Black fabric dropped from the sky, shrouding the surrounding buildings in darkness. Every single building was covered by those black banners, without exception. Looking up along the black fabric, it seemed as if the entire city had been blanketed by them. The Muggles hurried on, completely unaffected, but the wizards could all see the scene: hundreds upon thousands of black banners rolling wildly between heaven and earth, an intimidating sight. Quite a few older people, seeing a method that felt familiar to them, began to look somewhat panicked.
But then what happened next made them realize this was not the situation they had imagined. The enormous banners cut themselves apart, turning into countless small squares the size of leaflets, and began flying on their own toward the people below who possessed magic. The moment they touched them, the Harris Family's Eye of Providence mark on them shone brightly, and the words on the leaflets appeared under their fingers.
The crowd that had just begun protesting again fell silent once more because of what was written on the leaflets. The Ministry of Magic department heads, who had just been red-faced from infighting, likewise stopped arguing.
There were only three points on the leaflet: in view of the fact that the school from which Voldemort, who was wreaking havoc across Europe, had graduated was Hogwarts, Hogwarts would compensate the victims who came forward through Harris Bank; Hogwarts opened its arms to wizards seeking a safe life, and any wizard willing to abide by Hogwarts law could go to the nearest newly developed former neutral regions in the United Kingdom and seek help from local officials; Ministries of Magic of countries wishing to seek the protection of Hogwarts Headmaster Allen Harris could also go to Hogwarts for detailed discussions.
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