In every street of the magic world, the hottest topic among the wizards was the armed Aura capture operation known as the "Muggle House Incident".
This incident had not only resulted in the arrest of the pureblood clans that had gathered in secret, but it had also resulted in the deaths of many adepts. This incident had caused a huge uproar in the world of magic. It had caused a huge commotion among the local adepts, immigrant adepts, and Muggle adepts of all levels.
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But compared to the past, the remaining members of the pureblood families involved in this incident and the wizards who were not affected by this arrest did not control their media to criticize the Ministry of Magic and slander Harris. They no longer commented on the "Muggle House Incident" as if it had never happened.
In the modern history of the British magic world, where the law had been perfected, it was almost impossible for so many purebloods to be captured and even killed. The last time such a large-scale operation took place was after the First War of the Wizards. Although the number of people captured was also enough, more of them were just put on trial and sent to Azkaban to be dealt with.
Many people were frightened by Harris's bloody and bloody action. They were afraid that Harris would find something to use against them and frame them for collusion with the Death Eaters and arrest them for trial. At this moment, no one dared to challenge Harris and the Ministry of Magic who were in charge of violence.
But it was not that they did not resist, because for the British wizards, they not only knew the family names and family history of the ancient pureblood families who were arrested, but they also knew the stories and miracles passed down from the ancestors of these pureblood wizards. Their relatives, friends, bosses, employees, customers, and the products that grew up with them had accompanied them for their entire lives.
So under these circumstances where they did not dare to speak up, they tried to make themselves look like victims of persecution. Previously, because of the explosion attack and the anger of their collusion with the Death Eaters, after seeing so many familiar family names being wantonly arrested by the Ministry of Magic, and even the death of the main family due to casualties, many of the British wizards did indeed feel sympathy for them and had the feeling that things should not continue to expand.
However, at this time, the British magic world was no longer a non-immigrant country like before the Floating City took off. Because of the Unknowns wreaking havoc in Europe and the Floating City's support for open knowledge and unrestricted research, the British magic world, especially the Floating City, had become less British. Immigrants from all over the world had also brought over the customs and knowledge of the magic world of their own countries.
So for them, it was not difficult to accept that the upper class of the British natives were defeated, especially when the crime was colluding with the Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters to provide them with resources. For this behavior that caused them suffering, the refugees among the immigrants and the wizards who came to the Floating City for safety reasons felt that it was not enough.
Those foreign wizards who came to settle down in pursuit of knowledge and wealth were also very happy to see this. After the old upper class was defeated, they had more opportunities to climb up.
Because of the different ideas, the contradictions between the natives and the immigrants in the British magic world had begun to appear. Because of the different cultural customs, it was not so easy to understand and integrate each other. Some members of the Ministry of Magic proposed to adopt a method similar to that of some countries in Muggle to establish ethnic and cultural gathering areas to solve the problem, but it was rejected by Harris.
These actions and policies had indeed caused Harris' reputation in the eyes of the British natives to decline a lot. The saying that they were originally outsiders, so they did not care about the native traditions began to spread among the wizards again. The native wizards were worried about this, but the immigrants were happy about it.
Unlike the British magic world, which could only be said to be surging in the dark but was still stable on the surface, the attitude of the foreign countries towards Harris was not so tactful.
Countries like Germany and Bulgaria, which had suffered losses in the previous confrontation at the national level, reported extensively in their own media, trying to change the perception of the British magic world as strong, safe, and prosperous before. Some anti- Harris factions in the United States, instigated by the incident, tried to shape the British into a very oppressive and illiberal power society.
A saying that the British magic world was the root of all evil began to spread around the world under the promotion of intentional people. From the Death Eaters of the Mysterious Man, to the relationship between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, to the recent incident where Grindelwald was ostensibly taken in and supervised, but in fact, Grindelwald was blatantly appointed as the vice-principal of the university, and finally, it was extended to Harris. The invention of the floating city and the energy nucleus led to trade conflicts, and the subsequent establishment of similar colonies in neutral places by Harris to plunder the resources of other countries. Ravenclaw's God Making Movement was also criticized and doubted again because the matter of the God of Death was, after all, too far away for most people. The natives of the British natives who had experienced the power of the God of Death were still okay, but the foreign countries where the influence of Ravenclaw's power could not reach began to have doubts.
In a sense, these things were indeed related to the British magic world to some extent. Therefore, countries all over the world used these things to try to shape the British magic world as the culprit of all bad things, hinting that Harris's action this time was for the sake of dictatorship.
And the development of the situation after that also developed in the way that many people feared. Harris bared their fangs to the British magic world.
The armed Aura under Albert's command bypassed the Aura Office and were now directly under the command of the Magical Law Enforcement Department. Through this arrest and the aftermath of the overnight interrogation, the targets and scope of the arrest were further expanded. Many families in the British magic world fell into a state of panic.
In the Broken Cauldron Bar in Diagon Alley, a person with a hunched back and a lantern in his hand appeared in the doorway behind the bar.
Old Tom, whose face was full of wrinkles and no teeth, greeted with expectation, "Ms. Burns? I rarely see you here … And Mr. Longbottom, what would you like to drink? Flame whiskey? Red currant rum? "
"Give us some tea. It's necessary to keep our heads clear at this time." Mr. Foley uneasily turned the gemstone ring on his finger.
"What are you afraid of, Hector? You don't even dare to drink now … Tom, give me a glass of fish-flavored green beer." Algie Longbottom mumbled. In fact, he was also afraid that Harris would attack his business because of the previous incident with the school board, but the pride of a pureblood made him force himself to stay calm and pretend that he didn't care.
"We need a quiet private room, Tom." The witch wearing a monocle lowered her voice and said bluntly. Although this bar, which was favored by many people of the lower class, was very quiet, it was obvious that she didn't want to attract too much attention.
"Ma 'am, if you want a quiet place, just come to my place … Don't worry, as long as there's no crime, the Ministry of Magic won't care." Old Tom greeted Zhang Heng politely. He walked in front of Zhang Heng with a lantern in his hand and grumbled, "But it's getting harder and harder to run my business. Other than a few old customers, very few people come. Sigh, next summer, those muggle kids probably won't come to Diagon Alley to shop. By then, I won't even be able to sell a sandwich …"
"Then why don't you move upstairs? I remember you have a good relationship with Harris? " Algie Longbottom stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky. His voice echoed in the narrow passageway.
"They did call me, but if I go upstairs to open a bar," Old Tom's toothless mouth pointed at a few customers, "some of the old customers probably won't be able to go up."
"Tom, if Dumbledore comes later, tell him where we are," Amelia Burns said.
"I don't think Abusi wants to be involved in your business …" Tom flicked his finger and a fire was lit in the fireplace, "Ma 'am Burns, your fairness deserves me to clean up your room."
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