Chapter 157: Thinking
Hermione took a sip of water, then placed the glass in her hand and made a listening gesture. Ryan cleared his throat and said, "It's true that pure-blood wizards are very deep in the study of dark arts, but there are not many places where they usually need to use dark magic. After all, except for a few families, most pure-blood families have accumulated enough wealth and relationships for a long time to live, and they don't need to go into battle shirtless. β
Hermione nodded in agreement. Ryan continued, "Unlike hemp wizards, they have basically no social connections in the wizarding world. After graduating, they had no other way out than to join the Ministry of Magic or work as clerks in a shop. However, the closed and small scale of the wizarding world determines that the jobs that can be provided every year are far from enough. This means that many hemp wizards will face the situation of unemployment upon graduation. β
"In the Muggle world, they only have a primary school diploma at most, which means that it is almost impossible for them to continue their education in the Muggle world, and they will not be able to find any good jobs. If you can't control your misuse of magic, you will soon be arrested by the Ministry of Magic. In other words, once the hemp seeds choose to enter the wizarding world, then they will basically cut off their relationship with the Muggle world, and there is no going back. β
"It's just as bad in the wizarding world, where they have little other way to acquire knowledge than school. But in the world of magic, knowledge equals power, and power equals status. If they don't have enough knowledge, they will always be at the bottom. β
"Occasionally a few lucky ones might become part of a pure-blood family, and there are a little more women here. They will become full-time housewives or join the pure-blood wizard circle with the help of their husbands. For example, there are several shops in Diagon Alley whose owners are Mrs. What, and among them are hemp wizards. But the male owners of those shops are purebloods. β
Hearing this, Hermione opened her mouth to say something. But then he shrank back as if he had thought of something.
"It's hard to find a job in the wizarding world, and there's no way back to the Muggle world. In this case, they can only risk learning some dark magic that is dangerous for both the user and the target to improve their strength. However, the dark magic that circulates outside is generally very side effects, and these people do not have the valuable experience of pure-blood wizards, so it is easy to completely fall into the darkness. That's how many of the dark wizards in Tumbledown Alley came here. β
After Ryan's words, there was silence in the dormitory. Then Hermione asked, in a strange tone, "Is this all true?
"Of course you don't know, as students, the scope of our activities is nothing more than Diagon Alley, Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Hogwarts House, and another Hogsmeade Village this year. How could we possibly see the dark places of the wizarding world in such a situation? β
Hermione glared at Ryan.
"It's hard to imagine, I've never paid attention to that. Are you saying that's true?"
"It's true, the origins of the Ministry of Magic and all the personnel in Diagon Alley, and how many dark wizards are captured each year, are not secrets. Percy has been talking to me a lot lately, and there's no need for him to lie to me about it. And I think it's a logical situation. β
"Logical? I don't think it's logical to discriminate against hemp wizards and Muggles. Why did those pure-blood wizards do this?" asked Hermione, a little confused.
"Just like Greek and Latin in the British civil service examination, the British mass educational institutions have no Greek and Latin teachers at all, and only those private aristocratic schools can provide Greek and Latin teaching from junior high school, maintaining the weight of Greek and Latin in the British higher civil service examination, and maintaining the monopoly of the upper class under the guise of pretending to be fair and just. This is true of the Muggle world, and so are wizards. "The current state of the Lane Muggle world is an example of why Hermione would do what the pure-blood family did.
"Injustice, is this what lies beneath the beautiful and magical faΓ§ade of the wizarding world?" Hermione put her glass on the table, leaned back in her chair and closed her eyes in thought.
The sun slowly sets in the west, reflecting a golden red glow on the red wallpaper and carpet in the house. The afternoon session had definitely begun, but Hermione was still sitting motionless in her chair. In this case, Ryan can only give up the afternoon class to stay here.
Eventually, Hermione came to her senses and said, "Sorry for delaying your lesson." Now let's rush over with the books, maybe we can make it to the second class. β
Ryan let out a sigh of relief when he saw Hermione return to normal, and he had been worried that what he said too much would have a bad effect on Hermione. Even if she would become Minister of Magic in the future and lead the reform of the wizarding world, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and these things were still a bit too much for her age.
In fact, he said so much today because Ryan was also confused, and he first found out that it seemed to be reborn, so he decided to make money for a lifetime. After that, with Goldfinger, he hoped to find his way home through Goldfinger. Later, when I went to school at Hogwarts and got acquainted with everyone, I felt that I should kill Voldemort, the anti-human guy.
Now that Ryan felt that all his previous plans could be completed, he was confused about his future goals: going home was not something that could be done in a while, and Ryan felt that he would probably have to live here for a long time before he could find his way home. In this case, the world is very important to him.
Killing Voldemort is just destroying the old world, so what should the new world look like? Who are the friends in the process of creating the new world? Who are the enemies? Should he be involved in the process, and what should he do if he does? These are all questions that Ryan has pondered repeatedly but has not been answered.
Ryan and Hermione are talking so much today, just hoping to get some enlightenment. But now it seems that Hermione may not be as mature as she thinks. But that's okay, there's still plenty of time to think about anyway. Not to mention that the Wanjie Grocery Store also brings Ryan enough worlds as a reference for the new world.
In the days that followed, everything seemed to be back to normal. Hermione seemed busier, though, and during a study in the library, Ryan saw her reading a book on the history of magic.
During Friday afternoon's Patronus Charm, the combat professor found a Dementor to use for a combat test. Because Ryan practiced the Middle-earth Dao to restrain this evil creature, he was only able to face the Dementors with minimal impact. This allowed him to easily release a thick cloud of silver smoke to block the Dementors' attacks.
By the end of the afternoon lesson, all three of them were able to confront the Dementors and release silver smoke to block their progress. At the same time, in the absence of Dementors, an animal was faintly visible in their smoke.
The professor thus announced that their course was over, because he had already taught what he could teach, and the remaining physical patrons needed constant practice and self-realization.
Ryan left the classroom after thanking the professor, deciding to practice more in private, as he was really curious to see what his Patronus would look like.