In the city of London, England, tucked away beneath the Muggle building of Whitehall connecting the Houses of Parliament to Downing Street, the main hall of the Ministry of Magic, which is the lobby and reception area of the headquarters.

A stage was erected thirty inches above the ground in the glittering hall, and around the stage, the peacock-blue ceiling was inlaid with glittering gold symbols, which were constantly moving and changing, like a giant bulletin board, on which sentences such as "Congratulations Alan Harris" and "Glory to the wizarding world" were transformed.

The polished dark wooden floor, where rows of chairs were set up to watch the ceremony, was already filled with wizards, and the hall was buzzing with a low chatter.

"Those Wizengamot guys were approved faster than Headmaster Harris got his first one, and speaking of Blake, your grandfather Arcturus Black was delaying him for a long time when he first applied," Mr. Amos Diggory said to his new colleague, Sirius, who was wearing the uniform of the Department of Magical Beasts Management and Control of the Ministry of Magic.

"Alan defeated the Dark Lord in a duel, and my grandfather?hah!" Sirius sneered, "My grandfather was awarded the Merlin Order of the First Class for 'service to the Ministry of Magic', and it is believed that he bought it for lending the Ministry of Magic a large sum of gold Galleons... People are right, he is. ”

"Director Harris, Dumbledore defeated the Dark Wizard Grindelwald and received the Merlin First Degree Medal, and Headmaster Harris defeated the Mysterio and deserved the First Class Medal again!" Percy's voice sounded around them.

"Allen naturally deserves it. Josephine squinted her eyes and glanced at Sirius disapprovingly, "The ancestors of the Black family have always worked hard for the prosperity of the family, and this is something that I feel very worthy of respect. ”

Sirius's eyelids twitched, "Josephine, do you want to imply that I'm a loser?"

"Call me Director Harris. The slightly stockier-looking female straightened her back gracefully, "You're not in school anymore. ”

All the talk came to an abrupt end when the Merlin Orchestra entered the hall, and the spectators watched in silence as the ceremony proceeded as planned, a scene that was no stranger to both the awarders on stage and the witnesses in the audience, and it was not unusual for Alan Harris to win the award.

The ceremony was officially completed as the wizard of Wizengamot was pinned to Alan's robe with the green ribbon medal representing Merlin's graduation college, Slytherin, and after a group photo of the members of the Merlin Band, after all the applause.

After this somewhat perfunctory ceremony, the reporters couldn't wait to rush up, and the Q&A time after the press conference was the highlight of their expectations, this time several members of the Sir Merlin Order were already prepared, and under the guidance of the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic, they retreated again and again, and were ushered into the elevator to go to other rooms to entertain them.

Surrounded by microphones and flashing lights, Allen was about to raise their hands to ask questions, afraid that their interviewees would leave if they didn't answer many questions as usual.

Allen's gaze swept over the faces of everyone in the audience, and then his voice echoed through the hall, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend my investiture ceremony... Today, I would like to take this opportunity to make a formal announcement as well... Today, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in addition to admitting students around the age of 11 as usual... As many people may have heard, the basic education of wizards will also set sail, and the wizard elementary school will also set seven grades, and young wizards over the age of three will be accepted to sign up before the start of school, and the advanced education of wizards will be announced a little later by the wizarding university. ”

"I need to sign up by myself, isn't it an owl to send a letter?"

"What can you learn by going to school at such a young age?"

"Is it free?"

There was a commotion in the audience, and the wizards exchanged glances with each other, but it was not time to ask questions and notice Alan's silence, which quickly fell silent again.

"Wizards play a variety of important roles in the wizarding world, but equally, if a new member of a wizarding family emerges, they also have to take on some heavy burdens... Although magic can help us solve many problems, taking care of and educating a newborn wizard can be a burden for many wizarding families... Compared to Muggle children, wizards need to spend a lot more time and energy on the development of young wizards because of their occasional magical riots and basic education problems, and if this is customary, it will continue until they reach the age of eleven... It wasn't until they were accepted into Hogwarts that these parents were relieved...

Because of this, more and more wizards are tired of having children, and they don't even want to have children at all, and the birth rate of wizards in our wizarding world has been declining year after year, so wizarding elementary school is nominally a primary school, but in addition to the basic curriculum of the upper grades, in fact, for three-year-old wizards who are too young, this is more like a welfare, just like a Muggle kindergarten, which solves the worries of wizarding families...

Of course, the admission to Hogwarts House has not changed, it is still determined by the locked, small tower of Hogwarts, where no Hogwarts students have ever visited, and the "Book of Admission" and "Pen of Acceptance" that have never been touched by anyone else since the four founders of the castle were placed here, they are still the only process for selecting students to enter Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and I don't plan to change this tradition except for the wizarding families that I have been forbidden to admit to before..."

Alan explained in a gentle, sincere voice to the camera.

"What are all these things?" said Mr. Diggory, who was a little confused as he listened.

"If anyone understands what is the powerful, enduring magic that causes the book and the quill to behave like themselves... Amos: It avoids the tedious explanations given by school administrators to angry parents that their children weren't chosen by Hogwarts...", Josephine explained to his subordinates, "The book and the quill were final, and none of the children were admitted, and his name was not engraved on the yellowed pages. ”

"Bundled in the peeling black dragon skin, stood a small silver inkwell, from which protruded a long, faded quill... Hmm, what are you looking at me for? What's so strange about me and Jaime sneaking in?" Sirius looked triumphant, "and we went in at exactly the right moment... There must have been a young wizard who had shown magic for the first time, the quill pen, which Jaime believed was the feather of a mourning crow... It floated out of the inkwell on its own, trying to engrave the child's name on the page... You know, it's a mourning crow's feather! It's no secret that it's incompatible with ink... And the inkwell was empty! I asked Dumbledore afterwards, and he couldn't analyze exactly what the silver liquid was coming out of the enchanted quill... But maybe I should ask Luna now?"

"That Lovegood's madness... Belch... The Lovegood girl?" Amos said, noticing Josephine's glare, and he quickly changed his words, thinking that his title had upset his female superior.

Sirius, who was really stared at, realized that he almost slipped his mouth, and he closed his mouth knowing that he was wrong.

Some of Allen's follow-up introductions on the stage were also finished after a short while, the flashing lights crackled, and after the enthusiastic applause - whether it was the members of the Ministry of Magic or the reporters, their applause at this time was much more sincere than the applause at the Merlin Medal ceremony just now, which was a real benefit for wizards.

Then, at Allen's signal, the reporters took out their wands and pointed the tips of the small wands at their mouths, and the big one was aimed at the stage, and they couldn't wait to raise their arms high to ask questions.

"Hello Headmaster Harris, I'm a reporter for The Wizard of the Day, and as a mother, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Hogwarts for solving the education problems for our wizards, and for being able to get rid of the mystery man again... I'll sign up my son for it later..."A middle-aged female reporter with long maroon curly hair smiled flatteringly at Allen, and then she said apologetically, "But Headmaster Harris, I have some questions, and we have received a lot of letters from readers lately, and everyone has focused on one issue - Harris Television has recently aired a number of shows showing the study of Muggles... If these shows really don't have showmanship and exaggeration... I'm sorry Principal Harris, but I have to admit that this makes me nervous and apprehensive personally..."

"Thank you, ma'am, for asking this question... I'm not the director of the TV station... But in general, the documentary series about Muggles are based on facts, and do not artistically process or exaggerate them, but faithfully show Muggle society and its customs, science and technology to wizards... I think the Muggle and half-blood wizards will be able to attest to that... You know, our previous Hogwarts textbooks on Muggle studies were outdated... This creates a lot of misunderstandings. Allen's words made many wizards in the audience look worried.

The middle-aged female reporter who had just asked the question shook her hair behind her, and immediately raised her hand to ask, "So, does the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards have any countermeasures against this?"

"Don't worry, the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards have been working on this...", Alan continued after a pause, "the current trend in Muggle society is indeed upward, and the speed of their technological development is astonishing, but I don't think we wizards need to worry too much... But as always, the Muggle leadership is currently under the supervision of the Ministries of Magic, and we have the ability to prevent the situation that you feared..."

But this didn't seem to satisfy the female reporter, she stood up and wanted to ask again, but a big reporter next to her loudly suppressed the female reporter's voice with an excited voice: "Hello Headmaster Harris, I'm a reporter for Harris TV's 'Sports Channel', as the best Seeker in the world today, will you participate in the next Quidditch World Cup?

The sports reporter's face flushed with excitement, but before Allen could respond, a very fashionably dressed witch next to him continued to exclaim: "I'm Lisa from Witch Weekly, may I ask Principal Harris, what type of woman do you admire the most, and what do you want from your future partner?"

"As for the education reform you mentioned earlier, how far has you advanced now? Can you explain more about it?"

......

The situation is getting more and more chaotic, and reporters who were still patiently waiting for questions are rushing to ask questions, for fear that their media will not get the opportunity to ask questions.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by Miss Rita Skeeter under the umbrella has announced everything in the wizarding world to Muggles, and the Ministry of Magic and Harris have allowed this book to be released wildly in the Muggle world, can Headmaster Harris solve our doubts? Until the very loud and almost broken voice of the wizard bared his voice and rudely used a loud spell to shout out the question that overshadowed the other voices, "If we are sanctioned by the British wizarding community, who will be responsible for the losses suffered by the Ministry of Magic or ordinary wizards, who will pay for it?"

Dempster Wiggswald held his head high, and as the mouthpiece of the pureblood family, he was determined to show his worth today - especially after Alan Harris had recently beaten the Dark Lord.

As Wigglesward had expected, the reporters who heard the questions collectively fell silent as if they had been choked by the neck — asking questions that those wanted to ask but were afraid to ask.

(End of chapter)