"Ottaline Gambol was a great Minister for Magic..." Dumbledore said with feeling. "If not for the Hogwarts Express, no other magical trains would have appeared either."
"After all, trains had only just appeared at the time." Wizet nodded in agreement. "The policies enacted by the next few Ministers were equally contradictory."
"After Minister Ottaline Gambol stepped down, the next Minister for Magic, Radolphus Lestrange, became conservative again..."
"The Muggle Research Committee, established under Minister Ottaline Gambol's leadership, even received assistance from the Department of Mysteries..."
"After the Muggle Research Committee was dissolved, the Department of Mysteries retained the relevant materials. That was why Minister Radolphus Lestrange wanted to shut down the department."
"Because the Department of Mysteries had such a long history, Minister Radolphus Lestrange's plan fell through, and he was forced to step down as a result."
"When it came to the Muggle Research Committee, Minister Evangeline Orpington's views were completely opposed to Minister Radolphus Lestrange's."
"Not only did she support the Hogwarts Express, she even built a platform at King's Cross Station—Platform 9 3/4."
"Ministers Priscilla Dupont and Dugald McPhail were a similar case... Priscilla Dupont deeply loathed the Muggle Prime Minister, even turning his coins into frogspawn."
"Minister Dugald McPhail, meanwhile, used the materials left behind by the Muggle Research Committee to modify a Muggle bus, which later became the Knight Bus."
"For a long time afterward, the wizarding world was quite peaceful. When Queen Victoria died, Minister Faris Spavin even attended her funeral."
"A period of peace?" Dumbledore sighed wistfully and turned to look out the window, as though reminiscing about something.
He quickly composed himself, picked up the teapot, and refilled Wizet's cup. "But things won't be peaceful from here on out. It'll be time for war..."
Wizet nodded. "Without those wars, this kind of