As the principal of this school, Cyrus was actually a bit irresponsible. He was not in school most of the time, and all the trivial matters were handled by Bute.
Fortunately, Butt was originally the principal, so he was familiar with handling these matters and it did not add any burden to him.
However, it is worth mentioning that a group of students have already graduated from the school. Cassandra is one of them. She now follows Bella to become Cyrus' right-hand man.
She's even better than Bella.
In terms of combat ability, Bella was naturally impeccable, and even the best Auror would find it difficult to defeat her in a duel. But in aspects other than combat, Bella was not so good.
She has an impatient personality, and except for being well-behaved in front of Cyrus, she is always a little moody when facing others. On the contrary, although Cassandra's words are not so pleasant to hear, she can handle many things better.
A large number of students who graduated from Ilvermorny last year are following in Cyrus' footsteps.
They spontaneously formed an organization called the Wall Breakers, aiming to "break down the wall between wizards and Muggles", and one of the leaders of this organization was Cassandra.
She is beautiful, outstanding, and very popular due to her outstanding performance in the competition.
In addition to her, there is Fisher, who is also one of the warriors and has become one of the wall breakers.
They gave speeches throughout the wizarding world, promoting Cyrus's idea of breaking the Statute of Secrecy, and emphasizing that it would not mean harm or war, and that Cyrus did not intend to try to force others to submit by force like Grindelwald did.
"Many people equate Mr. Cyrus with Grindelwald, and equate us, the Wall Breakers, with the witch party of the past. Some who are even more foolish might even think that Mr. Cyrus and Grindelwald conspired to murder Dumbledore." Fisher said loudly, standing in front of dozens of wizards.
"This is nonsense!" he said. "In the British Ministry of Magic, Grindelwald is planning to take action against Mr. Sellers?"
"Of course, he lost." At this point, Fisher smiled, and those who listened to his speech also smiled. Then, he changed the subject and said, "Of course, my purpose is not to repeat Mr. Sellers's strength. I just want to say what he wants to do - a great thing that is beneficial to all of us."
Sometimes, if you want to convince someone, you definitely don’t have to force your ideas into his head, as this will only have the opposite effect.
The right approach is to guide their thinking.
Fisher did a good job. He said: "We are different from the Witch Party and Grindelwald. We don't want war. The world is vast. Wizards and Muggles can live in the same world."
“We are not trying to declare who is inferior or superior, but to break down prejudice.”
"How to deal with the relationship between wizards and Muggles?" he asked. "Whether or not to gradually abolish the Statute of Secrecy is never decided by a single person, but by the times."
The relationship between Muggles and wizards is obviously different in different eras. Even further back, thousands of years ago, wizards were worshipped by Muggles, and they revered wizards as gods.
By the time of the Big Four, adult wizards were not the enemies of Muggles, but young children with magical powers were likely to be persecuted. More importantly, the large number of Obscurials that appeared out of ignorance became a huge threat.
After that, it was the medieval era of hunting.
It was after that that the wizards decided to disappear and the Statute of Secrecy came into being.
"But how do we know whether it is possible to break the Statute of Secrecy and expose all wizards to the Muggle world in this day and age?" someone asked immediately.
And Fisher said, "I'm not going to tell you. Now is the time to break the law of secrecy."
"In fact, whether the timing is right now is up to you to judge. Before the Muggles know of our existence, what we need to do is to understand them and see what achievements the Muggles have made in the past few hundred years since they left wizards, and see what incredible things they have done without magic!"
"You mean Muggle Studies?"
"Muggle Studies?" Fisher added. He seemed to find it funny, but nodded. "Yes, that's right. But you'll find that's far from enough."
"Who knows how many centuries old are those Muggle Studies textbooks?"
"Perhaps you think that the wizarding world has not changed much in the past few hundred years. It's just that a new group of people have changed. It's even possible that people from hundreds of years ago are still alive. But for Muggles, everything is changing with each passing day."
"A few centuries ago, they could only use horses for transportation, but now, they have airplanes and cars... Some people think that this is nothing special, that their airplanes are not even as fast as Quidditch brooms, but in fact, their airplanes have already flown to an altitude of 10,000 meters. In such a place, we can hardly even breathe while riding on a broom.
"Others say, it doesn't matter, we have the Floo Network and the Portkey, we can Apparate... no matter how high their planes fly, they can't be as fast as us."
Someone immediately responded: "That's the truth, sir."
The wizard who responded to Fisher had an arrogant look on his face, and it was obvious that he was proud of his identity as a wizard.
There is nothing to blame.
"I also know a little bit about what Muggles call technology, but with all due respect, those tricks are incomparable to magic."
"Really?" Fisher was not angry because his speech was interrupted. He just asked calmly: "Then sir, can you fly into space using the Floo Network? Can you use the Portkey to go to the moon and bring me some soil?"
"You can't," said Fisher, "but Muggles can."
The man showed an embarrassed expression on his face. He was so angry that he shouted at Fisher: "So you mean to say that Muggles are smarter than us wizards? They are superior to me?! You want to say that we are inferior and you want us to bow down to them?"
His face flushed and he shouted loudly, his voice making every wizard present angry.
No one wants to be belittled, especially when he represents not only an individual but also a group.
At this moment, if Fischer said one wrong thing, he could mess up everything.
Fortunately, Cassandra is here too.
This proud woman walked out like a queen. As soon as she appeared, she immediately stole all the spotlights and everyone's eyes were focused on her.
"I never think that Muggles are smarter than wizards, nor do I think that wizards are inferior to Muggles, but you do look quite inferior." Cassandra began to sarcastically speak as soon as she opened her mouth.
The man's face immediately turned red.
Everyone shook their heads.
"But it is true for you," Cassandra looked at the troublemaker and sneered, "I think the troll's brain is much better than yours."
After saying this, she no longer paid any attention to the clown.
People like this are everywhere. No matter what you are doing, there will always be someone trying to make some sense of existence. Wasting time with them is a failure in itself.
Cassandra took over from Fischer and continued:
"For a long time, wizards have wanted to know how goblins forged mithril, and goblins also coveted the method of making wands, but both sides kept it a secret."
"Because we all know that once goblins get their hands on a wand, they will immediately become restless. The same is true in reverse. Goblins know that once their skills are controlled by wizards, they will lose their foothold."
Cassandra said, "But now, the Muggles are showing their wisdom. Half a century ago, they had weapons that could destroy an entire city. We can learn from them."
Learn from Muggles? All the wizards were stunned.
This was something they had never thought of before. Fifty years ago, although Grindelwald also intended to break the Statute of Secrecy, he promoted the superiority of wizards and wanted wizards to become superior rulers. He would not say that they should learn from Muggles, he would only say that Muggles had other uses.
For centuries, Muggles have been synonymous with ignorance! But now, that Cyrus wants them to learn from Muggles!
How ridiculous! In fact, Cyrus himself knew that this view would inevitably lead to many wizards being unwilling to support him.
People are always like this. It is easy to see the shortcomings of others, but it is a little difficult to see their strengths. If you tell them that they are not as good as others, it will be like a thorn in the flesh, which is even more uncomfortable.
From another perspective, Cyrus's proposal is of no benefit to wizards.
In other words, with the short-sightedness of most wizards, they cannot see any benefit from breaking the Statute of Secrecy for them.
——It’s even worse than Voldemort. At least if Voldemort really succeeded, wizards could rule Muggles openly and make them their slaves.
"I'm trying to bring some fresh blood to these rotten zombies," said Cyrus.
Sometimes he really thought that the magic world was just like the Qing Dynasty in the past, complacent and self-contained, guarding their small world and thinking that they were still the Celestial Empire. But in reality, those Westerners whom they looked down upon in the past had turned their guns and cannons into their minions, and turned into jackals, tigers and leopards!
"When the day comes that Muggles discover wizards themselves, when the day comes that Muggles understand magic, the end of wizards will probably be here," he said.
Besides, Cyrus thought that Muggles would one day figure out where magic came from.
Magic is indeed a power that only a few people possess, but since it exists, it is part of nature and it can definitely be explained by science.
Fortunately, this time will be long and the wizards still have time to prepare.
In fact, Cyrus had no intention of making those ignorant wizards understand this truth so quickly. The concepts of those adult wizards might be difficult to change. They were as stubborn as rotten wood.
Cyrus also intended to let them rot completely with their foolish stubbornness.
What can really be changed are the little wizards who are still in school. Now, at his request, Ilvermorny has added a new course called "Magic and Science".
Through this course, young wizards in school will have a better understanding of the Muggle world. Under the pressure of exams, they will read books and learn about the inventions and creations of Muggles in the past hundred years. They will understand that the wisdom of Muggles is not inferior to that of wizards.
In fact, since Muggles have no magic help, they have to use their own intelligence more.
In fact, the Muggle method of studying biology can also provide great inspiration to wizards.
Although wizards would conduct certain dissection experiments when studying magical animals or plants—such as removing fecal stones from a goat's stomach—no wizard would look at the cells of magical animals or plants from the perspective of a bystander.
If we use the Muggle method, I'm afraid the blood of the dragon will have far more than twelve uses.
In order to spread this atmosphere among a wider range of wizards, Cyrus also founded the magazine "Magic and Science". And when the Wizard Bank offered bonuses and the lure of gold galleons, many people were willing to learn about the so-called science and contribute articles.
At the beginning, the submitted papers were full of loopholes and were simply unbearable to read, but Cyrus didn't care. What he wanted was not necessarily all the correct things, but an atmosphere.
A small part of the usefulness of having Lucius establish the Wizarding Bank has already been revealed. Money has allowed wizards to put aside their arrogance and take the initiative to learn everything about Muggles. It has also provided employment prospects for young wizards who are still in school to study "magical science".
As they get to know Muggles better and better, I'm afraid that years later, even without Cyrus, they will understand that the Statute of Secrecy must be broken.
As for now——
Cyrus has returned to Hogwarts.
As he stood beside the Black Lake, he could feel that the castle was in great sorrow.
Most students no longer talk about Dumbledore's death, but the castle itself is still in mourning for this great wizard.
Now, McGonagall has taken over as the headmaster of Hogwarts, and she will be a good headmaster like Boot.
But Cyrus wasn't here to see her today.
He found Harry, and Ginny and the others stayed with Harry.
"Come on, Harry, I'll take you somewhere."
(End of this chapter)