HP: Wizards at Hogwarts

Chapter 112 The Most Troublesome Problem in the Magic World

Now that things had come to this, the poachers knew that struggling was futile, and one by one they had no choice but to confess to all their crimes.

At this moment, they could only hope that the mysterious and powerful young man before them still retained a trace of childlike kindness and would be lenient with them.

Half an hour later, Elaine had a pretty good understanding of their situation.

These guys were all unemployed wandering wizards who, due to poverty and being lured into the business of poaching magical creatures, started out.

What lured them into this line of work were those three poor wretches who were blown to bits.

They were also the leaders of this squad.

The team has only been established for less than six months. They had previously poached in various places three times and conducted two shady transactions in Fandao Lane.

The Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts was the fourth hunting ground they visited.

After hearing their story, Elaine frowned instinctively.

"You are all able-bodied and healthy, so why can't you find work?"

Delan, the seemingly clever fellow, said with a mournful face, "Young sir, you are unaware of the truth."

"The job market in the wizarding world is actually quite saturated!"

"We are wizards, which is both our fortune and our misfortune—because many things can be accomplished with just a spell."

"Spells are so convenient! Especially when used at work!"

"We can't sell our physical labor or hard work; to put it bluntly, even something as simple as cleaning up excrement only requires a simple cleaning charm, which most second-year students at Hogwarts can use."

"Most jobs in society require certain skills."

"Don't even think about housekeeping jobs; wizards will only choose house-elves."

"Not to mention the medicine-making and alchemy industries, the barriers to entry are too high. Even cultivating herbs and raising animals require a considerable level of professional skills."

"Our individual abilities are only average. Under the premise of selecting the best candidates, we simply have no way to snatch the jobs from those outstanding people."

"In the magical world, there are countless people like us who can't find jobs."

After listening to Delanck's words, Elaine fell into a deep silence.

To sum up what the other person said in one sentence—

Productivity is too high, there are too few jobs, and the wizard population is too large!

In fact, Elaine had noticed this phenomenon a long time ago, but he had never thought deeply about what its impact would be.

Thinking about it carefully now, I suddenly realize that this is the most pressing problem in the wizarding world right now!

Moreover, this problem is far more serious than any prejudice, discrimination, or arrogance!

Similar things have happened many times in human history, and even decades from now, the same symptoms will appear in countries and cities around the world.

And this is something that cannot be changed by one or two people.

Elaine suddenly thought of Lupin from the original story.

Lupin is an excellent wizard, but because of his werewolf identity, he can hardly find a job.

However, apart from transforming on the night of the full moon, werewolves are no different from normal people at other times. As long as one is willing to disguise oneself, one should be able to fool them.

Even so, he still lived a rather impoverished life.

If even someone as talented as him is like this, then ordinary wizards are even more so.

"I remember there are probably many jobs in the wizarding world that don't require high levels of specialized skills, like bartenders, salespeople, and waiters?"

"Yes, there are such jobs, but they are very few, and most importantly, anyone can do them!"

"If four people applied for a bartender job at the same time, one would be a relative of the owner, a handsome young man, a pretty young woman, and a middle-aged man who had been unemployed for a long time. Who do you think would be the first to be eliminated?"

hiss----

That's really true!

With recent graduates available as temporary workers, which company would hire those washed-up middle-aged people?

Anyway, there are graduates every year, just like chives in a vegetable garden, they grow, are cut, and grow back, endlessly.

Elaine was silent for a long time before asking, "So—have you tried looking for jobs in Muggle society?"

"Of course!"

Frank replied, "However, wizards cannot use magic in front of Muggles, or they will be arrested and imprisoned by the Ministry of Magic."

"Without using magic, most wizards are not even as physically capable as Muggles."

"Furthermore, the Muggle population is larger, and their education level and familiarity with Muggle society are generally higher than those of wizards, making it much harder to compete for a job with them than with wizards!"

"Besides, we are wizards!"

"After learning spells for so many years at magic school, how can we accept that we have to abandon our wands and live like Muggles?"

Elaine: "————"

Graduation equals unemployment?

A magic wand you can't let go of?

You better be talking about a wizard!

Elaine sighed deeply: "Poor fellow, this chaotic world has ruined you!"

Hearing that Elaine's tone had softened, Delanck and the others felt a little relieved, thinking that they could escape this night.

The two centaurs also thought that Elaine had been persuaded by the other party, and hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him.

"Wait a minute!"

"Mr. Yakut, you just saved us. You are our benefactor. We are very grateful to you and are willing to repay your kindness as much as possible. There is no doubt about that."

"However, this does not mean we will agree to forgive these poachers!"

"If you were swayed by what they just said and want us to forgive them, then please forgive me!"

The two men glared menacingly at the poachers as they spoke.

"These despicable bastards! Since they've attacked the centaurs, we absolutely cannot let them get away with this!"

"Otherwise, if word gets out and human wizards think we centaurs are easy to bully, then everyone will come and kidnap us, and that will be troublesome."

"I remember that in wizarding societies, kidnapping was considered an extremely heinous act, wasn't it?"

"If you can't punish them fairly, then we'll have to take matters into our own hands and seek justice for tonight's humiliation!"

The two centaurs were very firm in their stance.

Elaine also knew that he had no right or reason to persuade the victims to forgive the poachers.

After all, to the centaurs, these poachers were nothing more than human traffickers from another race.

Putting himself in Elaine's shoes, he also didn't think he could forgive such a person.

However—

In Elaine's view, centaurs, like elves, house-elves, and giants, are only considered subhuman (not human, but without reproductive isolation).

They may be respected, but they will never enjoy the same rights as other human beings.

Vigilante justice should be prohibited at the very least.