Chapter 1767: War Without Victors (217)
Goblin unrest erupts in Chipping Clodbury!
Make sure the person buying your old wand is human!
Why can't goblins be more like House-elves?
Looking at the increasingly inflammatory headlines in the Daily Prophet, Albert was quite surprised by the paper's sudden 180-degree shift in attitude.
But on reflection, the reason was not hard to guess. To a large extent, the Daily Prophet represented the "will" of the Ministry of Magic, and its harsh stance toward goblins reflected the Ministry's current attitude toward them.
He would soon be leaving Britain, and the Ministry no longer wished to indulge those ever-demanding goblins. The recent vicious attacks had become the perfect excuse to first stir up the entire magical world's disgust toward goblins.
Next, they only had to wait for the goblins to lose patience first, continue provoking conflicts with wizards, and further escalate the tensions between both sides.
Once the goblins had been completely isolated, dealing with them would become much easier.
As for whether the goblins could restrain themselves from causing trouble? If they truly could, there would not have been those previous negotiations.
Moreover, an insulting headline like "Why can't goblins be more like House-elves?" in the Daily Prophet was no less damaging to goblins than calling a Muggle-born wizard a Mudblood. In the goblins' eyes, it was an undisguised insult and provocation.
"Feels like the two sides will start fighting soon, doesn't it?"
Cedric watched Albert unhurriedly stuff the last piece of bread into his mouth, then took the latest newspaper from in front of him and flipped through the reports targeting goblins. He suspected the Ministry had done it deliberately, as though it were intentionally trying to provoke the Third Goblin Rebellion.
He just did not know what the goblins were thinking,