harry potter book of crimes

It is already very clear at this point that the case ten years ago was a major incident involving the internal scandal of the Stewart family in the United States. Considering the important position of the Stewart family in the American magic world, even the General Assembly of the Magic Congress of the United States

We must carefully consider whether the so-called "truth" unearthed by the serial disappearance of Muggle children will be able to withstand the consequences once it is revealed.

After all, you must know that just from the information about the suspected Obscurials collected by the Auror team, many discerning people have more or less smelled the hidden story involving Gellert Grindelwald.

The taste of the past. The incident in which the first-generation Dark Lord spawned the Obscurials to cause havoc in New York City was only a few decades ago.

But...of course, despite what John said so much, he even seemed to have been secretly investigating for a while after the incident. But in fact, he, as an eyewitness, still didn't know much.

. Let’s not mention anything else for the moment, let’s talk about what his grandfather, the head of the Stewart family, and the then president of the Magical Congress of the United States of America talked about when they rushed to the monastery overnight to meet with old Lennie.

Can know.

"So...yes, when the news of old Lenny's death broke out nearly ten years later during the Garrett Greenwald escape incident, I learned that on that night ten years ago, my grandfather and the then Chairman of Congress

After meeting with the other party overnight, I actually let him go, but let him hide deeper in Muggle society. After that, I have always wanted to know why they did that in the end - because you know

, even if the American wizarding world was indeed unstable ten years ago, that was by no means a reason to let go of a Grindelwald relic!"

At the end of the sentence, John's mood was obviously a little unstable. He subconsciously picked up the wine glass and wanted to take another sip, but found that the glass was already empty, which made him immediately put the wine glass back on the table heavily.

superior.

Across the way, Hermione could somewhat understand him when she saw his expression.

Because any wizard who has a careful understanding of the modern history of magic in the United States will know that, except for lucky countries like the United Kingdom that are basically far away from that huge nightmare, the famous dark wizard who was once as famous as Dumbledore once lived in various countries in Europe and the United States.

It left such a huge shadow in the magic world that even after the other party was completely defeated and imprisoned, many wizards still have lingering fears.

Like most other children from wizarding families, John, who grew up listening to the horror stories of Grindelwald, naturally has a lot of psychological shadow on the dark wizard. Even if the fear gradually subsides as he grows up, he can

In exchange, it will inevitably be more vigilance.

After a while, John finally breathed a sigh of relief, composed himself and said:

"Fortunately, Garrett Greenwald is dead after all... To be honest, although I didn't get to meet Mr. McClain, I am no less grateful to him than anyone else! Although he was the one who made me

I learned that old Lennie had actually never died, so that although the serial disappearance of children no longer appeared in the newspapers, it was probably still going on ten years ago... but it was him who finally ended it

All of this made it impossible for my great-uncle to continue to dishonor the past glory of our Stewart family with his horrific and shameful behavior."

As a member of the Stewart family, although John often does not know what specific unknown things the family has done over the years, he still thinks back to the time when his ancestors and his wife jointly founded Ilvermorny Magic School and accepted them without discrimination.

Having raised countless children with magical talents and trained them to become wizards, he still has a great sense of belonging and pride in his family.

However, the more he respected the great and selfless family ancestor, the more he would obviously feel angry and disappointed after learning about the problems within the family.

"Sorry," John paused, and in the end he just waved his hand and said with a somewhat bitter expression, "Anyway, now everyone should be able to understand what the Deathly Hallows mark means to me - yes, I

I think the Lord of the Living Corpses probably wants to tell me that my family... no, I think even Ilvermorny and MACUSA itself may have already had a big problem."

…

That night's dinner finally came to an end with Hermione's speech on behalf of her team when she accepted John as her new friend.

Of course, this does not mean that Hermione really trusts the other party. But she probably feels that after learning that the American wizarding community may send more support in the future, she may need to be more vigilant.

It is quite necessary to keep it under your nose.

At least during the period of staying here, even if John actually told lies and had other intentions, she obviously did not need to worry about what tricks he would play.

After all, this is the territory of the Lord of the Living Corpses! As his temporary collaborator, she must make good use of this advantage.

However, in the days after that, John did not mention the topic of that night with Hermione and the others. While Hermione and the others were resting and preparing for the battle, although he always seemed to want to ask the other party something

What, but he never said anything.

As smart as Hermione, of course she could guess what the other party wanted to ask - it was nothing more than about demons and their group's cooperation with the living corpses, but she didn't want to say it. So since John himself was hesitant

It was just right for her to be hesitant.

So, in this frozen palace, it was calm for several days, until...

"Hermione, the living corpse just said that there are some movements in the east. It seems that... there are traces of human activity outside the eastern suburbs of London."

One morning, when Hermione was eating the food provided by the living corpse in the restaurant as usual, while secretly having complicated feelings because the other party's skills had obviously improved, she had been getting along with Sarah too much recently, and she was already used to it.

Ron, who had gotten up early, suddenly opened the restaurant door and rushed in front of her from the outside.

"What about Harry?" Upon hearing this, Hermione immediately put down the fork in her hand, raised her head and asked, "Have you already rushed over?"

"It must have passed," Ron nodded. "And Neville, I bumped into him when I came over just now, so I told him too."

"Okay, let's go too!"

Although the breakfast was not finished yet, she obviously did not intend to continue eating. She stood up and hurriedly left through the restaurant door with Ron.