Aini patted the place next to him and motioned for the girl to come over.
Although she was a little upset after being tortured for the past few days, Hermione would not question Ani at the door of the library. Under her leadership, the two of them came to the office of the Transfiguration Professor.
That's right, under her leadership, Aini gave Hermione a key. When she wanted to be clean, the girl would come here, but the real owner rarely came here.
"Ani, that is life after all."
Hermione said with a tearful voice that she didn't like goblins, but the girl also knew that they were thoughtful and intelligent creatures. The death and injury caused by the fire dragon when it escaped was really a big impact on the little witch who was born in peaceful times.
What worried her the most was what role Aini played in it.
"Hermione, what do you think of creatures like goblins?"
Aini took out two bottles of Linlu, unscrewed one and handed it to the girl.
"Greedy, despicable, cunning, cruel..."
After Erniti passed, Hermione went out of her way to check the relevant historical data. It can be said that what the goblin did was completely contrary to the girl's sense of right and wrong.
Every time she uttered a characteristic, the girl's eyebrows stretched a little, and she felt inexplicably that maybe the fairies who had been roasted by the fire dragon could be considered good fairies.
"Yes, you are right. Almost no wizards like this kind of creature, but they still exist. As a completely weak party, don't you find it strange?"
Aini followed the girl's words and said, "The world has unexpected light, but it also has unpredictable darkness.
"Is it because of... the country?"
Hermione hesitated and gave an answer. She really hadn't thought about this question before, but she did know something about the goblin system.
Although every larger wizarding center has Gringotts, the goblins are not divided by the human kingdom, and are still glued together as a group.
The overall strength is naturally far inferior to that of wizards, but when the goblins gather together, they are enough to fight against a single wizard country.
"Not really."
Aini denied the girl's view, but did not explain the key points to her. Instead, she talked about the composition of goblins.
"Goblins have always claimed that their magical talents are stronger than humans. After all, as magical creatures, goblins can almost do some small magic when they reach adulthood. Most humans are Muggles, and even if wizards combine with each other, they may give birth to squibs.
.The amazing thing is that some people actually believe it."
Aini showed a slightly sarcastic smile.
"Actually, the talents of most goblins are completely incomparable to those of young wizards like you who have admission qualifications."
Following Aini's words, several pictures appeared in front of the two of them.
"For example, those in Gringotts seem to be very prosperous in holding financial power, but in fact they are ordinary fairies at the lowest level."
Aini pointed to the pyramid-shaped goblin hierarchy diagram in the center and said with a serious face: "The goblins have never truly surrendered. After the last goblin rebellion, they hid the elites of their clan in the so-called Avalon to escape the sorcerers.
Revenge, most of the people active in the wizarding world are guys with mediocre talents."
"Avalon?"
Hermione asked in disbelief. Even when she was a Muggle, she was very familiar with this legendary resting place of King Arthur.
"It's just self-proclaimed. Those ugly dwarfs have nothing to do with the beautiful witches in Celtic legends. The Avalon they talk about is not a utopia, but a place to lick their wounds and prepare for war." p>
After hearing Ani's explanation, Hermione breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, she had unconsciously started to replace the elves in fairy tales with the image of goblins. It was a series that ruined childhood.
The girl had no idea of questioning the statement that goblins were preparing for war. Historically, every once in a while - as short as a few decades, as long as two or three hundred years, those ugly things would launch a rebellion.
However, the attitude of wizards towards goblins made Hermione a little confused. From the current status of three or two alien cats and kittens, it can be seen that wizards are not a merciful group. Why are they allowed to run around like this?
Thinking of this, the little witch expressed her doubts, and this was exactly what Aini wanted to tell her.
"As early as the middle of the Dark Ages, our ancestors wanted to exterminate the goblins. However, the upper echelons of the goblins abandoned all the ordinary people, broke them into pieces and began to attack the little wizards. Although their magic is less powerful, it is better at being secretive, and humans are caught off guard.
We suffered heavy losses and had no choice but to negotiate for peace..."
The girl seemed to have experienced those dark years with Aini's story. As long as the parents were a little negligent, the little wizard might be attacked and killed, and even her own yard was no longer safe.
Everyone in the magic world was in danger, and in the end both parties had to sit at the negotiation table again and signed an agreement that was not peaceful.
From then on, the war between humans and fairies only involved the winner and the loser, and no longer involved the survival of the race.
"Are we going to let the murderer go free?"
Hermione asked angrily. She had long forgotten how tangled her heart was after hearing about the Gringotts murder. Now the girl wanted to let the fire dragon eat them all.
"At that time, the Ministry of Magic was not even established, and there were no credible laws at all. There were only some powerful wizards who would set some rules within their sphere of influence."
Aini stretched out his hand and clicked, and the two pictures in front of him were glued together. On the left was a familiar castle, and on the right was a slowly sinking island.
"Hogwarts!?"
The girl opened her mouth in surprise, then realized something was wrong, and quickly raised her hands to cover her two big teeth.
"I have read "Hogwarts: A School History", and it said that the Four Giants established this place to block the prying eyes of Muggles and protect wizards from being persecuted..."
Hermione spoke very quickly, describing what she knew from the books, but as she continued, the girl's words slowed down and finally stopped.
"Hermione, although you are only a second-year student now, how can Muggles persecute you?"
The girl was speechless.
Indeed, any attack that does not involve magic power will be difficult to cause harm to wizards. Not to mention the weapon configurations of ancient Muggles, even today's heavy firepower such as explosives and missiles can't do anything to harm wizards. This is due to the gap in energy levels.<
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As for firearms and other low-power weapons, there is no need for the Iron Armor Curse. They can be completely ignored by the magic power of body protection. It is also because Muggle weapons pose almost no threat to wizards that the latter has established a huge psychological advantage over the former. The pure-blood family's continuity for thousands of years is not based on pride and arrogance. Strength and interests are the foundation of their longevity.
Weapons cannot harm them, and sophisticated technological products cannot be used in the magical world. Naturally, the value of those without magical talents has dropped again and again in the eyes of pure-blood families, becoming synonymous with uselessness.
Their approach is indeed biased.
After all, in the world of magic, knowledge is power, but having no power does not necessarily mean that your mind is empty.
Aini believes that even if there is no contact and integration with the magic world, with the development of science and technology, people will definitely master the power of a higher level.
He has always believed deeply in the wisdom of the ethnic group.