"Oh!" Fred stopped heading for his seat as well, folding his arms with an expression of pure spectatorship. "Harry! Why don't you take a part-time job like Rita Skeeter?"
Harry stopped too. Hearing Fred say that, he froze for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?"
"Asking you to moonlight as the Divination Class professor!" George teased. "You'd only just said, 'Will someone come looking for trouble?' and it happened right away. The words left your mouth and became a prophecy!"
Fred and George gave him a thumbs-up at the same time. "Brilliant!"
The others, including Charlotte Bonacourt, were in much the same state. They all stopped where they were, with no intention of returning to their seats.
Several Aurors from the French Ministry of Magic asked, "Director, should we do something? I remember that in the conference schedule... there wasn't anything like this, right?"
"Let's watch for now!" Charlotte Bonacourt shook his head. "I believe Mr. Lovegood can handle it..."
Seeing Vizet return to the lectern, the representative from the Muggle World seized the opportunity and gave Vizet no time to speak, asking in a rush, "Mr. Lovegood..."
"From what we have observed, your methods of communication are rather distinctive, and seem to rely mainly on... owls and various other creatures to deliver messages."
"Mr. Lovegood, perhaps you don't know this... but today, in 1995, we have already achieved global communication. Anyone, anywhere, can contact someone on the other side of the Earth."
"This speed, efficiency, and reliability, I believe, should be beyond comparison for any bird. Does this mean that, on the issue of building a 'better future,' we have already provided a superior solution?"
After saying this, the representative from the Muggle World had already lifted his chin slightly. He looked around and, seeing the