Chapter 120: News from England
To Phoenix's surprise, the next day, Sara had no news. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Harry and Hermione tensed up for a moment, and their patience passed like an hourglass, slipping away little by little as time passed.
"Maybe she's lost it. Harry restlessly walked back and forth.
"Then she should at least get the news back. Phoenix said without looking up.
"Maybe she was found and killed. Hermione said rationally.
"If she dies, I'll know. Hermione narrowed her eyes, "She has a gadget we made when we were kids, and we can use it to communicate and know each other's status. β
He looked up and pulled out a piece of fish scales.
"If the scales shatter, it means Sara is dead. β
The scales glow with seaweed-green, and with the lines on the scales, they look like a mini fish pond.
"Where's the glow?"
"I'm in good health. He said, "I often emit blue light, maybe when I do it, I don't pay too much attention to it, it's not very precise." β
He lowered his head again, his legs resting on the table. Look at the newspaper. On the front page of the newspaper spread out on the table, the headline is rarely in bright red.
The Algerian Ministry of Magic is attacked by dark wizards!
Two hours ago, a terrible disaster struck the Algerian Ministry of Magic. We have not yet ascertained the specifics. It was most likely some kind of dark wizard magic, and the nearby Ministry of Magic had lost contact with the rescue team. From the few words that came back, it was suspected that the magic had been attacked by the Cyst Leopard. The ministry was filled with poisonous gas, but it was different from the poison panther gas known. The joint force composed of the management departments of the magical creatures of many countries has also gone and never returned.
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A massive Dementor attack in the United Kingdom, which has so far killed 50,000 Muggles, has left London an empty city overrun by Dementors. There were also a number of Dementor attacks in France, Spain, and the Netherlands, and the Dementors, with the support of the famous European dark wizard Voldemort, began to spread in all directions centered on England. Wizards from all over Western Europe fled in fear to farther away. Sester, the Provisional Minister of Magic, said that a new channel of communication had been established with the new Muggle Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He expressed concern that if the world's ministries of magic remained on the sidelines, the situation would be even more unoptimistic.
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Josephine Osbot, the representative of the Wizarding Congress of the United States to the International Confederation of Wizards, considered it terrifying that the Dementors had begun to multiply in the United Kingdom. She called on wizards still living in Britain not to try to help their neighbours, a major threat to the International Wizards' Secrecy Act.
She told reporters: "There is no doubt that Muggles cannot see Dementors. I don't think their brains will understand what they are attacking. Palmistry - whatever you want to call it, Muggle heads, who have the power to put a plausible explanation for this death. I want to say to those English wizards that they shouldn't cause trouble, and don't get into trouble with the Ministries of Magic in other countries. Your recklessness is borne by the Ministries of Magic of other countries. They didn't pay 1 Nat to the Magical Congress, but we always offered any help we could, because we had a good heart, and they should be grateful. The British are like that, as long as they are happy, they don't care how much trouble they get into at all. If you want me to say, it's time to go to a dark wizard to heal these people. There is not a bit of social responsibility. β
"I've always stressed that you should make the right distinction between wizarding and Muggle and you. Even if you forget that you are an English wizard, at least remember that you are a wizard. All wizards, regardless of race, gender, or region, are subject to secrecy laws. β
Osbot is talking about a clichΓ©.
Should wizards be loyal to the governments of the Muggle countries in which they live, or to the global wizarding community?
The largest debate was held in 1777 by Elizabeth McGilgotty, Speaker of the Wizarding Congress of the United States. Thousands of witches and wizards from all over the United States flocked to the Magical Congress of the United States to attend the grand debate, and even had to cast spells to increase the space in the large conference room underground.
The topics of discussion were as follows: Should the wizarding community be loyal to the country in which it lives, or should it be underground throughout the world, should the wizarding community be morally obligated to assist in the war of liberation of the Muggles in England, or should it not participate in wars that are not its own?
The debate between support and opposition continues to spread, and the situation is becoming more and more intense. Agreeing with the interveners is that there is a chance to save lives, while those who oppose the interveners say that the wizards' involvement in the war may have concerns exposed by the wizarding world.
When the owl was sent to the Ministry of Magic in London to ask about his intention to go to war, he received only four words in response: "Watch from the wall." McGilligotty's reply was even briefer: "Don't worry about it. β
Despite the fact that wizards and witches in the United States did not participate in the war in any official form, they still secretly protected their No-Maj neighbors. However, after the repeal of the Rappaport Law, the Magical Congress of the United States officially legislated that it was illegal to use magic to rescue Muggles.
The debate was inconclusive, and by the 20th century the issue had spread to magical departments around the world. Especially in times of Muggle expansion and war, people would bring it up and discuss it over and over again.
Amazingly, the long-standing lineage division of the wizarding world has blurred here. In the past, most of the large-scale discussions involving the wizarding world could be distinguished by bloodline. Pure-bloods are always the opposite of Muggles, while half-bloods are the wind blowing on both sides. It is precisely because of the largest number of mixed-race people that their vacillation makes the discussion often fruitless.
This time, the half-blood wizards all took a firm stance, but the two factions were tied again. Opponents say it's not a good idea to protect your neighbors. Most of them are people who work in magical institutions, so they naturally don't want to work overtime on their own. Supporters come from all walks of life in the wizarding world, but most have no experience working in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
Phoenix thought to himself that the British Prime Minister would have a very hard time, and his country was being attacked everywhere by an invisible and intangible creature. And it could take a year or two to count on the inefficient Magic Department to advise him, and God knows how many people were left in Britain.
Dementors are magical creatures that were developed a long time ago to study death. If there is enough food - the best food for Dementors is the souls of intelligent creatures - they can multiply at an astonishing rate. Unfortunately, there is no magic in the wizarding world that can kill Dementors.
It is not known exactly when Azkaban was built. It was originally founded by an inventor-turned-patriarch on an island in the North Sea, and it was created by magic. In the middle of the sea, he lured and captured Muggle sailors, sucking out their souls with the Dementors he had created for study - his greatest wish was to perfect the Resurrection Stone, that is, to bring a person back to life.
For unknown reasons, a soul summoned with a resurrection stone cannot be resurrected with some magic to give a body like a Horcrux.
The focus of his research was on the difference between normal souls and summoned souls. After the death of the patriarch, there was no suitable successor, and the research continued. The ensuing civil strife caused everyone to forget about it, until the Hidden Spell slowly subsided and the Ministry of Magic became aware of the existence of the island and the building.
They hastily brought all the research equipment and materials back to Snowy Mountain Castle, and the Dementors first appeared in the Pevrell family's accounts.
But at the time they were helpless against the Dementors, who were too strong to kill them. By searching the library, the patriarch's private diary was found.
The Resurrection Stone can destroy and control Dementors, but for unknown reasons. The reigning patriarch did not choose to retrieve the Living Stone, and instead left the Dementors in trouble.