Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

"It seems to have absorbed a lot of magic power from the Ministry of Magic. Is that okay?"

When I got back to the Black household, I reported the situation to Mr. Weasley.

"Our people also reported this situation. But, is it more serious than we imagined?"

"Is it because it has not been used for too long?"

"Perhaps it's because no one in the main house has been here during this period, so there's not enough magic power to maintain the barrier."

I see… The Black family is truly extraordinary.

"By the way, Remus! We are planning to give Harry a belated birthday party, you can come too!"

"That's good, but don't you still have a lot of things to do?"

"Well, you can relax about this kind of thing. After all, I finally saved Harry, and he's never really celebrated his birthday."

It is true. When I was a kid, birthdays were always something I looked forward to.

"So I should prepare a gift?"

"Of course!"

"However, Sirius, we will announce the establishment of the third force in the newspaper tomorrow."

"Also, the Ministry of Magic is clearly in trouble with a shortage of magic power, and this may no longer be ignored."

"That's right. After the announcement, should we ask the pure-blood families who have joined the third force to help provide magic power?"

"That's the best option. We can make Weasley's findings public later. The pure-blood nobles have already understood the results of the survey. This incident has made them realize the quality and quantity of magic, and will also help them understand pure-bloodism. This does not mean to belittle the value of Muggle-borns."

"Then I'll trouble you to arrange it."

Weasley and Malfoy performed very well. After I left, the barrier inside the Ministry of Magic was urgently replaced, and the already exhausted Ministry of Magic employees fell into a state of extreme fatigue. Fortunately, the pure-blood nobles helped provide magic, which made everyone re-examine the meaning of pure blood.

After Weasley's survey data was released, it caused a huge response. Every wizard began to think about their own responsibilities. The differences between Muggle-borns and pure-blood families, and the magic power required to maintain the magic world's boundaries, which had never been taken seriously in the past, became the focus of discussion.

This is an opportunity for the entire wizarding world to reflect.

In fact, all the blame should not be placed on Voldemort or Dumbledore. Long ago, everyone should have taken their own responsibilities, rather than putting all the responsibilities on a few people. It is precisely because of this shirking of responsibility that the current mess has been created. Everyone must realize this.

Neither Voldemort nor Dumbledore is entirely to blame.

Later, Dumbledore was prosecuted for obstructing Slytherin students' employment. In addition, the newspaper also published Voldemort, Tom Riddle's Hogwarts career, which was jointly announced by his classmates. His experience was also not easy. Although the background of the times was complicated, the magic world at that time obviously could not accommodate such an outstanding talent as him. Even now, the situation in the magic world has not improved much.

Dumbledore's reputation in the wizarding world plummeted. People began to believe that he had trained dark wizards in order to make himself a hero and use Hogwarts as his chessboard, and this view quickly spread. Just as Weasley and Malfoy had planned.

But as Mr. Weasley said, there is no harm in calmly analyzing what Dumbledore did. He just firmly believed in his own justice. And until recently, the wizarding world also fully supported him, believing that he was the right choice and relying on him. Because of this, he never doubted his own justice. However, now the entire wizarding world seems to have turned its back on him and regarded him as a sinner. This kind of ruthlessness is probably the nature of the people. Although he was once supported, he is now completely abandoned. I am afraid that he himself cannot understand this change.

This is the power of public opinion... It's really frightening to see people's perceptions change so quickly.

Dumbledore's justice was not entirely wrong, but neither were Weasley and Malfoy, who accused Dumbledore of taking over Hogwarts and failing to guide the students in the right direction.

This was probably some kind of power struggle. Although there was no direct confrontation through magic, it was still a struggle for the future direction of the wizarding world and who would be in control. And in this struggle, the Weasley and Malfoy camps won. The people chose their future direction.

Because that seemed to be a brighter future for the wizarding world.

Dumbledore focused on defeating the dark forces, and there was no doubt that he opposed pure bloodism. Ancient magic was closely related to the dark forces, but was it reasonable to deny it completely? The nobles believed that Dumbledore had made the wizarding world stagnant, and he chose not to directly participate in the reform of the Ministry of Magic, but instead stayed in Hogwarts and shouted to protect Muggle-borns. There was no point in excluding Slytherin students, because they had money and influence to influence the Ministry of Magic, and suppressing them would only lead to greater stagnation.

Isn't this the case now? He didn't take this into consideration.

He did not think about the impact of this behavior on the future, nor did he think about how to deal with the rapidly developing Muggle world, nor did he put forward any ideas about how the wizarding world should develop. Instead of belittling Slytherin students, it would be better to make better use of them, which would be more beneficial to the future of the wizarding world. However, he lacked such foresight. Perhaps in his eyes, there are only two choices: enemies and friends.

"Perhaps he was older and less interested in the future. He may have never really cared about the future of the wizarding world, or even had any clear vision. Perhaps deep down he didn't want the wizarding world to grow. After all, the end result was that the wizarding world declined, while Dumbledore's personal influence continued to grow."

In contrast, the Weasley and Malfoy alliance (although Sirius is nominally the leader) argues how the Muggle world will change, and that if the wizarding world fails to adapt to these changes, the wizarding world will face the risk of shrinking and being swallowed up. Therefore, they emphasize that reforms must be made to cope with this situation. To this end, the pure-blood nobles stated that they would adhere to the pure-blood principle while maintaining the boundaries of the wizarding world, but also made it clear that they would accept Muggle-borns for further development. They also claimed that they would do their best to do this. Therefore, ordinary wizards would probably assist the reform of the pure-blood noble alliance. Muggle-born wizards would also be willing to contribute to future development.

Everyone is actually vaguely aware that blindly continuing the opposition between light and darkness is not good for the wizarding world. Muggle society is changing rapidly, and the wizarding world is completely unable to cope with it and is gradually being left behind. Even wizards who grew up in the wizarding world are gradually realizing this. I also understand this because I work as a part-time worker in the Muggle world. Surprisingly, it is quite easy to live in the Muggle world, and you can see that the Muggle world is developing rapidly. When I go in and out of construction sites, even the materials are surprisingly different, and new things appear almost every day. The wizarding world, because of magic, is too clinging to the old ways.

But they probably haven't considered the possibility of the wizarding world being completely swallowed up and disappearing. Even if it is left behind, it's fine, but as Weasley and Malfoy pointed out, the wizarding world is facing the danger of being completely swallowed up. To change all this, the pure-blood nobles and those capable half-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards must unite. We can't be obsessed with those boring internal fights. At this time, both sides must compromise with each other and work together for the prosperity of the wizarding world, otherwise there will be big trouble.

Don’t you realize this?

Dumbledore, who has made great contributions in fighting against the dark forces, must leave the stage, otherwise the wizarding world cannot develop. Because deep down in his heart, he actually hopes that this confrontation will continue. Although he will certainly deny it, his behavior so far has been like this. Maybe he is afraid that he will become insignificant...

However, for the future, he is no longer needed. Now he will only hinder development.

I have been very busy since rescuing Harry. Just dealing with the inheritance of the Black family is a huge workload. As expected, the family is called the royal family of the wizarding world. The paperwork alone is very heavy. The confirmation work made me run around everywhere, but fortunately, the newly bought clothes came in handy. Basically, I only need to follow the instructions of Lady Lucretia, so things are not complicated, but the workload is so heavy that even an elderly woman can hardly complete it alone.

At the same time, Sirius also started working at the Ministry of Magic, and was so busy that he had no sleep. But Sirius was really amazing. Putting aside his personality, his ability was impeccable. Just dealing with the inheritance of the Black family's property was tiring enough, but he also quickly completed a lot of work at the Ministry of Magic.

Despite being very busy, I still managed to attend Harry's birthday party. I was torn about the gift, but I finally chose a picture book that I loved very much when I was a child. His beautiful green eyes, which were exactly the same as Lily's, sparkled and he was obviously very happy. Snape would definitely soften his heart when he was looked at by those eyes.

Harry's personality is nothing like James', which makes me secretly relieved. Snape also looks unusually happy, and it's almost hard to believe that he can show such an expression, after all, he and Harry are in a very similar situation. Although Sirius looks a little dissatisfied, Harry seems to have understood Sirius's personality, and he coaxes him skillfully and controls him appropriately. In a short period of time, Harry seems to have completely mastered how to deal with Sirius, which is a bit like James.

In order to prevent Sirius and Snape from buying a lot of birthday presents, I asked them to prepare only one present each, but to choose carefully. Harry said that since this meant the beginning of his new life in the wizarding world, he would treasure these presents and cherish them even when he grew up, so he didn't need too many things. After learning of Harry's request, Sirius and Snape began to think seriously about what to give.

Surrounded by the feast, delicious cakes and gifts, Harry was in tears and was obviously very moved. Sirius and Snape rarely had a quarrel that day. I had specially reminded them in advance.

Harry whispered that it was such a wonderful thing to have someone celebrate his birthday. He had always envied his cousins ​​and other children in the past.

Harry told us that he would cherish the gifts we three gave him for the rest of his life, and his attitude was very solemn. This made me understand more clearly that Harry's past was not easy. Although it was reported in the newspapers, I only realized after seeing it with my own eyes that this child had endured great pain, but he had survived it with strength.

...What a good boy.

It sickened me to think that Dumbledore had intended to take advantage of such a good boy.

Sirius also realized that if he wanted to prevent Harry from being used by Dumbledore, he had to take action.

So he is working very hard.

Except for the full moon period, I have been busy working.