By the ti Antonio reached his ho, it was almost dawn.
His inn still was in ruins, and he would either have to pour considerable effort into fixing it magically or hire magical architects to reconstruct the building from scratch. More importantly, he would need to place a powerful protective ward around his new ho. Probably, he would think of the entire construction from the scratch.
He was still undecided on the matter and planned to think about it only after so much needed rest.
The bodies and bloodstains had already been cleared away by the aurors and apart from the collapsed remains of his inn, there was no sign that a battle had ever taken place in the street.
As he entered his house through his backdoor, his mind wandered to all the conversation he has had with Alia.
He had had quite a long chat with Alia, during which she gave him a remarkably thorough explanation of the various factions, few of their secrets and how things worked for the Wizengamot.
Although Antonio clearly sensed that Alia was holding back so details, which was only to be expected, he could not bla her for not sharing every secret. He had not even fully confird joining her side in whatever was about to co. It was already kind enough of her to offer help without even asking even if it was with the purpose of mutual benefit.
It also went without saying that everything Alia described ca from her own perspective, one that naturally placed her and her family on a slightly higher pedestal.
Even so, she had been very helpful, and Antonio had managed to learn a great deal. Combined with snippets of knowledge from his past life, he was able to deduce even more than Alia had directly revealed.
In essence, the Wizengamot in its current state was deeply fragnted. There was no uniformity in the divisions and everything was riddled with complexities and squabbles.
For comparison, during Harry Potter's ti, the Wizengamot could have been broadly divided into three groups.
There was the dark faction, informally led by Malfoy, which included families like Nott, Parkinson, Goyle, Zabini, Crouch, and Flint.
Then there was the light faction, led by Dumbledore. Families like the Weasley, Longbottom, Diggory, and Wood were part of this group. Though it seed a bit compared to the other faction, it main influence ca from Dumbledore himself.
And finally, there were the neutrals. Families such as the Greengrass, Davis, Bones, Abbott, and Lovegood. Among them, the Greengrass family leaned more toward the pure blood cause, a bit closer to the darker side, while the Bones were more inclined toward the light.
Of course, this was not a strict division. There were plenty of internal differences and rivalries, but these were the broad groupings that generally held true.
However, in the present ti, it was even harder to categorize the factions so cleanly. Each of the major families still had a strong leader at their head, each with their own distinct agenda and ambitions.
They were not easily manipulated, nor had they yet fallen into a herd ntality where they might blindly follow a single powerful figure. These leaders would not be so easily influenced in taking him as the leader of the light.
For example, the Bones family led a faction. Then there was a faction led by Potter family. A faction led by Black Family. A faction led by Longbottom family. A faction under the heavy influence of the minister and her cronies.
And divisions were too imnse even to count. For example, certain people placed the Greengrass and Davis family into the faction led by Black family. But this was not always the case. Greengrass family had its own interest to follows.
A faction of Malfoy with families like Lestrange and Nott were generally believed to be allies with the Black family but one who knew deeply knew that there were a lot of subtle tensions that had been developing between the families, especially as Arcturus was stubborn in his ways and was not falling in line with the thoughts of Malfoy family.
Then there was the Bones family led faction which could be said to be allies of the Potter faction and the Longbottom faction but the three of them had large differences between them.
A particular detail which Antonio was able to discern was that, since the Longbottom family was leaning heavily toward Dumbledore, many differences had begun to erge between them and other families, especially Potter family, once who were considered close allies. Charlus Potter, the lord of Potter family and father of Jas Potter clearly did not like Dumbledore very much.
And then there was Dumbledore himself. Even though his family was only a minor house with a single vote in the Wizengamot, a small faction had ford under Albus Dumbledore's leadership and its influence was growing day by day.
Using his Chief Warlock and Hogwarts' headmaster position, Dumbledore had been furthering his interests.
Such was the fragnted state of the Wizengamot. According to Alia, if Antonio wanted to be truly assured of the ruling in Wizengamot going in his favour, he would need to secure the support of at least two more factions.
Though she had not stated it outright, Antonio understood that she planned to speak to her father. If Edmund Bones agreed, she might even approach another family on Antonio's behalf, most likely the Potter family, Antonio guessed.
For now, he did not dwell too much on it. His imdiate focus was the upcoming eting with Alia's father, Edmund Bones.
Though Alia had all but promised her family's support, the final decision still rested with her father.
With these thoughts churning through his mind, Antonio finally collapsed onto his bed. A silent ripple of blue light spread across the room as a protective do enveloped his body. A protective spell that would remain active for hours, allowing him to catch up on sleep without worry.
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