A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 720 "Confederation and Union Charter"

A law with a long name and a short length, but with great significance and far-reaching influence has been circulated. Its full name is the Charter of the International Federation of Wizards and the International Pan-Magical Union.

This law, which was born under a special background, has its unique charm. In addition to regulating the responsibilities, rights and obligations of all wizards, it also stipulates the relationship between the magic world and the non-magic world, short, medium and long-term goals, and straightens out the management boundaries of both parties. And so on a series of questions.

This is also the first time that the 'International Pan-Magical Union' has officially appeared in the legal text——

Its influence is more far-reaching, which means that the branches of the Pan-Magical Union established spontaneously by various countries are no longer loose regional organizations, and it almost reveals to the world that the International Pan-Magical Union will play a pivotal role in the future.

Along with the "Confederation and Confederation Charter", there is an order issued from the headquarters of the Confederation: All wizards shall have a copy.Even those wizards who hide in the corners are sent by friends or local Ministry of Magic staff.

At school, Harry held a club event just before Halloween, and they ate, drank, and talked about it.

"A lot of dark wizards have suffered." Ron said with a smile. "They've been unlucky recently. They've been sifted over and over again like lice."

"I heard from my mother that they also have to study in prison." Neville's eyes shone with excitement, and Harry thought it was gloating, but it was so rare for Neville to appear this kind of emotion.

"It's true, and the requirements are even stricter." The corners of Susan Burns' lips curled up.

"Revisiting the busy time of the OWLs exams is really a lifeless love." Comparing with Neville, Daphne Grindelus smiled brightly.

"Dad thought about illustrating every single law," Luna said.

"I'll buy it for my collection, Luna," said Hermione, holding the booklet and reading aloud: "In addition to the preface and epilogue, the "Confederation and Alliance Charter" is divided into seven chapters, and each chapter corresponds to a chapter. Big theme. The seven chapters are——

general conventions of the wizarding world;
Principles of personal (family) communication between the wizarding world and the non-magic world;

The rights, responsibilities and obligations of the Ministry of Magic and social organizations;

Regulation of magical beasts, ghosts, magical phenomena;

Humanoid race rights, responsibilities and obligations;

Draft recommendations for working with the non-magical community;
Disputes, conflict resolutions, and necessary measures—short and punchy, covering almost every aspect.And I noticed that the new law incorporated some of the provisions of the secrecy law..."

This is natural, the complete exposure of wizards does not mean that all the original laws do not apply.For example, the requirements for wizards’ attire, wizards no longer need to be as impeccable as before (although most wizards have never done it, since the secrecy law came into effect, improper clothing is one of the most common violations), this part has been greatly reduced It has been shortened, and only two items are retained: it is forbidden to expose the lower body in public; it is forbidden to wear clothes and accessories that are likely to cause misunderstanding.

Harry stared, wondering who proposed to keep the first one. Do wizards still have a penchant for naked bodies?But he couldn't help but think of the old wizard in a skirt he met during the Quidditch World Cup...

"What are the clothes and accessories that are easy to cause misunderstanding?" Justin was a little puzzled.

Just as Hermione was about to speak, Ernie MacMillan interjected, "Wait a minute—I seem to have the impression that my uncle mentioned it when he wrote... Last week when a wizard was being interviewed on the street, the reporter asked Is the pumpkin hat he wears some kind of quirk, he says it's for Halloween—"

"Sounds normal." Justin said puzzled.

"It's not over yet--" Ernie said with a suppressed smile, "that person demonstrated it to the reporter, and a bunch of live bats flew out of the mouth of the ghost pumpkin, scaring the reporter and the cameraman enough." Several students Laughing, only Hermione said with a straight face: "The follow-up processing is quite troublesome. Muggle animal protection organizations have accused wizards of cruelty to animals."

At this time, Hannah Abbott stared at the booklet and asked: "But Chapter 2No.13 mentions that you can demonstrate magic to Muggles."

"—on the premise of being invited, or a special place, such as New Diagon Alley, otherwise wizards should try to be as inconspicuous as possible when casting spells near the Muggle community." Hermione added, and she shrugged herself after finishing speaking , "Actually, I found that many laws of wizards are not so strict, but judge the severity according to the actual situation and the seriousness of the problem. If I perform tricks for my parents at home, there must be no problem at all."

But the students present were all attracted by another word from her mouth. Luna hummed a weird little tune and said, "New Diagon Alley, I really want to see it."

……

Amelia Bones, who returned to the office, looked at the piles of documents on the desk, her eyes widened—not even a palm-sized tabletop could be seen on the desk.She froze in place, and it seemed to Felix that she was suffocating.Fortunately, Mr. Weasley came to deliver the documents at this time and told her that only a small part of the documents needed to be processed.

"The rest is what you feel you need to know," Mr. Weasley explained.

Ms. Burns rolled up her sleeves, pulled her monocle from her pocket, and seemed ready to go big.

"It's not less than a few hours, Amelia. There shouldn't be a big event like the sky falling, right?" Felix looked at Mr. Weasley, and Mr. Weasley immediately said knowingly: "That's not the case, and the minister still If there is something particularly urgent, we will report it."

"Let's have a drink together." Felix summoned a bottle of wine from the air, and they sat on the reception sofa, drinking and chatting.Mr. Weasley took off his glasses and rubbed his glowing forehead, and Felix noticed that his hair was visibly thinning.

Burns sat on the sofa, took a sip of wine, shook his glass and said, "Arthur, how is your new department doing?"

"Everything is fine." Mr. Weasley cheered up and said, "Not counting Scrimgeour, we have cooperated with the Muggle government several times, and the Muggle Prime Minister specially granted a small piece of land in the urban area , I took my new colleagues to work for three days, transformed a small Diagon Alley street, and there was an endless stream of tourists. Some activities-such as the release of magic books and giveaways were held there, and several companies responded to the call of the Ministry of Magic. Things like the Daily Prophet and the Quibblers, who give away thousands of free copies of newspapers and magazines to tourists—”

Felix guessed from the lingering fear on Mr. Weasley's face that he had probably been in contact with more people during this time than in the previous half of his life.

"You mean free distribution to tourists? No money?" Ms. Burns asked curiously. "I don't know much about Lovegood, the editor-in-chief of the naysayer, but the Daily Prophet..."

"It's unsold back issues of newspapers or magazines, which don't matter much to them," Mr. Weasley explained.

"As for the new Diagon Alley, are there any merchants here?" Felix asked.

"Not yet, but some preparations have been made in advance." Mr. Weasley said: "We contacted the parents of the little wizards who were born in Muggle families and asked them if they were interested in opening a shop in New Diagon Alley. Most of them are Squibs—or something like that, Mr. Ollivander told me—at least they can use their own wands, and they can go to work with a little training."

"Have you been contacted by the Squib Rights Association?" Ms. Burns asked. "They might be interested."

Mr. Weasley nodded, then shook his head. "We have contacted, but their willingness is not strong." Seeing the slightly surprised eyes of Felix and Ms. Burns, he smiled for the first time, "Most people who know their identity as Squibs have relatives alive, and many families are willing to Find the children who are abroad."

"Any more news?"

"Let's think about it... After the contract was signed, more than a dozen anti-wizard demonstrations broke out one after another, but the momentum was not great. Our protection magic can ensure that malicious people cannot enter, and Muggle firearms will also be ineffective. "

"The situation is very good." Ms. Burns said with some joy.

"There were also some accidents." Mr. Weasley took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat with a little embarrassment, "Two exclusive wands were accidentally lost during the event."

"What's going on?" Ms. Burns sat up from the sofa and asked seriously.

"Didn't the previous plan roughly estimate the number of squibs? Three days ago, we held an event among tourists to experience the exclusive magic wand. Mr. Ollivander further improved the exclusive magic wand. I don't quite understand the principle he said. It is probably combined with some magical animal materials to increase the sensitivity of the exclusive wand... In short, there is a rough result, the data is about two hundred to one."

Felix nodded slightly, rubbing his chin and said: "So there are about 30 squibs in the UK? No, this word is not accurate. Most of them should have poorer perception of magic. Magical phenomena, such as ghosts and dementors, cannot be seen."

"That's right," Mr. Weasley agreed, "Mr. Ollivander believes that even with the help of a special wand, there are only a few people who can successfully cast spells. The silent man in the Department of Mysteries proposed a possibility: magic power is like a fluctuating The tide, starting from the first generation of Squibs, the magical ability gradually declined, and then an inflection point occurred in a certain generation, becoming more and more obvious..."

"This conjecture is quite interesting." Felix said with interest.

If the idea holds up, parents and immediate family members of Muggle-born wizards may all have exclusive wands.But after all, they are old, and the thin magic power existing in their bodies (or souls) is almost impossible to mobilize, so they can only use their exclusive magic wands to release the set magic tricks.

"However, during the event, a Muggle suddenly rushed out and snatched two exclusive wands from the staff - the law enforcement officers of the Muggle government failed to catch up, and our people were reluctant to use powerful spells. In short, , was fled to a residential area by gangsters." Mr. Weasley said: "People from Scrimgeour and the Muggle government are responsible for jointly investigating this matter."

"Isn't the exclusive wand used for testing equipped with trace magic?" Ms. Burns asked.

"Not yet."

Unlike Ms. Burns' serious expression, Felix didn't take it seriously, "Let them investigate slowly, there will be more and more things like this in the future, we just need to plug the loopholes one by one, no matter what Either Zongsi or positioning magic can avoid such problems."

It was said that Ms. Burns' expression eased, when there was a knock on the door.Scrimgeour pushed the door open, his thick tea-brown hair mixed with strands of gray, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and he looked much older.Ms. Burns also asked him to sit down. Sure enough, he came to report on the exclusive wand.

"The person was found, and it was initially confirmed that it was just an accident. The court will be held in two weeks, and I will personally attend the court hearing." Scrimgeour said that this is already 132 illegal acts involving wizards and Muggles that he participated in ——As small as being complained about a prank or magic trick, as big as flooding a whole room, or setting fire to a tree by not releasing fireworks at the specified location—the final result is basically a fine, but because it is a joint law enforcement, the first penalty It may become a case in future court trials, so he appears dutifully every time.

"Rufus, you can give some of the work to someone else," Ms. Burns reassured him.

"I'll be busy with the time," said Scrimgeour curtly. "Amelia, I'll give you a copy of every verdict, with comments from the other Wizengamots, you It’s best to read it. According to the agreement between the two parties, if there is no objection, the new law will be approved and take effect in the second year. It will be increased every year as appropriate.”

"So the information on the desk—"

"Ah, two stacks are mine."

"Rufus, you need rest, or help, or you're going to be exhausted," Ms. Burns said softly.

"Someone has to do something, I don't feel relieved to leave it to others." Scrimgeour said indifferently.

Ms. Burns wanted to persuade again, but Felix said a name: "Barty Crouch."

The three looked at him at the same time.

"As far as I know, Barty Crouch is very good at the letter of the law. He has been out of public view for nearly three years. If he wants to-" Felix said slowly, "Well-I think He may be disheartened by his past, but he's a strong-willed man, and if someone told him the Ministry needed him, I don't think he'd hesitate to say yes... the best lobbyists are on a relationship with him Yes, it can be his former subordinate, or a good friend, but it must be strict, stubborn, and a little crazy..."

The corners of Ms. Burns's mouth twitched, and she turned to look at Scrimgeour with Mr. Weasley.There seems to be a candidate here.

"Barty Crouch is still serving his sentence." Scrimgeour stared at Felix sharply and said in a deep voice.

The eyes of the two collided in mid-air. For them, the previous conflicts had long since passed, and no one would turn over old scores—Felix even killed Crouch himself, but he still recommended Barty Crouch. Rauch - But differences in philosophy still exist, Scrimgeour is a proven veteran, and to some extent he has inherited the old Crouch's philosophy.

"It's only two months away," Felix said, "to serve the sentence in another place, or arrange a separate cell... the effect is similar, oh, I can also recommend someone who will serve him... a house elf named Winky, I don't know if you have any impression..."

Several people present stared at each other, thinking about the feasibility of this approach.

"...in what name?" Mr. Weasley whispered after a while.

"Consultant," Felix said without thinking.Ms. Burns rolled her eyes.

Finally, Scrimgeour said dryly: "I can try to convince Barty—"

"Actually, the ideal person in my mind is Moody." Felix said in a strange tone.

Scrimgeour's hair and beard trembled, his knuckles were creaked, and he seemed to be trying with great perseverance not to rush over and grab Felix's neck and shake him.After a while, he said coldly, "Then it's settled." After speaking, he left angrily.

"Rufus is still happy, I can feel it," Ms Burns said.When Mr. Weasley left, she asked curiously: "Felix, you really don't care about Buddy getting out of prison early-I mean, well," she sighed, "working in a cell?"

"It's nothing more than a month or two in advance. Besides, does his release from prison affect me-obviously, no."

……

The introduction of the "Confederation and Union Charter" is not the end, but the starting point of a new round of negotiations, but this time it is no longer a trivial matter. With the charter and the successful cases of the British Ministry of Magic, the negotiations will be held in dozens of countries. The country unfolds simultaneously.

And in the United States, half a month later, the Magic Congress of the United States found nothing. They even ventured through the government's top-secret information, but found nothing.Horace Greenstinch, the president of the Magical Congress of America, vaguely mentioned a method during the meeting, but it will not be implemented until after he returns.Felix hoped there would be no trouble.

For other people in the wizarding world, the most popular topic now is the "Confederation and Alliance Charter", which is continuously broadcast on newspapers, radio, and Muggle TV programs all day long, and various experts take turns to analyze the contents.

This basic law, which is similar to the wizarding constitution, has a very rich content, and it also clearly shows its bottom line.And from the series of grand long-term plans mentioned in the penultimate Chapter 2 - such as magic technology, joint hospital, rapid planting, interstellar travel, alien immigration, regeneration of severed limbs... the final conclusion is summarized In one word: sincerity.

Although for Felix, the above plan can be achieved now, but he would rather stretch the realization time to 30 years, 50 years, or even longer.

(End of this chapter)