Chapter 17 Grete's Ambition
Dean's Office.
Flitwick sat upright, his eyes constantly looking at the two students in front of him.
"Ms. Penelope Creevett, Mr. McGarrett, about the matter of making an unbreakable oath.
Have you two considered it thoroughly?
Is the decision you made based on your own free thoughts, and have you never been coerced, intimidated, or induced in the process of making this decision?
Are you aware of all the consequences of making an unbreakable oath?..."
Professor Flitwick was extremely cautious, asking dozens of questions like a string of arrows, leaving no time for thinking.
After getting all the answers from the two, Flitwick slowly exhaled, picked up the wand and checked around the two.
Finally, it was confirmed that the two had never been controlled by any spell, and all the decisions were made by their independent thinking.
"So, Mr. McGrath, does your guardian know about this matter and has a full understanding of the unbreakable oath?
And most importantly, does your guardian agree that you and Ms. Penelope Crevart should sign an oath?"
Filius Flitwick had a serious face, and the wand in his hand was clenched tightly. The tip of the wand flashed the light of polygraph, which is an ancient magic unique to the goblin tribe.
For more than ten centuries, it has protected the trust between goblins.
"I have obtained the permission of my guardian, Mrs. Swangret, and explained to her the effectiveness and consequences of the unbreakable oath within the framework of the wizard confidentiality regulations."
In the past week, Grete and Mrs. Swan's letters can be said to be extremely frequent, and even the raven Sebastian, who has always been hardworking, has a lot of opinions.
Running several or even dozens of times a day, even if it is a raven with full endurance, it is almost exhausted after a week.
Fortunately, the two who finally reached a consensus ended this torture that was like hell for the raven and ushered in the long-awaited rest.
Filius Flitwick looked at the polygraph spell on the tip of the wand, which was still shining firmly, and nodded slightly.
Then he turned his body to Penelope, who looked a little nervous.
"So, Ms. Penelope Crevart, what about you?"
Penelope clenched her hands tightly, with a trembling voice, "Yes, I have fully communicated with my parents and obtained their permission."
Flitwick saw the light of the polygraph spell begin to flash, and squeezed out a question from his nose, but his tone was very gentle.
"Penelope, you are only fifteen years old. This matter is more serious than you think, so we can't hide it from your parents, do you understand?"
Penelope rubbed her fists on her legs and looked up at Flitwick, "Dean, I did get permission, but only from my father.
He said that if I really want to do it, then I can do it, but I have to be witnessed by you, the professor.
Does this count as permission?"
Watching the light of the polygraph spell stabilize again, Flitwick relaxed. He was only worried that Penelope would make such an important decision privately without telling her family.
If it was a dual wizard family, then the decision of both parents would need to be considered, but Penelope was a half-blood, and only her father was a wizard.
The wizarding world doesn't care much about the ideas of Muggles, not to mention that Professor Flitwick is a half-goblin.
As we all know, wizards>magical creatures>Muggles, this is the consensus of all wizards in the wizarding world.
"Well, since you have obtained permission and both parties are willing to sign an unbreakable oath,
I will be your witness and bear witness to your oath."
According to Filius Flitwick's instructions, Gretel and Penelope knelt on one knee facing each other, holding each other's right hands tightly, and Flitwick took up the staff and placed it on the two people's clasped hands.
They began to sign the oath that had been drafted by Gretel and approved by both parties.
"Penelope Creek, are you willing to provide your knowledge without reservation in McGrete's research and try your best to complete the research."
"I do."
"Are you willing to keep the research results of both parties confidential and never disclose them to others behind McGrete's back in any way."
"I do."
"Are you willing to..."
...
"McGrete, are you willing to do your best to protect Penelope Creek in the research?"
"I do."
"Are you willing to promise that you will never harm Penelope Creek in any way."
"I do."
...
With the establishment of each oath, there will be a dazzling tongue of fire from the wand that will wrap around the two hands that are clasped together.
For a full ten minutes, dozens or hundreds of oaths, the hands that the two people held together have been completely covered by the chain formed by the tongue of fire, like the sun rising in the early morning.
Flitwick swore to Merlin that today's oath was the most complete and strict unbreakable oath he had ever seen since the history of the magic world.
If it weren't for the fact that the witnesses also needed to keep everything that happened when they made the oath a secret, he would definitely write this shocking scene into the family history for future generations to admire.
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"Room of Requirement?"
Legend has it that there is a magical Room of Requirement in Hogwarts. When a person really needs it, it will appear at the right time and perfectly meet the needs of the person in need.
Penelope had searched for it when she entered Hogwarts, but there was no clue at all.
She thought she would be like those seniors who had graduated, either regretting missing it or telling the later generations that it was a legend.
Who would have thought that she would receive such a big surprise just after she made a vow with Gretel.
"Yes, we are now in the research room created by the Room of Requirement.
We will study the theory here in the future, and when the samples are manufactured, we will push the products to the entire wizarding world and build our business empire."
In fact, Gretel's desire is not something that a small wizarding world can satisfy. The billions of people outside the wizarding world are his ultimate goal.
But now these must not be told to Penelope, otherwise this fourth-grade student who just turned fifteen will be scared silly.
Through Gretel's understanding, he can be sure that the wizarding world and the Muggle world are definitely not parallel lines that do not intersect.
At least this is the case with the wizarding world in Great Britain. The land around those wizarding towns alone cannot support the wizards of Great Britain.
Therefore, within the scope of Great Britain, there is definitely a very close cooperation between the wizard authorities and the Muggle authorities that is unknown to the public.
From myself to others, no matter which continent they are in, wizards can never really break away from human society.
At least, most wizards who do not produce can not break away.
From the surface data, no matter which country the wizards are from, most of them think that wizards are superior to humans, so they do not accept to live with humans.
But in fact, the wizards live in isolation to a large extent because they are afraid of Muggles.
The backward witch hunting movement in the Middle Ages still makes wizards afraid, and in the eyes of the pioneers, the Muggle world, which has made great strides in preparing for a technological leap, is even more so.
Grete has no interest in unifying the world, nor does he have the idea of becoming the uncrowned king of the world.
But it is impossible for him to give up the Muggle market worth billions.
Magic can only be a shortcut for him to realize his life plan, and it is not and will never be the end of his life plan.
Small theater
Dumbledore: GG, look, when they made the unbreakable oath, is it similar to when we made the blood oath?
GG: Albus, are you saying that little Gretel or little Penelope will be locked up by another person in some damn place called Nugamund or Monumentha?
Dumbledore (with a dark face): If you talk like that, I won't come to pay my respects when you die.