The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Oh? Oh, okay, shall we drive to your place, or go through this, this..." Hearing Arthur's words, Mr. Granger was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and asked as if he had just woken up from a dream. .

"Floo Network." Harry reminded from the side.

"Yes, Floo Network." Mr. Granger chewed on this somewhat unfamiliar word. He was curious about how a person could stand in a fire without being burned. He was also curious about how a fire suddenly erupted in this house. A flame came out, and he was more curious about why the wizard could travel through space at will with the help of the fireplace.

He could still answer the first question with the knowledge in his mind. Some "flames" looked like flames, but the actual temperature would not cause damage to the human body at all, so people could stand in the flames. But the last two were beyond his cognitive scope and could only be summed up as "magic".

Mr. Granger was a little excited, but also a little nervous. He was about to use the Floo network to conduct a legendary "space shuttle" and "fly" from London to Devon in one fell swoop!

He couldn't help but squeeze his wife's hand.

Mr. Arthur was even more excited than he was.

"Did you just say drive? You have a Muggle car? I mean that-" He sputtered excitedly.

Mr. Granger: ...

"Well, if you mean ordinary cars, I do have a few..." He paused because he noticed that Mr. Weasley's eyes lit up in front of him.

Arthur was very interested in Muggles, and he was very curious about how Muggles could live without magic. So whenever it came to Muggle-related things or items, it was difficult for Arthur to suppress his inner curiosity.

"Mr. Weasley is a 'Muggle fan'. He is very obsessed with all kinds of items in the non-magical world." Harry explained for Arthur.

"That's it." Mr. Granger rubbed his chin, "Then do you want to go to the garage with me and take a look at the little cuties I have collected?"

After chatting for a few words, he and this wizard with a receding hairline but a very affable wizard got a lot closer. After the fog of being called a wizard dissipated, a very down-to-earth figure was revealed. . This made Mr. Granger not so nervous.

Moreover, Mr. Arthur's performance revealed many problems... Mr. Granger noticed something unusual. According to his original impression, wizards were like observers, observing every move of Muggles from a hidden corner. The entire Muggle society was one-way and transparent in their eyes. But after contacting Mr. Weasley, he felt that his impression seemed to be a little biased: wizards seemed to have no understanding of Muggles at all.

This is very confusing. My precious daughter is a genuine "Muggle", and from what she said, there are not a few Muggle wizards like her. It is very difficult to understand that wizards have such a shallow understanding of Muggles - if they want to understand Muggles, they only need to ask their own daughters, right?

Or, they can also come and wander around the Muggle streets? If you walk around Muggle streets twice, you won't get excited when you see a car!

Maybe they have their own reasons? Mr. Granger felt that wizards might have unspeakable difficulties that prevented them from communicating directly with Muggles.

Mr. Granger's guess was correct. Due to the "Law of Secrecy", wizards were indeed unable to communicate too closely with Muggles. When Professor McGonagall was young, the wizarding world prohibited those wizards whose spouses were Muggles from showing their magical abilities to their spouses.

This has to mention a heartbreaking past of Professor McGonagall when she was young. At that time, Professor McGonagall was not a professor yet, but Minerva McGonagall, an outstanding graduate of Hogwarts and Head Girl.

First of all, we have to be sure of one thing. Professor McGonagall was once young - although she always gave people the feeling of an old lady. It’s normal for girls to have had love experiences, right? Even if she is Professor McGonagall.

After graduating from Hogwarts with honors, Minerva found a job in the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. Before joining the company, she returned to her hometown and prepared to spend her last summer vacation as a student there.

As a result, she met a Muggle named Dougal McGregor. Dougal is handsome, smart, and funny, and Minerva falls madly in love with him. The two began to get to know each other well... and eventually McGregor proposed to Minerva in a freshly plowed field. Minerva agreed.

But the terrible thing is that after Mag calmed down, she found that she could not fulfill the engagement due to the restrictions of the "Secrecy Act"! Marrying a Muggle meant that she would follow the same path as her mother, lock up her wand, and say goodbye to all her ideals. There was no more Minerva McGonagall, only Mrs. McGonagall.

Well, so early the next morning, McGonagall's engagement was annulled... There was no drama of "Thirty years to the east of the river and thirty years to the west of the river, don't bully young people into poverty". Professor McGonagall returned to London three days later. From then on, the two separated into two worlds and never saw each other again...

To McGregor, Minerva McGonagall was probably just a passerby in life, but in Minerva McGonagall's heart, McGregor had always had a very important status.

Later, the "Secrecy Act" was gradually relaxed, but the two were never able to reunite.

The tragedies brought about by the "Statutory of Secrecy" have been staged again and again, building a high wall between the magical world and the non-magical world, completely isolating the two worlds.

Of course, in addition to the last resort, there may also be arrogance. The magical world has always had a condescending attitude towards the non-magical world. Wizards don't bother to understand the lives of Muggles. Just like top students don't copy the homework of poor students - they don't even bother to take a look at what the poor students are tinkering with. Mr. Arthur is already an extremely rare pro-Muggle among pure-blood wizards, but the reason why he is friendly to Muggles is also "curious about how Muggles can live without magic." This is the arrogance in his bones, and Arthur ·Weasley is a good person and does not conflict.

Just like many international students are often asked some strange questions abroad. The questioner is just curious and has no malicious intent.

Faced with Mr. Granger's invitation, Arthur simply couldn't refuse.

He happily followed Mr. Granger out of the living room and went to the garage to visit Mr. Granger's car. If time hadn't allowed him, he would have asked Mr. Granger to lend him the car for two laps.

Mr. Weasley considered driving to the Burrow more than once, but after estimating the time and confirming that Muggle cars could not fly, he could only give up the idea with great regret.

If we drive back to the Burrow, it will probably be close to midnight when we get home. Do we still want to have dinner? I have to go to Stoat Mountain early the next day!

When Mr. Weasley emerged from the garage, he looked like a child who had lost his favorite toy.