Chapter 295

But Sirius didn't seem to be convinced.

"If you mean he uses potions to earn some Muggle gold coins..." Sirius shook his head. "I think my ancestors did similar things. Of course, this kind of thing is illegal and will bring some trouble, but I don't think it will be very dangerous."

"Murphy is not a fool. If he wants to continue earning Muggle money in this way, he cannot expose our existence, which would give him countless competitors."

Dumbledore nodded. "So at the beginning, I didn't think Murphy Darkholm was an enemy either. I just thought he wanted to earn some money in this way."

"But, what if his goal is not money at all?"

"Not money?" Sirius didn't quite understand. "Is there anything else that Muggles can provide, but wizards can't give him?"

"Unfortunately, there is," Dumbledore sighed. "That is reason."

"I only recently figured out Murphy's thoughts. Although I don't know the source of these thoughts, he is craving a kind of power... more powerful than immortality, more powerful than the power Voldemort craves. He seems to want to completely control magic, to control magic more deeply and thoroughly than all wizards in the past."

"To this end, he chose the power of reason. That is, 'science' in the mouths of Muggles. Muggles are better at rational thinking than wizards, and Murphy seems to want to borrow the brains of Muggles to achieve his goals."

"And as a result, he will have to expose magic to Muggles."

Sirius blinked, and it took a while before he understood the logic.

He felt it was incredible, and he couldn't even understand this line of thinking at all.

To better control magic, so he sought help from Muggles?

Not learning more spells, not asking for advice from a wizard like Dumbledore who is second to none, but actually from Muggles who know nothing about magic?!

What kind of brain circuit is this?

However, since Dumbledore said so, the facts should be so.

He began to feel that Murphy might be a bit crazy, but if it were just a madman, Dumbledore shouldn't attach so much importance to him.

But he still had one point he didn't understand. "Professor, why is violating the Statute of Secrecy so dangerous?"

"Of course, I know, the witch-hunting movement of the past."

"But, wizards are stronger than Muggles who can't do magic, right? Even if our existence is exposed, the dangerous ones should be Muggles, not wizards, right?"

"And, it's not three hundred years ago anymore. Will Muggles today still kill just because we are wizards?"

This is also the general view of wizards today.

It is precisely because of this that in most countries, wizards are sloppy about complying with the Statute of Secrecy and don't feel that exposing their own existence is a terrible thing.

"Things are not as we imagine..." Dumbledore sighed. "Muggles are much more powerful than we imagine. And, once the Statute of Secrecy is destroyed, the enemies we have to face are not just Muggles. There are many things much more troublesome than Muggles."

Sirius heard some different flavors. "What do you mean? What kind of situation will we face?"

Dumbledore was silent for a while, and finally shook his head. "I can't say. However, you just need to know that I am not alarmist. The Statute of Secrecy concerns the life and death of all wizards."

"To stop Darkholm, relying on my own strength has been proven to be not enough. I need you, Sirius. Can you come and help me?"

Sirius was silent for a long time, but finally shook his head. "Sorry, Professor. I have a child to protect, and I may not be able to die for you like in the past. And, Darkholm... if our enemy is Voldemort, I know that if we don't defeat him, we will all live under his shadow. But... Murphy..."

Although Dumbledore's rhetoric just now seemed to make sense, Sirius believed his intuition more. He really didn't feel Murphy was a bad person.

If it were just because his thoughts were different from Dumbledore's, it would be difficult for Sirius to see the other party as an enemy. In such a situation, putting himself and Harry in a dangerous situation would be putting the cart before the horse.

Dumbledore left. He left a feather and asked Sirius to consider it again. If he changed his mind, he could contact him at any time.

Before leaving, he also asked about Lupin's whereabouts. After learning that Lupin might be working for Murphy, Dumbledore looked a bit hurt.

When he walked out of the cabin, Harry watched from the second floor, inexplicably feeling that this headmaster, who seemed omnipotent in his mind in the past, looked even older, like an ordinary old man walking with a limp.

September.

Hogwarts started school.

But this time, although the new students after enrollment would still be divided into four specific houses according to tradition, there was no longer the tense relationship between the four houses as in the past. The common rooms of the four houses were connected by fireplaces, dining tables could be mixed and seated at will, courses were basically taken together, and cross-house cooperation groups were forcibly established.

In addition to these changes, that pillar of Hogwarts, Professor Dumbledore, who had been headmaster for nearly fifty years, left the school, and the new headmaster was succeeded by Professor Severus Snape.

In fact, Murphy originally intended to let Professor Flitwick directly succeed as headmaster, while digging Snape to his own institute to contribute to the study of the Sorcerer's Stone.

But Snape took the opportunity to threaten him, saying that if he didn't let him be headmaster, he wouldn't help Murphy.

In order to satisfy the obsession of this official-crazy person, Murphy had to agree to him.

But Snape just wanted to enjoy the addiction of being headmaster. In fact, except for attending some important occasions and making some unimportant speeches, there was not much for him to do as headmaster. Most of the time, he was still doing Sorcerer's Stone research.

Since Snape became headmaster, the position of Potions professor became vacant. Murphy asked someone to find Slughorn and promised him a high salary, which finally moved him.

The school also hired Remus Lupin as the professor of "Defense Magic." As for Defense Against the Dark Arts, it was directly canceled by Murphy.

Voldemort cursed the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position, right?

Then I'll just cancel this position, won't I?

Even that classroom was no longer used. It was changed into a torture practice room for the caretaker Filch. Anyway, he also cursed little wizards every day. He was a master of curses, just right to offset the evil spirit of this room, fighting poison with poison.

At the same time, several courses such as "Muggle Studies," "Astronomy," "Arithmancy," and "Divination" were changed to electives.

And Murphy also hired four werewolves transformed from Muggle scientists. They would teach general courses in four basic sciences: "Physics," "Chemistry," "Biology," and "Mathematics," to improve the scientific literacy of little wizards at Hogwarts.

In addition, the school's examination system would be changed from one exam per year to four major exams per year and one minor exam per month. At the same time, evening self-study, evening classes, and other courses would be added to ensure learning results. In the future, Murphy would also consider launching projects such as running exercises, military training, and oath-taking rallies as appropriate.

With my Huanggang model, why worry that students won't be able to cast an Armor Charm after graduation?

While Hogwarts was being drastically changed in Murphy's hands, the Muggle society was not idle either.

The Soviet "National Laboratory Plan" entered the planning stage, and within the UK, the construction of major laboratories was also in full swing.

At a moment when everything was looking up, a piece of news suddenly came from Gringotts.

"Gold exchange, has been banned?"

(End of chapter)