Chapter 331 329. Politicians
Dumbledore looked at the wizard sitting opposite, as if recalling the tense situation fifty years ago that was not inferior to the current situation.
Percival Graves, director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Magical Congress of the United States, was killed. Not only did the murderer not escape, but he also used extremely superb transformation methods to replace his identity, using the official power of the Magical Congress of the United States to contact a silent one.
Although this incident was exposed by another proud student of Dumbledore in the end, and his plan was blocked in the United States, the negative impact on the Magic Congress could not be eliminated anyway, and it even almost completely destroyed the secrecy law, making the magic The world is exposed in front of the citizens of New York.
And the most affected is the Graves family.
Not only did Percival, who was the deputy of Congress, die, but it also completely ruined the reputation of the Graves family in the American wizarding world. Matthew, who was only 7 years old at the time, lost his father and was finally raised by his mother alone. grow up.
Fortunately, Matthew's mother educated him very well. Even though he lost his father's previous political qualifications in Congress, he still relied on his own excellence and hard work to sit on the second-in-command position of the International Magic Cooperation Department. It is almost certain that, As long as any director of the department retires in a few years, he will be the number one successor.
But he never forgot the grudge between the Graves family and that murderer!
Gellert Grindelwald, Matthew never forgot the name.
He has always wanted to avenge his father with his own hands, but let alone the issue of strength. After the world-renowned duel ended in Dumbledore's victory, Grindelwald was sentenced by the International Federation of Wizards to be imprisoned in Nurmengah Germany was imprisoned for life.
Such a judgment is recognized by the Magic Congress. As a member of American wizards, Matthew also lost the opportunity to legally find Grindelwald to seek revenge.
However, he is also sensible, and knows exactly what level he is. Even if Grindelwald is not imprisoned in the end, he can't get **** and go directly to die in the name of revenge.
So Matthew can only agree with Congress. As long as Grindelwald is willing to abide by the judgment and stay in Nurmengard all the time, it will be revenge.
But now the Witch Party has resumed its activities in Northern Europe. In the past year, he even changed his surname perfunctorily, and became the headmaster of Durmstrang without even changing his name.
Congress and Matthew are certainly not blind. Grindelwald's behavior has touched the bottom line of their treatment of this matter.
Matthew stared closely at Dumbledore.
He came to Hogwarts Castle this time, not only representing the International Federation of Wizards as a referee, but also representing the Magical Congress of America, to understand the position of the old man in front of him.
"I have always respected you, Albus." Matthew said seriously, "Not only did you defeat him and avenge me and my family, but what I trust most is your character. Now, I Just want an answer."
"Are you fully cooperating with him now?"
When this question was finally asked, Matthew's voice calmed down instead, like a pool of stagnant water, but only a small stone is needed to make it make huge waves.
Under his gaze, Dumbledore shook his head.
"Since you believe in my character, you should know that I value feelings, but I will not act on them. He is indeed a member of Wu Pingxian now, but our cooperation is only limited to the deal on how to defeat Riddle. I will not I support what he did, and I don't have the time and energy to figure out what he is going to do after he walks out of that prison. Now I just need to get what we need, otherwise we will come to Huo I'm not alone in Gwartz Castle."
His voice was flat, and his blue eyes never deviated from Matthew's gaze when he spoke.
Matthew's originally tense body finally relaxed.
Grindelwald has served as the principal of Durmstrang with a high profile for more than a year. The reason why the Magic Congress has not acted for such a long time is to find out Dumbledore's position.
In the eyes of some insiders, they clearly understand the relationship between the two old people. The Congress has been arguing for half a year, whether or not they want to bring Dumbledore into the next countermeasure against Grindelwald. .
Even though Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix have fallen to the point of being expelled from England, no one in the Magic Congress dares to underestimate him.
Therefore, they finally decided to take the opportunity of this Triwizard Tournament to get in touch with Matthew, who had a good relationship with him, to find out what kind of relationship Dumbledore and Grindelwald are now.
Now Dumbledore can be regarded as temporarily relieved by those in Congress.
As long as the two of them are not completely united, the subsequent actions of the Congress will be much more convenient, and there will be fewer unnecessary considerations.
Dumbledore crossed his hands, his eyes did not deviate from Matthew's face.
"I gave the answer you want to know, so now, can you answer what I want to know."
Matthew's expression was serious, and he said very solemnly.
"Until the result is completely clear, Congress will definitely not provide any help to the British side. We have no intention of interfering in the dispute between you and him, and even more people in Congress are biased towards you. But because of Grindelwald's problem, our current focus It has to be on him first."
"Before the result is completely clear" Dumbledore repeated Matthew's first sentence, and chuckled.
There was no shame on Matthew's face.
"If you fail in the end and he succeeds in becoming the master of Europe, then of course we have to re-evaluate the relationship between Congress and him. If his ambition cannot be restrained, or if he wants to repeat the mistakes of Grindelwald, then we will follow your path."
Dumbledore stared at him.
"You have so many wizards of mumps. There may not even be more than three pure-blood families in America in name. Even Ilvermorny was founded by wizards and Muggles together. Congress's attitude towards pure-bloodism Are you just watching?"
He laughed, that smile was still gentle, making people feel no sarcasm.
"This reminds me of the long-standing saying that the real brains of Congress died after the great debate on 'nation or race' in the eighteenth century."
The American magic community has existed for a very short time. Although it now has a pivotal position in the international magic community, the so-called Magic Congress was just a loose organization composed of European wizard immigrants before the United States was even formed.
In 1775, when the Muggle War of Independence officially broke out, as a group of wizards who immigrated to this land, they would also face a choice.
Whether they want to help Muggles, help their own new country to fight, or to protect the wizarding community and avoid contact with Muggles, they will also not participate in the War of Independence.
The reply of the British Ministry of Magic is only a succinct sentence: "Stay on the sidelines." The opinion of the chairman of the Congress and most high-level officials is also: "Don't worry about this war."
In the end, they were not involved in any official war, but they still acted secretly to protect their No-Maj neighbors from time to time. In addition, wizards also celebrate Independence Day in secret.
The person who almost tore up the secrecy law at that time was the Magical Congress of America itself. Fortunately, the smart people among them chose a correct path.
Because wizards participating in the war can't change any situation at all, and their choice will also trigger the same thinking among wizards all over the world.
In the face of wars between countries, wizards who also rely on the Muggle regime to make distinctions, in this situation, choose to stand with the country, or consider wizards as a whole.
The restraint of the Magic Congress prevented this chaos from happening, but their most outstanding contribution to the protection of peace is limited to this.
Once they made the right choice, but on the issue of Voldemort, Dumbledore was very disappointed.
These American wizards are too obsessed with finding revenge on Grindelwald, and they don't see clearly the harm Voldemort is about to bring to the world.
An organization with pure blood power at its core, how can they expect that after digesting the cake in Europe, they will not focus on the fertile soil of the blood blank area in America?
Facing Dumbledore's words, Matthew didn't waver on his face, and he said very seriously.
"We have never ignored any threat, Albus, but no matter what, there should be a priority. Grindelwald's problem must be resolved first!"
Dumbledore looked at him and shook his head slightly. He hadn't thought of persuading him, so he wasn't disappointed.
"Okay, it's time to end the reminiscences. If you really think about the fairness of the next game, then I suggest you go to the castle to meet my former student."
After asking everything that should be asked, and knowing everything that needs to be known, Matthew has no plans to stay any longer.
He got up from the chair, and before leaving the office, he gave Dumbledore a last word of blessing.
"I hope your warrior can perform well in this game. I have heard about his recent deeds in the United States."
Dumbledore didn't get up to see him off, but just sat on the chair and watched his back leave.
After Matthew closed the door of the principal's room, the portraits on the wall behind Dumbledore, who were still pretending to be sleeping, suddenly became agitated.
They chattered about the conversation between the two parties just now, denouncing the stupidity of the Magic Council's decision on Voldemort.
Only Dai Lisi, who used to be the therapist of St. Mungo's, frowned and asked in the frame.
"Are they really going to be impartial in our war against the Dark Lord?"
Phineas sneered.
"Remind you Dai Lisi, the words of politicians, especially the words of so-called diplomats, you can completely treat their mouths as **** that only farts."
Dai Lisi just stared at him dissatisfied with this old obscenity.
"But he's still Albus' friend, isn't he?"
"Friend?" Phineas yelled strangely, "Troll diplomacy is probably the only way to talk about friends in front of politics!"
"The attitude of the Magic Council does not depend on what Matthew says now." Dumbledore did not participate in the quarrel between them, but said softly, "He is now blinded by the hatred that Grindelwald brought to him I don’t care about and don’t want to care about Congress’s attitude towards the war between us and Riddle.”
"But one thing he said is right, that is, they will not interfere in our affairs until the situation is completely clear."
Dumbledore was silent for a moment when he said this, and then he opened his mouth in such a thoughtful way.
"Phineas, help me find Professor Rozier, I have some questions and I want to talk to her first."
Hermione is cleaning up those messy things in her bedroom.
There are less than thirty students who came to Hogwarts Castle including Durmstrang's students, so their accommodation environment is more comfortable, and there is still a lot of room for each person to have a separate room.
But in the dormitory where Hermione was at this time, she was not the only one alone.
"I have said many times, Lady Gray, that I have no interest in the so-called Ravenclaw diadem."
Whether it was the sixth time or the seventh time, Hermione couldn't remember, but after finding herself from this ghost, she had repeated the same words no less than five times.
Ms. Gray is still the same as when she was brought by Nick to meet Jon for the first time. Obviously, she has been in contact with Hermione for a long time.
"Miss Granger, you are eager to gain knowledge and possess extraordinary wisdom. If my mother is still alive, you must be her favorite type of student. She may not give me the crown, but She will definitely give it to someone like you."
Hermione has heard such rhetoric countless times, and her answer still hasn't changed a bit.
"So? Just because you approved me instead of your mother, I'm going to help you find that crown? There is no such reason, ma'am. Law's inheritance is not interested."
Ms. Gray stared closely into Hermione's eyes, as if she wanted to see through the girl completely.
"I know, you want to help that boy, don't you?"
Hermione's hands froze, but she still spoke without raising her head.
"I want to help, not to help you do things that may cause him trouble at this time."
(end of this chapter)