"Merium is pregnant?that's great news, but unfortunately I didn't have a present, you should have let us know sooner—" Hermione began to ramble upon hearing the news, but was quickly interrupted by Sirius. "The gift you gave me last time I got married is already very precious, and everyone is very nervous at this time, so there is no need to affect everyone because of my personal affairs. ”

"How can this be said to affect everyone?" Ryan retorted. "In this tense situation, any good news will boost everyone's morale. And the birth of a new life is undoubtedly good news. ”

"Okay, okay, you're right. I'll give Remus them a word in a while. But seriously, now that Kreacher was around Merim all day, she was well taken care of now. Sirius waved his hand helplessly. "Okay, let's not talk about that. What the hell are you doing all this way to London today looking for me?"

"Rest assured, we didn't come to you today because of a lack of manpower. Ryan waved his hand to indicate that he wasn't going to drag him into battle and ask him to join him, at least not before they came, not to mention that Sirius needed time for his pregnant wife now. "Actually, we have absolutely enough people for the program right now, but we just lack some key intelligence. ”

"Intelligence?" Sirius asked, his face calming down a lot. "If I know any information, I promise to tell you all of it, and I won't hide it even a bit. ”

"That's good. Ryan smiled. "Actually, we now have the manpower to carry out the next goal, but we need to know the location of the estates and farmsteads of the pure-blood families who are on the side of the mysterious man. ”

"What do you want this information for?" Sirius asked, a little surprised. "As far as I know, those Death Eaters are now either with Voldemort every day or working at the Ministry of Magic. I don't usually live in my own home. ”

"You don't need to worry about that. Hermione said that after Ryan said what she had come here to do to find Sirius, she was smart enough to guess what Ryan wanted to do next, so she helped persuade her. "Rest assured, we are not dehumanizing Death Eaters. It wouldn't hurt innocent people, even if they had anything to do with the Death Eaters. ”

"If that's the case, then I'll trust you for once. Sirius walked up the stairs, and after a few dozen seconds, he walked down with a thick book with a green leather cover and a silver stamped pattern on it. "If you need to know where the English wizards' estates, farms, and mines are located, then this book is the only option. ”

After saying that, Sirius came to the table and placed the book on the table, and Ryan realized that the silver patterns on the cover were not all patterns. In the very center of the cover, those patterns form some letters. However, the words spelled out by these letters are not common English, but ancient Latin.

The Holy Family, 1936 edition. Hermione whispered the text on the cover, and then asked, "Is this a magic book, it can't be one of those books that you have to be pure-blooded to open?" ”

"Of course not. Sirius burst out laughing. "It's good to be cautious, but it's completely unnecessary to be overly cautious. It's just an ordinary book, not unlike the textbooks you usually use in school, to be precise, it's actually a lot like the Yellow Pages of the phone used by Muggles, which are used to communicate between pure-blood families. ”

"You still know the Yellow Pages?" Hermione was in disbelief. "I always thought that wizards basically didn't care about Muggle life, and from what I had come into contact with before, even mahp wizards in Britain would slowly lose touch with the Muggle world and slowly fall behind the times once they lived in the wizarding world for a long time. ”

"Maybe someone else is like that, but I'm not. Sirius shrugged his shoulders, "If it weren't for this damn war, I would have had to live in this old, dilapidated house for the safety of my wife and future children." I'd already been renting a house in the Muggle community outside, at least with plenty of sunshine, a beautiful little garden, and TV to watch when I got home. ”

Ryan was not surprised to say this to Sirius, who deliberately approached the world of ordinary people out of rebellion against his family when he was young, and even plastered his house with various posters of the year, and even bought a motorcycle to drag race on the street. In this subtle situation, some things slowly become real hobbies.

While thinking about these things, Ryan opened the Holy Family in front of him. The book lists more than 70 wizarding families by first letter of the surname, basically covering all the families with a bit of history in the British wizarding world. After a cursore of the catalog, Ryan was sure that at least the pure-blood wizards he had met at the school had their families recorded here.

Ryan found the Potters and Weasleys inside, but these two families didn't seem to be the focus of the editors, and of course it could be because they had little to say about power and money. For example, the Weasleys only record that they had a small but barren wasteland. Later in the Potter family, it is noted that the head of the family, Henry Potter, was a retired Wizengamot and had a conflict with the previous Minister of Magic for his Muggle stance.

"That, Sirius. After a cursory look at the book, Ryan asked Sirius, who was discussing with Hermione the recent popularity in the Muggle world. "Is this still valid? I mean, after all, this thing was recorded more than 60 years ago, so will anything change in such a long time?"

"There will be some changes. Hearing Ryan's inquiry, Sirius stopped chatting with Hermione and turned around. "Some of these mines may have changed, but the homes and plantations are not. ”

Seeing that Ryan and Hermione were drawn to this sentence, Sirius cleared his throat slightly and said. "Sixty years is enough time for some of the mines that mine magic metals or magic gems to completely dry up, so naturally they will be moved. But not for homes and plantations. ”

After Sirius explained in detail, "In the case of magic plantations, there must be enough magic power to provide those magic plants with everything necessary for their growth, while also meeting some demanding natural requirements, and such places are always limited. For many wizarding families, the number of magical plantations owned is directly related to how powerful they are. So it is simply impossible to be abandoned. ”

"As for the dwelling, I think you've seen it. Sirius smiled wryly and spread his hands. "For example, the magic on this building like ours is accumulated over generations, and even Voldemort can't break through the magical defenses here in a short period of time. The same goes for the mansions of other pureblood families, which are our last forts and hole cards. ”

"Therefore, compared to the plantation, the ancestral house is the place where the pure-blood family really cannot give up. Once they abandon their ancestral home, they are self-exiling from the circle of pure-blood families. So if these pure-blood families in this book have not completely disappeared, then their current ancestral home should be in the same place as it used to be. ”

"Sirius, why don't most of the families in this book hide their home addresses? After flipping through the book and reading a few pages, Hermione asked curiously. "I thought all the ancestral homes were the same here. ”

"No, it's definitely different. Sirius smiled sarcastically. "Under normal circumstances, people like my grandfather who always feel that others are trying to harm him are in the absolute minority, and normal wizards do not hide their ancestral homes. There are even families who welcome those who are useful to them to visit them and are willing to show off their family. The most famous of these is the Malfoy family's estate. ”

"If only that were the case. Hermione said, closing the book. "Can we make a copy of this book? Because for us, we have to need this information for the next step. ”

"If you need it, this book can be delivered directly to you. "Sirius appears to be very generous. "It's not going to be of much use to me anyway, and it would be great if it could work in your hands. ”