The Admiral of Hogwarts

Early the next morning, the Grangers headed straight to Heathrow Airport to catch a morning flight to Oslo, the capital of Norway.

Above them, in the overhead luggage rack, Repulse, transformed into a small, blood-red bat, yawned quietly behind the luggage.

Repulse, with her Blood Bloom transformation, was practically no different from an ordinary vampire, and naturally possessed the vampire's unique ability to transform into one or a group of bats.

The only reason she was on this plane was to represent the other ship girls in providing protection for their admiral and his family.

Unlike before, when there were only a few ship girls, now they finally had enough personnel. Therefore, everyone could spare some people to provide Hugo with 24-hour, all-around protection without affecting their respective actions.

In fact, if Hugo himself hadn't insisted on opposing such grandstanding, the ship girls might have deployed an entire squadron to protect him completely.

Because of the sudden departure, Hugo didn't have time to meet with Hood and the others.

However, after boarding the plane, he quickly pretended to be half-asleep from waking up too early and closed his eyes to rest. At the same time, he connected to the admiral network to inquire about the ship girls' recent activities.

Out of trust and a desire to slack off, Hugo adopted a completely hands-off approach to the ship girls.

So, unless they encountered something important that required his decision, the ship girls generally wouldn't proactively report their daily situations to Hugo.

But during times when Hugo was relatively free, such as during Christmas, he would ask the ship girls about their recent experiences. And the ship girls would naturally report everything to him in detail.

Today, the first to report was Hood. As one of the first ship girls to arrive in this world, she represented the ship girls operating in Britain.

"Our overall strength development is proceeding according to plan. In the Muggle world, we have established a firm foothold in several slums and turned around the local situation. In the wizarding world, our strength has also been further expanded."

"The first batch of Muggle-born wizards we absorbed can now be considered reliable personnel. Through them, we have successfully opened a black clinic and a general store in Knockturn Alley."

"Through these two locations, we can recruit a batch of salvageable people from Knockturn Alley, and at the same time, open up a new channel for obtaining supplies and information."

Previously, the ship girls had already opened a shop in Diagon Alley, but this shop mainly collected things on the surface. Therefore, there were huge loopholes in collecting information about the dark side of the wizarding world.

So, these Muggle-born wizards who had been successfully subdued and organized by the ship girls were perfectly positioned to fill this gap.

"Are these people reliable?" Hugo asked Hood. "You know, as the saying goes, you can't judge a book by its cover. What if one or two of these people—"

In fact, Hugo wasn't a particularly suspicious person. However, because the current expansion into Knockturn Alley could be said to be one of the cornerstones of his and the ship girls' infiltration of the British wizarding world, he would naturally ask a few more questions out of concern for the overall situation.

"At least so far, they are absolutely reliable. At least, I don't think these people can hide from our senses and Dzerzhinsky's methods," Hood said very seriously.

"However, dear Admiral, you need to know that apart from our ship girls' unconditional loyalty to you, all other loyalties come at a price. Therefore, whether these people will be reliable in the future depends on our methods."

However, after listening to Hood's subsequent analysis, Hugo felt that those people should be reliable as long as there were no accidents.

First of all, establishing a foothold in a place like Knockturn Alley wasn't just about having money. And the ship girls had demonstrated overwhelming strength in this process. For a place like the wizarding world that respected the strong, nothing could be more unifying.

Secondly, for this group of Muggle-born wizards who were regarded as an important part of future strength, the ship girls had organized them very carefully from the beginning.

Especially after the addition of the Soviet ship girls, the tightness of this Muggle-born wizard organization could be said to far exceed most organizations in the wizarding world. Therefore, the ship girls had enough confidence in this group of Muggle-born wizards.

Thirdly, in addition to being able to read people's minds, the ship girls also paid great attention to various aspects of ideological education. And under the guidance of these ship girls who understood people's hearts, at least these people wouldn't have too many problems in terms of pure ideology.

Finally, strict management and organization were indispensable for a team, but these alone were naturally not enough. And in this regard, the ship girls gave those Muggle-born wizards hope that others couldn't give.

In addition to providing those wizards with a decent job and good pay, they also opened up some knowledge to them based on their contributions, which was basically not open to these Muggle-born wizards.

"In this regard, we must thank those Soviet ship girls. Thanks to the spoils they obtained after fighting bloody battles, we have enough knowledge and wealth to reward those wizards who have joined our side."

After explaining the situation in detail, Hood finally thanked the Soviet ship girls, led by the Soviet Union.

After talking about these more serious topics, Hood also mentioned two interesting things.

One was that the newly built restaurant in Hogsmeade had entered the final preparation stage and would open before Christmas if there were no accidents.

The other was that after spending a year completing the first two books of "Twilight," Belfast's double-pronged "A Song of Ice and Fire" also began to sell well, so he received the OBE this year.

"OBE? That's indeed very good." Hugo nodded. The OBE, translated, is the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, divided into military and civilian awards.

In his memory, this kind of civilian medal issued to Belfast had also been issued to Eddie Redmayne and J.K. Rowling in his previous life. Therefore, for Belfast, who was now a best-selling author, obtaining this medal was also reasonable.

Of course, merely obtaining a medal of this level wasn't worth Hood specifically mentioning. Because for those ship girls, which one of them didn't have their uniforms covered in medals? Even military medals of this level weren't worth hanging on their dress uniforms.

For Hood, the reason why this matter had to be specifically mentioned was because Belfast had almost made some very interesting and serious mistakes during the investiture ceremony.

"This mistake wasn't in the common etiquette aspects. It should be said that Belfast's etiquette was the most impeccable among those who received medals this year," Hood first praised Belfast's etiquette.

Hugo wasn't surprised by this, because these Royal Ladies were far superior to the other medal recipients who crammed at the last minute in terms of etiquette. According to Hood, even the Royal etiquette officer sent to train them was surprised by Belfast's impeccable etiquette.

"Then where exactly did her mistake lie?" Hugo asked curiously, his interest piqued.