Chapter 581 Impact on the Secrecy Law

"I thought it would be later... Prices are clearly under control, and private groups have just taken shape..."

In the principal's office, William looked at the pile of information and shook his head.

Before going to bed, he was still trying to figure out how to match the alien hair. He didn't wake up from his sleep. The other side of the ocean had already changed its banner.

This speed was simply frightening, and there was not even a basic foreshadowing - he had guessed several scenarios for the collapse of the American magic world, but he had never imagined such a situation.

He thought about the local Aurors and strikers re-establishing the parliament on their own, and he also thought about the legendary Susan who went to the end and took over the chairmanship of the Magic Congress. As for assassination and seizing power, he was also considering it - but he did not consider the option of Auror leading his troops to surrender to the enemy.

Moreover, it was over too quickly and without any warning.

‘There has to be someone who can tie it all together… who is it? ’

He was thinking hard at the table until Professor McGonagall knocked on the door and found nothing.

Professor McGonagall was accompanied by Lupine, who looked sleepy, and Moody, who called him over specially. After briefly describing what happened, the group of people began to sit at the desk in the office again, and began to suffer. Wait for the next message to arrive.

Afterwards, Professor Snape, Professor Sprout, and Professor Flitwick also came to the principal's office, and began to wait for news under the waning moon of the dawn star.

"Professor William, what are you thinking about?"

Lupine, who was called over from his sleep by Moody, asked William quietly.

"It shouldn't be like this..."

"Isn't it supposed to be like this?"

"Yes... it shouldn't be like this," William sighed in a low voice, "You and I both know that the situation in the magical world over there is very bad. It is more than just ordinary chaos - but it has not reached the limit yet..."

"Losing control will make people lose trust, Professor Lupin, but not yet - if I were the Dark Lord, then I would choose to let this situation continue. The longer it is delayed, the better. If you are poor, you will want to change. Only when Those wizards have completely lost hope in the Magic Congress, and their replacement will become a matter of course..."

"It's still too fast now. Easter has just passed. The most serious period will be August, when the lean season is over. At that time, the price of food will rise to the sky... and at that time, the old Magic Congress came out to clean up, After a few more days of turmoil, Muggle society and wizard society will produce a large amount of materials, and then the cost of winning people's hearts will be reduced a lot..."

"And the price trend also proves my view. Originally I thought we would have enough time to clean up all this during the summer, but now..."

He crossed his hands, put them on his knees and shook his head, "It was so sudden, it caught people off guard..."

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"It's too sudden, Lord Dark Lord, really, it's too sudden..."

Bertha shook her head. Although there was a stack of inaugural speech manuscripts in front of her, her whole mind was not focused on it.

She still couldn't accept this fact. She was still processing documents in the castle when she suddenly received a letter from the Aurors swearing to surrender. The package that came with the letter also contained a very important gift - an arm.

After the Dark Lord personally inspected it, the arm was confirmed to belong to the former headmaster, and the ring and wand attached to it became the last key to their complete control of Ilvermorny Castle.

With the consent of the Dark Lord himself, the spokesperson of the Thirteen Families, Ai Gilbert, and the current Director of the Auror Office visited Ilvermorny and were branded with the Mark of the Dark Lord, which symbolizes loyalty.

What followed was a clean-up operation like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves - in less than three hours, thirteen die-hard Aurors were killed, some die-hards fled, the thugs declared their surrender, the Magical Congress was ambushed by a trap, some members were trapped, and most of the members surrendered , a small number escaped.

Due to the surrender of the thugs and Aurors, the self-organized people were arrested and imprisoned, and the followers were dispersed, but some of the leading members escaped with Barty Jr.

'The action was too fast, I didn't even have time to notify Barty...'

Only then did she remember this important matter, and she quickly prepared to report to the Dark Lord in a low voice.

"Lord Dark Lord, that..."

"Watch your words, Bertha!"

The Dark Lord's scarlet eyes looked at his Death Eaters, and Bertha, who had originally planned to say something, was suddenly frightened to the point where she did not dare to say a word.

'The Dark Lord will notice...'

She thought to herself, and then forced herself to memorize the manuscript, ignoring the conversation between the Dark Lord and Professor Gilbert who had just made great achievements.

"It's so fun...I never thought we could win this so easily."

"You took it all, Dark Lord."

"Of course it's me. It has belonged to me since I targeted it, and the rest just made it faster..." Voldemort stared at the newly surrendered Death Eater with some disapproval in his heart. He meant it, but his tone was a little more cordial than usual.

Things turned out beyond his expectation, but there was nothing wrong with it - it was the same for purebloods, no matter where they were.

[If the chaos continues, the prestige of the Thirteen Families will no longer exist, and we have learned some of Miss Bertha’s speeches from various channels, which is very interesting...]

Such an excuse came from the wizard in front of him - just because of a speech, he decided to unite with the Aurors to make a big bet.

'What a lucky fellow, he won the bet, and Bertha was as lucky as ever. ’

He loved that speech, or rather the speech he gave to Bertha. There have been, there are, and there will be wizards who have surrendered to his ideals in the future - but this Auror's early coup did save him a lot of things.

"It's getting late, Bertha, it's time to prepare a speech for our new President of the Magical Congress."

Tom smiled, ended the conversation, and ordered to Bertha over there. Now that the dust has settled, everything is going as he expected - there is no problem now, the only problem is...

‘Can Bertha not read the manuscript wrong? ’

Such thoughts suddenly emerged, and the Dark Lord suddenly felt a chill running down his spine...

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[The International Statute of Secrecy of the International Confederation of Wizards was signed in 1689 to protect our world from Muggle discovery. This declaration is like the light of a beacon, bringing hope to thousands of witches and wizards who live in the shadow of the Witch Hunting Act or other laws targeting witches, ending our panic and ending our long night. 】

[However, today, what we have to face is that under the cover of the secrecy law, we are hungry, we lack supplies, we huddle in the house, have to accept high-priced food, huge unemployment, and the possibility of death at any time. attack occurred. 】

[The law of secrecy serves every wizard! We are not servants of the Statute of Secrecy, but masters! Since its inception, the Law of Secrecy has been to ensure that wizards can live in peace and protect their world. 】

[As far as the current situation is concerned, the confidentiality law has not had the desired effect. It just keeps telling us that we cannot do this and that cannot be done. Under these inability to do, we are hungry and we almost freeze to death in the cold night. Have our wands lost their power? I don’t believe that we have no way to get food, and I don’t believe that we are in such chaos that we can’t protect everyone’s survival! 】

[We must urgently tell every wizard that now is no longer the time to talk about confidentiality laws and strictly enforce them. Now is the time to ensure the survival of every wizard. 】

【…】

Bella hid in the corner, looking at Bertha who gave a generous speech, and her teeth were almost broken.

She refused, why Bertha?

They were obviously just reviewing documents in the office, but suddenly a bunch of Aurors came to surrender after listening to a speech delivered at an unknown time! It was obvious that her body had gradually recovered, and that she could participate in the Dark Lord's great cause, but it all ended like this!

She completely didn't understand that in the morning they were still assigned tasks to create disturbances in the castle, but in the afternoon they became the ones maintaining security and order!

Look at this, look at that, and then distribute supplies to the people - this kind of living giant has already been completed, why does she need to come?

She was the most loyal Death Eater. She had survived in that hellish place in Azkaban for more than ten years, but now she was snatched away by a Death Eater who didn't know where she came from! Moreover, it doesn’t matter if Bertha took away the credit. The Dark Lord has a large number of loyal pure-bloods. The thirteen families established by the Magical Congress are pure-blood families even in the UK. The Dark Lord has no reason. reused…

'And that guy Little Barty... was almost killed by that Bertha, but he didn't even complain...'

Obviously today was a time when she should be happy, but she couldn't suppress the evil fire in her heart no matter what, and wanted to kill someone...

[We will increase material supply, provide unemployment benefits and free lunches, and we will provide...]

Bertha's speech continued, and the people even cheered - if all this can be carried out naturally, then they naturally don't care about the Magic Congress or anything like that.

How many people are willing to care about those isms when they are hungry?

Since the new president of the Magic Congress promised not to let them go hungry, it would be her.

As for the rebellion of the Thirteen Families, or the escape of the former Congress Chairman, it is not that important - everyone except Susan was a little concerned about it, but when the first batch of supplies was distributed, everyone did not care for the time being. .

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"The content of the speech is out!"

At dawn, a speech from Bertha, the new President of the Magical Congress, was brought to Hogwarts by owl.

Although it has not yet been officially published in the newspaper, the handwritten speech has been circulated to everyone.

"There is no doubt that, whether we want to admit it or not, he is back and has successfully taken over the entire magical world... What do you think?"

Dumbledore looked at the professors with a determined expression but also a bit of confusion.

I always find this speech strange - whose handiwork is it?

"Intensify the protection within the school, step up the inspection of packages, prepare for the exam during the exam, and coordinate with the Ministry of Magic..."

"Classes cannot stop, they must continue. We must complete the teaching work on time - students cannot be too active because of changes on the other side of the ocean..."

…

There is no new method - after all, on the other side of the ocean, no matter how noisy it is, it will not spread for a while. The two upcoming exams are the top priority. As for the others, they are matters to be discussed with the Ministry of Magic. .

"Professor William, please stay for a moment."

After the morning meeting, William was stopped by Dumbledore.

"Any clues about the last Horcrux?"

"Sorry, professor," William shook his head, "I actually planned to go searching in the field during the summer - now it seems that we have to find a professional to search there..."

"There's nothing you can do about it..."

Dumbledore shook his head, "Besides, what do you think of that speech?"

"A very clever way of transferring responsibility," William spread his hands. "In fact, the previous supply of supplies was not a problem at all. The lack of supplies had little to do with the secrecy law. They were deliberately channeling the anger of the wizards and pointing the finger. It’s just in compliance with the confidentiality laws.”

"If it hadn't been for the sudden attack, I think during the summer, they would have directly gained a group of people who supported them. Now, there would be a lot fewer people - but it's still a trouble..."

William paused for a moment, "The key now is still on the former president of the Magic Congress and the missing Susan - they may go underground, or they may stand up and openly resist, it's unknown..."

"Then what do you think of their new Magical Congress?"

"It will take about a month or two to stabilize people's hearts... With sufficient supplies of materials, it will be much easier to recruit troops... until their true nature is exposed..."

William rubbed his forehead, which was aching due to lack of sleep, "What I'm most worried about right now is that they don't plan to change their slogan..."

"If the Dark Lord gives up his previous views and fully targets the Law of Secrecy, it will be a matter of time before his team expands... And I'm very worried about this, Professor, he is already almost the same as the Death Eaters in the past. If he fully targets Secrecy Act, God knows what will happen..."

"Yeah...if that's the case..." Dumbledore sighed, "But I know how arrogant Tom is."

"You mean, he will eventually establish a pure-blood system?"

"Yes, Professor William."

"Then he won't be such a formidable opponent..."

"You still don't understand him, Professor William..."

Dumbledore shook his head, "I now have several fantastic guesses... Maybe I have to take a long trip. Guard Hogwarts well, and if something unexpected happens, call me immediately with the portkey."

"I will, Professor."

William nodded.

"Then, I have to hurry up..." Dumbledore said with seriousness on his face, "I have to go to the place where he completed his human transformation, and visit an old friend by the way."