A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 691 The new generation (seeking double monthly pass!)

When Kingsley sent back the news, everyone was surprised.

"A fireplace eliminated a war?" Sirius leaned against the door frame, the cat teaser in his hand hung down, and Crookshanks seized the opportunity to rush forward and hug him.

Ms. Burns felt much relieved, but she still corrected with a stern face: "It's 1000 million fireplaces, and the real number will only be more than this."

"Oh, come on," Sirius hugged Crookshanks, turned a blind eye to its fierce face, and said in a teasing tone: "Cats don't worry about whether they will have something to eat tomorrow, do they? It's too much to live like that." Tired." He kept shaking the big ginger cat.

Crookshanks huffed out the cat's paw pad and flashed it in Sirius' face.A smile flickered across Ms. Burns' eyes.

"What's next?" Lupine asked, sitting on the sofa.

Felix thought for a while and said a word, "Wait."

"In this crisis, the Ministry of Magic has an information advantage over the Muggle government. In order to eliminate the hidden dangers of war, we acted more proactively in the early stage, but everything is too late. We have awakened a huge machine with a population of nearly 6000 million .”

"Now Kingsley is watching the government, Skeeter is staying at the Sun, and the next step is to listen to the voices of the people-oh, I don't know yet, is the special Floo network line structure ready?"

"The Floo administrators are working overtime," Ms Burns said, "but it will take time to get a network across the counties across the country."

Felix nodded, indicating that he understood.

This matter is an extension of a series of suggestions he made at Hogwarts last time: There may be hundreds of newspapers in the UK, and there are too many local tabloids to count, but they undoubtedly gather a part of public opinion.There are few wizards in the first place, so sorting out information through these newspapers is the best way.

But there are two difficulties in using Floo to purchase newspapers.

One is how to collect and summarize newspapers from all over the country. The method Felix gave was Floo.com.Theoretically, the floo network is used to transmit people, allowing wizards to travel on fire with the help of flames and internal circuits, but the wizard must tell the destination by himself.And Felix hopes to build a dedicated floo network, just like a spider web with only longitudinal threads, with the Ministry of Magic at the center and the other radial ends set up in various counties across the country.

The advantage of this is that it saves manpower, and a dozen people can quickly fly across the country.Of course, for safety reasons, the wizards in charge of this task must wear special passes. They were separated from the Floo Network Administration and set up a separate department under the management of the Department of Magical Transportation.

It is worth mentioning that, because there will be more and more places to deal with the non-magical world in the future, Ms. Burns intends to establish a new Department of Magic, which is based on the 'Office of Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts' of the Department of Law Enforcement. A part of the staff of the Amnestic Cancellation Command, the Muggle Conciliation Committee and the Muggle Liaison Office will be transferred to form a new department.

Due to the unexpected exposure of the wizarding world, this plan has only completed the beginning, and most of the remaining progress is still on her minister's desk.

The second difficulty is the manpower problem.Of course, getting the newspaper is not enough, and people have to be recruited to analyze the articles one by one. These people must have a basic understanding of wizarding and Muggle society at the same time, and will not be confused by a bunch of uncommon terms.The number of Muggle-borns in the Ministry of Magic is limited.

"Didn't you collect a bunch of lists of students who are willing to help?" Felix said to Harry, "Then ask them to come and try." He had a little extravagant hope in his heart that Grindelwald should Are you teaching students seriously?

In a way, Grindelwald's Defense Against the Dark Arts could be renamed 'Muggle Community Concealment and Defense Against Weapons'.

As it turns out, they're doing just fine.

On the second day alone, there were more than a dozen young faces in the Ministry of Magic, and after that, the number quickly exceeded one hundred.

The Ministry of Magic suddenly became crowded.

"In the beginning we only called people close to us." Hermione said with a slightly flushed cheek, "Harry has the contact information of all the members of the frontline lookout station, and I was able to contact the Rune Club... After that, the news spread .”

"Fred and George were very helpful, too," said Ron. "They've been quietly running a radio station for a while, even before the wizarding world was exposed. We plan to use the radio to promote the products of Magic Trickster Workshop, and the code is blatantly written under the leaflet."

"You're doing well," said Felix encouragingly. "But there are too many people, even lower grade students."

He meant the Creevey brothers.His older brother, Colin Creevey, was in the same grade as Ginny, both in the fifth grade, and could barely be useful, but his younger brother, Dennis Creevey, was only in the third grade, so it would take half an hour to finish reading a newspaper.

"I've asked Colin to persuade his brother to go back." Harry said quickly, while warning Ron and Hermione with his eyes. Ron seemed to have thought of something interesting, and he suppressed a smile.

Harry didn't dare to tell the professor that the Creevey brothers were very interested, and that they were not fighting alone. The two brothers jointly ran the 'Harry Potter Adorers Club', and Colin assured him that he could recruit five more. ten people.

It took him a long time to get Colin to dismiss the idea.

When the number approached two hundred, it seemed inappropriate to keep them in the Ministry.

After Professor McGonagall learned about their problem, he invited them to Hogwarts. "It's summer vacation, and the school is deserted. And there are hidden dangers in the large gathering of wizards."

As the new headmaster of Hogwarts and a veteran of the Order of the Phoenix, she has not had an easy few days.

But not in the field.

On the one hand, she and other professors were busy upgrading the defense system of Hogwarts Castle; on the other hand, she found a magical photo album similar to an address book in the principal's office, which included Dumbledore's best friends and Personal relationship, there are also high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Magic abroad. Because of the age, some people can no longer respond to her.

For her, the most important thing on it are the photos of the principals of 11 world-renowned magic schools.

According to the normal process, she should spend a few years visiting these schools one by one after taking over as the principal, but now all formal formalities are avoided, and all questions and information are conveyed through photos.

In the Hogwarts auditorium, Professor McGonagall and several remaining professors extended a warm welcome to these students.

"Thank you for standing up at the critical moment. You are not only students of Hogwarts, but also a part of the wizarding community, representing the future of the wizarding world..." She said excitedly, and couldn't help taking out a handkerchief to wipe it halfway through her words. corner of eye.

All the students felt heavy in their hearts, something was taking root.

"Maybe I should make Muggle Studies a compulsory course for young wizards from wizarding families... This subject may become more and more important. Even Alasdair Maddock has publicly stated that he likes Muggle sports, and What can't happen?"

"Who's Alasdair Maddock?" Ron asked quietly.

"A pretty good Chaser," said Ginny, also a Chaser, "and the papers say he's expected to join the legendary Montrose Magpies next year."

"Professor McGonagall is a fan of the Montrose Magpies," Harry added.

The castle was quiet that night, not as lively as usual.Seamus stared out the window blankly. Harry knew he was a standard half-breed, his mother was a witch, and his father was a Muggle. He once told them this as a joke——

"Mum didn't tell Dad she was a witch until after they were married. It scared him a lot."

When Harry walked over, Seamus whispered, "My parents had a quarrel. Because my father's colleagues said bad things about wizards when they came to our house." Harry paused and patted him on the shoulder.

"It will be fine."

"can you?"

"meeting."

Early the next morning, everyone gathered in the auditorium, and the Ministry of Magic dispatched a small team to assign tasks to the students.Harry was surprised to see Percy's figure.

"Shut up, don't talk." When Percy passed by Ron, Ron opened his mouth, and Percy immediately warned, "I won't give you any preferential treatment." After saying this, he made a "bang" and threw The next stack of Muggle newspapers.

Ron made a face at him, and when Percy was gone, he picked up the newspaper.

"Hey, we've got Devon," he whispered to Harry, where the Burrow was located.

"I'll help you keep an eye out for news from Ottery St. Catchpole, if there's any," whispered Harry, as Percy and a few Ministry staff stood in front of the students and told them How to do.

The tasks of the students are important, but it is very simple to implement them personally.They first assigned some students to pick out newspaper articles with the words 'wizard' and 'magic', and then cut them out and roughly categorized them (currently there are only two kinds of good intentions and malicious ones).The sorted newspaper clippings were sent to another group of students. They were all from Muggle families, and they were responsible for picking out more urgent news, usually from media with great influence, or with extreme views, or with Statistics article.

"In the face of any group dispute, the first consideration is the base, proportion and probability of different situations occurring." Hermione said to Harry and Ron.

"Whose opinion is that?" Harry asked.

"Professor Hemp mentioned it in a report." Hermione said without thinking.

"It sounds polite, not like his tone." Ron rubbed his chin for analysis.

"That's because you never read serious articles!"

"She's talking nonsense," Ron said to Harry after Hermione turned away. "There's nothing more serious and boring than A History of Magic, and I've studied it for five years! If you add Professor Binns Explaining, the effect is doubled..."

"It's time to show what you're capable of," said Harry dryly, keeping his eyes on an obituary in the newspaper:
David, died on June 1997, 6 at the age of 23.He was a occultist and magic lover before his death, "I am actually a vampire." In an interview, he told reporters this way.In the background at that time, there were three children who were scared and cried by him.He took this as an honor, but his wife disagreed and asked the reporter whether vampires would suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases-since wizards do exist, the reporter deliberately recorded this question and publicly solicited answers.

Harry scratched his head, should he cut it off?But what kind of information should it fall into?It should be considered good intentions.

After nearly two hours, they were finally done, and Harry rubbed his sore neck.There are good and bad in the more than 30 pieces of information he collected, but they are all within the acceptable range.Ron was pretty much the same.

Harry looked up, and suddenly found that there was an extra wall in the middle of the auditorium.Percy and several staff members stood in front, hanging up newspaper clippings from time to time, surrounded by a circle of students with solemn expressions.Harry leaned over and found a huge map of Britain hanging on the wall, with some lines and symbols with special meanings on it, which reminded him of the tactical boards hanging on the wall of the players' lounge.

"The remoter the countryside, the more repellent wizards are," he heard Percy whisper.

"Probably something to do with religion," said another.

Harry's heart sank, he remembered what Seamus said to him last night, his chest felt like a stone was pressed on him, and he couldn't breathe.His breath hit the back of the neck of the student in front of him, and the man turned his head - Draco Malfoy was looking at him with a strange expression, as if angry, as if hiding something else.

He moved aside.Harry gave him a surprised look, then took a step forward.

Harry saw it more clearly, a gory headline taking up a third of the page, 'All wizards should go to hell'.He frowned.

"Oh, never mind that, it's just a third-rate local tabloid," said Hermione, pushing in from behind the crowd, holding a stack of clippings."I'll bet it doesn't have more than a thousand readers - that's the really tough one," she said irritably, waving a newspaper clipping in front of Harry and Draco.

'A detailed count of the vicious events in history that were suspected of involving wizards. '

"Is that true?" Harry asked in surprise.

"It has nothing to do with authenticity, it uses the word 'suspect'." Hermione said contemptuously: "But he has no good intentions in associating wizards with vicious events." She passed Harry and handed the clipping to Perry. West.

"Oh, by the way, Harry—I forgot to mention that your letter was in the papers."

……

In the next few days, various information will continue to be collected.

Ms. Burns compiled their recent practice into a booklet and submitted it to the International Federation of Wizards. According to the representative who was standing there, more than 200 people were arguing in the lobby of the Federation headquarters, and the African representatives alone occupied a quarter of the population.

"Prior to this, African self-government institutions gained international support through grouping together. This is how Aginbad came to power. Of course, it must be admitted that he himself has been very capable before the crisis and is deeply trusted by all parties. ’ said the representative bluntly.

"But as the wizarding world was completely exposed, their thinking was different. Many appeals were surprising-for example, a place I can't name, there is no county in the UK, and there are only more than a hundred wizards. They It has a good relationship with the local Muggle military regime, maintaining a nearly semi-open alliance; but that Muggle military regime is trying to conquer a tribe, and there are wizards in the tribe, although it is only a single digit, it is still an obstacle."

This news shocked many people.

"Does the International Federation of Wizards not care?" Sirius looked surprised, "What about the Secrecy Act? Isn't wizards strictly prohibited from participating in Muggle disputes?"

Ms. Burns sighed.

"The secrecy law is not a panacea. It varies from person to person...According to local conditions! Africa has a special environment, and it is not valued much there...In short, the International Federation of Wizards has always had very low requirements for them. Just make a big mess."

Lupine raised his eyebrows mildly.

"If I understand correctly - before the Secrecy Act became obsolete, wizards from different positions still restrained themselves, but now..." He paused, "Will the Muggle military regime openly recruit wizards as thugs? "

"There is already this trend." Ms. Burns said, "The Federation sent people to warn the two groups of wizards, but it is not known how effective it will be. As a wizarding alliance against Grindelwald, it was short-lived. The alliance is now an empty shell, and its binding force has been greatly reduced."

After she copied a copy of their previous actions and submitted it to the International Federation of Wizards, she could only stare blankly.

"Let's talk about something happy." Ms. Burns suddenly smiled. "Kingsley brought back good news. The Prime Minister finally ended the lengthy meeting and passed a resolution to invite wizards."

Lupine was slightly surprised, and then smiled. Moody's magic eyes rolled around, and the hand holding the cane kept loosening and tightening. Bill and Fleur hugged each other excitedly. Under the excited eyes, Sirius Hugged Amelia Bones hard and kissed her.

The nervous tension for a week made them all a little breathless, and now seeing the dawn, everyone is very excited.Ms. Burns sat next to Felix at dinner and talked quietly with him.

"The news will not be announced until tomorrow. The Prime Minister sent the news through the portrait. They will issue an invitation in the name of the queen. The nature is similar to a private party or afternoon tea... Do you have any ideas?"

Felix thought for a while and asked tentatively, "They don't want to be too formal?"

"Yes, the Prime Minister said there was still a considerable number of people in Parliament who had doubts," Ms Burns said. Substantial negotiations. This event is basically the first public appearance of the wizard - well, the second, even though Grindelwald's saints have hardly made a good impression on the world."

"To be in stark contrast to the saints..." Felix pondered and said, his eyes flashed across the auditorium, and fell on Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny and other students, his eyes lit up.

"How about selecting a few students to form a delegation?" Burns was about to open his mouth to retort, but Felix continued: "I will lead the team myself."

Burns was taken aback, then lowered his head and thought quickly.The conclusion is... seems to work?
With Felix here, there is no need to worry about safety issues at all, and she can trust his wisdom of making decisions on the spot, and in name Felix is ​​a school professor, and it is very reasonable for the teacher to lead the students, and there is no obvious political meaning.As for her fleeting worries before, such as being made things difficult by Muggle government officials, all of them can be easily resolved, and the Prime Minister will give a warning.

It's best to show strength properly...

"That's it!" said Ms. Burns, and then she hesitated: "Student candidates—"

"Choose from the more than 100 students, sign up voluntarily, and ask for their parents' opinions." Felix said immediately: "Tell them clearly about the interests, after all, not everyone is willing to show up in public..."

A new day begins.

(End of this chapter)