A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 692 Inheritance
In the morning, the Prime Minister delivered a speech in front of 10 Downing Street.

"...Wizards really existed as a group. They used to act publicly as guests of the court, and their legends are still passed down in some places. But between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, England and the rest of the world were undergoing earth-shaking changes. The thousand-year-old Middle Ages is coming to an end, the old order has been destroyed, and the new order has not yet been established. Our society has undergone major changes in all aspects. It turns out that's the scar of our journey from thorns to civilization."

"Wizards have since chosen to hide their identities, cut off contact with the public, and have ensured this by creating laws, which they call secrecy."

"A week ago, the hidden wizarding society was revealed to the public due to an accident, and everyone faced a huge choice—maybe even the most important choice in recent years. Because the two societies have been separated from each other for too long, and they are deeply unfamiliar with each other. .Ministers of state convened many meetings, attended by all MPs, including the rare presence of Her Majesty the Queen, and finally reached a consensus: to start the dialogue cautiously."

"I am here to extend an open invitation, hoping that wizards can send a delegation. I believe that communication is the first step in resolving disputes..."

After the Prime Minister finished speaking, he looked around and waited for reporters to ask questions.

"Mr. Prime Minister, do you mean that last week's terrorist activities were caused by accidents?" A reporter asked sharply, "According to the statistics of various parties, although there were no casualties, the nationwide traffic jams, city shutdowns, and individual municipal and The destruction of the facilities caused huge property losses to the country, not to mention, many people were frightened and hospitalized.”

"Cough... We have to admit that wizards are both good and bad. The difference is that they have mastered magic, so their individual combat abilities vary greatly. The panic we experienced is exactly what an extremely evil and powerful dark wizard and Made by his followers, you should know the name, Grindelwald... he was ambitious, he wanted to rule the world six or seventy years ago."

"But he was locked up for half a century. He escaped from the wizarding prison not long ago and planned this operation." The Prime Minister said cautiously: "He hopes that our society will be divided so that he can take the opportunity to make a comeback. Burn war to every inch of land, then Britain will not be spared, the world will not be spared ... in view of that terrible future, we must keep our heads and not fall into the trap."

Another reporter asked: "Has the government kept concealing the existence of wizards from the public? What prompted you to keep the secret? Don't you think this is a violation of the public's right to know?"

The Prime Minister did not answer directly, but changed the angle.

"I think the reason why successive prime ministers have kept secrets in the same way, apart from involving national security secrets, the bigger reason is to avoid causing panic in the society, because wizards have hidden their identities for hundreds of years, and their images and our imaginations are very important. It’s different...they established a regime similar to ours, and formed various organizations, such as schools, hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and they even have organizations similar to the United Nations—the wizards are also progressing and developing.”

After the press conference, the Prime Minister turned and walked back to No. [-] Downing Street.

"Thank you for everything, Mr. Prime Minister." As an assistant, Kingsley said politely.

The prime minister stopped.

"You don't know, get ready for a storm of public opinion."

Kingsley was a little stunned, but the Prime Minister returned to his office without saying a word, stood in front of the windowsill and looked at the reporters and people who had never left. He had a premonition in his heart that everyone would be forced to be involved in a bigger The whirlpool of public opinion, his speech today is the fuse.

But he had no choice.

Whether it is for national interests or his personal political future, promoting negotiations is the best way.Even the opposition party did not overly persecute him in this incident. When he presented a piece of wizard information, MPs with different political opinions and belonging to different parties basically voted in favor.

Not all of these people mean it, but there is no doubt that none of them want to clean up the mess at this time.

If the incumbent prime minister is removed from office on the grounds of opposing wizards, then there is only one way to go: the attitude is extremely tough, and the wizards are completely brought under the control of the government, even at the expense of triggering a war.

But this approach is actually far more dangerous than starting peace talks.If the peace talks are a thrilling tightrope walk that violates some public opinion, then hostile to the wizard and force the wizard to rise up to resist is like setting off fireworks on a powder keg.

The opposition party can gain popular support by inciting and creating extreme slogans, but when the war really breaks out, relatives, property, stable life... will be destroyed once, how much those people once supported these congressmen, and how much they will hate them then.

The tone heard by the prime minister was similar to what he thought. Talk first, test the bottom line in the negotiation, and then continue to seize benefits.

But there is never a shortage of speculators in this world.

It didn't take long for Felix to receive the news.

"Is it just an invitation? Haven't discussed the details yet?" He asked a little surprised.

"It's settled, but the prime minister doesn't want to appear too familiar with the public," Ms Burns said. "It's a week from now, at three o'clock in the afternoon, at Parliament House."

Felix blinked.

"The Houses of Parliament? Not Buckingham Palace?"

"The prime minister did initially want the venue to be held at Buckingham Palace, but the Queen declined after careful consideration."

Felix smiled. "Huh? Maybe it's because I don't want to show obvious personal inclinations, so as to avoid arousing the disgust of some extremists...The parliament building is also good, with many rooms..." He stopped talking suddenly.

"what happened?"

"I thought of something." Felix put away his smile and said seriously.He remembered the prophecy that Dumbledore had shown him—that is, the scene of the massive anti-wizard parade. In the picture, apart from Rita Skeeter appearing on the scene, there was another prominent sign, which was the background parliament building.

Things seem to be moving towards the picture Grindelwald sees.

For a week, anti-wizard demonstrations broke out everywhere, but the momentum was not great.On the one hand, it was because this matter was only discussed in the newspapers, and the government had not yet publicly expressed its opinion; on the other hand, because the Ministry of Magic had adopted a shrinking strategy, even if ordinary people wanted to demonstrate, they would not be able to find the right master.

The most important thing is that 'wizards' are new things, and opponents need time to unite.

But it was clear that they now finally had a great opportunity - time, a week later; place, the Parliament House; characters, wizarding delegation.

Everything seems so natural.

Not long after Ms. Burns left, Hermione arrived with a list.

"At present, more than 30 people have signed up." She handed the parchment to Felix, and then said solemnly: "Actually, since we are here, it means that we are willing to contribute to peace. But many people are worried about their performance. Not good enough, they have some suitable candidates in mind..."

"I guess you must be one of their picks, isn't that right, Miss Granger?"

Hermione rolled her eyes.

Felix stared at the list, "I really need to think about it." Since he thought that his appearance a week later might be related to the prophecy, he had better be careful.Those who are picked must at least pass the test of psychological quality.

The students finished today's task of sorting newspapers. Near noon, some students went home through the school fireplace, while others stayed at school to discuss today's news.They are basically students in the sixth and seventh grades. They are adults or close to adults, and they have the appearance of adults in terms of conversation and clothing.

Because it was summer vacation, these students did not wear school uniforms. The days of joint struggle and common hatred brought them together, regardless of each other.

These phenomena were seen by the professors who stayed in the school. They were delighted with this change. If it wasn't for the wrong timing, they might happily hold a few banquets.Slughorn definitely had the idea.

As they walked through the hall, Felix saw Snape.He stood in front of the descending stairs, seemingly waiting for a while.

"Is something wrong, Severus?"

Snape looked up at Felix, and he asked in a neutral tone, "Is the time set?"

"Next week," Felix said jokingly, "is exciting, isn't it?"

Snape would not answer such questions, he continued to ask: "Are you going to bring a group of students to negotiate with the Muggle government?"

"It's not a negotiation, um—similar to a group of players from both sides going around the field before a big Quidditch match." Felix thought for a while to express his thoughts, "Young faces help to distinguish them from the saints of Grindelwald Open, and..." he said while pondering, trying to clear his mind, "I'm thinking about how to show some strength without any trace, isn't that what negotiation is like? Show sincerity, show muscle... But the method is very important, you can't appear It's too aggressive. What can you do?"

"That's your business," said Snape coldly, and he turned, his robes fluttering behind him, "Follow me."

Felix didn't know why, but followed Snape to his office.The door opened, Snape flashed into the room, Felix pushed the door open, guessing Snape's intentions in his mind, could it be that some kind of potion made key progress?
Since he showed a group of potion masters and pharmacists several lesion patterns including werewolf and dragon pox in Sword Castle, many wizards chose to stay near Sword Castle to conduct research and share insights with each other from time to time. Napp has been there a few times, too.

The Potions professor's office was as dimly lit as ever.Felix's eyes flicked over the glass specimen jars lined up against the wall, and finally stopped on Snape, who turned his back to himself, and his whole body melted into the darkness.

Snape's body trembled slightly, with one hand on the table, it seemed that he was desperately suppressing his inner emotions, like a forbearing snake.Felix caught this strange atmosphere, did not make a sound to urge, and stood quietly waiting.

Finally, Snape turned to face him, his eyes calm.

"Disarm me, Felix."

　I really can’t make up the minimum of [-] characters, so I will try to write more tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)