Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 687 The Secrecy Law of the International Confederation of Wizards

“Wait, Tierra…sir, you mean…we should shoot you with these…guns?” Richard Ruiz Toledo, a boy from an Eastern European Muggle family, asked in English with a strange accent.

“Yes, Mr. Toledo,” Tierra replied with a smile.

“But Mr. Tierra, I don’t understand,” Richard Ruiz Toledo continued, still resisting. “Why would you want us to shoot you?”

“Think carefully about what to call this class,” Tierra said with a smile. “Dark Magic Practice Class. Believe me, Mr. Toledo, although all the lessons we’re teaching right now are advising us to live peacefully with Muggles, to form a community with them, and to avoid conflict as much as possible, but—”

“But ideals are one thing, and beliefs are another. The moment we actually come into contact with Muggles, we will most likely be met with guns and bullets loaded in these wooden crates,” Tierra patiently explained. “While we look up at the stars, we must also keep our feet on the ground. That is to say, we have no intention of harming Muggles, but at the same time we must guard against the possibility that Muggles will see us as outsiders and want to start another witch hunt.”

“Yes, Mr. Tierra, I understand, but what I don’t understand is why we’re the ones with the guns, and you’re the one using magic,” Richard Ruiz Toledo continued. “Shouldn’t we be the ones using magic, and you be the ones using the firearms?”

“Regarding this question,” Tiera smiled and continued, “the reasons are very simple. First, I haven’t developed bullets that can be fired by these assault rifles without causing injury. Second, like you, my knowledge of these firearms is practically zero; frankly, I don’t know how to use them. And secondly, and finally—”

"You have already mastered the wizarding combat methods very well in the previous practical exercises, but we know very little about Muggle weapons and Muggle combat methods. To be honest, even I only know some dead knowledge in this area. That is why I invited Mr. Sumarokov Romano to be the training instructor for the second half of our Dark Arts class practical course."

“Sumarokov Romano is a former KGB agent, similar to an Auror in the Magical Union. Although he wasn't a dedicated military intelligence agent during his KGB service, he graduated from the Voroshilov Military Academy and received systematic and comprehensive military training from the former Soviet Union, making him very suitable as a training instructor for the Hogwarts Dark Arts practical class.” Tiera saw another girl raise her hand. “Melanie Noah, what’s up?”

“Mr. Tyella,” Melanie Noah asked with a touch of arrogance, “Is Mr. Romanro a Muggle?”

Tiera glanced briefly at Sumarokov Romano, then replied:
“Yes, as of now, Mr. Sumarokov Romano is a person without magical talent, that is, what we call a Muggle,” Tierra replied. “Mr. Tierra, doesn’t this violate the International Wizarding Federation’s Secrecy Law?” Melanie Noario asked again.

"Hehe." Tierra shook her head and chuckled a few times. "Miss Melanie Noella, right?"

“Yes, Mr. Tierra.” Melanie Noah seemed a little nervous.

“You need to pay a little more attention to your political studies class,” Tierra said softly. “The Law of Secrecy of the International Wizarding Federation was signed in 1689 and formally established in 1692 by the entire wizarding world to evade the Hunting Movement. This law was formulated by the International Wizarding Federation to protect the entire wizarding world from being discovered by Muggles. This Law of Secrecy covers almost all the Ministries of Magic in almost every country, including the Magical Association of America, the French Ministry of Magic, the German Ministry of Magic, the Belgian Magical Association, and the former British Ministry of Magic.”

"My new government, the British Wizarding Federation, has abolished all the treaties signed by the former British Ministry of Magic, including the International Wizarding Federation Secrecy Act," Tierra said with a smile. "And after the International Wizarding Federation launched its war of aggression against us last August, although we renegotiated some treaties, the International Wizarding Federation Secrecy Act was not among them."

Tierra's words clearly caused a huge uproar among the crowd.

"So, that means..." someone in the crowd asked incredulously.

“That means we no longer need to follow the International Federation of Wizards’ Secrecy Law,” Tierra said.

“However, harming a Muggle in non-self-defense situations is a criminal offense,” Tierra added, “as well as bringing a Muggle into the wizarding world or demonstrating magic to a Muggle without permission from the Muggle Council of the Magical Union of Great Britain.”

(End of this chapter)