Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Is it comparable to Asgard?

Helga disagreed. As a wizard who had witnessed the magic circle at the entrance to Asgard and fought with the god of light Baal who guarded the magic circle, she felt that although the Hogwarts' concealment magic circle was top-notch, it was still far from Asgard's.

At least there is one less god-level gatekeeper here.

However, seeing Salazar's sweaty face, she decided to keep this sentence to herself so as not to dampen the enthusiasm of her old friend.

"Helga, if you choose to stand guard outside the gates of Hogwarts, it will be more powerful than the magic circle of Asgard."

Helga:…

"Thank you!" She squeezed out the word "thank you" from between her teeth.

"You're welcome. It's my duty." Rice waved his hand, gathering all the sweat he had just produced from working and shaking it off.

"But it's quite difficult to build such a large magic circle... In the future, you can go to the Ministry of Magic and ask if they are willing to add new hidden magic." When Rice said this, his brows suddenly frowned. He suddenly realized that just as there are more than one wizard settlement in the UK, Hogwarts and Hogsmeade, there is not only one magic school in the world.

There are seven schools that can barely be compared with Hogwarts.

"There are still many magic schools left..." Les pondered for a moment and decided to let them fend for themselves.

Because building a magic circle for the nursing school was a thankless task. Apart from Hogwarts, which magic school would be willing to let them know the exact location of the school? They didn't even tell outsiders the location, let alone tamper with their magic circle.

Moreover, in this kind of situation, even if you build it for them, they may not appreciate it. They may even ask you to give them a lifetime warranty or something. Even when they are buried in the future, I am afraid they will still rely on Hogwarts.

When Les thought of this, he gave up the idea of ​​helping other schools build magic circles - if other magic schools were willing to pay a large sum of money in the future, he would write them a guide and let them do it themselves.

"Let's go back to school and deal with the outer parts tomorrow." Les said to Helga.

"Yeah." Helga nodded, took two steps forward, stretched out her hand into the air, and then was stopped by something.

"Very good, the railing is completely invisible." She praised Salazar's magic.

"That's right, look who did it." Rice's face was full of pride.

The two chatted as they passed through the illusion.

The moment the two crossed the barrier, Hogwarts Castle suddenly appeared before their eyes.

Les cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself before walking back across the grass with Helga back to the castle.

When they returned to the castle, it was dinner time. After Les appeared, he walked straight to the long table of Slytherin College and sat down next to Daphne.

"Les? Where have you been? The sun in the sky seemed to flash suddenly just now." Daphne was happy when she saw Les, and then immediately told him about the "big thing" that happened at sunset.

"It's about the sun just now." Les didn't rush to answer Daphne's question, but first took a portion of Caen tripe stew from the plate in front of him, then took a few slices of garlic toasted mini baguettes, and finally a large piece of juicy smoked beef brisket.

It has to be said that after Helga returned to Hogwarts, the food provided in the school cafeteria has become more tasteful - the proportion of British food in the main meals has been rapidly decreasing, while the proportion of French food has increased, which has significantly improved the quality of the school's dishes.

"Tell me what's going on?" Daphne's curiosity was immediately piqued. Astoria also put down her knife and fork and sat quietly aside to listen.

However, the other students seemed not to hear it. This was the anti-eavesdropping spell used by Rice taking effect.

Anyone who tried to eavesdrop on his conversation with the Greengrass sisters would only hear a buzzing noise. The spell was very effective in keeping secrets, allowing them to discuss confidential matters in public.

"Professor White and I have added a 'blind spot' to the school. I call it the 'magic tent'." Rice introduced the effect of the magic tent to the two little girls, who were stunned.

"But why do we have to do this? Hasn't the school already cast a powerful enough Muggle-repelling spell?" Daphne couldn't help but ask. She didn't understand why Professor Rice and White did this.

"Are the threats from Muggles more serious?" Astoria thought about it and came up with a reason that she was not sure about.

"It's like this." While finishing the food on the plate, Rice introduced the two sisters to the technology that Muggles have invented in recent years.

Satellites that can see the ground clearly from hundreds of miles away, networks that can communicate over tens of thousands of miles, and various transportation equipment that can conquer the sky, land, and sea...

If the source of this information had not been Les, Daphne and Astoria would have thought it was an excerpt from The Quibbler.

"How have the Muggles made such great progress?"

"What should we do if this continues?"

Facing the two's questions, Les just shook his head. He didn't know what the magic world would do. If he had awakened a century earlier, there might be a way. Now, he even had to consider carefully whether to make the real situation of the outside world public. Faced with the huge gap, he was worried that some wizards would have a mental breakdown.

However, judging by Daphne and Astoria's reactions, neither of them seemed to have the emotions that he was most worried about.

You can be afraid, you can worry, you can question, you can even be jealous and angry, but you can't surrender, you can't collapse and give up. This is the bottom line that Rice sets for modern wizards.

If the entire wizarding world completely collapsed after learning about the technological progress of the Muggles, then Les would not say a word and would directly retire with the wizards he recognized - even if he had enough power to destroy both sides, these scums were not worth saving.

"What do you think we should do?" Rice threw the question back without changing it.

He was eager to hear what Daphne and Astoria thought.

The two men began to think seriously, and Rice took the opportunity to finish the beef brisket on the plate.

After a whole piece of beef and three slices of garlic butter bread, Daphne gave her answer.

"I think we can try to get in touch with Muggles and see what their attitude towards the wizarding world is - start with the Muggle nobles. I think this will be more effective. To be honest, the persecution of wizards by Muggles in storybooks dates back hundreds of years. Modern Muggles may not persecute us anymore."

Daphne was optimistic. She thought that she could try to communicate with the Muggles. Maybe they would accept her. Besides, they had so many classmates from Muggle families. Was the relationship between the two sides really irreconcilable?

After listening to Daphne's thoughts, Les looked at her and did not comment.

"Professors Rice and White did the right thing. At this stage, we should maintain the confidentiality law and hide from them. Then I have a very important question. If wizards and Muggles really go to war, who will be the winner? We have seen the ultimate magic before. Muggles would be afraid of spells of that power, right?" Astoria asked another question halfway through her speech.

"It's very complicated. It depends on how you define victory, but I can only guarantee that wizards are by no means powerless to fight back. An all-out war is almost impossible, but I think if there comes such a day, victory will belong to the wizards." As he gained a deeper understanding of the international situation, Rice felt that the so-called war between the wizarding world and the non-magical world did not actually exist.

The wizarding world is not a monolithic entity, and neither is the non-magical world.

The possibility of the non-magical world uniting to attack the magic world is almost zero, because this is a game. Wizards are a strategic force, especially when other countries do not have them. Governments with normal brain circuits and leaders with average intelligence should understand that the magic world in their country is actually in a cooperative relationship with them - if there are no wizards to protect their own country, who will resist the Imperius Curse of wizards from enemy countries?

Therefore, once the magic world is exposed, it is very likely that it will not lead to a war, but it will lead to the loss of independence. After that, it will be difficult for them to live freely like they do now. Muggles are likely to try to control them and add insult to injury. At that time, the confrontation between purebloods, half-bloods, and Muggles will probably become more acute.

“Is that so…” Astoria blinked, a thoughtful gleam in her eyes: “Then we can indeed deal with them and see the attitude of the Muggle leaders.

"If it really doesn't work, and they insist on destroying us..." Astoria's eyes flashed with a hint of sternness: "Then we will kill those leaders first, and then replace them with people who are friendly to us. We can use the Killing Curse and the Imperius Curse when necessary."

Les looked at Astoria with admiration. He thought the strategy proposed by this girl was brilliant.

"That's right, and we can go a step further and go directly into their government to nip the possibility of the wizarding world being exposed at the source." Rice casually talked about his idea.

It would be foolish to follow the Statute of Secrecy completely. The wizarding world should be kept secret from most Muggles, except for a very small number of key Muggles.

"Okay, hurry up and eat. If you don't do something, we'll only have dessert." Les removed the anti-eavesdropping spell and signaled Daphne and Astoria to hurry up and eat.

After dinner, he sent a letter to Mr. Henry and began to tinker with a magic prop he designed with inspiration from Muggles.

"Muggles believe that sound is transmitted in the form of waves, which bring vibrations, so as long as the vibrations are conducted or replicated, the sound can be transmitted." Rice plans to use this to make a remote communication device specifically for wizards.

While Rice was designing his magic telephone, Henry Greengrass also heard from him.

Henry did not dare to neglect the letter from that adult and prepared to deal with it as soon as possible.

So, he came to the Minister of Magic's office early the next morning.

"Mr. Greengrass, why are you here?" Bones was a little surprised by Henry's arrival, because this guy has been very busy recently, attending meetings everywhere, and he is busy with the Quidditch World Cup final and subsequent matches.

"I'm curious about something." Henry didn't think of beating around the bush and asked directly, "Minister Bones, will you communicate and keep in touch with the Muggle Minister on the Muggle side?"

Bones frowned, then his eyes suddenly widened.

"Oh no, I forgot about this! But it doesn't seem to matter, right? We will only contact you if something serious happens here--"

"So you really have maintained contact with the Muggles?!" Mr. Henry asked in surprise.

Bones: ...

After a moment's silence, she first glanced at the office door, and only after making sure that it was closed tightly did she tell Mr. Henry the truth.

The Ministry of Magic has a tradition of contacting the Muggle Prime Minister.

When there is a big mess in the wizarding world that may affect Muggles, the Minister of Magic will go to 10 Downing Street to communicate with the Muggle Prime Minister there and cooperate with them.

The most recent time was when former Minister Fudge went to inform the Prime Minister that Sirius Black had escaped from prison, and with the help of the Prime Minister, issued a wanted order among Muggles.

Henry：???

"For Sirius, Fudge even informed the Muggles?! I mean, is it necessary to tell Muggles about this? Or in other words, is it necessary to let Muggles know of our existence for this kind of thing? And what's the point of issuing a wanted order in the non-magical world?" Henry felt his head buzzing.

It was impossible to evaluate Fudge. It was everyone's fault for allowing such a person to stay in the position of Minister of Magic for so long.

Obviously, Bones also found it difficult to accept Fudge's behavior. So even though she became the Minister of Magic, she did not activate the top-secret channel to contact the Prime Minister. Anyway, there was no big trouble in the wizarding world, right?

"So every Muggle Prime Minister knows about the existence of the wizarding world?" Henry felt suffocated just by saying this.

He thought he was bold enough to send a Squib relative to manage the family wine estate. He didn't expect the Ministry of Magic to be in direct contact with the Muggle Prime Minister. This was simply a disregard for the Statute of Secrecy. That was the Prime Minister!

"Not every one of them..." Bones responded guiltily.

The Muggle Prime Minister has not changed that often recently. The current Prime Minister has been in office for four years, and the previous female Prime Minister has been in office for eleven years. Bones is not very clear about the previous Prime Ministers.

Fortunately, the prime ministers have remained silent about the existence of the magical world, both during their term of office and after leaving office.

"Resign?" Henry felt his blood pressure soaring.

"Oh!" Bones reacted, "After the Prime Minister leaves office, we will erase their memories and make them forget the existence of the wizarding world."

This is finally good news. The Ministry of Magic is reliable for once.

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Here’s an update, good night everyone~

I will try to arrange the next update in the early morning tomorrow.