Joanne returned to the villa before evening. At that time, Jon was observing the situation in the opposite house.
"How was it? Did you find anything new?"
Joanne came over, patted Jon on the shoulder, and handed him a bottle of Coke.
She wasn't short, about 1.7 meters tall, but Jon had been growing taller recently. He was almost taller than Joanne now.
It was just that Jon was still young, and this could be seen.
"It's still the same. I don't see Harry Potter at all. By the way, this is the label I helped you change. Take a look."
"I'll look at it later. It's not too late. Have something to drink first."
Jon nodded, took a sip of Coke, and sat back down.
"Speaking of which, isn't this considered abuse? Locking people up is not a small crime in Muggle society, right? "
"There's no way to deal with this kind of thing because Harry can only find the Dursley family now. Since he's still a child, if his aunt, Mrs. Dursley, doesn't agree to let him leave, he can't live in an orphanage."
Qiao Annie took a sip of her Coke and looked through the binoculars at the spot that Jon had vacated. Indeed, the family of three was having a good time.
"I guess this matter hasn't been kept secret, right? But no one cares about it, right? "
"You guessed right. I've asked the nearby muggle residents. In fact, everyone knew that the Dursleys had adopted a relative's child, but no one has seen the abuse you're talking about. No matter what the family does collectively, Harry will be dragged into it. Mr. Dursleys is indeed bad-tempered, but he's only scolding outside. He definitely doesn't abuse Harry. Besides, Harry's reputation in school isn't very good either. Tell me, in this case, which side do you think the nearby residents will side with?"
"Of course it's the Dursley family. If it were me, if I didn't know the cause and effect, I would side with the Dursley family."
However, Jon wasn't such a person. In fact, few people knew Harry Potter's childhood better than he did.
It wasn't that he sympathized with Harry Potter's life. There were more unbearable lives than this. At least half of the people in the world lived worse lives than Harry Potter.
What was there to sympathize with?
As a savior, or at least a savior on the surface, it was understandable that the protagonist had a sad experience to set off the character of the protagonist.
"But, don't the nearby wizards who protect Harry Potter do anything about it?"
Joanne shook her head and looked at Jon with pity for the young people.
"Please don't look at me like that, okay?? You're putting me under a lot of pressure. If you have any questions or suggestions, just tell me. "
"Okay, then I'll be direct."
Joanne sighed. "Your thinking is too idealistic … Of course, I can't blame you. You Wizards are all like this. I know many Wizards like you … But the Muggle world is much more complicated than you think. The Wizard's interference in the Muggle world is, in fact, very weak. Neither the Wizards nor us have the ability to interfere with the Dursley family's affairs."
To put it simply, whether from the perspective of the Muggle world or the Wizard world, due to the restrictions of the confidentiality law, the Wizard protecting Harry Potter nearby had no reason to get close to Harry Potter at home.
Besides, Harry was going to enroll in the Hogwarts in the end anyway. As long as he was safe, it was fine.
"Furthermore, I've asked my colleagues in the Archives Department to investigate. The few houses around the Dursley family all belong to a man called Scarlet Barnold. He's an ordinary rich muggle, but his family background isn't ordinary at all."
"Oh? Tell me more. "
Jon's eyes returned to the telescope's lens, but the ability to multitask was not difficult for him. He still had this level of information processing ability.
"Then I'll make it short." Joanne took out a small notebook that she always carried with her. "Scarlet Barnold is the current leader of the Barnold family. The Barnold family has a medium-sized business in the UK. It can be considered a relatively high-class rich family.
And it is worth mentioning that the Barnold family is a very special witch family. Their family has a very strange bloodline. Often, the witches can achieve very impressive achievements, but the males are mediocre, and many are even duds. This strange relationship has led to the current situation. The Barnold Wizard family is behind the Muggle family, and the former minister of the Ministry of Magic, Millicent Barnold, happens to be Scarlet's aunt. "
Jon naturally knew this Millicent Barnold. This witch was one of the strongest ministers of the Ministry of Magic. She took office the second year after Jon was born, and showed great courage in the same year.
For a day and a night after Harry Potter escaped from Voldemort's attack and defeated him, the International Secrecy Act was violated countless times by the excited wizards in England. As a result, she had no choice but to be questioned by the International Magic Federation. It was during this questioning that she performed very well and said, "I defend our inalienable right to celebrate." She won the cheers of everyone present and had absolute control of the English Wizard world for the next ten years.
She was a very strong female politician, and Jon agreed with her very much.
"So, the Wizard protecting Harry Potter here are all here under Millicent's instructions?"
"That should be the case, but my friend told me that within half a year after the new minister Foggy took office, the number of Wizard stationed here has been decreasing. That's why there are so few Wizards here now."
Jon thought for a while, and then completely gave up on observing the Dursley family. "It shouldn't be Foggy's decision. He's not a reckless person. This minister is not brave enough and has to ask for Dumbledore's opinion for everything. It's impossible for him to remove the people protecting a legendary figure like Harry Potter so carelessly. Also, although Millicent has retired, her influence in the Ministry of Magic is still there. Unless it's Professor Dumbledore's suggestion, the protection here would never be so lax."
"But why is that?"
Joanne asked in confusion.
"It's not a big deal anyway. As for why?
I'm afraid only our Principal Dumbledore himself knows. "
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