When there is no corresponding strong obstruction, communication between wizards can never be controlled by distance.
The fact is that when Sirius wants to send a secret letter to Granger's camp, his letter will definitely go faster than Snape's personal letter to Tia, even if the former is actually faster than the latter. Those who come are much further away.
Because it was also delivered via the International Federation of Wizards, Sirius's secret message was naturally more important due to its completely different nature. The people that Madame Maxime transferred to Italy from the Federation also have a balance in their hearts and know the weight of the two.
So the next day, Bill and Lupine received a letter from Italy.
"It's a letter from Sirius."
Early in the morning, when Lupine learned that Bill had received a special letter stamped with the Federation's stamp and the seal of Hogwarts, he immediately came to the tent in the camp. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Bill sitting behind the desk holding the envelope in his hand and shaking it toward him.
Before Lupine came over, Bill had not opened the letter first, and as a secret letter, obviously there would be no writing left on the envelope.
But as soon as he saw the letter, Bill knew that it must be from Sirius, because in the corner of the back of the envelope, there was a dog paw print that was not very conspicuous, but actually looked more like a decorative pattern.
"It seems that Sirius has arrived in Italy." Lupine had already seen the mark, nodded immediately, then casually sat in front of Bill's desk and said, "Let's take a look! It's definitely not a trivial matter."
Just because Sirius's itinerary was agreed upon by the three of them together, both of them trusted the other's on-the-spot judgment, so they never asked the other to contact them during the operation. Once the other party takes the initiative to write a letter, it means that Sirius is probably encountering something that he cannot handle alone.
"Um."
Bill also nodded slightly, then immediately put the envelope in his hand on the table, stretched out his wand and tapped lightly on the seal representing Hogwarts.
The next moment, the entire letter automatically flipped out of the paper, and the large sections of chaotic text were dazzlingly reassembled into a text as Bill's unraveling sentences came out.
Not long after, the two people who had read the letter looked at each other, and they both saw some doubts in each other's eyes.
"The Stewart family has sent someone here again." Bill frowned and thought for a while, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. He just had some unexplainable feeling intuitively.
Lupine, on the other hand, was still more experienced than Bill after all. At this time, he couldn't help but show a slightly worried expression on his face.
"In fact, the word 'again' has to be said separately." He said thoughtfully, "Let's not mention the John Stewart mentioned by Sirius in the letter for now - the headmaster of Ilvermorny brought people to support him. , mainly in his personal capacity, but this time... it is obviously the official action of the Stewart family, or the 'Masonry', and the two are completely different."
After saying this, Lu Ping thought for a moment, but then suddenly changed his subject:
"Bill, how much do you know about the Stewart family in America?"
This question is not complicated, at least on the surface it is not at all - Bill thought that when he graduated from Hogwarts, he was "excellent" in all subjects, and he also had a good grasp of the history of magic, and his past experience in Ilvermorny. , no matter what he said, he would not be ignorant.
After all, it can't really be considered a big secret in the magic world.
"Since the establishment of the Stewart Family Institute, just like the name, most of the people in the institute have been members of the Stewart family. They are mainly engaged in wand making and doing some mainstream magic research. This It is inseparable from the wishes of James Stewart, the founder of Ilvermorny. Almost everything the institute does is for the better development of Ilvermorny... "
Bill spoke out bit by bit while recalling what he knew about the history of modern magic. Finally, he said hesitantly:
"... Finally, although it is rarely mentioned in the book, it seems that a large number of members named Stewart in that institute have always been Squibs and Muggles."
"Yes," Lupine nodded again after listening to what Bill said, "This is also a special feature of the American wizarding world. Although the outcome of the Salem Witch Trials in the United States could not be called a proper ending, But in the end it is still much better than ours in Europe. In addition to the urgent need for Muggles to deal with the chaos at that time, wizards also took action to formally negotiate with Muggles - that is, the Stewart family's coordination as Muggles . After that, although American wizards followed the footsteps of Europe and announced the Declaration of Independence that echoed the "Act of Secrecy", after all, the American wizarding world is far from being as completely related to Muggles as we are. Isolated."
Yes, as Lupine said, due to the special nature of the American wizarding world compared to Europe, even though they have been separated from Muggles before, they are not as severe as the United Kingdom, with only previous prime ministers remaining. Personal contact with the Royal Family.
Having said this, Lu Ping paused for a moment before restarting the previous topic:
"The specialness of the Stewart family can be said to be part of the unique history of the American wizarding world... The history of this family is not long ago, but it is particularly important in the United States. As far as I know, although among their family members There are also some wizards, but like their ancestors, most of them are Muggles. And these Muggles, who have a deep understanding of the wizarding world and wizards... have always wanted to integrate Muggles and wizards."
This was also James Stewart's own wish back then.
However, even for such an extremely special family of "outliers" in the global magic world, it is extremely difficult to achieve this goal. In the United States, they are able to bridge the gap between "some" Muggles and almost all wizards, but they have never made any very conspicuous achievements over the years, which shows.
"And what I am going to say next are just some of my personal guesses." Lupine said at the end, then looked at Bill opposite and said seriously, "This time, the Stewart family sent people to Europe, maybe to see There is an opportunity under this disaster. They may want to-"