Daily News: The Prophet of Hogwarts

Chapter 319 A Funeral Facing the Muggles

"My teacher can vouch for that."

To prevent the principals from being unable to accept this, Ryan brought out a big shot with enough prestige.

With things having come to this point, and given that Karkaroff and Maxim were the first to agree, since Durmstrang and Beauxbatons' magic castles had already been thoroughly studied, this was a significant development.

The other principals had no choice but to click "follow".

This is an inevitable trend.

Afterwards, a wizard or sorcerer from the University of the East, dressed in feathered robes, wearing a cloud crown, and with a sword hanging at his waist, inquired about how their academy alliance should deal with the Muggle world.

Every person and every region has its own unique characteristics. Now that an alliance has been formed, we must be in sync on the big picture.

When someone asks a question, it naturally attracts the attention of others, so the Taoist asked his question.

So, wizards from the rainforest, from the mountains, from the mysterious caves—all looked at Ryan, hoping for answers and hoping to secure favorable treatment for their regions and their students in this negotiation.

"As you can probably see, what I want to do is to make this era an era of magic, to make this world a world of magic. Therefore, I must ask everyone to recognize one fact: at this stage, magic and the wizarding world exist independently."

"Therefore, the wizarding world will lead the Muggle world in a magical transformation as a whole."

Ryan set the tone, outlining roughly how the future era would develop and change.

Even so, it was enough to stir the hearts of all the principals present, making them wish they could step into the era described by Ryan right now.

Fontana of Ilfamoni raised a question: "How can we guarantee that what you say will come true now? You know, Helbo, Voldemort, and others have already begun to conquer the Muggle world."

"What they've done is too extreme. If we want the future to be as we've discussed, then peaceful development is the main theme. So I'll discuss with you all about promoting things that showcase the wizarding world, and selling products that can expand the influence of wizards and ensure the world remembers wizards."

Ryan gave a vague explanation of the basic needs of ordinary people, and then vaguely mentioned the medicines and food improvements developed by the school professors.

The reason for the ambiguity is that this food improvement and simplification agent has not been fully successful; it is merely something that can be presented as a facade.

"Professionals will help us with publicity in this area." Many days ago, Ryan had already received communications from Julia and Nava. His seemingly insignificant move had now taken on a whole new role. These two had already made a name for themselves in the news media, enough to make many people aware of their influence.

When he shared these ideas, he could see the disapproval on the faces of the principals, who clearly thought Ryan's ideas were somewhat naive.

"Of course, simply appeasing them will only make us appear weak and ineffective, merely a facade, and make ordinary people think that wizards are weak and easily bullied. We don't want to see young wizards and ordinary wizards being used as hard currency to be arrested at will, and we need to crack down on that severely. Therefore, only by using force to embellish civil administration can we inspire both awe and respect," Ryan continued. "We should first extend goodwill outwards. I believe that the greedy sentiment will be enough to tempt some ordinary people willing to take the risk to try to arrest wizards. That will be the time to use force to deter them."

Everyone nodded slightly. The previous words were just polite formalities, but what came next was in accordance with common sense.

After the discussion ended, everyone entered into chat mode. Sometimes the Ministry of Magic would get so angry that it would be unable to guarantee the existence of the secrecy law, and it was unwilling to make changes. It was a ship that was bound to sink sooner or later.

Regulus's funeral became the biggest news in a long time.

Not only because Regulus was a hero who fought against Voldemort, but also because this funeral would be broadcast live for the first time in history.

Many newspapers were invited.

There was also a special guest invited for an interview, Nava from the Muggle world.

In other words, everything that happened at Regulus's funeral was not only seen by wizards, but also known to ordinary people in the community.

This left Sirius Black somewhat bewildered; he didn't quite understand why things had escalated to this point.

So he and Lupin went to Ryan to get to the bottom of things.

Ryan, however, told the two that Regulus was not just a warrior who sacrificed himself to fight Voldemort, but also a flag, a flag that distinguished different factions.

The goal is to make many people see that wizards are divided into different factions, and to make those in high positions with greedy desires believe, or think, that they have the opportunity to divide the wizarding world, take over the wizarding world, and control the wizarding world.

"And what's next?" Blake couldn't understand.

"What happens next—I don't know either. While we're trying to be good, we can only deal with whatever comes our way." What else could Ryan say? His next step was to build wizard towers and create devastating weapons for Muggles, to wield absolute power.

After saying this, he left and went to other schools with a history spanning thousands of years.

Lupin and Black were left looking at each other, sighing, and then continuing to prepare for Regulus's funeral.

Three days later, Regulus's funeral began.

Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall attended the funeral as representatives of Hogwarts.

Ralvin and Scrimgeour attended the funeral as representatives of the Ministry of Magic.

Meanwhile, the other principals, such as Maxim and Kakarov, participated in the funeral as international friends—partly to announce their allegiance to the outside world, and partly to announce some news after the funeral, including the establishment of the college alliance.

Dumbledore, speaking as Regulus's mentor, emphasized Regulus's contributions and achievements, and firmly expressed his willingness to fight against the evil forces led by Voldemort.

Sirius Black, speaking as a family member, hysterically denounced Voldemort's heinous acts.

The former's statement reassured the vast majority of wizards in the wizarding world. Because Dumbledore was capable of suppressing Voldemort, everyone felt at ease.

The latter speech can be seen as a declaration of war, which, in addition to the grief felt by those who lost loved ones in the war against Voldemort, ignited the flames of revenge.

Nava and Julia set up a camera and recorded the entire funeral process. Unfortunately, it wasn't a live broadcast because they couldn't get the equipment needed for a live broadcast. Moreover, the Black family ancestral graveyard had a certain degree of Muggle exorcism charm, which would damage the delicate equipment. Using a regular camera was already a waste of money.

"Are you sure there won't be any problems? The Magical Congress is very strict about enforcing secrecy laws."

Julia saw her principal, Fontana, and quickly ran up to him to ask him something.

Having received an affirmative answer, she felt reassured and confidently packed her things with Nava to transport the recording equipment back to the Muggle world for playback.