Chapter 17: Gretel's Ambition
Dean's Office.
Flitwick sat upright, his eyes glancing over the two students in front of him.
"Ms. Penelo Crivat, Mr. Mike Gretel, on the matter of making an unbreakable oath.
Have you two thought it through?
Did you make a decision that came from your own free mind, and that you were not coerced or coerced in any way in making that decision?
Do you know all the consequences of making an unbreakable vow? ……”
Professor Flitwick was unusually cautious, asking dozens of questions like arrows in his mouth, leaving no time for thought.
After receiving all the answers from the two men, Flitwick slowly exhaled a breath and picked up his wand and surrounded the two of them to test.
It was finally determined that the two of them were not controlled by any spell, and all decisions were made by their independent thoughts.
"So, Mr. Mike Gretel, is your guardian aware of this matter, and has a full understanding of the unbreakable oath?
and, most importantly, whether your guardian agrees with you to enter into a vow with Ms. Penelo Crivat. ”
Flitwick had a serious face, and the wand in his hand was clenched tightly, the tip of the wand shimmering with the light of lie detector, an ancient magic unique to the elven race.
For more than a decade, the trust between goblins and goblins has been protected.
"I have obtained permission from my guardian, Mrs. Swan Gretel, to explain to her the validity and consequences of the unbreakable oath within the framework of the Wizarding Secrecy Ordinance."
In the past week, letters from Gretel and Mrs. Swann have been extremely frequent, and even the always hard-working raven Sebas has a lot of opinions.
Running several or even dozens of times a day, even if it is a raven with full stamina, it is almost exhausted to the point of collapse after a week.
Fortunately, the two who finally reached a consensus ended this hellish torture for the ravens and ushered in the long-awaited rest.
Filius Flitwick nodded imperceptibly as he watched the lie detector spell on the tip of his staff still shine firmly.
Then he turned his body to Penelope, who looked a little nervous.
"So, Ms. Penelope Crivat, what about you?"
Penelope tightened his grip tightly, his voice trembling, "Yes, I've spoken to my parents and have their permission. ”
Flitwick saw the lie detector begin to flicker, and squeezed a question out of his nose, but his tone was gentle.
"Penelope, you're only fifteen, and this matter is more serious than you think, so we can't hide it from your parents, do you understand?"
Penelope clenched his fists and rubbed his legs vigorously, looking up at Flitwick, "Dean, I did get permission, but only from my father.
He said that if I really want to do it, then I can do it, but only in the presence of your professor.
Is that a license? ”
Seeing the glow of the lie detector re-stabilize, Flitwick relaxed, all he was worried about was that Penelope was hiding from his family and making such an important decision.
If it is a two-wizard family, then the decision of the two parents needs to be considered, but Penelope is of mixed race, and only her father is a wizard.
The wizarding world didn't care much about Muggles, let alone Professor Flitwick or a goblin hybrid.
It is well known that wizards > magical creatures > Muggles, and this is the consensus of all wizards in the wizarding world.
"Now, now that you have received permission, and that both parties have made an unbreakable oath of their own free will,
I will bear witness to your vows as a witness to your vows. ”
At Flitvius' instructions, Glitter and Penelope knelt down on one knee facing each other and clasped each other's right hands, while Flitwick took his staff and pressed it against their joint hands.
The beginning of the conclusion of the vow, drawn up by Gretel, was agreed by both parties.
"Penelope Crivat, would you like to offer your knowledge unreservedly in Mike Gretel's research and do your best to complete it?"
"I do."
"Are you willing to keep the results of your research confidential and never leak it to others behind McGonagall's back in any way?"
"I do."
"Would you like to ......?"
……
"Mike Gretel, are you willing to do what you can to protect Penelope Crivat in your research?"
"I do."
"Are you willing to promise that you will never harm Penelo Crivat in any way?"
"I do."
……
With each oath being made, a dazzling tongue of fire gushing from the wand entwined the two hands that were clasped together.
For ten minutes, dozens or hundreds of vows, the hands held by the two had been completely covered by the chains formed by the tongues of fire, like the rising sun in the early morning.
Flitwick swore to Merlin that today's oath was the most complete and unbreakable oath he had ever seen, the most complete and strict in recorded history in the wizarding world.
If it weren't for the fact that the Witnesses also had to keep everything that happened when they made the vows, he would have written this shocking scene into the history of the clan for posterity to see.
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"Responsive House?"
Legend has it that Hogwarts has a magical Room of Need, and when a person really needs it, it will appear in the right place and meet the needs of the person who needs it.
Penelope had searched for Hogwarts when he entered it, but there were no clues.
She also thought that she was going to be like those seniors who had graduated, either regretting that she missed it, or telling future generations that it was a legend.
Who would have thought that just after making a vow with Gretel, he would receive such a big surprise.
"Yes, right now we are in the laboratory created by the Room of Requirement.
After that, we will study the theory here, and when the prototype is made, we will push the product to the entire wizarding world and build our business empire. ”
In fact, Gretel's desires are not something that a small wizarding world can satisfy, and billions of people outside the wizarding world are his ultimate goal.
But this must not be told to Penelope now, otherwise this fourth-grader, who has just turned fifteen years old, will definitely be scared stupid.
Through Gretel's understanding, he can be sure that the wizarding and Muggle worlds are certainly not parallel lines that do not intersect.
At least this is the case in the wizarding world of Great Britain, and the land around those wizarding towns alone cannot feed the wizards of Great Britain at all.
So, within Great Britain, there was definitely a very close cooperation between the wizarding and Muggle authorities.
From themselves to others, no matter what continent they are on, wizards can never truly detach themselves from human society.
At least, most of the wizards who are not productive cannot be separated.
Judging from the superficial data, no matter which country the wizards are, most of them feel that wizards are superior, so they do not accept to live with humans.
But in fact, the isolation of wizards is largely due to the fear of Muggles.
Witch hunts in the backward Middle Ages were still feared by wizards, especially in the eyes of the pioneers, in the Muggle world, which was already making great strides towards the technological leap.
Glitter has no interest in dominating the world, nor does he have the idea of becoming the uncrowned king of the world.
But if he was asked to give up the Muggle market, it would never be possible.
Magic can only be a shortcut to his life plan, and it is not and will never be the end of his life plan.