Fleur Delacour, who had been quietly helping out at Camp Granger recently and seemed to have been almost forgotten by the outside world, unexpectedly heard today that someone was looking for her at the gate of the camp. When she ran to show up with some doubts, she also found that she didn't seem to recognize the person who came to see her.
And after that, when she actually met the other party and learned the purpose of their visit, she realized that it was actually a member of the Federation sent by Mrs. Maxim.
Of course, what surprised Fleur the most was probably the fact that Maxim was now the current president of the International Federation of Wizards.
Perhaps because she heard a lot of information behind these simple sentences and knew that she might not be able to determine it by herself, Fleur finally invited the other party to Bill's side - even if The witch from the federation pointed out that Madam Maxime only asked her to come to Fleur, but did not ask her to meet anyone else.
Fortunately, this witch is obviously not a rigid person. In addition, as a member of the Federation, she is also very aware of the importance of Camp Granger. It would really be bad if she just came here but did not meet the person in charge.
However, in the final analysis, Maxim asked her to come here just to send a message, and there was really no need to meet Bill. So after she followed Fleur to the command post tent, and after being asked by Bill to tell what she could about what happened in the Federation some time ago, she reiterated the purpose of coming here.
"...Miss Delacour, as I said outside just now, Madam Maxime asked me to invite you to the federation headquarters. Although Madam did not specifically say so, I think she must have something. I want to ask you to do something..."
In Bill's command post tent, there is actually no space dedicated to receiving guests, so at this moment they are all just sitting next to a table usually used for meetings - there are some scattered things on the table. Such as maps, pen and ink, manuscript paper and books, as well as some information documents that may not be very important, look messy.
"Well, as for what exactly it is... it's probably all in this envelope."
Having said this, the witch from the association took out an envelope from the bag hanging at her side and reached out to hand it to Fleur.
"Since Madam didn't let me see it or gave me any explanation, Miss Delacour should wait until I go out before opening it!"
Before she finished speaking, she paused again, and then looked hesitantly at Bill, who was also sitting next to him. But this time, before she opened her mouth, Bill nodded to her clearly and said decisively:
"Don't worry! I won't look at it either... Oh, unless Fleur thinks it's okay for me to look at it."
After saying that, he glanced in Fleur's direction with a smile and shrugged lightly.
Speaking of which, all the wizards in the camp have seen some of the changes that have happened to Bill recently. After learning that Percy had been killed in battle, he maintained his composure with great perseverance, and used this to allow the injured who escaped from Weymouth to be properly rescued and resettled.
However, Percy was his biological brother after all. Even though he knew Percy's aspirations and wishes, and was willing to acknowledge Percy's heroic death in battle, he could not really ignore the sadness even if he could suppress it in his heart.
So...how should I put it? In fact, Bill's heart has always been suppressed, so that in recent days, his life seems to be completely different from the past.
But it must be said that Bill is actually lucky because Fleur is here.
Perhaps the two of them were really well matched. During this period of time, they lived and worked together at Camp Granger, and they usually got along very well. Both Bill and Fleur developed some feelings for each other. The two have been getting along for a long time, and Bill finally looked down on the sadness caused by Percy's death and regained some of his previous temperament.
"Do not show you."
Fleur took the envelope from the witch and glared at Bill, then stood up and said to the union witch:
"Just stay here and sit for a while! I'll just go out and take it apart."
"I think we should go out!" Upon seeing this, Bill quickly stood up and said, "Although no one should come to my place now, since it is necessary to keep it secret, it is best not to let other people see it as much as possible. Well done!”
When he said this, the union witch immediately agreed, and the two simply walked around the table together and left the tent under Fleur's helpless eyes.
To be honest, Fleur actually didn't think it was necessary - she was Madame Maxime's favorite student at the time, so she knew the other person quite well. At least she knew that with Madam's always cautious behavior, if there really was something in this envelope that needed to be kept secret, she would definitely not send such a person to deliver the letter.
But, now that Bill and the union witch have made room for her, then forget it!
Thinking of this, she retracted the thoughts in her mind, then raised her hand and gently pulled it, and finally tore the envelope open.
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While Fleur was reading the letter in the tent, Bill and the witch had already come to the open space outside.
As he said before, at this time, no one usually comes here to look for him, because he is basically sorting out information at this time every day.
Obviously, even if such a guest came today, what Bill did actually didn't change much. At the moment, he has only changed from studying information in reporting documents and secret letters to understanding information from people's mouths.
"Ma'am, since you work in the federation and seem to know a lot of things... I don't know, are you aware of the recent situation in the Netherlands?"
This sentence was the first question Bill asked the witch.
Some time ago, when the living corpses suddenly invaded the Netherlands across the sea, a lot of information from all aspects was basically sent back one after another. But recently, the news, whether direct or indirect, has become less and less, which makes Bill more concerned about the current situation there.
After all, there is only Belgium between the Netherlands and France. No one knows whether those terrifying living corpses will come south.
However, after thinking about it for a while, the union witch still shook her head.
"I don't know," she said. "I'm basically only responsible for some things within the federation... But if the intelligence from the Netherlands suddenly decreases, I think... I'm afraid it won't be a good sign."