Devon, near the village of Ottery-St Ketchpol.

Between the once deserted low mountains, a small wizard village appeared at some point.

Some time ago, after consulting the opinions of the "local villagers", the Ministry of Magic officially designated this new wizarding village named Kuibul as several key wizarding settlements in the United Kingdom, and the Burrows near the villages were naturally included.

As for the origin of the name of the village, it is extremely simple - "The Quibbler".

With the increasing sales of "New Singers and Contrarians" and the increasing number of subscribers to new magazines such as "Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue" and "Discovery and Discovery", it is clear that Xenophilius Lovegood's original family workshop alone is completely unable to support such a large news magazine position.

Naturally, with the joint funding of Hogwarts and Gringotts, New Singer Contradiction quickly grew into a giant company in the European wizarding world, with nearly thirty wizarding employees and several goblin accountants.

And for the sake of work and communication, it is only natural that some of the wizarding employees of "New Singers and Singers" took the initiative to settle next to the house of the editor-in-chief Xenophilius Lovegood......

It doesn't matter why the proportion of elderly foreigners was predominant.

Anyway, as time went on, the number of inhabitants in this village gradually increased, and now there are almost a hundred wizards, plus at least dozens of goblins, who have chosen to settle in this inconspicuous remote village.

"After that...... Let's limit the number of guests a little......"

Dumbledore rubbed his eyebrows and looked helplessly at the white-haired dumplings who were following him.

"If this continues, this will not be a wizarding village, but a wizarding city. Cornelius Fudge, no matter how stupid he was, could not have believed that thousands of foreign wizards would have emigrated to England for a magazine. ”

"Don't worry, Professor Dumbledore, you're in control. ”

Elena replied with her hands behind her back, deftly bouncing down the stone street.

"We've simulated it many times, and with the number of Aurors in the British wizarding world today, even if they sent all their personnel to break into this village in one go, they would only disappear silently like drops of water falling into the sea. ”

“...... I'm not worried about the safety here!"

Dumbledore glanced at the surrounding houses and streets, and sighed a little tiredly.

In just such a short distance, he had already seen at least five wizards acting as secret sentinels, and more importantly, two or three goblins could be seen "chatting" around the corner every few rooms.

The scene in which time is money in a goblin is as comical as a troll writing poetry.

"Elena, Mr. Lovegood runs a magazine company, and you have spent a lot of manpower and material resources to create a wizarding colony like a fortress, which is a bit too fuss......

"No, on the contrary, this is just a prototype, and it will be more than ten times larger in the future. ”

Elena slowly stopped, turned her head to look at the old wizard behind her, and replied calmly.

"You know, any wizard with some mathematical background can estimate how much money Mr. Lovegood will make with these publications, and the size of the daily turnover of The New Contrarian. Besides, there are Weasleys nearby, and with the lure of money and your reputation, there's a good chance they'll be being targeted for a long time. ”

"So providing basic security for the Lovegoods, the Weasleys, I think it's very necessary to do — you've given me a rather wrong example at this point. I believe in the reliability of the wolf pack effect and the power of the collective, rather than the hide-and-seek approach of self-preservation. ”

"On the other hand, the wizarding world does need to build a complete social system, a social system, which cannot only rely on an ethereal system and the innovation of the Golden Gallon, everything needs a reliable material carrier entity. ”

"Besides......"

Elena paused slightly, looking at Dumbledore with a smirk.

"In this way, isn't it also convenient for you to control the overall situation, if I let all the employees of the Mandate of Heaven and the newspaper employees hide in all corners of the magical and non-magical worlds, won't you have a little worry in your heart......

"What are you worried about? Worried that these wizards won't be able to find a suitable place to live in the future?"

Dumbledore glanced at Elena with a slight scrutiny and raised an eyebrow meaningfully.

Elena looked around the street, nodding earnestly, half-jokingly, and replied softly.

"It's not impossible, it's not as easy to buy a property now as it was a few decades ago, and the identity information alone is enough for the Ministry of Magic and the wizards to have a headache......

Since the enforcement of the International Secrecy Act has become more stringent, and the rapid development of the non-magical world since World War II, wizards have not been as wide as they used to be, even with the aid of magical space magic.

With the exception of a few wizarding families who live alone in deserted corners, many wizards tend to choose the semi-wizarding colonies registered with the Ministry of Magic (in this case, wizards live in Muggle villages after the International Secrecy Act came into effect, similar to Godric's Hollow), or hide directly in Muggle cities under the supervision of the wizarding community.

However, Elena knew that such a situation might not last long.

With the advent of information technology and big data, real estate accounting will become more and more complex, and it will become extremely difficult for wizards to completely hide their whereabouts in the non-magical world - cobweb-like social relationships will slowly tie down the space for wizards to survive and struggle.

Whether it is the school city centered on Hogwarts, or the preparation for the establishment of the province of Quibble, it is actually to alleviate the outbreak of these contradictions from another aspect, postponing the arrival of the final day as much as possible, and buying her enough time.

It's just that all these things are still too far away for Dumbledore who is confined to this era.

Perhaps only after that day is really reached, the wizards will look at her preparations now, and they will understand that there are no coincidences and luck in this world at all, there are only plans for a rainy day, and an inevitable trajectory.

As they spoke, the two of them walked through layers of magical protection to the newly renovated Lovegood house.

Luna Lovegood, accompanied by her father, had already stood on the edge of the lawn outside the garden fence with a large suitcase, waiting for Dumbledore and Elena to pick her up, as had been agreed, to go to Newt's house to spend the night.

"It's all getting interesting, isn't it? Professor Dumbledore. ”

Elena glanced at the beating willows planted next to Lovegood's house, the pimple vines that had been magically used and were particularly intimidating at first glance, and the elf sentry that loomed under the blessing of the continuous illusion spell.

There is no doubt that under the influence of her constant crisis theory, Xenophilius Lovegood is no longer the submissive, indecisive and simple dreamer he once was—he has changed a lot to protect his daughter.

Power and dreams, both, this is the world of adults.

............

Meanwhile.

On the outskirts of Hogsmeade Village, on the border between Hogwarts Castle and the village.

"Albus Dumbledore" led the house-elves and experts and scholars from various research institutes in the former Soviet Union to this huge site planned as the "Hogwarts External Staff Living Area".

"Mr. Dumbledore, all the houses have been erected and the daily circulation facilities are ready to be activated. ”

The house-elf who was in charge of repairing the living area bent over and shrieked respectfully.

"Good. Dumbledore bowed his head slightly, and turned to look at the former Soviet scholars beside him, "Ladies and gentlemen, this area will be where you will work and live for a long time to come, and your first job is ......"

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and paused slightly, looking around at his surroundings, expertly issuing instructions.

"First of all, complete the magnetic field survey of the Hogwarts area as soon as possible, the measurement of physical constants, and become proficient in spoken and written English in Scotland, as well as ...... Summarize a set of general subject knowledge suitable for children aged 11 to 18, and I hope to include literature, mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, ......"

"Don't worry, the students at Hogwarts are relatively young, but they are also real wizards. With the help of magic, their physical strength and energy were able to easily push the limits of the hardest Muggles in the non-magical world. ”

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