harry potter book of crimes

When there is no corresponding strong obstruction, communication between wizards can never be controlled by distance.

The fact is that when Sirius wants to send a secret letter to Granger's camp, his letter will definitely go faster than Snape's personal letter to Tia, even if the former is actually faster than the latter.

Those who come are much farther away.

Because they were also delivered via the International Federation of Wizards, Sirius's secret message was naturally more important due to its completely different nature. Madame Maxime's people in Italy who were transferred from the Federation also had a balance in their minds.

Yes, you know which of the two weighs more.

So the next day, Bill and Lupine received a letter from Italy.

"It's a letter from Sirius."

Early in the morning, when Lupine learned that Bill had received a special letter from Hogwarts that was stamped with the Federation letter and the fire seal, he immediately came to the tent in the camp. As soon as he entered the door

, he saw Bill sitting behind the desk holding the envelope in his hand and shaking it toward him.

Before Lupine came over, Bill had not opened the letter first, and as a secret letter, obviously there would be no writing left on the envelope.

But as soon as he saw the letter, Bill knew that it must be from Sirius, because in the corner of the back of the envelope, there was a dog paw print that was not very conspicuous, but actually looked more like a decorative pattern.

"It seems that Sirius has arrived in Italy." Lupine had already seen the mark. He nodded immediately, then casually sat in front of Bill's desk and said, "Let's take a look! It's definitely not a trivial matter."

Because Sirius's itinerary was agreed upon by the three of them together, both of them trusted the other's on-the-spot judgment, so they never asked the other to contact them during the operation. Once the other party took the initiative to write a letter, it would mean that Sirius

Sirius probably encountered something that he couldn't handle alone.

"Um."

Bill nodded slightly, then immediately placed the envelope in his hand on the table, stretched out his wand and tapped lightly on the seal representing Hogwarts.

The next moment, the entire letter was automatically flipped out of the paper, and the large sections of chaotic text were dazzlingly reassembled into a text as Bill's unraveling sentences were spelled out.

Not long after, the two people who had read the letter looked at each other, and they both saw some doubts in each other's eyes.

"The Stewart family has sent someone here again." Bill frowned and thought for a while, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. He just had an intuitive feeling that he couldn't explain.

Lupine, on the other hand, was still more experienced than Bill after all. At this time, he couldn't help but show a slightly worried expression on his face.

"The word 'again' actually has to be said separately." He said thoughtfully, "Let's not mention the John Stewart mentioned by Sirius in the letter for now - the headmaster of Ilvermorny brought people here earlier.

The support mainly comes in his personal capacity, but this time... it is obviously the official action of the Stewart family, or the 'Mason's Workshop', and the two are completely different."

After saying this, Lu Ping thought for a moment, but then suddenly changed his subject and said:

"Bill, how much do you know about the Stewart family in America?"

This question is not complicated, at least not at all on the surface - Bill thought that when he graduated from Hogwarts, he was "excellent" in all subjects, and he also had a considerable grasp of the history of magic, and that of Ilvermorny.

In the past, no matter how much he said, he would not know anything about it.

After all, it can't really be considered a big secret in the magical world.

"Since the establishment of the Stewart Family Research Institute, just like the name, most of the people working in the institute have been members of the Stewart family, mainly doing wand making work, and doing some mainstream magic research. This

It is inseparable from the wishes of James Stewart, the founder of Ilvermorny. Almost everything the institute does is for the better development of Ilvermorny..."

While recalling what he knew about the history of modern magic, Bill spoke out bit by bit. Finally, he hesitated and said:

"... Finally, although it is rarely mentioned in the book, it seems that a large number of members named Stewart in that institute have always been Squibs and Muggles."

"Yes," Lupine nodded again after listening to what Bill said, "This is also a special feature of the American wizarding world. Although the outcome of the Salem Witch Trials in the United States could not be called a proper ending,

But in the end, it is still much better than us in Europe. In addition to the urgent need for Muggles to deal with the chaos at that time, wizards also took action to formally negotiate with Muggles - that is, the Stewart family, as Muggles,

After that, although American wizards followed the footsteps of Europe and announced the Declaration of Independence that echoed the "Act of Secrecy", after all, the American wizarding world is far from being as close to Muggles as we are.

Completely isolated."

Yes, as Lupine said, due to the special nature of the American wizarding community compared to Europe, even though they have been separated from Muggles before, they are not as severe as the United Kingdom to the point where they are only separated from successive prime ministers

Personal contact with the Royal Family.

Having said this, Lu Ping paused for a moment before restarting the previous topic:

"The specialness of the Stewart family can be said to be part of the unique history of the American wizarding world... This family's history is not long ago, but it is particularly important in the United States. As far as I know, among their family members

Although there are some wizards, like their ancestors, most of them are Muggles. And these Muggles, who have a deep understanding of the magical world and wizards... have always wanted to integrate Muggles and wizards."

This was also James Stewart's own wish back then.

However, even for such an extremely special family of "outliers" in the global wizarding community, it is extremely difficult to achieve this goal. In the United States, they have been able to bridge the gap between "some" Muggles and almost all wizards, but for so many years

It can be seen from this that he has never made any very conspicuous achievements.

"And what I am going to say next are just some of my personal guesses." Lupine said at the end, then looked at Bill opposite, and said seriously, "This time, the Stewart family sent people to Europe, maybe to see

Given the opportunity given by this disaster, they may want to—"