The years of welding at Hogwarts

The Chocolate Frog card introduces Dumbledore like this:

Albus Dumbledore, current Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Dumbledore's well-known contributions include: defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, discovering the 12 uses of dragon's blood, and his fruitful work in alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel...

Noah:? ? ?

So he has been the president of the International Confederation of Wizards for so many years, but has never done any real work. He has been busy studying alchemy with his old friend Nicolas Flamel?

Maybe Dumbledore did some good things.

But Noah looked through the records of Albus Dumbledore, who is known as the greatest white wizard in the wizarding world today, in the history of modern magic, and found that there were only a few records about his achievements.

Defeated the first Dark Demon Lord.

It promoted a series of legal amendments made by the wizarding world after the fall of the first Dark Lord.

Defeated the Second Generation Dark Lord.

As for Dumbledore's other deeds, those minor contributions did not have any significant impact on the wizarding world.

During the decades that Dumbledore was in office, he simply did some repair work based on the work of his predecessors and watched the wizarding world develop naturally.

If this is all Dumbledore has done for the wizarding world during the decades he has been in power.

Not to mention tying Lu Wei to the position of President of the International Confederation of Wizards, even if they poached a few village officials from the country where Noah lived before crossing over,

They can do better than Dumbledore.

Dumbledore was held back by his inner moral code, which is why even though he held the high position of president, he was still restrained in doing things.

The three-foot-thick ice does not form overnight. The current situation in the magical world is the result of wizards' self-isolation for thousands of years. If you want to break this situation, you must use some more drastic measures.

That also means bloodshed and sacrifice.

That's why he laughed like that when Professor McGonagall asked him what he thought.

"I laugh at Gellert's lack of wisdom and Albus's lack of strategy."

Professor McGonagall was very upset after listening to Noah's impolite "big talk".

She just wanted to ask Noah what he thought of the magical and non-magical worlds.

If the two worlds really collide and conflict as Grindelwald predicted, what position will Noah, the future rising star identified by Dumbledore as the third generation Dark Lord's reserve, take?

But why did it suddenly involve Grindelwald and Dumbledore?

Although he disdained the actions of Grindelwald and Dumbledore, Noah couldn't just say irresponsible things about the former headmaster of Hogwarts in front of Professor McGonagall.

After all, he is still Professor McGonagall's student. Isn't it disrespectful to criticize his retired boss like this?

Although Lord Shafrin was thick-skinned, he still had to leave a good impression on Professor McGonagall.

After all, Professor McGonagall was the one who almost became Noah's mother, wasn't she?

After making a few perfunctory remarks to avoid this awkward topic, Noah finally made his attitude clear.

"I don't intend to be the next Grindelwald, or the next Voldemort."

Facing Professor McGonagall's serious gaze, Noah said sincerely, "To be precise, I'm not interested in being the next person. I just want to be myself."

"Voldemort is nothing more than a brutal murderous lunatic. Is he worthy of being called the Dark Lord?"

Listening to Noah's evaluation of Voldemort, the corners of Professor McGonagall's mouth twitched slightly, but for Professor McGonagall, who had personally experienced Grindelwald's reign, Noah's evaluation was indeed not wrong.

"As for my great-grandfather, Gellert Grindelwald, his actions were commendable, but his guiding ideology was still a bit too simple."

The guiding ideology of the Wushu Party... is too simple and naive?

Professor McGonagall could no longer control her cheekiness after hearing this comment.

But what Noah said was indeed true - compared with the five volumes of dragon-slaying techniques in later generations, the guiding ideology of the Witch Party was indeed a bit simple and immature.

When Noah had not traveled through time and was still studying at university, even though he, Lord Shafulin, was uneducated and had a barely 3.0 GPA, he had read the anthology of dragon-slaying techniques written by that great man.

Given the closed nature of the wizarding world, even if there are visionary minds like Dumbledore and Grindelwald, they are still limited by the times and environment in which they live. Even if their vision transcends the shackles of the environment, how far into the future can they see?

Oh, sorry, he forgot that Grindelwald is a prophetic guy.

Even Grindelwald, the head of the wizarding world, only thought of actively breaking the International Statute of Secrecy and establishing wizard rule over Muggles before Muggles had the ability to destroy both worlds together.

This idea was considered heretical in the wizarding world at the time.

This is how the war began.

But what is strange to Noah is that the war started by Grindelwald came to an end in 1945 because Grindelwald was defeated by Dumbledore in a duel.

Whatever the history of magic says about Grindelwald, one thing remains unchanged.

Unlike Voldemort, Grindelwald did not start a war for his own selfish interests, but for his own great ideals and for the greater interests of the wizarding world.

How could a man who acts for his ideals choose to betray his believers and ideals and imprison himself in the tower of Nurmengard just because he lost in a one-on-one duel?

There is only one possibility, that is, Grindelwald finds that he cannot accomplish his lofty goal with his current means, and the saints under his command, who are gathered together by their ideals and beliefs, find it difficult to change the direction of progress.

In other words, they are doomed to fail.

If he continued, it would eventually lead to the destruction of magical civilization, which was something Grindelwald did not want to see, so he chose to give up.

According to Gellert Grindelwald's character, this is really what he would do -

If only by sacrificing himself can he accomplish his ideal great cause, then Grindelwald will not hesitate at all. Even if he has to sacrifice his life, he will face the arrival of death calmly.

From this point of view, even though Dumbledore and Grindelwald can be seen as two sides of the same coin, they have something in common in this respect.

This is not difficult to understand.

Noah shook his head, and drove away the speculations about his great-grandfather in his mind. "Although I don't quite agree with Grindelwald's approach, I think he asked a very good question-"

"Regarding the existence of the Statute of Secrecy, is it to protect us or to protect

The Muggles?"

At this point, a playful look appeared on Noah's face. "The existence of the law of secrecy is the biggest obstacle to the survival of magic civilization."

Professor McGonagall's pupils suddenly shrank.

"If Professor Dumbledore does not want to see the destruction of magical civilization, then we must take the initiative to break the Statute of Secrecy, rather than waiting until it is too late to do some futile work."

Complex thoughts surged in Professor McGonagall's mind.

Regarding the future prophecy presented by Grindelwald in his speech, the current situation of the magic world being stagnant under isolation, while the neighboring non-magic world is booming driven by technology...

Professor McGonagall's expression seemed particularly solemn, with her brows completely furrowed together.

"So, what's the price?"

Hearing this familiar question, Noah almost blurted out, "All of this."

Fortunately, he is not a certain Wu Gul'dan Yanzu, and the person standing opposite him is not Grommash Hellscream, and there are no axe-like weapons in this illusory space.

"Change always comes with bloodshed and sacrifice."

Noah's green eyes flashed with an inexplicable light. "I can't make any promises to you. I can only say that I will try my best to reduce the price we have to pay in this process."

"I understand, Mr. Shafrin."

Very rarely, Professor McGonagall did not call Noah by his name.

The next moment, Noah felt his body floating in the air without being affected by gravity, but this process lasted only less than two seconds before he felt his feet on the ground again.

He only felt a flash before his eyes, and he and Professor McGonagall were back in the headmaster's office at Hogwarts.

"Is there anything I can help you with, Noah?"

Professor McGonagall said solemnly, "If this can help the wizarding world avoid some bloodshed, then I am willing to join this cause with Hogwarts."

Chapter 245 Magic Network and Loans

Under the premise that both parties reached a consensus, the conversation between Noah and Professor McGonagall was quite pleasant.

However, the current situation in the wizarding world is not easy to change, and the two people talking in the office is of no help to the matter.

Things have to be done step by step.

Hydra has begun to march into the wizarding world, but Hydra's agents are all Muggles who cannot perform magic. Without the identity of wizards, their actions in the wizarding world are extremely difficult.

Even with Lucius Malfoy, a prominent pure-blood with considerable influence in the Ministry of Magic, secretly helping the Hydra agents, their progress was not good.

Especially after Amelia Bones became Minister of Magic, it became more difficult for Hydra to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic.

If the Minister of Magic is still that idiot Cornelius Fudge, as long as Noah is willing to spend money, in a few years, except for the Auror Corps, all other departments of the Ministry of Magic will basically be controlled by the surname Shafrin.

By then, Noah only needs to find some excuse to bring down the idiot Fudge, and then kick out Rufus Scrimgeour, an upright old stubborn man, from the Auror Office, and the British Ministry of Magic will basically fall into his control without bloodshed.

But now, it's Amelia Bones' turn...

All I can say is that Dumbledore is not blind.

Apart from the stupid thing he did a few years ago by supporting Fudge to come to power, which was considered blind, Dumbledore's eyesight in judging people was still quite vicious.

The newly appointed Minister Bones is tough and upright. The first thing she did after taking office was to rectify the Ministry of Magic.

Now that's a problem. Hydra originally planned to use gold galleons to pave the way, win over and collude with some corrupt officials, and then use other means such as intimidation and suppression to deal with those guys who don't accept toasts.

Now this idea has come to nothing.

But Noah doesn't care that much about the weak Ministry of Magic.

What he had to do now was to keep Hogwarts firmly in his hands.

Noah doesn't care that much about training students. He doesn't need to take care of this matter himself. The professors at Hogwarts will take the initiative to do it well.

What concerned Noah more was something else.

After previous experiments on Gwen, Noah has found a way to allow ordinary people to have magical abilities.

Unlike Gwen, who relies on an artificially implanted source of magic, Gwen can accept, store and control magic like an ordinary wizard.

After all, the cost of that approach is too high, and even if Noah and Snape alone can turn ordinary people into wizards, how many people can they transform?

This method is bound to fail. The method Noah used is one that all the mystics of Kamar-Taj would be familiar with...

Borrowing.

The principle of this thing is very simple.

There is free and ownerless magic everywhere in this world. Compared with Muggles and wizards, the only thing they lack is an existence that can allow them to mobilize magic and create magic.

As long as the magic circle is established with the support of the three Holy Sanctuaries of Kamar-Taj, a concept similar to the magic network in DND can be created.

magic

Within the range of the net, even ordinary people can gain access to the magic net with the help of a spellcasting item similar to a hanging ring, thereby drawing energy from it to cast magic spells.

To use an analogy with actual things that exist in the Muggle world, this is almost equivalent to a magical version of the Internet, and all the Muggles lack is a terminal and an Internet cable.

Once all Muggles have the ability to cast spells, will wizards still be considered as alien species of a different race from themselves?

Is what Dumbledore is worried about nothing more than wizards disappearing from this world?

At that time, the barrier between the magical world and the non-magical world will no longer exist, and the survival of wizarding civilization will no longer be an issue.

We are all wizards. As long as the magic network system is not destroyed, the conflicts and contradictions between the magical world and the non-magical world will no longer exist.

Although such a method sounds simple, various problems will still arise when it is actually implemented.

First of all, how can Noah distribute a magic network terminal to everyone in the world so that they all have access to the magic network?

Even if we don't consider this issue, assuming that each of them has the ability to access the magic network and mobilize magic power, can they cast magic in this way?

the answer is negative.

If they want to use the magic network system to cast magic, then they must at least learn how to operate the terminal in their hands, right?

It's like an illiterate person. If you give him a computer, can he immediately type out a million-word novel on a novel website without any training or learning?

That is absolutely impossible.

A computer in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it is like a brick.

And if the ring that can connect to the magic network falls into the hands of Muggles, judging from its appearance, it is probably just a brass knuckle with a novel appearance.

Therefore, in Noah's grand plan, Hogwarts and other magic schools in the world are a very important part.

In comparison, the affairs of the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government are not that important.

Should newly emerged wizards be managed by the original Muggle government, or should they be ruled by the professional Ministry of Magic?