The public was intelligent.
But sometimes they were also foolish, easily swayed by rumors—especially on the magical soil of France, where such cases were all too common.
After all, revolutions were never in short supply here.
Not long ago, an article in the Sun King Daily had directly ignited the emotions of the wizards living on this land, making all French wizards recall the major events of not long ago.
In the face of Dark wizard provocations, the Ministry of Magic had actually done nothing.
The monstrous crimes committed by those Dark wizards alone were enough for French Aurors to throw them into prison for life.
And what happened? The French Ministry of Magic had actually turned a blind eye? One could not help wondering whether their Minister had yielded to the Dark wizards.
Such a thing was intolerable no matter what, especially with the situation in the neighboring British magical world as a comparison. French wizards had become deeply insecure, believing that the Ministry of Magic needed to strengthen its defenses to avoid following in their neighbors' footsteps.
They never minded mocking their neighbors' miserable plight, but they had no desire to end up like those neighbors.
It was simply too miserable.
So miserable that French wizards were embarrassed to mock their neighbors any longer, and there was no shortage of people who sympathized with their tragic fate.
Once the wizards learned of the role the International Wizarding Federation had played in this matter, they could not help worrying about their own situation.
If the International Wizarding Federation could not fulfill the duties it existed to fulfill, then what would happen if something similar happened to them one day? After all, Britain was separated from France only by the Channel, and that stretch of water clearly could not block