It is actually very clear at this point that the case ten years ago was a major incident involving an internal scandal within the Stewart family in the United States. Considering the important position of the Stewart family in the American wizarding world, even the General Assembly of the Magical Congress of the United States must carefully weigh the consequences of the so-called "truth" unearthed from the serial disappearance of Muggle children once it is revealed. Able to withstand it.
After all, you must know that just from the information about the suspected Obscurials collected by the Auror team, many discerning people have more or less smelled the hidden story involving Gellert Grindelwald. the taste of. In the past, the incident in which the first-generation Dark Lord spawned the Obscurials and caused havoc in New York City was only a few decades ago.
But... Of course, despite what John said so much, he even seemed to have been secretly pursuing it for a while after the incident. But in fact, what he, the person who experienced it, knew was not too much. Let's not mention anything else for the moment, just talk about what his grandfather, the head of the Stewart family, and the then president of the Magical Congress of the United States of America were talking about when they rushed to the monastery overnight to meet with old Lennie. Know.
"So... yes, when the news of old Lennie's death broke out nearly ten years later during the Garrett Greenwald escape incident, I didn't know that on that night ten years ago, my grandfather and the then Chairman of Congress met overnight After meeting with the other party, they actually let him go and just let him hide deeper in Muggle society. After that, I have always wanted to know why they did that in the end - because you know, even if Ten years ago, the American wizarding world was indeed unstable everywhere, but that was by no means a reason to let go of a Grindelwald survivor!"
At the end of the sentence, John's mood was obviously a little unstable. He subconsciously picked up the wine glass and wanted to take another sip, but found that the glass was already empty, which made him immediately put the wine glass back on the table heavily.
Across the way, Hermione could somewhat understand him when she saw his expression.
Because any wizard who has carefully understood the history of modern magic in the United States will know that, except for lucky countries like the United Kingdom that are basically far away from that huge nightmare, the famous dark wizard who was once as famous as Dumbledore once lived in various countries in Europe and the United States. It left such a huge shadow in the magic world that even after the other party was completely defeated and imprisoned, it still makes many wizards feel lingering fear.
Like most other children from wizarding families, John, who grew up listening to the horror stories of Grindelwald, naturally had a lot of psychological shadow on the dark wizard. Even if the fear of growth gradually subsides, what will follow will inevitably be more vigilance.
After a while, John finally breathed a sigh of relief, composed himself and said:
"Fortunately, Gellert Greenwald is dead after all... To be honest, although I didn't get to meet Mr. McClain, I am no less grateful to him than anyone else! Although he was the one who let me I learned that old Lenny was actually not dead, so that although the serial disappearance of children no longer appeared in the newspapers, it was probably still going on ten years ago... But it was he who finally ended it all , so that my great-uncle can no longer continue to bring shame to the past glory of our Stewart family with his terrible and shameful behavior."
As a member of the Stewart family, although John often does not know what specific unknown things the family has done over the years, he still thinks back to the time when his ancestors and his wife jointly founded Ilvermorny Magic School and accepted them without discrimination. Having raised countless children with magical talents and trained them into wizards, he still has a great sense of belonging and pride in his family.
However, the more he respected the great and selfless family ancestor, the more he would feel angry and disappointed after learning about the problems within the family.
"Sorry," John paused, and finally just waved his hand and said with a somewhat bitter expression, "Anyway, now you should also be able to understand what the Deathly Hallows mark means to me - yes, I think The Lord of the Living Corpses probably wants to tell me that my family... no, I think even Ilvermorny and MACUSA itself may have already had big problems."
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That night's dinner finally came to an end with Hermione's acceptance of John as a new friend on behalf of her team.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Hermione really trusts the other party. Rather, she probably felt that it was quite necessary to put this John Stewart under her nose after understanding that the support that the American wizarding community might send in the future might need to be more vigilant.
At least during the period of staying here, even if John actually lied for another reason, she obviously didn't need to worry about what tricks he would play.
After all, this is the territory of the Lord of the Living Corpses! As the other party's temporary collaborator, of course she must make good use of this advantage.
However, in the following days, John did not mention the topic of that night with Hermione and the others. While Hermione and others were resting and preparing for the battle, although he seemed to want to ask the other party something, he never spoke.
As smart as Hermione, she could certainly guess what the other party wanted to ask - it was nothing more than about demons and their group's cooperation with the living corpses, but she didn't want to say it. So since John himself was hesitant and hesitant, it was just right for her.
So, in this frozen palace, it was calm for several days, until...
"Hermione, the living corpse just said that there are some movements in the east. It seems that... there are traces of human activity outside the eastern suburbs of London."
One morning, when Hermione was eating the food provided by the living corpse in the restaurant as usual, while secretly having mixed feelings about the apparent improvement in her craftsmanship, she had been getting used to spending too much time with Sarah recently. Ron, who had gotten up early, suddenly opened the restaurant door and rushed all the way to her from the outside.
"What about Harry?" Upon hearing this, Hermione immediately put down the fork in her hand, raised her head and asked, "Have you already rushed over?"
"It must have passed," Ron nodded, "And Neville, I bumped into him when I came over just now, so I told him too."
"Okay, let's go too!"
Although the breakfast was not finished yet, she obviously did not intend to continue eating. She stood up and hurriedly left from the restaurant door with Ron.