Chapter 1737 A War Without a Winner (One Hundred and Eighty-Nine)

Chapter 1739 A war without a winner (one hundred and eighty-nine)

As Harry expected, Ron never thought about solving his emotional problems. Instead, he buried his head in the ground like an ostrich, hoping that time would solve the problem.

Especially the issue of Ron's secret love for Hermione. No matter how unwilling Ron himself was to admit it, he knew that his relationship with Hermione would not make any progress in a short time, so he could only put all his feelings aside. Hopes are pinned on the distant future.

In fact, Ron also knew that there was a high probability that he and Hermione would not get together, but he was unwilling to give up this idea just like that, which was why he had such self-deceiving thoughts.

With a little bit of hope and self-comfort, at least it can support Ron to regain his energy and get out of the trough of life.

When Ron returned to the Ministry of Magic, he keenly noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the Auror office.

He didn't dare to ask Harry, so he had to stand in the corner and wait for the meeting to end.

"This is definitely a warning from the goblin!" someone said, slapping the table.

"What do those bastards want?"

"Are you planning to start a head-on war with us?"

The Aurors in the office all looked ugly and emotionally unstable. They never expected that they would encounter a sneak attack from goblins during their mission.

Although the other party did not leave any evidence, it was not difficult for everyone to guess that this was done by the goblins. It was a warning from those guys, warning the Aurors not to continue to monitor the headquarters of the Goblin Brotherhood.

Otherwise, it’s hard to say what will happen next.

After all, the goblins could quietly bring down the surveillance Aurors, so they could also kill them silently.

"Send more manpower!"

Director Robards made the final decision after calming down the indignant Aurors, because the Aurors were not there to monitor the Goblin Brotherhood at all, but to warn the other party not to do stupid things during the negotiations between the two parties.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic has no intention of hiding the goblins in this matter, although in the eyes of the goblins, the Ministry of Magic's actions are more like provocation.

So much so that the goblins also responded through this attack, which probably meant that they were not afraid of the Ministry of Magic, but they still maintained restraint, otherwise the Aurors who were attacked would have been killed by them long ago.

But the Ministry of Magic didn't care what the goblins wanted to say, and showed a tough attitude on this matter, sending more manpower to prevent the goblins from causing trouble again.

As for the outbreak of large-scale conflicts?

In fact, both parties had expected such a day, because the negotiations between the Ministry of Magic and the goblins were not going smoothly.

Wizards refuse to let other magical creatures share the secrets of wand lore, and goblins will never allow the Ministry of Magic to touch the treasures of those who have lost their heirs.

The lack of progress in the negotiations was not surprising.

Now the Aurors in the entire Auror Office know that their minister does not expect the two parties to reach an agreement, otherwise they would not take time to study these goblins every day, just like they originally studied how to deal with the Inferi. Studying how to deal with goblins like a werewolf is undoubtedly preparing for the worst!

Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Albert. Even if he still holds the title of senior adviser, no fool will risk escalating the problem and involve him in this incident.

At this moment, Albert is studying the contents of the final volume of the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide" with Cedric, Lupin, and Moody in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, preparing to finalize some of the final details.

"I wish we had such a standardized Defense Against the Dark Arts textbook!" Lu Ping drank tea while lamenting the terrible Defense Against the Dark Arts class when he was a student.

Of course, these two people came here to help Cedric standardize the teaching content of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, and they could also act as temporary teachers when necessary.

Yes, Principal McGonagall has already talked to Cedric, and there is a high probability that Cedric will continue to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

The main reason is that Principal McGonagall does not have the courage to hire a werewolf like Dumbledore. Otherwise, if Lupine comes back to continue teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts and Cedric fills the vacancy in Transfiguration, Principal McGonagall will not have to continue teaching. Worried about the lack of professors at Hogwarts.

Cedric didn't have any objections to what he taught. Whether it was Defense Against the Dark Arts or Transfiguration, they were areas he was good at.

Cedric was quite satisfied with the increased salary, and this was all thanks to Albert's help. If it weren't for Albert, Principal McGonagall would most likely not have given him such high-standard treatment.

"What do you think about the goblins?"

The topic everyone talked about suddenly shifted to the more popular news recently. Although the Ministry of Magic did not report this incident in the Daily Prophet, those familiar with the matter are well aware of how bad the relationship between the Ministry of Magic and goblins is today.

"What do you think? Of course I stood and watched." Albert looked uninterested.

"Neither the Ministry of Magic nor the goblins intend to compromise. Sooner or later, the two sides will have to fight." As a bystander, Moody saw the situation clearly.

"It's normal. This matter is a leftover issue from the Second Wizarding War."

Albert said calmly, "Kingsley also intended to use this conflict to divert internal conflicts within the British Ministry of Magic."

"He's not afraid of messing up."

"After all, it's the twentieth century, and the goblin rebellion can no longer cause any trouble."

"Kingsley did a good job!" Lupin suddenly said.

"He is qualified as a minister!" Albert glanced at Lupin, knowing what he wanted to say, and reminded him, "But you and I are not them, and we have not experienced their pain, so staying away is the right thing to do!"

"Too extreme, but it is not difficult to understand. I would probably do the same, not to mention that Kingsley also acquiesced."

Although Moody did not understand it very well, he could guess what was going on.

This is politics!

It is also very political!

Some people may not have reacted at first, but after a long time, everyone communicated with each other and probably knew what was going on.

Everyone kept silent about the revenge of Nelson and his gang, and sometimes even provided them with limited help, requiring that it must be controllable and not let the situation in the British wizarding world fall into chaos!

After all, those who died were a group of vicious dark wizards. Since the laws of the Ministry of Magic cannot punish them, they can only take another approach.

Even Moody, who used to try to catch Death Eaters, thought so!

Who made them commit so many unforgivable crimes?

If they don't die, should we rack our brains to protect them?

Instead of that, let the laws of the Ministry of Magic go to hell!