A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 708 Akinbad's Worries

"We meet again, Mr. Haipu." Aginbad said wearily, he reached out and shook Felix, "Can we find a place to talk? I talked to Amelia briefly before coming here , I said to her, you are doing very well."

Felix was about to nod when a steady voice interjected, "Excuse me, can you add me?"

"Let's go together, Horace." Aginbad said seeing that Felix had no objection. "Horace is the chairman of the Magical Congress of America, and he's been in office for less than a year." He added another sentence, and Felix could hear a hint of sympathy from his words.

They all caught up with an unprecedented historical crisis not long after taking office, and both faced the most difficult situation in the crisis-the former Akinbad suddenly realized that the rules that had been in operation for hundreds of years were no longer in effect, like filling Kribi The box of Strange Wizard's shortbread crackers fell to the ground and fell apart. Each piece has a different shape, and it is almost impossible to put it back together;
And the latter represents precisely the most thoroughly broken piece in the biscuit box, which may have been stepped on and run over with force.

"Hello, Mr. Hemp," said the president of the Magical Congress of America, introducing himself, "Horace Greenstitch."

"Hello, Mr. Greenstinch," Felix said, a well-known surname in the American magic circle. Not surprisingly, this person is also a descendant of the Twelve Aurors. "Follow me, two."

He glanced over them both at Amelia Bones as he turned.She was congratulating Mr. Weasley when two familiar faces stood not far away. Felix couldn't remember who they were—it wasn't Tonks, she was staying with Lupine—when As he led the way through the gap between the golden chairs, he suddenly remembered the identities of those two men. They were the Ministers of Magic of France and Bulgaria.

Behind a huge pillar, three people stood near the front of the tent.

Felix looked at the two of them calmly, as the other two had done.

Needless to say, Aginbad's black skin can't hide the deep wrinkles on his face, he is unshaven, and he seems to have not slept well for a while. According to Ms. Burns, he will send a special person to ask for a negotiation every day. Minutes, it is estimated that most of the time is spent studying the feasibility of these strategies.In contrast, Horace Greenstinch seemed prepared in a purple wizard robe with gold trim, which was very suitable for the wedding.The chairman of the Magical Congress of America is about five or sixty years old, but his real age may be older. There are fine lines around a pair of small eyes. His eyes are rigid and his lines are rigid, giving people a serious and old-fashioned feeling.

With just a cursory look, Felix sketched a simple outline of his character in his mind.In the face of Horace Greenstinch, an image popped into his mind, Barty Crouch Sr.

Felix has no doubt that even with the incident of little Crouch, once Voldemort officially announces his return, old Crouch will immediately become the most powerful person on Amelia Bones' path to the Minister of Magic competitors.During the war years, people always yearned for a strong government, and Fudge's image of weakness was completely useless-which is why he tried his best to avoid acknowledging that Voldemort was still alive.

But the problems that everyone is facing right now cannot be solved with determination alone.

"I won't talk about polite words, Mr. Haipu. The situation is serious, and the magic world needs your wisdom. I think you have this plan too? You are an expert in this field, and you predicted that the exposure of the magic world was inevitable. Recently, A series of practices of the British Ministry of Magic have your influence."

"I do have this idea." Felix said, looking directly into Aginbad's face, "I believe you have all read the report."

"To be precise, it has been studied more than once. At the beginning of this month, it was the only professional proposal that seemed to predict the future direction of the situation." Aginbad said, as for the second half of this month, it is naturally the British A series of dazzling moves by the Ministry of Magic has attracted the attention of the world.

Everyone is eagerly waiting for a result.

Aginbad is different. The huge pressure and the sudden responsibility made him breathless, and he dared not make a decision lightly. He could only order the Ministry of Magic of various countries to hide on the spot, and try to contact the local government to try to reach a new one. protocol.He himself asked his assistant to find all of Felix's previous works, and finally came to the conclusion that Felix did have real talents in this area.

"...Some of the conclusions mentioned above have been verified. We have ignored the speed of Muggle progress. It is becoming more and more difficult to hide the existence of magic. It can be seen from the past data. Compared with 100 years ago, the entire The world's population has tripled, and they have taken over large swathes of land, severely limiting the range of wizards' activities."

"The changes brought about by population don't stop there," Felix said. "The number of wizards has also increased, which makes all the problems mentioned before more acute and prominent. Of course, there are also some benefits-wizards completely occupy The dominance of the wizarding world, and looking at the outcome from a higher perspective, counts as a silent collaboration between wizards and non-wizards."

Horace Greenstitch on the side opened his mouth slightly. He had never thought about it this way, but after careful consideration, it did make sense.

That's how fairies fall.They didn't do anything wrong, and their influence is getting less and less.

100 years may be short, but if the time scale is extended to 200, 500, or 1000 years, this trend will be extremely conspicuous.He felt that it was necessary to go back and look through the past statistics to see if the number of No-Maj-born wizards was increasing year by year.

Akinbad has read a lot of materials recently, and he recognized this statement intuitively with just a little recollection.He concluded: "So the more the Muggles develop, the more the population; the more the population, the larger the area they occupy. At the same time, the number of wizards is also rising, all of which lead to one result: the contact between the two sides is inevitable. "

"It's just a matter of sooner or later." Felix nodded.

"Excellent vision." Aginbad praised, and then asked: "Are you planning to replicate and promote the practice in the British Ministry of Magic? Plans on paper; I also found from recent negotiations that you have taken some of the enemy's ideas and improved them to make them less jarring... It's bold and stunning, but from my position, these countries are not isolated Individuals, there may be some kind of terrible chain reaction, which will affect the whole body."

This is Aginbad's biggest worry-if Burns and Felix mess up, the worst impact will only affect one country. If he messes up, it will affect all wizards.

"That's not necessary, the first step is always the most difficult," Felix said.

"But the situation in other parts of the world is not the same as in England, for example," Akimbard looked at Horace Greenstinch, not taking America as an example, where the worst situation is, "for example-well, Africa. The problem in Africa is that Lack of a strong law enforcement agency, with the unexpected failure of the secrecy law, the long-term suppression has caused the wizards in that land to go the opposite way, and wizard visions are becoming more and more."

"Our problem is just the opposite," said Horace Greenstinch gravely.

The living conditions of wizards in Africa, America, and Britain (or Europe) are worthy of comparison. The British Ministry of Magic basically implements the secrecy law relatively comprehensively. Contact, which may be related to several serious leaks in history.The result is that the two sides are now very gunpowder, and the public opinion is not on their side at all, watching the situation deteriorate a little bit; the environment in Africa is the most relaxed of the three, and many wizards secretly have a "side job" , doing some fortune-telling and psychic work.Felix thought of Refitting, a girl disguised as a gypsy witch.

But don't think African wizards are happy.

Wizards are a group with outstanding individual strength and flexible means. When they deliberately dive underwater, they leave only specious colorful bubbles, but when they surface, they will inevitably stir up the situation and set off waves.What they will face is no longer ordinary people at the bottom who are tolerant enough to the mysterious power, but those in power who are trying to control this power.The drama of wooing and disintegrating, attacking and uniting will take turns, and it will only become more chaotic.

"The authority of the International Federation of Wizards must be re-established," Felix said.

Akinbad shook his head sadly.

"The authority of the International Federation of Wizards was established little by little with the consensus of the hidden magic circle back then, but now the foundation of this organization's existence has disappeared."

"Then find new meaning." Felix repeated what he had said to Ms. Burns.

Akinbad was a little moved. The International Federation of Wizards was on the verge of collapse under his hands. More than anyone else, he hoped to restore everything in the past, no matter what price he paid.But he also knows that everything has changed. He is still in this position because he has made an unbreakable oath with Grindelwald, which to a certain extent prevented the already chaotic magic world from falling into the unfathomable abyss .

"By the way," Akinbad seemed to think of something, "Africa still has a huge hidden danger."

"What is it?"

"Grindelwald!" Akinbad said in a deep voice.

Felix looked a little surprised, and quickly asked: "What's going on? He doesn't seem to have moved in the past two weeks, right?"

"This is the problem." Akinbad said: "I have seen his cunning face, he will never sit back and wait for failure. I was worried that he would meddle in the British peace talks, but this means standing on the overwhelming majority. The opposite of most wizards, I thought over and over, since he is not in the UK or the US, the most likely thing is that he is hiding in Africa."

"... Where's the evidence?"

"His presence in America is one of a handful, at least in public, compared to his presence in Africa, which is surprisingly high. His excuse is to provide refuge for wizards in crisis, and he has indeed saved quite a few The wizards, including a group of Ouagadou students, have gained enormous popularity locally - not to mention that he first proposed the Ten Laws of Wizards in Africa."

Felix blinked, and he asked tentatively, "Maybe it was because Africa was really chaotic during that time?"

Akinbad flatly rejected it.

"He's a real demon, drawing strength from chaos." He looked at Felix with a serious expression. "Some people speculate that he wants to make Africa a new source of saints."

Felix looked at the two of them in a daze, and murmured: "Yeah, it's just too reasonable. If there is anyone who can hope to unify the magical regime there in a short time, only Grindelwald. Plus other places It is indeed a good base to take care of himself—if he really intends to return to his old business."

Horace Greenstitch interjected, "I've heard similar stories, in the Muggle newspapers—" The other two glared at him, and he looked over in surprise, "When this happens, we Of course we can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.”

"What did they say?" Felix asked.

He's missing something on this one.Burns sent some Aurors abroad to collect information, but they got limited information and could only get a rough idea; what Felix really relied on was information from Vita Rozier.

"Those No-Maj politicians think," said Horace Greenstinch with disgust in his eyes, "that the exposure of the wizarding world has broken up wizards from all over the world, and that this is a perfect opportunity to make wizards obey them, and there are some more vehement rhetoric. ..."

"I mean, their judgment on Grindelwald." Felix put it another way.

"Grindelwald destroyed an underground experimental factory and caused such a big battle, which had a very bad impact at the time. Many people clamored for the restoration of the death penalty, or tied him to the stake - we all know that the possibility of that happening is very small. The more rigorous media reports are similar to Mr. Aginbad's analysis, the difference is that they also mentioned you."

"I?"

"Yes," said Horace Greenstitch with a strange expression, "they think you two must have a fight, and they can ask you for help if necessary."

"I...will I?" Felix was not even sure himself.

"You will." Akinbad said: "If Grindelwald intends to assassinate a few politicians, nobody cares about him, anyway the crime will be held on his head; but if he wants to destroy a city, we must do our best to stop it." He, he's going to kill the wizarding future. Especially now that we're negotiating."

Felix thought quietly.At this time, two wizards in bright golden clothes walked into the tent from a distance. It was Luna and her father Xenophilius. Luna wore a huge sunflower headdress on her head.

"Well, maybe the current stable environment has given you the illusion—what if, I mean if, one party insists on provoking conflict?"

Babajid Akinbad and Horace Greenstitch looked at each other, a question they had tried to avoid, they had come to find out that the British Ministry of Magic was about to perform a miracle, and they couldn't wait to continue Create a miracle - this "miracle" means that there are more than 200 countries in the world, no country has declared war on wizards, and no country has irreconcilable armed conflicts between wizards and non-wizards.

"If necessary, some countries can be given up." Akinbad said with difficulty.

"What about the wizards who live there?"

"Arrange for evacuation," Akinbad said.

"What about those who don't want to move away, let them fend for themselves?"

Akinbad was speechless.

"Also, what about the new wizards?"

This is also an unsolvable problem.

……

"Akinbad's face is ugly, what did you say?" On the golden chair, Ms. Bones quietly leaned over and asked.

"Some truth."

Burns glared at Felix.

"The wedding has begun." Sirius coughed twice.

(End of this chapter)