Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity.

Chapter 113 Why not be strong first and then become strong?
A few days ago, Roger and Harry traveled around West Germany after visiting the Berlin Wall.

Traveling through time, the two witnessed the founding, prosperity, decline, hunger, misery, and madness of Germany.

And the subsequent fall and rise again.

Roger gained something, but Harry became even more silent, looking like he was thinking about something.

Roger was happy to see this happen.

Magic is a miracle of the mind. Only with yearning and desire, thinking and obsession can one move forward quickly on the path of magic.

Harry's soul is developing from simple courage and love for his family to something more complicated.

After traveling through parts of West Germany, Roger and Harry headed to East Germany.

To be honest, there are huge differences between East Germany and West Germany.

Although the two Germanys were unified, it was clear that not much change could take place here in just two years...or rather, changes could not be made for the better.

"You mean to say that because of the exchange of currency between the two German states, the factory lost its competitiveness and you became unemployed?" Roger looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was blushing.

"That's right, this is all a conspiracy by West Germany. They want to destroy our industry. Either we die or we privatize it. Bah!"

Roger asked the tour guide to conduct interviews on the streets in the name of "social investigation" in order to obtain ordinary people's views on today's social changes.

The middle-aged man was talking excitedly, and a young man passing by could not help but stop after hearing him. The young man walked over and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The original intention of the currency union was good. It's your East German products that are too bad and can't withstand the impact. How can you blame us?"

"What! The original intention is good? Do you mean that the West German government is stupid? It doesn't know the social situation in East Germany. It just blindly implements it because it looks good? There are no smart people in the country? Fuck you..."

Roger's interview was terminated halfway through. The scene turned into a quarrel between middle-aged East Germans and young West Germans, and he could not get a word in.

Watching the two sides arguing until veins popped out of their heads, Roger recalled what he saw in the time phantom a few days ago: on the Berlin Wall, the people of East and West Germany sat together and laughed, and worked together to smash the high concrete wall.

It's not just that picture.

It's not just the quarreling pair before us either.

During the few days Roger traveled in Germany, he saw too many conflicts between the two Germanys.

West Germans looked down on East Germans, thinking they were lazy and stupid.

East Germans were also hostile to West Germans, attacking them on the pretext that they had let the fascists go.

It seems that the things in the illusion are really just illusions, and not things that really happened in the past.

…It’s only been two years.

"Let's go." I listened to the two people arguing for a while. At the beginning, they were still citing policies, but in the end it quickly turned into meaningless greetings to each other's parents and ancestors with their lower bodies.

Roger, who had no interest in listening any further, asked Harry and Charlotte to leave.

Soon after Roger turned around, he suddenly realized that the quarrel was no longer limited to those two people. More and more East Germans and West Germans gathered together, some to watch the fun, and some to join in the quarrel.

"Really..." Roger stopped again and decided to observe for a while.

It's not that he also likes to watch the fun, but after all, this incident was caused by a problem of his. It's okay for them to curse each other, but if it develops into a group fight and bloodshed, he doesn't want to see it.

If there is a trend towards this direction, he will stop it.

Roger, who had experienced a lot in the era of information explosion, was not surprised by the scene before him. Charlotte, who was a native of Germany, did not take it to heart either.

But it had a different kind of impact on Harry.

"We are all brothers and sisters with the same blood. We were so happy to be reunited before. Why are we so happy now?" Harry couldn't understand what he saw. "Because our interests are different." Roger said casually.

The economic development of the two Germanys is not balanced, one is ranked 12th in the world's economy, and the other is ranked 3rd in the world's economy.

After the reunification of the two Germanys, East Germans thought they could also live a good life as a third economy, but they did not expect that it would be worse than before.

People in the former East Germany actually lived a pretty good life, with no worries about food and clothing, but life was very monotonous.

To give you an example, there are dozens of different types of West German ham and sausages to choose from in large supermarkets, and the prices are moderate, while there are only a few types of East German ham and sausages, but the prices are very low.

The nights in West Germany were full of lights and wine, while the nights in East Germany were full of eating and sleeping.

To put it in a way that is easy for modern people to understand, it is a normal city, a city without entertainment where the necessities of life are readily available, but there is no Internet, no mobile phones or computers, no bars or nightclubs, and no toys or other things for sale.

Since the integration of the two Germanys, life in East Germany has become slightly better, but far less than that in West Germany. However, their low price system was destroyed by West Germany because of social turmoil caused by institutional reforms and more people became unemployed.

Ordinary people in East Germany found themselves at a disadvantage, so the middle-aged man spoke so harshly.

In fact, this rift had not been bridged until the year Roger traveled through time. Right-wing forces similar to the shampoo man had re-emerged in East Germany in the 21st century.

"I still don't understand." Harry shook his head.

He understood what Roger meant, but what he didn't understand was why the same nation and the same country had to be divided into different conflicting interest groups.

During this period, he saw a large number of East Germans running to West Germany and settling in West Germany with the wealth they earned from East Germany.

We also saw a large number of West Germans fleeing to East Germany because they could not bear the pressure of life.

Even after prices rose, real estate and material prices in East Germany were much lower than in West Germany. Some people even bought houses in East Germany and commuted to work in West Germany every day.

We also saw that ordinary people from East Germany fled to West Germany, but then fled back to East Germany because they had no capital to settle down.

The 'strong' keep flocking to rich places for enjoyment, while the 'weak' keep flocking to poor places for survival.

West Germany is using desire as a sickle to reap East Germany's wealth and talents.

"If you obviously want an 'opponent', there are so many outside. Why can't the strong help the weak, become stronger together, and then attack others?"

Roger chuckled after hearing Harry's question: "They are unwilling and dare not."

The unwillingness stems from selfish greed, and as for the fear, Germany has just been dismembered once. What do you want to do by wanting to unite so quickly?
Want to be "destroyed" again?
"If one day you become a truly strong person, are you willing to help the weak become stronger?" Roger asked.

"It's the right thing to do," Harry said seriously, mustering up the courage to do what he believed was right, which was his current spiritual path.

"I hope you can remember what I'm saying now." Roger raised the corner of his mouth and said without comment.

Roger is going to spread the law of three dimensions in the future, but his goal is not to turn this place into a world like in One Piece where the strong can do whatever they want, the weak are miserable like slaves, and even survival is difficult.

What he wants is a world where all living beings work together to climb the Steps to God together, and where everyone becomes a helper on his path to eternal life.

It's good that Harry thinks this way.

This trip to Germany allowed him to see many unpredictable changes in people's hearts and fallacies in the design of systems and policies.

When implementing his plans in the future, Roger will try to use means to prevent the relationship between wizards and Muggles, and big countries and small countries from becoming like the two Germanys today.

The quarreling crowd did not stay together for too long. After attracting the attention of the patrol police, they dispersed.

Seeing this, Roger turned to look at the blonde witch Charlotte: "Let's go, our next stop is the German Ministry of Magic."

Originally, Roger wanted to go to the battlefield first, then visit Grindelwald's past, and finally go to the German Ministry of Magic, but since some people are "impatient", then... he might as well go and meet them!
(End of this chapter)