Chapter 687: The International Wizarding Confederation's Secrecy Act
When Hermione put the three barrels of fine wine into her purse and returned to the shore of the Black Lake, Allen was already standing by the shore of the Black Lake. golden light.
"Alan, why did you bring so much wine to feed the giant squid? How can it tell you that it wants to drink?" Hermione couldn't wait to ask when she saw Alan. She was full of wine at the Three Broomsticks just now. Doubt.
"This giant squid is actually Gryffindor, Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Hogwarts. Because he had an accident to help Rowena, he was inspired by the blood of his family. Cursed, he had to survive in this black lake for thousands of years in the form of a giant squid. At the beginning, he could still maintain his sanity and maintain his consciousness, and he could recover his human form for a small amount of time every day. In Hogwarts Castle Wandering. But with the passage of time, now he has truly turned into a giant squid, and the only remaining humanity is his preferences and habits..." I have just tried animal understanding and photographing Shentori found that Alan, who no longer had much normal consciousness in the opponent's mind, said a little sadly, "I had a duel with him a thousand years ago, and I defeated him but I also promised him. After I came back, I will fight for him every day." Plenty of wine and seafood—that's a little compensation for him, though more for my own peace of mind."
Hermione took out all the wooden barrels and arranged them neatly on the shore of the Black Lake, while listening to Allen's story carefully. When she heard the identity of the giant squid, she was not too surprised. When she couldn't change back, she looked at the sparkling black lake, and then sighed, and then Hermione asked Allen, "But why did Gryffindor have a duel with you?"
"He loved Ravenclaw, and later misunderstood that I failed Ravenclaw, and abandoned Ravenclaw and Helena mother and daughter." Allen described the events experienced in the three conversions of Time Converter, including and The emotional entanglement process between the founders, the three English battles, and what happened with Merlin all told Hermione in detail, including the news about the underworld and the god of death that Allen knew from Luna. And what Alan did to those Muggle souls.
Hermione felt distraught at this moment, too many explosive news flooded her head.
The history of Muggles and the history of Hogwarts actually have Allen's participation behind it; the news of the underworld and the god of death made Hermione feel unreal, and the gods actually exist; and Hermione is very envious of Luna She even said that she was jealous of such a life-and-death friendship and a thousand-year love with Allen. These experiences had a greater attack on her heart than she had imagined before. And unlike absorbing the souls of those spiders or magical creatures, the things Allen did in 1066 were actually more evil than all the dark wizards in history she knew. Many human souls.
This made Hermione couldn't help wiping tears for those Muggles and Allen, and trembled because of the unrest and entanglement in her heart. It's just that for Helena, the negative emotions caused by the other party's rejection of her before have almost all subsided. This poor girl is under the control of Alan and Luna whether she lives or dies. Born is destined to become a ghost, so as to avoid being absorbed by the god of death in the end, and it has existed until this era.
Thinking of this has eased Hermione's sense of denial about Alan's act of absorbing human souls a lot. Since the final result is being absorbed, Alan, who has more legitimate reasons, will not appear so evil——Hermione only I can use this reason to convince myself.
Allen, who hadn't spoken to give Hermione time to digest, directed the seafood to fly over the lake, and the seafood that was still alive in the bucket jumped into the water and scattered in all directions.
"Why did you tell me this instead of hiding it from me? Penny..." Hermione was a little puzzled why Alan told himself these things in detail,
She originally wanted to ask Penello if she knew about it, but then realized that to Penello, whether she knew it or not didn't make any difference...
Allen turned his back to Hermione and continued to watch the giant squid eating: "I thought about hiding it from you, but I don't think it's fair for you and me to keep the relationship maintained by concealment."
"Mysterious people dream of living forever and escaping from death. To a certain extent, both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor have achieved it." Hermione did not respond to Alan's emotional question, she followed Alan's line of sight , watching the waves of the Black Lake churning violently, the giant squid’s gleaming red tentacles emerged from the water, and stuffed the seafood into its mouthparts continuously, “You who regard death as your opponent, the mysterious man and Dumbledore really I'm no longer your opponent..."
"Yes, Hermione, but the issue of the god of death is still far away. As long as we don't die, the god of death is not a problem. And the duel invitation I initiated to Tom Riddle in this interview, if he really accepts the challenge, it will be There is no need to designate any plans and traps." Allen threw the barrel of fish-flavored green beer to the squid, who froze for a moment, then rolled up the barrel with tentacles excitedly, and let his mouthparts float obliquely After coming out of the water, he squeezed the wine barrel into pieces with skillful yet rusty expression, allowing the liquid inside to drip down his tentacles into his own mouth.
Watching the giant squid comfortably twist and stretch all its tentacles under the influence of the long-lost alcohol, Allen threw down the remaining two buckets, then turned and looked solemnly at the silent Hermione: "But whether it is Whether he fights or is defeated by me in the follow-up, I will keep him alive for a while, only if he becomes an external threat to the wizarding world, attracts the attention of others, and puts enough pressure on them, the changes I want to make will happen. I can have the time and opportunity to prepare and make arrangements until it is fully realized.”
"You want to make changes, what changes?" Hermione was taken aback, and put away all the little tempers about love and love in her heart. You must know that all the changes involved in the past and present will inevitably involve bloodshed and sacrifices. There are few peaceful evolutions. And Allen, what exactly does he want to do? This made Hermione very frightened. Allen's previous actions and what happened in the history of magic were connected in her mind.
"Hermione, compared to those pure-blood wizards, you know more about the Muggle world. You should be able to see the progress of Muggles. They have created a terrifying power that is no less than magic with their own ingenuity—— At least in the matter of directly killing others. We wizards are indeed far ahead of Muggles in terms of time and space magic, transformation of matter, research on the mind, and prediction of the future. It can be said that as long as it is related to magic, we wizards can maintain enough advantages. We can easily solve diseases that Muggles can't cure at all. The mastery of soul knowledge even allows good enough wizards to live forever But it also makes us arrogant enough to hinder our development in non-magical fields. Many pure blood wizards can't even do simple arithmetic, and they don't know anything about logic. Mr. Arthur Weasley is not a bad person I think You are very clear, but even this kind of Ministry of Magic official who is not considered a bad person will leave enough backdoors for himself when formulating the laws and regulations under his jurisdiction. You can imagine how many loopholes our laws have. Now, in these respects, we wizards are 'Muggles'." Allen analyzed the advantages of wizards to Hermione.
"Alan, what exactly do you want to reform?" Hermione agrees with these statements. She is used to and likes dogmatic ideas. The idea is just to reform these.
Alan paused, did not answer directly, but continued to analyze the question: "With the advancement of Muggles' technology, I think you know that Muggles have made rapid progress in the field of technology they call computers. In October 1994, In October, what was called the World Wide Web was established by the MIT Computer Science Laboratory, which has the title of "the most technological university in the world" among Muggles-for this I made a prophecy, Hermione, as you can imagine In just a few years, if the Muggles capture some magic-related video materials, will they be able to spread to the whole earth in a short time? By then, how much will the "International Statute of Secrecy" of our wizards be able to do? It's hard to predict how long this effect will last-although the Muggle Repelling Curse and the Apparition and even the Imperius Curse that can be used when necessary make us basically invincible, but Our population base is too small, Hermione."
After giving Hermione some time to digest, Allen continued to add: "If we have conflicts with Muggles, wizards who are good enough like us can at least be guaranteed in terms of safety, but those who are not on the road of magic Ordinary wizards who can't go too far, as long as a certain population of ordinary wizards who constitute the wizard society die, the wizarding world will naturally fall apart—if you can't cast the accident spell for yourself Muggles obviously want to do this to wizards who can make protective spells such as iron armor automatically cast when the conditions set by themselves are triggered, or wear advanced magical defense items with similar functions and do not have all precautions in advance. It’s not too difficult to point out. And Voldemort, who is nothing more than a terrorist (anti-404) leader in the Muggle world, can make the entire wizarding world feel horrified because our population base is too small. Every one he kills, if A little more calculation of the relationship between the characters will reveal that those victims are either our distant relatives, or classmates, friends and colleagues. This is one of the reasons why wizards feel so frightened, because every dead person, more or less Connect with yourself."
"You want to break the wizard's "International Federation of Wizards' Secrecy Act" like Grindelwald! The purpose of your establishment of the TV station is to make wizards aware of the threat of Muggles, and the purpose of holding training courses and ancient magic classes is not only for the mystery People are here to face the Muggles!" Hermione unconsciously took a step back from Allen, and finally blurted out the panic in her heart, and what made her even more terrified was that, just as Allen had imagined, even by virtue of Hermione's understanding of Muggle history, if Muggles all know the existence of wizards and magical things like magic, what kind of things will those greedy people do and... the population of the wizarding world, relatively Considering the huge base of Muggles, it is too small. The magic of wizards may be very powerful, but the lethality of Muggles' guns cannot be underestimated. If there is a war between wizards and Muggles, the world will change. Hermione couldn't imagine what it would be like.
"Hermione, you are an intelligent wizard who has a deep understanding of the Muggle world. You should be able to see that it will be a matter of time before the International Statute of Secrecy is broken and the wizarding world is discovered. I am just preparing in advance, rather than When the time comes, we will be in a hurry, caught off guard, and the misunderstanding and fear of both parties will make things messy. It is better to let the wizards understand the situation in the Muggle world now, so as to better integrate the two worlds in the future and avoid greater disasters. " Ellen walked slowly towards Hermione while talking to Hermione, and Ellen put his hand on Hermione's shoulder so that she was facing him, "I'm not Grindelwald, Hermione, he is The first generation of the Dark Lord, the reason he kept Muggles was that they were useful. When he corrected his subordinates’ idea of killing all Muggles, he used the reason of leaving servants to help carry the goods, but I just want to protect wizards."
Hermione originally wanted to push Alan away, but after looking at the other person at a close distance, she couldn't help but listen to the other person's heart, and she asked in a trembling voice: "Alan, what exactly do you want... Please don't ..."
"In the 17th century, as Muggles persecuted wizarding children more and more commonly, more and more Muggles forced wizards to use magic for them, and the burning of witches increased day by day, including the fact that Muggles were mistaken for witches and burned. , the relationship between wizards and Muggles reached its lowest point, which became the catalyst for the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy. After the establishment of the British Ministry of Magic, a special delegation was sent to meet the Muggle monarchs William III and Mary II Contact, hoping that Muggle law can recognize and protect wizards. After the failure of this attempt to obtain official recognition and protection, wizards are forced to voluntarily develop in the opposite direction-going underground and keeping secrets.
In fact, in my heart, wizards are wizards, whether they are born with pure blood or Muggle background, it’s just relatively speaking that the time of exposure to magic is sooner or later, and the accumulation of magical knowledge is different, except for some pure blood families who have left some blood in their blood. Except for special abilities, but they are all the same in essence-now any wizard may also produce the same abilities due to the combination with some alien creatures and magical creatures, and inherit them. "Alan stared at Hermione's red eyes, "So regardless of the origin of the wizard himself, after he successfully demonstrated the first magic riot, we are all wizards. The premise for me to be called a pure-blood wizard is that I am A wizard, you're called a Muggle-born if you're a wizard, and Harry and Tonks are called half-bloods because they're wizards first. Hermione, the concepts of pure blood, mixed blood, and Muggle origin are all false and artificially defined. Only the point of being a wizard or not is real. "
Hermione nodded deeply in agreement with these words. She thought of the discrimination she had suffered as a Muggle-born wizard in the wizarding world in the past few years. It's all happening.
Allen thought of the old man who was imprisoned in Germany just now, and decided to defend him from his own point of view: "Also speaking of Grindelwald, Hermione, although in the history of magic people define him as The Dark Lord, and he's been less honorable in certain things, but, Hermione, I think we have him to thank for the International Statute of Secrecy."
"Why?" Hermione wondered about Allen's attitude towards the first generation of the Dark Lord, "Allen...I know that the Harris family used to follow him, but now your father is sometimes full of disdain for Grindelwald, you... ...Why do you seem to have a good impression of him all the time?"
"Muggle and wizarding societies are now segregated. As Grindelwald's great-aunt Professor Bathilda Bagshot states in her book A History of Magic, wizards naturally 'formed their own little communities within their communities. communities'. Many small villages attracted several wizarding families who began to form their own communities, helping and protecting each other, living among tolerant and sometimes confused Muggles - Cornwall Dingworth, Upper Flagley in Yorkshire, Ottery and St. Catchpole in Devon, and Godric's Hollow in the West Counties are some of the most famous half-wizard settlements, but Muggle It has been cut off from the wizarding society." Allen described the impact of the secrecy law that Hermione is actually very familiar with, and then the wizard emphasized to the witch, "Minerva, the head of your Gryffindor college? Professor McGonagall, after graduating from Hogwarts, Minerva got a job at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. She returned home to the Vicarage for her final summer before moving to London Life."
"Is it the thing Umbridge criticized McGonagall at that time?" The excellent memory reminded Hermione of the early life of Professor McGonagall that Umbridge described at that time, but she didn't think her dean was really like Umbridge. Mlitch described her as a witch who would stop at nothing for power.
Allen nodded, and described Professor McGonagall's experience as fairly as he knew: "During the past few months, eighteen-year-old Minerva met a local moron named Dougal McGregor. Dougal was the son of a local farmer, handsome, smart, and funny, and Minerva fell madly in love with him. The two began to get to know each other, and finally McGregor asked Miller in a freshly plowed field. Minerva proposed marriage. Minerva agreed. That night, she found that she could not tell her parents about the engagement. Minerva thought about her future. Like the wizard's mother, she was about to lock up her wand and live an unhappy life, and she was about to say goodbye to all her ideals. Early the next morning, Professor McGregor found McGregor and told him that he had changed his mind and could not marry him. She Unable to tell McGregor her reasons, knowing she would lose her job at the Ministry if she violated the International Statute of Secrecy, she left a heartbroken McGregor for London three days later.
Professor McGonagall worked for two years in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. But there is no doubt that her view of work has been influenced by her previous breakup. Professor McGonagall does not like her new home and new working environment, because some colleagues have strong discrimination and prejudice against Muggles. Professor McGonagall loved his Muggle father, and still loves Dougal McGregor. Although she liked her boss, Elphinstone Elcott, she was still not happy in London-Hermione, you have to know that when they got married later, Dougal McGregor had already He died, and Elphinstone Elcott has long since retired, so those words of Umbridge only told a part of the truth, and they were just malicious guidance.
Professor McGonagall misses Scotland. As the most efficient and talented employee in the department, Professor McGonagall has been offered a great promotion, but she turns it down. She wrote a letter to Hogwarts asking if she could get a teaching position. The owl came back a few hours later, and she was offered a position in the Department of Transfiguration, headed by Albus Dumbledore at the time.
In December 1956, Professor McGonagall returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is happy and she puts her heart and soul into her work. She became a very strict, yet inspiring teacher. Helena and the portraits told me that it was better for Professor McGonagall to lock Dougal McGregor's letters in a box under the bed than to lock her own wand there, Minerva told herself. However, Minerva was shocked when Professor McGonagall's mother, Isobel, accidentally revealed to her in a letter introducing the situation in her hometown that Dougal had married the daughter of another farmer. One night, Albus Dumbledore found Minerva crying in his classroom. She told him the whole story. Dumbledore comforted Minerva and told her stories about his family that she had never known before. The heart-to-heart conversation that night established a relationship of mutual trust between these two reserved, private people, and laid the foundation for their long-lasting mutual respect and friendship. "
Allen used the female ghost and the portrait to tell Professor Hermione McGonagall the truth and heartbreak in this incident. Hermione, who had already realized what entry point Allen wanted to use, was still grieving for her dean. I heard Allen's addition: "Hermione, this is still in the UK, if it is changed to the United States with stricter secrecy laws--Mr. Newt Scamander's wife Tina Gold, the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" Stein's younger sister, Queenie Goldstein, a natural Legilimency master, fell in love with a Muggle who had worked in a cannery and later became a baker, and was under the stricter rules of the Magical Congress of America. Under the "International Statute of Secrecy", she didn't even have the opportunity to voluntarily lock her wand in the cabinet, which is why she followed Grindelwald later, Hermione, have you ever assumed that if I were a Muggle, And you are a witch just like you are now, we don’t have the power to change the whole society now, but we live in America at that time, what should we do?”
Even though the question about Allen had been prepared in advance, when this hypothesis was raised by Allen, Hermione still felt a little suffocated, and she didn't dare to think deeply about the time when she lived in that society and fell in love with Muggles. What will the ending of the wizards' final relationship be like.
"So Hermione, wizards who are now in love with Muggles, shouldn't they thank Mr. Getler Grindelwald for his dedication and hard work? Even if this is not his original intention, his means are still questionable. But the reason why the current "International Statute of Secrecy" is easier to manage than before is precisely because of the efforts of these ancestors who are hated by wizards today." Allen said something fair to Grindelwald in a rather solemn tone talk.
"I told you everything on my mind. Hermione, yes, I want to break the International Statute of Secrecy, it's not for my own sake. Hermione, I don't want to hurt those Muggles, just want to Help us wizards, whether they are pure-blooded, half-blooded, or Muggle-born, I just want to help them. All the little wizards who come to Hogwarts, far away from their hometown, far away from everything that they are familiar with and comfortable, in Hogwarts completed 7 years of hard work and I don't want my fellow students, my fellow countrymen to be completely unprepared for that in order to enforce the International Statute of Secrecy that is destined to be eliminated. I don't want them in After all this, could be easily killed in the future by a bullet from a muggle fired in the dark. We are wizards, but it's not our fault, and it's not the muggles' fault either, and I don't hold them hostile. I just want our wizarding society and Muggle society to be able to integrate in a controlled state, instead of passively waiting until the "International Statute of Secrecy" can no longer be enforced, and the conflict suddenly intensifies and explodes, Hermione , I hope you can walk with me now, and let us work together to create a world where we wizards can disclose our identities, wizards and Muggles will no longer be hostile to each other, and love freely." Allen said to Hermione in an unprecedented gentle voice , and gently took Hermione into his arms with the hand on her shoulder.
Although Hermione's limbs were a little stiff and her expression was constantly changing, she didn't refuse in the end. In the end, she let her head rest on Alan's shoulder, and Alan tried to comfort the girl's back with his hands.
"Alan...I'm sorry..." Hermione's voice sounded very sad, and her nose started to turn red after her eyes, "I can't do anything for you without asking why, like Penello things, and there is no one who can help you so much like Luna, and needs you every time..."
"Hermione, even when you who are close to me hear my ideals, your first reaction is fear and worry, let alone those who don't know me." Allen sighed, but his back straightened even more. Straightforwardly, "The path I chose is destined to be full of thorns, but I really hope to have your support and your company. Luna has divine affairs to consider, and she cannot be left alone on it. Distracted, Penelope is a firm executor, I can entrust my life to her, but Hermione, you are the guarantee of my conscience, in my vision, you are the one who is planned in this change The brain is also my brake. Only you who are familiar with Muggles and wizards can make our plan perfect, and let us minimize the harm to others... I hope you can maintain your kindness and principles, so that you can Always remind me not to walk on the wrong path, you can guarantee my kindness and principles..."
"Alan, I will accompany you to complete your transformation." Hermione's eyebrows stretched, and she took the initiative to clasp Alan's hand tightly. She felt that she could not leave Alan even more, not only because of him Because of what Luna said to her before, Allen had a good idea, but many leaders who led reforms in history ended up on the wrong side of the road. And if Alan is accustomed to using rough and direct methods to develop her bad habits, and gradually tends to use dark methods, then this change will be a disaster for the wizarding world and the Muggle world up.