Chapter 124: Still No One Can Be Re-elected for Two Years

For nearly twenty or thirty years, neither the wizarding nor the Muggle society in Britain has stopped.

On the Muggle side, more than 3,000 people have been killed in violent clashes in the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland since 1968. In 1971, the British government began to implement a policy of "detention without trial" in Northern Ireland, while banning processions and demonstrations. After the policy went into effect, a total of 342 people were arrested and imprisoned without trial throughout Northern Ireland. On the afternoon of January 30, 1972, British troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators. No weapons were found on the marchers who were killed or wounded. Moreover, a number of injured people were hit by armored vehicles, and most of the injured and dead were shot in the back of the head.

And on the side of the wizarding society, there are two-hole socket warriors who are in trouble, and wizards have been living in constant fear that wizards will be tortured and killed. Some people even come home from work to find that their warm home is gone, and all that is left is the ruins of the sinky walls, the corpses of family members, and the Dark Lord symbol floating in the air.

Therefore, the werewolf night attack on Hogsmeade Village caused a great shock in the wizarding society, and many people feared that after more than ten years of settling down, a new threat would befall them.

When the wizards picked up the Daily Prophet at breakfast time, they looked at the headline of the photo of the Minister of Magic, Fudge, and the Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Dumbledore, standing in front of a burned house, which made many readers forget to eat breakfast.

Thankfully, no Hogwarts students or Hogsmeade residents were killed or bitten by werewolves, only a few were scratched by werewolves or injured by falling from broomsticks.

None of the werewolf members who participated in the attack escaped alive under Dumbledore's own hands, and all of them were captured.

It was the largest attack since the fall of the Twin Socket more than a decade ago, and for a time the wizards were in danger, fearing that other werewolves would follow and attack them.

When it's tea time, this week's new issue of Youth Magazine is also in the hands of readers.

The Youth Magazine was full of articles about last night's werewolf attack on the village.

As soon as the incident was resolved last night, Percy immediately organized members of the magazine to interview the front-line personnel, and then wrote articles overnight, typesetting and printing them all night.

Seeing Percy's movements, Zhang Xu found him after bandaging his wounds, and then the two muttered for more than half an hour before setting the tone of this issue.

Then Zhang Xu found Lupin in the Three Broomsticks Bar, where Lupin was sitting on the edge of a drinking table, his face constantly changing, and he seemed to be engaged in a psychological struggle.

"Professor Lupin, shall we have a drink?" Zhang Xu sat opposite Lupin.

Seeing that the proprietress of the bar was not there, Zhang Xu took out two bottles of Wanli beer, slapped the cap on the edge of the table, and after freezing it with magic, one bottle was placed in front of Lupin, and the other bottle was placed in front of him.

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After Zhang Xu and Lu Ping each poured a sip of wine, Lu Ping's face softened a little.

"Professor Lupin, do you have any thoughts on tonight's events?" Zhang Xu asked.

Lupin stared at the beer bottle in front of him and nodded silently.

Zhang Xu took out a stack of letter paper and quill pens and put them on the table, then held up the beer bottle.

"Dry this bottle of wine, and then use the strength of the wine to write down all your thoughts, and give it to Percy for publication." Zhang Xu said to Lupin with a beer bottle.

"Werewolves have always been misunderstood and discriminated against, and individual harmful werewolves are regarded as representatives of the entire werewolf group, and werewolves like you who don't want to hurt others are all implicated by them."

"It's better to take advantage of this treatment of werewolves and werewolf army, as a werewolf who has been treated, write down what you think in your heart, and tell everyone what the life and heart of most werewolves are like."

After listening to Zhang Xu's words, Lu Ping's eyes, which had been silent, sharpened.

Lupin lifted the beer bottle and touched it with Zhang Xu, and then the two of them dried their beers, picked up pens and paper, and buried their heads in writing on the edge of the wine table.

The next day, the readers of Youth Magazine saw an article titled "Thirty Years of Struggle Against Prejudice, Discrimination, and Cowardice," after Minister of Magic, Fudge, assuring that the Ministry of Magic would protect the populace and Dumbledore ensuring that werewolves could be treated.

In the article, Lupin recounts his own experience with the readers.

At the age of four, he was afraid of his future life after Fenrir Greyback was bitten in revenge on his father.

The joy of meeting three friends who don't dislike their werewolf status during their time at Hogwarts.

After the fall of the mysterious man, because he was a werewolf, he encountered all kinds of difficulties in life and work, as well as his mentality at that time.

The excitement of receiving an offer from Hogwarts last year as a professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts class.

Finally, I was the first to be treated as a werewolf at Hogwarts and returned to normal life.

In the article, Lupin's character of not succumbing to fate, tenacious and tenacious will, and optimistic attitude leap onto the page.

While helping Lu Pin polish the article, Zhang Xu wanted to add a poignant and touching love story to Lu Ping, but he had to give up under Lu Ping's desperate opposition.

Behind Lupin's article was an article written by Zhang Xu titled "Hogwarts actually has such a professor, and the students were stunned!" tells the story of Lupin, the most popular Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in recent years, from the perspective of an ordinary student.

Add to that the fact that Lupin fought valiantly in the werewolf army, intentionally or unintentionally in other articles later in the magazine, and readers are starting to re-examine the werewolf community.

Immediately afterwards, Luna's "Singing Contradiction" also made efforts, calling for care for the kind werewolves represented by Lupin in the magazine, and distinguishing the kind werewolves from the evil werewolves represented by Fenrir Gray.

Finally, Minister of Magic Fudge introduced a new policy that would provide interest-free loans to werewolves who could not afford to pay for their treatment. And it's the Ministry of Magic, not Gringotts, that runs the money.

The day after the new policy was introduced, thank-you notes from werewolves filled Fudge's desk.

After the interrogation of the arrested werewolves, the reason why Fenrir Greyback led the werewolf army to attack Hogsmeade was also published in the Daily Prophet, and their motive was to prevent the werewolves from going to Hogsmeade for treatment, which also proved that the treatment of werewolves was now effective.

For a while, the panic caused by the werewolf attack on the village was alleviated, and the living conditions of those werewolves who did not usually show violent tendencies improved.

It was at this time that the news shocked the Hogwarts staff lounge - Professor Lupin had submitted his resignation to Dumbledore and would be resigning from his position as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts at the end of the term.

In the faculty lounge, Lupin explains his actions to his colleagues.

"Although in recent times, the living conditions of some werewolves have improved, and there are also ways to treat werewolves. But the long-held beliefs of wizards are difficult to change all at once. ”

"The Werewolf Army's attack on Hogsmeade has frightened many people, and their prejudice against werewolves has intensified."

"So after discussing with me and a few other werewolf friends, we will set up a 'Werewolf Care Association', our purpose is to improve the social impact of werewolves, provide help to werewolves seeking treatment, and help werewolves who have received treatment to return to normal human life."