Hogwarts 1991

Chapter 714 Return ([-])

"really--!"

"Albert! You want to bring back all the dead Muggles and wizards in London..." Dumbledore said in a deep voice with a very serious expression.

"Do you know what price will be paid for this kind of magic?"

"what!"

Everyone present was shocked,

Unbelievable is another aspect, the most important thing is...

——The people who resurrected a city!
This approach is no different from God.

Just thinking about it feels too arrogant, but according to Dumbledore... McGuffin really planned this way, depending on the situation... He might even do all this.

how can that be!

Even in the previous world, everyone who experienced a messy thing felt that this thing was too outrageous.

People were too shocked to speak.

McGuffin went on to explain, "The Muggles and wizards who were animating in London ... died in Voldemort's magical ritual, so it is easy to distinguish from this pit of despair ..."

"Just the soul is not enough! The key is the matching degree of body and soul..." "Are you naive to think that other wizards in the wizarding world... haven't done similar experiments?" Snape snapped with a gloomy face.

"How do you think you recovered?" McGuffin replied to Snape with a smile.

Seeing that the others had nothing to say, he continued, "Professor Dumbledore, the current state of the two of you is just a small experiment, which proves that these three rings really work..."

"I can indeed use the power of the three Lord of the Rings to stabilize you in this reality...that is, to resurrect you..."

Before McGuffin finished speaking, someone interrupted him.

"But this behavior that violates the laws of the world will always pay a price...without exception." Mr. Arthur Weasley stared at McGuffin, persuading a little tiredly.

"Magic itself is an existence that violates the laws of the world, not to mention the disappearance of the entire city of London... You can't hide it anymore anyway..."

"And this incident will definitely trigger a war between wizards and Muggles..."

"Have you thought about how to deal with this?"

McGuffin shook his head, signaling the wizards to look at the Muggles behind them.

Sure enough, after losing [Jormungandr], Voldemort, and those living corpses... and many other enemies, these Muggle officers have begun to vaguely show that extremely disgusting attitude towards wizards.

It is conceivable that other Muggles will probably feel the same way deep in their hearts after they know this.

Among the people present, there were quite a few wizards who were proficient in the magic of [Inspiriting], and they could easily see their inner thoughts and emotions from the eyes of Muggles.

Even if the Muggle elite tried to hide the look on their faces, wizards knew it all too well.

And they also understand that once they return to London, the wizarding world will definitely face... magic and science, muggles and wizards fighting to the death... this extremely dangerous situation.

(Almost everyone here understands that this world is shrouded in Voldemort's magical ritual, and the flow of time is inconsistent with the outside... When these people return to London, it is estimated that it is at the end of the night of change.)
(Naturally, they will face that unprecedented crisis, facing the crisis of exposing the entire wizarding world to Muggle society.)
After a moment of contemplation, Scrimgeour looked at McGuffin and asked, "But it's a city of Muggles,... can you really resurrect everyone?"

"It's impossible for me alone, but...with the magic power of a world reflection, it's possible!"

"Could it be that you..." Scrimgeour realized that last Christmas, he had indeed listened to Mad-Eye Moody's report on the 'Little Hangleton Village Incident'.

——The world where flesh and blood crawled.

"It seems I'm right! Albert, you really want to take advantage of the gap in the world that gave birth to the Lord of the Rings. Re-establish that world of flesh and blood to give birth to the fleshy shells of thousands of Muggles..."

"It might work," said Dumbledore.

"However, if it is really carried out according to your idea... will there be time? Voldemort is dead, and once we return to reality, it will be the time when his magical ritual is shattered, that is, the status quo of the entire city of London... will be displayed to all Muggle countries and societies..." Cornelius Fudge asked.

"In time!" McGuffin said with certainty, "As long as everyone works together, it can be done."

"But even if we revive all the Muggles, we can't stop that night... This terrible event... Or the news of this disaster leaked to the Muggle world... This is something that cannot be done by any magic..."

Rufus Scrimgeour still had doubts about the success of this plan.

"No, there is a kind of magic that can do it." At this moment, Lucius Malfoy suddenly stood up, staring at Dumbledore and said.

Snape, and Harry, who was listening to the words, immediately realized what Lucius was referring to.

His son... no, his daughter!

De LS Malfoy!
In the event of "Draco becoming De LS", the magic that Dumbledore led them to cast-it can indeed change the perception of everyone in the world, and it is the most powerful way to conceal this disaster.

"Indeed, indeed...it can be done!" said Dumbledore, "Albert, when did you think of all this?"

McGuffin did not answer, he secretly glanced at the tasks displayed by the system in his mind.

——This is clearly written on it.

He just said it according to the script.

Seeing that McGuffin did not answer, Dumbledore began to ask another key point of the success of this plan.

"That city... London."

"How do you want to restore it to the original state? Even if all wizards from all over the world are concentrated in that city, we will not be able to restore everything to the original state tomorrow morning..."

"No, we don't need to restore it to its original state... Just let an earthquake break out in that place, and make the whole city even more dilapidated. As for the explanation... Leave it to the Muggle government, the Muggle Prime Minister... must be very good at it, and very happy to do so." Before McGuffin could answer, Cornelius Fudge directly interjected and gave the solution.

These remarks made the expressions of the Muggle officers on the side very ugly.

However, they actually agree with this point deep down in their hearts—this kind of thing can indeed be done by those shameless politicians, especially when the current prime minister's approval rating is extremely low and he is on the verge of stepping down, he will grab all the ropes for 'life-saving', even if it is full of thorns.

Speaking of this, everyone began to discuss the feasibility of this plan.

(Especially Snape and Albus Dumbledore... explain to others roughly what kind of magic can be used to change everyone's perception of a thing in the world and erase a public memory. The magic spell that changed DeLS Malfoy's identity is far more effective than [Forgetting Curse] and Forgetting Potion.)
(Of course, they didn't directly reveal who DeLS Malfoy really was.)
After heated discussions, people found that as long as MacGuffin could solve those few technical difficulties, the feasibility of this plan was indeed very high.

Seeing that many wizards were discussing about the same, McGuffin rang the [Dust Bell] in his chest again according to the requirements of the system.

--clang!

Everyone came back to their senses and looked at the McGuffin in front of them, wondering what he was going to do again.

McGuffin inserted his hand into his heart, and took out the palm-sized [Dust Chime Bell] from it.

The small bell rang heavily, and those who resonated with the train emitted a terrifying wave of magic power.

Some wizards backed away in horror.

"Since we have discussed it, let's sign the contract!"

"What, sign what..." Everyone asked in amazement.

"The Book of Contract!" McGuffin snapped his fingers after saying that.

The [Golden Libra] attached to his body appeared directly, and then floated directly in front of everyone.

The golden scale was directly melted into a thin piece of golden parchment by the rainbow light emitted by the ring.

He signed his name on it with his fingers flying like a phoenix:
[McGuffin Albert! 】

Then, he handed it to Dumbledore and Snape.

The two of them immediately froze... The machine, like a programmed robot, raised its hand blankly, using its own magic power... and signed his name on it:

[Severus Snape! 】

【Albus Dumbledore! 】

After everything was over, Dumbledore and Snape's slightly woody and inhuman forms were transformed into skin and flesh, with a human breath.

This change... is like a monster wearing a layer of human skin.

"MacGuffin Albert! You... what are you doing!"

Professor McGonagall snapped at McGuffin.

"No, nothing! It doesn't matter!"

After Dumbledore and Snape took a few breaths, they stopped Professor McGonagall with ugly faces.

The old bee raised his head and said to McGuffin, "Indeed, this is reasonable... Violating the universal laws of the world, bringing the dead back to life... You have to pay a price..."

"What price!" Harry asked hastily.

"The price of signing a contract with this so-called 'world train'!" Snape said coldly.

People looked at McGuffin.

He nodded, "Yes, it's not that I can resurrect you with the ring alone. In the dark, everything has already been marked with a price... Especially in the future generations, it will be more so."

Seeing everyone's fearful and suspicious eyes, McGuffin continued to explain, "This [Universal Express] represents the will of the entire world, and its running... will definitely be the fate of all living beings in the future..."

"Only after signing the contract, will the will of the whole world help us clean up that mess! To cover up the traces of the existence of the magical world..."

"Otherwise, Professor Dumbledore's cognition-altering magic...wouldn't work at all. What's more, his magic needs a target to support the casting of the spell...Now only the train cast with the wreckage of [World Tree] and [Jomungard] as raw materials can be qualified as its anchor."

McGuffin took a step forward, tore the so-called [Book of Deed] from the middle, and handed them to Rufus Scrimgeour and others in front of him, including the Muggle officer hiding in the corner of the carriage.

This golden paper, which resembled a parchment scroll, continued to split as it was torn again and again, and it was completely presented in the hands of everyone every time.

【Book of Contract】

[The sound of the gods, resounding loudly between the end of the dusk of the old world and the beginning of the dawn of the future...]

[This is the contract between the tide of bones, the song of despair and mourning, and the universal train; it is the contract between the crawling of flesh and blood and the book of gold; 】

[It is an agreement that cannot be changed and cannot be reversed! 】

[Signed: ——]

[Train conductor: MacGuffin Albert! 】

[Station Master: Albus Dumbledore! 】

[Conductor: Severus Snape! 】

[Backups: Noldus Klingwiger, Emanda Danos, Fran Duffin...]

Everyone looked at the names of the golden trees, which were lined up in rows, tens of thousands, endless.

"This is……?"

One of the Muggle officers whispered a name.

"That's right, those are the names of those who have passed away... people..."

"Once revived, they will sign a contract with this train. Unlike the wizards, though...they will return to their ordinary lives..."

"Only those guys who don't know whether they are lucky or cursed will be selected by this train and selected to be on the train..."

"What are you doing on the train!" Rufus Scrimgeour's tone was extremely severe, he directly interrupted McGuffin and asked unceremoniously.

Arthur Weasley, Percy, Fudge... many Ministry of Magic officials don't look very good-looking.

Because judging from the meaning revealed in McGuffin's words, this train has its own consciousness.

This is... a bit scary!

And wantonly interfering with the Muggle society, even if they now fool the current crisis, it will once again... cause unavoidable turmoil in the two societies.

"Yeah? McGuffin... what do you want to do when you choose this train?" Hermione asked softly unconsciously.

"mission accomplished!"

"What task?" Scrimgeour asked forcefully.

McGuffin snorted and sneered, "Dear Minister Rufus, you don't think everything...is settled at this moment, do you?"

"No, it's not like that!"

"No, this is far from over!"

"The death of Voldemort and the disappearance of Jormungandr...just represent the end of the old era, but it does not mean that the new generation will not come."

(End of this chapter)