Daily News: The Prophet of Hogwarts

Chapter 304 Meeting

"I didn't realize you were more optimistic than me." Reassured, Ryan chuckled. "I am a little nervous, but it's not enough to get me out of my head."

"It won't affect your decisions or your thinking, but it has already had an impact on you. From now on, I think Headmaster Dumbledore won't be standing in the forefront anymore. He's too old, and he's already weathered two Dark Lord crises. At this time, a new person needs to step forward, and that's the only one."

Penelope said.

In other schools, professors and students support each other step by step, because the students' natural talents are average. However, when faced with outstanding students, a struggle for recognition and honor may arise between professors and students.

For example, the allocation of authorship on academic papers can lead to countless conflicts between teachers and students.

But this doesn't happen at Hogwarts.

Because Dumbledore, as the headmaster, was a man who feared wielding power. His own deans were already renowned figures, and they had no need to steal the students' credit.

The students, while fond of power and fame, were only so-so. For example, Ryan, although he always wanted to be the headmaster, hoped that Dumbledore could be the mascot, a pillar of heaven and a beam of gold supporting the sea.

In short, Ryan wanted to do things, so he wanted power, rather than wanting power and then doing things.

"Don't worry, the production of alchemical golems and enchanted weapons will be accelerated. The most important thing is to conduct experiments. We'll see when the headmaster and Mr. Gale have time, and then we'll prepare together." Penelope began to shoo him away: "Go do what you need to do, don't waste your time here. By the way, I have a suggestion."

"you say."

Penelope replied without hesitation, "Among the members of the Adventurers' Club are many talented young people from wealthy families, who can play a significant role in stabilizing the local wizarding community. You should understand what I mean."

"I understand," Ryan nodded.

During this period, Lucius has spared no expense in helping to build the pure-blood wizard alliance and has changed some old and corrupt ideas through exchanges of benefits, with remarkable results.

Of course, every group has stubborn members, including pure-blood families, where there are many dim-witted people.

So Lucius and the other bright pure-bloods would let these dim-witted pure-blood lunatics experience what it means to be ruthless.

With a combination of carrots and sticks, the pure-blood wizards shone brightly in their charitable work, while also bringing the names of Ryan and Hogwarts to the forefront.

Although the daily expenditure of Galleons was enough to make everyone wince, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and bear it, thinking of Lucius's grand promises and Ryan's iron fist, hoping that their investment would yield returns as soon as possible.

"The Headmaster wants to see me. See you later." Ryan saw the silver phoenix flash past him and knew it was Dumbledore.

The initial processing of the letters has been completed. Now, we are notifying the Hogwarts school leadership to hold a meeting.

See you later.

Penelope waved, indicating that the Adventurers' Club meeting would follow the Hogwarts meeting.

The principal's office on the eighth floor.

When Ryan arrived, the deans were already there. It was rare for Gale to sit at the head of the table, with Slughorn sitting next to him, looking like he had just eaten a fluffy catkin.

After inviting Ryan to sit down, Dumbledore began to recount the day's events, mentioning how the great dark wizard Herpol had reappeared in the world and precisely blocked Ryan's path, leading to the most serious leak of the Secrets Act since its inception.

Moreover, this leak far exceeds the leak that occurred at the Bald Eagle subway station back then, and it is no longer possible to modify memories using memory spells, forgetting spells, or other methods.

Dumbledore said, "The Law of Secrecy is no longer reliable. After this battle, wizards will inevitably return to the world's attention."

What he said wasn't entirely absolute.

If wizards continue to bury their heads in the sand and are willing to further relinquish their sovereignty and become henchmen of the Muggle world's rulers, then the Law of Secrecy will still be effective. As long as those in power believe that the existence of wizards is under control, then everything is negotiable.

Otherwise, the sophisticated monitoring system built upon the combined technologies would certainly be able to uncover the wizard's traces.

This is precisely what led to Dumbledore's change of heart over the years.

Because whether or not the secrecy law is leaked no longer depends on wizards, but on ordinary people.

After the first battle with the Dark Lord, everyone said that Dumbledore was a powerful defender of the Law of Secrecy and a protector of wizards.

After the Second Dark Lord War, everyone considered Dumbledore to be the uncrowned king of the wizarding world and the protector of Muggles.

Ultimately, Dumbledore was simply a powerful wizard, born into a wizarding family, gifted from a young age, and every step he took after growing up was inextricably linked to the wizarding world. Such a person could become a protector of Muggles, but only if that protector's role did not conflict with that of a wizard.

In his reply, he declared the matter closed, stating that no means could stop ordinary people from coveting wizards, and that wizards must unite to fight for their safety and peace!

In other words, we should unite against external forces.

Those present were shocked, but also secretly pleased at the demise of the secrecy law.

The main reason was that they had been in contact with Ryan a lot, and under Ryan's deliberate guidance, everyone present had come into contact with the technological power of ordinary people. This made them convinced that the secrecy law would be abolished sooner or later, and they had to prepare in advance.

They were even mentally prepared to stand on the opposite side of the entire wizarding world and forcibly break the secrecy law.

But to everyone's surprise, the secrecy law collapsed in the blink of an eye! And the culprit was an antique wizard who had emerged from the depths of history!

Therefore, no one can even blame Hogwarts. The reason is simple: as one of the parties involved, Helbo lived in an era without the Law of Secrecy. No wizard with any sense would impose the Law of Secrecy on this very, very, very old predecessor.

Faced with Ryan, who was one of the other parties involved, even the most rigid and stubborn person couldn't say anything. He couldn't just say that if someone came to kill him, he should just obediently wait to die.

No one could find fault with Dumbledore, firstly because he was too skilled in combat, and secondly because as the headmaster, his act of rescuing the students was beyond reproach.

Aside from the fact that the timing of the breach of the secrecy law was somewhat unexpected, everything else was simply perfect!

"The breaking of the secrecy law isn't necessarily a bad thing for us. But how should we announce it to the outside world? After all, it's you and Ryan involved. We want to consolidate the wizarding power, and we've caused such a big commotion. We need to let people know the reason."

McGonagall's eyebrows furrowed tightly. As the most reliable and dependable headmistress and principal of Hogwarts, she was naturally worried about the uproar that would ensue if Helbo's identity and the existence of Horcruxes were revealed.

"Hordeal—" Slughorn sighed. All the anxious and fearful moments of his life were related to this thing.