Chapter Ix Mediation
Solim left without waiting for Snape to speak. He thought that the offer he made was something Snape couldn't refuse, and if he refused, then the person in the office just now wasn't Snape.
Today was Thursday, and Hermione and Neville were coming to Solim's house to have a small talk in the evening. But because of the flight lesson this afternoon, Solim had other ideas. Solim wasn't too fond of the so-called "plot", which was the world of wizards and magic, not Harry Potter's. Solim's background determines that his world view is much grander than that of "Harry Potter". Voldemort? Ha, if he really does something that endangers the real interest class, he will be hammered to death in minutes—whether he has a Horcrux or not.
Every time he eats, Solim always eats very quickly. You ask me why? This is the kingdom of Ying, and the food of wizards is not much better than that of muggles.
"Draco, eat quickly, and follow me when you're done." Solim said to Draco who was dealing with a chicken leg.
"?" Draco shot Solim a look with something in his mouth.
"Follow me to Gryffindor, don't talk later." Solim stood up, "Okay, finish eating quickly. If you're not full, go back to the lounge and ask the elf to bring you a cake."
Solim wandered over to the Gryffindor table with Draco, who still had a question mark on his head. Hermione was drinking soup, and it seemed she had almost eaten. Neville was dealing with a cake, and Ronald, who was not far away from them, was eating a bit ugly: his cheeks were swollen as if he had been slapped by a giant, and he was holding a chicken leg in both hands, before he could swallow it in his mouth Just put it in your mouth again.
"My God, don't the Weasleys usually feed their children?" It was the first time Solim saw Ronald eating.
Hermione and Neville looked up when they heard Solim's voice, and then saw Draco with a look of disgust.
"Why did you bring him too?" Hermione had a very bad impression of Malfoy, especially about the flight lessons, and she later learned what the Mudblood meant.
"You'll know later," shrugged, "You two will take Weasley and Potter to the 'old place' later, and I have something to say to them." Solim cast another glance at Ronald who was feasting, He didn't notice at all that two Slytherin students had arrived at the long table in Gryffindor. "You better hurry up, today is Thursday, don't let them take up your study time." Solim took Draco away after saying that.
Hearing that the time for herself and Neville to have a small affair at Solim's would be compressed, Hermione stood up immediately, and pulled Neville, who was still smeared with a mouthful of cream, to the side of Harry and Ronald.
"Harry! Ronald! Don't eat, hurry up and follow us, hurry up." Hermione's mobility is still unspeakable.
Solim led Draco down the corridor near the trophy room on the third floor, which was lined with portraits on both sides. The two came to a portrait of a door. Solim touched the doorknob in the portrait three times with his hand, and then a real doorknob appeared.
"What's this?" Draco kept watching Solim's movements.
"A secret room, there are many such rooms in Hogwarts." Solim opened the door and walked in first. Draco hesitated and followed suit. When the door was closed, the doorknob on the portrait disappeared, and it became what a painting should be.
After Draco came in, he began to observe this hidden room. It didn't look like a classroom. What he was in now was a circular room with three door frames without doors leading to other rooms.
"What kind of place is this? I never knew there was such a room in the school." Draco looked back at the door that had just closed behind him.
"I come here every February, Fourth and Sixth to tutor Neville, and Hermione by the way." Solim led Draco to another room that looked like a lounge. There were several chairs in the room, and Solim and Draco sat down.
"What were you thinking this afternoon? Making such a big fuss?" Solim put his feet up on the other chair.
"I think you're usually a smart person, why do you become stupid when you meet Potter?"
"Forget it, after Potter and Weasley come, don't talk, wait for me." Solim saw the door of the circular room in the middle was opened, and Hermione was leading the people inside.
"Draco, don't let me hear the word 'Mudblood' from now on." Solim said in a low voice to Draco who was staring at Potter.
Papapa, Solim clapped his hands when he saw that everyone was here. "Since you're all here, sit down."
Harry and Ronald looked at each other and sat down obediently. I don't know what Hermione said to the two of them on the way, but they were surprisingly honest.
"We all know each other, so I'll just say it." Solim put his feet down and sat upright.
"First of all, Draco was indeed at fault, and I apologize to you on his behalf." Solim glared at Draco who was about to speak.
"Didn't he have a mouth himself?" Ronald glared at Draco as well.
"Harry, may I call you that?" Solim asked Harry with a smile, not picking on Ronald. "Of course, you can call me Solim, I think you should know me."
Harry nodded, "No problem, Solim." Harry's impression of Solim was good, at least he didn't like to laugh at himself in Potions class like other Slytherins.
"Actually, you were implicated today, of course, on the train too." Seeing a circle of people looking at him, Solim continued to explain, "The bad relationship between the Malfoy and Weasley families is well known, you just happened to caught between the two of them."
He raised his hand and shook it, signaling Harry to listen to him first. "I think you have also discovered that almost all pure-blood wizards have a bad impression of the Weasley family. In school, pure-blood students don't give Weasley a good look, and they don't communicate with them. Go with the Weasley family. The closest ones are usually half-blood and Muggle-born students, aren't they?"
Solim turned his head to Draco again, "And among them, Malfoy and Weasley often conflict, why? Draco, can you tell me why you hate Weasley so much? And the Weasley family over there, can you Can't tell me why you hate Malfoy so much?"
"You don't need to ask! Their family is a pure-blood traitor, a scum among wizards." It is self-evident who said this.
"Hmph! The Malfoy family are all evil dark wizards! Why do you think I hate Malfoy so much!" Ronald was still staring at Draco.
"Tsk tsk tsk, listen, what a reasonable reason." Solim pointed at Draco, "Come on, Draco, tell me, why are the Weasley family traitors and scum?" Then he pointed at Ronald, " Come on, from the Weasley family, you also come and tell me that the fathers of Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle, like Lucius Malfoy, used to work under that lunatic, you McMillan of Gryffindor, And McLaggen and even Longbottom's family also had dark wizards, why don't you hate them?"
"Weasley and the others are close to Muggles, and..." Draco was interrupted before he could finish.
"It's not just the Weasley family who are close to Muggles among pure-blood wizards. May I give you some examples? Diggory and Burns of Hufflepuff are both close to Muggles. Why don't you call them traitors and scum?"
Looking at the speechless crowd, Solim sneered: "I think your family told you since you were young that 'the Malfoys are all dark wizards, you have to be wary of them', or 'the Weasleys are all dark wizards'. They're scum, you don't deal with them'. Right? I'm right, you heard those words when you were young, didn't you?"
"Now, think about it, the two of you. You two didn't have any enmity. It's just that you were taught at home not to trust each other. As time goes by, there will be enmity even if there is no enmity." Solim changed his tone.
"I know better than you about the matter between your two families. To be honest, the enmity between your two families has been a long time ago, and it's time to let it go." Solim thought for a while, and continued, "All the price that should be paid has been paid. , The loss that should be borne has also been borne. What? You still want your children and grandchildren to continue to be like you? When you meet, you will be angry, dissatisfaction will turn into disgust, and hatred will ferment into hatred. Then what? Um? The two of you are going to Kill me again?"
"Solim, are you saying you know the reason why Malfoy and Weasley hate each other?" Hermione listened with strained ears for a long time. She could tell that Solim was going to resolve the feud between Malfoy and the Weasleys, or at least between Ronald and Draco.
"Yes, the father of the two of them also knows," Solim touched his chin, "but I guess I didn't explain the ins and outs to their son."
"Why?" For hatred, you have to make it clear: how did the other party feel sorry for us, and why do we hate them. Or don't say it, so that the next generation will not have to bear hatred. It doesn't make sense to say that like Malfoy and the Weasley family, it's just that the two families hate each other. The two families seemed inexplicable to Hermione.
"It's a long story, Hermione, I think you have a general understanding of the wizarding world now. I want to ask you how much you know about the real history of wizards, that is, the history of ancient wizards fighting for the living space of the entire race. Solim asked Hermione an irrelevant question.
"Is that the history of wizards fighting against all kinds of magical creatures and magical races, and defeating them to establish the wizarding world?" Hermione has been interested in the history of wizards since she knew she was a wizard. She also reads professional magic books, But what I look at more is historical humanities and various anecdotes, or biographies.
The ancient wizards had a miserable life. Of course, only for a while. Before the invention of the wand, as long as it was a magical race, it could bully humans. The magical talent of human wizards is really incomparable with those creatures born with magical powers, and at that time there were many magical creatures that were extinct in modern times and fed on humans.
Fortunately, however, the wand was invented. Then came the use of offensive magic - meaning wizards had the power to fight back. A large number of spells were researched and used in wars between wizards and other magical races, and wizards gained a huge advantage until they encountered elves.
Elves are humanoid creatures who are arguably the darlings of magic. Their theoretical lifespan is 800 years, and elves are born with magical powers. This means that the magic power of elves is much stronger than that of wizards. No matter what kind of magical creature it is, the accumulation of magic power depends on time. Suppose, an elf who is hundreds of years old and a human wizard who is several decades old have a movie. Given the elves' terrifying affinity for magic power and the huge magic power accumulated in a long life, how can you fight against others as a human wizard? Magic affinity is definitely not as good as other elves, no matter how bad the elves are, people start to accumulate magic power in the womb. Most elves were more magical than most adult wizards when they were still wearing crotch pants.
Fortunately, the number of elves is too small compared to human wizards. In the continuous war, the social structure of the wizards gradually improved. The most important of these are the establishment of the Presbyterian Church and the establishment of Schuyler.
In earlier eras, wizard families educated the next generation like this: Zhang San’s family was good at potions, Li Si’s family was good at cursing, Wang Wu’s family was good at using magic power, and Zhao Liu’s family had many spells. Several families gathered the next generation, and each family sent out a person to teach these little wizards—this was the predecessor of Schuyler.
If the establishment of the Presbyterian Church is to unify the wizards into one fist, then Schuyler is the force to punch out. Yes, human beings have poor magical talent, poor magical affinity, fragile bodies, and short lives. These are objective facts. But human beings also have advantages, that is, endless desire and strong reproductive ability. In the non-stop war, most of the magic races were defeated, and some were driven to extinction by wizards. But the elves still exist, and both elves and wizards have learned a lot from each other during the war.
The unique magic of elves was later studied by wizards and invented the Imperius Curse. And the elves also found the trick to unleash destructive magic from the captured wands. The war escalated as the elves also mastered offensive magic. Given the powerful magic power of the elves, the power of these magics is very powerful, and the wizards did suffer huge losses at first. But the number of elves is too small, and their long growth cycle determines that they cannot fight a war of attrition with human wizards.
Gradually the elves disappeared from the wizard's sight. They hid, recuperated, and licked their wounds. But they didn't forget their hatred. Elves are also intelligent creatures. They used their unique magic to induce a wizard. When the wizard led a group of wizards into the trap carefully prepared by the elves, what was the result?
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