Chapter 1295

It is interesting to note that Muggles in the United States are very receptive and open to new things, while wizards in the United States refuse to accept anything new, and are extremely hostile to people who bring about change.

I have to say, it's interesting.

European wizards are not conservative to this extent, but European wizards have lived like this after they came to the Americas - these wizarding families in the United States, one is counted as one, and they all came out of Europe.

If you want to explore the cause of this problem, according to Solim's idea, you still have to start with history.

The Wizarding Congress of the United States was founded in 1693, just a year after the famous Salem Wizard case. The purges and their descendants frantically pursued the wizards' trails, killing them by any means necessary, causing a large number of massacres. This was a very painful and heavy memory for the wizards of the time.

In order to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy, wizards chose to stay away from Muggles, as long as there were no traces, it would be difficult for the crazy cleaners to find them.

But these wizards who have crossed the ocean to America don't know that it's not just ignorant Muggles and crazy purges who are doing it to them.

23 And the church.

When Solim first came into contact with the Salem wizarding case and had a preliminary understanding, he had a question, that is, why were Muggles able to hunt wizards like crazy?

This simply doesn't make sense!

Although most of the wizards in the Americas who came across the ocean were guys who couldn't get along in Europe, it wasn't that they couldn't even deal with Muggles, right?

But in fact, the American wizards of the time were not monolithic, but very loose.

Immigrant wizards just want to live their little lives.

Wizards with a bit of trickery used the Americas as hunting grounds for themselves and their gangs, and did everything they could to loot riches, Muggle or wizard.

As a result, wizards who wanted to live in peace faced at least two groups of enemies - crazed Muggles and bad wizards who coveted their wealth.

As for why European wizards wanted to live in the Americas...... Then we have to mention the International Wizarding Secrecy Act.

In 1689, the International Wizard Secrecy Act came into effect. The original Secrecy Act was very strict in its enforcement, almost to the extent that it is now on the part of the United States.

This includes, but is not limited to: staying away from Muggle enclaves, strict time limits on entering the city, and strict rules regarding the use of magic outside...... Some wizards simply left Europe for the New World.

After all, there are almost no wizards there, and there is no power. For those wizards who just wanted to live their own little life, it was far better than the oppressive environment in Europe at the time.

But what they didn't expect was that it wasn't just them who couldn't stand the pressure of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act, but also those who acted ruthlessly. Under the blows and captures of the Aurors of various countries, a considerable number of unscrupulous wizards also came to the New World.

Coming to a new environment doesn't mean that these scum will change their lives. On the contrary, in this place where there are no Aurors, no hitters, and no "Secrecy Law", they can be regarded as completely free.

The first to suffer, of course, were Muggles.

For the scum who had a few brushes in their hands, the Muggle stuff was their own, the difference was just when they wanted to get it.

But the Muggles robbed too much, and naturally they would encounter wizards who did not see their behavior, and so the conflict began.

In the New World, where there was no Law of Secrecy, wizards and Muggles were naturally mixed. It was all too normal to meet their wizarding neighbors during the persecution of Muggles.

But things turned out unexpectedly.

Muggles may have been grateful to the wizards who helped them at first, but over time, the differences between Muggles and wizards would be magnified - after all, wizards are the envy of Muggles, aren't they?

Envy begets jealousy, and jealousy begets hatred.

And so the Muggle persecution of their wealthy wizarding neighbors began—again, as it had historically.

Your child is sick?

Your cow is dead?

Your wife died in childbirth? Or did a wizard do it!

And so the witch hunt began.

Muggles, of course, were just executioners on the surface. The real executioner is justified by his own people, after all, how do Muggles deal with wizarding families with wands in hand?

Of course, the witch hunt that swept the entire New World could not have been spontaneous by the people, and there must have been a driving force behind it.

One is those scum wizards, and they have another name - the Purge.

As witch hunts progressed, they gradually discovered that muggles or wizards were not paid as much as they were for selling wizards to the Puritans.

So they began to hunt wizards, even posing as wizards with Muggles and giving them to the Puritans in exchange for payment.

This incident caused a lot of anger, which is why the Witch Congress made the elimination of the Purges a top priority at the beginning of its existence.

Although the purges are brutal, they are rootless, as long as they are willing to put in a lot of effort, it is not a problem to deal with them. In fact, the Magical Congress does a good job of this.

But the other person behind the scenes is not so easy to deal with. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

That's the church.

Of course, the Church knew that these people who had come from Europe were wizards who couldn't stand the Secrecy Act. Their judgment was also correct, and the phenomenon of wizarding and Muggle mixing was common in the New World. Some of the 760 of them cast spells in front of Muggles at will, expanding their influence among ordinary people, which was unacceptable to the Church under any circumstances.

In the face of these wizards who have no background, no backing, and even no organization, the church has no scruples at all. They fanned the flames, concocted injustices, and drove wizards to the Muggle side once and for all. At the same time, it also rapidly increased the power of the Church in the New World.

It wasn't until the Wizarding Congress was formed that the Purges were tried en masse, and when the Witches were settled, American wizards learned from the pain, combined with history and their own experiences, and unanimously decided that contact with Muggles would not end well. Those who can't do magic can only bring disaster, and coupled with the Wizarding Congress's recognition of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act, American wizards choose to completely close themselves off and no longer have contact with Muggles.

You know, the Ministry of Magic in Europe still has a channel to communicate with the local heads of state's office, but in the United States there is no such thing as a department - they never thought of contacting Muggles in the first place, not even their president.

This is certainly not a good thing for a society, but it is great news for Solim and what they have to do.

By the time it's all over, the Magical Congress may just get the news.

As long as the speed is fast enough, the efficiency is high enough, and the activity is private enough. The Magic Congress won't even know what's going on.