Things are developing just as Mrs. Maxim expected.
Denmark was attacked, and regardless of the current tragic situation there, at least for now, the "second" concern about this incident must be Germany.
In Germany, which is closely connected to the Danish border, both the Muggle leaders and the leaders of the wizarding world have fallen into intense anxiety at this moment.
After Denmark is finished, it will probably be their turn!
"Madam, someone from the Brandt family is here and they want to see you, madam -"
Hearing the administrator rush to the office to report like this, Maxim almost didn't need to think too much and quickly understood the other person's intention.
"'ask to see'?"
Her expression looked a little subtle.
"Yes," the Beauxbatons administrator nodded immediately, "Madam, I didn't add anything to it! This was all said by the other party, I was only responsible for paraphrasing it."
As mentioned before, the administrator of Beauxbatons is different from Hogwarts. He is also a wizard. As a wizard with fairly good knowledge, he certainly has a lot of knowledge about things in the magical world.
The Brandt family is to Germany what the Blois family is to France. Not to mention that they are a household name in the local magic community, but there is not much difference. Because he started his business by operating a dragon farm and producing and selling various fire dragon materials, it goes without saying that he is rich and famous throughout Europe.
Perhaps because of this, the Brandt family has always been very confident, and the family is also "rich" with proud and contented people. To be honest, the Brandt family has never been very popular among the upper-class circles of European wizarding circles.
But... of course, among big families and big forces where interests are paramount, personal character is obviously not absolute. As long as you abide by the rules and keep your credibility in the business world, the quality of your personal relationships will become nothing more than a topic of conversation after dinner.
And it has to be said that the Brandts are always shrewd in business—at least they never completely stalemate their relationships with others.
Moreover, they are obviously not shy about bowing to others when it is necessary to give in.
"Really?" Maxim heard this and paused for a moment, "Who is here? Is it the representative sent by the Brandt family to the Resistance Alliance?"
When Hermione, Maxim, and the old butler went to recruit people to form a resistance alliance, the Brandt family in Germany was obviously not very cooperative. Although they did join in the end, it can be seen from the fact that their family only sent a deacon with a foreign surname from the region as a representative, that they never paid attention to this alliance.
Or, in other words, I actually don’t want to get involved personally.
After that, due to Hermione's strong performance in the meeting and the successive victories on the front line, the Brandt family finally became much more cooperative. Forming a coalition force to provide combat power and collecting resources for supply and consumption can be regarded as contributing to the alliance's resistance plan.
However, when the situation went from bad to worse, they began to fall in line with the wind again, and even secretly did some naysaying things below. If Mr. Blois hadn't come back to Beauxbatons to stay at the most critical moment, they might have caused more trouble.
But now, when the Danish incident broke out, the cowards in the Brandt family finally couldn't sit still. Because obviously, no matter how much they like to sit on the sidelines, but now the fire is burning directly on the wall, how can their grass roots be firmly rooted
"It's not that representative." The administrator shook his head and said, "That person claimed to be a member of the family council, and his surname was Brandt."
"Oh?" After hearing this, Maxim nodded and said, "Then... well, please ask him to sit in the side hall! I'll be there in a moment."
"Okay, ma'am."
The administrator responded, then turned and walked towards the door. But when he walked to the door and was about to open it and go out, he seemed to have thought of something again and added:
"That's right! Madam, it's not 'he', it's 'she' - it's a lady, and she actually doesn't look very old."
Before he finished speaking, he exited the office and closed the door behind him.
"'she'?"
Maxim chewed the word for a moment, and after a few seconds, he said to himself with some clarity:
"Does the Brandt family owner... want to play the emotional card? Or is it actually the sympathy card?"
…
It is not surprising that the Brandt family intends to ask for help from the Rebel Alliance, so the reason why they would send people to Beauxbatons to visit Madame Maxime is obvious and not difficult to guess.
But to be honest, Madame Maxime is actually just a breaking point for them. The people the other party really wants to show their goodwill to are probably the Blois family and Hermione and others who are facing the living corpses on the front line.
In fact, it’s Maca!
Maxim is very self-aware of this - Beauxbatons is just a magic school after all, and she herself is not as strong as Dumbledore or Maka.
Therefore, Madame Maxime, who was self-aware enough, sent someone to find Butler Blois before going to the side hall to meet the other party.
"Mr. Butler, Madam only hopes that you can accompany her to meet the Brandt family who came to visit. Even if you just sit there and don't talk, that's fine."
When Maxim's people found the old housekeeper, they found him sitting in the garden, quietly accompanying Willie who was tending to the flowers and plants.
Ever since Mr. Blois went to the front line, Willy and the old housekeeper were almost in this state - watering the flowers and weeding during the day, and sleeping quietly in silence without thinking about anything at night. From time to time, the old butler would handle some necessary family affairs on behalf of Mr. Blois, but most of them were not important, and he was only responsible for making suggestions, basically without much burden.
Maybe, this is similar to the retirement life! Although he is a butler, he does not actually "retire".
"I won't go!" Looking at the person coming, the old housekeeper shook his head slightly and said, "I will no longer interfere with the alliance's affairs - at least until the head of the family comes back. Go tell the lady! I am now It doesn’t mean that the Blois family is sitting there, so... it’s useless to go.”
"this-"
The old housekeeper refused, and the other party was obviously very embarrassed. I saw him looking around, and when he saw Willy squatting busy beside the flower bed, he couldn't help but take a second look.
However, at this moment, the old housekeeper frowned slightly.