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Chapter 210 Raising Before Being Born
Chapter 210 Raising Before Being Born
The matter is urgent, involving emerging magic wizards and the most sensitive secrecy laws.
Maxim didn't have time for pleasantries before giving a brief account of what had happened that evening.
After Quirrell discovered that a group of students had skipped class without reason, he immediately informed her of the matter.
The three began their investigation and, after mobilizing some resources, found a clue—Martin and others who had skipped class that day. The place where the key to their residence was kept had been raided by heavily armed soldiers.
Following the clues, the group arrived at the notorious headquarters of the intelligence agency. After casting a few detection spells, they roughly found some organisms with magical reactions.
The three of them were completely blank.
It's obvious that these magic wizards were captured and taken home.
They wanted to get the man out, but considering that this was the French intelligence agency, and that they had already gained some understanding of Muggle surveillance from their conversation with the man, they hesitated.
Therefore, they worry that even if they use magic to destroy the surveillance, there will still be surveillance that they cannot find, which can see them and cause the magic leak incident to escalate again.
Magician wizards still adhere to wizarding secrecy laws in their legal practices. These practices are merely conventions, not actually governed by any written law. Therefore, Martin and his companions' arrest could be considered a breach of secrecy laws, or it could not.
However, if they are monitored and their presence is recorded by Muggles, the impact will be significant.
Perhaps the French Minister of Magic could communicate with the French President and settle the matter privately for the sake of stability. However, the real storm is just beginning, and the newly reborn magic wizards will also fall into the dust and never be able to rise again.
Therefore, they rushed to Hogwarts to hear Dumbledore's opinion.
What do you think?
Dumbledore asked Lane.
"Although we couldn't glean any useful information from Mrs. Maxim's words to determine whether Martin and the others were caught due to carelessness or if someone was pulling the strings behind the scenes—"
Without hesitation, Ryan replied, "But the people need to be saved."
"Why? If we judge these dwarven wizards by the conventions of wizarding, they have all seriously violated the Law of Secrecy," Dumbledore pressed.
The serious expression on his face was so convincing that Ryan almost believed Dumbledore genuinely cared about the Secret Law and truly wanted to abandon Martin and the others.
Just a little bit.
At this moment, Hogwarts is very quiet at night.
The moon in the sky also quietly hides behind the clouds, spying on the creatures on earth.
But of the two words "living beings," the most important one is "life."
An upward, vigorous, and fiery vitality.
All eyes were on Ryan, and they were curious about how he would answer this question.
They hope that Ryan can provide a good answer to this problem.
There wasn't even a breeze.
Everyone held their breath.
"No matter what, the Magic Gold Wizard originated from me. It is unkind to give birth and not raise a child, and unjust to raise a child and not teach him. I cannot do those things."
"Furthermore, even if they violated wizarding law, how to sentence them is a matter for the wizarding courts. They are wizards, and there is no reason for ordinary people's intelligence agencies to overstep their bounds."
The wind began to move.
Push the cloud away from the moon.
Moonlight shines down on the earth, bringing with it a vibrant atmosphere.
These words, when spoken, resonate like the sound of metal and stone.
This is what Ryan is saying to himself, and also to everyone else.
He never doubted Dumbledore's support for him on the right things. He only worried that he might do something wrong because of his prejudice.
Just as before he was enlightened by his teacher's wife, he did not regard the magic wizard as one of his own, nor did he regard the principal and professors of Beauxbatons as one of his own.
They also forgot the teachings of their past lives: to make many friends and few enemies.
His choice may go against the mainstream pure-blood attitude in the wizarding world, but it is definitely something a wizard with conscience and principles should do.
"good!"
Fleur cheered loudly. She had never heard such a statement before, especially the meaning of the last sentence: the wizard violated the law of secrecy, that was the wizard's business.
This statement has a tremendous impact on wizards during their student years.
Penelope might not have been so excited, because she understands Ryan better and knows exactly what he will say and do.
But Fleur is different; she hasn't known Ryan for very long, and she's still in the process of getting to know him.
Therefore, the impact is even greater.
Even the shrewd Maxim was secretly shocked. She had thought that Ryan, who came to apologize to her, was the limit of her understanding.
But the current discourse—
In a daze, she saw a microcosm of an era, not because the era was condensed, but because it led the era.
Quirrell was shocked but not surprised, because Ryan was willing to help him and care about him, without caring at all that he had been possessed by Voldemort and had caused a great disaster.
How could such a radiant and virtuous person not take care of the creatures he created? — He clapped his hands, even if no one joined in, it was an expression of his inner feelings.
Dumbledore nodded, and no one could read anything from her expression. Everyone assumed that his questioning was to force Lane to make a decision.
But only he himself knows.
For a fleeting moment, he did hope that Ryan would waver, even if only by the slightest hesitation.
He had read books and knew the source of what Ryan said: "If you give birth but do not raise a child, you can repay it by cutting off a finger; if you give birth and raise a child, you can repay it by cutting off your head; but if you do not give birth and raise a child, it is difficult to repay the debt even after a hundred generations."
It will be difficult to repay even after a hundred lifetimes —
This isn't just about others' trust in Ryan; it's not one-sided, it's a two-way street. The immense, irreplaceable bond of a group placed on one person can utterly crush them.
Dumbledore should be pleased.
He finally turned Ryan into the kind of person he had always dreamed of.
Dumbledore should be afraid.
Ryan finally became someone who was willing to treat all wizards as his own.
The wind blew by, but the movement was very small and light.
They couldn't even lift Dumbledore, Maxim, and Quirrell's robes, because adult wizards' robes were more ornate, more valuable, and heavier. Nor could they move Fleur's dress, because Fleur wore tight-fitting everyday clothes for ease of movement.
Only Ryan's robes fluttered, making his tall and safe figure appear somewhat slender among his peers.
For the first time, Dumbledore realized that Lane was just a child. A child who had grown up and was willing to consider all wizards as his own.
"What's your name?" he asked.
This time, Ryan didn't understand what Dumbledore was asking. Faced with this question, he didn't comprehend it and couldn't give the answer he thought he was absolutely certain of.
"What's your name?" Dumbledore asked again.
"Ryan Wales".
Faced with Dumbledore's repeated questions, Lane didn't understand what he meant, but he still answered truthfully.
Just like the first time they met in private.
Dumbledore's question was like that.
Ryan gave the same answer.
At that moment, the old man, with a scrutinizing gaze, faced the spirited young man.
The old man was thinking about how to guide the child.
At this moment, the old man, with a look of unbearable sorrow deep in his eyes, faced the boy who was still full of vigor but had responsibilities that should not belong to his age.
The old man, however, longed to return to that time and tell his past self not to rush, not to worry, and to let the child walk slowly.
Time flies too fast, and life is too short.
A familiar person can change from their original appearance without you even realizing it.
Only faint remnants remain to prove that he is still the same person in our memories.
What remains has been worn away by time, and the scars left behind are called growth.