Chapter 279 We buried our own history with our own hands
"You all must know the reason why Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded. About a thousand years ago, around the eleventh century, wizards' whereabouts were not as hidden as they are today. In that era, wizards could do whatever they wanted.
It can release talents, but it also promotes people's fear of magic, and many wizards have been secretly persecuted."
"Thus, the four greatest wizards of the time - Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin - were
Anxiety arose about the future of the wizarding world and the wizarding world. They joined together to found this school and named four colleges after their respective names, hoping to keep away from the prying eyes of Muggles to a certain extent and allow those who showed magic
Promising young people can learn to control their own powers."
Professor Binns paused briefly, looked around the classroom with blurred vision, and continued.
"It turns out that the worries of the four founders were correct. Starting from the eleventh century, as the friction between wizards and Muggles continued to accumulate, the conflicts between the two worlds began to escalate. During this period, in order to make the other party surrender,
, both sides have done many terrible things - very terrible, tens of millions of people died in pieces, it is a tragedy that humans can never imagine..."
As if he had been touched by some extremely bad memories, Professor Binns' body trembled several times unconsciously. His skinny hands clenched the lesson plans in the book tightly, and his voice was so low that it made people feel fearful.
Elena was agitated, and several very bad terms appeared in her mind - Black Death, smallpox, malaria...
She was not sure whether she had really guessed those things, and she began to regret asking these questions. If a full-scale war had really broken out that year, the tragedy might have far exceeded the Second World War, and it was
A mistake in human history that may never be forgiven.
And the worst part is that she happens to know some bits and pieces of magical history that fit perfectly with that history.
Fortunately, Professor Binns did not explain in detail, but frowned, closed his eyes, and fell into silence.
After about ten seconds of silence, Professor Binns took a deep breath, showing an old look that was mixed with relief and pain.
"The resilience of human beings in desperate situations exceeds everyone's imagination, and the wizarding world paid the price for its arrogance. Starting from the early fifteenth century, Muggle persecution of wizards began to take steps throughout Europe, and finally spread to
The whole world."
"After the 17th century, the relationship between wizards and Muggles reached its lowest point. As the capture of wizards became more and more cruel, the revenge of wizards also became more cruel. Most wizard families began to live a kind of
Living a double life, using hiding spells to protect yourself and your family, any wizard who chooses to be friendly with Muggles will be suspected or even abandoned by his own society..."
"In that era, wizarding families were particularly vulnerable to losing their children, because children could not control their magic and often attracted the attention of Muggles who were hunting wizards, and were unable to resist. Of course, the revenge of wizarding families who lost their children,
It is also crazy and terrifying, just like a Muggle family that has lost a loved one..."
"It was a dark period of losing your mind, and it was difficult for you to judge where the original sin came from..."
The atmosphere in the classroom became more and more stagnant. With the voice of Professor Binns, everyone seemed to have returned to those dark days. People's painful groans, shrill screams, and crazy people could be vaguely heard in their ears.
High-pitched laughter.
"Many witches and wizards were imprisoned and sentenced to death for their witchcraft. Although some, such as Lisette de Lapin in 1422, were lucky enough not to reveal themselves to be an animagus.
fact, and finally escaped successfully. However, some wizards with average magical power or close connections with the non-magical world were not so lucky. After their wands were taken away, they were imprisoned in the dungeon, so they could not use magic to escape and were imprisoned.
The fate of execution."
Hearing Professor Binns' words, Hermione Granger's face suddenly turned pale. She subconsciously grabbed Elena with her left hand and looked at the girl with a pleading expression, moaning weakly.
"Wait, if I remember correctly, Sir Nicholas..."
"Only the king can grant titles. He once served Henry VII. There is no doubt that people in the non-magic world know very well how to limit the power of a wizard." Elena's face was equally pale, and her voice was hoarse.
.
The palace wizard conferred by the king may not necessarily be the most powerful wizard, but he must be the best of his time.
However, the more self-righteous smart people are, the less they know how to stay away from the edge of danger, which is actually a kind of stupidity.
Elena gently held Hermione's trembling left hand, her voice was calm, as if she was telling an insignificant piece of history.
"It is said that on the evening of October 30, 1492, Sir Nicholas met Lady Greif while walking in the park. She was convinced that he could help her straighten her crooked teeth, but Nicholas's attempt backfired and caused her to grow fangs -
-Obviously, when he was reciting the incantation, the end of it was a little longer."
"For this mistake, Sir Nicholas was immediately imprisoned and sentenced to death. Even though he shouted throughout the night that he would immediately undo the harm caused to Ms. Greif."
Elena's blue eyes flashed with a cold light, and she sneered.
"In order to keep Nick quiet, a priest came to Sir Nicholas' cell to comfort him and escorted him to the execution ground at dawn the next day. When the executioner asked Nick to kneel before the stone, he could not speak.
"
Nicholas chose to stay as a ghost rather than "walk on" because he was afraid of death.
At the last moment of his life, it is hard to imagine what a strong will to survive he had exploded - even when he could not speak clearly before the execution, even if the executioner's ax was dull, even if all the stones used to grind the ax disappeared mysteriously.
, even though he received a total of forty-five blows with the axe, there was still a little bit of skin and tendon connected to his neck.
"It's not just Nearly Headless Nick, Hufflepuff's fat monk is like that too."
There was no smile on Elena's face. She glanced at Hannah Abbott beside her and whispered.
"After graduating from Hogwarts, the Fat Friar joined the Holy See and became a glorious clergy according to his original ideal. The only thing he did wrong was that he should not use the wand to treat civilians infected with smallpox - Senior
The priests soon discovered all this, and even without evidence, mere suspicion was enough to get him executed..."
Then……
They all returned to Hogwarts and became ghosts in this castle forever.
Erin raised her head thoughtfully and looked around the cold castle walls of Hogwarts.
On the podium, Professor Binns' voice continued.
"... 302 years ago, in 1689, the wizarding world signed the "International Statute of Secrecy of the Confederation of Wizards" - although it was not officially confirmed as law until 1692 - this is also the reason why the Ministry of Magic in various countries was established
.For example, the Magical Congress of the United States (founded in 1693), the Ministry of Magic of the United Kingdom (formerly the Wizards' Council, converted to the Ministry of Magic in 1707)... Since then, the magic world and wizards have completely gone into hiding, united and helped each other,
Protect each other.”
Professor Binns' thin body swayed slightly, and his translucent body began to flicker. The expression on his face suddenly became particularly ferocious and painful, as if he had exhausted all his strength to slowly utter out every next word.
"In order to protect the remaining magical civilization as much as possible and avoid a new round of war, the ministries of magic of various countries established with the emergence of the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Act unanimously voted to erase the original magical chronology from history.
, completely covering up the traces of magical civilization under the absurd AD era..."
"In order to end meaningless hatred, in order to allow magic and human civilization to continue..."
"We buried our own history with our own hands..."
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well……
After writing this chapter, I feel so heavy.
If there are no mistakes, this may be the reality that has not been written in the magic world, because everything corresponds.
There are still many, many shocking histories that have not been written down. Smallpox and the Black Death were weapons used by humans against humans, and more than once.
In the text, chat with the fat chicken and let the fat chicken take his time.