Chapter 001: Changes in the Muggle World

Since June 1, 90, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President George W. Bush held a summit in Washington, announcing the end of the "Cold War", the pattern of the Muggle world has changed dramatically.

On October 3, 90, East Germany merged with West Germany;

In November 91, China officially joined the "Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation" in the name of regional economies as a sovereign state, and Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong;

On December 21, the CIS was founded, and four days later the Soviet Union collapsed;

On February 7, 92, the member states of the European Community formally signed the Monetary Union Treaty;

On August 12, the United States, Canada and Mexico signed the North American Free Trade Agreement;

On 17 August, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was established.

The collapse of the bipolar pattern ended the confrontation between the two blocs, the overall shape of the Muggle world tended to ease, and the economy began to show regional blocs; However, the collapse of the bipolar pattern has also broken the original international forces, and the contradictions such as ethnic and religious disputes and territorial disputes, which had been covered up by the "Cold War," have gradually been exposed. In addition, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States became the only superpower, and it tried to establish a world order dominated by itself in the Muggle world, so Western countries led by it began to constantly meddle in the affairs of other countries and regional disputes.

On January 17, 91 ~ February 28, the multinational coalition led by the United States launched the second Gulf War;

On June 27, the Yugoslav civil war broke out;

On July 7, Yugoslavia and Slovenia reached a cease-fire agreement mediated by the European Community, and the war in Croatia ended through the diplomatic mediation of the United States.

On April 6, the Bosnian War broke out, and despite the aid of the United Nations, it was still defeated by Serbia;

On 27 April, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of Serbia and Montenegro, was proclaimed, which also meant the formal dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;

On 26 August, the ambassadors of the United States, Britain, France, and the Russian Federation to the United Nations submitted a statement to Iraq announcing that they would begin to implement a "no-fly zone" plan in Iraq's airspace south of the 32nd parallel on 27 August in order to stop Iraq's attack on Shiite Muslims in the south.

In this tense period of alternation between the old and the new in the Muggle world, the wizarding world was not affected in the slightest, and still maintained its own pace, moving forward slowly.

At least for Catherine, the summer vacation of '92 was easier than ever, she didn't have to study the hot topics of current affairs, she didn't have to think about whether they would have any impact on the Princes family's estate, she just had to enjoy the rare vacation like a normal child, at least at first.

"Are you sure you're going to go for your morning workout and not going to be robbed?"

Snape was very opposed to her continuing her morning exercise, because the security of Spidertail Alley was super poor, and he couldn't use magic to keep himself by her side at any time like he did at school, after all, it was too frightening and worldly, but Catherine insisted on maintaining this habit, and the natives of Spidertail Alley could only be regarded as one of the "props" of morning exercise for her, so in the first game, Snape lost.

"Are you going to learn Icarus?"

When Catherine wanted to see Snape's collection, he insisted that she must complete her summer homework first, and she was threatened with confinement by the Potions professor and Head of Slytherin, but when she finished her homework, Snape agreed to read the books and gave her a list of orders, only by mid-August and only ten days away.

"Are you sure you're buying vegetables, not potion ingredients?"

Because he knew that Catherine's cooking skills were good, Lucius didn't let Dobby come over to deliver food, but the consequences of Snape's first trip to buy groceries were miserable, so Catherine decided to stop by to buy groceries during her morning exercise, and Snape could only accompany her all the way with a black face, the advantage was that she could always buy directly at the lowest price.

"Are you going to destroy your own body?"

Snape had a bad habit of starting to eat and sleep once he had studied it carefully, replacing his daily needs with magic and potions, and he would mercilessly kick anyone who dared to interrupt him. Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything to Catherine, so he had to put up with her interrupting his work again and again, but the girl was careful enough to take care of him every time, so Snape could continue to endure it.

The constant bickering and compromises were a new experience for both Catherine and Snape, completely oblivious to the fact that the fierce quarrels coming from an unseen house every day were a creepy thing for the natives of Spidertail Alley, until an accident on the fifth day of the holiday allowed them to get out of this predicament.

It was a small, unsigned package brought by a post office owl, and after Snape had thoroughly inspected it, Catherine was able to get her hands on the mobile phone that made her covet at first sight, but she didn't expect to receive a text message as soon as she turned it on.

"S.S.B. said she could get it to you safely, so she knocked me out. Remember to call me, or I'll go slaughter this greedy woman! ”

The message was unsigned, but Catherine guessed from her tone who the sender was, so she smiled and dialed the other party's number as soon as she read it.

“My－dear－Princess!” As soon as the phone rang, a rather heroic female voice immediately came, "How are you doing at that ghost school?" ”

"Good!" Catherine smiled and walked to the window, "I learned a lot. ”

"It seems that it is impossible for me to persuade you to drop out!" The other party's tone was full of regret.

"Don't worry," Catherine said, fiddling with the curtains, "I'll skip a grade and graduate early if necessary." ”

"That's good, remember to carry this phone with you, so I can contact you, lest I have to continue to be blackmailed by that woman." The other party gritted his teeth and said, obviously the loss is not small.

"I'm afraid not," Catherine's eyes curled quietly, "there's no way to use electrical appliances in school!" ”

"No, it won't!" The other party shouted, "Why is that ghost school so bad!" You can't even use electrical appliances, so how can you live? ”

"I'm on vacation right now," Catherine dodged about it, "do you want to meet?" ”

"No!" "I'm in Barcelona right now, and I won't be able to return to the UK until at least the end of August." ”

"Barcelona—" exclaimed Catherine, whose eyes widened suddenly, "you must have attended—no—you have received a 'notice' too!" ”

"Of course I can't attend!" The other laughed, "But I have the qualifications to be there." ”

"You have the qualifications to be there, and you didn't notify me!" Catherine suddenly shouted.

"Please!" The other party complained, "I have to report as soon as I get the qualification, and the communication method of your ghost school is really super backward, how can you let me inform you!" ”

"I want to go too!" Catherine suddenly made a coquettish sound, which made Snape look up at her.

"Hehehehehe!" The other party let out a wicked smile without conscience, "You better wait and see if you can go to Atlanta!" ”

"Humph!" Catherine said coldly, "I've decided to hang you until next year!" ”

"Hey! You don't have to be so ruthless! The other party raised his voice and shouted, "Tell me honestly, do you have a new love and are ready to abandon my old love!" ”

"yes!" Catherine deliberately raised her voice, "So you'll have to send me another N1011!" ”

"Good!" The other party shouted angrily, "I'll send you the bill with me!" ”

"Yes!" Catherine didn't care, "Remember to charge my phone bill so I don't get shut down in the middle of my conversation." ”

"I'm not your butler!" The other party yelled and hung up the phone directly.

"Who?" As soon as the phone was hung up, Snape asked.

"My senior sister." Catherine replied as she deleted the message and the call log, "I'm out buying a newspaper!" She put away her phone and walked straight to open the door.

Snape walked to the window curiously, wanting to see what was going on in the Muggle world that made Catherine so impatient, and he noticed that the press publicity on the street was all about one word—Olympic—the biggest event in the Muggle world.

Snape began to rummage through memories related to the Olympic, only to find that he had almost no impression of it, even though he had grown up in the Muggle world.

The 1960 Rome Olympics were Snape's first Games, with more than 100 television channels broadcasting the Games live from 18 European countries, with the problem that he was a baby less than a year old.

The 1964 Tokyo Olympics were held in the Eastern Hemisphere, and although the United States used satellites to broadcast them around the world, Snape's father had just lost his job at the time, and the family had no time to pay attention to other things.

The 1968 Mexico Olympics were the only one Snape remembers, as Lily had been babbling in his ear since the moment the torch left Athens, but he had forgotten most of it, and there was only one person who still impressed him and inspired him even in his most difficult moments.

That is John Stephen Ahwari, known as the "most beautiful bottom", when the reporter asked him why he ran desperately when he knew that he had no chance of winning? He was obviously unprepared for the interview, and he silently "ran" for a while before he suddenly replied firmly:

"My home country, which sent me here from 7,000 miles away, not to start the race, but to finish the race......"

At Munich 1972, Snape was busy earning money to support himself and pay off his father's debts;

Lily cut ties with him before the holidays in 1976, and he no longer paid attention to Muggle affairs, let alone the Montreal Olympics that year;

At the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the British wizarding world was under the reign of Lord Voldemort's terror, and it was strictly forbidden to talk about a Muggle thing;

At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he was still immersed in the grief of Lily's death;

At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Hogwarts had already started at the opening of the Games, and Snape had time to take care of what was happening on the other side of the world.