"I know you are a Muggle student who just graduated from Beauxbatons and was specially summoned to the Ministry of Magic because of your excellent grades and was even exempted from the assessment. You have been very popular recently."
At the table next to Dumbledore and Jon, the guests at the two tables who were eating peacefully had a conflict for some unknown reason. Their voices gradually became louder, which had attracted the attention of most people in the tavern.
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The person who said this was a well-dressed wizard wearing a dark purple robe. He had a sneer on his lips. What seemed like flattery was actually sarcasm.
The target of his ridicule was a young wizard opposite. The wizard's face turned red and he snorted coldly.
"Aren't the selection rules of the Ministry of Magic always like this? Merit-based admission. Since they have decided that I have shown sufficient ability, of course they will give priority to hiring me. Why are you embarrassed? Because I have taken up your quota?"
His words seemed to sting the purple-robed wizard, and his face became obviously extremely ugly.
"As expected, you are a stupid young man who has just graduated from school. What do you think you will do if you enter the Ministry of Magic now with your background? You are not just going to be a handyman for the rest of your life!"
"Even if you're just working as a handyman, it's better than someone who has a prominent background but doesn't even have the qualifications to get in, right?"
The young wizard obviously grasped his pain point and wanted to forcefully expose his scar. The purple-robed wizard's concentration was not very high, so he drew out his wand angrily.
"Dirty bitch! This is France! If the Ministry of Magic introduces the British system, then you, a stupid person who is not qualified to hold a wand, is not even qualified to shine my shoes!"
His words also deeply trampled on the young wizard's self-esteem, and he angrily drew out his wand and confronted the purple-robed wizard!
Their two companions also raised their wands and stood up with fierce expressions, and the atmosphere became tense for a moment.
The tavern became completely quiet, as if these two people were involved in some sensitive topic, everyone closed their mouths and no one made a sound.
Only the waiter and bar owner of the tavern trotted over nervously, and with half force and half comfort, they persuaded these two groups to leave the tavern, even free of charge.
After they left, the tavern gradually became noisy again, but the atmosphere was obviously different from just now. Jon heard many wizards discussing bloodline-related topics in low voices.
Dumbledore's face became a little solemn. There were so many people here, so he didn't talk to Jon anymore. Instead, after finishing dinner, he asked for a double room on the second floor of the tavern.
Of course night is not a suitable time to visit, they need to stay here for one night.
When he arrived at the guest room, Dumbledore shook his head and said.
"This is not a good phenomenon."
"What was the conflict between those two people when we were eating just now?" Jon asked.
Dumbledore nodded: "Britain is very close to France, and wizards from the two countries have the most frequent exchanges. After the Dark Lord completely ruled the British wizarding world, there were many Muggle-born wizards in advance.
I felt something was wrong and ran away here."
Jon said thoughtfully.
"They brought the Dark Lord's institutional policies here, allowing pure-blood and mixed-blood wizards in France to see the benefits? This also deepened the bloodline conflicts here?"
"Not only that." Dumbledore added, "The British Muggle wizards who escaped here will definitely squeeze out some of the resources and interests of the original French wizards, which will further intensify the bloodline conflicts. What's more, the thinking of the original French wizarding community is
More conservative, more resistant to contact with Muggle-related things."
"As for the Muggle wizards, because the Muggles in France are more obsessed with equality, this has also caused these Muggle wizards to be very disgusted with the current situation in the UK. We have received a lot of assistance from them.
This has also made the antagonism between bloodlines more and more acute, and there have been more and more bloodline-related conflicts in the French magic world in the past two years."
Voldemort's influence is spreading from Britain to the outside world, and France is the first to bear the brunt.
Some people have always said that Voldemort's structure is not as good as that of the first generation Dark Lord Grindelwald. After all, Grindelwald has set his sights on the future of the wizarding world around the world from the beginning, and his own influence covers the entire Europe and most of the world.
In America, nearly half of the magical governments.
Jon actually looked at this issue dialectically in his previous life.
The so-called pattern is just that they chose different directions to obtain rights at the beginning.
The place where Grindelwald learned magic is located in the northernmost part of Europe, the Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, established in the northern part of the Navia Peninsula.
Even though he was later expelled, the wizards he initially came into contact with and the forces he gathered were basically from the Nordic magic world.
The magical government is different from the Muggle country. It is far incomparable in terms of influence and regulations. The population base of wizards is also much smaller than that of the Muggle country. Therefore, although the magical government in Northern Europe also relies on the power of the Muggle country,
Established, but compared with those powerful magic governments, the gap is also huge.
After being expelled from school, he traveled to many places, including meeting Dumbledore in the UK, going to Germany to steal Gregorovich's Elder Wand, returning to Northern Europe to organize the Wiccan Party (the official name of the Saint), etc.
After traveling around Europe, Grindelwald established his foundation in countries that deviated from several powerful magical regimes - with the Nurmengard Prison in Austria as the center, he began to launch a campaign against various magical governments in Europe.
Guerrilla warfare even brought the war to North America.
In addition, his followers come from all over the world, many of whom are notorious dark wizards in their respective magical circles. And his ultimate ideals and political goals have completely harmed the interests of most wizards - wizards just want to settle for nothing.
Status quo, I don't want to break the "Secrecy Act" and start a war with Muggles.
As a result, Grindelwald's influence also affected the whole world. After all, magical governments around the world were aware of his threat to the "Secrecy Act".
Looking at Voldemort again, he attended Hogwarts when he was young. While at school, he had already won over a large group of like-minded "friends" with his own methods and personality charm. After graduation, he first stayed in the UK for a few years, and then
Also traveling around the world.
During this period, he also relied on his theories to win over a large group of "allies", and then returned to Britain.
But from here on, there are differences in the ways in which Voldemort and Grindelwald obtain their rights.
Grindelwald wants to occupy a small magical regime, then use it to strengthen himself, and then slowly erode the powerful magical regime to unify the entire global magical world, and finally achieve his ultimate goal.
Voldemort, on the other hand, chose to start directly with the hardest bone to crack in the British wizarding world. At that time, he split his soul at least five times and had become somewhat arrogant in his thinking.