"Getting serious so suddenly..." Fred's voice rang out. "Honestly, I'm not quite used to it!"
"Yeah!" George looked at Wizet. "Wizet, since you've put it that way, why don't we..."
"Talk about something more substantial?" Fred and George rubbed their hands together with matching sly grins. "For example... what benefits do we get?"
After the two of them cracked jokes for a while, the atmosphere in the room immediately relaxed.
Wizet said, "There are a great many Squibs, but under normal circumstances, they are among the most overlooked people..."
"Overlooked people? I think Filch is an exception..." Fred stroked his chin. "His presence isn't low at all. Quite a few people remember him very clearly!"
"Fred, you can't put it that way. Filch is a special case!" George waved a hand. "Remember Cousin Levi? Mum and Grandpa never talked about him..."
"Oh! I remember now!" Fred nodded in realization. "It was only when Dad went looking for Cousin Levi that we found out... he was an accountant."
"At the time, they thought I might be a Squib..." Neville recalled some unpleasant memories. "They nearly sent me to a Muggle school..."
"I heard Hermione say..." Terror appeared on his face. "Muggle schools teach arithmetic... and you have to memorize texts too... Thank goodness I got to come to Hogwarts!"
"That is why this is something meaningful..." Wizet said. "If they are willing, they can live a different kind of life."
"Speaking more realistically... once we help these Squibs gain the ability to cast spells, they will be grateful to us and support us as well."
"Now that you put it that way..." Sirius Black said thoughtfully, "the manpower shortage we faced before seems like it could be resolved too..."
Lupin understood what Sirius Black meant. "Recruit those Squibs who have completed