harry potter book of crimes

St. Augustine's Abbey, a building that appeared to be only ruins due to a storm, was actually renovated by the British Ministry of Magic into the entrance to the newest wizarding colony.

Since the number of wizards in the magical world has been increasing year by year with the opening up of the concept of blood, the Ministry of Magic has had plans to establish a new pure wizard street decades ago.

To be honest, due to insufficient funds, the construction speed of this street has not been very fast. If so many messy things hadn't happened recently, this place in the Wizarding District of Canterbury might have taken another dozen or so years.

It will be officially opened to the outside world in ten years.

But now, in the old neighborhood of "Diagon Alley and Knockturn Alley"... no, even the whole of London has to be temporarily abandoned, it has become inevitable to open the new block that has not been completely completed in advance.

A must-have method for resettling asylum seekers.

Right now, the first person to enter this place called "Hellex Town" is the British Ministry of Magic team that has just withdrawn from London.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time I have come here since I took office... I have heard about the construction plan of this new wizard town before, but I have never come to see it with my own eyes..."

Scrimgeour stood at the front of the crowd at the Ministry of Magic. Looking at the wide street in front of him, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"By the way, what is this place called?"

"'Hilekes Town', sir, was the name given by the minister who initiated this construction plan at that time." The secretary behind him immediately replied.

"'Helix Town'?" Scrimgeour nodded, "It's really an apt name."

It can be seen that this street alone, as well as the stacked and staggered spiral three-dimensional buildings on both sides of the street, are very different from the old-fashioned style over there in Diagon Alley.

It's just that because the construction work here has continued for decades, the architectural style also has a sense of gradual change.

Just like the block near the entrance, you can clearly see the traces of decades ago, but the further you extend, the more novel the style becomes. Even in the streets in the distance, the style has begun to

Modern buildings such as high-rise buildings appeared.

But it is worth mentioning that obviously, at the end of the road farthest from the entrance, they can still see unfinished buildings and even large areas of vacant land waiting for construction.

"Okay," Scrimgeour thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "Go and inform the Diagon Alley evacuation team of the temporary camp! The refugees can be arranged to come in... although 'Spiral Town' is far from here.

It’s completely finished, but there’s nothing you can do about it now, right?”

"Okay, Minister! I'll have someone deliver the letter right now..." The same secretary said, "But there are also St. Mungo's teams, do you want to inform them too?"

"Come according to the number of people and the distance from downtown London!" Scrimgeour said, "The refugees from Diagon Alley will be the first to enter, followed by those from St. Mungo's and the Museum, and they will come in batches... We

It also takes time to prepare here.”

"Okay, I understand, Mr. Minister."

Before he finished speaking, the secretary to the minister immediately turned around and hurried to ask someone to get the owl.

After Scrimgeour watched him leave, he then looked at Kingsley who had just arrived to meet them and said:

"A series of security tasks such as defense and security will be left to your Auror office. In particular, the ruins of St. Augustine's Abbey as the entrance can only fool Muggles. If you want to truly hide it, you have to think of other ways.

That’s it!”

"Well," Kingsley nodded slightly, "As for the security work here, I think we can ask Mr. MacLean for his opinion. Minister, what do you think?"

…

When Lupine received the letter from Canterbury, he honestly had a headache.

Of course, what troubled him wasn't the matter of sending the refugees to the new neighborhood... Well, at least that wasn't the most direct reason.

"Mr. Lupine? I think we have to send someone to London. Mr. Stewart must have encountered some trouble if he hasn't come here for so long! We can't just wait here all the time."

The person who spoke was the deputy leader of the group of American wizards. When Stewart was away, he was responsible for leading the group of American support teams.

At the moment, the other party is standing in front of Lupine with all the people brought by Barlow Stewart.

As for what happened... In fact, the other party has made it very clear that their leader Stuart has not appeared until now. After waiting left and right, they seemed to be a little confused.

Can't wait any longer.

"Everyone, I am not unaware of everyone's concerns, but... some of you came here in the later batches, and I believe you have seen the black pillar of flame that appeared in the city center at that time. It is obvious that the London area has already

It is becoming more and more dangerous, and even if we send people there, the possibility of not coming back is very high."

"It's because of the danger that we have to find Mr. Stewart even more!"

Hearing the big man in the crowd retort like this, which aroused the approval of many people, Lu Ping only felt that he had an even more headache.

"Okay, let's do this!" He paused, secretly suppressing the helplessness in his heart, "How about giving me some time first, I will contact Mr. McClain to see his opinion, and then we will make a decision?"

Whether it was Maka's help to the American wizarding community in the past or Maka's strength in the disaster this time, it left a pretty good impression on this group of American wizards. So when Lupine proposed to go find Maka,

When Ka asked for his opinion, they couldn't help but exchange inquiring looks.

After a while, the deputy team leader spoke on behalf of everyone in the team:

"Mr. Lupin, we actually understand your difficulty. After all, you are right, London is indeed very dangerous now. But... well, forget it! In short, if you want to ask Mr. McClain, then

As soon as possible! In order not to cause trouble to you rashly, we will wait for another half hour..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly changed the topic and said very seriously:

"However, as long as time passes and there is no answer, we will have no choice but to go to London by ourselves. I hope that our itinerary will not have too much impact on your plans by then."

After saying that, Lupine only had time to nod, and the American wizards turned around and left. He lowered his head subconsciously and took another look at the letter in his hand.

Scrimgeour was telling them to move to a new neighborhood, but there was still work to be done, and he didn't have the time to ask them to set off again.

"Well, please wait a little longer!"

Lupine put the letter in his hand aside, then took out a blank piece of paper, leaned down and began to write a letter to Maka.

…

By the time Maka received Lupin's letter, it was already noon, and he was eating the lunch that Hermione had brought to him. Because he finally left the foggy London where supplies were gradually scarce, this lunch became more special than before.

It will be a lot more fulfilling in a few days.

In the tent, the three of them sat around the table, eating until their bellies were round.

Accompanied by a "plop la la" sound of flapping wings, the owl landed outside the tent and called "coo coo" at the tent several times.

With a wave of her hand, Maka opened the curtain at the entrance of the tent and let in the owl outside.

However, not long after, Maka, who had roughly read the entire article, suddenly became startled.

"Maka, where did the letter come from? What happened?"

Hearing the question from Hermione opposite, Maka threw the letter and envelope on the table, indicating to the two of them to pick it up and read it if they wanted to.

"Mr. Stewart... I remember, he is the principal of Ilvermorny in the United States? Maca, do you think he is really still in London?" Hermione asked this question first, but then shook her head, "Well,

In other words, with his strength, if he was still in London, would it be possible for him to survive until now?"

"Um?"

Maka thought for a while and couldn't help but shrugged.

"Maybe he's still alive! Principal Neville Stewart is very strong, and he seemed to have hidden it before, so he may be stronger than we thought. However, the premise is that he will not fight head-on easily, and run if he can!

"

"Then... Lupine asked you to give some advice or something, what do you think?"

"Of course it's best not to go there to find someone," Maka said, shaking her head, "London is not that easy to get into nowadays!"

Having said that, since Lupine was so worried that he sent a letter to ask for his opinion, this shows that the group of American wizards may not be able to endure it any longer.

But then again...

"Stuart hasn't gone there yet?" He thought secretly in his mind, "Although that guy does look awkward, he has never done anything harmful... What is he here for?"