When Hermione put the three barrels of wine into her purse and returned to the Black Lake, Allen was already standing by the Black Lake. The rays of the setting sun after the rain sprinkled down, as if plating his figure with a layer of hazy golden light.
"Allen, why did you bring so much wine to feed the giant squid? How can it tell you that it wants to drink? " Hermione could not wait to ask Allen as soon as she saw him. She was full of questions just now at the Three Brooms Bar.
"This giant squid is actually Gryffindor, Godric Gryffindor. Gryffindor, the founder of the Hogwarts. Because he had an accident when he was helping Loina, his family's blood curse was triggered, and he had to live in the Black Lake in the form of a giant squid for thousands of years. In the beginning, he could still maintain his consciousness, and for a small amount of time every day, he could return to his human form and wander around the castle of the Hogwarts. But as time passed, now he has truly become a giant squid. The only thing he still retains are his preferences and habits … "Allen, who had just tried animal understanding and mind retrieval, said sadly," I had a duel with him a thousand years ago. I defeated him, but I also promised him that after I came back, I would provide him with a large amount of wine and seafood every day. This is a little compensation to him, although it's more to make myself feel more at ease. "
Hermione took out the barrels and arranged them neatly on the shore of the Black Lake, listening carefully to Allen's story. When she heard the identity of the giant squid, she was not too surprised. When she heard that he could no longer change back, she looked at the sparkling Black Lake and sighed. Then Hermione asked Allen, "But why did Gryffindor duel with you?"
"He loved Ravenclaw. Later, he misunderstood that I had let Ravenclaw down, and abandoned Ravenclaw and Helena." Allen told Hermione in detail about the events he experienced during the three times of the Time Turner, including the emotional entanglement between him and the founder, the three battles in England, and what happened with Merlin. This included the information that Allen learned from Luna about the underworld and Death, as well as what Allen did to the souls of the Muggle.
Hermione's heart was in a mess at this time. Too many explosive news filled her head.
The history of the Muggle and the history of the Hogwarts was actually related to Allen's involvement. The information about the underworld and Death gave Hermione a sense of unreality. Gods actually existed. Hermione was very envious that Luna and Allen could produce such a lifelong friendship and a thousand-year love. She could even say that she was jealous of such a relationship. These experiences had a greater impact on her heart than she had imagined. And unlike absorbing the souls of spiders or magical creatures, what Allen did in 1066 was actually more evil than all the black wizards in history that she knew of. He actually imprisoned so many human souls in his staff.
Hermione could not help but wipe away her tears for the Muggle and Allen. She trembled because of the turmoil and conflict in her heart. But for Helena, the negative emotions caused by the other party's attitude towards her had almost completely subsided. Whether this poor girl was alive or dead, she was controlled by Allen and Luna. Her fate was destined to be a ghost from the moment she was born. Only in this way could she avoid being absorbed by the Grim Reaper and exist until this era.
Thinking of this, Hermione's denial about Allen's act of absorbing human souls eased a lot. Since the end result was to be absorbed by Death, Allen, who had more legitimate reasons, did not seem so evil. Hermione could only use this reason to convince herself.
Allen, who had not said a word to give Hermione time to digest, commanded the seafood to fly above the lake. The seafood that was still alive in the buckets jumped into the water and scattered in all directions.
"Why are you telling me this instead of hiding it from me, Pene?" Penel … "Hermione was a little puzzled as to why Allen would tell her all these things in detail. She originally wanted to ask Penello if he knew about these things, but then she realized that to Penello, it didn't make any difference whether she knew or not …
Allen turned his back to Hermione and continued to watch the giant squid eat. "I thought about hiding it from you, but I don't think it's fair for you and me to maintain our relationship by hiding things."
"The mystery man dreamed of immortality and escaping death. To some extent, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor both achieved it." Hermione did not respond to Allen's emotional question. She followed Allen's gaze and saw the waves of the black lake churning violently. The giant squid's flashing red tentacles emerged from the water and stuffed the seafood into its mouth. "You guys have the Grim Reaper as your opponent. The mystery man and Dumbledore are no match for you."
"Yes, Hermione. But the Grim Reaper is still far away. As long as we don't die, the Grim Reaper is not a problem. But this time, I told Tom in the interview. If he really accepted Riddle's invitation to a duel, there would be no need to specify any plans or traps. " Allen threw the barrel of fish-flavored green beer to the squid. The squid was stunned for a moment, and then excitedly rolled up the barrel with its tentacles and let its mouth slanted obliquely above the water. Then, it skillfully squeezed the barrel into pieces and let the liquid inside drip down the tip of its tentacles into its mouth.
Looking at the giant squid comfortably wriggling all its tentacles under the long-lost effect of alcohol, Allen threw the remaining two barrels into the water, and then turned to look at the silent Hermione solemnly. "But whether he fights or is defeated by me in the follow-up operation, I will let him live for a period of time. Only when he becomes an external threat to the wizarding world and attracts the attention of others and puts enough pressure on them, I will have time and opportunity to prepare and arrange the changes I want to carry out until they are completely realized."
"You want to carry out changes? What changes?" Hermione was startled, and all her thoughts about love and love were put away. It must be known that since ancient times, whenever a revolution was involved, there was bound to be blood, there was bound to be sacrifice, and there were very few peaceful evolutions. And Allen, what was he trying to do? This made Hermione very scared. Allen's previous actions and the things that happened in the history of magic were connected in her mind.
"Hermione, compared to the pure-blood wizards, you know more about the Muggle world. You should be able to see the progress of the Muggle. They have created a terrifying power that is not inferior to magic with their own intelligence, at least in the matter of killing people directly. We wizards are far ahead of the Muggle in terms of time and space magic, the transformation of matter, the study of the soul, and the ability to predict the future. It can even be said that as long as it is related to magic, we wizards can maintain enough of an advantage. We can easily cure diseases that the Muggle can't cure, and our mastery of the knowledge of the soul can even make a good wizard immortal. But this also makes us arrogant enough to hinder our development in non-magical fields. Many pure-blood wizards can't even do simple arithmetic, and don't know anything about logic. Arthur Weasley isn't a bad person, I'm sure you know very well. But even this kind of official from the Ministry of Magic who can't be considered a bad person would leave enough backdoors for himself when making laws under his jurisdiction. You can imagine how many loopholes there are in our laws. In this aspect, we wizards are the 'Muggle'. "Allen analyzed the advantages of the wizards to Hermione.
"Allen, what exactly are you trying to change?" Hermione agreed with these statements. She was used to and liked dogmatic ideas, and had long been dissatisfied with the chaos in the wizarding world. But she didn't think that Allen's idea in mind was just to change these things.
Allen paused and didn't answer directly. Instead, he continued to analyze the problem. "With the advancement of the Muggle technology, I'm sure you know that the Muggle has advanced by leaps and bounds in the field of what they call computing. In October 1994, the thing called the World Wide Web was established by the Muggle Computer Science Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which has the title of 'The World's Most Technological University'. For this, I made a prophecy, Hermione. Can you imagine that in just a few short years, if the Muggle captured any video related to magic, they would be able to spread it all over the world in a short period of time? By then, it's really hard to predict how much effect our 'International Secrecy Act' will have, and how long this effect will last. Although the Muggle Expulsion Spell, Phantom Shifting Spell, and even the Soulsnatcher Spell when necessary make us basically invincible, our population base is too small, Hermione. "
After giving Hermione some time to digest, Allen continued, "If we have a conflict with the Muggle, the safety of wizards like us can at least be guaranteed. However, for those ordinary wizards who can't go too far on the path of magic, as long as a certain number of ordinary wizards who make up most of the wizard society die, the wizarding world will naturally fall apart. For those who can't cast 'Accident' on themselves, which can automatically activate their protective spells when they trigger the conditions set by themselves, or wear advanced magical defensive items with similar functions. It's obviously not too difficult for the Muggle to do this to them. As for Voldemort, he's just a terrifying leader in the Muggle world. The reason why he's able to strike fear into the entire wizarding world is because our population base is too small. Every time he kills, if you do a little more research, you'll find that the victims are either distant relatives or classmates, friends, or colleagues. This is one of the reasons why the wizards are so afraid, because every dead person is more or less related to you. "
"You want to break the 'International Union of Wizards and Wizards' Secrecy Act 'like Grindelwald! The reason you set up the TV station is to let the wizards know the threat of the Muggle. The purpose of the training classes and ancient magic classes is not only to deal with the Mysteries, but also to face the Muggle! " Hermione unconsciously took a step back from Allen and finally blurted out the fear in her heart. What made her even more afraid was that just as Allen thought, even with Hermione's understanding of the history of the Muggle world, if the Muggle world knew about the existence of wizards and magic, what would those greedy people do? The population of the wizarding world was too small compared to the huge base of the Muggle world. The wizards' magic may be powerful, but the Muggle's guns and cannons were not to be underestimated. If a war broke out between the wizards and the Muggle world, what would happen to the world? Hermione really didn't dare to imagine.
"Hermione, you're a smart wizard who knows a lot about the Muggle world. You should be able to see that the 'International Secrecy Act' will be broken and the wizarding world will be discovered sooner or later. I'm just making preparations in advance. Instead of being caught off guard and being caught off guard, it's better to let the wizards know about the situation in the Muggle world now. This way, the two worlds will be better integrated in the future and avoid a bigger disaster." Allen talked to Hermione as he slowly approached her. Allen put his hand on Hermione's shoulder to make her face him. "I'm not Grindelwald, Hermione. He's the first generation of the The Dark Lord. The reason he left the Muggle behind was that he thought they had other uses. He once corrected his subordinates' idea of killing all the Muggle by leaving the servants behind to help carry the goods. I just want to protect the wizards."
Hermione originally wanted to push Allen away, but after seeing him up close and hearing his words, she couldn't be ruthless. She asked in a trembling voice, "Allen, what are you trying to do … Please don't …"
"In the 17th century, as the Muggle began to persecute the children, more and more Muggle forced the wizards to use magic for them. The burning of witches increased day by day, including the cases of Muggle being mistaken for witches. The relationship between the wizards and the Muggle reached its lowest point, which became the catalyst for the introduction of the 'International Secrecy Act'. After the establishment of the British Ministry of Magic, they sent a special delegation to contact the Muggle monarchs, William III and Mary II, in the hope that the Muggle law would recognize and protect the wizards. After this attempt to gain official recognition and protection failed, the wizards were forced to voluntarily develop in the opposite direction — to go underground and keep secrets.
In fact, in my heart, a wizard is a wizard, whether it's a pureblood or a Muggle. It's just that relatively speaking, the time of contact with magic and the accumulation of magical knowledge are different. Except for some pureblood families who have some special abilities left in their bloodline, the essence is the same. Now, any wizard may have the same ability after combining with some otherworldly creatures and magical creatures, and then pass it on. " Allen looked at Hermione's red eyes. "So, no matter what the origin of the wizard is, after he successfully demonstrated the first magic riot, we are all wizards. I'm called a pureblood wizard on the premise that I'm a wizard. You're called a Muggle wizard on the premise that you're a wizard. Harry and the Tonks are called mixed-blood wizards because they were wizards first. Hermione, the concepts of pureblood, mixed-blood, and Muggle origin are all false and man-made. It's only true if you're a wizard or not. "
Hermione nodded her head in agreement. She thought about the discrimination that Muggle wizards had received in the wizarding world. Even when she was talking to the waitress at the Three Brooms Bar just now, she still remembered the discrimination she had received in the wizarding world.
Allen thought of the old man who was now imprisoned in Germany and decided to defend him from his own point of view. "Speaking of Grindelwald, Hermione, although people in the history of magic have defined him as The Dark Lord, and his way of doing things is not honorable, but Hermione, I think we should thank him for the International Confidentiality Act."
"Why?" Hermione was puzzled by Allen's attitude towards the first The Dark Lord. "Allen … I know the Harris family used to follow him, but now your father is full of disdain for Grindelwald. You … Why do you always have a good impression of him?"
"Now, the Muggle is isolated from the wizarding world. Grindelwald's great-aunt, Bashida Bartholomew. In her book, The History of Magic, Professor Bartholomew said that the wizards naturally 'formed their own little community within the community.' Many small villages attracted a few wizard families, and they began to form their own communities, helping and protecting each other, and living among the tolerant and sometimes confused Muggle. Dingworth in Cornwall, Upper Flegley in Yorkshire, Ottery St Catchpole in Devon, and Godric's Valley in the western counties are some of the most famous half-wizard settlements, but the Muggle has long been isolated from the wizarding world. " Allen described the impact of the International Confidentiality Act that Hermione was familiar with, and then the wizard emphasized to the witch, "The head of your Gryffindor Academy, Mileva Mag. After graduating from Hogwarts, Mileva got a job in the Magical Law Enforcement Department at the Ministry of Magic. She returned home to the vicarage and is going to spend her last summer there, and then move to London. "
"Is it the incident that Umrich criticized Mag?" Hermione's excellent memory reminded her of Professor Mag's early life described by Umrich, but she didn't think that her head was really a witch who would do anything for power, as Umrich had described.
Allen nodded and described Professor Mag's life as faithfully as he could. "In the past few months, the 18-year-old Mileva met a local wizard named Dugald. Muggle McGregor. Dugald was the son of a local farmer. He was handsome, smart, and funny, and Mileva fell madly in love with him. The two began to get to know each other, and finally McGregor proposed to Mileva in a freshly plowed field. Mileva said yes. That night, she found that she couldn't tell her parents about the engagement. Thinking about her future, Mileva realized that marrying a Muggle meant that she would follow the same path as her mother, who was a wizard. She would lock her wand and live an unhappy life, and she would say goodbye to all her ideals. The next morning, Professor Mag went to McGregor and told him that she had changed her mind and couldn't marry him. She couldn't tell McGregor her reason, because she knew that if she violated the International Confidentiality Act, she would lose her job at the Ministry of Magic. Three days later, she left the sad McGregor and went to London.
Professor Mag worked in the Magical Law Enforcement Department for two years. But there was no doubt that her view of her job was affected by her previous breakup. Professor Mag didn't like her new home and work environment, because some colleagues had strong discrimination and prejudice against Muggle. Professor Mag loved her father, Muggle, and still loved Dugald? McGregor. Although she liked her boss, Elphinstone Alcott, Elcott, but she was still unhappy in London - Do you know, Hermione, that at the time of their marriage, Dugald? McGregor had died, and Elphinstone Alcott? Alcott had long since retired, so Umrich's words were only partly true and maliciously misleading.
Professor Mag missed Scotland. As the most efficient and talented employee in the department, Professor Mag was offered a great promotion, but she turned it down. She wrote a letter to Hogwarts and asked if she could get a teaching position. The owl sent a reply a few hours later. She was offered a position in the Department of Transfiguration, and the head of the department at the time was Albus Dunbar. Dumbledore.
In December 1956, Professor Mag returned to Hogwarts School of Magic. She was very happy, and she threw herself into her work. She became a very strict but inspiring teacher. Helena and the pictures tell me that Professor Mag put Dugald's letter in her hands. It's better to lock Dugald's letter in a box and put it under the bed than to lock her wand there, Mileva told herself. However, Mileva was still very shocked when Professor Mag's mother, Isabel, accidentally revealed to her in a letter introducing her hometown that Dugor had married the daughter of another farmer. One night, Albus Dunbar Dumbledore found Mileva crying in her classroom. She told him the whole story. Dumbledore comforted Mileva and told her the story of her family, which she had never known before. That night's heart-to-heart talk helped these two reserved people, who did not like to talk about personal matters, to build a relationship of mutual trust, and laid the foundation for their long-term mutual respect and friendship.
Allen used the ghost and the pictures to tell Hermione the truth and heartbreak of Professor Allen. Hermione, who had realized what Allen was trying to say, was still grieving for her dean when she heard Allen add, "Hermione, this is still in England. If you were in America, where confidentiality laws are stricter, Newt Scamander, the author of 'Where Are Wonder Animals?' Mr. Scamander's wife, Tina? Goldstein's sister, Queenie? Goldstein, she was a born master of magic. Because she fell in love with a Muggle who worked in a cannery and later became a baker, under the stricter "International Confidentiality Act" of the United States Congress of Magic, she didn't even have the chance to voluntarily lock her wand in the cupboard. That's why she followed Grindelwald later. Hermione, have you ever hypothesized that if I were a Muggle and you were a witch like you are now? We don't have the power to change the whole society, but we live in the United States of that era, what would we do? "
Even though she was prepared for Allen's question in advance, Hermione still felt a little suffocated when Allen put forward this hypothesis. She did not dare to think deeper about the final relationship between the wizards who loved Muggle and lived in that society at that time.
"So, Hermione, shouldn't the wizards who are in love with Muggle now thank Gatler? Did Mr. Grindelwald put in the effort and effort for this? Even if this was not his original intention, his methods are also questionable. However, the reason why the "International Confidentiality Act" is now easier to manage than before is because of the efforts of the ancestors who are hated by the wizards today. "Allen used a rather solemn tone to say something fair for Grindelwald.
"I've told you all the things in my heart. Hermione, yes, I want to break the "International Confidentiality Act", but it's not for my own selfish desires. Hermione, I don't want to hurt those Muggle. I just want to help us wizards, whether they're pure-blooded, mixed-blooded, or Muggle. I just want to help them. All the little wizards who came to Hogwarts, far away from their hometowns, far away from everything they're familiar with and comfortable with, and have completed seven years of hard study in Hogwarts. I don't want my classmates, my compatriots, to be hurt completely in order to enforce the "International Confidentiality Act" that is destined to be eliminated. I didn't want them, after all they'd been through, to be easily killed by a bullet fired by a Muggle in the dark. We are wizards, but this is not our fault, nor is it the Muggle's fault. I'm not hostile to them. I just want our wizard society and Muggle society to be able to complete the integration in a controllable state, and not passively wait until the "International Confidentiality Act" can no longer be enforced, and the conflict suddenly escalates. Hermione, I hope you can walk with me now. Let's work together to create a world where wizards and Muggle can no longer be hostile to each other, and where we can freely love each other. " Allen said to Hermione with a gentle voice that he had never used before, and gently put his hand on her shoulder to pull Hermione into his embrace.
Hermione's body was a little stiff, and her expression was constantly changing, but in the end, she did not refuse. In the end, she let her head rest on Allen's shoulder, and Allen gently stroked the girl's back to comfort her.
"Allen … I'm sorry …" Hermione's voice sounded very sad, and after her eyes, her nose began to turn red. "I can't do anything for you without asking for a reason like Penello, and I can't help you as much as Luna, and I need you every time …"
"Hermione, even if you're close to me, when you hear my ideals, your first reaction is fear and worry, let alone those who don't know me." Allen let out a long sigh, but his back straightened. "The path I've chosen is destined to be full of thorns, but I really hope to have your support, and to have your company. Luna has matters to consider, and I can't let her be distracted. Penello is a firm executor, and I can entrust my life to him, but Hermione, you are the guarantor of my conscience. In my vision, you are the brain of this plan, and also my brake. You, who are familiar with Muggle and the wizarding world, can perfect our plan and minimize the harm to others … I hope you can maintain your kindness and principles, so that you can always remind me not to go down the wrong path, and you can guarantee my kindness and principles … "
"Allen, I will accompany you to complete your reform." Hermione's eyebrows relaxed, and she took the initiative to hold Allen's hand tightly. She felt that she could not leave Allen, not only because of his ideals, but also because of what Luna said to her before. Allen's ideas were good, but in history, many leaders who led reforms ended up going down the wrong path. If Allen's bad habits were cultivated by Penello, who was used to using violent and direct methods, and gradually leaned towards using dark means, then this reform would be a disaster for the wizarding world and the Muggle world.
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