Hogwarts: Who made her a professor?

Chapter 27 Please Strive to Catch Up with Yourself

That's right, Belvina Black played a trick on the film rating system.

The film shown to third-grade students emphasizes the destructive power of the Muggle war and focuses on the shocking scenes.

The films shown to older students contained many more scenes of bloodshed and violence, emphasizing the terrifying destructive power of Muggle weapons and the extreme cruelty of humanity towards each other.

The shock of the bloody and violent scenes not only shakes the established beliefs of older students, but also tests their magical abilities. Can they withstand the terrifying killing power of Muggle weapons?

Magic is a very subjective thing, much like the power of "my imagination". Some magic is extremely profound and mysterious, while some magic is simple and easy to understand, and even a first-grader can perform it quite well.

However, wizards have one fatal flaw: glass cannons.

The best wizards can destroy a city with magic, like Gellert Grindelwald, but even the Dark Lord can have his hand cut by a knife.

Even the greatest wizard, Albus Dumbledore, could still be stabbed to death with a dagger when he was completely unprepared, and his life could end unexpectedly.

Wizards can look down on and discriminate against Muggles, and some wizards even take pleasure in hunting Muggles, just like hunting a group of two-legged animals.

Why can't Muggles look down on or even discriminate against wizards? They can also hunt down wizards who are weak individually, either by beheading them or burning them at the stake.

This is what Muggles did in the Middle Ages. Although many "wizards" who were tried were later proven to be innocent, quite a few wizards still died at the hands of Muggles.

This isn't far-fetched at all; it's at least more plausible than a pile driver being killed by a pitchfork.

The International Wizarding Federation's Secrecy Law was enacted to protect these weak wizards from the clutches of some Muggles, allowing them to grow into true wizards.

Like Nick, the ghost of Gryffindor who was nearly headless, Sir Nicholas Minsey-Poppington, a courtier of Henry VII, was still sentenced to death for a magical accident. In fact, because the executioner's axe was dull, the poor lord was chopped forty-five times.

Without a wand, most wizards are not much better than Muggles; they vomit when they drink too much and feel pain when they get hit.

Sir Nicholas Minsey-Popington is a prime example; stripped of his wand, he could only plead his case loudly in prison, helplessly awaiting death.

Back in the Muggle Studies class at Hogwarts, perhaps because Belvina had started class early, there was still some time before the end of get out of class after the film finished playing.

If it were up to Belvina's personality, she would definitely have announced the end of get out of class, letting the students go about their business, while she herself would have found a comfortable place to lie down and be a dutiful salted fish.

But today, Belvina can't act recklessly as she pleases, and the students who have been waiting in the classroom for a long time probably won't let her leave so easily.

Since that's the case, Belvina isn't one to be coy. It's just a question, isn't it? It's just trying to stump her with a question, no big deal.

Belvina could easily handle a group of journalists who had been in the media industry for years, let alone a group of students who were still in school. The kids were just walking into the line of fire!

"Now you can start asking questions," Belvina said, her hands in her pockets, not treating the children as serious opponents at all.

A tall Gryffindor boy was the first to stand up and fire his first shot.

He asked, "Professor Black, in your opinion, are Muggles superior to wizards?"

Belvina recognized the male student; this was his third class audited. Yes, Muggle Studies wasn't on his schedule at all; he'd been freeloading off Belvina's classes.

That's utterly shameful!

"On the contrary, I personally believe that wizards are superior to Muggles," Belvina said. "Of course, this is conditional; it's a comparison between individuals."

Belvina paced back and forth on the podium, talking eloquently without ever looking up.

She continued, "We can use magic, and we can do many things with a wave of our wands. Under normal circumstances, we are definitely stronger than Muggles. Wizards attribute their power to themselves, while Muggles' power is manifested in the social group. It is unfair to simply emphasize whether wizards or Muggles are stronger or weaker."

The Gryffindor boy thought for a while, then didn't ask any more questions and quietly sat back down.

"Classmates, Muggles can't use magic, they can't see Dementors, let alone ghosts," Belvina continued. "But if you discriminate against them because of this, or even think it's perfectly acceptable, does that mean I can discriminate against you too?"

A murmur arose in the classroom as people began discussing the "discrimination chain" that Belvina had just brought up.

Although Belvina has hardly demonstrated her magical abilities since the start of the school year, the students don't equate her with Quirrell, a strange phenomenon that no one objects to.

"I can discriminate against you because I have the ability to take down everyone here with a flick of my wrist, including those standing here," Belvina said with a laugh. "Your Professor Dumbledore can also discriminate against me because taking me down wouldn't be much harder for him than it would be for me to take you down. Is this kind of 'discrimination' justified?"

You don't know the pain until the whip hits you.

When the whip is raised, you feel fear, but the pain is only real when it falls on your body.

Why are most wizards who discriminate against Muggles from pure-blood families? Because they are at the top of the discrimination chain, and they can discriminate against anyone.

That's why they spare no effort in advocating pure-blood superiority, ensuring that their status is not shaken by half-blood wizards or Muggle-born wizards, and ensuring that they always stand at the top of the discrimination chain.

"Professor Black, do you think wizards and Muggles can live together peacefully?" Another student stood up; he was from Hufflepuff House.

Belvina gestured for the students to sit down, then picked up the chalk and began to write and draw on the blackboard. Intelligent creatures such as "centaur" and "fairy" appeared in her neat handwriting.

"What I'm trying to say is that the possibility is very low," Belvina gave a negative answer. "The abilities that wizards possess are things that Muggles cannot obtain."

Next, Belvina wrote "The Middle Ages", "The Witch Hunt", and "Salem".

“At first, Muggles will be in awe of this ability, and may even worship wizards as gods,” Belvina continued. “But over time, they will develop a fear of our abilities, and thus the idea of ​​destroying us will arise. The witch hunts of the Middle Ages are the best proof of this; they feared the power they could not control and could only try to eliminate us. This is not the fault of Muggles, but a common human failing.”

Belvina tapped on the first word written on the blackboard and continued, "To give a somewhat inappropriate example, have we wizards lived in peace with centaurs and goblins?"

The students below the stage shook their heads in unison. They were not first or second graders; they already had their own understanding of wizarding society, and wizards never treated centaurs and goblins equally.

The simplest example is the magic wand. Only human wizards can possess and use wands; it is illegal for fairies to possess or use them. Fairies have even staged a rebellion because of this.

"Then what should we do?" another student asked. "Since we can't coexist peacefully, are we left with only the choice of either eliminating them or being eliminated by them?"

As soon as the words were spoken, the classroom erupted in uproar. Having just witnessed the terrifying war capabilities of Muggles, they had no desire to go to war with them. The students knew very well that if war broke out, they would only be cannon fodder.

Belvina sighed inwardly. Hogwarts' education was indeed problematic. Why were all the students so obsessed with fighting and killing? Did they have to fight to the death?

If wizards have the power to wipe out Muggles, they should first consider how to take down those rebellious goblins who rebel every now and then.

"Why must there be war?" Belvina said with a smile. "Hasn't the International Wizarding Federation's Secrecy Law already solved this problem?"

The two rhetorical questions revealed Belvina's attitude: she did not support the war.

"There was once a man who tried to start a war and use war to make wizards the rulers." Belvina looked at the students who had skipped the history of magic class, and said meaningfully, "His charming personality attracted many like-minded people. He began to seize power, and his wild ideas led him to build his own army, but he ultimately failed."

In Belvina's limited understanding, a large part of Grindelwald's wild propositions and ideas were indeed for the benefit of wizards, just as he himself said: for the greater good.

The mistake was that Grindelwald chose the wrong way to achieve his goals. His flawed approach and ruthless methods led more people to rise up in opposition, ultimately resulting in the defeat of Grindelwald and his fanatical followers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, war is unacceptable," Belvina continued. "I'm showing you this so you can see the changes in Muggles, not to promote the Muggle threat theory."

"Our fellow human beings, our neighbors, are becoming better and better, even possessing the power to destroy human civilization. Yet we still live in the last century, immersed in the dream of wizards' inherent nobility, stuck in our ways. So, shouldn't we also make a change?"

Belvina suddenly became very serious, as if Professor McGonagall had possessed her for a moment. She said, "Wake up, ladies and gentlemen, and strive to catch up with your former noble selves."

Each generation has its own mission and responsibility, a statement that Belvina strongly agrees with.

She believes that the mission and responsibility of her generation is to weather the coming darkest hour and rebuild an efficient and visionary Ministry of Magic.

The students of Hogwarts, these young people, have a mission and responsibility to make wizarding society better and no longer dwell on the glory of the past.

As for Belvina herself, sorry, she plans to climb the ranks effortlessly, bringing the theories of the "Rift Master" to the Wizarding World.

"Professor Black, I have one more question."

Just as Belvina was overjoyed, thinking she could announce the end of get out of class, a Ravenclaw girl raised her wicked little hand.

"Next week, I mean the next class, will you still show us these Muggle war films?"

"No. If I keep showing you these bloody scenes, your Professor Dumbledore will definitely kill me," Belvina said, making a gesture as if to choke herself.

Her comical actions and exaggerated tone instantly dispelled the heavy atmosphere in the classroom, and the students began to look forward to what kind of surprise Belvina would bring next week.

"Starting next week, I will guide you through understanding how to live without magic. After all, we are a Muggle Studies Department, aren't we?"