Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 412 Is it necessary to continue

In the Three Broomsticks, Garrick condemned the incident and it was Jack's turn to speak.

Jack's expression now was the same as Snape's, who was sitting behind him, cold and a little scary.

Today Fudge personally found Snape and asked him to protect someone because there were not enough Aurors.

Fudge originally wanted to invite Flitwick, but his family went on vacation to the Aegean Sea. He wanted to invite McGonagall, but McGonagall and her two younger brothers and the whole family had gone camping somewhere, so he could only ask Snape.

Snape accepted the minister's invitation. After all, wizards also have to understand the ways of the world and he had to give the minister face. However, he did not expect that the person he had to protect was Jack.

He had a good impression of Jack, but he felt that Jack had a strange feeling when he looked at him.

Among the wizards present was Ms. Rosmerta, the owner of the Three Broomsticks Bar, and others. They knew some information and thought that Jack was unhappy because his bodyguard was not McGonagall.

Today Jack has been thinking about a serious question and has come to a conclusion in his mind.

Harry, his three friends and Ginny heard the news on the radio and after some murmurings decided to go to the Three Broomsticks.

As they entered the bar, Jack began to speak:

"Thank you all for your concern for me, and thank you to the Aurors for arriving in time and catching the criminals."

"I have a lot to say, but after thinking about it for a long time, I feel that some of the things I want to say must be said."

"why?"

"Why did what happened last night happen? Our family had nothing to do with that criminal, but he wanted to hurt us."

"Is he going to kill us just because my grandson Charles Smith used Muggle fertilizer in his planting experiments?"

"I want to ask, Muggles also eat salt, doesn't he eat salt?"

"I'm thinking about the root cause of this matter. I think many people here know the answer. It's a wall between wizards and Muggles."

"The wall has been there for many years, and it was useful when it was built."

"But after hundreds of years, a lot of changes have taken place both inside and outside the wall."

"For so many years, people inside the wall couldn't see what was happening outside the wall, or they saw it but were unwilling to believe it."

“But in life, they can’t live without the walls.”

"This wall has also caused many family tragedies. It has separated parents and children, brothers and sisters, and lovers, breaking up countless families."

"I heard of a tragic case of a gentleman whose father died in the Somme and who was brought up by his mother."

"One year, this gentleman's mother fell ill. It was a minor illness that was not worthy of mentioning by St. Mungo's Hospital, but at that time Muggles could do nothing about it."

"He went all over the Ministry and everyone told his mother not to use potions."

"The story ends in tragedy, as the mother struggled with the pain of illness and eventually passed away."

"That gentleman who used to be polite and everyone thought had a bright future was overwhelmed by sadness and anger. He impulsively did some bad things and eventually died on the cold floor of Azkaban."

"Whose fault is this?"

This matter was suppressed by the Ministry of Magic at the time, and the younger wizards present knew nothing about it. Only old men like Aberforth knew about it. Madam Rosmerta recalled that she had heard other drinkers mention it several times before.

Jack should not know about this, but the Ministry of Magic thought that he and Dumbledore were friends, so Dumbledore said it, and Dumbledore thought that the Ministry of Magic told him. In fact, Jack heard about this from the Dementors, and was ready to pass the blame to Charles, and then let Charles pass it to Grindelwald.

Jack understands the wizards' way of thinking very well. Emotion is more important than rationality, and sensational cases are better than reasoning.

He continued, "I know a family with a pair of sisters who loved each other, but because one was a wizard and the other was a Muggle..."

Snape's heart skipped a beat. Although Jack didn't say a name, he immediately thought of who he was going to mention. After all, it was Charles who brought Petunia to his house that year.

The work still had to be done, and as he routinely scanned the bar, he saw the same pair of eyes as the wizard's sister among the crowd, and felt his heart stabbed.

Jack continued: "The tragedy of the two sisters did not end at Hogwarts, and as they grew up, the two tried to repair their relationship."

"However, the wizards and Muggles on both sides of the wall think differently and both sides lack understanding of each other. Their husbands had a conflict when they first met, which led to the two families no longer communicating..."

At this moment, Snape saw the same eyes as the wizard's sister and the same face as that man, and he felt like his heart was stabbed again.

Jack continued to tell the story: "This wall divides not only wizards and their Muggle relatives, but also wizards themselves."

"There is a group of wizards who, like the criminals who attacked my house last night, have been artificially creating rifts and divisions among wizards for many years for some ulterior motives."

"There was a girl from a Muggle family. When she was a child, she showed characteristics of a wizard. Because she was not understood, she was regarded as a monster."

"There was a boy from a wizarding family living near her home. He told her what wizards were, and the two became good friends before entering Hogwarts."

"But, because at that time, a group of people were creating divisions among wizards, the two of them were separated by this rift..."

Snape had just been selectively blind to everything except his wizard sister's eyes, but when he turned to look at the back of Jack's head, he felt like his heart was stabbed again.

He thought to himself, you're just going to pick on me alone, right?
Jack continued to tell stories in a vivid and emotional manner. These stories had been processed a bit, but were very detailed, as if an eyewitness was slowly telling his own experiences.

The reporters and other audience members listened quietly, no one said a word.

Everyone felt that something big was going to happen today.

Sure enough, Jack finally said: "So, should this wall that has caused countless tragedies continue to be preserved?"

The bar was eerily quiet at first, then erupted with a roar like Seamus casting a spell.

People were talking and exclaiming, and the noise made everyone's ears buzz.

For many wizards, the International Statute of Secrecy is the cornerstone of the entire wizarding world and has become a part of their lives. Much of the work of the Ministry of Magic revolves around this law.

Now a Muggle parent of a wizard student has come out and said that the International Statute of Secrecy is outdated, which is something no one dared to imagine.

Soon someone noticed something was wrong. Logically, the Ministry of Magic should have stepped in at this time, but no one came.

The reporters with a keen sense of nose smelled a different scent. They were excited about the big news, but also had some doubts about the future.

Snape frowned. What Jack said would be handled by the Ministry of Magic, but he just kept thinking about himself but didn't mention anything about McGonagall. This was a bit strange.

Meanwhile, in Farbaton Castle, Mos Jeff shouted, "Everyone, work harder. We are likely to face a fierce attack. We must make those fools realize their incompetence and make our products more famous!"

Jack then lived here, and there were concerns that stubborn wizards might attack the castle.

Moss Jeff was leading his colleagues to cast spells around and set up a defense system, waiting for those people to come.

(End of this chapter)