Chapter 61: The Man in the Portrait

The room fell silent for a moment, and all three were silent, and two watched Phoenix wait for his question or decision. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

"That's, the Muggles all over Europe promised us no war, and the result—" Phoenix said mockingly, "it was worse than the First World War." How many people have violated the law of secrecy to help Muggles, and how many cover-ups have to be done. ”

"So what do we do?"

"What can we do if we are subject to the law of secrecy, let them be. "If it splits up into several states, don't inform the Muggle leaders of our existence until the situation stabilizes." Are you financially rich?"

"It's ok. Gustav was quick to respond.

"Then take all the Muggle-born wizards and their parents and place them properly. "All students who are not of school age are to be closely guarded and, if necessary, placed without involvement." ”

Phoenix sighed.

"Do you want to ask Bald, he took the risk to help Muggles, it should be meaningful. Billo raised a question that haunted everyone's minds.

"Yes, it's time to ask. I'm going to wait until my birthday to go back - you'll see. Phoenix nodded in agreement.

Without further ado, after taking off the hat. Eden takes him back to his long-lost home, a manor house in the Alps. He didn't have much time to shop around and went straight to the office.

A spacious, beautiful circular room - the walls are covered with portraits of former ancestors, all snoring softly in their frames. The fireplace next to the huge table immediately burst into flames, illuminating the room along with the chandelier at the top.

The successive patriarchs in the portrait immediately woke up.

"God, you're finally here, we're going to die of boredom—"

"You didn't bring your fiancée with you—"

All the portraits are noisy, and they usually only have this one portrait. Usually they must be very lonely, wandering around places that they are all very familiar with. When you see Phoenix, everyone wants to have a good chat, and people can't finish a sentence.

"Quiet, I'm in a hurry. Phoenix shouted, standing in front of Bald, "Father, very important. Why did you help Russia back then?"

"What's the matter—they're still finished?" said Balder in the portrait, who was young and had a hint of cynicism in his eyes, "That's bad." ”

"Why?"

"Because Muggle weapons, one -- we named it NW weapons, are so powerful. "They have been developing this weapon, and both Russia and the United States have a lot of equipment." If the existing government loses control over them, it will be disastrous for us and for themselves. ”

"How powerful?" said Phoenix, frowning.

"Probably destroying a city, Muggle experts told me. If it gets out of control, we're in big trouble, and a lot of Muggles will die. It will also affect wizards, and unfortunately, most of the NW weapons are in Europe, and it is in Europe that suffers from their use. They've explained it to me—" he looked embarrassed, "I don't quite understand, you should ask when the time comes, Love, he's the head of the R department." Beauxbatons graduated, went to Muggle University, and was a genius. Either way, don't let those weapons really explode. ”

"Damn I'm not an adult, and he refuses to see me, old-" This is not the outcome he wanted, "You can't talk to him, I want to know the details." ”

"No, kid. He's in charge of very important things - trust me, he'll contact you if something really bad happens. Balde said calmly.

"Does it affect us?" he asked, from a different perspective.

"Yes, yes. If we were at the epicenter of the explosion, we could not have avoided it. If they used this weapon to fight, it wouldn't hurt us much, but the healers probably wouldn't think so. That's what Love told me. ”

"Okay, I'm going to think—"

He needs to clear his mind. Balder turned to tell the other ancestors about the problems Phoenix was facing, and they exchanged words, and the early portraits were completely confused about what was in their trouble.

But he really couldn't imagine how to ensure that Muggles wouldn't use weapons that wizards didn't want to use without violating the law of secrecy. The words of the Muggle leaders are simply unreliable.

"I said I shouldn't have done that," a voice said, "and you're all to blame, Dad." ”

"The law of secrecy is correct, otherwise more and more people will die, and the scale will get bigger and bigger. Phoenix's grandfather reprimanded another portrait, "Look at what those dark wizards do, without the slightest dregs of morality and responsibility." They only know how to commit misdeeds, create terror and massacres, and provoke wars. Just to get the rewards and titles of the Muggle kings. ”

"Yes, this history, we are all familiar with it. You don't have to give us make-up lessons, Augsg. A rather majestic voice stopped the two men from arguing.

"Grandfather, do you have any suggestions?" Phoenix sat down and rested his feet on the table, "You were in power, you had two Muggle wars, you should have experience. ”

"That being said, it's not the same thing. Augsg shook his head, "I just need to strengthen the rights of the law enforcement teams and the Aurors in various countries." You are faced with how to get Muggles not to act dangerously, and you can't do anything unless you risk breaking the law of secrecy. ”

It was the same thing he had in mind, and he could only sit on the sidelines and pray that the Muggle leaders would be calm enough.

"That's it," Phoenix got up without delay, "I'll see you in a few months." ”

Before leaving, he placed the Wright memory ball that Balder had left for him on a decoration by the fireplace.

"That is the Wright memory ball I left you?"

"yes—"

"Did you see that?" said Balde, holding his ear with his wand.

"Not yet, I don't need it yet. Phoenix replied.

"You should have a look, but there's no hurry. Wait until you have time later - but be sure to watch it, it's important. ”

Phoenix nodded, and vanished into a flame. The flames in the room were extinguished, and the whole room went black.

"Gone again. ”

Phoenix returned to the teahouse in the blink of an eye. The butterbeer froth is gone, and the wind and snow outside the window are even stronger. When they returned to the strange room with their hats on, the two seemed to be seriously discussing something.

"How?" asked Gustav with a split head.

"There's no, let's wait and see. He took a big sip of Butterbeer and continued, "As I said before, keep the young wizards safe first - and keep an eye on all the Muggle leaders in Europe, and tell me at once if they have war tendencies." ”

"Then why - help Russia. Billo asked cautiously.

"In order to keep too many people alive. Phoenix closed his eyes and exited the fireplace. (To be continued.) )