Chapter 279 We Have Buried Our Own History

"Surely, all of you are aware of the reason why Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded. Around the 11th century, about a thousand years ago, the whereabouts of wizards were not as hidden as they are today. At that time, wizards could have anything they wanted. This unleashed talent but also incited fear of magic among people, leading to the secret persecution of many wizards."

"Therefore, the four greatest wizards of the time, Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, were concerned about the future of the world. They joined forces to establish this school and named four houses after themselves, hoping to shield themselves from Muggles' curiosity so that young people showing signs of magic could learn to control their own power."

Professor Binns paused, gazed around the classroom with blurred eyes, and continued.

"The facts have proven the founders' concerns to be valid. From the 11th century onwards, as friction between wizards and Muggles continued to mount, conflict between the two worlds began to escalate. During this period, in order to make the other side yield, both sides committed many terrible deeds. Terrible. Tens of millions of people died in groups. It's a dire situation that humans could never imagine..."

As if touching on some terrible memories, Professor Binns's body trembled several times involuntarily, his slender hands tightened around the lesson plan in the book, and his voice was deep and chilling.

Elena was so moved that some very bad words popped into her mind: Black Death, smallpox, malaria...

She was unsure if she had really guessed those things and started to regret asking those questions. If a large-scale war were to break out that year, the gravity of the war might even surpass that of the Second World War, and it would be a mistake that might never be forgotten in human history.

Worst of all, she happened to know some sporadic history of magic, which could fit perfectly into that story.

Fortunately, Professor Binns did not elaborate, but furrowed his brow, closed his eyes, and fell silent.

After ten seconds of silence, Professor Binns exhaled, displaying an elderly look mixed with relief and pain.

"The human resilience in desperate situations has exceeded everyone's imagination, and the magical world has paid for its arrogance. From the beginning of the 15th century, the persecution of wizards by Muggles began to spread across Europe and eventually extended to the whole world."

"By the 17th century, the relationship between wizard and Muggle reached its lowest point. As the wizard's arrest became more brutal, the wizard's revenge became more brutal. Most wizard families began to lead a kind of double life, using hidden spells to protect themselves and their families; any wizard who chose to be friendly with Muggles would be suspected or even shunned by their community..."

"At that time, wizard families were particularly prone to losing their children, because the children could not control their magic and often drew the attention of the Muggles who hunted wizards and could not resist. Of course, the revenge of the wizard family that lost the child was also insane and terrifying, just like the Muggle family that lost their loved ones..."

"It was a dark period of irrationality. It's hard to judge where the original sin came from..."

The atmosphere in the classroom grew heavier. With Professor Binns's voice, everyone seemed to be transported back to the dark days. The painful moaning, the screams, and the madness of people faintly sounded in their ears. A sharp laughter.

"Many wizards and witches were arrested and condemned to death for witchcraft activities. Although some, like Lisette de Lapan in 1422, were fortunate enough not to reveal that she was an Animagus and eventually managed to escape. But there are some wizards with average magical strength or close ties to the non-magical world who were not so lucky. Their wands were forcibly taken away and then thrown into the dungeon, so they couldn't escape using magic. The fate: execution."

Upon hearing Professor Binns's words, Hermione Granger's face suddenly turned pale, and her left hand instinctively grasped Elena's beside her, looking at the girl with a piteous and pleading expression, her voice whimpering weakly.

"Wait, if I remember correctly, Sir Nicholas..."

"Only the king can bestow the title. He used to play for Henry VII. There is no doubt that people in the non-magical world know very well how to limit the power of a wizard." Elena's face was equally pale, and her voice horribly hoarse.

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The wizard, perhaps not necessarily the most powerful wizard, but must be the leader of the same era.

However, among more intelligent and conceited individuals, they are more unaware of how to stay on the edge of danger, which is actually a kind of foolishness.

Elena gently took Hermione's trembling left hand, and her voice showed no emotion, as if she were recounting an insignificant story.

"It is said that on the night of October 30, 1492, Sir Nicholas encountered Miss Griff while strolling in the park. She was convinced that he could help her straighten her crooked teeth, but Nicholas's attempt was counterproductive and gave her fangs instead. Apparently, her tail slightly lengthened when he recited."

"Due to this mistake, Sir Nicholas was imprisoned and sentenced to death. Although he had been shouting all night, saying he could immediately remove the harm to Miss Griff."

A flash of coldness passed through Elena Lake's blue eyes and she sneered.

"To keep Nick quiet, a priest came to Sir Nicholas' cell to console him, and escorted him to the place of execution at dawn the next day. When the executioner made Nick kneel in front of the stone, he was left speechless."

Nicholas chose to remain as a ghost instead of "descending" because he feared death.

In the final moments of his life, it's hard to imagine the strength of his will to survive, even when he couldn't speak clearly before the execution, even if the executioner's axe was blunt, even if all the stones that sharpened the axe mysteriously disappeared, even after a total of forty-five axe strikes, there was still a bit of skin and tendons attached to his neck.

"Not only was Nick almost beheaded, so was the fat Hufflepuff monk."

Elena had no smile on her face, she glanced at Hannah Abbott and whispered.

"After graduating from Hogwarts, the fat monk joined the Holy See and became a glorious priest according to his old ideals. The only thing he did wrong was not using the magic wand to treat senior civilian priests infected with smallpox. I quickly discovered all this, even if there was no evidence, the mere doubt was enough to have him executed..."

Then...

Everyone returned to Hogwarts and became the ghosts of that castle forever. Irene raised her head thoughtfully and looked around the cold walls of Hogwarts castle.

On the platform, Professor Binns' voice continued.

"...Before 302 years, in 1689, the magical world signed the International Confederation of Wizards' Secrecy Agreement, although it was not officially confirmed as law until 1692. This is also the reason for the creation of the Ministry of Magic in several countries. For example, the American Magical Congress (founded in 1693), the British Ministry of Magic (formerly the Council of Magic, converted into the Ministry of Magic in 1707)... Since then, the magical world and the wizards have remained completely hidden, united, helped each other, and protected each other."

Professor Binns's thinly transparent body trembled slightly, his translucent body began to flicker, and the expression on his face suddenly became extraordinarily solemn and painful, as if he had exhausted all his strength, and slowly spoke every following word.

"To protect the remaining magical civilization as much as possible and prevent a new war. The Ministry of Magic, which was established with the appearance of the "Secret Law of the International Federation of Wizards", unanimously voted to erase the original age of magic in history, so that the traces of the magical civilization are completely hidden under the absurd Anno Domini...

"To end senseless hatred, to allow magic and human civilization to continue..."

"We bury our own history..."

Ugh...

After writing this chapter, I feel very overwhelmed.

If there are no mistakes, this may be the truth that the magical world has not written, because everything corresponds to it.

There are many, many shocking stories that have not been written. Smallpox and the Black Plague are human weapons against humans, more than once.

In the text, accompany the fat monk, let the fat monk advance slowly.

This is a red envelope, ah ~ that's all ~