Chapter 465: The Best of Times

After this, Harry enjoyed a rare peaceful school life, and he even felt that the whole world had become peaceful.

In mid-May, news came that Ailina's injuries had healed and she had been successfully discharged from the hospital. Snape's negotiations seemed to be quite effective. From the latest letter she sent, Harry could read a brand-new, high-spirited state of life. And not long after, the Magical Congress announced that they had completed the latest round of Herrscher experiments, not only bringing Ailina a companion and junior, but also helping her with a round of power enhancement.

Then, Harry sat in school, quietly reading about the new round of confrontation between the US and the Soviet Union over knight power in the Daily Prophet. First, Ilvermorny high-profilely invited Koldovstoretz to launch an exchange student program, and on the first page of the exchange student list were the names Ailina Kaslana and Mei Sunderland. To prevent the old-fashioned Vaskov from not understanding this intention, they also added parentheses in a conspicuous position, noting their identities as Herrscher of the Void and Herrscher of Thunder.

"It's less than sixty kilometers from Koldovstoretz to the Kremlin." Zhang Qiu added. "And Ailina mentioned in her latest letter that she can ignore the Anti-Apparition Ward within a hundred kilometers."

To this, Yanayev made a very tough response. He not only signed the agreement but also proposed an exchange student off-campus disclaimer clause, and quickly held a mixed-unit military parade in Red Square, showing the world for the first time a Raio Cavalry phalanx of fifty people. His meaning might be that if the Magical Congress really dared to send the two Herrschers, the result would only be a one-way trip.

Regarding whether to really continue sending Herrschers to perform such dangerous missions, the Magical Congress quickly split into two factions. The legislators of the Tang Nade faction were committed to protecting their core power, so they had been proposing to cancel the plan, or at least make changes; while the opposition insisted on continuing the plan, hoping to eliminate Tang Nade's influence, and preferably also eliminate Snape's influence by hitting Yanayev hard, so as to facilitate their continued production of that kind of "controlled Herrscher."

Before the debate reached a result, Yanayev had already made his second move. When Muggle media asked questions about the Raio Cavalry, his explanation for these knights was "new type of anti-radiation armor, equipped with a simple power exoskeleton system, currently preparing a doomsday force," which immediately caused an uproar. After all, since taking office, he had already put his hand on the nuclear button three or four times. If he wanted to continue to show deterrence, he had to bring out scarier things, such as really researching doomsday armor and making progress.

Less than an hour after the report was issued, Clinton made three or four head-of-state hotlines, and finally he ran into the Magical Congress angrily with a group of Aurors, replacing all the legislators who were still intending to push the exchange student plan, and the plan was naturally delayed indefinitely. Tang Nade took this opportunity to insert his own people into the vacant positions, and he himself was successfully elected as the interim speaker, moving one step closer to the center of power. Based on the beneficiary theory, some people also speculated that this exchange student plan, which seemed to have lost its mind, was instigated by Tang Nade. His purpose was to provoke Yanayev's violent reaction, so as to use the power of the White House to replace a group of idiots in the Magical Congress.

The outcome of this matter was at the end of May, when Harry and Luo En were invited to Downing Street to participate in the signing of the "Treaty on Limiting Strategic Super-Wizard Power." This regulation spent several pages to define what "power that ordinary wizards can reasonably possess" is, and then imposed various restrictions on "power exceeding that of ordinary wizards."

It didn't have much impact on the Focusing Rainbow that couldn't be moved anyway, but Harry and Luo En, as well as several classmates in school who possessed transformation abilities, were a bit uncomfortable. In most cases, according to the regulations, they were not allowed to go abroad. This point also caused Zhang Qiu to be innocently caught in the crossfire—she had never obtained dual citizenship because China did not recognize dual citizenship.

In order to help her continue to stay here logically, under the efforts of the Ministry of Magic, a supplementary treaty was added, which was that if a wizard signs a "Non-Application of Super-Wizard Power Commitment" with the corresponding country's magical management agency, they can continue to reside. But wizards who have signed the commitment and then cause trouble will have to bear the consequences themselves, and neither the wizard nor the corresponding country can enjoy the help of the contracting parties.

In fact, this treaty mainly protects the US and the Soviet Union, because the strongest super-wizard power is not in their homes. At this moment, it was only by relying on the influence of the Muggle World that the establishment of the treaty was barely pushed forward, and the sense of security that the treaty can bring is ultimately limited. Although Yanayev and the Magical Congress were tough in their confrontation, if Harry or Luo En had a whim to travel to Berlin, he would have to cover himself in an Invisibility Cloak and sleep in a bunker for three or four days.

And the biggest victim of this regulation is Tang Nade. For the sake of his official career, he can no longer use Evolt's power at all. Moreover, as OOO, Hermione is also not convenient to go to Miskatonic to study. Perhaps for him, who is still guilty and hiding from Hermione, he doesn't have much feeling, but in the future, he will definitely be scratching his head.

After this incident, although the world was still peaceful, everyone could see that this was not the peace of a sunny day, but the peace before the storm, with undercurrents surging.

In early June, the Ministry of Magic high-profilely announced some of Donna's research results. From the Daily Prophet, Harry could read that this is a new type of magic developed based on the principles of blood magic, which can knead powdery casting materials into a ball and launch them at a very high speed. Because this magical attack contains a physical entity, it not only has a certain degree of threat to knight armor, but also has a good effect on building materials, Muggle-made objects, and other things that were not easily pierced by spells before.

That kind of powdery casting material is a specific alchemical product, which they named "Glintstone," because its production process and principle are basically a simplified version of the Philosopher's Stone. And the Ministry of Magic is currently constantly optimizing the entire process, preparing to mass-produce Glintstone. They hope that local wizards can have the power to fight when facing knights, and can defeat or at least scare away the enemy by numbers.

To this, Harry also enthusiastically asked Snape to take him to experience Glintstone magic, but to his disappointment, the power of this Glintstone magic is not great, and the trajectory is very obvious. Unless it is a multi-person volley, any knight with a little strength can easily dodge it.

"We have divided into multiple directions and are conducting in-depth research." Donna introduced to him. "Including loading capacity, continuous output capability, and adding tracking, explosion spells, etc., to Glintstone. It can be said that the prospects are very broad."

"And the industry of producing Glintstone can provide a lot of foreign exchange income and jobs." Snape added.

Perhaps the latter is what the Ministry of Magic is most proud of, Harry thought maliciously.

After the visit that day, Harry returned to school and discussed it slightly with Zhang Qiu. He was both happy about the improvement in the level of the Ministry of Magic and vaguely worried about the devaluation of the knight power in his hands.

"Don't worry, we have also studied similar magic on our side." Zhang Qiu said very easily. "Facts have proven that those magics can at most pose a little threat to Kamen Riders; it's impossible to say that having these magics can contend with knights."

"Oh?"

"Many people don't realize how important the bonus of knight transformation is to thinking and reaction speed. The fact is, when you transform and start running at full speed, most wizards can't aim at all with the naked eye, and you only need a very short time to rush into the crowd from outside the range. They can't cast spells in the direction of their teammates, right?"

And if there is only one wizard, just rush in front of him and punch him, Harry added another situation in his heart.

"According to this, Glintstone magic has no effect?" Harry said with some worry. "Is it really just providing jobs for the Ministry of Magic?"

"Not really, the place where these magics can best exert their effects is on the battlefield, to be precise, the battlefield where wizards fight against Muggles." Zhang Qiu's mouth hooked into a dangerous smile.

Harry widened his eyes. He didn't answer immediately, but thought silently. Indeed, offensive spells can break through Iron-Body Charms that bullets can't break, but they will be blocked or bounced off by thin shields, while bullets can easily penetrate shields.

Since the Statute of Secrecy can be broken at any time, the future army is likely to be a mixed unit of wizards and Muggles. This requires a kind of magic that can penetrate both Iron-Body Charms and shields, and Glintstone magic is the kind of magic they need. If the British Ministry of Magic cannot master and develop this spell well, by the time Yanayev equips a tank with a wizard specifically to cast Iron-Body Charms, there will be nothing they can do about him.

Fortunately, in the short term, Yanayev has no intention of starting a war lightly, so the entire Western world is still in a state of singing and dancing. Clearly, Snape also needs more personal time to adjust his mood. He moved Hogwarts' final exams to mid-June, which means there will be half a month more summer vacation this year than in previous years.

After confidently completing the exams, Harry stood on the platform of King's Cross Station as in previous years. Luo En and Neville hugged him to say goodbye one by one, while Hermione was holding a book and reciting constantly.

"She has an exam on July 10th." Zhang Qiu pointed to the square characters on the book cover. "I will live in her house during this time to tutor her. I also have to find someone to help handle that damn non-transformation commitment."

"After that, I might go to live in Tang Dun for a while." She said mischievously. "You wouldn't be unwelcoming, would you?"

Harry's eyes lit up, and a sense of unprecedented expectation surged in his heart. ===== CHAPTER 466 =====