Hogwarts: Me? Fight Voldemort?

“Cornelly Fudge?” Karaktakus Burke had a very bad impression of Cornelius Fudge, who, through his connection with Dumbledore and the anti-dark sentiment that had been building up among the wizarding world for many years, had repeatedly suppressed pure-blood families.

Not long ago, a set of dangerous goods laws was enacted, causing chaos in the Pureblood family and Knockout Alley.

Considering Fudge's power-hungry nature, Karaktakus Burke didn't believe he would always listen to Dumbledore; they would eventually turn against each other.

Dealing with Blaine isn't urgent, Karaktakus Burke said, "Let's leave it at that for now..."

……

Paris, France.

On a clear, sunny day, a family of four was resting on the lawn in the garden next to the Eiffel Tower. To be honest, they were all quite disappointed with the world-famous Eiffel Tower.

The huge iron lump looked quite imposing, and there were people everywhere underneath it, including many thieves.

As they walked along, they saw more than three tourists screaming "Stop thief!" in various languages.

The streets of Paris are also bizarre; suspicious water stains can be seen in some dark corners, the Seine River is murky, and many of the decorative flowers are actually plastic.

It can only be admired from afar, not touched or handled...

Fortunately, at least France still has some historical and cultural heritage to visit.

They had already visited the Louvre, Notre Dame Cathedral, and the Arc de Triomphe that morning.

After resting for a while, Jimmy got tired of the scenery and wanted to stroll along the wizarding streets of France.

"Uncle George, would you mind if I took Hermione to stroll through the wizarding streets of France? We'll go straight back to the hotel afterward."

Without hesitation, Jimmy immediately went to Uncle George to explain the matter.

George saw that Jimmy was almost as tall as him, and considering his wizard identity, he nodded without much thought. "Of course, let's go straight to the Eiffel Tower tonight. We've made a reservation at the Jules Verne restaurant."

Aunt Mia had nothing to worry about and waved her hand to send her daughter away.

Hermione was also interested when she heard that she could visit the wizarding streets of France. She grabbed Jimmy's arm and got up, and the two of them disappeared the next second.

"Magic is so convenient," the two who remained behind couldn't help but remark.

The Confusion Charm is very useful; you can use magic in broad daylight without anyone noticing.

The wizarding street in France is called Hidden Place, and its entrance is located at the staircase of a secluded street near the center of Paris.

After Jimmy and Hermione Apparated here, they immediately found several wizard guards. These French Aurors, dressed in civilian clothes, were still in the style of the last century, with mud hats and overcoats.

Their sharp, square shoulders make them look like they have a large frame, and their style is similar to that of a mafia member from the last century, but at least their taste is higher than that of wizards from the UK.

Especially after witnessing Nymphadora Tonks's outrageous outfit...

The Aurors who were sitting nearby or at the small round table glanced at the two Apparitions who had appeared. Immediately, two Aurors got up and came forward, one wearing a gray hat and the other wearing a black hat.

"You must be students, right? Don't you know that junior wizards are forbidden from casting spells outside of school?"

Their naivety was immediately apparent, and one of the Aurors spoke to them sternly.

The other person frowned and asked, "Name?"

Hermione hadn't studied French and couldn't understand what the two were saying, so she had to ask Jimmy for help, "What are they saying?"

“The French Aurors said we violated the rule that young wizards are not allowed to cast spells outside of school.” Jimmy had studied it, but he spoke haltingly with a heavy accent. “We’re tourists from England.”

The two Aurors exchanged a glance, their faces still expressionless.

The black hat said, "Secrecy laws are universal, and I don't want you to be caught performing spells off-campus by Muggles."

Grey Hat also warned: "There are signs of a resurgence of witch hunts among Muggles. Do not use magic in cities with Muggles unless there is an emergency."

"Witch hunts?" Jimmy felt a disorienting sense of history repeating itself, never expecting to hear this term in the Auror community of France. "Witch hunts? How do Muggles discover wizards?"

"The Wizarding Association has already organized an investigation. We don't know the details yet, but in short, don't cast spells outside." Gray Hat waved his hand, clearly not wanting to discuss the matter with Jimmy.

The man in the black hat made way for them, saying, "Go in."

Hermione looked bewildered, her initial tension dissipating as the two made way for her. She asked curiously, "What did you say to them?"

The bronze statue on the stone pillar in front of them slowly lifted the green skirt, and Jimmy led Hermione straight into the pillar, whereupon a bustling wizarding street appeared before them.

Once they were out of the way of the Aurors, Jimmy said, "They warned us not to use magic outside of school, and it seems there's another witch hunt among the ordinary people. I didn't find out if anyone got hurt; I'll probably have to buy a newspaper to find out."

“Witch hunts?” Hermione was rendered speechless by this bizarre new term. “Is it the one I’m thinking of? The medieval witch hunts?”

Chapter 182 "Only officials are allowed to set fires, while common people are forbidden to light lamps?"

"I admit that the term 'witch hunt' seems a bit unrealistic in modern times, but let's think about it..."

Jimmy took Hermione's hand and, as they spoke, walked into the French Wizarding Street.

"Before the enactment of the Secret Law, wizards lived among ordinary people, and ordinary people were aware of the existence of wizards. Even though wizards united to eliminate most ordinary people's awareness of wizards after the enactment of the Secret Law, this does not mean that wizards will not be discovered by ordinary people."

“You’re right…” Hermione agreed.

Jimmy continued, "Actually, the Secret Law doesn't have very strict restrictions. Many ordinary people know about wizards, such as the parents of young wizards. Dumbledore also told me before that some wealthy foundations provide funding to the British Ministry of Magic every year, which shows that people at the top of the pyramid in the ordinary world must know about wizards."

The relationship between ordinary people and wizards is very complicated, and Hermione doesn't understand it for the time being, but she has at least figured out one thing: "I know, the government and the Ministry of Magic have joined forces to block most people's information, so ordinary people don't know about the existence of wizards."

"Yes...we found it!"

The two had reached a bustling part of the street and saw a bookstore with a very wizarding style.

Jimmy and Hermione went over and picked through the newspapers, buying two copies: one the latest and the other expired.

I bought the English version of the newspaper so Hermione could understand it.

After searching for a while, I found reports related to the witch hunt movement in a large section under the headlines.

The above content was far beyond what anyone expected; things seemed to be more serious than the Auror's understated warning.

“I can’t believe it!” Hermione’s voice trembled as she showed Jimmy the headline of an old newspaper, pointing to a section that read, “A wizarding family and the parents of three Muggle wizards have been murdered. This is insane!”

Jimmy showed her what he had seen.

The newspaper was reporting the latest murder of a wizarding family, but not in France; it happened in the United States, across the ocean.

The witch hunts in the United States have never stopped, and the ideology there is much wilder than that of the Old World. It's not that surprising, considering that thousands or tens of thousands of people die there every year for serious crimes.

The disappearance of a family is something that ordinary news channels don't even bother to report.

However, these leaked reports terrified Hermione, who was very worried that her parents might also encounter the dreaded witch hunters.

Jimmy was so bored during the shopping trip that he didn't continue shopping.

After finding the post office and returning the two dark wizards he had captured to the Raccoon Alchemy Workshop, he took Hermione to a coffee shop.

The Round Table organization's proposal, which she had only read the beginning of before, was once again placed in front of Hermione.

“You should take a closer look at it. I made this to protect myself and the people around me. Sometimes Aurors aren’t so reliable.” Jimmy stirred his coffee, showing it to Hermione, also implying that he wanted Hermione’s help.

Hermione has always been good at doing complex tasks, such as data collection or document processing...

Hermione, who wasn't very interested, took the notebook and read through its contents. Then, with a troubled expression, she said, "Is this creating another law enforcement agency under the British Ministry of Magic? They definitely won't agree to it."

She agreed to unite more people, but she also knew that the roundtable organization Jimmy wanted to establish was not like a security company at all, and it didn't comply with regulations no matter how you looked at it.

“We don’t need their consent. The wizarding world encourages breaking the rules. Isn’t that what Dumbledore taught us?” Jimmy started using his best sophistry again.

That's how it's taught at school anyway. If anyone has a problem with that, they should go talk to Dumbledore!

And what about those pure-blood families? Others can do it, but they can't?

"Perhaps we can form a society first? Like Professor Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix, there's no need to establish another system."

The wizarding world certainly has many irrational aspects, and Hermione won't blindly follow the rules anymore, but given better options, she still doesn't want things to be too... too lawless.

“Hermione…” Jimmy smiled helplessly. “It’s not that I don’t want to, but they’re forcing me to do it. I can’t stop improving; they’ll only become more and more resistant to me, eventually isolating, surrounding, and devouring me.”

They are the ones breaking the rules. If the rules can protect me, I'll be happy to follow them.

Hermione is currently in her third year of junior high school, and her understanding of the world is not yet very clear. She is simply relying on the simple values ​​she has accumulated over the past ten years of life experience to think about things.

Jimmy's ability to always be right stems from his ability to find a morally sound justification for his actions—a justification that aligns with universal values, but not necessarily the law.

Sometimes they would even bring out a few well-known celebrities to endorse them, just like now, leaving Hermione with no way to refute them.

Yes, Jimmy wasn't the first to break the rules, and he couldn't stop improving, nor could those people give up their interests.

The point of contention between the two sides has ironically become the "bottom line."

Whoever has the lower bottom line has the advantage.

“Okay… what are you planning to do now?” Hermione chose to support her once again; she just wanted a reason to convince herself.

The creation of the round table is beneficial to them all; at least for the time being, she doesn't need to worry about her family's safety.

Jimmy laughed and said, "I've written it all down. I plan to set up an organization in the UK first for a trial run, so I can fix any problems that arise. It's a lot of work involved. Can you help me?"

As if she had made up her mind, Hermione earnestly replied, "I have no experience, but I will try my best."

The two sat in the coffee shop, eating snacks and drinking coffee, discussing how the roundtable organization could increase revenue and reduce expenditure, as well as some detailed rules.

The two were not worried about being eavesdropped on, because they used a silencing spell to block out the sound.

Besides, no one else would care about the conversation between the two young people, and Jimmy's fame doesn't work in France.

Discussing the formation of an organization together eased most of Hermione's anxiety; her eyes were now sparkling, and she took another stroll through the streets of the Hidden Lands before dinner.

I also accompanied Jimmy to a joke shop in France to promote the French translations of Duel Cards and Auto Chess. Unfortunately, the shop owner was only willing to buy 10 sets of Duel Cards and 5 sets of Auto Chess. If sales were good, we could subscribe to them later by letter.

……

While shopping until dinner time, the two Apparated back to the Eiffel Tower, found Uncle George and Aunt Mia, and followed them to the restaurant on the Eiffel Tower for dinner.

For a while after that, Jimmy and Hermione never left Uncle George and Aunt Mia's side again.

A few days later they left Paris, France, and drove to the beach that Uncle George had mentioned.

This beach in northern France is indeed not crowded, allowing people to play there until a week before returning to England for the start of Hogwarts.

A limited-edition swimsuit version of Hermione appeared on the beach, wearing a one-piece swimsuit. Jimmy's comment on this was: "The future is bright."

Chapter 183 Who gave you permission to commit crimes?

Hermione spent a few days on the beach and her skin had a healthy tan, but white skin doesn't stay tanned for long and will quickly turn white again.

On the return trip, we didn't take the train but a cruise ship. The total journey took 1 hour and 45 minutes, only 1 hour slower than the train journey. However, we were able to enjoy the sea breeze on the deck of the cruise ship and even fight with seagulls that appeared out of nowhere and tried to steal our fries.