When the sun shines on the earth again, the world seems to still be asleep. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info under the indifferent and quiet sky, the streets are free of the noise of the past, people come and go, and traffic is busy. There is a sense of heaviness and history in the beautiful streets and buildings. Rome was once the largest gathering place for wizards in Europe, and with the fall of the Roman Empire, it has long since lost its glory and glory.

Now it is surrounded by the ocean, and parts of it are protected by magic, like fish tanks, fish tanks where sea creatures feed humans. Phoenix stood at the border, feeling as deep as the water in front of him. Not to mention, there were all kinds of debris, building debris, and corpses everywhere, and the wreckage was piled up as high as a hill.

In general, the European defense program was still successful.

Most of the area was preserved, and even North America, which had been abandoned in the first place, was successfully defended. But the situation is not good, it is terrible. Not every region of wizards decided to help Muggles, some of them were too limited to complete the defensive spell, such as the entire Oceania, where the number of wizards was completely disproportionate to the size of the area they were trying to protect. Now all of Oceania is gone, and only a few large wizard colonies remain. Some regions devote more time and energy to protecting the people in their localities. For example, in Japan, India, West Asia, and other places, barriers are only built in places where shamans gather.

Although there are no statistics yet, you can imagine with your toes that the death toll of Muggles has broken through the sky. Maybe that's not a problem in the past. Even if the Ministry of Magic wanted to protect Muggles, it couldn't get around the International Wizarding Secrecy Act. Now, as it happens, is a sensitive moment.

Wizards are about to make official contact with the Muggle government, and the presence of wizards will no longer be limited to heads of state, but will be further expanded. Prepare for a full lifting in the future. With so many people dying right now, even a fool can see that this disaster is very wrong. I'm afraid that the high-level officials of various countries will be connected with wizards at the first time.

At the top, it is terrible to misjudge the strategic intentions of the other side. Neither side was at ease with the other, especially Muggles, who had a natural fear of things they didn't understand. In case the government thinks that this is some kind of attack by wizards, it is definitely not a good thing.

Secondly, it would be foolish that the Ministry of Magic in many regions did not choose to save Muggles.

The reason is actually in front of us, Phoenix is aware of the danger of inaction, but it does not think of where the specific danger comes from at the time. It was only when Hermione went to visit her parents in the morning that he realized it.

Most Muggle or half-blood wizards have parents who usually live in Muggle cities. The Ministry of Magic only takes care of the wizarding community, and the result is bound to be that there will be wizards' families and friends who will die in this disaster. It is extremely detrimental to the rule of the Ministry of Magic, and people are still in an atmosphere of shock and sadness, and it will not be long before tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, those angry family members will tear the Ministry of Magic to pieces, regardless of whether the Ministry of Magic is to blame or not, people always hope that it is someone else who is guilty.

It seems that this has nothing to do with Europe, and they did their best to protect Muggles as much as possible. But things will not be so easy, and if the institutions and law and order of the Ministry of Magic in other regions collapse, then Europe will also be in danger.

The situation is really complicated, Phoenix muttered to himself.

The Speaker of Rome walked slowly, and the old man stayed up all night, walking lightly. There are a few newspapers in his hand, and there is no news on them for the time being, all of which are the news content that was scheduled last night. I believe that it will not be long before the newspaper will add an issue.

"No news yet?" Phoenix frowned slightly.

It's hard to believe that such a major news story is so slow to respond to an industry that feeds on news.

"No, it's you on the news. The Speaker took one of them and handed it to Phoenix.

Darkness inside the Swiss Ministry of Magic!

Last week, this newspaper reported on the award ceremony of Rog Pike, the new first-class wizard of the Merlin Order. He is a classmate of Phoenix Peverell, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot in Switzerland, according to sources, Peverell established a nominal "magic study group" during his time at school, ostensibly an elite club for elite students to learn difficult magic on their own, but in fact it is a secret elite society at Hogwarts, which admits 1-2 students below the fifth grade every year, including the children of important people from all walks of life. They use the power of their parents to help each other, and even marry each other - see the second edition for details, is there a shortage of manpower? Or did they choose the right husband?

Pike's easy award to Britain's highest honor in wizarding is a clear example of this. Correspondent in London, received detailed information. A senior official of the British Department of International Cooperation in Magical Magic will be prosecuted soon. The prosecutor was none other than Hermione Peverell, Pike's friend, Peverell's wife, and a member of the Society's Hogwarts Secret Order. The senior official is suspected of fraud, dereliction of duty, abuse of power and other crimes. However, the reporter in London has evidence that Pike has a discordant relationship with this high-ranking official, and has repeatedly quarreled in public places and at the Ministry of Magic, because he himself did not approve of Rog Pike joining this copper-smelling merchant and mixing with the righteous knights during many discussions within the Order of Merlin. This can't help but make people wonder who is "profiting" for his friends through his authority.

Phoenix didn't pay much attention to it when he saw this.

Rogge's medal, but Phoenix helped get it, and it cost about 100,000 Galleons. However, the official named Riggott was also unclean, and after Rogge had money, he was worried that he was only awarded the Order of Merlin, the third class—as a participant in the Battle of Hogwarts, there were basically all of them—and after many inquiries, the two quickly became acquainted. Riggott asks for 10,000 Galleons to help him clear the relationship. To be reasonable, this price has a little to do with it, and everyone knows that there is a problem, and the Black family, as a local family in Britain, spent more than 100,000 Galleons in order to obtain the Order of Merlin of the first class.

Riggott, a Muggle-born official with no background or connections, and although he was indeed a second-class member of the Order of Merlin, it was impossible for him to get a first-class medal so cheaply.

Rogge, who was not surprised to be deceived, immediately launched his own network. Hermione was willing to make a move, naturally because the official was misbehaving, and Rogge was willing to testify in court, and with a little bit of attention, it was not difficult to send Rigott to the point of sentence and send him in to stay with the Dementors for a few years.

But after the newspaper said this, Riggott became a positive character, and they all became villains. Well, at least Phoenix and Rogge aren't that decent.

"Your friend is young. The Speaker looked at Phoenix, who had a dull expression, smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

What the speaker means is that one of these two people will not bribe, and the other will not accept bribes, which is stupid enough.

"yes," Phoenix said halfway, and then the conversation shifted, "why is it all me on the front page?"

"That's what I'm going to say," the Speaker felt that Phoenix's reaction was too slow, and the originals were all big pictures of him, "You haven't worked a day since you took over as chief magician of the Wizengamot in Switzerland, so it's no wonder those reporters don't bite you." However, then again, it stands to reason that this kind of report could not have been published on such a large scale. ”

Transportation and communications are Peverell's key units in the Ministry of Magic, both official and civil, and they are very influential. It is not impossible to have a large area of negative reports on the patriarch or important members of the family, but the timing and proportion must be chosen.

Almost all influential newspapers and broadcasts in Europe have criticized the Swiss Ministry of Magic, and once the herd mentality is formed, Phoenix will definitely be impeached, regardless of the truth.

On the surface, it's not a big deal, it's a big deal, it's just a fictitious position. But it is a blow to him and even his family's prestige, especially in the middle and low-level groups. At this time, the family's huge prestige in Europe was a boost, even if the burden was a boost.