Before Jon had decided to tell Mr. Weasley about this matter, he had already made the necessary preparations.
Arthur Weasley was a joint member of the Ministry of Magic and the Phoenix Society, as well as an important character in the original work. Naturally, Jon would conduct a detailed investigation on him.
He was a very rare pure-blood Wizard who was close to the Muggle faction. Apart from that, he was a loving father and husband, although he was slightly indulgent towards his children. His naturally easy-going attitude and his unusual, eccentric behavior often annoyed his wife, Molly, which was why he sometimes appeared to be a little henpecked.
He had written the "Muggle Protection Act", an important law in the Ministry of Magic.
He liked anything related to Muggle, and he was also very interested in Muggle technology. He would buy Muggle items and disassemble them in his small shed to study them, trying to understand their principles. Sometimes, he would even cast spells on them.
Interestingly, due to a loophole in the law (and this law, coincidentally, was written by Arthur himself), this was not considered illegal.
And this was also why Jon valued Mr. Weasley.
No one was better at exploiting loopholes in laws than the one who made them. Although his curiosity towards Muggle society had prevented him from becoming a high-ranking official, this made Jon absolutely suitable. A high-ranking official was not familiar with the work below, and could not do anything well. This kind of basic worker was the best choice.
Besides, there were not many people in their department to begin with.
Being a high-ranking official was not that important.
A person's value would not always be reflected in their social status. Speaking of this, every Wizard could easily obtain an extremely high social status in Muggle society, it just depended on their choice.
Take Jon for example. In the beginning, he chose to avoid Voldemort because that choice was beneficial to him. Voldemort's life and death had nothing to do with him. He only needed to guard his own life and wait for Helga to complete his promotion … But later on, he made the wrong choice.
The deal between Helga and Grindelwald had forced Jon to start helping Dumbledore relieve the pressure. Then, he was inexplicably involved in the crisis of the revival of the ancient Egyptian gods. In order to protect his own life, he had to make a choice. Between escaping and facing these two options, he chose the latter, and so he appeared in that small world.
In this world, there was always a reward for doing anything. It was just that the rewards varied. Doing something that was more risky would result in greater rewards.
Seriously speaking, his risk-taking was very much in line with his capitalist persona.
Unfortunately, capitalists did not want to be capitalists now.
Although money could make the devil turn the millstones in this world, sometimes, money was not omnipotent.
Like now.
Jon had never thought that Mr. Weasley would be so stubborn. Even though he had taken out a bag of gold coins, the latter did not show any signs of wavering.
"Actually, you don't have to think about this for so long. I've already planned everything. You just need to follow the normal process. The only difference is that you can come here to do some work during your free time at work. Most of the work will still be done by other experimenters, but after all, the magical world still needs an expert to guide them. You don't have to worry at all, this money is not fair."
Jon now felt like a bad guy who was trying his best to persuade people to take the wrong path. Faced with an upright person like Mr. Weasley, there was really no way he could do anything.
But in fact, Arthur Weasley really wanted to take the bag of gold coins in Jon's hands. His family had been very poor all these years. In fact, with so many children, even if he was a Wizard, there was nothing he could do. In a magical society where gold coins were needed, it was just that these years, his family did not care much about the quality of life, and magic was indeed very useful, so his family did not have to worry about food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.
Some of the needs outside of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation were not so urgent.
But this did not mean that he did not want to have money.
As a pure-blood Wizard family, being humiliated daily by Malfoy, who was also a pure-blood Wizard, was actually not a very happy thing.
But if he wanted to violate the laws he made, it was really a little difficult.
Although he often violated the laws he made, that was only limited to a small part of his personal behavior. But what Jon described was that he wanted to use this behavior to do something big.
But once the matter was expanded, some things could not be taken care of.
That was what he was worried about.
No matter what kind of promise Jon made, he could not convince himself to help Jon take such a risk, because in his view, dealing with Voldemort was the most important thing. Everything had to give way to fight against Voldemort. But for some reason, whether it was Jon or Dumbledore, they did not seem to care much about Voldemort.
Especially Jon.
"Can I ask? Why are you still putting energy into this at such a critical juncture? "
"Critical juncture. Oh, you mean Voldemort? "
Jon reacted, and then continued, "Because Voldemort's matter may be a very serious matter for you, but it is not difficult for me. I have already calculated with Dumbledore, and even if Voldemort's strength was at its peak, it would be a draw for me.
After all, he has died many times, and his strength is not just a little bit weaker, so I am not afraid of him at all.
Dumbledore is the same.
The reason why Voldemort was able to create pressure was because he had no scruples in his actions, but we had too many things to consider. Human lives, the stability of society, the continuation of the magic world, and we had to maintain this stability. This was the reason why Voldemort was troubling us.
"The reason why you're worried is because you've been affected by Voldemort. That powerful pressure and his evil made you feel that he's very dangerous. I don't think so. I've seen him a few times, and his strength doesn't threaten me at all. That's why I'm not afraid of him, and I dare to casually mention his name. Besides, I can do many other things besides dealing with him.
Do you understand now? "
Arthur nodded.
In short, the young man in front of him had the right to be arrogant because of his strength. Because of his strength, if it was another time, another place, and another personality, he would be the next Voldemort.
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