Simply put, someone had proposed that on the final day of the Quidditch matches, everyone should enter with their wands transformed into tubes for firing fireworks.
"They said that after the final match ends, everyone will restore their wands together and fire fireworks into the sky as a protest."
Lily frowned.
"Do you think we should join them? Would it be dangerous?"
Manus thought for a moment, then nodded.
"Since you already have an idea, go ahead and do it."
"Huh? That's not what I meant..."
Manus raised a hand, telling Lily there was no need to explain.
"I know that, given your personality, you also can't stand the Wand Ban. The decree itself does indeed have problems. If the protest you just described really succeeds, it would be kept within reasonable limits, and it would show that this act of resistance is necessary."
The Quidditch World Cup final was still at least a week away, perhaps longer... but they would have to leave early. They could not stay until Hogwarts began its term.
If a protest that had already spread by word of mouth and become common knowledge could remain undiscovered until the final day—or if the Aurors knew about it but no one reported it to Royston and the other higher-ups—
Then it could only mean that this decree had truly stirred public resentment to a boiling point.
Nor had the method of protest they chose gone too far. They were not planning to bring their wands in and cause some major disturbance. They merely wanted to set off some fireworks.
Thinking about it, that made sense. If everyone secretly brought in wands and caused casualties, would that not only prove Royston's decree necessary, except that it had not been enforced thoroughly enough this time?
What the spectators