You call this the mastermind?

Victor, the vice president of the Mixed Blood Association, had dressed himself up solemnly as if he was about to receive distinguished guests.

Or rather, because of the "explosive" news from the Ernest family last night, he did not sleep all night.

So he started to prepare for today's work early.

In fact, today he mainly did one thing -

to receive the arrival of President Jacques Rancière.

The birthplace of the Mixed Blood Wizard Rights Protection Association is actually in Graham, but in recent years, due to "business needs", the headquarters has been moved to the capital of the United Kingdom.

As the general helmsman, President Jacques Rancière usually works there. Unless there is an emergency, he rarely appears in Graham.

Recently, many emergencies have occurred.

First of all, the association "accidentally" discovered a super genius, who can not only use the wand that can only be used by formal wizards without difficulty as an apprentice, but also has a high degree of control over magic and a high degree of fit with the wand.

What is especially important is that his image is particularly good!

So after learning about this, President Jacques had the idea of ​​going to Graham.

Because he had just obtained a unique magic that only apprentice wizards, and apprentice wizards with strong talents, could learn not long ago.

At the same time, a place in the top wizard school, the Imperial Royal Academy, which he had applied for with great effort, also needed to select a suitable student.

This place actually could not bring any substantial benefits, but it was the first step for the association to finally move towards the top wizard school.

There is the first step. If it goes well, there will naturally be the second step, the third step...

This road is very important.

In the wizard world, although there are many schools, the children of the top wizard families and the super geniuses with unlimited potential are basically concentrated in a handful of top academies.

They represent the top of the wizard world in the future.

Therefore, being able to contact this class is of great significance to the Mixed Blood Association.

Although the idea of ​​coming to Graham arose because of discovering a genius, President Jacques did not need to rush to come.

After all, there is still almost a month before the start of school this year.

However, the incident that happened within the association immediately made him not want to delay any further-

Some wizards chose to kill children to carry out a conspiracy because they did not agree with the current concept of the association.

Although this matter did not succeed, if it is not handled properly, it will inevitably lead to further turmoil within the association.

So after hearing about this, President Jacques Rancière immediately set off to Graham.

However, although this matter is very serious, after all, the association has initially controlled the situation, and it is not an urgent matter.

So even though he has set off, he is not too impatient, just bought a ticket for a ghost train, a common tool for wizards to travel.

In this way, he basically only needs two or three days to reach Graham, and he can also take a look at the scenery on both sides along the way.

But halfway, that is, last night, he heard about another major event-

In the Ernest family manor, a group of mysterious wizards wanted to use the attack on pure blood as an opportunity to further split the relationship between pure blood and mixed blood!

Although this matter was also stopped, the undercurrent behind it made him feel serious.

So the ghost train, which was originally very fast, became slow in the eyes of President Jacques.

In the end, he decided to drive the flying broom and rush to Graham overnight.

The flying broom currently on sale is a mass-produced model imported by Blackstone Ocean Trading Company, which has a speed limit.

However, President Jacques is more proficient in enchantment and alchemy. The broom he uses is an enhanced version that he has improved and is extremely fast.

Therefore, when Vice President Victor dressed neatly and arrived at the Graham train station, President Jacques had been waiting here for a long time.

President Jacques is a skinny old man with gray hair that is even sparser than Vice President Victor. He has no beard on his face, but this does not make him look much younger.

Instead, the age spots on his face are particularly obvious.

"Have you arrived a long time ago?"

Seeing this skinny old man wearing a black coat sitting on a bench in the square, the bald Victor hurried forward.

"Why didn't you notify us?"

"I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

The old man responded with a smile, as if he had learned some information, and his face was no longer impatient.

As he spoke, he fanned himself with the top hat in his hand, and the sparse hair on both sides of his bald head swayed slightly, which was very conspicuous in the morning light.

"Besides, it's not too late now."

"Then you should have notified me in advance so that I could come earlier." Victor complained.

But the old man ignored him, but looked at the dense crowd around him with emotion.

"I haven't been to Graham for many years. This place is developing very fast."

He was obviously very interested in this.

Graham City is the most important city in the southeast of the United Kingdom and one of the major transit hubs on which the kingdom depends.

The daily cargo throughput here is amazing, and the people who come here go to various regions of the kingdom and to neighboring countries.

There are even Far Eastern people from the other side of the ocean, which is really eye-opening.

"With that lady here, the development speed can't be slowed down at all."

Seeing the president's calm face, Vice President Victor was no longer impatient.

After sitting on the bench, his expression was very envious, "Blackstone Company... is rich."

The full name of Blackstone Company is Black Market Ocean Trading Company, and its behind-the-scenes controller is the lady of the Chelsea family.

Rather than being a trade company, this company is one of the behind-the-scenes promoters of the United Kingdom's overseas colonies. The normal trading income is just a part of the company's interests.

It can even be said that the actual interests are no longer the company's pursuit. The invisible control and influence are the main direction of Blackstone's development.

Years of expansionary development have made this influence spread to the secular world and also penetrated into the wizarding society.

Based on this, Isabella Chelsea can become a big figure in the wizarding world at a "young age" that no one can underestimate.

And the old wizards like Jacques, the president of the Mixed Blood Association, have deep connections and friends all over the world, and their own strength is even stronger.

But when he first arrived in Graham, he had to take the initiative to visit "Miss Isabella", who was old enough to be his granddaughter.

"President, will you go back to the residence first, or go to Chelsea Manor first?"

Vice President Victor asked this question immediately.

"Don't worry."

The old man said casually: "My wife and I agreed to meet at noon."

"So are you going back to the association's residence now?"

Vice President Victor said again: "It's just right, there are a lot of backlogs that need you to deal with."

"It can be seven o'clock now."

President Jacques said unhappily: "I'm 127 years old, do you really want me to die of exhaustion at work?"

"But since you have already arrived in Graham, isn't it a waste of time to sit here..."

The bald Victor responded a little aggrieved, not understanding what the old man in front of him was thinking.

He rushed to Graham overnight, but he looked so relaxed when he arrived...

Did he get some good news, so the things he was supposed to deal with were no longer urgent?

"This is not a waste of time."

President Jacques said with a smile: "There is a young man wearing women's clothes about 300 meters to your left. Did you see him? He is very interesting."

A young man wearing women's clothes?

Vice President Victor looked in the direction he heard.

As a result, he saw a young lady with brown hair and blue eyes sitting on a bench not far away, looking down at the newspaper in her hand, like a normal passerby waiting for time.

Isn't this a woman?

How can you say a young man wearing women's clothes?

Moreover, what is the difference between her and other passengers waiting for the arrival of the train?

"There must have been a few fish that escaped from the banquet last night."

Just when Vice President Victor was puzzled, he heard the old man next to him say:

"It just so happens that I'm still thinking about what kind of gift to give to the lady when I meet her at noon."

You mean...

The bald Victor was stunned, but before he could think about it, a hand covered with age spots stretched out from his side and waved to the brown-haired woman not far away.

The slender lady sitting quietly on the bench suddenly raised her head, her face full of shock, but before she could make any other movements, her body suddenly began to twist!

Then in the blink of an eye, it turned into a fat orange cat with brown and yellow hair.

Its body changed, but it seemed to still maintain its original thinking, so much so that when it suddenly found that its image had changed drastically, it screamed unconsciously, and then turned around and fled in panic.

However, it was strange that it was clearly running in the opposite direction, but in the end it turned around and came to the feet of the thin old man.

The cat even took the newspaper it had read before from its mouth.

What's more amazing is that the incident caused quite a stir, but the people around turned a blind eye and didn't notice it at all.

"The Felix family is very fast."

After taking the newspaper from the cat's mouth and gently patting its furry forehead, President Jacques handed the newspaper to Victor, who was staring at him.

"Look at their publicity department, how professional it is." Victor took the newspaper but didn't read it. Instead, he said with a sigh on his face: "Your transformation is really eye-opening."

"It's just a small trick."

Jacques waved his hand and said: "There's nothing to praise. Relatively speaking, this newspaper is more important."

"What do you mean?"

The first thing Victor does when he wakes up every morning is to read the newspaper, or to read the news in the newspaper.

So in fact, he has already read the newspaper in his hand, which is called "Wizard Daily Morning Post".

The headline on the front page was about what happened last night, but it emphasized the wisdom and foresight of Kevin from the Felix family.

Others, including the important supporting role "Egg", were only mentioned briefly, without even a name.

This made him quite angry.

Because in his opinion, although Kevin led the incident last night, what Egg from their association did was equally important.

It would be fine if there was basically no publicity in the newspaper, but it was too much to not even give a name!

“It was mentioned in the Archipelago Weekly, the Reichstag, the Pravda, and even the Northern Royal Journal.”

Victor then said: "But from the perspective of outsiders, this matter has nothing to do with our mixed-race association."

"You are just one-minded." President Jacques glanced at him.

"Right now, the Felix family is pushing Kevin to the forefront to publicize that he destroyed an unknown enemy's conspiracy to drive a wedge between pure blood and mixed blood. Then, the Felix family will inevitably investigate this matter in depth."

"This matter also involves the assassination case a while ago, and the Chelsea man will not let it go either."

"so?"

"The two major wizarding families have stepped forward to maintain the relationship between pure blood and mixed blood. There will definitely be a lot of fanfare next. Isn't this a good thing?"

"You mean, the matter within our association..."

"The problem will not be solved, but at least it will have a soothing and deterrent effect. There should be no accidents in a short time."

Saying this, President Jacques stood up instead.

"But since we have prepared the gifts, there is no need for us to continue sitting here now."

So why didn't you take action to capture him before, instead of waiting until now?

Victor was puzzled, but the president would do some unimaginable things every now and then, so he didn't bother to ask in detail.

After calling a taxi and getting in, he turned around and said, "What do you... think about Egg?"

"What aspect are you referring to?" The old man raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.

"What happened last night has spread throughout the wizarding world."

Vice President Victor said with a worried tone: "Although Iger is not mentioned much in these newspapers, it is impossible for some local pure-blood families to ignore him. After all, his talent..."

"Are you afraid that he will be absorbed by those pure-blood families?"

"I have some differences with Old Delaine on this matter."

Victor did not answer directly, but instead said: "He believes that whether Egg stays in the association or not, he is still a member of our mixed race. For the sake of his future, we should not affect his next choice. ”

"Your opinion is contrary to his?" President Jacques asked.

"So be it."

Victor looked helpless and said: "But I really can't think of what to do to keep Egger."

Although the Mixed-blood Association is very influential in the overall mixed-blood class, mixed-bloods themselves are a group of people who cannot stand on the stage in the eyes of pure-blood wizards.

Therefore, with the talent of "Eige", whether it is "becoming a member" of a large family, or marrying a small or medium-sized family, marrying a "noble lady" as a son-in-law.

It's better than staying in an unpopular organization like the Mixed-blood Association.

Ige had just joined the association for just two days, and he had no feelings or nostalgia for this place at all.

Under such circumstances, how stupid do you have to be to choose to stay and share the joys and sorrows with these "bitter haha" people?

"Just like Feng said, no matter where he goes, he is still one of our mixed blood."

President Jacques didn't seem to have such worries, and was actually happy when he heard this.

"So no matter what choice he has next, I will not stop him."

"Are you really willing to let such a genius go?"

"Forty years ago, I took on an apprentice, whose name I won't mention. That was a sad thing."

President Jacques said: "His talent should not be inferior to that of Iger, especially when he saved a young lady from the Refaeli family during an outing, so it wasn't long before he was recruited by the Refaeli family."

"You let him go?"

"No, in the name of the teacher, I refuse to let him marry that Miss Refaeli."

President Jacques said: "This matter is actually very complicated, but generally speaking, my thoughts at the time were basically the same as yours now."

"Then what?"

"Then he betrayed me. He thought I had deprived him of his right to pursue love and a future. He was even so resentful that he wanted to poison my food..."

At this point, seeing Victor's complicated expression, the old man patted him on the shoulder.

"So, some things cannot be forced. We just need to show enough attention. For other things, let him choose by himself."

Having said that, Victor, as the vice-president, still felt very depressed when he saw a genius flying away right under his nose.

However, seeing the unconcerned look on the president's face who was sitting opposite him, he stopped talking and still didn't say anything.

The carriage fell into silence, and the carriage continued to move along the street, and finally slowly stopped in front of the association apartment building, which was only separated from the train tracks by a wall.

Victor got off the carriage first, but before he could welcome the old president down, he saw a familiar figure approaching quickly.

"Colin Levin? What are you doing here?"

Victor frowned at this.

Colin Levine is a middle-aged wizard with a fat belly. The two were once colleagues and had a good relationship.

It was only later that the pot-bellied wizard ran out to set up his own business and founded a Laoshizi Meteorological Association, and the relationship between the two parties fell to a freezing point.

In Victor's view, the organization he founded is actually a competitor of the Mixed-blood Association, and Egg was almost snatched away by them not long ago.

So now that he saw the president of the association appearing in front of him, he naturally didn't feel good about it.

"I made an appointment with President Jacques. We have something to discuss."

The middle-aged wizard said so.

"Then you won't have to wait at the door, right?"

Victor responded with a gloomy face, "If others see us, they will think that our association is rude."

"Of course."

The middle-aged fat president said this, and a smile appeared on his face, "I actually want President Jacques to introduce Mr. Egg Wilson of your association to me."

"If you want to see Egg, can't you just go in and find him yourself? As for troubling our president?"

"Of course not, that would be too rude."

The fat wizard shook his head and said, "Mr. Wilson helped our association a lot last night."

A big help?

Victor was stunned when he heard this.

Besides what happened at the banquet last night, was there anything else that happened?

"What big help is worth such a grand ceremony?" President Jacques, who walked out of the carriage slowly, was also very surprised.

The two sides did not mention this matter when they contacted each other before, but just said that they wanted to discuss the problem of that unlucky boy Arthur.

So he was very surprised by this.

So next, the old president heard something that surprised him very much.

"Mr. Wilson, last night sponsored Arthur of our association with 300,000 grams of ghost dust for their friendship." The middle-aged fat president said with admiration: "300,000 grams, how generous! Such a good man, who is more worthy of our association to treat with respect?" Three hundred thousand? Victor was stunned when he heard it, and then his face showed regret, as if he had suffered a great loss. President Jacques also raised his eyebrows when he heard it, and his eyes glanced at a room on the second floor of the apartment. His previous thoughts quietly changed. "You are right." He pondered for a moment, then nodded, "That is indeed a good person who needs to be treated with caution." ... When the old president said this, he never thought that the good man Mellen happened to dream of him at this moment. Or, in other words, his future self. Before that, he also dreamed of many people, including Mrs. Chelsea and himself. This chapter has more than 5,000 words, and I don't want to divide a plot into chapters, so I posted it together. Sorry for the delay.