Moriarty proposed the concept of joint education with the aim of laying the groundwork for entering the international wizarding world in the future. The Ultimate Mission issued by the system was to become the mastermind behind the Harry Potter world—and that world did not merely encompass the tiny corner that was Britain's wizarding community.
He would begin making arrangements now and wait for them to bear fruit in the future.
And the proposal of joint education held profound significance for the present as well.
The Hogwarts Mutual Aid Fund had been voted down by the School Governors led by Lucius. Their reason was that the twelve governors allocated a considerable sum of Galleons to Hogwarts every year, enough to cover the school's daily operations and subsidies for teachers and students.
A fine excuse, even if the governors really did do so.
Once Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic began promoting joint education, the expenses would become enormous!
Then Moriarty would see which governor would dare obstruct the Mutual Aid Fund. By then, they would probably be kneeling and begging Lockhart to establish one.
The plan in Moriarty's mind was crystal clear. The Mutual Aid Fund was part of his plan to deal with the Goblins, while the Joint Education Plan was his bridge to the international wizarding world.
The two appeared utterly unrelated—no one would imagine that both plans were Moriarty's handiwork—but in truth, all of them were being carried out by Moriarty's people.
The major Pure-blood families understood now as well, and they looked at Moriarty with indescribable expressions in their eyes.
From using the Wand Set to win over two Pure-bloods, to offering benefits to the Ministry of Magic and dragging Fudge into the fold, to proposing the Joint Education Plan and twisting the twelve School Governors into