Chapter 1291 A Magical Speech Across the Century (Part 2)
At Hogwarts, Lockhart's voice echoed over the Quidditch field.
"A thousand years ago, four great wizards founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry here."
"Since then, magic education has appeared in this world, and magic knowledge has been passed down stably and reliably."
"In that barbaric and ignorant era, Hogwarts was like a beacon in the darkness, lighting up people's path to magic."
"The birth of the modern magic school is like the dawn of joy, ending the long dark night that restricted the freedom of magic. From now on, everyone can learn magic freely without any secular constraints. Even if magic civilization has experienced several dangerous wars, as long as
Hogwarts still stands, and the future of magical freedom still exists."
Gilderoy Lockhart looked around at the young, calm, or old faces around him, and his voice gradually became louder.
More than a year of experience teaching grammar classes, as well as his experience as a black wizard leader, have greatly enhanced his appeal and skills.
He paused for half a second, took a deep breath, stroked the edge of the hard interrogation table with his right hand, and suddenly raised his volume.
"but--"
"A thousand years have passed, and magic still has not been completely freed!"
"A thousand years have passed, and magic is still lingering in Muggle towns and under the invisibility of the Statute of Secrecy;"
"A thousand years have passed, and wizards still live on an isolated island of poverty in a sea of material abundance;"
"A thousand years have passed, and wizards are still shrinking in the corners of human society, and they realize that they are aliens from human civilization."
"I am here to stand trial today just to make this appalling and critical reality known to the public."
Gilderoy Lockhart hammered the table hard, pointing his right hand at Cornelius Fudge and others in front of him.
"Our government, the magical government, the International Confederation of Wizards promises to bring us order!"
"Yes, they did it - by continually dividing our fellow citizens."
"Mixed blood, hemp breed, mixed breed, pure blood wizard, wolf syndrome patient, sepsis patient, radiation sickness patient..."
"People who work hard and long for a better life are thrown into prison, while liars who tell lies and steal others' interests stay in high positions and enjoy the taste of power."
"The magical government has not fulfilled the sacred obligations entrusted to wizards and wizards by the four founders of Hogwarts. They have just written a bad check to all those who aspire to magic, and the check is stamped with 'International Statute of Secrecy'
After being poked, it retreated. A whole thousand years have passed, and magic can't even walk in the sun!"
Crazy, crazy——
Cornelius Fudge stepped back and murmured.
His eyes widened, and he finally understood what Lockhart wanted to do.
"Quickly, catch that guy! Don't let him continue talking, catch him quickly!"
"Nonsense! You are actually accusing the International Federation of Wizards?!"
At the same time, the officials of the International Federation of Wizards were furious and stood up one after another.
The Aurors and the wizards of the Federation drew out their wands and sent out spells in Lockhart's direction.
However, no spell could successfully get closer than two meters away from Lockhart - the amber barrier appeared again.
The soap-bubble-like amber film silently absorbed all magical attacks without even a ripple.
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"Professor McGonagall, I hope the school will lift this layer of protection immediately!"
In the box on the upper floor of the Quidditch field, an official from the International Federation of Wizards said angrily.
The moment Lockhart mentioned the law of secrecy, he immediately realized the other party's sinister intentions.
Any public confession or confession back to school are all fake!
This guy Lockhart obviously wants to imitate Grindelwald half a century ago and confuse people in public.
"Feel sorry--"
Professor McGonagall looked at the angry and frightened middle-aged official and shrugged helplessly.
"The amber magic was left behind by Dumbledore before he disappeared. We still have many doubts about this mysterious magic."
"As I introduced at the beginning, once the amber is activated, the inner and outer spaces will be completely isolated until the magic disappears."
She looked at Lockhart below, with an intriguing look in her eyes.
Dumbledore must have established another mysterious wizarding association, and she could roughly detect some clues about this.
Professor Apokalis, Nico Flamel, Scamander...these big names who appeared at Hogwarts during this period are most likely members of the mysterious wizard organization - in fact, this is nothing.
Secretly, Dumbledore had established such a small group as early as when he was fighting against Grindelwald more than half a century ago.
The only difference is that this time, there are many unbelievably young faces added to the "small group".
For example, Elena Kaslana, or...?
Gilderoy Lockhart, the youngest "Demon King" wizard born in this century?
Professor McGonagall recalled the description she had read in the newspaper not long ago, and glanced at the frightened and angry official next to him.
If nothing else, Lockhart’s trial should have been an important back-up for Dumbledore’s disappearance.
Professor McGonagall frowned and stared closely at the young wizard below.
To her, Lockhart seemed to be a younger, improved version of Gellert Grindelwald.
However, with Dumbledore's wisdom, it is impossible not to understand that this is no longer the chaotic era.
The kind of world war that year failed to bring wizards to the stage of the non-magical world, and it is even less possible to do so in these peaceful times.
Neither the International Federation of Wizards nor the various Muggle governments want this to happen:
The stronger Lockhart's speech is, the more he becomes a thorn in the eyes of all forces.
If the British wizarding community had not abolished the death penalty, she even suspected that the Wizengamot Wizarding Court planned to execute Lockhart on the spot.
Of course, the premise is that the wizards present can capture the "Demon King" Lockhart.
McGonagall's pen pal in the Armenian wizarding world told her that on the night when the Ministry of Magic of various countries was breached, Lockhart held back - or more accurately, single-handedly subdued hundreds of werewolves.
Knowing that she could not do this on her own, the subsequent rumors and attitude of the Ministry of Magic further confirmed this.
Professor McGonagall never thought that the frivolous, talkative Ravenclaw boy back then would grow to this point in the blink of an eye.
Gilderoy Lockhart, the boy who was imprisoned for carving more than ten meters of his name on the Quidditch pitch, became a top wizard that even she wanted to look up to.
And what made all this happen silently...
The mysterious promoter hidden from everyone's sight.
Professor McGonagall turned her head and looked worriedly at the highest tower of the castle in the distance.
"Where are you at this time and what do you want to do..."