Chapter 386: Les: There Is No Need to Save the Mud

Comparable to Asgard...

Helga objected. As a wizard who had witnessed the magic circle at the entrance of Asgard and fought with the god of light Baal who guarded the magic circle, she felt that although the Hogwarts's hidden magic circle was top-notch, it was still far from Asgard's.

At least there was one less gatekeeper of the godly level here.

However, seeing Salazar's sweaty face, she decided to keep this sentence in her heart so as not to dampen the enthusiasm of her old friend.

"Helga, if you choose to guard outside the gate of Hogwarts, it will be more powerful than the magic circle of Asgard."

Helga:...

"Thank you!" She squeezed out such a "thank you" from her teeth.

"You're welcome, it's my duty." Les waved his hand, gathered all the sweat he had just worked on, and threw it out casually.

"But it's quite difficult to make such a large magic circle... In the future, you can go to the Ministry of Magic to ask if they are willing to add new hidden magic." When Les said this, his brows frowned. He suddenly realized that just as there are more than one wizard settlement in the UK, Hogwarts and Hogsmeade, there is not only one magic school in the world, Hogwarts.

There are seven schools that can barely be compared with Hogwarts.

"There are still many remaining magic schools..." Rice pondered for a moment and decided to let them fend for themselves.

Because building a magic circle for the nursing school is a thankless task. Except for Hogwarts, which magic school is willing to let them know the specific location of the school? The location is not told to outsiders, let alone tampering with their learning magic circle.

And for this kind of thing, if you build it for them, they may not appreciate it, and they will ask you to give them a lifetime warranty or something. Even if you are buried in the future, I am afraid that you will have to rely on Hogwarts.

When Rice thought of this, he gave up the idea of ​​helping other schools build magic circles-if other magic schools are willing to pay a lot of money in the future, he will write a book of experience for them and let them do it themselves.

"Go back to school, and do the peripheral part tomorrow." Rice said to Helga.

"Yeah." Helga nodded, took two steps forward, stretched out her hand in the air, and was stopped by something.

"Very good, the railing is completely invisible." She praised Salazar's magic.

"That's right, don't you see who did it." Les's face was full of pride.

The two chatted while passing through the layer of illusion.

The moment the two crossed the barrier, Hogwarts Castle appeared in their eyes.

Les first cast an illusion spell on himself, and then walked back to the castle with Helga through the grass.

When they returned to the castle, it was dinner time. After Les appeared, he walked straight to the long table of Slytherin College and sat down next to Daphne.

"Les? Where have you been? The sun in the sky seemed to flash suddenly just now." Daphne was happy to see Les, and then immediately told him about the "big thing" that happened at sunset.

"It's related to the sun just now." Les didn't rush to answer Daphne's question, but first took a portion of Caen stewed tripe from the plate in front of him, and then took a few slices of garlic toasted mini baguettes. Finally, he took a large piece of juicy smoked beef brisket.

It must be said that after Helga returned to Hogwarts, the food provided by the school cafeteria has become more tasteful - the proportion of British food in the main dishes is rapidly decreasing, and the proportion of French food has increased, which has significantly improved the quality of the school's dishes.

"Tell me what's going on?" Daphne's curiosity was aroused at once, and Astoria also put down her knife and fork and sat quietly on the side to listen.

However, other students seemed to be unaware of it. This was the anti-eavesdropping spell used by Rice.

Anyone who tried to eavesdrop on his conversation with the Greengrass sisters could only hear a "buzzing" noise. The spell has a very good secret-keeping effect, allowing them to discuss confidential matters in public.

"Professor White and I have added a 'blind spot' to the school. I call it the 'magic tent'." Rice introduced the effect of the magic tent to the two girls, and they were stunned.

"But why do we need to do this? Hasn't the school already cast a powerful enough Muggle-repelling magic?" Daphne couldn't help asking. She didn't understand why Rice and Professor White did this.

"Is the threat from Muggles stronger?" Astoria thought about it and got a reason that she didn't dare to confirm.

"It's like this." While finishing the food on the plate, Rice introduced the two sisters to the technology that Muggles have lit up in recent years.

Satellites that can see the ground clearly from hundreds of miles away, networks that can communicate across tens of thousands of miles, and various transportation equipment that can conquer the sky, land, and sea...

If the source of these news was not Rice, Daphne and Astoria would definitely think that this was an excerpt from "The Quibbler".

"How did the Muggles make such great progress?"

"What should we do if this continues?"

Faced with the two people's questions, Rice just shook his head. He didn't know what the magic world would do. If he had awakened a century earlier, there might be a way. Now, he even has to consider carefully whether to make the real situation of the outside world public. Faced with the huge gap, he is worried that some wizards will have a psychological breakdown.

However, judging from the reactions of Daphne and Astoria, they did not seem to have the emotions they were most worried about.

You can be afraid, worried, questioned, even jealous and angry, but you cannot surrender, you cannot collapse and rot. This is the bottom line that Rice set for modern wizards.

If the entire wizarding world completely collapses and lies down after learning about the technological progress of the Muggles, then Rice will not say a word and directly take the wizards he recognizes to retreat - even if he has enough power to hurt both sides, these scums are not worth saving.

"What do you think we should do?" Rice threw the question back intact.

He really wanted to hear what Daphne and Astoria thought.

The two of them thought seriously, and Rice took the opportunity to finish the beef brisket on the plate.

After eating a whole piece of beef and three slices of garlic butter bread, Daphne gave her answer.

"I think we can try to contact the Muggles and see what their attitude towards the magic world is - start with the Muggle nobles, I think this will be more effective. To be honest, the persecution of wizards by Muggles in storybooks dates back hundreds of years, and modern Muggles may not persecute us anymore."

Daphne is optimistic. She thinks she can try to communicate with the Muggles, maybe they will accept her? Besides, they have so many classmates from Muggle families. Is the relationship between the two sides really irreconcilable?

After listening to Daphne's ideas, Rice glanced at her and did not express his opinion.

"Rice and Professor White are doing the right thing. At this stage, we should maintain the confidentiality law first, and everyone should hide from them. Then I have a very critical question. If wizards and Muggles really go to war, who will win and who will lose? We have seen the ultimate magic before. Muggles will be afraid of that kind of powerful spell, right?" Astoria asked another question after speaking halfway.

"It's very complicated. It depends on how you define victory, but I can only guarantee that wizards are not powerless to fight back. A full-scale war is almost impossible, but I think if there is such a day, the victory will belong to wizards." As he gradually deepened his understanding of the international situation, Les felt that the so-called war between the magic world and the non-magic world did not exist.

The magic world is not a monolithic entity, and the non-magic world is even less so.

The possibility of the non-magic world uniting to attack the magic world is almost zero, because this is a game. Wizards are a strategic force, especially when other countries do not have them. Governments with normal brain circuits and leaders with average intelligence should understand that the magic world in their country is actually in a cooperative relationship with them-if there is no wizard protection in their own country, who will resist the Imperius Curse of wizards from enemy countries?

So once the magic world is exposed, it is likely not to cause a war, but it will lead to the loss of independence. After that, it will be difficult for them to live freely like they do now. Muggles are likely to find ways to control them and mix sand with them. At that time, the confrontation between pure blood and half-blood and muggle will probably be more acute.

"Is that so..." Astoria blinked, with a thoughtful gleam in her eyes: "Then we can indeed deal with them and see the attitude of the Muggle leaders.

"If it doesn't work, if they insist on destroying us..." Astoria's eyes showed a hint of sternness: "Then we will kill those leaders first, and then replace them with people who are friendly to us. If necessary, we can use the Killing Curse and the Imperius Curse."

Rice looked at Astoria with admiration. He thought the strategy proposed by this girl was brilliant.

"That's right, and we can go a step further and go directly into their government to strangle the possibility of the magic world being exposed from the source." Rice casually talked about his idea.

It would be stupid to fully comply with the "Secrecy Statute". The magic world should keep it secret from most Muggles and only let a very small number of key Muggles know.

"Okay, hurry up and eat. If you don't do it, there will only be dessert. "Rice removed the anti-eavesdropping spell and signaled Daphne and Astoria to hurry up and eat.

After dinner, he sent a letter to Mr. Henry, and began to tinker with a magic prop he designed after drawing inspiration from Muggles.

'Muggles believe that sound is transmitted in the form of waves, and waves will bring vibrations, so as long as the vibrations are transmitted or reproduced, the sound can be transmitted.' Rice plans to use this to make a remote communication device specifically for wizards.

When Rice was designing the magic version of the phone, Henry Greengrass also received his letter.

Henry did not dare to neglect the letter from that adult and was ready to deal with it as soon as possible.

So, he came to the Minister of Magic's office early the next morning.

"Mr. Greengrass, why are you here?" Bones was a little surprised by Henry's arrival, because this guy has been very busy recently, attending meetings everywhere, and he has been busy with the Quidditch World Cup finals and subsequent games.

"I'm curious about something. "Henry didn't think of beating around the bush and asked directly, "Minister Bones, will you communicate and keep in touch with the Muggle Minister on the Muggle side?"

Bones frowned, and then his eyes widened.

"Oh no, I forgot about it! But it doesn't seem to matter, right? We will only contact them if something big happens here-"

"So you really keep in touch with the Muggles? !" Mr. Henry asked in surprise.

Bones: ...

After a moment of silence, she first glanced at the door of the office, and only after making sure that the door was tightly closed did she tell Mr. Henry the truth.

The Ministry of Magic has a tradition of contacting the Muggle Prime Minister.

When there is a big mess in the magic world that may affect the Muggles, the Minister of Magic will go to 10 Downing Street to communicate with the Muggle Prime Minister inside and cooperate with them.

The most recent time was when former Minister Fudge went to inform the Prime Minister that Sirius Black had escaped from prison, and with the help of the Prime Minister, he issued a wanted order to the Muggles.

Henry: ? ? ?

"For Sirius, Fudge even informed the Muggles?! I mean, is it necessary to tell Muggles about this? Or, is it necessary to let Muggles know of our existence for this? And what's the use of issuing a wanted order in the non-magical world?" Henry felt his head buzzing.

He couldn't evaluate Fudge. It was everyone's fault for letting such a person stay in the position of Minister of Magic for so long.

Obviously, Bones also found it difficult to accept Fudge's behavior. So even if she became the Minister of Magic, she did not activate the top-secret channel to contact the Prime Minister. Anyway, there was no big trouble in the magic world, right?

"So every Muggle Prime Minister knows the existence of the magic world?" Henry felt suffocated just by saying this.

He thought he was bold enough to send his squib relatives to manage the wine estate for the family. Unexpectedly, the Ministry of Magic actually kept in touch with the Muggle Prime Minister directly. This was simply ignoring the Statute of Secrecy. That was the Prime Minister!

"Not every one..." Bones responded guiltily.

The Muggle Prime Minister has not changed so frequently recently. The current one has been in office for four years, and the previous female Prime Minister has been in office for eleven years. Bones is not very clear about the previous ones.

Fortunately, the Prime Ministers have remained silent about the existence of the magic world, both during their term of office and after leaving office.

"Leave office?" Henry felt his blood pressure soaring.

"Oh!" Bones reacted, "After the Prime Minister leaves office, we will erase their memories and make them forget the existence of the magic world."

This is finally good news. The Ministry of Magic is reliable for once.

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