The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Professor McGonagall still warned him.

Anthony didn't really want to try Animagus. To be honest, he wasn't very interested in this magic.

Because shape-shifting animals do not increase actual combat power for wizards, at most they are just invisible.

After spending so much energy, only to achieve this effect in the end, it is indeed difficult to make people interested in this spell.

The reason why he asked Professor McGonagall about the Animagus was that besides catching Rita Skeeter and learning about this magic in advance, the most important thing was that he wanted to delve into it. The final mountain of Transfiguration.

If we only talk about transformation, regardless of speed, battlefield adaptability, etc., Anthony's transformation has reached a very high level.

Studying Animagus is like the final boss of a level. If you don’t try, you will always feel regretful.

"Professor, I just want to understand this magic."

"If you just want to know more, there are books on this subject in the library. You can look for it yourself." Professor McGonagall just said calmly, then turned and walked out of the classroom.

She didn't believe even half a word of Anthony's excuse in English.

She knew these extraordinary talented little wizards very well, and they would dare to try any dangerous magic. If she really talked about Animagus with him, this kid would definitely try it tonight.

"Um..." Watching Professor McGonagall leave, Anthony was really confused. Didn't he just want to understand a magic spell?

As for being so cautious?

"Come on, let's go back." As he said that, he pulled Hermione and left the Transfiguration Classroom with Harry.

...

On the way back to Gryffindor Tower, Anthony happened to meet George and Fred who had also finished class.

Besides them, there was Justin sitting on the steps at the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.

"Look, that seems to be Justin." Ron said in a low voice.

They haven't talked for a few days, mainly because Justin seems to be very busy during this time and doesn't want to be as leisurely as before.

"It's him!" Harry nodded.

On the other side, Justin, who was sitting on the steps, also noticed them.

Immediately, he stood up quickly and walked towards Anthony, "I've been looking for you."

"What's wrong?" Anthony looked up at him in confusion, what are you doing with him?You're not here to borrow money, are you?

It’s not like Justin’s family is short of money!

"Let's find a place..."

"No! No need. If you have something to say, please speak quickly." Anthony was not used to his bad habits and waved his hand to signal him to speak quickly.

"Go that way." Justin wasn't angry at all. He raised his hand and pointed to the side, a corridor with less traffic. "We block the door and get in other people's way."

"Fine!"

Anthony agreed casually, and then the group left the entrance of Gryffindor Tower far away.

It wasn't until there were no more little wizards around that Justin spoke slightly: "My parents want me to drop out of Hogwarts."

"what?"

As soon as these words came out, Harry Ron and others around him immediately exclaimed.

"Something happened to your family?" Harry asked quickly. After all, they were also classmates and friends. If something happened to Justin's family, maybe they would be able to help him.

"No, actually I also want to drop out of school." Then he made another shocking statement.

"Are you crazy!" Ron asked immediately.

"I'm not crazy." Justin raised his head suddenly and looked at Anthony and his group with firm eyes.

That look, fiery and tenacious, didn't look like that of a little wizard or a child.

It was more like the look in the eyes of a sailor fighting against the waves in the sea.

"What?" Anthony raised his eyebrows, "Where did Christmas go?"

"U.S."

To Anthony's surprise, Justin named a country he was quite familiar with.

"You went to Night City?"

"That's right!"

"Tell me, what magic power does that city have?" Anthony was not surprised at all, and his tone was quite calm.

"A city of revolution and innovation, wealth and dreams, a city of miracles where magic and cutting-edge technology collide." Justin said with a slightly fanatical tone, his eyes full of longing and expectation, "Did you know? They have already started Create a large stargate."

"Stargate?" Anthony suddenly turned his head to look at him, "What's on the other side?"

"Japan."

"Damn! I knew it."

"I saw a lot of things there, including wireless transmission, teleportation, and intelligent robots. Can you believe it? The wizards over there actually invented a chip that can be implanted in the brain. It seems to be the technology of a pensieve. I don't understand , in short, it can inject a memory of a certain wizard into another person's mind."

"Including the wizard's magical skills, knowledge, and knowledge, they can be copied and transmitted. Traditional schools like Hogwarts have no meaning anymore." Justin became more and more excited as he spoke, "I even heard some rumors about those Horrible rumors from corporate executives.”

"What rumors?" Anthony also frowned. Although he had some guesses in his heart,...

"Some people in Night City say that everything that happened in Europe, including the resurrection of Voldemort, and other conspiracies hidden in the dark that have not yet surfaced, were actually fueled by several super companies secretly supporting the CIA, including the International Federation of Wizards. That organization has almost become the CIA’s back garden.”

"What good will it do to disrupt Europe?" Anthony blurted out this sentence, but the moment he said it, he understood everything.

"Is it to prevent Europe from rising again? Let your competitors be busy with civil strife and disputes, and then quietly make a fortune?"

"That's right." Justin nodded.

"The United States is now on the verge of splitting. The conservative wizarding forces represented by the Magical Congress of the United States are already at loggerheads with the radical wizarding force of the Night City Wizards' Council.

Ordinary people are also divided into several camps. Real-power agencies such as the CIA, FBI, and Federal Tax Service have long been independent of the government. They cooperate with Night City and continue to accumulate strength. I really I don’t know who else in the world can stop them. "

After listening to Justin's introduction, Anthony had a headache.

My own plans are too far behind others.

His original plan was to wait more than ten years, or even decades, for Hermione to become the Minister of Magic in the future and reform the wizarding world, which might take two generations.

Then they can start the interstellar era.

But now it seems that, let alone more than ten years, in one or two years, the starships in Night City will probably go to colonize Mars, and they are still struggling with how to reform British magical society.

And the most important thing is that those bastards gave them a stumbling block. Before, he thought that destroying Voldemort's body this time would at least stabilize him for a while, but now...

Not to mention safe, I'm afraid Voldemort is recovering his body at this time.

This idiot has always been led by the nose.

"So? What are you looking for me for?" After a moment of silence, Anthony slowly spoke. He stared at Justin, a trace of helplessness flashed in his green eyes.

"I'm not looking for you, it's my parents... The family hopes to participate in a project of the British government." Justin suddenly felt embarrassed and his speech became intermittent.

"This...it's useless for you to look for me!" Although Anthony didn't know what Mr. Huck was doing behind his back, no matter what it was, it was useless to look for him!

Not to mention that he is just an ordinary prince, even if the crown prince comes, his words are useless!

I thought this was the Victorian era!

"It works!" He suddenly looked at Anthony with a firm look and said in a sincere tone: "This is a big project. The Queen needs to accumulate funds. The government will allow some nobles to participate in it. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Understood!" Anthony nodded, "According to your family's conditions, your family has shares in European Orbital Aerospace. Are you afraid that you won't be able to choose?"

"My parents are not sure, but of course if you support it, it will be okay."

"is it?

Why didn't I know that I still had such great rights? A playful smile appeared on Anthony's lips. "Also, why do you know so much, Justin." "

"Because I am the only one in my family, and I am the only son. I will be the man who will take on the responsibility of the family in the future."

"Ha ha."

"You really can't believe it. In a certain circle, you have a great reputation."

"What circle?"

"You'll know soon. I didn't know it until Christmas this year." Justin looked at Anthony with bright eyes: "Do you remember the company my parents invested in Night City?"

"Um...Umbrella?"

"Yes! They bought the company."

"Buy it?"

"You'll never guess who the buyer is." As he said this, a smile suddenly appeared on Justin's face.He looked at him happily.That smile was inexplicably a little greasy.

"Fuck off and laugh." Anthony waved his hand with a look of disgust.

"No problem, just promise me."

"Promise? Why should I agree? What's in it for me?" He opened his mouth and asked three questions. Do you want to have sex for free?There are no doors.

Hearing the sound, Justin seemed to have been prepared. He suppressed the smile on his face, and then said solemnly: "Our family can sell you the shares of European Orbital Aerospace at a low price."

"Oh? Are you kidding me?" Anthony was really surprised this time. Ordinary people may not know this, but as an upper-class European person, how could he not know the value of European orbital aerospace?

That's not hundreds of millions of pounds, it's billions of pounds.

After the collapse of a certain red empire, this company expanded greatly.

The market capitalization is nearly [-] billion pounds.

And some things cannot be solved by money. The key is technology, which is the most cutting-edge aerospace technology in the world.

At noon today, he was still talking with Gemini about driving a spaceship to travel among the stars in the future.

He was really flattered to suddenly get such a big cake in the afternoon.

But the pie from the sky did not stun Anthony.

Because he knows that capital will never make a loss-making business, and the Justin family is willing to spit out such a huge cake, which only means that what they get will be several times, or even more than ten times, the cake.

I'm not a fool.I will never agree to him easily.

"I'm not crazy, and our family isn't crazy either, as long as————"

"Stop!" Anthony stopped quickly, turned around and pulled Hermione back, "Wait until I understand and understand."

After that, he walked towards the Gryffindor common room without looking back.

"No problem! I'll wait for you!"

----

After returning to the lounge and sitting on the sofa by the fireplace, Hermione and Harry began to ask him about what Justin had just said.

Of course they don't understand things about future technology.

It took Anthony a long time to explain it to them.

And this took more than 20 minutes.

————"In other words, their family is willing to spend tens or even tens of billions of pounds to buy a place to join a certain project?" Hermione rubbed her slightly dizzy head and gasped.

Hermione didn't have any direct feelings about the money, but she also knew that she might not be able to earn that much money even in ten thousand years if it cost tens to tens of billions of pounds.

Someone would be willing to pay such a high price, and what he wants to gain is simply unimaginable.

"That's so much money! How long will it take?" Ron opened his mouth and said dully.

In fact, he now has a considerable fortune.

The Order of Merlin brings more than just honors—it also brings prizes.

Not a lot, of course, but a few thousand galleons.

But a few thousand galleons...I'm afraid that for Justin's family, they can earn that much in a day or even an hour or a minute.

"No matter what, Anthony, you have to think carefully, so much money is no joke." Hermione shook her head and said to him cautiously.

"But the problem is that I don't even know what the project he's talking about is, so how can I agree." Anthony glanced at the teacup on the table and sighed helplessly.

At this moment, footsteps suddenly came from the Gryffindor door.

The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally a witch they were very familiar with appeared in the lounge.

"Professor McGonagall?"

Everyone who reacted to Anthony's story also looked at the professor in surprise.

"Anthony, Dumbledore is looking for you."

"Well-Hermione, come here too."

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The two quietly followed Professor McGonagall to the principal's office.

As soon as he walked into the office, what was surprising was that Mycroft was actually there.He seems to be discussing something with Dumbledore...

"You are here." The principal's voice was still so calm.

It seems that he has not calmed down yet.

Hey hey hey——How can a person who is over 100 years old act like a child and be so stingy?

"Your Highness Anthony!" Mycroft bowed slightly towards him, and Anthony nodded in response.

"Minerva, go and tell Gellert to come over." When he mentioned a certain name, a touch of tenderness flashed behind the old principal's half-moon eyes.

Then he pulled out a document from his desk and handed it to Anthony.

"see this."

"Oh!" Anthony took the document handed over by Dumbledore doubtfully.

Looking at the familiar filing method, one could tell at a glance that this must be the work of those civil servants.

Sure enough, after opening the title page again, the familiar top secret seal appeared on the paper.

Anthony browsed carefully.

A few minutes later - he was at a loss for words to describe the scarce words on the document.

"Professor, I-I'm a little surprised."

"I know." Dumbledore said calmly.

Anthony's pupils that were undulating violently just now said everything.

"..."

There was a slight wry smile on Anthony's lips. He lowered his head and looked at the document in his hand again, if the words on the paper were true.

Then he can say something.

Professor, the age of wizards is over!