275 Eugenia, Dumbledore, Statute of Secrecy
In the principal's office, Dumbledore sat face to face with a strange woman.
After a detailed conversation, the woman finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Dumbledore took a sip of tea, and then said: "That's it, Eugenia. I believe Regulus's parents will be happy to agree to this condition."
The current Minister of Magic, Eugenia Jenkins, said depressingly: "The Black family are really difficult to deal with. It is said that there is countless gold in their family's treasury, which gives them still great power. Your appeal, otherwise I wouldn’t deliberately cause trouble for you.”
"I understand your difficulty." Dumbledore nodded and said: "These are extraordinary times, and we must do everything possible to avoid pushing the pure-blood family against us - especially when Abraxas Malfoy is imprisoned. After Azkaban, I heard a lot of people were unhappy about this. We have to be careful with the Blacks' request, otherwise we are helping Voldemort."
Although the crime committed by this name is not enough to make everyone in the magic world feel worried, many people have already foreseen the unstoppable signs of the other party.This has stopped many people from saying each other's names because fear has spread.
It seemed that only the old man in front of him was not affected at all.
"I advise you to pronounce this name less often."
Eugenia shook her head in fear: "I always feel that this symbolizes the unknown, and the fate of many people is... not very good."
Those horrific scenes appeared before her eyes again, all of which were crime scenes that she had seen with her own eyes.
"That's really scary, how could such evil people exist."
"That's why we have to break fear." Dumbledore's gentle tone contained incomparable determination and had the power to bring hope to those around him.
"We must not let Voldemort's plan to spread fear succeed, at least not let all the light of dawn be annihilated."
The collision of different ideas caused a moment of silence, but after a moment of silence, Eugenia nodded with a depressed expression.
"You're right, Dumbledore."
Dumbledore was well aware of the other party's character and his powerlessness in the face of Voldemort's rise, so he did not ask for anything more, but took out a jar, tried to lighten the atmosphere and said, "Want to have a taste? The owner of Honeydukes added a lot of novel flavor to the pile of cockroaches I just bought.”
"Your taste is still so...unique." Eugenia had a weird expression on her face, but she didn't refuse. Instead, she grabbed a big handful and ate them all one by one.
It was obvious that she was under a lot of pressure.
"I thought you wouldn't be so easy to talk to," Eugenia said vaguely with her mouth full of candies: "You should know what I'm referring to - it's this kind of thing where you have to choose a side. ."
"I heard Travers say - you should remember him, the former Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement - he said that you were a stubborn person, and that you were arrogant and arrogant. He even said that you looked down on you. Ministry of Magic. After all, you are known to have turned down the position of Minister for Magic on multiple occasions."
(Travers is the guy who finds Dumbledore at Hogwarts in the second Fantastic Beasts movie.)
"That's just because he doesn't like me, and I'm sure he knows that, and I don't like him either."
Dumbledore said with a smile: "His methods at that time were too tough and did not allow anyone in the middle to exist - no matter what their reasons were, and no matter whether these people liked war or not, he would only ask everyone to forcefully stand on his side. Side, otherwise you will be regarded as an enemy."
"We must not make similar mistakes again, otherwise our friends will become unwilling and full of suspicion of each other, and even actively push these people to oppose us and become real enemies."
"I know, I know..." Eugenia sighed and said, "I'm just wondering why such a similar situation would happen again? Vol... Old Demon, and Glinde Waugh, it’s all the same followers, and the same attractive enough ideas.”
Dumbledore did not answer this question easily, and Eugenia did not say anything more, but just drank tea depressedly.
The portrait on the wall looked at them secretly. When Eugenia looked over, she quickly pretended to be nonchalant, but her ears were all twitching.
"It's a road that never ends."
After a while, Dumbledore said softly.
"It's also a problem that can never be solved."
Eugenia looked up at him.
"Do you think it's because of the Statute of Secrecy?" she asked: "Both of these two people's ideas are to break the Statute of Secrecy, and they claim that they will no longer let wizards hide. "
Unexpectedly, Dumbledore shook his head.
"The "Secretary Law" is just a trivial reason. It is not the key to solving the problem."
"Why?" Eugenia immediately asked. She knew that the "Secrecy Act" was severely criticized, especially among those pure-blood families. There was no need for it to continue to exist.
"This is just a reason, and it can even be used as an excuse to launch a war." Dumbledore said: "The real key lies in the desires in those people's hearts, both for strength and power."
"They pursue these things at all costs and put on a disguise called ideal, which allows them to ignore many things, even the lives of others, with righteousness."
"And this is what we should protect the most."
"We should protect those who are weak, whether they are wizards or Muggles."
Eugenia looked at him blankly, it sounded like Dumbledore had experienced it personally, which reminded her of those rumors in the past - rumors about Dumbledore when he was young, and his With Grindelwald…
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
There was a sudden knock on the door, which suddenly interrupted Eugenia's thoughts.
"Oh, I should go." She stood up immediately: "Ministry matters..."
Dumbledore stood up and sent her away.
When the door opened, Hagrid looked at Eugenia and was stunned.
"Minister, how could you...?"
"Dumbledore will tell you." Eugenia returned to her serious look. She patted Hagrid on the shoulder and left the principal's office.
Hagrid looked at her back in confusion until Dumbledore said: "Please sit down, Hagrid."
Hagrid finally came to his senses.
"Oh, okay, Principal."