Homecoming from Hogwarts

"--I would like to report to the conference a vicious incident that occurred in Exta last night--"

Twelve huge Roman columns support this classical-style circular meeting hall, and the conference tables arranged in concentric circles are always packed.

Countries in Asia, North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Oceania, all countries with magical civilizations, sent their representatives stationed in Paris to attend the conference.

The solemn faces and dim candlelight made the atmosphere in this huge meeting hall extremely depressing.

The seven seats in the innermost circle of the concentric circles are Chairman Dumbledore, and there are five permanent Vice Chairman seats including Amos Tower Braine and Hope Dreghan, as well as the rotating Vice Chairman, French Minister of Magic Trejus Nash.

The German Minister of Magic, Oroncus Adenauer, with his left arm bandaged and hanging around his neck, stood on the podium in the center of the Great Hall and gave a report to the conference.

It's different from what most people imagine.

Minister Adenauer, who was known for his violent temper, did not appear to be very angry, and there was no unnecessary expression on his pale face. However, from the abnormal pauses in the rhythm of his speech and the slight gasps, it could be seen that his heart was not as calm as he appeared.

"At 9:27 last night, a group of rioters appeared near the Brandenburg Gate, a famous Muggle attraction in Berlin. They indiscriminately attacked Muggles near the attraction, directly resulting in the deaths of 31 Muggles and the injuries of 172 Muggles."

So far, no newspaper in any country, whether Muggle or wizard, has reported on this incident.

But the wizards sitting in this magnificent meeting hall are not ordinary people, and they have all heard the news.

However, only the German Ministry of Magic has the exact casualty data.

There is no doubt that this is a serious accident that can be written into the modern history of wizards, just like the collapse of the Muggle bridge in London not long ago.

The sound of people gasping for air came one after another. During this huge morning, many people's dissatisfied eyes wandered to the youngest and oldest wizards sitting in the inner circle of seven seats.

People expected that the two people who had received so much attention would show some subtle changes in their expressions after the sad news was revealed, but the facts disappointed them.

Amos Tower and Dumbledore, who were at the center of all the attention, sat there like two sculptures, their eyes cast down and their expressions indifferent.

"When I led the strikers to the scene, this group of extremely evil rioters did not put up a last-ditch resistance. They were very agile and fled the scene before we set up the barrier--"

Adenauer still spoke in that weird way of panting after every two sentences.

"There are many Muggle witnesses. I have to summon all employees of the German Ministry of Magic to the scene, erase the Muggle memories, and assign a special envoy to contact the Muggle Prime Minister and ask him to help seal off the accident scene on a larger scale. I will lead the elite Aurors to track down the incident."

"Did you find them, Minister Adenauer?"

At the seven-person seat, Minister Nash of the French Ministry of Magic glanced at Amosta, who was one seat away from him, and asked a question in a rough voice that everyone knew the answer to.

"The ministry has indeed found some clues, Minister Nash. I believe that if we continue to pursue them, we can find the heinous thugs and send them to the gallows, but--"

Minister Adenauer, who liked to send people to the gallows, suddenly raised his voice.

"A new piece of bad news has arrived, interrupting our pursuit plan. I have to deal with it first!"

Minister Adenauer looked around and finally stopped at the seven-person seat.
"I believe that all the representatives, Chairman Dumbledore, and the vice chairmen have been informed of the relevant information. Yes, that's right, Extar has been breached."

There are three world-renowned magic schools in the European wizarding world, namely Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang.

At the same time, there are three famous magic prisons in the European wizarding world: Azkaban, Exeter, and Nurmengard. Among the three prisons, Exeter is undoubtedly the first in terms of specifications.

As for the other two prisons, there is no need to explain the origin of Nurmengard, but Azkaban is almost a magic prison exclusively serving Britain.

The nominally abandoned Exeter was actually a "public prison" for European countries.

Even without the WUC members sent there by Vice Chairman Amosta Blaine, the prison still holds the largest number of criminals among the three prisons.

"Being breached means—"

The Asian-looking wizard, wearing a purple robe that was typical of the region, couldn't help but frown.
"Have all the criminals imprisoned in Exta been rescued?"

"Oh, maybe it's not so bad after all--"

Minister Adenauer on the rostrum answered with a somewhat sarcastic tone:

"You may not know that Exta is located in the belly of a mountain in the Eastern Alps. Last night, the confrontation between the Aurors of the Ministry and the intruders caused the entire mountain to collapse.

At present, the department is still clearing the ruins. We found some bodies of prisoners imprisoned in Ekstad in the ruins. Please understand that if you want to find out how many prisoners escaped and how many died in the landslide, you have to wait until we have cleared the ruins. "

The Asian-faced wizard who had asked the question earlier nodded and fell silent.

"So, Minister Adenauer, do you doubt that—"

Minister Nash of the French Ministry of Magic then asked,

"Most of the prisoners have been rescued?"

"Personally, I hope that this terrible situation will not happen."

Minister Adenauer said with a cold face,

"That's basically the situation. We currently don't know how many prisoners have been rescued, nor can we confirm where the thugs who broke into Exta are hiding.
I want to remind you solemnly here that perhaps the purpose of this group of powerful thugs is to break into the prisons where criminals are detained in various countries. They break into the prisons to rescue the prisoners, and then take the opportunity to strengthen their own strength. "

Looking around the quiet meeting room, Adenauer suddenly made an unexpected move. He walked out from behind the table on the podium, faced the gazes of everyone, and suddenly bent down and bowed to the participants.

From beginning to end, Dumbledore had a gleam in his calm eyes, and Amosta raised his head at the right time, leaned back in his chair and stared at the German Minister of Magic, his face still expressionless.

"Oroncos?"

Dumbledore, who was chairing the meeting as chairman, asked gently.

"I think I should apologize to the international wizarding community on behalf of the German Ministry of Magic!"

Minister Adenauer ignored Dumbledore. He pointed at everyone and his voice boomed like thunder in the Great Council Chamber.
"We have betrayed the trust of the world's magical civilization. We almost exposed the magical civilization to the Muggles. We failed to guard Extar well, and the magical civilizations of all countries in the world were threatened by this group of thugs called Death Eaters. We..."

Impassioned tones and words of remorse resounded throughout the conference hall. Minister Adenauer of the German Ministry of Magic emotionally apologized to the world's magical civilization through a joint meeting, taking all the responsibilities into his arms.

This is definitely directed at us.
Amosta, sitting in the seven-person seat, thought with a dull look: (End of this chapter)