Chapter 687 International Federation of Wizards Secrecy Law (Sincere Thanks to the Leader, the Stupid Old Man)

When Hermione put three barrels of wine into her pocket and returned to the Black Lake, Allen was already standing on the Black Lake. The light from the setting sun after the rain seemed to coat his figure with a hazy layer. of golden light.

"Alan, why did you bring so much wine to the giant squid? How could it tell you that it wanted to drink?" Hermione asked impatiently as soon as she saw Alan. She was full of wine just now at the Three Broomsticks Bar. Questioned.

"This giant squid is actually Gryffindor, Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Hogwarts. Because he had an accident in order to help Rowena, he was inspired to inherit the blood of his family. Curse, he had to survive in the black lake in the form of a giant squid for thousands of years. At first, he could still stay conscious and maintain his consciousness. He could return to his human form for a small amount of time every day, in Hogwarts Castle. Wandering. But as time goes by, now he has truly turned into a giant squid, and the only bit of humanity he still retains is his preferences and habits..." I have just tried animal understanding and photography. Kamilien discovered that Allen, who had little normal consciousness in his mind, said sadly, "I had a duel with him a thousand years ago. I defeated him, but I also promised him that after coming back, I would fight for him every day. Providing a lot of fine wine and seafood - this can be regarded as a little compensation for him, although it is more to make myself feel at ease."

Hermione took out all the barrels and arranged them neatly on the shore of the Black Lake. While listening to Alan's story carefully, she was not too surprised when she heard the identity of the giant squid. When she couldn't change back, she looked at the sparkling black lake and sighed. Then Hermione asked Allen: "But why does Gryffindor want to duel with you?"

"He loved Ravenclaw, but later he misunderstood that I had failed Ravenclaw and abandoned Ravenclaw and Helena, mother and daughter." Allen described the events he experienced during the three transformations of the time turner, including and The emotional entanglement between the founders, the three battles in England, and what happened with Merlin were all told to Hermione in detail, including the information about the underworld and death that Allen learned from Luna. And what Alan did to those Muggle souls.

Hermione felt confused at this time, with too much explosive news filling her head.

The history of Muggles and the history of Hogwarts actually had Allen's involvement behind it; the news about the underworld and death gave Hermione a sense of unreality, and gods actually existed; and Hermione was very envious of Luna She was even jealous of the life-and-death friendship and thousand-year love she had with Allen. These experiences had a greater impact on her heart than she had imagined before. And unlike absorbing the souls of spiders or magical creatures, what Ellen did in 1066 was actually more evil than all the dark wizards she knew about in history. His staff actually contained so many Many human souls.

This made Hermione couldn't help wiping tears for those Muggles and Ellen, and she 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 attitude have almost completely subsided. This poor girl is controlled by Alan and Luna whether she is alive or dead, and her destiny has changed from one day to the next. He was destined to become a ghost at birth, so as to avoid being absorbed by the God of Death and exist until this era.

Thinking of this, Hermione's sense of denial about Allen's behavior of absorbing human souls has been relieved a lot. Since the final result is to be absorbed, Allen, who has more legitimate reasons, will not seem so evil-Hermione can only You can use this reason to convince yourself.

Allen, who had not spoken to give Hermione time to digest, directed the seafood to fly over the lake. The still alive seafood in the bucket jumped into the water and scattered in all directions.

"Why did you tell me this instead of hiding it from me? Penelope..." Hermione was a little confused as to why Allen told her these things in detail. She originally wanted to ask Penelope if he knew this, but then she realized For Penello, it makes no difference whether she knows this or not...

Allen turned his back to Hermione and continued to watch the giant squid eat: "I thought about hiding it from you, but I think it's not fair to you and me to maintain a relationship by hiding it like this."

"Mysterious people dream of becoming immortal and escaping death. To a certain extent, both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor have done it." Hermione did not respond to Allen's emotional question. She followed Allen's line of sight. , watching the waves of the black lake churning violently, the giant squid's flashing red tentacles emerging from the water, stuffing the seafood into its mouthparts continuously, "You who regard death as your opponent, Mysterious Man and Dumbledore are indeed I am no longer your opponent..."

"Yes Hermione, but the problem of death is still far away. As long as we don't die, death will not be a problem. And the duel invitation I initiated to Tom Riddle in the interview this time, if he really accepts the challenge, it will be No need to designate any plans or traps." Allen threw the barrel of fish-flavored green beer to the squid. The other party was stunned for a moment, and then he looked very excited and rolled up the barrel with his tentacles, and then let his mouthparts float diagonally. He came out of the water, and then squeezed the barrel into pieces with a skillful yet unfamiliar look, letting the liquid inside drip down the tips of his tentacles and into his mouth.

Seeing the giant squid comfortably twisting and stretching all its tentacles under the influence of long-lost alcohol, Allen threw down the remaining two buckets, then turned to look at the silent Hermione solemnly: "But no matter what Whether he fights against me or is defeated by me in the follow-up actions, I will keep him alive for a period of time. Only if he becomes an external threat to the wizarding world, attracts the attention of others, and gives them enough pressure, can the changes I want to be carried out be achieved. It gives me the time and opportunity to prepare and layout until it is fully realized.”

"You want to make a change, what kind of change?" Hermione was shocked, and she put away all the little tempers about love and love in her heart. You must know that all changes in the past and present will inevitably lead to bloodshed and sacrifice. Peaceful evolution is rare. And Allen, what exactly does he want to do? This frightened Hermione very much. Alan's previous actions and what happened in the history of magic were connected in her mind.

"Hermione, you know more about the Muggle world than those pure-blood wizards. You should be able to see the progress of the Muggles. They use their intelligence to create a terrifying power that is no less than magic - At least when it comes to directly killing others. We wizards are indeed far ahead of Muggles in terms of magic in time and space, transformation of matter, research on the mind, and predicting the future, and are even basically far ahead of Muggles. It can be said that as long as it is related to magic, we wizards can maintain sufficient advantages. We can easily solve diseases that Muggles have no way to cure. The mastery of soul knowledge can even allow good enough wizards to achieve immortality. But it also makes us arrogant enough and hinders our development in non-magical fields. Many pure-blood wizards can't even do simple arithmetic and have no idea about logic. Mr. Arthur Weasley is not a bad person, I think. You know very well, but even Ministry of Magic officials who are not bad guys will leave enough backdoors for themselves when formulating the laws and regulations under their jurisdiction. You can imagine how many loopholes there are in our laws. Well, in these aspects, we wizards are 'Muggles'." Allen analyzed the advantages of wizards to Hermione.

"Ellen, what exactly do you want to reform?" Hermione agreed with these statements. She was accustomed to and liked dogmatic ideas. She had long been dissatisfied with the chaos in the wizarding world, but she did not think that Ellen had The idea is just to reform these.

Allen paused and did not answer directly, but continued to analyze the question: "With the advancement of Muggle technology, I think you know that Muggles have made rapid progress in the field of technology they call computers. In October 1994, In September, what is called the World Wide Web was established by the MIT Computer Science Laboratory, which has the title of "the best technical university in the world" among Muggles. For this reason, I made a prediction, Hermione, can you imagine that it will be just a short time ago? In just a few years, if Muggles capture any magic-related video materials, will they be able to spread it to the entire earth in a short period of time? How effective will our wizard's "International Statute of Secrecy" be by then? It is really hard to predict how long this effect can last - although the Muggle Expelling Curse and the Imperius Curse that can be used during Apparition and even 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 a conflict with Muggles, wizards like us who are good enough can at least be safe, but those who are not on the path of magic can still be safe. Ordinary wizards who can't go too far, as long as a certain base of the population of this group of ordinary wizards who make up the wizard society die, the wizard world will naturally fall apart - if you can't cast unexpected spells for yourself. Muggles obviously want to do this to wizards who can use protective spells such as armored bodyguards to be automatically cast when conditions set by themselves are triggered, or wizards who wear advanced magical defense items with similar functions but do not take all precautions in advance. It’s not too difficult. And Voldemort, a leader who is nothing more than a terrorist (anti-404) in the Muggle world, can make the entire wizarding world feel terrifying 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 the victims are either our distant relatives, or classmates, friends and colleagues. This is one of the reasons why wizards feel so scared, because every deceased person is more or less. Something to do with who you are."

"You want to break the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy like Grindelwald! The purpose of establishing the TV station is to make wizards aware of the threat of Muggles. The purpose of opening training classes and ancient magic classes is not only for the sake of mystery. People are here to face Muggles!" Hermione unconsciously took a step away from Allen, and finally blurted out the panic in her heart. What frightened her even more was that, just as Allen imagined, even with the help of Hermione's understanding of Muggle history, if all Muggles know the existence of wizards and know that there is such a magical thing as magic, then what kind of things will those greedy people do... The population of the wizarding world is relatively It is too few compared to the huge base of Muggles. The magic of wizards may be very powerful, but the lethality of Muggles' guns cannot be underestimated. If a war breaks out between wizards and Muggles, then the world will change. Hermione really couldn't imagine what it would be like.

"Hermione, you are a smart wizard with 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. Instead of At that time, everything was in a hurry and caught off guard. Due to misunderstandings and fears on both sides, things turned into a mess. It is better to let wizards understand the situation in the Muggle world now, so that the two worlds can be better integrated in the future and avoid greater disasters. ." While talking to Hermione, Allen slowly approached her. Allen put his hands on Hermione's shoulders and asked her to face him, "I'm not Grindelwald, Hermione, he is The first generation of the Dark Lord, he only kept Muggles because he thought they had other uses. When he once corrected his subordinates' idea of ​​killing all Muggles, he used the reason to keep servants to help carry goods, and I just want to protect wizards."

Hermione originally wanted to push Allen away, but after looking at him up close, she couldn't bear to hear what he was saying. She asked in a trembling voice: "Alan, what do you want to do...please don't …”

“In the 17th century, as Muggles increasingly persecuted wizarding children, more and more Muggles forced wizards to use magic for them and burned witches, including the number of Muggles who were mistaken for witches and burned. , the relationship between wizards and Muggles reached its lowest point, and became the catalyst for the introduction of the International Statute of Secrecy. After the establishment of the British Ministry of Magic, it sent a special delegation to meet with the Muggle monarchs William III and Mary II Contact, hoping that Muggle law can recognize and protect wizards. After this attempt to obtain official recognition and protection failed, it forced wizards to voluntarily start to develop in the opposite direction - going underground and keeping secrets.

In fact, in my heart, a wizard is a wizard, regardless of whether he is from pure blood or Muggle background, but relatively speaking, the time of exposure to magic and the accumulation of magic knowledge are different, except for some pure blood families because they have some leftovers in their blood. Except for special abilities, they are essentially the same - now any wizard may also develop the same abilities due to the combination with some alien creatures and magical creatures, and inherit them. "Alan looked at Hermione's red eyes, "So no matter what the origin of the wizard is, 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 are called a Muggle-born wizard because you are a wizard yourself. Harry and Tonks are called half-blood wizards because they are wizards first. Hermione, the concepts of pure blood, mixed blood, and Muggle birth are all false and artificially defined. Only the aspect of whether one is a wizard or not is real. "

Hermione nodded deeply in agreement with these words. She thought of the discrimination that a Muggle-born wizard had received in the wizarding world in recent years, and even just now, when she was talking to the female clerk in the Three Broomsticks bar. It's all happening.

Allen thought of the old man he just mentioned who was currently imprisoned in Germany, and decided to defend him from his own point of view: "In addition, speaking of Grindelwald, Hermione, although in the history of magic, people defined him as The Dark Lord, and his actions on some things are indeed less than honorable, 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 Dark Lord, "Alan... I know that the Harris family once followed him, but now your father is sometimes full of disdain for Grindelwald, you... ...Why do you always seem to have a crush on him?"

"Muggle and wizard societies are now segregated. As Professor Bathilda Bagshot, Grindelwald's great-aunt, said in her book A History of Magic, wizards naturally 'formed their own within the community. Small 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 confusing Muggles - Cornwall Dingworth, Upper Flagley in Yorkshire, Ottery-St. Catchpole in Devonshire, and Godric's Hollow in the western counties are some of the most famous semi-wizard settlements, but Ma The melons have long been isolated from the wizarding society." Allen described the impact of the secrecy law that Hermione was actually familiar with, and then the wizard emphasized to the witch, "Minerva, your Head of Gryffindor House. ?Professor McGonagall, after graduating from Hogwarts, Minerva got a job at the Ministry of Magic in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She returned home to the Vicarage, preparing to spend her last summer there before moving to London Life.”

"Is it that time when Umbridge criticized McGonagall?" Hermione's excellent memory reminded her of Professor McGonagall's early life as described by Umbridge at that time, but she did not think that her dean was really like Umbridge. As described by Mrich, she is a witch who will do anything for power.

Allen nodded and described what he knew about Professor McGonagall's experience as fairly as possible: "In the past few months, the eighteen-year-old Minerva met a local Madame named Dougal McGregor. Melon. Dougal was the son of a local farmer. He was handsome, smart, and funny. Minerva fell madly in love with him. The two began to get to know each other, and finally McGregor approached Minerva in a newly plowed field. Minerva proposed. Minerva agreed. That night, she found that she could not tell her parents about the engagement. Minerva thought about her future, and she realized that marrying a Muggle meant that she would have to leave the world behind her. Following the same path as the wizard's mother, she was about to lock up her wand and live an unhappy life, and was about to say goodbye to all her ideals. Early the next morning, Professor McGonagall found McGregor and told him that she had changed her mind and could not marry him. She Unable to tell McGregor her reasons because she knew she would lose her job at the Ministry of Magic if she broke the International Statute of Secrecy, she left the heartbroken McGregor three days later and went to London.

Professor McGonagall has worked in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for two years. But there's no doubt her perspective on work was influenced by her own 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 her Muggle father and still loved Dougal McGregor. Although she liked her boss Elphinstone Elcott very much, she was still unhappy in London - Hermione, you have to know that when they got married, Dougal McGregor had already passed away, and Elphinstone Elcott had already retired, so Umbridge's words only told part of the truth and were just malicious guidance.

Professor McGonagall misses Scotland. As the most efficient and talented employee in the department, Professor McGonagall was offered a great promotion, but she turned it down. She wrote a letter to Hogwarts asking if she could get a teaching position. The owl sent a reply within a few hours. She was offered a position in the Department of Transfiguration, and the head of the department at the time was Albus Dumbledore.

In December 1956, Professor McGonagall returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She felt happy and devoted herself to her work. She became a very strict, yet inspiring teacher. Helena and the portraits told me that it would be better for Professor McGonagall to lock Dougal McGregor's letters in a box and put them under the bed than lock her own wand there, Minerva told herself. However, Minerva was still 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 trusting relationship between these two reserved, private people, and laid the foundation for their long-lasting mutual respect and friendship. "

Allen borrowed the female ghost and portrait to tell Hermione the truth and heartbreaking past of Professor McGonagall in this incident. Hermione, who had already realized what point of entry Allen wanted to use, actually listened when she was still grieving for her dean. Allen added: "Hermione, this is still in the UK. If it were the United States where the confidentiality laws are stricter - Tina Goldstein, the wife of Mr. Newt Scamander, the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" En's sister, Queenie Goldstein, was a born Legilimency master. Because she fell in love with a Muggle who originally worked in a cannery and later became a baker, she was admitted to the more stringent "Magical Congress of the United States of America" Under the International Statute of Secrecy, she didn't even have the chance to voluntarily lock her wand in the cabinet. This is why she later followed Grindelwald. 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 entire society now, but we live in the United States of that era. What should we do?”

Even though she had been prepared for Alan's question in advance, when this hypothesis was raised by Alan, it still made Hermione feel a little suffocated. She did not dare to think deeply about living in that society and falling in love with Muggles at that time. What will be the ending of the wizards' final relationship?

"So Hermione, the wizards who are now in love with Muggles, shouldn't we thank Mr. Gettler Grindelwald for his dedication and efforts? Even if this is not his original intention, his methods are questionable, But the reason why the "International Statute of Secrecy" is now easier to manage than before is precisely due to the efforts of these ancestors who are hated by today's wizards." Allen said a sentence of justice for Grindelwald in a rather solemn tone. talk.

"I told you everything that was on my mind. Hermione, yes, I wanted to break the International Statute of Secrecy. It was not for my own selfish reasons. Hermione, I didn't mean to hurt those Muggles, I just wanted to Help us wizards, whether they are pure-blooded, mixed-blooded, or Muggle-born, I just want to help them. All the little wizards who come to Hogwarts are far away from their hometown and everything they are familiar with and comfortable. After completing 7 years of hard study at Hogwarts, I don’t want my classmates and my compatriots to be completely unprepared and suffer those harms in order to implement the International Statute of Secrecy that is destined to be eliminated. I don’t want them to be harmed in the future. After going through all this, I may be easily killed by a bullet fired by a Muggle in the dark in the future. We are wizards, but this is not our fault, and it is also not the fault of the Muggles. I am not hostile to them. I just want our wizarding society and Muggle society to be able to complete the integration in a controlled state, instead of passively waiting until the "International Statute of Secrecy" can no longer be enforced and conflicts suddenly intensify and erupt, Hermione , I hope you can walk with me now, and let us work together to create a world where wizards and wizards can disclose their identities, wizards and Muggles are no longer hostile to each other, and can love freely." Alan said to Hermione in an unprecedented gentle voice. , and gently pulled Hermione into his arms with his hands on her shoulders.

Although Hermione's limbs were a little stiff and her expression was constantly changing, she did not refuse in the end. In the end, she let her head rest on Allen's shoulder, and Allen gently stroked the girl's back with his hands for comfort.

"Ellen... I'm sorry..." Hermione's voice sounded very sad, and after her eyes, her nose began to turn red, "I can't do anything for you without asking any reason like Penelo. Things, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net is not like Luna who can help you so much and still needs you every time..."

"Hermione, even if you are close to me, when you hear these ideals of mine, your first reaction is fear and worry, let alone those who don't understand me." Allen sighed, but his back straightened even more. Straightforward, "The path I have chosen is destined to be full of thorns, but I really hope to get your support and your company. Luna has divine affairs to consider, and she cannot be allowed to settle on this." Distracted, Penello is a staunch executor, I can entrust my life to her, but Hermione, you are the guarantee of my conscience. In my imagination, you are the one planning this change. The brain is also my brake. Only you who are familiar with the Muggle and wizarding world can perfect our plan and minimize the harm to others... I hope you can maintain your kindness and principles, so that you can Always remind me not to go on the wrong path, and you can ensure my kindness and principles..."

"Alan, I will accompany you to complete your transformation." Hermione's eyebrows stretched, and she took the initiative to hold Alan's hand tightly. She felt that she could not leave Alan, not only because of him. concept, and even more so because of what Luna said to her before. Allen's idea was very good, but many leaders who led reforms in history ended up on the wrong side of the road. And if Ellen, who is accustomed to using rough and direct methods, develops her bad habits and gradually prefers to use dark methods, then this change will be a disaster for the wizarding world and the Muggle world. .