Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 371 Chapter 369: History of Goblins
Newt watched intently from the side.

Ahead, in the shop window decorations, lifelike statues of various magical creatures are on display—a fire-breathing dragon spreading its wings, an owl twisting its head, and a winged beast with the head of an eagle and the body of a horse raising its claws…

Finally, after Hermione finished her observation with envy, the Master of Fantastic Beasts took out a suitcase full of Galleons.

His purchases also meant that Fairy Tale Workshop's inventory was about to be depleted.

Professor Quirrell looked at Sheehan with some concern, but the shopkeeper didn't seem to care much.

He simply felt that Mr. Scamander was far too wealthy as a producer of raw materials.

"I bought them all..."

Hermione gasped in surprise, still reeling from the exorbitant price of the cookies.

Now, someone has actually booked the entire venue.

So she and Neville watched as the once lifelike statues fell silent, and saw Mr. Scamander's face become much rosier.

I don't know if it's because of the warm fireplace.

The group then sat down at the back of the shop, at a small empty table between the window and a beautiful Christmas tree, near the fireplace. Five minutes later, Professor Quirrell arrived, carrying four large glasses of creamy pumpkin juice.

They drank the pumpkin juice, which warmed them up, and then they could clearly hear the voice of a wizard outside the shop.

"This is really surprising. Usually, the Fairy Tale Square would have been dark by now."

A witch living in Diagon Alley said.

"That acting store manager is like a clock; apart from a certain gentleman, I really can't think of any reason why he wouldn't turn off the lights..."

Her husband said with great curiosity.

Hearing their words, and thinking of the high prices of the goods in the shop and the famous wizards coming and going, Hermione felt that Sheehan must be especially respected here.

As she turned around, Master Scamander, who had been smiling the whole time, spoke.

"Regarding the definitions of 'human' and 'animal'... earlier attempts to define which fantastical creatures should be classified as 'animals' were extremely simplistic and crude."

Mr. Scamander was happy to share the history of magical creatures with the young wizards.

So everyone drank pumpkin juice and ate the extra pumpkin pies, roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, and lamb chops that were left on the table, while listening to Mr. Scamander's explanation.

It's worth mentioning that there are also two wireless radios in the Fairy Tale Corner. Now, the low broadcasts from the Muggle world and the magical world sounded together with Mr. Scamander's magnetic voice.

“Bourdock Malden, the fourteenth-century Speaker of the Wizarding Council, decreed that any member of the magical world who walks on two legs would be granted the status of ‘human,’ while all other members would remain ‘animal.’”

He convened a summit with all the 'people' in a friendly manner to meet with wizards and discuss new magical laws, but to his great dismay, he discovered that he had misjudged the situation.

The conference hall was packed with fairies who brought countless two-legged animals—everything they could find.

As Bathilda Bagshot tells us in her book, *The History of Magic*:
Amidst the harsh cries of the ball-eating bird, the mournful calls of the harbinger bird, and the incessant, piercing song of the wicked bird, almost nothing could be heard. As the wizards attempted to consult the documents before them, all sorts of little elves and fairies hovered overhead, giggling and chattering.

A dozen or so giants began swinging their short clubs, trying to smash the hall to pieces, while banshees slid around the hall, searching for children to eat.

The speaker stood up to preside over the meeting, but slipped and fell on a pile of Pomlock dung, cursing as he fled the hall.

His words elicited gasps from Neville, who seemed terrified by the horrific scene.

Meanwhile, Sheehan was recording these things in his magical creature notebook, while recalling the history of magic and reflecting on the goblins' historical role in stirring up trouble in wizarding history. "As we have seen, simply having two legs does not guarantee that a magical creature will, or even will, be interested in, the affairs of the wizarding government."

Filled with resentment, Malden abandoned any further attempts to bring non-wizard members of the wizarding world into the Wizarding Council.

Mr. Scamander said.

"Could this be the first sign of conflict between fairies and wizards?"

I recall that three centuries later, the goblins instigated a group of people to cause a ruckus at the Ministry of Magic due to their dissatisfaction with Quidditch reforms.

Sheen pondered for a moment before speaking.

"Maybe yes, maybe no. The history of magical creatures tells me that wizards were not always the masters of the magical world, and there are many epic stories we don't know about."

Whether wizarding magic and magical creature magic originated from the same source remains an unresolved question in the history of magic.

Master Scamander explained slowly.

Sheen remained motionless, seemingly already caught up in the vastness of magical history.

"Let's move the hands of time forward."

Later, Malden's successor, Mrs. Alfred Cragg, attempted to redefine 'human' in the hope of establishing closer relationships with other magical creatures.

"Humans," she declared, "those beings who can speak human language." Therefore, all beings capable of being understood by members of parliament were invited to the next session.

However, a problem arose once again. The trolls, who had been taught a few simple phrases by the fairies, were preparing to wreak havoc on the hall, just as before. The groundhogs chased each other, running wildly around the chair legs, twisting ankles whenever they could reach someone.

Master Scamander continued, saying that Hermione frowned, seemingly pondering how to solve the problem.

"So, how do we distinguish between humans and animals?"

And what made wizards the masters of the magical world?

Perhaps it is knowledge and wisdom that have enabled wizards to forge a completely new path in the realm of magic.

If there's anything different between wizards and magical creatures, it's only the wisdom passed down through generations.

Sheen, who had once stood on the shoulders of giants, seemed to have gained some insight.
"Therefore, the real war between wizards and fairies is not between magical creatures like dragons and giants, because it is a life-or-death clash between two intelligent beings."

Sheen's gaze was intense.

He suddenly realized that it was wisdom that made wizarding magic so vast, rather than a simple subject to be studied and observed, like the realm of magical creatures.

He was reminded that the development of science had coincided with the development of magic in the realm of wisdom.

At the same time, he naturally thought of the distinction between emotion and reason at the intersection.

"A novel explanation, and also... a reasonable explanation."

Newt hesitated for a moment, then looked at the young wizard with a look of bewilderment and alarm.

So he went on to say:

(End of this chapter)