Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse...

Chapter 378 Secrecy Ended!

As soon as he finished speaking, Durmstrang, as well as Hogwarts and Beauxbatons, thousands of miles away, fell into a deathly silence.

The werewolf curse... this problem that has plagued magical societies worldwide for centuries, was quietly solved by an organization that has only been established for a few decades and is virtually unknown?

The werewolf problem has always been a persistent issue plaguing magical societies, and countless wizards have devoted themselves to trying to overcome it. But until today, the best they could offer was an incredibly expensive potion that could only prevent a werewolf transformation once a month…

As for a complete cure? I wouldn't even dare to think about it!

Many people subconsciously thought that this newly emerged organization was just swindling people, but many more recognized Damocles Belby, the expert who developed the wolfsbane remedy, among the many faces on the judges' panel. His appearance undoubtedly increased the credibility of these words to almost complete certainty...

"I assure you that this result is completely true and reliable, and our team will make this achievement publicly available to the whole society free of charge—you will be able to see the relevant paper in newspapers and academic journals in about a week...and our achievements are far more than that."

Seeing the students and professors below fall silent, Goshak understood the effect of his words. He smiled calmly and continued to drop the bombshells he had prepared one by one.

"And this is merely the most significant achievement the university has made in the last year or two. Beyond that, we have achieved much more—such as the fog screens you used to watch the competition, the establishment of the first basilisk breeding farm, and the development of the latest broom, the 'Firebolt,' all of which benefited from the university's assistance… We can say without any shame that the university has made more breakthroughs in the last thirty years than the entire magical society in a century!"

"Does anyone know why this is?"

"We are not better than other wizards—our professors are all elites in their academic fields, but none of them dare to claim to be the best or most authoritative in any particular field, and as the principal, I dare not say that the university has gathered the best talents in the entire society... But the fact is that these people, whose talents and numbers are both quite limited, have come together to create achievements that are enough to shake society in a very short period of time... Why?"

After posing the question, Goshak deliberately paused for a moment, giving the audience ample time to think, before offering his answer:

"Actually, we didn't make people smarter. Instead, we discovered people who were already smart through the framework of 'university' and then placed them in the most suitable positions."

"In Europe, hundreds of wizards graduate from magic schools every year and enter society. Among them, apart from a very few with exceptional family backgrounds or those recruited by research institutions, the vast majority do not have the opportunity for further study. Countless brilliant minds, full of endless possibilities, are thus sent to an unchanging life trajectory at a very young age—undoubtedly a great waste, both for the individual wizards and for the magical society as a whole."

"..."

Goshak stopped speaking again, but Durmstrang remained completely silent. Even the three headmasters, Dumbledore, Karkaroff, and Maxim, remained silent with complex expressions—as one of the pinnacles of the magical society, they were the ones who knew best how true Goshak's words were.

However, before this year, they had done nothing for various reasons—this was not their fault, because it was not their responsibility, and given the current environment for wizards and Muggles, suddenly activating the full vitality of the magical society was not necessarily a good thing…

However, when these remarks reached their ears, they still felt as if they had become some kind of old-fashioned relic, no longer belonging to the vibrant era that was about to begin.

"That's exactly what education should mean."

After a moment, Goshak spoke again: "In the beginning, let children who know nothing learn everything, understand a little bit of everything, give them enough choices to find their favorite and most talented area; then find a smaller area they are better at within this broad field and continue to study it in depth... and repeat this process until they reach the limit of what they can master, and finally decide whether to turn their existing knowledge into wealth through work, or to continue to study and expand the boundaries of knowledge... The more people join this process, the more knowledge will be developed and utilized, the more society will progress, and people's lives will gradually improve."

"However, education in the magical society has always run counter to this process—students have just mastered the basics and lost the opportunity for further study before they can make any further choices. Meanwhile, those who drive societal progress are either qualified to access deeper knowledge but may not actually be good at it, or they are one-in-a-million geniuses who, with their amazing talent, become all-rounders without having to make any choices..."

"And the vast number of talented but undeveloped minds that remain are thus restricted and buried."

"Breaking this stagnation and allowing the long-buried social vitality to bloom again is the original intention of President Nobi Ritchie in founding this university, and it is also the philosophy we have always adhered to."

Goshak's voice gradually rose, and his tone became more proud: "Nobiridge University has been operating for a full thirty years. During these thirty years, we have been secretly recruiting students and professors, and have successively sent more than five hundred elite wizards with cutting-edge knowledge into society. They have joined various industries with their outstanding skills and made great contributions to the development of society."

"Even excluding those graduates, the university's own research teams have achieved theoretical and technological breakthroughs in multiple fields over the past thirty years, and have also pioneered several entirely new research areas... I believe you have already seen this from what we have experienced before."

"Due to certain circumstances, prior to today, the university could only operate in secret, recruiting and teaching covertly. Every new member had to sign a confidentiality agreement, prohibiting them from revealing the university's existence without permission... Mr. Ken, and many of you here, have gone through this process. But today, Norbitch University is about to usher in a brand new beginning..."

As he spoke, Goshak pulled out a neatly folded parchment from his pocket, slowly unfolded it, then took out his wand and touched it, an uncontrollable smile spreading across his slightly wrinkled face.

boom!

A burst of flame suddenly erupted from her wand, instantly engulfing the parchment, and her almost screaming voice echoed throughout the room along with the flames—

"I, Miranda Goshak, in my capacity as the current president of the University of Northridge, and by unanimous approval of the Board of Trustees and all professors, hereby declare..."

"Nobiridge University hereby terminates the magical contracts of the 'Freshman Admission Confidentiality Regulations' and the 'Employment Confidentiality Regulations,' officially entering the public phase. All professors and graduates may now no longer conceal their identities and academic qualifications!"

(End of this chapter)