A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 721 The Anticipated Conflict
After Felix returned to school, it took him a while to find Varen, who was having a pleasant walk—because the atmosphere of the previous meeting was too serious, so Felix left him at school.I haven't seen him for a while, and Varen's temper has become wilder.

Felix asked in a tone of asking for insider information: "I heard that there is a flying Niffler wandering around the Forbidden Forest recently?"

Varen shook his head again and again, expressing that he had no idea of ​​this at all. "Really?" It patted its chest, and suggested that it could ask Hagrid, he might know.

"... There are many dangerous creatures in the Forbidden Forest." Felix warned it.

Varun waved his hand nonchalantly.

Following its line of sight, Felix saw the small bell tied to its scarf, and stretched out his hand to grab it——

"Confiscated—this is for your safety, not an adventure item." Varen could only watch helplessly as Felix flicked his fingers, and the lovely silver bell stretched out, turning into a silver bird.

This is a patron saint magic specially arranged by Felix.The Patronus is not the point, the point is that it contains part of the magic circuit of the Mandrake inside - if it is in danger, the Patronus can completely knock out a few unsuspecting wizards with a roar.This trick also has an effect on creatures near the Forbidden Forest.

They walked towards the castle.

"You like the Forbidden Forest? I know of a few particularly delicious spices...Professor Sprout has a good stash."

When Felix was awakened by the tempting aroma of roasted pumpkin the next day, he stood in front of the window sill, feeling as if he had passed away.The mountains in the distance are covered in silver, and the black lake at the foot of the mountains is covered with a thin layer of ice, just waiting for the arrival of heavy snow.

He spent Halloween at school and took the time to get to know his students again. It was strange that no one separated him from the memory. Felix felt that he was much more serious and serious when teaching students.

He even attended the party held by Slughorn with great interest, Snape still looked like no strangers, but he quietly mentioned his "minor progress" in potions. Progress' - Felix refrained from asking about the specific situation, so that the other party could not show off.Emmeline Vance was not interested in the food at the banquet, but she had a soft spot for the classical music played at the party. She asked Slughorn for the name of the record, and Slughorn said lightly:
"I can't buy it anywhere else. I bought it from a Muggle store... Yes, it has been specially processed. I have a relationship with the Muggle government... I can give you a set..."

After Halloween, Felix realized that he was still wearing the name of the vice-principal, so he ran to Professor McGonagall and prepared to perform his duties-chatting with the Sorting Hat by the way, but unfortunately this dirty hat didn't appreciate it, and kept going The child yelled and listed Felix as a refusal to communicate.Felix was a little annoyed.The relaxed days did not last long, and now is a critical period, so he returned to the federation headquarters after a week, like a large information transceiver, constantly receiving and sending various information, for a while the hall of the federation headquarters There are more than a dozen different forms of patron saints at the same time.

The progress brought about by the work of the past few days is very gratifying. Some countries with a relatively fast negotiation process have reached the final step, and the headquarters of the federation feel excited.One morning, Aginbad came back from the United States with bad news.

"Things are not good." He handed over a newspaper succinctly, and Felix took it and looked at it. The headline on the newspaper read "Auror Team Died Unfortunately" in bright red letters.

Putting down the newspaper, Akinbad briefly explained what happened. When a three-person Auror team was investigating the incident of the local government secretly controlling the little wizard, an accident happened and there were no survivors.

"Are the troops involved?" Felix asked in surprise.

"It's the spellcaster, another group of spellcasters." Akinbad said: "It happened last night. The other teams received the final signal, and it was too late when they arrived. This matter was guarded by the Congress. Reporters saw..."

Half an hour later, Felix appeared at the Magical Congress of America - the Woolworth Building.

There were three dead bodies in front of him.Horace Greenstinch, chairman of the Magical Congress of America, the principal of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the director of magic security, Uriah as his deputy, and several senior congressional officials were all present, and their faces were very ugly.

"Any clues so far?"

"There may be other wizarding organizations involved," said Horace Greenstinch darkly. "I suspect they are descendants of the Scavengers. I sent a large number of people around Halloween to monitor suspicious people in the past— Theoretically, it is completely feasible, many wizards have purchasing plans during the festival, I think some people will take advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters..."

This was the plan he had mentioned to Felix.But half of the plan was successful, the Aurors did find the anomaly, but didn't make it back alive to report.

Felix was noncommittal about the 'Scavenger' speculation.The scavengers have played the role of disgraceful wizard traitors in history, similar to mercenaries who take money to do things. American wizards once talked about them and hated them deeply.After the Magic Congress of America was established, these people were immediately liquidated, and only a small number escaped punishment and hid among the crowd.

They were unable to retaliate against the Congress, let alone use magic. For this reason, they even voluntarily abandoned children with magical talents. From the perspective of subsequent development, these people did not choose to cooperate with the government for a long time—as the people who once used magic for money The executioners who betrayed their own countrymen to the Puritans and official extremist organizations knew all too well what they would suffer, and this fear and hatred of the Magic Council was passed down from generation to generation.

So some time ago, the incident of the twelve magically gifted children was really an accident.No, maybe not by accident.Felix suddenly thought, what if it was some people's temptation last time?A probe of wizards and public opinion?Assuming that those children have been watched by a small group of people, and when the time is right, they will be transported to the sea base that cannot be plotted. They are a 'fixed share' every year, but they are used for other purposes this year...

Felix carefully examined the remains of the three victims, and after a while, he raised his head.

"I think these three Aurors have met the people we've been looking for, but those children have grown up and become our enemies."

This is pretty much the worst case scenario.

"Could it be that this secret plan has been going on for decades... But even so, it is impossible for them to fight against formally trained Aurors, who have not even received a complete magical education." A bearded wizard at the scene — he's the head of magical security — yelled.

"It's because they haven't received a complete 'school education'." Felix corrected: "It is indeed difficult for them to accept orthodox magic teachings, but it doesn't mean they have to learn from scratch. The easiest way... just get the help of any wizard. Trust them, they can enter and leave the magic world at will, and easily buy published magic books, potion materials and second-hand magic wands in magic shops..."

"As for whether their real level is higher than that of the Aurors... I can't see it for the time being. There are many possibilities for the real story. For example, these Aurors were careless, deceived, or really inferior to others, but one thing is Certainly ... their opponents are not ordinary citizens, but highly trained and carefully cultivated professionals."

A blurry figure emerged from Felix's fingertips. He looked closely at the faceless face and said softly:

"The purpose of any magic school is not to train agents, assassins, or killers - we learn magic to better control magic power, and it is also the subconscious mind of wizards who want to grow, or at least avoid decline. It is working. So wizards have moved from the earliest family education, master-apprentice education to school education, established a community, and derived many professions that are dispensable in my opinion, all of which are for the better relationship between people There is an intersection between them. But the opponents hiding in the dark don't think about it that way, they just want to squeeze out a certain aspect of talent as much as possible in the short term."

"You might as well try to outline the growth environment of those people. Regardless of those who died due to various accidents, they generally left their parents before the age of 11, and have been drifting at sea for several years, undergoing various experiments, brainwashing, training...etc. When you get a little older, you will come out to perform missions, so what are those missions?"

Horace Greenstinch felt creepy, his thoughts turned quickly, and then he suddenly turned his head to look at a person, and said urgently: "Uria, you immediately go to the common magic shop and ask those shopkeepers if they have received young wizards, What they have in common is that they have bought various magic materials in bulk more than once, and—” he said with some difficulty: “Investigate those wizards who live in isolation, and check whether there are people who have disappeared for no reason in recent years?”

Yuria hurriedly left with a serious expression.

Several people present had different expressions and did not speak for a long time. Finally, the principal of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry broke the silence: "Mr. Haipu, according to this situation, is it possible that the other party has cultivated a powerful enough spellcaster?" ?”

Felix denied this possibility after thinking for a moment.

"Those people's overall quality is almost at the level of an ordinary excellent Auror, which is the limit, and they are only comparable in one aspect. There is no possibility to go further, let alone explore the true meaning of magic... As for the evidence, from the left Judging by the wounds, they all have obvious characteristics of black magic when they cast conventional spells, which does not mean how advanced their magic attainments are, but a manifestation of the imbalance of magic power."

"From this, we can also draw a conclusion that no matter who the other party is, the time span for them to do this will not be too long, definitely not more than 30 years."

"Why do you say that?"

"—If it takes longer, these people themselves will suffer backlash. You must know that the magic power of a wizard is directly connected to the soul, and it will directly feed back on the character..."

After a long silence.

"What's next?"

"Negotiations are going on as usual. I have a feeling that the next negotiations will not go smoothly. There is a deeply hidden force that will do everything possible to prevent the conclusion of the contract...but someone who jumped out on his own initiative made it easier for us to find the key person. In addition, I also A map needs to be made."

……

The entire month of November was spent in an uneasy atmosphere. Although more than a dozen ministries of magic around the world signed contracts with local governments and recognized the status of the "Confederation and Alliance Charter", many people publicly Question the effectiveness of this law, and believe that organizations like the International Federation of Wizards that override the wizards of various countries, and even override the will of governments of various countries, are illegal and should be banned.

In particular, some of the above clauses are simply intolerable to consortiums and governments of certain countries.

The delegation of the Magical Congress of America conducted three rounds of negotiations with the local government. However, as the negotiations deepened, some principled issues came before them, which became irreconcilable contradictions between the two parties, and the negotiations fell into a stalemate again.Some tough voices appeared publicly in the news media: An unknown senator from a remote state proposed that the government funded the establishment of special schools to create and take over the magic world belonging to the Americans. This statement was immediately supported by the pharmaceutical consortium and the arms consortium. Offer to donate to this great cause.

But the next day, the congressman cried bitterly in front of reporters, telling the "evil crime" he had committed, which almost immediately became evidence of witches' demagoguery, and a series of vicious incidents were "indirectly" proved to be related to witches , The delegation of the Magic Congress negotiated for more than half a month, and found that the environment of public opinion outside had completely changed.

The coldness of the delegation of the Magical Congress of the United States, the boycott of the International Federation of Wizards, and the gradual spread of public opinion around the world, all lead to a result-this is exactly the conclusion drawn by many government think tanks-a head-on conflict is on the way. inevitable.

Even to some extent, this is the result that everyone hopes for-provided that the conflict does not happen in their own country-for many people, the delay is so incredible that people can't help but suspect it is magic role.

A group of more than 200 million people hidden under the water is incompatible with the world order, and possesses abilities that only exist in literary works and fairy tales... But so far, there has not been any explosion of a certain size and The clash of scales, as if everything was designed, is so weird.

The shadow of war has never been far away. It wandered in Britain at the beginning. As the situation in Britain stabilized, the eyes of all countries turned to Africa, which is the most chaotic. However, although Africa was chaotic and small conflicts occurred frequently, it never really got out of control. Some people Waiting and waiting, the result was the promulgation of the "Confederation and Alliance Charter", followed by drastic negotiations with dozens of countries at the same time... It is a miracle that things have progressed to this point.

But some things are unavoidable, and other means only play the role of delay and deterrence, which only happen on paper, and only a head-on confrontation can best reflect the strength of two different groups.Whether wizards are vulnerable, or modern weapons are completely ineffective against magic, only after a real sword and gun are tried, will those dark and restless thoughts sink back into the rotten mud and acquiesce in the birth of a new order.

What makes the think tanks of various countries disagree is when and where this conflict will break out, who will provoke it, and - how many people will be killed and injured in the end, can it be controlled within a certain range?

The bad weather in November continued to the beginning of December. As a group of people held their breaths and looked forward to it, the time came to the last month of 1997. Finally, Babajid Akinbad, president of the International Federation of Wizards and the International The first president of the Pan-Magical Union, Felix Heppe, issued a solemn warning to all wizards.

One stone caused a thousand waves!

　It's the end of the month again, ask everyone for a monthly pass!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)