She wasn't here to find food. Hermione thought indignantly - although her principles had long been polished to be extremely round and flexible due to continuous adventures, it was strange that there were some guys around her who regarded violating school rules (sometimes the law!) as simple as eating and drinking water.

Unless there is a sufficient excuse, she tries to make herself more decent.

So she hesitated to say whether she had accidentally done something that she sniffed the mirror, inspired by Grindelwald, who once handed a mirror to Neville. But the words stopped when they were on their lips, well, it sounded like ulterior motives...

"I'm not hungry-" Hermione opened her mouth, and her stomach roared the next second. Her face suddenly seemed to burn.

The flames in the fireplace were burning. Hermione didn't know how she sat down, as if the professor had sent an invitation. When she came to her senses, she found herself sitting upright on a small round bench (provided by the house elf), staring at the grilled fish sizzling in the fireplace, her face was burning hot by the fire.

Hermione lowered her head, Valen was looking up at her, her shiny little black eyes blinking.

“I’m busy all this time and don’t go to school often,” Felix said. “I heard that students like to teach in Classroom 7?”

"Oh, yes. Professor, what have you been busy with these days?"

"Just running around the world. I also handled a magic incident yesterday," Felix explained, seeing Hermione's surprised eyes, "According to this, a farmer picked up an automatic stirring crucible discarded by a wizard. Although the magic on it has failed, there is still a failed life and stagnant water left in the crucible. The farmer used the crucible to get a pair of deworming medicine. The next morning, he found that thirty cows were sleeping... This matter was also on the news."

"Is that abandoned cauldron accident or is it left intentionally?" Hermione asked with a frown. "I know some wizards like to tease Muggles, and Ron's father has dealt with similar situations."

"It's hard to say," Felix thought for a moment and said, "I guess it was an accident. During this period, many wizards living in the Muggle community returned to the magic world, and Hogsmeade alone doubled outward, probably because they were lost when they moved."

"Mr. Hepp, Ms. Granger." At this time, a house elf wearing a wide white turban appeared, and the silver tray in her hand contained a plate of cookies and three goblets containing pumpkin juice. "Thank you, Yunbo." Felix picked up a cookie, and Hermione thanked her, and then Felix keenly realized the difference in name.

"You know, Bo Yun?" he asked. But obviously, the focus of this title is not on the surname.

"Yes," said the house elf Yunbo respectfully, "For a while, Ms. Granger often came, and we were puzzled, and the elf was dissatisfied with it. Later we understood that she was fighting for our rights."

Hermione waved her hands repeatedly and told the house elf not to talk about it, so Yun Bo bowed deeply and left. In fact, Felix wanted to know the house elf's view on the Pan Magic Alliance, and he didn't know what the Ministry of Magic staff said. Maybe it was because he had a few more days of vacation and funds for buying gifts.

The kitchen was a little quiet for a moment. Then Hermione heard the sound of metal collision. She turned her head and saw Valen take out a pocket knife and fork from her small pocket, and then took out a palm-sized emerald green handkerchief tied around her neck. When she saw Hermione staring at her, it hesitated to take out another red handkerchief and handed it to Hermione.

"Shi?"

"Oh, I don't need it, and it's too small to be suitable-" Hermione whispered, but Felix said, "Give me one too." Valen screamed in dissatisfaction, slowly took out a bright yellow handkerchief and stuffed it into his hand. Felix shook the air, and the handkerchief grew bigger like a magic trick, and there was a circle of magic decorations.

He put the handkerchief that had been bigger for several times on his knees and turned to look at Hermione.

So Hermione also took out her wand and pointed at the handkerchief. It immediately turned into a wide dining cloth. Then the fireplace in front of them brightened up, and more than a dozen fragrant grilled fish were hanging in front of them, oily and very appetizing.

Felix, Hermione and Valen were all given a grilled fish, and the rest were given to the house elves. The house elves did not refuse, but carried three small tables with all their heart and responsibility and placed them in front of them. Then they hid aside and enjoyed the food.

This behavior that violated the character of the house elf surprised Hermione, but it happened in real terms. There could only be one reason: the same thing has been repeated many times. The house elf knew that there was no hope of persuasion and no longer wasted effort.

Hermione took a bite of the fish meat, but she didn't feel the fish bones, and couldn't help but admire the magic of the fish bone curse.

This late-night snack was extremely strange.

There were many people, like a dinner party, but the house elves basically didn't make a sound. Judging from their satisfaction shaking of their bodies and their tiny movements, they were in a very happy mood, which made Hermione feel like she was in a mysterious tribe participating in a celebration.

And she also gained a secret from the action of the domestic elf swallowing food - thanks to her sitting on a stool less than a foot tall, it was clear that for wizards, it was difficult for domestic elf to distinguish gender from appearance. But today Hermione learned that the Adam's apple of the male domestic elf was slightly protruding, while the lines on the neck of the female domestic elf were softer and less likely to be noticed. It was exactly like a human.

Hermione suspected that this was because the house elf always lowered her head and spoke, which prevented the secret from being discovered. Seeing that the plate was bottomed out, Hermione finally remembered why she came here.

"Well, professor?" she said with a napkin, "the children you rescued from the U.S. government..." Felix turned to her, his plate was empty long ago. "…There were a lot of discussion in the newspaper, but in general, those reviews were good and bad,"

"It's normal," Felix murmured, "When you put yourself in the public eye, you will always receive praise and criticism at the same time unless you are so bad that you are scattered. But I think few people should question the need to rescue those children, right?"

"That's right. With the publication of the book "Providing Help for the Openness of Magic", many anthropologists and historians have recognized ancient wizards as one of the early humans. The director of the British National Museum claimed to have found evidence from the murals of the primitive people: it is believed that wizards were first born in two groups of brave warriors and priests. The former gained magical power by fighting magical animals, while the latter used the blood and bones of magical animals to hold rituals..."

Felix was unanimous about this conjecture. He had similar speculations, but he was just speculation. The specific origin of the wizard is too old and no one knows the truth. Moreover, the judgment criteria are not unified. What exactly marks the emergence of the wizard? Is it using some bodies of magical animals to create a "magic tool", or does it start from the first time that mysterious power appears on ancient humans? Or is it true that magic knowledge is summarized and flows to other talented individuals?

Each of these three has great significance. The first example represents human beings trying to control magic; the second example is that magic emerges in wizards, and the third example shows that magic can be taught, which means that people who master magic change from individuals to groups.

It may also be that none of the above are correct, so why can't the magical beast and the wizard appear at the same time?

Felix did not pay too much attention to the answer to this question. When he negotiated, he asked that this "unsearched history" be considered only from the perspective of human morality, so that many problems can be avoided.

After explaining the content compiled from the clippings, Hermione finally concluded:

“The controversy is teaching you the means you use – they want to solve the problem through law rather than confronting it head-on, and debate on whether wizards have the power to investigate and enforce the law.”

Felix whispered and firmly: "They can discuss it, but I don't intend to compromise on this issue."

Hermione bit her lip. But her purpose tonight was not for this, not to mention that Grindelwald's attitude was much more radical - he advocated complete revenge, believing that once a country and individual steal the power of the wizard, the wizard could take all means to revenge, just like the witch who lost her daughter and burned the laboratory with a fierce fire.

"Are those kids doing well?" she asked in a low voice.

"It's okay, except for being frightened." Felix glanced at her, without elaborating on the inside story. "Ifamoni's therapist will take care of them carefully, and also conduct necessary examinations - magic is not the only way to modify memory, but the means other than magic are relatively cumbersome, and they must be in a closed environment for a long time."

"So, I just simply check if there is a positioning device on them."

"Positioning Device?" Hermione said in surprise: "Will those magical substitutes fail? I saw from "Hogwarts, a School History"-"

"When the other party is interested in exploring, it seems too negative and passive to hope that they will fail automatically," Felix said, then pausing, as if he was hesitating whether to disclose more, but he continued: "Actually, I suspect that the local government roughly knows the location of some wizards' gathering places. The American Magic France Association has a bad relationship with the Muggle government. As potential enemies, they will naturally try to collect useful information. It is difficult to keep it completely confidential."

"But-" Hermione looked surprised.

"Are you worried that they might follow the map and provoke disputes?"

Hermione nodded.

"The possibility is slim." Felix smiled and said, "All magical communities - especially schools are shrouded in magic, and at worst there is protection from Muggle expulsion spells and warning spells, and the coverage is extremely large. I want to crack them with pure technological means - I don't know if it is feasible, but it certainly takes time. The wizards who stay in it can evacuate quickly; as for the use of heavy firepower weapons... maybe there is this possibility at the beginning, but now it is almost completely gone."

Hermione looked at Felix in confusion, and Felix waved his hand, making the sound unable to spread and could only be heard by two people.

"Granger... Since your career is the Minister of Magic and you have shown this potential, we can talk more deeply about this issue. I don't want this conversation to be made public, and neither Harry, Ron nor your parents can reveal it, nor a word can be... Do you agree?"

Hermione agreed nervously.

"Very good, take the United States as an example. Due to historical reasons, their wizards account for a much lower proportion, about 40,000 to 50,000. We discuss the most extreme situation - these wizards suddenly suffered devastating blows and suffered heavy losses, but half of the wizards may still be quite large. This is the result of the American Demon France that would be so stupid that they did not find any clues."

Hermione imagined the scene, she had watched human war documentaries, and had a clear conception of the terror of densely covered artillery fire. Her body shook suddenly and her face turned pale.

"But then what?"

Felix said in a calm tone: "This is the beginning of the war, not the end. Once this happens, there will definitely be a large number of wizards who will escape, but there will also be a large number of wizards who will stay and die because they have lost their relatives and friends and everything... A person with nothing and only thoughts of revenge will become an irrational beast and the most tenacious warrior. We know from past history that weapons have been updated the fastest during the war years, but I am 100% sure that wizards will grow faster than this, especially when they choose to let hatred fill their hearts, war will make people cold and numb. At that time, Lihuo is only the most kind way..."

"No, that's too scary, we must not let this happen." Hermione whispered.

Felix looked at her quietly and said after a moment: "This is what we are doing. OK, forget it. The above is just an academic discussion, a hypothesis, and an assumption that basically won't happen. Otherwise, why are we working hard these months? You should go back, it's almost time to turn off the lights."

Hermione walked silently outside the kitchen, Valen curled up in Felix's arms while yawning. They came to the foyer, and Hermione suddenly said, "Wait, professor, I have a very important thing to tell you, I'm looking for you because of this-I went to your office, but you're not there."

She had suffered too much mental impact just now and almost forgot the real purpose of this trip.

"What's the matter?"

"When I sorted out the newspaper clipping in the morning, Harry and Ron discussed a possibility..." Hermione quickly said what happened during the day, and Felix shook his head slightly, "The American Magic France will guard against this. They have had some conflicts with the Muggle government for this. As for the little wizard who has not yet entered school, it is indeed a breakthrough, but Ifamoni-"

"Professor, you want to say that the Ifamoni Magic School contains their names, right?" Hermione said first.

Felix's expression gradually became serious, and Hermione obviously wanted to say that there was a loophole that could be exploited here... A picture suddenly flashed, and it was what Professor McGonagall said to him: "Three students refused to enter the school."

In fact, it is no big deal to refuse to enter the school. He didn't pay much attention to it before.

The process is fixed. Generally, after this happens, Hogwarts will send multiple professors to communicate with parents. After the communication is fruitless, it will report to the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic will send a special person to deal with it (if necessary, the forgetting spell will be used), and it will be accompanied by years of supervision. This process usually lasts until adulthood (the more you go back and forth), that is, the age of 17 means that those who give up magic will basically not accidentally cast spells because of their emotional out of control, and the magic will gradually become silent due to long-term unexercise.

This is different from the silent person. The silent person usually suffers physical or mental abuse in childhood, becomes hated and suppresses his magical abilities and refuses to cast spells. They have basically no intersection with those who give up magic, because it is difficult for the silent person to live beyond ten years.

It was also after Felix knew about Dumbledore's sister's experience that some rare silent people might have lived past ten years, so he mentioned to Professor McGonagall.

"…The lights in Hagrid's cottage kept on, making us think he was in the house all the time, but in fact he went out, and Harry's live spot map search range was limited. Once Hagrid went deep into the Forbidden Forest, there was no one to find." Hermione continued, and then her lips began to tremble, "But the question is, was he really in the Forbidden Forest at that time? What did he encounter again? We don't know all of these..."

There is no need to continue talking.

Felix fully understood her thoughts, but because of this, his expression was unprecedentedly solemn.

The scope covered by Harry's living spot map is the scope that the American Magic France Association can monitor. Hagrid represents those little wizards who have not yet entered school. If these little wizards stay in the local area, they will naturally not encounter danger. Even if danger occurs, they will be noticed quickly. But what if one day their whole family decides to immigrate? Or any other reason? The vast sea is a place where the wizard's magic cannot reach.
Chapter completed!