good friend" you are familiar with. I did not add anything in it that can help control people's hearts, just to show you..." As he said, Alan lit the hookah, and then After taking a deep breath, he slowly exhaled the smoke in the air above the principal's office desk.

The phantom of the ancient Netheril Empire appeared in front of Allen and Dumbledore like a mirage along with the smoke.

From the very beginning, a village of country bumpkin wizards who regarded some simple tricks as insignificant achievements, after a period of frenzied study, created achievements and brilliance that would stun modern wizards.

From the alliance formed by several small fishing villages at the beginning, the illusion has been developed to the core of Mythra, which was invented by the great arcanist Iolum - countless suspended in the air, protected by a protective cover in the deep sea or The floating city filled with various mage towers in the lava appeared in front of the headmaster of Hogwarts.

And those Mythra energy cores, which are as tall as a person and as big as a city, look like crystal balls. The spheres emit very bright light, as dazzling as looking directly at the sun, and there are some dark shadows wandering on the surface. An ornate pedestal holds this perfectly spherical unit. Its function is very simple, it can connect the essence of the original magic energy, transmit the original magic power directly, and then transmit it to the entire territory.

This allows ancient wizards to easily create quasi-magic items with constant spell effects, and the energy and financial resources consumed are nothing compared to the creation of normal magic items-when a quasi-magic item is within the influence range of the Mither core , you can use the magic power instilled in it at the beginning. Outside the range, the quasi-magic item will stop working, and it is a non-magic item. The magic power it continuously transmits makes the entire mountain range float in the air. This is The foundation of those floating cities.

And because the cost of these quasi-magic items is very low, the price of traditional magic items has also been affected, because only those who have left the Mythra Energy Core will need those things, and as ordinary residents move in, a large number of them serve civilian life. The quasi-magic item was born, a lighting magic sphere that can be controlled by various commands and voices; by opening a permanent way to connect to the water elemental plane, people use a simple valve to control the flow of water. After the project is completed and put into use , Laying direct indoor water pipelines and building water storage facilities, tap water like the life of modern wizards and Muggles also appeared; and some auxiliary spell-casting props even allow Muggles to cast a few small spells to help them Live in the floating city.

All these remarkable achievements formed the lost ancient magic empire.

"I know that my family's recent actions have made many people unhappy. But, my headmaster, some people say that we have taken control of the Ministry of Magic through some disgraceful means, and that I will take control of the wizarding world and become the third Dark Lord. But I don't want to be the Dark Lord, no, my own purpose is not to control the wizarding world itself in order to control the Ministry of Magic." Allen's eyes lit up, and he walked a few steps slowly with his hands behind his back, He described it sincerely and excitedly to the headmaster of Hogwarts, "Principal Dumbledore, if you are familiar with Muggles, you should know the achievements of the ancient Roman Empire and the renaissance of Muggles. Influence, magic! As long as we are like the ancients, let us wizards not only pay attention to those life spells like now, but comprehensive and more theoretical research and development, what a wonderful world we will create for all wizards! This It will be a renaissance for our wizarding world!"

Dumbledore was obviously infected by the vision he saw before and Allen's speech, but his age and strong mind calmed him down from impetuousness. I also strengthened my belief: "Alan, I have also heard a little about the splendor created in the ancient Netheril era. Although I used to regard them as some fictional stories of legends, I don't know what you experienced after falling into the veil. What, but Alan, you have to understand that whether it is the Netheril Magic Empire or the Muggle Roman Empire, although they were very powerful for a while, they have long since perished due to their own reasons. According to the rumors I have learned before , the demise of Netheril is the demise of their non-restriction on research, sorry, please forgive me as an old man who is too conservative, I still think that if wizards form the kind of magic you want A climate of indifference in the study of knowledge and knowledge will do far more harm to the wizarding world than it will reward."

Allen stared at Dumbledore's movements, feeling that he could no longer convince the stubborn old man in front of him, and he finally added as a human being: "That's why I added those learning restrictions to my courses, and the purpose is to Let the wizards first learn to recognize the dangers, and try to let them lay a solid foundation before they can shine..."

"Well, Professor Harris, we each have our own opinions, but the fundamental purpose is for the development of wizards. Unfortunately, the differences between us seem to be very big at present, but I hope I can let you see that I am Correct. It’s a pity that I can’t persuade you, since none of us will compromise on this issue, for the future of more young wizards, there is no way, I can only use the authority of the principal to cancel this course.” Seeing that negotiations were useless, Dumbledore directly wanted to use his power.

Allen leaned forward slightly, and the eyes of both sides met in the air: "Dumbledore, I also regret that your idea cannot be realized. This course was previously agreed by the Ministry of Magic and the school directors. You want to veto it." If you want to, you need to contact enough school trustees to make them agree with your decision, but I also hope that I can show you that I am correct."

Dumbledore put his hand on the table and leaned forward, "Because of your family's aggressive attitude, under the current situation, several school managers have contacted me, I just want to talk to you , Let’s talk about these things again, because the Harris family will be more helpful in fighting Voldemort than those pure-blood families, and we could have reached a united front.”

Dumbledore regretted it from the bottom of his heart. He actually wanted to unite all the forces that could be united to deal with Voldemort, and the Harris family and his purpose were actually the same to some extent.

Allen leaned back and sat down again, folded his hands on his chest, and said with a relaxed expression: "Then you take the time to contact, and I will contact you after you have successfully contacted enough school managers." Today, I will continue to be the professor of ancient magic at Hogwarts - according to the plan of the Ministry of Magic, we have decided to add this course to the OWLs and NEWT in a few years. "

Dumbledore nodded helplessly. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Allen for a while. He noticed that Allen hadn't included Muggles in his previous words. Is it because he thinks that Muggles are useful and have no place in the world he wants to build because he is just like his old buddy in his heart? Dumbledore didn't ask the doubts in his heart. He didn't see any discriminatory behavior towards Muggle-born wizards in Lun's treatment of Muggle-born wizards, and he also learned from the inquiring news that he had attended Muggle schools before. And now that Harris has mastered the Ministry of Magic and faced Voldemort and those pure-blood families, he should not blindly create more enemies. Dumbledore, who was deeply tired, decided to observe this aspect as usual for a while, and then make a judgment based on the observation results, instead of asking a question that will not be answered now to make the original and broken relationship between the two parties even more contradictory.

Dumbledore stood up and decided to end the conversation. Although he was very sorry that the conversation with Allen had collapsed, he believed in his bones that little wizards should not learn black magic, so the conflict of ideas made it impossible for him to reach a consensus with Allen, but Dumbledore planned to wait until pure magic. The relationship between the Blood Family and the Ministry of Magic is even worse, and when the conflicts become more prominent and intense, we can join hands with them to ban the course of ancient magic: "It seems that our conversation had to break up badly, but fortunately outside The carnival is still very lively, which will allow people to vent their positive emotions under Umbridge's administration. Professor Harris, why don't we go together? "

When Dumbledore stood up, he also stood up and was about to leave. Alan saw a shiny silver sword on the shelf behind him. The hilt was studded with a dazzling ruby ​​the size of an egg. Alan saw the approaching There is a name engraved on the hilt of the sword - Godric Gryffindor.

Thinking of the brave red-haired wizard and the agreement he had made with him, Allen shook his head and replied to Dumbledore: "No need for the principal, to me, your decision is like Dolores' decision. When teaching the students Defense Against the Dark Arts class, let them put down their wands, pick up books and start reading and copying, I will go to the Black Lake to get some air, you know, I am not suitable for an overly lively atmosphere."