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Professor McGonagall smiled and said, "From an acting perspective, the audience approach is very suitable for me. I just need to transform into a cat and stay anywhere. I can feel the potion digesting every day."
Audrey said at this time: "Professor, the digestion progress of the potion will be different depending on the identity of the audience."
"Oh? You mean, I observed that those students' digestion progress was different from Professor Dumbledore's?"
"That's right."
"Well, does this kind of identity mean that it must be in terms of strength?"
"uncertain."
Susie then said, "What Audrey said is different identities. To be more precise, it's the possibility of being discovered when you observe others. Generally speaking, the stronger you are, the greater the possibility of discovering that you are being observed by others. At this time, if you can observe the other person without being discovered, the potion will naturally digest faster."
Professor McGonagall suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."
Susie continued: "But for us, the fact that we were discovered is actually negligible, because no one cares about being stared at by a dog or a cat."
Professor McGonagall looked thoughtful.
Soon, they arrived at the principal's office on the 8th floor. The deans of the other three colleges, Karkaroff and Nicolas Flamel were all there.
Edward was surprised and asked hurriedly:
"What happened Professor Dumbledore."
Dumbledore smiled slightly and said, "Oh, don't worry, it's nothing bad. The Ministry of Magic received a letter from the United States this morning."
"A letter from America?"
"Yes, this letter was sent by the United States Ministry of Magic on behalf of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Ilvermorny wants to organize a...Four-Eleven Tournament with our three European schools."
Chapter 266 Susie's Ambition
Edward was stunned: "Final Four? Isn't it the Triwizard Tournament?"
"Oh, of course. The Triwizard Tournament is a friendly match jointly organized by Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons for more than 700 years. It was originally held every five years, but later it had to be suspended due to too many deaths..." Dumbledore narrated, "Originally, I planned to restart the tournament in the second year after I succeeded as Minister - that is, in September next year, but Ilvermorny proposed it first."
"Why would an American magic school want to get involved in a European magic friendly match?"
"Don't you know? Ilvermorny's founder, Aesop Sayre, is a direct descendant of Slytherin. The magic philosophy they proclaimed is: the orthodoxy of Hogwarts lies in Slytherin, and the orthodoxy of Slytherin lies in Ilvermorny."
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"Anyway, they've been wanting to compete with us for a long time, and this time they're hoping to hold a four-strong tournament under the pretext of celebrating my election as Minister of Magic."
At this he looked at Karkaroff, "Karkaroff has agreed. He said he would be happy to stay at Hogwarts for another year."
Facing the disdainful gazes of the crowd, especially Snape, Karkaroff's face flushed slightly, "I... I heard that Ilvermorny was willing to give out the manuscript left by Salazar Slytherin as a reward, so I decided to participate."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "Of course, I know that. That's also why I decided to agree to this semi-final match."
Salazar Slytherin's manuscript?
Edward immediately understood what Dumbledore meant. The source of information about the abode of the gods originally came from the secret of the heir of Slytherin.
Later, I learned from Nicolas Flamel that the Mirror of Erised, which was suspected to be the entrance to the residence of the gods, was also brought into Hogwarts by Slytherin.
But the clues end here. Whether it is Voldemort who enters the Mirror of Erised or those possible gods, it is full of unknowns and dangers for them. Everyone must want to seize every possibility and continue the investigation.
Now that Slytherin's manuscript has appeared, we certainly can't let it go.
Dumbledore continued, "Although the 'Four Elite Tournament' was proposed by Ilvermorny, it still needs to be organized by our three European schools. So we decided to go to the French Ministry of Magic and Butibottom to discuss it with them in detail." He looked at Nicolas Flamel and said, "Nico plans to go back to his alma mater with us."
"As for the rest of you, I hope you can take this opportunity to visit the Muggle world."
Snape's expression changed slightly at this time, "Albus...are you really planning to lift the Statute of Secrecy after taking office?"
Several wizards present were all surprised, especially Karkaroff, who looked at Dumbledore as if he were a madman.
"That's not the case. I just think that wizards shouldn't continue to be so isolated from the world. Fear often comes from the unknown. The reason why we can still maintain a superficial peace with Muggles is because they are not sure they can deal with us."
Dumbledore sighed deeply, "But you also know that the wizarding world has not developed for hundreds of years, but you may not know how fast the Muggles have developed in the past hundred years."
"Edward and Grindelwald both predicted that after entering the 21st century, the technological development of Muggles will be further advanced, and by then it will be impossible for wizards to hide by retreating from the world."
Edward spoke at the right time: "Imagine that in the future, the streets will be full of cameras. What happened in Britain one minute ago can be spread all over the world one minute later. At that time, Confusion Charm, Exorcism Charm, and Oblivion Charm will be useless, because even if you can clear the memory of Muggles at the scene of the magical event, how can you deal with the photos that are spread all over the world?"
Several wizards looked at each other, trying hard to understand what Edward said.
"Of course, I won't rush to make the existence of wizards public, but I hope wizards can open their eyes and learn about the Muggle world first." Dumbledore looked at Snape, "Severus, think about it, even wizards like you who were born in the Muggle world and already know something about Muggles are now getting further and further away from Muggles, not to mention those pure-blood wizards. Do you know? Many of them have never even been to the Muggle world in their entire lives."
Snape frowned, and had to admit that what Dumbledore said was true.
Professor Flitwick raised his hand and said, "Well, I'm a wizard who has never been to the Muggle world in my life."
"Felius, don't you go to welcome the new students every year?" Sprout said.
"Oh, I don't think that counts as being in the Muggle world."
Dumbledore then concluded: "Well, what we have to do this time is to take the first step and let Edward and Audrey be our guides to take us, a group of ignorant guys, to visit the Muggle world of France."
Naturally, everyone had no objections and instead began to look forward to today's journey.
...
11:00 a.m.
The group used the portkey to arrive at the French Ministry of Magic in the center of Place Furstenberg in Paris. Since they came to France for tourism as teachers and students of Hogwarts, they only stayed in the French Ministry of Magic for a short while. After registering the relevant information, they came to the streets of Paris, France.
Paris at this time had not yet been flooded with people of color as it would be in later times, and theft and looting were not serious, so it could still be called the so-called "Romantic Capital of the World."
The group shuttled between the tall buildings, marveling at how Muggles who had no magic skills could build houses so tall. They were also frequently amazed by the vehicles passing by on the road.
They strolled along the Seine, visited the Louvre, Notre Dame de Paris and some modern museums, and climbed the Eiffel Tower to have a panoramic view of the entire city.
Most importantly, Edward took them to visit Muggle schools, from elementary school to middle school to university, to see modern teaching methods and concepts, which made a group of professors doubt themselves.
Edward introduced them, "In fact, if you want to change the views of Muggles and wizards on each other, it is best to start from childhood, and this cannot be achieved without education."
Nicolas Flamel then said softly: "I have actually thought about what you said a long time ago, and have made some attempts in my long life, but unfortunately the results were not very good."
Audrey asked curiously, "Why Mr. Flamel?"
"Because... wizards and Muggles are essentially two different races. Wizards are born wizards, but Muggles can never become wizards. It's okay when they are young, but as they grow older, this difference will gradually give rise to a psychological imbalance - to put it simply, Muggles are jealous of wizards, and wizards look down on Muggles."
Nicolas Flamel sighed, "I like the ancient philosophical saying: What is worrying is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth. This is probably what it means."
Edward fell into deep thought: Even if the potion could be really popularized in the future, it would not be possible for everyone to become a "wizard". Even in the birthplace of the potion, the population base was far lower than that of the modern mysterious world, and there were very few extraordinary people.
They have discussed this issue before.
Judging from the balance between ordinary people and extraordinary people maintained by the world of the Lord of Mysteries, there is actually no need to promote magic potions on a large scale. It is only necessary to appropriately open the door to extraordinary things for the rulers of ordinary people.
What Dumbledore was seeking was to avoid future wars between wizards and Muggles, but the only ones who could start a war were the top rulers. If you could deal with the rulers, everything would be easy.
In the afternoon, after chartering a boat to cruise along the Seine, the group left Paris and headed for Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in the Pyrenees. Edward and Audrey did not go with them, but instead went to Japan.
Yes.
Edward decided to put his morning thoughts into action.
It is 6pm in France, and a little after 1am in Japan.
The two came to the Yokosuka Base in Tokyo Bay, which is the most important naval base facility of the United States in the Western Pacific and is shared with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
As a military base, even though it was early in the morning, it was still heavily guarded and it was difficult for even a bird to fly in.
But for Edward and the others, it was like entering a deserted place. Even with the Confusion Curse, the Imperius Curse and the Oblivion Curse, the entire operation did not cause any conflict.
They came quietly, without attracting anyone's attention. They followed the map and took away two of each advanced fighter plane parked here, and also looted some information that they couldn't understand and didn't know if they were useful.
Then he divided them into two parts, threw one part into a base in southwest China, and took the other part back to the Lord of Mysteries - this was the first and only thing Edward could do for this oriental country after he traveled to Harry Potter.
The next morning, the two countries in East Asia, which are separated by the sea, were shaken at the same time, but one was surprised and the other was horrified.
It is not difficult to associate this kind of supernatural event with the work of a wizard, but there were no clues left at the scene, and in the end Japan and the United States could only suffer in silence.
In this way, time passed by unknowingly and it was the last day.
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December 30th.
This is Edward and Audrey's last day in the Harry Potter world.
Since the three little ones often played with them during this period, their relationship naturally became better and better. Suddenly, they learned that they were going out to "study abroad" for nearly a month, and of course they were very reluctant to let them go.
So at noon that day, they took them to Hagrid's hut and held a simple farewell party for them. When they left the hut, Hagrid begged them to bring Anna the dragon back next time, and the two had no choice but to agree.
After saying goodbye to the three little ones, they went to see Dumbledore again as usual.
"We are still discussing the matter of the semi-finals."
As soon as they entered the office, Dumbledore told them the news, "My current idea is that we should simply abandon the traditional student competition and adopt a fight between professors."
Edward was surprised and said, "That sounds more interesting."
Dumbledore smiled and said, "I thought so too."
Edward's face straightened. "What I am worried about now is what should we do if Voldemort comes back during our absence. No one knows what kind of strength Voldemort will have when he returns."
"There's nothing we can do about it."
Dumbledore shook his head, looked at him with his blue eyes, and said gently, "Edward, you must remember that you may be special because you can travel between two worlds, but you must not place unnecessary burdens on yourself because of this. You are not a savior, you do not owe anyone, and you do not need to be responsible to anyone."
"We are still here in this world. It won't collapse!" Dumbledore showed confidence on his face. "Even if Voldemort goes to the abode of gods, so what? Aren't we also on the path to becoming gods now?"
"I don't believe that one can easily become a god just by entering there once. If that's the case, becoming a god would be too cheap."
Edward's face straightened: "I understand, Professor."
Dumbledore looked at Audrey at this time: "Audrey, Edward will be in your hands from now on."
Audrey smiled and said, "Don't worry, Professor. I will keep an eye on him."
Lilith also hurriedly said, "Miss Lilith can do it too!"
Dumbledore smiled and said to Lilith and Susie respectively:
"I have taught you the improved basic magic that is suitable for you during this period of time. It depends on you whether you can master it proficiently in the future."
Lilith took out a small wand from the small pendant, "Ms. Lilith, you can now cast the levitation spell."