A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 168 The Man Behind the Plan
"Have the attackers been caught? Are there any casualties?" Bubaji asked eagerly. She knew nothing about the outside world and was protected from the beginning.

"I have some clues," Felix said with a strange light in his eyes, "Professor Bubaji, I may need to leave temporarily..."

In the next second, his figure distorted and disappeared, appearing in a forest outside the Buslace Hotel.

"The footprints appear."

Felix waved his wand lightly, and large streams of golden mist diffused from the tip of the wand, and messy golden footprints appeared on the ground, pointing obliquely in one direction.

Although the area covered by the golden mist is not large, it is enough to indicate the direction.

Besides--

Felix took out a few brown hairs from the big boy whose mask he had unmasked.

He whispered softly: "Show your tracks, owner of the hair."

Then Felix crushed a hair on his fingertips into golden light, and the light melted into the golden mist, and a vision of a panicked boy appeared.

He saw a brief picture:

"Wait for me, Uriah!" cried the boy.

"Put on your mask, Byers!" a stern voice said to the boy.

Then the phantom disappeared, and Felix showed a thoughtful expression, "Byers...is that the boy's name, and who is Uriah? Looking at the back, it looks a bit like the student leader who organized the retreat."

Felix quickly chased after him, and he had almost figured out the clue of the whole incident——

Why was there an Ilvermorny badge left at the scene of the first raid?Is it really the threat from Aladdin, a black market intelligence businessman?
Why did Celeste, the director of the U.S. Legislative Council, repeatedly ask for additional manpower to assist in defense?
And why are there strong and weak attackers, and even underage children?
He has an explanation for all of these.

The root of all this comes from the deformed legal system of the Magical Congress of America—in order to prevent the exposure of the magic world, they have enacted extremely harsh legal provisions.The original Rappaport Law strictly prohibited all forms of contact, including friendship, intermarriage, and even the need to conceal the identity of a wizard from the closest people.

By 1965 this law was officially repealed, but the form outweighed the meaning, and many of the provisions belonging to Rappaport were absorbed by other laws.

This disappointed a large number of No-Maj-born wizards and first-generation half-blood wizards, who believed that the Magic Council had deceived them.

It has developed to the present, and finally gave birth to a resistance organization - the Reform Society.

The Reform Society is a relatively moderate secret organization, but its members strongly oppose the practice of the Magical Congress of America to strictly screen friends and relatives around wizards in order to hide the wizarding world.

……

According to Felix's guess, Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry may have become the headquarters of the Reformation Society, continuously sending fresh blood.And how many years has the innovation society developed?How many members have quietly occupied all walks of life?
For example, are there any members of the Reformation in the Magical Congress of America?This is an interesting question.

This is why Felix told the head of the Legislative Council, Celeste, that you are fighting a losing war.

One represents the present, and the other represents the future. How can we win?
Felix is ​​still thinking about what role he will play. He has no idea of ​​leading the innovation that will counterattack the Magical Congress of America. Although he may work hard for a few years, he will spread his power to the entire magic world.

But what's the point?

Turning around a hill, Felix heard a heated argument, he quietly cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself, paced and blended into the crowd.

There were only a dozen black-robed wizards in front of him, which made him a little surprised. Did they hide in batches?
They also set up more than one hiding place?

Felix was even more convinced that the innovation would not just be a product of Ilvermorny students' amusement, but at least adult wizards akin to Aurors would be involved.

……

"it's not finished yet!"

"Bethni stayed at the scene, Yuria, you have the best relationship with her, what do you say, what should we do?" said Byers, the short boy whose mask was lifted by Felix.

Felix was less than a meter away from him, and he used his hair to find the attackers.Felix carefully looked at Byers' young face, his face was stained with blood, and his brown hair was dyed blood red.

The student leader Yuria looked around at his demoralized companions, and said with difficulty: "We can't go back. That man, that gentleman...he is too strong, we have no chance, your sister..." He couldn't continue, His eyes were full of sadness.

Felix listened silently, so the girl who was seriously injured by the black magic - Bethenny, and Byers are siblings?

Uh... First he took off his mask, exposing him completely, and then healed his seriously injured sister Bethene.

Felix didn't know how to sort out the relationship between the two.

Others were also chattering, trying to comfort the big boy.

"Byers, Uria was also in a difficult situation, if it wasn't for that gentleman who didn't do anything in the end—"

"None of us can escape." One person answered.

"The Aurors from the French Ministry of Magic must be here at this time." A student raised his mask irritably, revealing a round face.

"Can you get in touch with Brother Daniel? He must know the news." Someone suggested.

Yuria shook his head, "His communication is limited. Before the action, I just told him the activation time and hiding place."

Felix keenly noticed the new name "Daniel". Based on the conversation between them, it can be guessed that this Daniel is probably an official of the Magical Congress of the United States, and most likely an Auror.

However, he heard from Maxwell that the American Auror's application for entry had been explicitly rejected, so was that Daniel smuggled into France?

Biles wiped away the light red tears, and said with trembling lips: "Sister, she was seriously injured. Will they treat her, Uriah? I'm worried about her, I don't even know if she's still alive have no idea……"

Others also lifted their masks, revealing faces full of melancholy.

Uria gritted her teeth and said, "It's all my fault——"

At this moment, a strange voice suddenly appeared: "Youria, your actions are too reckless!"

These people turned their heads one after another, with surprised expressions on their faces, "Brother Daniel!"

Two adult wizards appeared in the col. One of them had long fiery red hair and a slender figure, and the other had short dark brown hair and a short and stocky figure.

The crowd surrounded the two wizards and asked questions.

"Brother Daniel, do you know how Bethany is doing? She is my sister, and I am very worried about her safety!" Byers said.

"Yeah, did she get treatment?"

Daniel with long fiery red hair turned ugly when he heard the words, "I don't know the specific situation yet. According to the agreement, we pretended to be led away by you and passed wrong information to others. We didn't announce it at all. Threshold Hotel."

"But Bethany...as long as she's alive, nothing will happen. Celeste can't bear the price!"

Byers was a little relieved, and he immediately thought of something, "Then can you go and find out about my sister now? In name, you are Celeste's guards?"

The American Auror Daniel showed an apologetic expression: "Byers, our entire team was smuggled here, and it is impossible to appear in front of the French Ministry of Magic."

"It's all the fault of the pure-blooded Auror in your team, he was the one who caught Matt!"

"Nonsense!" Daniel reprimanded: "Matt has the guts to attack senior officials of the Magic Congress, why is he caught?"

Everyone bowed their heads in silence.

Felix's heart moved, Matt?Is that the member of the Reform Society that Celeste said was arrested?I did hear these people say when they were retreating, "People are rescued, they can retreat."

It turned out that the Auror provided the information, no wonder the location where Matt was being held was quickly confirmed.

On the other side, as an adult, Daniel's tone softened a little. He looked at Yuria, "The situation was urgent and the communication was not smooth. I didn't have time to ask in detail. How did you make such a big fight? I don't remember any Passing on information to you. Is it information from someone else in the Reformation? Fury? Herman? Kelly?"

The others looked at Yuria, who was the leader of the students, and it was he who initiated this operation.

"It's the New York Ghost, Daniel." Uria said shyly, "Matt saw from above that Celeste was going to attend a conference in Paris, France. Well, we thought we were strong enough, so no one told us..."

"We are going to kidnap her and get evidence of the crime and some high-level intelligence from her mouth."

Daniel looked at him scrutinizingly.

Uria said frankly: "It went very smoothly at the beginning, we found a suitable opportunity to launch a surprise attack, Celeste and her followers were no match at all, let alone those few Muggle research experts, but then suddenly appeared Two Congressional Aurors, they are strong, we retreat all the way, but they are hot on their heels, Matt was caught trying to buy us time to escape..."

Daniel, who is an Auror, added the information he knew: "That is Celeste's hidden power. The French Ministry of Magic only approved her and Cecil to enter, and Aurors from Congress were not allowed to enter, so she only She was able to pick two of her most trusted people to smuggle into France and secretly protect her."

"It's no wonder their attacks were very subtle, and they deliberately avoided the French Aurors!" Yuria suddenly realized.

"Brother Daniel, weren't you there at that time?" A short-haired girl asked.

Daniel said angrily, "If I were here, these things wouldn't have happened!"

He calmed down and said: "Let's do it again. You and Matt obtained information from the newspaper and organized the first operation in private. As a result, they were defeated by Celeste's hidden power and Matt was captured by mistake. Then, for Rescue him, you summoned more men and brewed this operation."

Uriah nodded. As the student leader of the Reform Society, he has this right—of course, it is only limited to the students of Ilvermorny.

This is why Felix feels that these attackers are generally not strong.

Because they are all Uriah's classmates.

Daniel continued to analyze: "This is your perspective. Next, I will talk about how Celeste and I view this operation, and I will also give you a warning: You must know that in this process, you have made too many mistakes. What a mistake!" His expression suddenly became serious.

And secretly Felix hooked the corners of his mouth slightly. Sure enough, there is a practice of "experience sharing" within the Innovation Association, which makes them more cohesive, and if they continue to develop, they may not become a new force, which will influence the entire American magic world. .

Daniel began to tell the whole incident from Celeste's perspective, which made the slightly immature students of Ilvermorny feel very novel.

"Because of me and some people, her first two trapping plans failed—"

"Thanks to Brother Daniel for the information!" A freckled girl said happily.

"We are all members of the Reform Society." Daniel did not accept the compliment: "This meeting... I am not sure if she took it as a trap, after all, it is too risky, and a little carelessness will cause international disputes. She was driven into a hurry! But she must have been prepared, so she ordered her two most trusted Aurors to smuggle to France and hide in the dark."

"Your first operation failed against this background!"

"And I, and the rest of the Reformation, know nothing about it."

"Afterwards, Celeste had the opportunity to get the list because he caught Matt, and also thought that you might launch a rescue, so he contacted Congress to send more people. We are the second batch."

Daniel pointed to the short and sturdy wizard next to him. He scratched his head honestly and said nothing.

"Celeste's excuse was to guard against Grindelwald's admirers, but I found out some inside information from my pure-blooded teammates, and guessed it might be your work."

"So far, the two of us are another important influencing factor after Celeste, you and the French Ministry of Magic."

The others listened intently. Uriah only knew that Matt was arrested and called everyone to rescue him, but she didn't know that there were so many twists and turns.

　Reading hints, unfamiliar characters that have appeared in recent chapters:

　　Beth Ni (seriously injured and treated by Felix, is the introduction of the incident);

　　Uriah (Student Leader);
　　Daniel (American Auror, also a member of the Reform Society, has been passing information secretly);

　　Byers (Bethany's younger brother, the one unmasked by Felix);

　　Matt (Felix overhears the conversation and learns of the captured attacker);

　　The others are extras.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)