When Hermione put the three barrels of wine in her pocket and returned to the shores of the Black Lagoon, Alan was already standing on the shore of the Black Lagoon, the light of the slanting sun after the rain sprinkled down, as if gilding his figure with a hazy golden light.

"Alan, why did you bring so much wine to feed the giant squid? How can it tell you it wants to drink?" asked Hermione as soon as she saw Alan, she was full of questions just now at the Three Broomsticks Bar.

"This giant squid is actually Gryffindor, Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Hogwarts. Because of an accident to help Rowena, he was inspired by the blood curse inherited by his family, and had to survive in the form of a giant squid in this black lake for thousands of years. At first, he was able to remain conscious, maintaining his consciousness, and was able to regain his human form and wander around Hogwarts Castle for a small amount of time each day. But as time passed, now he has truly become a giant squid, and the only remaining part of his humanity is that he is accustomed to these preferences......" Alan, who had just tried animal understanding and receptivity and found that the other party no longer had much normal consciousness in his mind, said with some sadness, "I fought a duel with him a thousand years ago, and I defeated him, but I also promised him, and after I came back, I would provide him with a lot of wine and seafood every day— It's a little bit of compensation for him, although it's more for my own peace of mind. ”

Hermione took out all the wooden barrels and lined them up neatly on the shore of the Black Lagoon, while listening carefully to Alan's story, she was not too surprised when she heard the identity of the giant squid, and when she heard that she could never change back, she looked at the sparkling black lake and sighed, and then Hermione asked Alan, "But why did Gryffindor duel with you?"

"He loved Ravenclaw, and later misunderstood that I had failed Ravenclaw and abandoned Mother and Daughter Ravenclaw and Helena. Alan told Hermione in detail about the events of the three transformations of the Time Turner, including the emotional entanglement with the founder, the three battles of England, and the events with Merlin, including the news of the underworld and the Grim Reaper that Eren had learned from Luna, as well as what Eren had done to Muggle souls.

Hermione was feeling distracted, and there was so much explosive news flooding her head.

The history of Muggles, the history of Hogwarts actually has Allen's participation behind it, the news of the underworld and the Grim Reaper gave Hermione a sense of unreality, the gods actually existed, and Hermione was very envious of the life-and-death friendship and thousand-year-old love between Luna and Allen, and she even said that she was jealous of such feelings, these experiences were even more powerful than she had imagined to attack her heart. And unlike absorbing the souls of spiders or magical creatures, what Eren did in 1066 was actually more evil than all the dark wizards in history she had learned, and his staff actually held so many human souls.

This made Hermione couldn't help but wipe her tears for those Muggles and Alan, and trembled at the unrest and tangle in her heart. It's just that for Helena, the negative emotions caused by the other party's rejection of her attitude have almost all subsided, this poor girl is controlled by Alan and Luna whether she lives or dies, and her fate is destined to become a ghost from birth, so as to avoid being absorbed by death in the end, and has existed until this era.

Thinking of this eased Hermione's denial of Allen's absorption of human souls a lot, and since the final result was absorption, Allen, who had more legitimate reasons, would not be so evil - Hermione could only use this reason to convince herself.

Alan, who had not spoken to Hermione to digest the time, commanded the seafood to fly over the lake, and the seafood in the bucket that was still alive jumped into the water and scattered.

"Why are you telling me this instead of hiding it from me?" Pene...... Hermione wondered why Alan had told herself all this in detail, she wanted to ask Penelope if she knew this, and then realized that it didn't really make a difference to Penelo if she knew it or not......

Alan turned his back to Hermione and continued to watch the giant squid eat: "I thought about hiding it from you, but I don't think it's fair to you and me to maintain such a relationship by concealing it." ”

"Mystery men dream of immortality and escape death, and in a way, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor have done it. Hermione didn't respond to Alan's emotional questions, she followed Alan's line of sight, watching the waves of the Black Lake churn violently, and the giant squid's flashing red tentacles emerged from the water, constantly stuffing those seafood into the mouthparts, "You who use death as your opponent, the mysterious man and Dumbledore are really not your opponents......"

"Yes Hermione, but the problem of death is still far away, and as long as we don't die, death is not a problem. And the duel invitation I initiated to Tom Riddle in this interview, if he did fight, did not need to specify any plans and traps. Alan threw the keg of the fish-flavored green beer to the squid, and the other party was stunned for a moment, and then rolled the cask with his tentacles very excitedly, and then let his mouthparts rise obliquely to the surface, and then squeezed the barrel into pieces with skill and rustiness, so that the liquid inside dripped down the tip of his tentacles into his mouth.

Watching the giant squid comfortably let all his tentacles twist and stretch under the influence of the long-lost alcohol, Alan threw the remaining two barrels down, and then turned to look at the silent Hermione solemnly: "But whether he fights or is defeated by me in the follow-up, I will keep him alive for a period of time, only if he becomes an external threat to the wizarding world, attracts the attention of others, and gives them enough pressure, the change I want to carry out will have the time and opportunity for me to prepare and lay out until it is completely realized." ”

"You're going to make a change, what kind of change?" Hermione was shocked, and the little temperament about love and love in her heart was put away, you must know that all changes involved in the past and present will be bloodshed and sacrificed, and there is very little peaceful evolution. And Alan, what the hell was he trying to do? This terrified Hermione, and all of Alan's previous actions and previous events in the history of magic were connected in her mind.

"Hermione, compared to pure-blood wizards, you know more about the Muggle world, and you should be able to see the progress of the Muggles, who have created a terrifying power that is no less than magic in their ingenuity - at least in the matter of killing people directly. We wizards are indeed far ahead of Muggles in terms of time and space magic, metamorphosis of matter, study of the mind, and prediction of the future, and even basically say that as long as it is related to magic, we wizards can maintain enough advantages that we can easily solve diseases that Muggles have no way to cure, and the mastery of soul knowledge allows even good enough wizards to achieve immortality, but it also makes us arrogant enough to hinder our development in the non-magical field. Many pure-blood wizards can't even do simple arithmetic, and they don't know anything about logic, Mr. Arthur Weasley is not a bad person, I think you know very well, but even this kind of Ministry of Magic officials who are not bad people will leave enough backdoors for themselves when formulating the laws under their jurisdiction, you can imagine how many loopholes we have in the law, in these aspects, we wizards are 'Muggles'. Alan looked at Hermione and analyzed the wizards' strengths.

"Alan, what exactly do you want to reform?" Hermione agreed with these statements, she was used to dogmatic ideas and had long been dissatisfied with the chaos in the wizarding world, but she didn't think that Allen's vision was just to reform it.

Alan paused, did not answer directly, but continued to analyze the question: "With the advancement of Muggle technology, I think you know that Muggles have advanced by leaps and bounds in this technological field that they call computers, and in October 1994, what was called the World Wide Web was established by the Computer Science Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which has the title of 'the world's largest polytechnic technology among Muggles' - I made a prophecy for this, Hermione, can you imagine that in just a few years, if Muggles take any magic-related footage, they will be able to spread to the entire earth in a short period of time? While the Muggle Expulsion Charm and the Imperius Charm that can be used in Apparition and even when necessary have left us largely invincible, our population base is too small, Hermione. ”

Giving Hermione a moment to digest, Alan continued: "If we have a conflict with the Muggles, wizards like us who are good enough can at least be guaranteed in terms of safety, but those ordinary wizards who can't go too far on the road of magic, as long as it happens that the vast majority of ordinary wizards who make up the wizarding society die a certain base of the population, the wizarding world will naturally fall apart- Muggles obviously wouldn't have too much trouble if they weren't able to cast a protective spell for themselves, such as an Accidental Spell, which would allow them to automatically cast a condition like the Iron Armor when they triggered a condition they set, or if they wore a high-level magical defensive item with similar functionality without all the precautions they had in advance. And Voldemort, who is just a terrorist (anti-404) leader in the Muggle world, can make the entire wizarding world feel terrifying, is that our population base is too small, and every one he kills, if you count the relationship between the characters a little more, you will find that those victims are either our distant relatives, or classmates, friends and colleagues, which is one of the reasons why wizards feel so frightened, because every deceased person is more or less related to you. ”

"You want to break the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Act like Grindelwald! You set up the TV station to make wizards aware of the Muggle threat, and the purpose of the training and ancient magic classes is not only for the mystery people but also to face the Muggles!" Hermione unconsciously stepped back a step away from Allen, and finally blurted out the panic in her heart, and what made her even more frightened was that, just as Alan had envisioned, and even with Hermione's knowledge of Muggle history, if Muggles knew about the existence of wizards and knew that there was such a magical thing as magic, what would those greedy people do...... The population of the wizarding world is too small compared to the huge base of Muggles, the magic of wizards may be very powerful, but the lethality of Muggles' guns should not be underestimated, if there is a war between wizards and Muggles, then what the world will become, Hermione really can't imagine.

"Hermione, you are a smart wizard who knows a lot about the Muggle world, you should be able to see that it is only a matter of time before the International Secrecy Law is broken and the wizarding world is discovered, I am just preparing in advance, rather than rushing and being caught off guard, due to the misunderstanding and fear of both sides to make things a mess, it is better to let the wizards know about the situation in the Muggle world now, so that the two worlds can better integrate in the future and avoid greater disasters. Alan slowly approached Hermione as he talked to her, and Alan put his hand on Hermione's shoulder so that she was facing him, "I'm not Grindelwald, Hermione, he's the first Dark Lord, he left Muggles only because he thought they were of other use, he used to correct his men's idea of killing all Muggles by leaving servants to help carry the goods, and I just wanted to protect the wizards." ”

Hermione wanted to push Eren away, but after looking at the other party up close, listening to what the other party was talking about, she asked in a trembling voice, "Alan, what do you want to do...... Please don't ......"

"In the 17th century, as the persecution of wizarding children became more common among Muggles, more and more Muggles forced wizards to use magic on their behalf, and witches were burned, including Muggles being burned for witches, and the relationship between wizards and Muggles reached a nadir point, which became the catalyst for the introduction of the International Secrecy Act. After the establishment of the British Ministry of Magic, a special delegation was sent to contact the Muggle monarchs, William III and Mary II, hoping that Muggle law would recognize and protect wizards, and this attempt to obtain official recognition and protection forced wizards to voluntarily go the opposite - go underground and keep secrets.

In fact, in my heart, wizards are wizards, whether they are pure-blooded or Muggle-born, but the time of contact with magic is relatively different, and the accumulation of magical knowledge is different, except for some pure-blood families because of some special abilities left in the bloodline, but their essence is the same - now any wizard may also produce this kind of same ability because of the combination with some otherworldly creatures and magical creatures, and inherit it. Alan stared into Hermione's red eyes, "So regardless of the wizard's origins, after he successfully demonstrated the first magical riot, we were all wizards, I was called a pure-blood wizard if I was a wizard myself, you were called a Muggle-born wizard because you were a wizard yourself, and Harry and Tonks were called half-blood wizards because they were wizards in the first place." Hermione, pure-blood, half-blood, Muggle-born concepts are all false, artificially defined, only true in terms of whether or not they are wizards. ”

Hermione nodded in agreement, thinking of the discrimination against Muggle-born wizards in the wizarding world over the years, even when she was talking to the female clerk at the Three Broomsticks Bar.

Alan remembered the old man he was now imprisoned in Germany and decided to defend him from his own point of view: "Speaking of Grindelwald, Hermione, although he has been defined as the Dark Lord in the history of magic, and his approach to certain things is indeed not so glamorous, but, Hermione, I think we owe him thanks to the International Secrets Act. ”

"Why?" Hermione wondered about Alan's attitude towards the first Dark Lord, "Alan...... I know the Harris family used to follow him, but now your father is sometimes full of disdain for Grindelwald, you ...... Why do you always seem to have a crush on him?"

"Now, Muggle and wizard societies are cut off. As Grindelwald's aunt, Professor Bathilda Basshat, put it in her book A History of Magic, wizards naturally 'formed their own little communities within the community'. Many of the hamlets attracted several wizarding families, who began to form their own communities, helping and protecting each other, living among tolerant and sometimes confused Muggles – Dingworth in Cornwall, Upper Flegley in Yorkshire, Ottrie St. Cachpole in Devon, and Godric's Valley in the Western Counties were some of the most famous semi-wizarding settlements, but Muggle and wizarding societies had long been cut off. Alan described the effects of the secrecy law that Hermione was familiar with, and then the wizard emphasized to the witch, "Your Gryffindor House Headmaster, Professor Minerva McGonagall, after graduating from Hogwarts, Minerva got a job in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. She returned to her home in the parsman's house, where she prepared to spend her last summer vacation before moving to London. ”

"Was it Umbridge's criticism of McGonagall?" Hermione's excellent memory reminded her of Umbridge's description of Professor McGonagall's early life, but she didn't think her Dean was really a witch who would do anything for power, as Umbridge portrayed.

Alan nodded, describing what he knew about Professor McGonagall's experience as fairly as possible: "During these months, eighteen-year-old Minerva met a local Muggle named Douglas McGregor. Dugol is the son of a local farmer, handsome, intelligent, and funny, and Minerva falls madly in love with him. The two begin to get to know each other, and eventually McGregor proposes to Minerva in a freshly ploughed field. Minerva agreed. That night, she found herself unable to tell her parents about the engagement. Minerva pondered her future, and realized that marrying a Muggle meant that she would follow the same path as her mother as a wizard, that she would lock up her wand and lead an unhappy life, that she would say goodbye to all her ideals. Early the next morning, Professor McGregor approached McGregor and told him that he had changed his mind and could not marry him. She couldn't tell McGregor her reasons, as she knew that if she violated the International Secrecy Act, she would lose her job at the Ministry of Magic. Three days later, she left the heartbroken MacGregor and went to London.

Professor McGonagall worked for two years in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. But there's no doubt that her outlook on work was influenced by her previous breakup. Professor McGonagall did not like her new home and new working environment, as some of her colleagues had strong discrimination and prejudice against Muggles. Professor McGonagall loved her Muggle father and still loved Digor McGregor. As much as she liked her boss, Elphinstone Elcott, she was still unhappy in London - Hermione, you know, when they got married, Digor McGregor had died, and Elphinstone Elcott had already retired, so Umbridge's words were only telling part of the truth, and they were just maliciously leading.

Professor McGonagall misses Scotland. As the most efficient and gifted employee in the department, Professor McGonagall was offered a great promotion, but she turned it down. She wrote a letter to Hogwarts, asking if she could get a teaching position. The owl replied a few hours later, and she had been offered a position in the Transfiguration Department, and the head of the department at the time was Albus Dumbledore.

In December 1956, Professor McGonagall returned to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She felt happy and she put her heart and soul into her work. She became a very strict, but very enlightening teacher. Helena and the portraits told me that it was better for Professor McGonagall to lock the letter from Douglas McGregor in a box and under the bed than to lock her wand there, Minerva told herself. However, Minerva was shocked when Professor McGonagall's mother, Isobel, inadvertently revealed to her in a letter about her hometown that Dugol had married the daughter of another farmer. One night, Albus Dumbledore found Minerva crying in his classroom. She told him the whole story. Dumbledore comforted Minerva and told her stories about his family, which she had never known before. The heart-to-heart conversation that night allowed the two stiff-minded men to build a relationship of mutual trust and laid the foundation for their long-lasting mutual respect and friendship. ”

Alan borrowed the female ghost and portrait to inform Professor Hermione McGonagall of the truth and heartbreak in this incident, and Hermione, who had already realized what Eren wanted to go through, heard Allen's addition when she was still grieving for her dean: "Hermione, this is still in the United Kingdom, if it is changed to the United States, which has stricter secrecy laws - Tina Goldstein, the sister of Mr. Newt Scamander, the author of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", Tina Goldstein, sister? Goldstein, a natural master of the Mind Remembrance, fell in love with a Muggle who worked in a cannery and became a baker Muggle, and was in charge of the stricter International Secrecy Act in the Magical Congress of the United States Now, she didn't even have the opportunity to voluntarily lock her wand in the closet, which is why she followed Grindelwald later, Hermione, have you ever assumed that if I was a Muggle and you were a witch like I am now, we don't have the power to change the whole society now, but we live in America at that time, what are we going to do?"

Even though Elan's question had been prepared in advance, when this hypothesis was put forward by Allen, Hermione felt a little suffocated, and she didn't dare to think deeply about what the final relationship between the wizards who lived in that society and fell in love with Muggles would be.

"So shouldn't Hermione, the wizards who are now in love with Muggles, thank Gatler Grindelwald for his dedication and efforts, even if that wasn't his intention, his methods are debatable, but the reason why the International Secrets Act is now easier to manage than it used to be was because of the efforts of the ancestors who were now hated by wizards. Allen said a fair word to Grindelwald in a rather solemn tone.

"I told you everything I was thinking. Hermione, yes, I want to break the International Secrecy Act, it's not for my own selfish desires. Hermione, I'm not here to hurt those Muggles, I just want to help us wizards, whether pure-blood, half-blood, or Muggle-born, I just want to help them. All the young wizards who came to Hogwarts, far from their native land, far from everything they knew and comfortable, had completed 7 years of hard study at Hogwarts, and I did not want my classmates, my compatriots, to be completely unprepared for the harm they had in order to enforce the International Secrets Act, which was destined to be obsolete. I don't want them to be easily killed by a bullet fired from a Muggle in the shadows in the future after all of this. We are wizards, but it's not our fault, it's not the Muggles' fault, and I'm not hostile to them. I just want our wizarding and Muggle societies to merge in a controlled state, rather than passively waiting for the International Secrecy Law to be enforced and the conflict suddenly intensifies, Hermione, I hope you can walk with me now, and let's work together to create a world where we wizards can be openly identified, wizards and Muggles are no longer hostile to each other, and free to love. Alan spoke to Hermione in a voice that had never been softer than ever, and gently took Hermione into his arms with the hand that pressed on her shoulder.

Hermione, though her limbs were a little stiff and her expression was changing, did not refuse, and finally she let her head rest on Alan's shoulder, and Alan gently caressed the girl's back with her hand as a comfort.

"Allen...... I'm sorry......" Hermione's voice sounded very sad, and her nose began to turn red after her eyes, "I can't do anything for you without a reason like Penelope, and I can't help you as much as Luna, and I need you every time......"

"Hermione, even if you, who are close to me, hear about my ideals, your first reaction is fear and worry, let alone those who don't know me. Alan let out a long sigh, but his back straightened, "The path I have chosen is destined to be full of thorns, but I really hope to have your support and have your company." Luna has divine matters to consider, and she can't be distracted by this, Penelope is a firm executor, and I can entrust my life to her, but Hermione, you, you are the guarantee of my conscience, and in my vision, you are the brain of the plan in this transformation, and the brake of me. It is up to you, who are familiar with the Muggle and wizarding worlds, to refine our plans and minimize the harm we do to others...... I hope you can keep your kindness and principles so that you can always remind me not to go down the wrong path, and you can guarantee my kindness and principles......"

"Alan, I will accompany you through your transformation. Hermione's eyebrows furrowed, and she took the initiative to clasp Alan's hand tightly, she felt that she couldn't leave Eren anymore, not only because of his philosophy, but also because of what Luna said to her before, Alan's idea was good, but many leaders in history who led reform ended up on the wrong fork in the road. And if Eren had been nurtured by Penelope, who was accustomed to using rough and direct means, and gradually preferred to use dark methods, then this change would be a disaster for the wizarding and Muggle worlds.