The return of wizards was quickly overshadowed by the public expansion of the Ministry of Magic.
People have turned their attention to the civil service examination. They mainly want to see those lucky ordinary people who can pass the exam. After all, this is much more difficult than the regular civil service exam. Ordinary people naturally hope that these candidates can bring some glory to them.
As for the wizards, people are also paying a little attention, but most of these are people who have wizards among their neighbors. They also want to see if these new wizards, whom they have watched grow up, can make a difference.
However, compared to ordinary people, these wizards were not so nervous but instead breathed a sigh of relief. Because they finally could get rid of the torture of being pestered and asked questions every day.
Although they were happy to put on a show and answer questions at first, after a long time, answering one question after another, they almost became emotionless repeaters, and the whole person became numb. Even later, they discovered that everyone seemed to treat them as monkeys, which made them afraid to go out, seriously affecting their normal life.
It's better not to come back!
Such ideas gradually began to spread rapidly among the wizards who returned to society.
It is precisely because of this situation that the expansion of the Ministry of Magic is so high-profile. This was done deliberately by Grindelwald, with the purpose of distracting the public's attention and indirectly rescuing these miserable returning wizards.
Of course, Grindelwald requested and received approval from Lancer Artoria. Although he is now the leader of the Ministry of Magic in Britain, when the matter rises to the national level, he is no longer able to make decisions on his own, and Lancer Artoria needs to personally approve it.
Regarding the situation of returning wizards, Lancer Artoria even asked the local police to patrol near the homes of these returning wizards every day to maintain order, disperse ordinary people who were watching for no reason, and reduce the disturbance to returning wizards.
As for the inhuman treatment received by the returning wizards, senior officials such as Lancer Artoria and Grindelwald were quite helpless. They really did not expect such a situation to happen. But when thinking about it carefully, it feels natural. After all, the ratio of ordinary people to wizards is what it is. A wizard, being unique among ordinary people, is a rare creature.
Even though Britain now has the largest number of wizards in the world, and a large number of wizards are gradually returning to society, wizards are still a rare existence, and ordinary people who have never seen a wizard with their own eyes are plentiful. These people were really curious, so as soon as a returning wizard appeared in the local area, a large number of ordinary people came to watch.
However, this situation will gradually decrease as the Ministry of Magic expands. The main reason is that the number of Aurors and Wizard Auxiliary Police has increased. In the future, the intensity of law enforcement and patrols will increase, and ordinary people will see more wizards. Coupled with the status of these Aurors and Wizard Auxiliary Police as official law enforcers, ordinary people dare not do anything arbitrarily against them.
It can make ordinary people get used to seeing wizards, and they will also have some respect for them, and then they will not dare to mess around with ordinary wizards. At the very least, treating people like monkeys will most likely never happen.
"Fortunately, I didn't go back, otherwise I would have been treated like a monkey. I can't stand this."
Hermione looked at an investigation report on the current situation of returning wizards and couldn't help but feel a little lucky that she and Takumi did not go home to visit their parents after leaving school, thus escaping a disaster.
Well, yes, Hermione has now left Hogwarts and stopped going to school. Mainly because Takumi recruited her in advance. Now Hermione has become a member of the Dimensional City and was given the Divine Path System. Making her learn those things from Hogwarts again would just be a waste of time for her.
However, although Hermione had been recruited, she did not settle in the Dimensional City. Instead, she stayed in the Harry Potter world and studied with Lancer Artoria. In addition, it is also convenient for Lancer Artoria to keep in touch with the Dimensional City. Therefore, these days, she has been following Lancer Artoria, watching how Lancer Artoria manages a country, learning something from it, and sometimes giving Lancer Artoria a hand with some chores.
At the same time, because she has been following Lancer Artoria, she also appeared in some major events. For example, Hermione participated in the previous medal ceremony, and she was the one who gave Grindelwald the medal at that time. For example, during the enthronement ceremony, she also gave the crown and scepter to Lancer Artoria. She also stood beside Lancer Artoria when she gave a speech.
So much so that Hermione is now famous because everyone knows that His Majesty the new King will always have such a child by her side. But except for the professors and some students at Hogwarts, as well as her parents and some of her classmates in elementary school, no one knows her true identity.
Hogwarts, a semi-closed school, naturally cannot reveal any information. As for her parents, the Grangers will not talk about it randomly. As for her elementary school classmates? Those little guys barely remember her, almost completely forgetting about Hermione, a top student who couldn't hang out with anyone. At most, they only saw her on TV and thought she looked familiar.
Ever since, without anyone revealing Hermione's life experience, the public had no way of knowing Hermione's identity, so they began to use their imaginations to conjure up Hermione's identity.
Someone said Hermione may be the child of a high-ranking official, sent to Lancer Artoria as a valet in exchange for a smooth official career. But it was quickly denied by others. Not to mention whether it is the daughter of a high-ranking official, just using a child is impossible to change an official career. After all, this is the attendant of the King of a country. The best kind of gilding. Just letting your children come in is already a great grace. You still want to exchange this for benefits? How much face do you think you have?
And the idea that the children of high-ranking officials are there for gilding is also unlikely, because Hermione is too young. What else can she do at this age besides doing odd jobs? How can she be gilded if she can't do anything?
Then someone else said Hermione is most likely the illegitimate daughter Your Majesty had before! So... she is Mordred!
(Mordred: Meow meow? Hermione: No, I became a substitute!)
The people were quite shocked by this theory. Then, as expected, someone jumped out to refute. Let's not talk about whether the little girl is Mordred. Even if she is really His Majesty's child, there is no need to hide it. Just arrange the identity of a princess. Why do you have to take her with you but not reveal her identity?
The person who put forward this statement immediately responded: "It is precisely because she is Mordred that her identity cannot be disclosed. Don't forget that this person is the one who launched the rebellion in the legend."
Good guy, she actually made it sound well-founded. Upon hearing this, many people felt that it made sense, began to support this statement, and started exchanging passionate arguments with those who opposed it.
After that, various theories emerged, such as conspiracy theories, directly saying that Hermione was the mastermind behind the scenes, and Lancer Artoria was just a puppet who was pushed to the front. Or perhaps, Hermione was actually an inexperienced strategist who played a key role in the previous change of government.
People argued back and forth; you say you are right, and I say I am right. After you sing, I will appear on the stage, and all kinds of ideas emerge one after another like a hundred flowers blooming. In just two days, the public arranged dozens of possible identities for Hermione, and even added various explanations to increase credibility, which made the agents from MI6 call them experts.
Until the wizards also joined the discussion.
But soon some wizards saw that Hermione was a wizard and that she should be in school at this age, so they wrote to Hogwarts to inquire about the situation. Then, Hermione's identity was finally revealed, putting an end to the gossip war over her identity.
It turns out that none of the guesses were correct. It was just a little girl who happened to know His Majesty.