#177 - Chapter 177: Slytherin's Reputation

The motive left behind in the Chamber of Secrets?

What's there to analyze about that!

Wasn't it already explained clearly? It's to have the heir of Slytherin cleanse the Muggle-born wizards.

The young wizards looked at each other, feeling that the professor had just stated the obvious.

Seeing the students' puzzled expressions, Sebastian said with a smile.

"If you want to analyze Slytherin's motive, you can't separate it from the social environment at the time."

"Miss Granger, I remember you did very well in History of Magic last semester."

"Let me ask you, why did the four founders think of creating Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?"

Hermione replied without hesitation: "The textbook says that in medieval Europe, magic was often seen as the power of the devil."

"Once Muggles discovered someone was a wizard, they would be cruelly killed."

"Because the witch hunts were rampant, many wizards lived in fear every day."

"Under such circumstances, the four founders decided to create a safe environment where young wizards could study and grow in peace, away from persecution."

"Good," Sebastian nodded, "In that era, the witch hunts led by the church were very prevalent."

"Originally, there were court wizards in the royal families of various countries, but after the power of the church completely overwhelmed the power of the monarchy, wizards were completely labeled as evil."

"That's because the existence of wizards was a complete blasphemy to the power of the church."

The reason is actually very simple, as far as the Muggle church is concerned.

Light is brought by God, fire is brought by God, water is brought by God, and even the food they eat every day is bestowed by God.

They need to use the existence of God to control the beliefs of the lower-class Muggles.

As a result, the magic of wizards completely shattered this theory, which was completely unacceptable to the church.

Therefore, the vigorous witch hunts began.

"Faced with the witch hunts, adult wizards still had the ability to resist and escape."

"However, for children, revealing their magical talent often meant a catastrophe."

"From childhood, Muggle children were brainwashed that wizards were evil beings."

"So, in order to survive, children would desperately suppress their magical abilities after showing their magical talent."

"Under this extremely suppressed emotion, what is likely to be produced in the body of a young wizard?"

Hearing the professor's question, a reply immediately rang out from the crowd: "An Obscurus!"

"That's right," Sebastian nodded approvingly, "An Obscurus is an unstable, uncontrollable dark force."

"Many times, it will suddenly erupt, causing indiscriminate harm to the surroundings, and then disappear without a trace."

"The occurrence of these tragedies made Muggles even more convinced that wizards were the incarnation of the devil, and they would more actively maintain and promote the witch hunts."

"Therefore, the four founders stood up to bring shelter to the wizards of the world, and thus, Hogwarts School came into being."

"You see, in the beginning, Slytherin did not oppose the admission of those Muggle-born students."

"History of Magic says that the disagreements among the founders appeared after Hogwarts was established, and then more than ten years later, Slytherin completely parted ways with the others and left Hogwarts."

"Think about it, what kind of situation led Slytherin to feel that Muggle-born wizards were unreliable, and then oppose the admission of Muggle-born students?"

This......

Hearing Professor Swan's question, the young wizards frowned.

All along, their impression of Slytherin was just an old madman who was obsessed with pure-blood, and they had never thought about what caused Slytherin to have this idea.

What exactly was it because of?

Without waiting for the students to answer, Sebastian said leisurely.

"The only reason why this idea would appear is betrayal."

Betrayal?!

Hearing this word, the students were extremely surprised.

They couldn't understand why betrayal would occur.

"The ideas instilled by the church from childhood are not so easy to reverse," Sebastian continued.

"In addition, when Hogwarts was first established, there were always wandering wizards coming to cause trouble, and it can be said that the battles never stopped."

"This made some Muggle-born young wizards feel that wizards were evil even after coming to Hogwarts."

"In that era, there was no Ministry of Magic, and there were no sound wizarding settlements. Wizards all lived scattered among Muggles."

"After graduation, young wizards still had to return to the Muggle world to live."

"At this time, betrayal occurred."

"But Professor," a student asked in confusion, "What benefit would betrayal bring them?"

"Let's look at it in conjunction with the teachings of the Muggle church," Sebastian said with a smile.

"The church says that fighting for God will cleanse the sins on your body."

"Becoming a warrior of God, you will no longer be a sinner."

"Under such circumstances, some Muggle-born wizards with wavering minds would naturally want to embrace the church and become servants of God."

Sebastian paused and continued.

"There is also a situation where, because Hogwarts is a boarding school, young wizards will not return home for many years, which is not so easy to explain."

"So, when recruiting students at that time, it was necessary to cast Obliviate charms on the Muggles around the young wizards to make them ignore this anomaly."

"However, there are always times when there are oversights. At this time, the church would threaten these Muggle-born young wizards with the safety of their families."

"For the sake of their relatives, they had no choice."

Sebastian's voice was a little heavy.

"Once they betrayed, they would do their best to help the church promote the witch hunts."

"Based on their familiarity with wizards, those betrayers often made the greatest contribution to the witch hunts."

"Think about it, when Slytherin one day discovered that the people who supported the witch hunts the most were actually some students who came out of Hogwarts."

"What kind of mood would he be in?"

"If you were Slytherin, what would you do?"

Hearing the professor's analysis, the students fell silent.

No wonder Slytherin only trusted pure-blood wizards and was full of distrust towards Muggle-born wizards.

After all, only pure-blood wizards would not choose to betray the wizarding community.

If they put themselves in Slytherin's shoes, they might have done something even more extreme than him.

"In the situation where he couldn't convince the other founders, Slytherin left behind a Chamber of Secrets."

"He wanted to use the legend of this Chamber of Secrets to deter those young wizards with ulterior motives."

Sebastian sighed.

"That was a sad era. The founders were all adhering to their own ideas, seeking opportunities for the magical world in their own ways."

"However, in the torrent of the times, no one can say clearly what is right and what is wrong."

"They were all pioneers, and they could only grope forward."

"Therefore, we should not stand on the moral high ground to judge the rights and wrongs of our predecessors."

Sebastian changed the subject and said earnestly.

"Now it's completely different. The church has completely declined, and no one would think of becoming a so-called servant of God."

"Don't let the sadness of the past become your sadness now."

Looking at the young wizards who were lost in thought, Sebastian clapped his hands, attracting their attention.

"Everyone doesn't need to worry too much about what happened yesterday."

"Next, I will lead the Auror training class to fully resolve this matter."

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