"It's a leader, you think so much......" Harry slapped his ass quietly.

Lockhart smiled at the Savior, "Before I became Minister of Magic, I thought wizards didn't do anything, and let the Muggles chase after me. But now that I have permission, I can go through top-secret files and materials...... So I knew: there were people in the wizarding world who had the foresight to find out that something was wrong, and the Ministry of Magic already had an institution similar to the Muggle Research Institute. It's just that for various reasons, I can't start working smoothly at all-"

"Why?" Bill knew he was finally getting to the point.

"The bottom line is this: there are too few wizards willing to study the nature and principles of magic, and most wizards, myself included, prefer to use the spells taught to us at Hogwarts, just thinking that it would be good to be proficient, so why understand how it works. Lockhart reluctantly admitted: "In this regard, most wizards can't even compare to a guy like Voldemort, at least people are willing to study magic, although only to make the spell more powerful and make the body stronger...... It's a pity that we have gone astray, or in a direction that others can't accept. ”

"Understood. Fleur also showed a rare look of admiration: "That's why you need more wizard population, but you can immigrate...... It's all for welfare. ”

"When you're well fed and clothed, wizards naturally want to find something to do. You see Arthur, he was an honest man who worked hard all day to feed a large family, and he would be curious about how magic worked? No way! In the same way, I can't ask wizards who haven't solved the problem of eating to worry about such a 'meaningless' thing as 'how magic works' -- but with welfare, the population base has gone up again, and naturally there will be talented people and interested people. Lockhart looked at Gabrielle, who still looked at him with that adoring expression. "Even if only one out of ten wizards would be curious about the magic they were using, only one out of a hundred such inquisitive wizards would be willing to take action to study it—"

"Then there are only a thousand wizards. You can make a wizard-scientist......" Hermione finished helping him, "what a strange term, wizard-scientist." ”

Arthur listened with some interest: "How many wizards are registered with the Ministry of Magic now?"

"In the early 10,000s. "But it's still increasing, and there may be more when Floo recovers." ”

"There are so many wizards in England?" Fred said in surprise, "no wonder the business of our shop is always better than expected." ”

"In the past, there were only 3,000 registered wizards in the British Ministry of Magic, because not only did they have to pay money, but they didn't get much benefit - oh, it can't be said that there was no benefit, at least it would provide the Daily Prophet or something. Many of the remaining wizards are unable to use tailor-made wands, and the Ministry of Magic is naturally unable to use wands to detect their spell casting. Ninety-nine percent of the wizards who committed crimes were unregistered - the 3,000 wizards who were registered. Even if it is a crime, it is a matter of temper or philosophy, and there are very few malicious violations of the law. Lockhart explained: "At the same time, we also counted magical creatures with equal intelligence, such as centaurs, elves, and goblins, into the wizards' populations, and the number naturally increased...... Later, if werewolves are included, there may be more of them. ”

"The main target of the Aurors and the Strikers is this group of unregistered wizards. Hermione asked softly, "Sounds messy." ”

"Of course it's a mess, those three thousand registered wizards would be easy to catch if they used their registered wands to commit crimes!" Loha nodded, "but unregistered wizards use wands that have been dug out of graves, heirlooms, and even snatched to erase their marks. It is too difficult to find out if you commit a crime in a non-wizard area! It takes a lot of research to find them and then arrest them. The only lovely thing about them is. Most of them have not undergone formal wizard training, their combat effectiveness is average, and they generally do not apparage...... Once found, it is equivalent to caught. ”

"It's not good to catch it. Generally, it is registered for education, and it is closed for a period of time and then released. Arthur knew a lot about that, as the capture of non-registered wizards had something to do with his old job. "It's like Mundungus...... Even if Dumbledore didn't get him out of prison. After being closed for a while, it can only be released. After all, he was just a petty thief, and he wasn't enough to kiss him with a Dementor. ”

"Where is Mondonguus now?" asked Hermione.

"I registered my identity and went into hiding. Bill said, "I guess he didn't have the face to see us." ”

"I'll go find him in two days. "After all, he is still very good at gathering gossip, but he can no longer call himself the Order of the Phoenix, and I want to transform the Order of the Phoenix from a small group of wizards dedicated to fighting Voldemort into a large multinational forum-type organization of highly qualified and enlightened wizards......"

"It turns out that what we call the black-and-white wizard dispute is essentially that the Ministry of Magic uses a part of the money of law-abiding wizards to hire a small number of excellent law-abiding wizards and let them deal with a large number of unlaw-abiding unregistered wizards?" "I never understood why there were so many dark wizards!"

"That's right, and most of the money comes from pure-blood families. "So you get it...... I guess the situation in other countries is like this now, just send a Voldemort-like figure to provoke some pure-blood families to break the secrecy law, the British Ministry of Magic is the first wizarding government in Europe that has completely got rid of the control of the big family, and it needs to maintain the strongest strength, once other countries are dissatisfied with the secrecy law and try to challenge it, they will immediately send the Aurors to investigate to see if Voldemort is playing ghosts. ”

"So you suspect that he ran away from the country?"

"It's just to guard against this possibility, you really can't be a person who doesn't believe in evil, and the more you think it's impossible, the more you have to guard against it. Lockhart looked at Fleur, but felt it was too obvious, so he looked at the others first. "For many reasons, I need a lot of wizard immigrants right now, and you, as the Order of the Phoenix, need to be the first to support this operation. If you have relatives abroad who want to do this, you can invite them to the UK. ”

"Well, I have a few distant relatives, I can contact them, let them bring the old and the young over, and get them a manor. Syreth was the first to speak.

"Well, thank you. Lorhad nodded, "Fleur, you see Gabrielle also happened to learn English, do you want to consider asking your parents to come over, she can go to Hogwarts, I can ask the professors in the school to take care of her." ”

"Ask my parents about this, I can't call the shots. "It's rare for Fleur to honestly not question other people's decisions.

"Well, if there is a need, I can write to invite. Lockhart pretended to be casual and said, his eyes skimmed over the little Meiwa, who was still scattered with charm and unconscious, and his heart was hot again.

Lockhart made up a whole bunch of reasons just to keep this wonderful little stunner? Of course not, it was true that the Ministry of Magic welcomed immigrants from all over the world, and there were already a large number of foreign wizards interested in emigrating - so many that there was no need for the members of the Order of the Phoenix to call their relatives to cheer them on. But if you can keep this little treasure with a reasonable excuse, it will naturally be the best outcome.

"I'm afraid that some foreign perverts will come over for the English wizards to be polygamous—" Mrs. Weasley still resented the policy.

"I can stipulate that this law does not apply to newcomer wizards. Lockhart pouted indifferently, anyway, this law was just a product of his selfishness, and he could change it as much as he wanted. "It is my sincere hope that the wizarding world, or at least the British wizarding community, will break out of the stagnant waters and take on a new vibe during my tenure. Sincerely hope to ...... We wizards can always be proud to tell Muggles that I can do magic. ”

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――(To be continued......)