"But religion—" the chairman did not know where to begin, "I would like to ask, Catholicism—so that the religions of Europe are real, or are you making them up?"

"We don't have the time to make up the Bible, but there are some things that we have changed," Phoenix continued, looking at the chairman's somewhat reassuring expression, "You are religiously superstitious, because you are powerless about many things, and you can only pin this emotion on an ethereal matter, and we have studied this for a long time. But magic can do almost everything you can't do. Even now, technology cannot soothe people's hearts, cure their own flaws (whether physical or mental), or eliminate the barriers between people. It can do it all, if you're sad, I can cast a happiness charm on you to make you happy, magic can easily cure physical defects or illnesses that aren't caused by magic, even if you come out of your womb with the disease, we can make you forget memories you don't want to think about anymore, replace memories so that you can eliminate discrimination, and even directly control all of you so that you can live in harmony - this may require advances in magical technology, after all, there are too many Muggles and not enough magicians. All spiritual problems, magic can be solved, so we don't need gods, each wizard is his own god, just see if the wizard himself is willing to use it. ”

He saw the horror on the faces of each of the commissioners. Unfortunately, Phoenix didn't use the Regent to read what was going on in the Chairman's mind at this point. He didn't understand the meaning behind the panic, or that he underestimated it.

Phoenix raised his hand to stop the Chair's statement.

"I'm not here to negotiate, and in fact most wizards don't think it's worth talking to you, at least not right now. He looked helpless, trying to avoid scaring the Muggles during the conversation, but seemed to have failed, "I can understand your feelings, panic, insecurity, fear, you want to know what the consequences of your decisions will be, caution is inevitable." These conditions are just a framework, and I just need you to agree to this treaty in general, and we can negotiate the specific details. ”

In other words, we can only choose to agree or disagree with the conditions you give, so to speak. ”

"Yes. "You can discuss that there's plenty of time until midnight." I want you to think hard about how you did hundreds of years ago, your hatred of wizards, that made you go through a difficult time. Muggles still suffer from hunger, but we, as magicians, have a magical solution. If it hadn't been for those things, the world might have eradicated hunger long ago, and that alone would have been an unprecedented feat. ”

Curtis stayed in the room, which was requested by the commissioners, who wanted to learn more about the Ministry of Magic from Curtis. Whether they can construct the outline of a magical world in a limited time is up to them.

During this time, Phoenix had a good chat with the president about the life of the Squibs.

If the mage is a green leaf that inhabits human society, then the Squib is the occasional drop of water from the green leaf, which is inconspicuous, but it is also insoluble among Muggles, who are more like a very closed community.

Most Squibs were sent to the Muggle world, often as teenagers, to stay in the homes of their predecessors. Those people had adapted to the Muggle world and had gained a fairly good social status.

They have a way to return to the wizarding world, and that is to make some achievements that make their family look at it differently. They worked hard for generations, and finally succeeded, being placed with a wizarding wife or husband so that their offspring could be freed from Muggle status. There are only a handful of such people from ancient times to the present.

But it's always good to have a hope.

The president was nervous and uneasy, and he told Phoenix about the small bank he owned. He didn't expect to be promoted to Gringotts, he just wanted to leave an impression in Phoenix's mind that the war had just begun, and he had a chance.

Curtis is back.

"They agreed in principle. ”

"It's good, hopefully they can convince the council to agree. ”

Curtis wasn't sure if Phoenix could understand that agreeing in principle was very different from agreeing, a trick of language, but wizards weren't very good at it.

"Although the parties of the commissioners have a majority in parliament, there is no guarantee of absolute approval. After all, Switzerland adopts direct democracy, even if it is passed by parliament, what if the referendum rejects it?"

"That's why I'm stuck in time, so they don't have time for a referendum. I really hope that they will be on our side. If they insist on going their own way, that's their choice, and I gave them a chance. Phoenix stood up and stretched, "I'm going to sleep, there's a war tomorrow." ”

He left directly with the help of Eden's apparition. This is to avoid, back in the castle, surrounded by people. The Snowy Mountain Castle is inhabited by the entire town of Augustus, and it is really unbearable for Phoenix, who likes to be quiet, but there is no other choice, Peverell's other castles in Europe are full of people, hiding behind thick stone walls, and it is always reassuring to be protected by a lot of magic.

Every time he walked home, he was surrounded by crowds. There are all those who give advice and invite fights. Gradually, he developed the tradition of apparitions returning home, appearing directly in his bedroom to avoid them.

"Did they agree?" Hermione asked.

"Agreed in principle, this group of slippery heads. Phoenix took off his robe and walked with Hermione to the bathroom.

"They have a lot of referendum power, and I always feel that we should choose a more suitable government than Switzerland to work with. Hermione said.

"It's not easy with that government, we can only try. ”

Hermione had reservations about this, and while many Muggle governments had shown hostility towards wizards, others had shown cautious goodwill and cooperation.

"Don't forget, wizards have never had their own government, their own country. We've always been subordinate to Muggle governments, and now we're going to be independent, and we don't even have the idea of a government structure. The best option is to plagiarize the results of Muggles and make appropriate changes according to our own circumstances. Only Switzerland and China may be suitable for us, and these two countries are relatively acceptable to us. Other countries are either multi-party rotation or directly elected by the head of government. We can't use it, it's too dangerous, it's too unstable. ”

"You really don't want to be emperor!?" Hermin sighed.

As more and more regions emerge, kings declare themselves to succeed to the former Ministry of Magic regions. This trend of domination and hegemony began to spread around the world. The idea that wizards were merely "vassals" of Muggle rulers was long dead.

Not to be outdone, the Peverell family also launched a specific plan.

United European Empire!

If implemented, Phoenix would become Emperor of the United European Empire, but there was still a bit of debate within the family. That's whether Phoenix is the king or the king, or both. This is a matter of constant debate. Old-school traditional shamans believed that the emperor was a military commander (in the early Latin sense) and could not be hereditary, and that if the title was only emperor, someone would be caught. The young Zhuang faction thinks that this is a pedantic view. Emperors can be hereditary among Muggles, and wizards can do it, and they can use it completely. The other row of people is a compromise between the views of both sides. In the name of the emperor, he commands the military forces of other wizarding families, and in the name of the king, he exercises the right to rule. In this way, it is more tenable and authoritative in legal theory.