Chapter 683： Meeting

The departure time of the Hogwarts Express was forced to be delayed, except for some parents who came to the funeral to be allowed to take their children directly from the school, and all the remaining students were driven back to the castle.

Because of the presence of the Weasleys, Sirius, Remus Lupin and others, Harry and the others were not asked to return to the Gryffindor common room, but were allowed to stay with their families and were temporarily placed in the school hall. Harry saw quite a few familiar faces, Ernie, Zacharias

Smith, Seamus, Cormic McLaggen, Hannah, Susan Burns, Anthony Goldstein, Marcus Belby, Draco,

Pansy Parkinson's, Bryce Sabini...

Many were regulars at Professor Slughorn's banquets.

These students have family members or relatives who stayed behind, including the Weasleys, who stayed in the auditorium talking quickly, pausing from time to time, gloomily and anxiously looking at the police in the direction of the staff lounge, expecting someone When they came out, Abakind temporarily borrowed the school grounds to discuss important matters with the Ministers of Magic of various countries.

"Ms. Burns sent out a large number of Aurors before going in to prevent unrest..." said Percy seriously, wearing a formal suit, driving with Bill, Sirius, Lupin, Moody, the Longbottoms and other members of the Order of the Phoenix. Small meeting. When the incident happened, Percy originally planned to return to the Ministry of Magic immediately, but was asked by Mr. Weasley to stay, and he argued, "The Ministry needs me now!" As a result, Penello said sarcastically: "What are you doing back here? ? Preparing for a celebration for the magic world to be exposed to the world?" So Percy stayed.

The elderly members of the Order of the Phoenix sat with the children. "Nothing to worry about!" Neville's somewhat terrifying grandmother said firmly.

Mrs. Weasley responded absentmindedly. Fleur had just sent Mrs. Maxime away, and when she came back, she saw Penello and Mrs. Weasley sitting intimately together, pouting in dissatisfaction.

"Oops - I saw Madame Maxime kissing that big guy, it's unbelievable, isn't it?" Fleur shook her waterfall-like hair and forced herself between them, "Maybe it's the truth in adversity, or just pure It's polite," Mrs Weasley grunted vaguely.

Ginny was pushed aside, looking very unhappy, she stood up, tossed her hair and walked over to her twin brothers, her beautiful head raised proudly, like another hibiscus.

"So you've been taught a year by a Dark Lord who has been hidden for half a century, and your school life is really colorful," Fred said.

"Don't look like you're ignorant," George said solemnly. "Be aware that one of us killed another Dark Lord himself."

Harry said gloomily, "Thanks, George—I'll be happy to share this part of the experience, if you want to learn it." Then he glared at Ron, who was the one who slipped his tongue.

Ron looked left and right, as if interested in what Professor Marchban on the other side of the auditorium was shouting, and the old woman shouted, "Stupid!

Lost my mind! I wonder, when did our government become so keen on making deals with criminals? If I say, Dumbledore shouldn't retire at all, wouldn't that Abbajid be another Fudge? \"

The real Fudge stood in the corner, turning his top hat awkwardly. He also attended the funeral, but he was alone, alone, and even the Malfoys were more popular than him,

Ron looked back, pretended not to see the look Harry was looking at him, and shrugged, "She's right, there's never been a shortage of people like Fudge in the world.

"I don't think," said Hermione matter-of-factly, "that it's not fair to him to put Abakind and Fudge together, at least he had good intentions,

to avoid war. But apparently he underestimated Grindelwald. \"

"That's his biggest problem, Hermione," Fred pointed out.

At this moment Harry saw a figure flash past the door of the auditorium, and he jumped up from his chair, his heart pounding, but immediately realized that he wanted to go wrong, and he fell back into his seat, seemingly losing all strength.

"What's the matter with you, Harry?" Ron asked in surprise.

Nothing—" Harry opened his mouth, "Well, I thought I saw Dumbledore, but that was probably Aberforth.

"Oh, they do look alike," Ginny said, "but I don't think I saw him at the funeral?"

"He went to classroom number seven.\"

Nick, who was almost headless, said floating behind her, his head swaying, and Ginny and Neville, who were closest to him, froze and gave him a place quietly.

"Classroom Seven?" Ron asked with interest. "Why? Oh one" he understood. "His family is there.\"

"Yeah, but he was unlucky today, and was almost kicked out of the memory of several professors," said Nick, who was almost headless.

"What's the matter?" Harry asked sensitively.

"It has something to do with a newcomer. He's about the size of Dumbledore, well, I mean Dumbledore in Room Seven," Nick said. Very diligent, I'm not the only ghost I've encountered while eating...but he usually just watches from a distance, but today when he saw that new memory, he suddenly jumped out and lost his temper\"

"So it has something to do with that new memory?" George asked thoughtfully, "Who is that person?\"

"I don't know." Nick, who was almost headless, said cautiously. He shook his head, his head turned to one side, and his whole face was turned upside down. He screamed and hurriedly stretched out his hands to adjust the position. Harry looked away in a chill.

A new memory was added to classroom No. 7, and it made Aberforth so angry, who could it be?

Harry's eyes lit up, he thought, and he looked at Hermione, who seemed to guess from her shocked expression.

Most likely the memory of Grindelwald himself. Judging from the words of Nick who was almost headless, Grindelwald should have left behind memories of his youth, but when did he do it? Does Professor Haipu know? If you know why you didn't stop it, is it because of his special relationship with Dumbledore? Did they make an undisclosed deal in private? Harry's head was overwhelmed,

"You can find time to ask Professor Hepp, classroom 7 is his territory, he must know the identity of the memory." Ron said to Nick, he glanced at an inconspicuous door of the auditorium, "but he should be next. Very busy, alas, I thought he could detect and stop Grindelwald in advance. But also, it is difficult for normal people to imagine Grindelwald's madness." There was a hint of fear in his eyes.

"Why do you say that?" Neville whispered. Does the professor know something?

Ron shrugged.

"He's absolutely omnipotent in my mind. You know, looking for clues through clues - like a Muggle detective, didn't expect to miss it this time."

"It's completely different, Ron." Hermione shook her head and said solemnly with her fingers crossed: "Grindelwald seems to have done a lot of things—converged the core saints, negotiated with the president of the International Federation of Wizards, and made public the statement of Headmaster Dumbledore. The news of death, making unbreakable vows, and attending today's funeral are all optional and irrelevant."

Harry's somewhat numb mind started to work again, Hermione's words brought him a new direction of thinking, and he seemed to clear the fog in his heart at once.

"I see! Grindelwald's purpose from beginning to end is only one: to expose the entire magical world, to force the integration of wizarding society and Muggle society,

Fulfill his and Dumbledore's original dreams. ' said Harry excitedly.

"Then everything he did before was a deception? Everyone was tricked by him?" Ron looked at the two and asked hesitantly.

"It can only be guessed at the moment." Hermione said softly: "Judging from the strength Grindelwald showed today, he can complete the plan alone - he may not be able to beat Professor Hepp, but at their level, he can always You can get out of the fight, which is why it's so difficult to capture Voldemort alive. Ordinary wizards can't get involved at all. I even think that once Grindelwald judges that the plan is not going well, he will immediately drop the minutiae and get to the point."

"Why did he make it so difficult?" said Ron irritably.

"Because Grindelwald is human too," Harry said slowly, and the memories he had seen in the Pensieve with Dumbledore backed up what he was saying now.

"He's arrogant, arrogant, wants to prove himself right, wants to announce the arrival of a new era with his own mouth, and perhaps add his desire to have Dumbledore buried in honor from the moment he escaped from prison. After being invincible, everything he did after that was just to make the process as much as he wanted while ensuring that the result would remain the same.

"Professor Nahape—"

"He probably guessed part of it." Hermione thought of what Felix had said earlier, "but he probably guessed it no sooner than we did, maybe because of Grindelwald's speech at the funeral, or their brief time at the school gate. During the fight, what Grindelwald said was noticed by the professor, and all this was linked."

"... Come to think of it, the professor knows more about Grindelwald than we do. We can all immediately think that there is a conspiracy in the negotiation led by Grindelwald. How could the professor not think of it? The same is true for the public disclosure of Dumbledore's death - a professor does not I believe that Grindelwald's purpose is so simple. He wants to find out Grindelwald's true intentions. The professor has always made plans and then moves. The truth is also true. Grindelwald lied to everyone. But it was too late.

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" Ron shouted.

"But he clearly made an unbreakable oath!" Abakind shouted in the temporary meeting in the staff lounge.

The lounge was full of people, each of whom was an undisputed big figure in the magical world, the Minister of Magic of each country, the chairman of the federation, and the principal and vice-principal of Hogwarts, who was the owner of the place.

Abakind stared absently at his arm, the oath still in effect, showing no signs of being broken.

"Mr. Abakind, I also heard about Grindelwald's oath, but I still don't know what your oath is?" Professor McGonagall asked seriously.

Abakind licked his dry lips.

"I can guarantee that the alliance process is completely open, and there are more than a dozen Ministers of Magic at the scene... The oath is two-way: Grindelwald promises not to kill indiscriminately, unless someone attacks him first, of course, the discussion does not count; he will not take the initiative. Provoking a wizarding war; not conspiring to subvert the existing wizarding regime; and what I want to do is to give up holding the saint accountable, allow him to act in public, and not issue orders against him, on the premise that he does not break his oath."

The people in the lounge frowned. At this time, Felix said, "He really didn't start a wizarding war." He emphasized the last few words. None of the people present were idiots. They figured out the key in an instant.

"You fool!" Professor McGonagall shouted fiercely, "did you not even study his political propositions carefully before negotiating?\"

Abakind's swarthy face turned purple, and he defended himself: "We didn't expect it - he never did it before, he was always seeking his place in the wizarding world -"

"In fact, something similar happened. A very old Minister of Magic said slowly: "Before being imprisoned in Nurmengard Castle, Grindelwald had reached the peak of his power twice. Muggle preparations to declare war were thwarted by Dumbledore in the end.

Abakind's face turned pale.

"Even if you count Muggles, he is not a broken oath. After all, he only disclosed the existence of magic to the world, and did not take the initiative to provoke war... He is really tight." Professor McGonagall said sharply. uneasy.

"Mr. Hepp," Abakind said, with a hint of eagerness in his tone, "I admit that we have made a huge mistake in our work, and we cannot continue to make mistakes. Only you have the ability to catch Grindelwald. I beg you to stand up, I'll let the newly formed Auror team work with you."

Felix gave him a warning look.

"There are things that can only be said here, Mr. Abakind—one of the things you've written about is not to issue orders against him. Unless you're going to break the oath first with Grindelwald."

Abakind was speechless, and seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to speak. After a while, he opened his mouth again. At this time, his face was completely bloodless, "I, I will take the initiative to resign, so that it will not be counted as one by one\"

"You'd better not go anywhere," Felix said. "This oath is of some use—for now, while we are dealing with the great crisis before us, we can ignore the influence of Grindelwald, who is also affected by" Unbreakable oath' limits, he won't be able to meddle in what's next as long as we don't get in trouble for him."

"You, you mean one?" Abakind's eyes widened, "He set off a huge wave, but stood by?"

"I think it's more accurate to say nothing," Ms Burns said. "He's not going to be our enemy, but he's the source of all the turmoil, don't forget, the problem now is that the wizarding world is exposed to In front of the world, we must come up with a solution as soon as possible!

The old wizard who spoke before shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not about one or two people, nor one or two cities. There is no way to hide it. Alas, the secrecy law...the secrecy law is completely over."

"What is Grindelwald waiting for?" Abakind murmured, then his pupils dilated with fear, "Needless to say...it is natural to wait for the situation to fall into chaos, chaos is what Grindelwald wants to see, maybe He has nothing to do, and the angry wizarding populace caught up in the war will naturally gravitate towards his views. Then he will come forward—because I allow him to act in public—proclaiming himself a savior,

Declare war on muggles. \"

After a disturbing silence. "He even counted this?" someone shouted in disbelief.

"Think positive," Felix said meaningfully. "If you deal with it properly, Grindelwald will just stare, and you won't even have a chance to show up for the whole process... Who knows!" He leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling Lost in thought, could this be Grindelwald's true thoughts?

How can a good guy be more deterrent than a downright bad guy?

If the Muggle government and the people realize that once the two end up in war, they will personally help a Muggle-hostile dark wizard free from the constraints of his oath, who decades ago did not shy away from using powerful Will they be more cautious and more sincere if their magic destroys a city?

Felix's thoughts were flying, and he was not in a hurry to make a decision. It was best to talk to some of the core saints... Grindelwald gave him a way to summon the saints,

But it might not work, maybe someone in Hogsmeade is waiting for him now.

The meeting hardly made any substantive progress, and all they got were some very conservative opinions.

All the wizards were concealed on the spot, but what to do next, these Ministers of Magic could not agree at all, their thinking was completely bound by the "Secret Law".

Two hours later, the Ministers of Magic of various countries left in a hurry. Now I don't know what the chaos is like outside, there are too many things waiting for them to go back to deal with. After the men were gone, Ms. Burns stayed.

"We have to figure out our own way," she said solemnly, pressing one hand on her forehead in pain. "Everyone has their own position. Now that Abakind's popularity has plummeted, he can't convince everyone at all. Wrangling.

"We have to do something about this, and as quickly as possible, without waiting for the outcome. Felix, I want to know what you think.

Felix spread his hands.

"Grindelwald caught everyone off guard. I don't have a full plan yet, but there are a few things that need to be prioritized."

Miss Burns and Professor McGonagall looked at him,

"First, the students in the school one"

"Cancel the Hogwarts Express this year," Professor McGonagall said decisively. "Wizard children will be picked up by their parents or left through the school fireplace; little wizards from non-wizard families, I will let the professor pick them up directly. send home."

"The Ministry of Magic will cooperate fully," Ms. Burns said, nodding her head.

"Second, the security around the school has to be re-enforced; it's not certain if the next school year will start as scheduled, but try to be prepared. And there's a huge shelter here."

The two have no opinion on this.

\"Thirdly, Amelia, I suggest that you start negotiations with the Muggle government as soon as possible, starting with the Prime Minister. Haven't you always maintained a one-line contact? He must be made aware that this is not our one-sided thing~www. novelhall.com~Once a crisis occurs, no one can escape.\"

"I'll make arrangements as soon as possible," Ms Burns said. "In fact, I met twice with the Muggle Prime Minister, and he looked—" She shook her head.

"Fourth, stabilize the mood of all wizards. Newspaper interviews and magic radio let your voice spread as much as possible. The booklet on guarding against Voldemort last time can also be modified and used;"

"Fifth, public opinion and intelligence

"Public opinion?" Professor McGonagall and Ms. Burns asked in unison.

"The government of the non-magical world has a close relationship with their people, and they influence and restrict each other." Felix said: "The proper guidance of public opinion can make it easier for ordinary people to accept the existence of wizards. In turn, once they are instigated by people with intentions, their attitudes will change. It may go to the extreme. Of course, we are mainly collecting information now, but how to collect information is also the key. For example, the attitude of ordinary people to stylists, their reasons for accepting wizards, and their reasons for opposing wizards; Influential people, politicians, celebrities, opinion leaders, especially those who jumped out immediately\"

\"Sixth, the safety and confidentiality of young wizards from Muggle families after returning home\"

"Seventh, it is strictly forbidden for any group or individual to contact the Muggle government in private. In this regard, I am particularly concerned about the attitude of the goblin and the plan of the Pan-Magic Alliance must begin;"

"Eighth, um, I have a suggestion, send a group of trusted Aurors to secretly rescue Muggles affected by Saints, don't show up, don't make it too obvious, it may be used in the future"

Just as they planned, the outside world was already in chaos.

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