Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1654 A War Without Winners (One Hundred and Four)

This incident seemed very unusual to Albert. It was normal for Harry, the savior, to receive everyone's attention at his wedding. His wife Ginny had just come of age a few days ago and was also very topical.

Moreover, the wedding was forced to end early due to the harassment of the Death Eaters. It was normal for it to become a topic of conversation among wizards after dinner.

But it was strange that the wizard village under construction became a hot topic. This incident should not have received such high attention, not to mention that a lot of problems emerged later.

Don't forget that Kingsley and the Aurors attended Harry's wedding and obviously knew about it a long time ago.

What puzzled Albert the most was that Kingsley, the Minister of Magic, had to personally ask about it in order to suppress the relevant reports in the Daily Prophet?

It was strange no matter how you looked at it.

After all, Rita Skeeter, who likes to gossip, is still living in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Or is it because that unlucky guy was admitted to the hospital that the Daily Prophet did not dare to report Harry's story rashly, so it used Avalon as an example?

Everything seems so unreasonable?

No, unreasonable, in fact, it is also reasonable.

It can effectively help Albert eliminate some targets, not to mention that it is not particularly difficult to pry the news from the reporter's mouth.

Before Albert came to visit, the reporter who was responsible for writing this article entered St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

The reason is also very simple, under the control of the Death Eaters' Imperius Curse.

Yes, this news came from the Ministry of Magic, or it was the news brought back by Cedric.

Everything seemed to make sense again.

However, this matter did not end there.

Although it did not make it to the Daily Prophet, after word of mouth, many wizards in the UK knew that a second wizard village was about to be built under the auspices of Albert Anderson.

This news aroused the curiosity of many wizards, and they even wanted to see the legendary village with their own eyes, but they never found the specific location of Avalon, which made the legendary village an ideal place in the mouths of wizards.

Then, strange rumors suddenly spread, such as Harry Potter lived in this ideal place, and if you want to settle in this wizard village, you need to get Albert's approval first, such as...

For some reason, the rumors about Avalon became more and more mysterious. Some people even reported to the Ministry of Magic that the village built by Albert violated the International Wizard Protection Law Treaty because Avalon did not accept outsiders.

In short, all kinds of annoying and weird things came out one after another. Although these things were like a stone sinking into the sea, Albert had already smelled the smell of conspiracy.

He suspected that someone was trying to make trouble for him?

This was not a pleasant thing.

"How about explaining it?"

Cedric took the initiative to find Albert and talked about the recent weird Avalon incident.

Then, the next night.

Under Lee Jordan's special arrangement, Shanna, the manager of Avalon, became an invited guest of the Wizard Watch Station and talked about the recent hot topics about Avalon.

"Many people are saying that the construction of the wizard village violated the International Wizard Protection Law Treaty?" Lee Jordan took a notebook and read out the questions prepared in advance.

"No, it does not violate the treaty at all, because the village has received strong support from the Ministry of Magic when it was built." Shanna said calmly.

"Since it has received strong support from the Ministry of Magic, why do people say that this is Albert Anderson's village?" Lee Jordan also knew what the audience liked to hear, so he asked some sharp questions.

"It's not a rumor, but a fact. This land belongs to Albert in name. Well, he bought the land from the Muggles and used it as the headquarters of the Defense Association."

"He spent money." Lee Jordan said in a stunned tone.

"Yes, he spent money. It is said that the price is very cheap because it is abandoned."

"It's incredible."

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"Later, this headquarters was destroyed by Voldemort and his men. It was not until the end of the Second Wizarding War that Albert decided to rebuild it to commemorate those who died in the fight against Voldemort."

"I don't think people will easily forget their bravery and sacrifice." Lee Jordan said softly,

"Everyone also thinks that the heroes who died heroically in the fight for peace should not be forgotten." Shanna said with a smile, "So everyone participated in the construction of Avalon."

"I actually know what everyone is wondering about?" Shanna paused and continued.

"Although Avalon has received strong support from the Ministry of Magic, all expenses are actually paid by Albert, and the money comes from the bounty for killing Voldemort."

"I remember it was 100,000 Galleons." Lee Jordan exclaimed in exaggeration, enviously, "He won't have to worry about Galleons in his life."

"Yes, 100,000 Galleons. But the situation may not be as you guess. Part of this high bounty is donated to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses to help wizards injured in battle, and part of it is used to subsidize the families of heroes who died in the fight against Voldemort. Albert believes that they have paid too much in the war and should not encounter misfortune in life. The Minister of Magic and we are jointly watching this money.

The remaining Galleons were invested in the construction of Avalon. Another purpose of building this place was actually to protect the heroes who had devoted themselves to fighting Voldemort and prevent them from being persecuted by Voldemort's remnants.

You have also noticed that Voldemort's remnants are still active in the wizarding world. They even attacked Harry's wedding. I think Albert is very farsighted, which may be related to him being a master of prophecy. "

"This doesn't seem to be the same as the rumors." Lee Jordan said following the topic.

"It's normal, because those rumors were deliberately spread by the remnants of the Death Eaters in order to disgust Albert, just like they attacked Harry's wedding. They had no choice but to use this method to deal with Albert. ”

"Many wizards believe it easily." Lee Jordan suddenly said.

"It seems normal to me. Cornelius Fudge did something similar back then. At that time, a large group of people believed that Dumbledore was a madman. They even used Dolores Umbridge to drive Dumbledore away. Out of Hogwarts."

"It is well known that Dolores Umbridge helped Voldemort persecute a large number of wizards from Muggle families, causing many wizard families to die." Zannah made no secret of her disgust for Umbridge.

"That guy has also been punished." Lee Jordan changed the topic and asked, "I heard that you are the manager of Avalon Village."

"Yes, Albert appointed him. He has recently been compiling the "Defense Against the Dark Arts Guide" for Hogwarts because he was previously commissioned by Professor Dumbledore, and I have experience in helping him manage the Defense Association, so Being asked to help manage Avalon," Shanna said proudly.

"So does Avalon accommodate new residents? I heard the residents here are members of the Defense Society?"

"Not all, I'm not referring to the Harry Potters." Shanna continued in a tone: "In fact, if you want to be a member here, you need to help build the village, so what you see Wallonia was built little by little by its residents, who therefore have permanent residence here.”

"What if someone else wants to settle in Avalon?"

"Avalon is still under construction and will take a long time to be completely completed, so there won't be any new residents in the short term."

"However, Avalon should be able to accommodate more residents after the second round of expansion. At that time, we will give priority to those wizards who participated in the fight against Voldemort." Shanna said to the audience near the radio: "The brave people should get A commendation, not to mention that at that time they even had to put life and death at risk. I always felt that Albert was very Gryffindor.”

After the broadcast from the Wizard's Watch Station, the entire wizarding world fell into a strange silence, and all kinds of rumors seemed to have disappeared. As we all know, they were all conspiracy of the Death Eaters, and only fools would believe those rumors.