Hogwarts Card System.

Chapter 378 The End of Magic...

The delicious cauldron left by Hufflepuff can automatically turn simple ordinary ingredients into a variety of magical delicacies with wonderful effects. It feels like it matches the magical cooking of the house elves in the school now!
This big pot of stew is enough for the whole school to have a meal!
Could it have been used to cook for the students?
Ms. Hufflepuff left her "legendary kitchen utensils" behind!

Oh, and she also left behind a gold cup. Could it be something similar? It's still in Dumbledore's hands!
In addition to the big pot, there is her "recipe", which contains her casual notes, containing a lot of valuable information, which at least allows people to get a glimpse of the magical world thousands of years ago.

Now, the legacies of the Big Four are all together!
……

"It turns out that the stars had already converged as early as the time of the Big Four! It's just that the phenomenon was so small at that time that it didn't attract any attention at all." Hermione looked at the Hufflepuff notes that Ted translated and sorted out.

Ted added: "It's not necessarily that it didn't attract attention. It could also be that the population was not so large at the time, and those things from other worlds were gradually integrated into our world. So no one thought there was anything strange about it."

What the truth is, I'm afraid it's impossible to know now.

That is to say, Hogwarts is a thousand-year-old school, and some clues have been left behind. Where can you find them in other places?
What ancient ruins are you going to do archaeological research?
Isn’t that… isn’t that what the goblins do?

Ok? !

Do those ugly guys really have some unspeakable secrets? !
Make a note of this and observe it closely in the future.

Haven't been paying much attention to this stuff lately.

The wizarding and Muggle worlds are in a mess right now, and they're not doing anything? So peaceful?

By the way, what was their reaction the last time Gringotts was robbed?
Ted plans to ask Little Barty to pay more attention to the goblins.

I feel like there aren’t enough people!

……

Ted wanted to plant some informants in the Ministry of Magic, but he didn't expect that the Ministry of Magic took action first.

The pink toad appeared again with a smirk on his face, holding a piece of parchment in his hand, and came to the auditorium with a smile on his face.

The students looked at each other in confusion, and all felt that their appetite had been affected.

Normally, this old lady doesn't come to the lobby to eat. She is sent to the office by the house-elves. She eats alone and often makes some very strange requests.

She had eaten the dish of life's impermanence many times before, but she was not like Lockhart, who asked questions. She just ate.

Of course, in order to ensure the original flavor, the old recipe and old method are still used~
But why did she come to the auditorium today?

"Cough cough cough~"

She coughed a few times to attract everyone's attention.

Then he pointed his wand at his neck and said in a loud voice: "In view of the sincere requests of many students, I have contacted Minister Fudge many times. After many communications and discussions, I have strived for this great opportunity for everyone..."

Some Slytherin students began to applaud her. It was obvious that they had "joined" her now.

This attracted many contemptuous looks from the little wizards.

Those little wizards didn't care and were even a little proud: When you graduate and can't find a job, you will know how powerful we are!
Umbridge's sweet voice rang out in the hall, and then she began to "brainwash" everyone.

Ted could see that this guy was just a live-streaming celebrity. He never tired of brainwashing and instilling his own unfortunate ideas into students.

Something about how great the Ministry of Magic is, how we should respect authority, how capable we are... It feels like a pyramid scheme den listening to applause.

And now, she took the so-called "opportunity" and kept taking credit for herself, as if she had helped everyone present to get the chance to become an immortal.

It has the style of some stupid performances in some live broadcast rooms: "I must fight for benefits for my family, I'll give you a number~"

The problem is, there are people who actually believe in this style!
Especially since there are many underclassmen present.

Many young wizards who are mentally immature and whose values ​​are not yet completely solid are very likely to be deceived by this extremely stupid brainwashing method.

At least they have curiosity and doubts in their hearts, so they will be fooled!
Could Ted allow such a fool to fool others in front of him?
Ted: What the hell are you going to give this show?

Then, without anyone making any movement, the entire hall suddenly began to rumble, and then the sound came so loud that it immediately drowned out Umbridge's voice:

"I'm a pink toad~ I'm a pink toad~ If you believe me, you're even more stupid than a toad! I jump up and down when I poke~"

Wow, this time Ted used the loud and clear version of Umbridge's voice!
The glass in the entire auditorium was vibrating and I couldn't hear what others were saying.

But the little wizards shouted with obvious excitement.

Especially those senior students, they wanted to take the opportunity to curse Umbridge's ancestors!

Umbridge had completely given up the clip sound and was hysterical in a deep voice: "Quick! Get rid of it! Get rid of it! Make it disappear! Stop the curse immediately!"

She waved her wand as hard as she could and cast a universal counter-spell, but it was completely useless.

Not to mention how powerful your spell is, how can you counter the curse with this omnipresent sound?
Umbridge screamed, dropped the parchment, her hair disheveled, and ran away in her pink high heels.

This public humiliation really upset her. She didn't attend classes for a week afterwards. The students were very happy.

Someone has already arranged and composed the music for "Pink Toad" and it has been sung.

However, the parchment that Umbridge brought was nailed to the notice board.

After all, this thing is a real educational instruction from the Ministry of Magic, and it has the seal of the Ministry of Magic.

The above content said, "In order to give young wizards a chance to practice, the Ministry of Magic is willing to open some internship positions, allowing outstanding young wizards to try internships in the Ministry of Magic in advance, so as to lay a solid foundation for them to enter the Ministry of Magic and serve the majority of wizards in the future..."

Ah~ It’s the magic civil service exam!

This thing actually happens every year, but the number of people is really limited.

Think about it, how many people are there in the entire British wizarding community? About 30,000. How many people are there in the Ministry of Magic? At most a hundred or so.

Some of these people have been working in the same position for decades, and their fathers may have done the same job.

My family has connections and resources, so after I graduated from school, I was brought in to do an internship at my job.

However, there are only a few of these people every year, maybe eight or ten, and half of them are children of pure-blood wizards.

In fact, the wizarding world doesn't pay much attention to this. Look at Peggy. After graduation, she followed a caravan in Diagon Alley and engaged in import and export trade.

Apart from his father, no one in his family worked at the Ministry of Magic—they all went abroad! It had to be Weasley!
But this year is different, the Ministry of Magic has decided to expand enrollment.

Or, Fudge felt that there were not enough people!

On the one hand, the Ministry of Magic is really short-staffed.

In the past few years, there were only a few unlucky people who died in the line of duty for one reason or another.

But this year, more than a dozen have died in the first half of the year alone!

As early as last year, the Ministry of Magic had already begun placing advertisements in newspapers and other media to recruit more strikers.

The Auror Office is also stepping up the training of young Aurors.

But how can it be useful to cram at the last minute for things like this?
This year, the frequency of various incidents has begun to rise steadily.

Ted contacted Lupin, who was very busy - he was now responsible for communicating between the British Prime Minister and the old lady, and lived in 10 Downing Street half of the month!
Two months ago, Sirius used his connections to transfer Tonks to a new position - to protect important Muggle figures, which actually meant sending her to reunite with Lupin.

After the couple got married, they almost had to live apart because of work.

Under such circumstances, officials at all levels of the Ministry of Magic were crying and complaining bitterly.

In the past, there was no such a huge workload! Not to mention the risk of death in the line of duty.

Except for the two years when Voldemort and the Death Eaters were causing trouble, when has it ever been so tiring and so dangerous?

Everyone wants to just resign!
Therefore, the Ministry of Magic is short of manpower, very short of manpower. It needs young people who are not afraid of hardships and difficulties, work hard, and serve wizards!
Another aspect is that Fudge felt that his own foundation was weak.

Although he has already controlled a considerable number of the Ministry's middle and high-level officials through various tricks, he is still influential.

But this is based on the fact that he is the Minister of Magic, and the term of office is about to change. It is hard to say what will happen by then.

Moreover, if you don’t have someone you can trust, many things will be difficult to handle.

Therefore, he also wanted to take the opportunity to cultivate some of his own confidants.

Young people are easier to deceive, I mean to coax them.

Now that I am still a minister, I should train a group of people with legitimate reasons. Maybe they will be useful when there is a change of leadership!

Under such conditions, the Ministry of Magic Education Order No. 2 was issued.

It stipulates that "outstanding students in grade five and above, including grade five, can visit and intern in various departments of the Ministry of Magic."

In principle, these students who have done internships will be given priority for admission after graduation.

Although Umbridge was taken away by Ted, this thing still caused a lot of discussion. Many young wizards were discussing this thing.

The most active ones are Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

In the Ministry of Magic, the largest number of officials come from these two colleges.

Ted originally thought that no one would care too much about it. But he was surprised to find that a considerable number of students in the two colleges of Snake and Eagle were interested in it and even began to ask what the standard of excellence was.

The answer is Professor Umbridge's assessment~
Ah! Waiting here!
However, this is after all related to whether you can have a decent job in the future. Although I hate toads, I still have to go to work.
Many students started getting the so-called test papers and began to study them enthusiastically.

There are still two months until the exam, but the library is already crowded!

Ted: I didn't expect the atmosphere of civil service exams in the wizarding world to be so strong? The end of magic is the civil service exam!
How can this be done!
This is Harry Potter's parallel world, a magical world!
I feel so panicked when you guys do this!

No, absolutely not!
Ted felt that he had an obligation to help these "lost" children find the true meaning of life!
……

In the secret base, at the bottom of the Utopia core server.

Ted stood in front of a huge purple crystal more than three meters high, "Parker! How are the preparations going? The development of "The Wizarding World" will be advanced!"

"My great and creative master, I have already made all the preparations. I am just waiting to develop this new, magical virtual world!"

Originally, Ted wanted to create an "online game" to allow more people to join in and help him with research and trial and error.

Now it seems to be earlier.

There are conflicts between camps, right? The battle between people is constant and ever-changing.

There is always a time limit for players to fight with NPCs, and they will get bored after a while. But there is no time limit for fighting with people, and you will never get bored no matter how long it takes.

It certainly can't be like in World of Warcraft, with one side being the Horde and the other side being the Alliance? Judging from the appearance of the Horde, I guess there's no one there!
It’s better to set it as two countries or forces!

Then, we need not only confrontation but also cooperation. How to cooperate? External pressure!
It has to be a catastrophe of such magnitude that one party alone cannot possibly be able to bear it, and it requires the sincere cooperation of everyone!

Well, we also need to set up some powerful world-destroying crises such as catastrophes and alien invasions in the background...

Ted really understood it. It was nothing more than taking some inspiration and elements from those popular online games, stand-alone games and novels.

As for some conflicts in style? What are you afraid of? This is a crisis of alien world invading the world! There are many kinds of alien worlds! It is normal for them to have conflicting styles!
Ted chuckled: "I'm such a genius!"

"Parker, develop it according to this script. The story background should be broad enough! Set it up as two major forces hidden in the society of ordinary people, maintaining social security and order, but cannot be exposed."

"They have to deal with the endless invasions from other worlds, resolve the crises of this world, and maintain relationships with ordinary people to ensure they are not discovered. This can be considered as helping them adapt to this world in advance..."

"Oh, right? We can create some evil dark wizards, make them bad, and make people want to hunt them down. This way, everyone's understanding of ordinary people will be strengthened, and they will not be so divided from each other. In the future, I have a feeling that wizards and Muggles will cooperate for mutual benefit!"

"The most important thing is to set up a realistic enough research and secondary occupation system! Let wizards do magic experiments and conduct magic research in the game, and then intercept some of the information here and use it as mission rewards or left over from ancient ruins. Anyway, guide them in their research..."

If you are too busy, you can outsource it to someone.
Hehehe~ The highest level of freeloading is to have people actively give you freeloading. They don’t even know it!
"For the first expansion pack, let's call it Molten Core, just like the Land of Fire a few years ago!"

……

Ted originally thought that he would spend the night in the laboratory, but he received a message from Hermione unexpectedly.

Ted came to the upper floor and said, "Hermione, it's so late, why don't you go back to the dormitory to sleep?"

"Oh, I couldn't sleep and had nothing to do..." Hermione avoided the question.

Ted naturally noticed it, and took his girlfriend's hand and asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"……Um."

"Tell me?"

"I'm not going back to sleep tonight?" Her face was slightly red, very pretty.

"Aren't you going back to sleep? You want to help me with the experiment?" Ted asked curiously.

Hermione held Ted's face and said, "What a bullshit experiment! Make AI!" She went straight for him.

It turns out that they were not here to do experiments, but to play games.

Do you know how long it has been since my magic power increased?

It has been more than a month since the start of school! Who can stand it? !
Asshole, you actually want me to take the initiative? !

You are dead today!

Hermione didn't go to eat breakfast the next day, so Ted brought it back.

Fortunately it was Saturday, otherwise I would have missed all my classes in the morning. It can only be said that the action of forces is mutual.

……

The flowers nourished by rain and dew are extremely beautiful.

So much so that during lunch Harry kept asking Hermione what makeup she had used today and why her skin looked so glowing.

Hermione: "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious, you will understand in the future~"

At this time, Neville seemed to have lost his appetite. The fork in his hand was about to poke the baked potato into mashed potatoes.

Ron took a bite of the chicken leg and savored it. Seeing his friend's expression, he couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Are you not enjoying the potatoes today?"

"No." Neville looked a little sick.

This state is not as good as Hermione who stayed up all night. She looked radiant after replenishing her magic.

"Did you not sleep well?" Jerry asked. "I came back from a night trip last night and heard you talking in your sleep."

"What did you say?" Ron asked.

"Neville said - this time it will definitely succeed, hahahaha~" Jerry's imitative laughter was very eerie~
Neville's expression turned ugly, and he whispered, "I had a nightmare."

The friends stopped talking.

Because whenever Neville has a nightmare, it means something bad has happened, and it is most likely related to Voldemort.

These past few days I have only finished coding in the late night. Alas, my condition is starting to get bad again.

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(End of this chapter)