Black-and-white (Translation)

34. Interlude

"What have you decided?" Harry asked his husband as they all sat together at dinner.
"First of all, every marriage of Mephisticuffs is scrutinized to see if all of them have been voluntarily closed. That's going to check Mrs. Bones on family law.
then the statutes of the brotherhood are examined and also this ritual, which the members are so proud of, is examined more closely.
I think we already have more than enough illegal activities to close down the club. Besides, I do not want to bring those bastards to Azkaban, but do something that will hurt them a lot more. "
"And what exactly is your plan?"
Severus' smile turned cold, and the other three had pretty ominous expressions.
"I intend to deprive them of their magic and cast them out of the wizarding world."
At the whole table the air was sucked in loud. there was nothing worse for magicians than being excluded from the community, and not even offenders who had served their sentence suffered this fate.
"But there are so few wizards anyway, is not it counterproductive to decimate that number even further?"
Hermione was not sure if she could agree with her professor on the point. The ministry was already discussing a new law. the so-called two-child program. Each couple would therefore be required to have at least two children in the world.
"You do not have to worry about that, almost every member of Mephisticuffs already has children. this is even a requirement to stay in this club. Everyone has a certain amount of time to care for their offspring. If it does not exist, the membership will be terminated. That's why we assume that most marriages are not completely voluntary. "
"But I still do not understand one thing. The Ministry is trying everything to beat out of both of us profit. Would not it be an advantage for us if we join this obscure club and diligently care for new blood? So, what makes you think that Fudge will support you on this vendetta? "
Now Remus spoke up:
"Very easily. Because they have no choice. Magical beings are very protected by the laws. this means that the partner of such a being has almost unlimited power when it comes to protecting it. The rarer the being, the more rights it has. In other words, in this case, the ministry itself has slowed down. "
"And you can not just overturn these laws?"
"No, unless they want to destroy the magic, because that was originally the reason for the protection of the magical beings, because they increased the magic, just by being there."
Sirius seemed to be incredibly pleased with this very point. The company finally had to do something for its godchild, until now it had always been the other way around.
Harry, on the other hand, frowned. severus could see from the whole posture of his kittens that he did not like anything at all. Luna also seemed to have noticed.
"Come on, tell me, brother, what's wrong with you?"
"This hypocritical society and its self-righteous natureI mean, our werewolves and centaurs are also magical creatures, but they are treated like evil. And there is still a whole list of beings that are almost without rights. Should not a law apply to everyone? "
Seeking help, Harry looked at Remus. the werewolf understood his puppy only too well. Especially since the cat boy was a friend of many magical creatures, he probably had a guilty conscience because of better rights.
"You're right, in fact, the ministry should treat all beings equally, but, as everywhere else, they have chosen only what benefits them. Even though we all, Value, Giants, Watermen ... increase the magic. "
Harry just snorted and tried to calm himself by feeding hedgehogs. Luna stroked her brother's arm and Severus put his hand on the boy's back. That seemed to work, slowly Harry calmed down.
"Maybe we can make sure that you too have the same rights. After all, we just need to hint that Riddle will not be able to bait any more for his army. "
Harry had read enough to know that the lack of rights for the creatures was exactly why they had fought for the dark side in the war. Although Harry knew that Riddle would never have kept such a promise.
yes, it was probably time to find out more about the laws of the magical world. Luckily he had bought enough books on the subject.
Severus thought his little one had pondered enough for now.
"What else did you do after your 'food experiment'?"
Immediately, Harry's mine lit up again.
"We built a bird house for Hedgehog so that he does not always have to live on my head. And one thing I have to leave to the twins, they are extremely skilled craftsmanship. The small house would probably like everyone, the interior also leaves nothing to be desired. And then Fred also put up a device where you can store water and food, just great. "
The twins grinned proudly.
"Well, after what you have fabricated there, we had to intervene. The poor rodent would have gotten a smooth heart attack in your construction experiments. It was more a scary house than anything else. "
George was right, neither Luna nor the Gryf trio was particularly gifted when it came to woodwork. Harry had made the thing so skewed that it made you seasick. Luna's house was more like a Cubist painting. and as for Ron and Hermione, the former had forgotten the entrance to his attempt and Hermione had stuck her own hand to the wood.
So it was just good that the twins had intervened, of course only after they had made fun of the younger ones.
The rest of the table society was obviously enjoying the stories about the building experiments. And in the end, no one could stay serious, which made Severus' effort to lift the mood a complete success.
"You, Severus?"
"Yes?"
It was already evening and Harry and his husband were just getting comfortable. Harry had just added Hedgehog's new residence to the bird's bar. Hedwig had even been so kind as to donate some soft feather down for the nest, which had visibly pleased the little one. the sleep mouse now lived up to its name.
Harry sat down on the bed opposite Severus with one of his notebooks.
"If some members of the Mephisticuffs are really deprived of their powers, then we could save them."
"What exactly do you mean?"
"It used to be normal to pass deprived powers to squibs so the magic would not be lost. They brewed a certain potion to preserve the magic, and after finding the right vehicle, the powers were transferred. similar to a transplant of organs. "
"As far as I know, this type of transmission has not been used since Grindelwald's days, because it simply stole the power from any sorcerers."
"That's only partially true. gripock told me that no law was ever passed banning the transmission of magic. The real reason why it is no longer used is simply that there has not been a potions master since then who could have brewed the necessary potion. "
Harry smiled meaningfully at Severus. He only raised his eyebrows. Did his little boy mean to imply that he believed this extraordinary achievement? Even before Severus could ask, Harry had already handed him the notebook.
"I have the recipe from a book in my dungeons. It's really a very elaborate potion, but I think it should be possible for you. "
Severus read the recipe and paused.
"It's not only difficult to manufacture but also to procure the ingredients. I would have to order some, that can take weeks. But the real problem is that you need the milk of a thestral, and ... "
Harry had just been waiting for it, beaming with joy he handed over a small vial to his favorite bat.
"Is this...? Harry! As?"
the potions master did not have the words, it was a little miracle to get the milk of a unicorn, but Thestral milk, that was just amazing! Severus was so taken aback that his stutterer did not notice him.
"When Riffraff's mother saw that Steunerin's mother was giving me milk, she did not want to be inferior and asked me to take her as well. She said we would need it very soon. "
"Are you saying that you understand the language of these animals?"
"No, not directly, but both unicorns and thestrals are able to transmit feelings. And that's when I came to conclusions. and to answer your next question: all magical horses and horse-like creatures can look to the future, only the centaurs are the only ones who used to share their knowledge with humans. "
"If you go on like this, I'll learn more from you than you have from me for the past five years."
Harry smiled and turned slightly pink, which brought Fawkes and Hedwig to amused cooing.
"Say, did you happen to have the book containing this potion here?"
"It's in your ... our apartment. If you want, I can ask Dobby to get it. "
"No thanks, I have to give up the order for some of the ingredients anyway. It's enough if I look at the book then. "
"You could ask the two oldest Weasley boys to send you some of the ingredients. Bill is back in Egypt at the moment and Gringotts does not take the delivery so long. and Charlie has learned to deal with some dragons in such a way that they give him scales and claws voluntarily, so I think the effects are better too. "
"Good idea. Then I'll do it tomorrow. How did you get the idea with the squibs? "
"Quite simply, look at Fitch. He is a grown man and has to be fooled by eleven year olds just because he can not do magic. I think he would certainly not be so mean if he was not constantly being shown what he can not do. And so it goes without doubt many Squibs, and then the magic would not be lost. But then there would have to be a kind of adult support or something. "
severus could only agree with that, and he did not think it wise to bring a magician who can not do magic to a whole school of pubescent people. It was clear that there was only hatred.

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