Hogwarts: A Chinese-Style Professor

Chapter 173 Typical Pureblood Mindset
Dark wood paneling reached the high ceiling, and a long conference table was filled with high-ranking officials from the Ministry of Magic and members of Wizengamor.

When Li Wei entered the conference room under the guidance of the Silent Man, all eyes—scrutinizing, curious, approving, and with barely perceptible apprehension—were focused on him.

Minister for Magic Fudge didn't look too good—Dumbledore's recent investigation into pure-blood magic had caused dissatisfaction among many officials within the Ministry, leading to some disagreements between Fudge and Dumbledore.

In Levi's view, the Ministry of Magic's investiture ceremony was no different from that of the Alchemist Guild.

It was just a different setting, a different group of unfamiliar faces, and a different group of people taking his photos. Besides, it was far more complicated than the Alchemy Guild.

A senior deputy minister named Umbridge made a deep impression on Levi.

She, who was in charge of opening the ceremony, talked on and on for half an hour, so long that Li Wei even wondered who the real protagonist of this award ceremony was.

Fortunately, she finally decided to invite Levi out, and then invited Fudge and Speaker Wizengamo to award Levi a medal.

Li Wei had no particular thoughts about the medal; after saying a few brief words, the awarding ceremony concluded.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with some people who came up to chat, Levi left the Ministry of Magic in the same manner.

Just as he opened the phone booth door, a group of children, who seemed to be on a summer vacation, walked into the street, and two well-built female teachers stood silently not far from the phone booth exit.

Li Wei immediately sensed the strange magic emanating from them—he confirmed their identities almost instantly.

Two more descendants of the Seven Saints, so at this moment, all the children wearing hats are silent?

"Please don't rush to make a move, Professor Li Wei—we mean no harm."

The woman, whose body was wrapped in bandages, stepped forward and bowed to Li Wei.

Li Wei didn't speak, but his five fingers were already gripping the wand.

"Are you sure you want to take action under these circumstances? It would violate the secrecy law—let's hear our sincerity first."

A girl with a short ponytail walked up and stood behind her older sister.

“Please come with us for a walk on this street—as a return gift, I will tell you anything you want to know.”

"Also, my name is Vera Caro, Professor Levi, nice to meet you."

Vera extended her hand to Levi.

Li Wei didn't go to take it, but instead stepped forward and said:

"Really? Then please explain what these silent ones are all about."

The two sisters followed in his footsteps, and the children followed silently behind them.

The three walked in front, with the Momo Rans wearing yellow duck hats following behind, looking just like a student tour group on a summer vacation.

"It seems you have a stronger sense of justice than we thought."

Vera said calmly.

"Please rest assured, these Silent Ones were not abducted from outside." Her long eyelashes trembled slightly. "These children are all our brothers and sisters."

Li Wei was somewhat surprised and continued to ask:
"Then why would you turn your brothers and sisters into this? What's the benefit?"

"This is a rule set by our ancestors—they hoped to use this method to select truly talented pure-blooded heirs—we, as their descendants, can only respect and inherit it."

Li Wei frowned slightly and continued to ask:
"Are your ancestors still alive?" "No, they have been dead for hundreds of years."

"In other words, no one is forcing you to do this now, and you are voluntarily continuing to maintain this distorted selection method?"

Vera understood what Levi meant, and she responded directly:
“Professor Li Wei, you are not from a pure-blood family, so it is normal that you cannot understand our loyalty and faith in the family. But I think you have neither the right nor the need to interfere with the practices of other families.”

Li Wei nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing on this point—each pure-blood family has its own problems, and he couldn't possibly manage them all if he tried.

"Then where will you find the next batch of children? You can't just have them intermarry within the family, can you?"

"Yes."

Vera frankly admitted this.

"Initially, we did rely on endogamy, but after generations, we found that this method of reproduction was too inefficient, and childbirth would also greatly affect the witch's magical learning."

We already have a special lineage, allowing us to conceive siblings through in-vitro fertilization.

So advanced?

Li Wei was somewhat surprised by the advanced nature of their unorthodox technological path.

After learning that these children were the result of their family's own misdeeds, rather than being stolen, Li Wei's anger subsided slightly, and he continued to ask:

"With such a good magical heritage, why don't you just have hundreds or thousands of children at once? Wouldn't the magical world already be in your hands?"

"Professor Li Wei, are you treating us like sows that give birth to a dozen piglets at a time?!"

Yuri waved her fist at Li Wei in dissatisfaction.

Vera continued calmly, explaining:
"There is a limit to the number of times we can conceive, and this method cannot be used on other pure-blood families. Only those of us who are born with a bloodline of inheritance can use it."

How do I know if you're lying to me?

“You can confirm the magical forms of these children—they are actually the same as us—our special life state cannot be hidden from you at all.”

Without any hesitation, Li Wei gently grasped the arm of one of the silent men and quickly began to sense his movements.
A few seconds later, he silently stood up and roughly understood how these silent deaths occurred. Something seemed wrong with their brains—some vital organ had been removed.

So this is the truth about the Seven Sacred Descendants?

During a sensitive period of tension between wizards and Muggles, several exceptionally talented wizards went into hiding in the mountains, protecting themselves with the Faithful Charm and intermarrying among themselves.

By using a method of raising gu (a type of insect) to continuously select the best next generation, the knowledge is accumulated and passed down from generation to generation.

Those who fail are transformed into Oblivion after their brains are removed, and are controlled by a new generation of patriarchs.

"Ugh--"

Li Wei sighed deeply.

He always felt that pure-blood families had such strong perseverance that they could succeed at anything, but why did they choose not to take the right path?

Or is it that those primitive, barbaric, and unfounded extreme ideas are what enable them to do things that seem unbelievable?
If every pure-blooded wizard could reproduce through external intercourse, directly causing a population explosion, and then figure out how to use magic to increase food productivity, achieving a productivity explosion as well, wouldn't they be able to do whatever they wanted after that?
As a result, when the population growth came into their hands, they used it to raise treacherous people internally, while the rest were used as silent agents.
This line of thinking was so absurd that it gave Li Wei a strange sense of entitlement.

A typical pure-blood mentality.

(End of this chapter)