A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 685 Meeting
The departure of the Hogwarts Express has been delayed.Except for some parents who came to attend the funeral and were allowed to take their children out of school directly, the rest of the students were all driven back to the castle.

Because of the presence of the Weasleys, Sirius, Remus Luping and others, Harry was not asked to return to the Gryffindor common room, but was allowed to stay with his family, and they were temporarily placed in the school hall.Harry saw many familiar faces, Ernie, Zacharias Smith, Seamus, Cormac McLaggen, Hannah, Susan Burns, Anthony Goldstein, Marcus Bell Bee, Draco, Pansy Parkinson, Blaise Zabini...

Many were frequent guests at Professor Slughorn's banquets.

All of these students had family members or relatives staying behind, including the Weasleys, who stayed in the auditorium talking rapidly, stopping every now and then, glancing gloomy and anxiously in the direction of the staff lounge, expecting someone Come out—Aginbad temporarily borrowed the school venue to discuss important matters with the ministers of magic from various countries.

"Ms. Burns sent a large number of Aurors before going in to prevent unrest..." Percy said seriously, he was dressed in a formal suit, and he started a conversation with Bill, Sirius, Lupine, Moody, the Longbottoms and other members of the Order of the Phoenix. Have a small meeting.When the incident happened, Percy originally planned to return to the Ministry of Magic immediately, but was asked by Mr. Weasley to stay. He argued, "The Ministry needs me now!" As a result, Penello said sarcastically, "What are you going back for?" ? Planning a celebration for the wizarding world to be exposed to the world?" So Percy stayed.

The elderly and children of the Order of the Phoenix sat together, "There is nothing to worry about!" Neville's somewhat scary grandmother said forcefully, and Mrs. Weasley responded absently. Fleur had just sent Mrs. Maxim away, and when she came back Seeing Penello and Mrs. Weasley sitting intimately together, he pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Oh, I saw Madame Maxim kissing that big guy, it's unbelievable, isn't it?" Fleur shook her cascading hair and squeezed between them, "Maybe it's a friend in adversity, or it's pure It's a courtesy..." Mrs. Weasley snorted in an unclear manner.

Pushed aside, Ginny looked unhappy, stood up, tossed her hair and walked over to her two twin brothers, her beautiful heads raised proudly like another hibiscus.

"So you were taught for a year by a dark lord who has lived in seclusion for half a century, and your school life is really colorful." Fred said.

"Don't be so ignorant," said George gravely, "that one of us killed another Dark Lord with his own hands."

Harry said sullenly, "Thanks, George - I'd be more than happy to share that part of my experience, if you want to learn from it." He gave Ron a glare after he'd slipped the tongue.

Ron looked around and seemed to be very interested in what Professor Marchban was yelling on the other side of the auditorium. The old woman shouted loudly: "Stupid! Lost mind! I wonder when our government is so keen on doing things with criminals." Traded? Let me tell you, Dumbledore shouldn't have stepped back at all, isn't Abakid another Fudge?"

The real Fudge stood in the corner, twirling his top hat awkwardly.He was at the funeral too, but he was alone, alone, and even the Malfoys were more popular than him.

Ron looked away, pretending not to see Harry looking at him, shrugged and said, "She's right, there is no shortage of people like Fudge in the world."

"I don't think," Hermione said matter-of-factly, "it's unfair for him to put Aginbad and Fudge together, at least he has good intentions, to avoid war. But he obviously underestimated Grindelwald."

"That's his biggest problem, Hermione," Fred pointed out.

At this moment, Harry saw a figure flash by the door of the auditorium. He jumped up from his chair, his heart pounding, but immediately realized that his thoughts had gone wrong, and he fell back on his seat, seemingly losing all strength.

"What's the matter with you, Harry?" Ron asked in surprise.

"Nothing—" Harry opened his mouth. "Well, I thought I saw Dumbledore, but it must have been Aberforth."

"Oh, they do look alike," said Ginny, "but I don't think I saw him at the funeral?"

"He went to classroom seven."

Nearly Headless Nick floated back and forth behind her, his head shaking, and Ginny and Neville, who were closest to him, froze all of a sudden, and quietly made room for him.

"Room seven?" Ron asked interestedly. "Why? Oh—" he realized. "His family is there."

"Yeah... But he was unlucky today, and was almost kicked out by the memory of several professors." Nearly Headless Nick said.

"What's going on?" Harry asked sensitively.

"It has something to do with a new memory. He's about the same age as Dumbledore, um, I mean Dumbledore in room seven." Nick said, "I know a little about Aberforth, he's been here recently Very frequently, I am not the only ghost who has encountered it while eating... But he usually just watches from a distance, but today when he saw that new memory, he suddenly jumped out and lost his temper..."

"So it's related to that new memory?" George asked thoughtfully, "Who is that person?"

"I don't know." Nearly Headless Nick said cautiously, he shook his head, his head was turned to one side, his whole face was completely upside down, he let out a cry, and hurriedly stretched out his hands to adjust the position.Harry looked away chillingly.

There is a new memory in classroom [-], and Aberforth is so angry, who could it be?

Harry's eyes lit up, he thought of it, and he looked at Hermione, who seemed to have guessed it too from her shocked expression.

Most likely Grindelwald's own memory.Judging from the words of the almost headless Nick, what Grindelwald left behind should be memories of his youth, but when did he do it?Does Professor Haip know?If he knew why he didn't stop it, was it because of his special relationship with Dumbledore?Did they come to an undisclosed agreement in private?Harry's head was spinning.

"You can find time to ask Professor Haipu. Classroom [-] is his territory. He must know the identity of the memory." Ron said to Nick, and he glanced at an inconspicuous door in the auditorium. Very busy, alas, I thought he could detect and stop Grindelwald in advance. But also, it is difficult for normal people to imagine Grindelwald's madness." There was a trace of fear in his eyes.

"Why do you say that?" Neville asked quietly.Does the professor know something?
Ron shrugged.

"He's omnipotent in my mind. You know, looking for clues through clues - like a Muggle detective who didn't expect to miss this time."

"It's totally different, Ron." Hermione shook her head, counted her fingers and said solemnly: "Grindelwald seems to have done a lot of things—calling the core saints, negotiating with the chairman of the International Federation of Wizards, and making Dumbledore public The news of the headmaster's death, the making of the unbreakable vow, and attendance at today's funeral - but in fact these things are dispensable and irrelevant."

Harry's somewhat numb mind started to function again, and Hermione's words brought him a new direction of thinking, and he seemed to clear away the fog in his heart.

"I see! Grindelwald's goal from beginning to end is only one: to expose the entire wizarding world, to force the integration of wizarding society and Muggle society, and to fulfill his and Dumbledore's original dream." Harry said excitedly.

"Then what he did before was all a cover-up? Everyone was tricked by him?" Ron looked at the two of them and asked hesitantly.

"At the moment, I can only guess." Hermione said softly: "Judging from the strength Grindelwald has shown today, he can complete the plan alone-he may not be able to beat Professor Haipu, but at their level, he can do it at any time." You can get out of combat, that's why it's so difficult to catch Voldemort alive. Ordinary wizards can't get in at all. I even think that once Grindelwald judges that the plan is not going well, he will immediately abandon those trivial details and go straight to the point."

"Why is he making such a fuss?" said Ron irritably.

"Because Grindelwald is also human." Harry said slowly, the memories he saw in the Pensieve with Dumbledore in the past provided evidence for what he said now.

"He was arrogant, he was arrogant, he wanted to prove himself right, he wanted to announce the arrival of a new era to the world, and maybe he wanted Dumbledore to be buried with dignity... From the moment he escaped from prison, he Already in an invincible position, all he does after that is to make the process as consistent as possible while ensuring the same result.”

"Then Professor Haip—"

"He may have guessed part of it." Hermione thought of what Felix said before, "but he shouldn't have guessed much earlier than us, maybe because of Grindelwald's speech at the funeral, or their brief meeting at the school gate. What Grindelwald said during the fight was noticed by the professor, thus linking all this up."

"...Think about it, the professor knows Grindelwald better than we do. We can all immediately think that there is a conspiracy hidden in the negotiations led by Grindelwald. How could the professor not think of it? The same is true for the announcement of Dumbledore's death—Professor I don’t believe that Grindelwald’s purpose is so simple. He wants to find out Grindelwald’s true intentions. The professor always makes plans before acting. The fact is also true, Grindelwald lied to everyone. But it’s too late.”

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" Ron exclaimed.

……

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" Aginbad shouted in the impromptu meeting in the staff lounge.

The lounge was full of people, each of whom was an undisputed figure in the wizarding world, ministers of magic from various countries, the chairman of the Federation, and the head and vice-head of Hogwarts who were the owners of this place.

Akinbad stared blankly at his arm, the oath was still in effect and showed no signs of being broken.

"Mr. Aginbad, I have also heard about Grindelwald's oath, but I still don't know what your oath is?" Professor McGonagall asked seriously.

Akinbad licked his dry lips.

"I can guarantee that the process of forming an alliance is completely open. There were more than a dozen ministers of magic witnessing the scene... The content of the oath is two-way: Grindelwald promises not to kill people indiscriminately, unless someone attacks him first, of course the discussion does not count; he will not Proactively provoke a wizarding war; I will not conspire to overthrow the existing wizarding regime; and what I want to do is to give up the responsibility of pursuing the saints, allow him to perform public activities, and at the same time not issue orders against him on the premise that he does not violate his oath. "

People in the lounge frowned.At this time, Felix said: "He really didn't start the 'Wizard War'." He emphasized the last few words, and none of the people present were stupid, and they immediately figured out the key point.
"You fool!" Professor McGonagall yelled fiercely, "didn't you even study his political views carefully before negotiating?"

Aginbad's dark face turned purple, and he defended himself: "We didn't expect it—he had never done this before, he was always seeking his place in the wizarding world—"

"In fact, something similar happened." A very old Minister of Magic said slowly: "Before he was imprisoned in Nurmengard Castle, Grindelwald reached the peak of his power twice, and he was ready Preparations for declaring war on the Muggles, but were thwarted by Dumbledore in the end."

Akinbad's face turned pale.

"Even if Muggles are counted, he doesn't count as a breach of oath. After all, he only disclosed the existence of magic to the world, and he didn't take the initiative to provoke a war... He is really watertight." Professor McGonagall said sharply, and the people present Are a little uncomfortable.

"Mr. Haipu," Akinbad said hurriedly, with a hint of eagerness in his tone, "I admit that we have made a huge mistake in our work, and we cannot continue to make mistakes. Only you have the ability to catch Grindelwald, I beg you Stand up, and I will let the newly formed Auror team cooperate with you."

Felix glanced at him.

"Some things can only be said here, Mr. Aginbad-one of the contents of your oath is not to issue orders against him. Unless you plan to break the oath first Grindelwald."

Akinbad was speechless and seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to speak.After a long while, he opened his mouth again, and his face was completely pale at this time, "I, I will take the initiative to resign, so it doesn't count as—"

"You'd better not go anywhere," Felix said. "This oath is somewhat useful--while we deal with the huge crisis before us, we can temporarily ignore the influence of Grindelwald, who is also affected by 'Unbreakable' The oath' restrictions, as long as we don't trouble him, he can't interfere in the next thing."

"You, you mean—" Aginbad's eyes widened, "He set off a huge wave, but he just stood by?"

"I think it's more accurate to say that we have nothing to do," Ms. Burns said. "He will not be our enemy, but he is the source of all disturbances. Don't forget, the problem now is that the wizarding world is exposed to Before the eyes of the world, we must come up with a solution as soon as possible!"

The old wizard who spoke before shook his head and smiled wryly: "It's not one or two people involved, nor is it one or two cities. There is no way to hide it any longer. Alas, the secrecy law... the secrecy law is completely over."

"What is Grindelwald waiting for?" Akinbad murmured, and then his pupils dilated with fear, "Needless to say... It is natural to wait for the situation to fall into chaos, and chaos is what Grindelwald wants to see Well, maybe he doesn't have to do anything, and the angry wizarding people caught up in the war will naturally gravitate toward his claim. Then he will stand up—because I allow him to act publicly—to declare war on the Muggles as the savior. "

There was an uneasy silence. "He even counted this?" Someone shouted in disbelief.

"Think positively," Felix said meaningfully: "If you deal with it properly, Grindelwald can only stare blankly, or even have a chance to show up during the whole process... Who knows!" He leaned back in his chair, staring at The ceiling is lost in thought, could this be Grindelwald's real thoughts?
'How can a good guy be more of a deterrent than a downright bad guy? '

If the Muggle government and the people realize that once the end of the two ends in war, they will personally help a dark wizard who is hostile to Muggles to get rid of the restrictions of the oath, and this dark wizard was not afraid to use powerful weapons decades ago. Will they be more cautious and sincere if their magic destroys a city?
Felix's thoughts are rambling, and he is not in a hurry to make a decision. It is best to talk to some of the core saints... Grindelwald gave him a way to summon saints, but it may not be necessary. Maybe there are people waiting in Hogsmeade now with him.

……

The meeting hardly made any substantive progress, and what they got was nothing more than some very conservative opinions, such as carefully collecting information from the outside world, and all wizards went into hiding on the spot, but these Ministers of Magic couldn't reach an agreement on what to do next, and their thinking was completely different. Bound by the Secrecy Act.

Two hours later, the ministers of magic from various countries left in a hurry.I don't know what the chaos is like outside now, there are too many things waiting for them to go back and deal with.When the men left, Ms. Burns stayed.

"We have to find our own way." She said seriously, rubbing her forehead with one hand in pain, "Everyone has their own position, and now that Akinbad's reputation has plummeted, he can't convince everyone at all. Still kidding."

"In this matter, we must do something, and as soon as possible, we cannot passively wait for the result. Felix, I want to know your thoughts."

Felix spread his hands.

"Grindelwald caught everyone by surprise. I don't have a complete plan yet, but there are a few things that need to be prioritized."

Ms. Burns and Professor McGonagall looked at him.

"First, the students in the school—"

"Cancel this year's Hogwarts Express train," Professor McGonagall said decisively: "Children from wizarding families will be picked up by their parents, or leave through the school fireplace; for young wizards from non-wizard families, I will let the professor take them directly send home."

"The Ministry of Magic will fully cooperate," said Ms. Burns, nodding.

"Secondly, the security around the school has to be re-fortified; it's not sure if the next school year will start as planned, but try to be prepared. And -- there's a huge shelter here."

The two also have no opinion on this point.

"Thirdly, Amelia, I suggest that you start negotiations with the Muggle government as soon as possible, starting with the Prime Minister. Haven't you always maintained a single line of communication? You must let him realize that this is not our unilateral matter. Once a crisis occurs , no one can escape."

"I'll try to arrange it as soon as possible," said Ms. Burns. "I've actually met the Muggle Prime Minister twice, and he looks like—" She shook her head.

"Fourth, stabilize the mood of all wizards. Newspaper interviews, magic radios... let your voice be heard as much as possible. The pamphlet on beware of Voldemort last time can also be modified and used;"

"Fifth, public opinion and intelligence—"

"Public opinion?" asked Professor McGonagall and Ms. Burns in unison.

"The governments of the non-magic world and their people are closely related, and they influence and restrict each other." Felix said: "Proper public opinion guidance can make it easier for ordinary people to accept the existence of wizards. It may go to extremes. Of course, we are mainly collecting information now, but how to collect information is also the key, for example, ordinary people’s attitudes towards wizards, their reasons for accepting wizards, reasons for opposing wizards; and then having an important influence on this matter Powerful people, politicians, celebrities, opinion leaders, especially those who jumped out at the first time..."

"Sixth, the safety and confidentiality of little wizards born in Muggle families after returning home..."

"Seventh, it is strictly forbidden for any group or individual to contact the Muggle government in private. Regarding this point, I am particularly worried about the goblin's attitude... The plan for the Pan-Magic Alliance must begin;"

"Eighth, um, I have a suggestion. Send some trusted Aurors to secretly rescue the Muggles influenced by the saints. Don't show up, don't make it too obvious, it may be used in the future..."

……

Just as they planned, the outside world was in chaos.

(End of this chapter)