The committee members exchanged glances with each other, as if hoping that someone would shout "Happy April Fool's Day".

"It's a massacre!" shouted one of the commissioners, standing up excitedly, "do you know what that means?"

"Please calm down a little. Phoenix smiled, as if understanding their emotion.

He reassured the committee members and listened patiently to them first.

"We've done a survey, and your abandonment of modern technology doesn't mean it's the end of the world. Curtis picked up and continued, "Let's talk about the general direction. Without your electric lighting, the impact on your activities at night will be long-lasting, but not permanent, as we will say later, and communications will be cut off, and all current means of communication will be rendered useless, whether by the old cable telegraph or by the latest satellite communications. Mail and letters can only be transported by human or animal power, and the transmission of information from the speed of light to the level of the Middle Ages must have an adaptation period, but it is not fatal. Power failure, the most serious consequence, is what makes you so excited. The entire industry will collapse, food processing plants, ammonia factories, oil refineries, steel plants, agricultural machinery, etc., and the weakening of the food supply capacity will be imminent. Without the support of modern technology, it is impossible to feed so many people, and due to the failure of refrigeration technology, the preservation of food has become very difficult, the variety of food will be drastically reduced, considering the living conditions, many foods that just satisfy the taste will disappear. But we think Europe can still handle it, much better than Africa, Asia, etc., your population is not under much pressure, all the financial is paralyzed, but it doesn't matter, all stocks, bonds, futures, currencies will quickly become waste, the wizards of the strategic gold reserve don't need it, you can keep it, maybe you can do transactions with other Muggle countries, most of the means of transportation are not available. The generators in modern vehicles such as cars will not work properly, but you should be able to drive them after modification, but it will not be too long, and you will not be able to replenish them after you have exhausted your existing energy reserves. The same is true of some old airplanes and ships, and medical treatment will be regressed, and many medical equipment, surgeries, and other treatment methods will not be available, but with the medical knowledge you have, it is much higher than in ancient times. Although the efficiency of medical care has declined, it will not fall to an unbearable range. Now that you think about it, you don't really have to step back too much, at least much better than in the Middle Ages. ”

"If you accept some of our requests, I will do my best to help the local Muggle community on behalf of the Swiss wizarding community, including food, medical care, and government security. We'll do our best to help you get used to it, new—" Phoenix scratched his head, "Actually, let's get you back to the way your ancestors lived." If they can survive, you will die if you don't make sense. All your remarks: "Wizards slaughtering Muggles" is only based on your decision to be hostile to wizards. But in that case, you will slaughter wizards much faster than we can slaughter you. ”

"We don't have the ability. ”

"You have," Phoenix affirmed, "you just don't have a goal, you can't find a wizard." But don't you think there will be wizards who will help you identify who is a wizard and who is a Muggle? Is there such a wizarding traitor? The answer is yes, there have been such wizarding groups for a long time, and even if they may be extinct now, it doesn't mean that this idea is gone. In your words, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds!"

There was a long silence in the room, what should I say? This is the third time that the chairman has held this position, and he has participated in many foreign negotiations, and he has never been like this one.

Phoenix glanced at the watch during and there was still time. Curtis had long anticipated the impact of this on Muggles, and deliberately arranged the meeting time very early.

"Let's hear your proposal first. Finally, the Chairman offered to hear from the Ministry of Magic first.

"Good, I'll be honest. Phoenix nodded, put down his glass, and put on a slightly more serious expression than before, "I will make it very clear to you that our conditions and the consequences of your choices. ”

He paused and glanced at the sea of lights outside.

"On behalf of the Provisional Ministry of Magic of Switzerland, I would like to state first of all that we are fundamentally different from the other Provisional Regimes of the Wizarding World, and that the only thing we may be better than them is that our control over Switzerland still exists, unlike other regions, where the Ministry of Magic fell and immediately fell into chaos. But we are possible to be replaced, our "successors", who may or may recognize the agreement between us, or may reject it. The contract we have entered into is only between you and us. If you have some hope that modern technology and electricity will be restored, you can reject our proposal, and perhaps the successor will unify your demands and lift the restrictions imposed on you. But this also means that we are not allies, and I know that Switzerland is neutral in Muggles, and you haven't been at war for a long time, and you just want to keep the peace. But we're pretty much the same, we haven't been at war for hundreds of years, and you're a good training partner. ”

"Below, we are proposing to save you, in addition to restricting technology. Phoenix took the document handed over by Curtis, "First, abolish religion, and no religion of any kind is allowed to exist in Europe. The existing religion needs to destroy all traces of its existence in order to ensure that the tragedy between the Magi and the Muggles does not happen again. Second, in the future government, wizards will dominate. Thirdly, all existing languages should be abolished and replaced with Latin. That's all, it's not difficult. ”

"Again?" the Chairman grasped the word, "what does that mean? ”

"Guys, you don't know your own history yourself. Phoenix was a little ridiculous about his question, "We tampered with a lot of historical documents, but some of them we didn't. Medieval witch hunts, you don't realize it, what does it mean?"

"Under the influence of religion, it is common for you to think that shamans are devils, that everything in the world was created by God, and that when there is a disaster, it is believed that evil forces are responsible, and that people violate social norms or religion, and that they are also thought to be witches because they are possessed by demons or are themselves witches. This continued into the seventeenth century, when hundreds of thousands of people were burned at the stake or tortured for being accused of being "heretics" and "sorcerers." "This was a major blow to the relationship between wizards and Muggles, and while no wizards lost their lives as a result, it was emotionally unacceptable." With our help, your ancestors are far more nourished than you see in the history books. ”

"And what do you want to do?" the chairman didn't dwell on whether he could really get the public to give up his faith, but now he just wanted to gather all the information first, and then speak.

"We won't do anything for the time being, just like before, not immediately, but until the right time. We will destroy all books, artifacts, documents, and buildings related to religion, and you are not allowed to believe in any god, lest those gods let their followers burn us. ”