Marvolio was at ease, but Tver had plunged into a new round of busyness. And this time, he had only himself to blame.
After he persuaded Dumbledore, the old Dumbledore instantly became the young Dumbledore. In his teacher's words, before Dumbledore had broken with him, this was exactly how full of drive he had been while plotting to overturn The Statute of Secrecy.
It was not as if Tver had never imagined this situation. In fact, he had even encouraged Dumbledore to be more decisive, so that he would not regret it later when he saw certain conflicts unfold.
What Tver had not expected was that Dumbledore's drive would be far beyond what he had imagined.
Far beyond!
After the United Nations conference was wrapped up and UN Resolution 1092.5 was produced, a document not released publicly and circulated only among the upper ranks of various governments, Dumbledore returned to the Wizards' Confederation headquarters in Bhutan for the first time in a long while and proposed convening an extraordinary Confederation assembly.
Although Dumbledore was now only a former President, in reality, there was no wizard with a normal brain in the magic world who would willingly refuse him.
So the Confederation representatives voluntarily gave up the rest of their Christmas holiday and hurried to Bhutan to listen to Dumbledore's plan to reform The Statute of Secrecy.
This was where Dumbledore's experience showed.
If he had directly said they were abolishing The Statute of Secrecy, then even if he personally convinced these representatives, it would not be so easy for the magical communities of various countries to accept.
But reform was different.
In recent years, the Confederation had already been searching for reform plans and attempting reforms. Although fully opening cooperation between wizards and Muggles sounded somewhat unbelievable, with Dumbledore's own prestige and the Joint Operations Office's effective results over the past two years, the representatives were still willing to try this new reform plan.
This was exactly what Tver liked to see, so during this period, he willingly accompanied Dumbledore step by step to confirm the preparations for each task and help persuade stubborn Confederation representatives and Ministry officials.
In this regard, his teacher's old subordinates, as well as the reputation Dumbledore had accumulated over so many years in the magic world, played an enormous role.
However, after solving the trickiest ideological work and unifying the Confederation's stance, Dumbledore displayed an even more seasoned move.
He quietly slipped back to Hogwarts, leaving Tver and Babajide to deal with the mountain of work, as well as every visible and increasingly numerous detail involved in integrating the magic world and the Muggle world.
For example, Dumbledore approved of the subtle influence of the magical face masks, but required that the profits from them be used to pay for the Confederation's inevitably increasing official expenses in the future.
Out of respect for Dumbledore, Tver considerately agreed.
However, the actual transfer work required Babajide to personally negotiate with Ian Russell.
Another example was the first book in the Harry Potter series, which Joanne had finally completed.
Although, under Tver's indirect hints, Joanne had already realized the old man's scheming side, Dumbledore strongly insisted that she revise him into the image of a kindly and approachable Headmaster.
Likewise, the subsequent work of revisions, publishing, distribution, and promotion was very naturally handed over to Tver.
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"So this is the headquarters of the Wizards' Confederation?" Joanne looked around the shabby office with slight disdain.
The deeper her understanding of the magic world became, the more she realized how backward and stubborn this world was.
If Tver had not repeatedly assured her that The Statute of Secrecy would be abolished and that, after the magic world's reforms, it would be reborn, she would absolutely never have wanted to be the vanguard of this propaganda front.
Unless they provided room, board, and plenty of money.
Hehe. The food in the magic world really was more delicious than she had imagined. And certain magical methods could instantly send her from Britain to Bhutan. Although it was not exactly comfortable, it was indeed much more convenient.
She was already looking forward to the day when she could freely use magical products together with existing technology to make her life even more convenient.
"Wake up. Dumbledore told you to write him as kinder, but that doesn't mean you have to make him such a good person!"
Tver interrupted her fantasy in exasperation, complaining without the slightest trace of personal feeling.
He had already decided that, while staying faithful to objective facts, he would portray Dumbledore as a calculating old fox.
Joanne saw through Tver's intentions at a glance. To be honest, before Dumbledore left, she had chatted with him for a while.
As someone who understood human nature and was skilled at depicting it, she realized that Dumbledore was definitely not as friendly as Harry and the others described him.
Of course, compared with Dumbledore, Joanne felt that Tver was even more sly and cunning.
"Come on. You were the one who said you wanted to write a young adult book. If I portray Dumbledore as a calculating old schemer like you say, Voldemort won't have any chance to resist. A one-sided situation won't be appealing!"
"Unless…" Her eyes lit up, and she looked at Tver with great anticipation. "I write you in as well. Then there'll be someone to match wits with Dumbledore!"
"Give up on that idea. I will absolutely never allow my image to appear in any work of art!"
When Tver thought of how he had once shed tears over Dumbledore's death, and then compared that to the real Dumbledore now, who was so self-righteous about ordering him and Babajide around, he was left with very complicated feelings.
Joanne thought for a moment and gave up on the idea.
At worst, she could write a few little extras under a hidden identity later and add Tver's image into some fan works.
"In that case, this book is finalized?" Joanne asked expectantly.
Although she did want to write something with more depth, so far, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the work she was most satisfied with since she had begun writing.
Tver looked at the manuscript on the desk.
Joanne's work truly was excellent. Even he, someone who had seen the films and had personally experienced some of these events, still found himself immersed while reading it.
Although he did not know what the original novel was exactly like, in his heart, this manuscript had already surpassed his love for the films.
"Finalize it. It can serve as the Wizardry Administration's first mission. Let's see how much power the countries of this planet can unleash when they work together."
Even while saying something so exaggerated, Tver's tone remained casual.
The Wizardry Administration had just been established, and Dumbledore had publicly promised them the abolition of The Statute of Secrecy. These countries could not possibly refuse Tver this favor.
Moreover, as long as it allowed them to understand the magic world, even if it was only about a single Wizarding School in the British magic world, those countries would be very happy to help.
After all, according to the information Ian Russell had sent over, the sales of Joanne's previous work had suddenly risen by a large margin. The reason was that governments had specially purchased it internally to help their civil servants understand the magic world.