Chapter 169 167. Muggle Government
The relationship between wizards and Muggles has always been complicated.
But due to the special nature of magic, the maintenance of this relationship has always been decided by the wizard.
Since the "Act of Secrecy" came into effect in the wizarding world, the two parties have completely severed their contact in legal terms, and the title "wizard" only exists in Muggle legends.
But if it is true that the two parties have never been in touch with each other and are not at all, in most magical governments, wizards and Muggles are allowed to fall in love freely.
The Muggles who had contact with wizards, or later formed families, gained the power to know the existence of magic.
From this aspect, it can be seen that while the "Secrecy Law" is strictly enforced, it is also flexibly applied to certain issues to a limited extent.
For another example, today's magical governments are actually established on the basis of the political system formed by Muggles, so for the convenience of some law enforcement, the leaders of each Muggle government will have the Minister of Magic come to the office on the first day they take office. Inform them of the existence of the magic world and strengthen the cooperation between the two governments.
According to some standards that Jon learned from the original book, the communication between the heads of government must be mainly on the side of the Minister of Magic.
The existence of magic allows them to have too many possible manipulations of people's memories. In order to maintain the "Secrecy Act" and at the same time strengthen cooperation, let the top leaders such as the Muggle Prime Minister know the existence of wizards. At the same time, the Ministers of Magic will not May not think of imposing some limitations on their cognition.
For example, it was clearly described in the original book that when the current British Prime Minister came to power, Fudge came to him in person and introduced him to the existence of the magical world.
From this, we can see many problems hidden behind.
Those who can become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom must be the top political figures in the Muggle government before becoming the Prime Minister, but they still have to wait until they become the Prime Minister to truly know the existence of wizards and magic.
This probably means that the politically liberalized authority of the "Secrecy Act" is only for the Supreme Prime Minister, otherwise Fudge would not be allowed to come and say it in person, rather than the former Prime Minister or other Muggles who would inform the Supreme Prime Minister in advance. new prime minister.
It is very likely that after the Prime Minister resigns, a wizard will come to clear his memory of wizards and magic from his mind, and even if he is in office, there will be various restrictions to prevent him from leaking information about the existence of the magic world. Leaked.
After all, once a person with such an identity breaks through the "Secrecy Act", there is no room for turning it back.
While the wizarding world is so intent on reaching a cooperation with the Muggle Prime Minister, the most common thing they are prepared to do is to allow the wizarding world's law enforcement work to collude with the Muggle Prime Minister.
Learning magic is equivalent to ordinary people getting a gun with unlimited bullets. A dark wizard who has committed a crime is equivalent to a thug with a gun. A shield that hinders the work of the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, it is extremely important for the two governments to have communication channels. Criminals in the wizarding world can also issue wanted orders from Muggles. Generally, they cannot be caught, but it can also make Muggles vigilant. As for meeting the black wizard, he would go forward foolishly.
Now, Hogwarts and the Order of the Phoenix led by Dumbledore have become wanted criminals under Voldemort's government.
The Muggle captain I met just now said that the Hogwarts school emblem is the symbol used only by terrorist organizations that the British government has been looking for.
This means that the Voldemort government has completed the sharing of law enforcement information with the Muggle government.
The first one is that after seizing power over the entire British Ministry of Magic, Voldemort did not change the previous strategy of contacting the Ministry of Magic and the Muggle government. He still let Fudge and the current Prime Minister communicate with each other, and wholeheartedly stabilized the situation in the magical world. live.
The second, which is the worst conjecture, is that since Voldemort can spend seven years in the French Ministry of Magic, it makes no sense that he will let go of another government that is right in front of him, the one he is most fond of. Contempt, contempt, and want to get rid of the Muggle government quickly.
With the absolute advantage of information, wizards with magic such as the Imperius Curse, Inspirit, Veritaserum, and Apparition can easily control some high-level Muggles.
But Jon frowned and thought for a long time, thinking that Dumbledore couldn't have thought of things he could think of, just like the incident in the carriage this time was enough to prove that the old man was much more thoughtful than he was.
The Muggle government will definitely have arrangements for Dumbledore, but judging from the current situation, Voldemort has the upper hand in this arrangement.
Asking for directions once, Jon got a lot of information by insinuating.
It's just that it's useless for him to worry about other things. After all, they have all gone to sea now, and what they should care about most now is their own situation.
Also in the lounge, on the same map, Jon marked a point near the east coast of England.
"We are here now. Neville's judgment is quite right. The carriage has been heading east. The sea area we went to sea is in the North Sea, and the direction we are heading now has been judged according to the astrology last night. Go straight north."
Both George and Neville looked directly above the map.
Due north of the United Kingdom, there is a Danish territory of the Faroe Islands. To the northwest of the Faroe Islands is Iceland, and if it goes to the northeast, it is Norway, Sweden, Finland and other European countries.
Looking at the meaning of Hogwarts' current voyage, if there is no major deviation in the middle of the route, then they should be going to these two places.
It’s just that Jon and the three of them pondered for a long time, but they couldn’t come up with anything related to Hogwarts or the Order of the Phoenix in Iceland or Norway.
But George hesitated for a while, and recalled with a frown.
"I seem to remember that when Ron first entered school, Charlie complained to me that they were going to a very cold place to perform tasks, and asked his mother to prepare several sweaters and coats for him at that time. It doesn't matter what the destination is once."
That's all he can remember. Even in the Weasleys' house, his two older brothers, Bill and Charlie, generally don't tell their family members about their work in the Order of the Phoenix, especially the troublemakers George and Fred. , a lot of news will guard against them.
Jon touched his chin, looked at the map, and didn't say much.
Now that they have determined their location and the direction they are sailing, at least the students on board can feel at ease. They have not left the UK too far.
And then there are many other things on the ship that Jon needs to deal with.
For example, they are about to spend their first important holiday away from the professors on the sea—Halloween.
Pushing it up today, it happens to be a holiday, so I will update it during the day
(end of this chapter)