"Getting so serious all of a sudden..." Fred's voice rang out. "Honestly, I'm still not quite used to it!"
"Yeah!" George looked at Vizet. "Vizet, since you've already put it like that, why don't we..."
"Talk about something a bit more practical?" Fred and George moved in perfect sync, flashing sly smiles as they rubbed their hands together. "For example... what benefits can we get?"
With the two of them clowning around like that, the atmosphere in the room immediately eased up a great deal.
Vizet said, "There are a huge number of Squibs, but under normal circumstances, they're the group of people most easily overlooked..."
"Overlooked people—I think Filch is an exception..." Fred rubbed his chin. "His presence isn't low at all. Plenty of people have a very deep impression of him!"
"Fred, you can't put it that way. Filch is a special case!" George waved a hand. "Do you still remember Uncle Levi? Mum and Grandfather never talk about him..."
"Oh! I remember now!" Fred caught on and nodded. "It was only when father went to see Uncle Levi that we found out... he was an accountant."
"Back then, they thought I might be a Squib..." Neville recalled some unpleasant memories. "They almost sent me to a Muggle school..."
"I heard from Hermione..." A horrified expression appeared on his face. "Muggle schools even teach arithmetic... and you have to memorize texts... Thank goodness I could come to Hogwarts!"
"That's why this is meaningful..." Vizet said. "If they're willing, they can live a different kind of life."
"To put it in more realistic terms... after we help these Squibs gain the ability to cast spells, they'll also be grateful to us and support us."
"When you put it that way..." Sirius Black said thoughtfully, "the manpower shortage we were