Only Mister Mystery's voice remained steady. After a moment of silence, he asked, "How did Joseph François learn of this?"
"I told you all before that he had thrown in with Matthew. You should know about Matthew too—he used to be one of Greyback's men, and he survived by kissing Vaughn Weasley's shoes. Quite a few people suspect that Weasley subdued him in order to use him against Remus Lupin, so he can be considered one of Weasley's direct subordinates."
Mister Mystery fell silent.
Just as John Mir had initially guessed, this news was terrible.
The obvious transformation werewolves underwent during the full moon was the main reason for the gap in identity perception between them and wizards.
Once word got out that the new Wolfsbane Potion could suppress transformations, not only would the werewolves' morale soar, sweeping away their previous confusion.
In terms of public opinion, aside from a few extreme conservatives, the conservative wizards who had been swept up by emotion and temporarily lost their ability to judge rationally, the neutrals misled by the situation, and the progressives who had always supported werewolves but had been forced to keep quiet after the North American werewolf march cost them the moral high ground, would likely all rebound because of it.
At the end of the day, the silent majority did not want a conflict to truly break out.
If there was a solution, everyone would rather resolve the matter peacefully. This was also a politically correct mindset that had formed in England's magical community during more than a decade of peace after Voldemort's rampage.
The air grew somewhat oppressive. From the direction of the cabinet, Mister Mystery said nothing more. In the thick darkness, John Mir could sense faint disturbances caused by magic over there.
The "financial backers" were