Chapter 301: I will go out with you

Chapter 301: I will go out with you

Slytherin didn't simply call it all bollocks and didn't even bother to look at what Jon wanted him to see.

Although he is only just a portrait now, he has the wisdom and thinking mindset of an old man who founded Hogwarts Slytherin House a thousand years ago.

He would certainly be more trusting and close to Voldemort, who had his own bloodline than Jon, but that trust would certainly not be absolute.

All the information he had learned about the outside world might have all been hearsay, whether it was the version he had heard from Voldemort or what Jon was telling him now holding up a history book, he was only passively accepting what they wanted him to know.

As it was, in his right mind, he wouldn't believe one or the other of them absolutely.

Listening to Jon's account and also seeing all that was written in that book, Hogwarts: A History, regarding the signing of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, the Slytherin in the portrait frowned slightly.

"It's true that hiding all information about wizards and keeping the wizarding world undercover would have cut off the witch hunt movement. But won't anyone object to this bill? Those who have already gained the benefits won't give up what they've gained so easily."

Jon said with a nod. Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

"There was opposition, but not when this bill was first established. In the seventeenth century the witch-hunting movement had reached its peak and all wizards were so disgusted with the persecution that the negotiations with the Muggle hierarchy were just an attempt at the beginning, but if it was as you say, the muggle-born wizards are the ones who united with the Muggles to start the witch-hunting movement, they must have been the ones who ruined the possibility of peace talks at that time, and that is how this bill was signed. It was signed in 1689, and it was not until 1692 that it became officially enforced, and I think it is quite possible that in the period of three years, the then Ministry of Magic swept away those court mages as well as the church wizard to finally ensure that the Statute of Secrecy could actually come into effect."

"During the period of the 1930s and 40s of this century, some wizards who were fed up with the Statute of Secrecy and believed that wizards shouldn't live like rats in the shadow of muggles were led by a man who had initiated a war in which he wanted to completely break the Statute of Secrecy and make wizards the lords of muggles. But in the end what that man did was stopped by the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where I am now, Professor Dumbledore together with many magical governments."

Jon said as he turned the page for the Slytherin, so he could see what was written about Hogwarts at the time in that history fifty years ago.

Dumbledore, who had defeated Grindelwald, was still a Professor of Transfiguration at the time, and such a deed certainly would have made a strong mark in school history.

And after that slices of histories in that area were recounted, it was clear to Jon that what came next would be the real kicker.

His answer did not surprise Jon.

It would have been a strange thing if Slytherin had simply stated that he believed everything he said without saying a word.

"And what do you want me to do to make you believe that everything I have said is true?" Jon asked seriously.

Slytherin looked calmly at everything in this bedroom, then he said softly.

"Take me out from here, let me see the magical world outside with my own eyes, and I will judge for myself who to really believe."

Jon did not hesitate at this request of his and agreed decisively.

"No problem, sir! I am perfectly willing to get you out of here if you wish."

No matter what Voldemort had gotten out of Slytherin here in the first place, if he was taken out of here, and saw for himself all the lies that Voldemort had told, then all the problems would be solved.

And even if it is only a portrait, as the founder of Hogwarts, Slytherin is still very significant in his own right!

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