After signing the contract, Albert returned to the villa and sat on the sofa in the living room, chatting with others about alchemy.

Catherine would occasionally interject a sentence or two, and the atmosphere was very good.

However, there was always a discrepancy in the conversation, and somehow the topic became Albert's victory in the International Wizarding Chess Tournament, and then it became the matter of Nicol giving up the Philosopher's Stone.

Nicholas regretted this, and in his youth, he had also visited the Mister Nicol and regretted the decision of the greatest alchemist of all time.

When Nicol planned to teach Albert in the last years of his life, Catherine's eyes were overflowing with envy.

Catherine would also like to study with Nicol Lemay if she could, but she couldn't say anything anyway.

That said, it's disrespectful to Grandpa Nicholas.

Nicholas knew what his granddaughter was thinking, but he didn't have a good idea.

He himself was not familiar with Nicol and could not have written a letter of introduction to his granddaughter, not to mention the fact that Catherine had to take on responsibilities after becoming his heir, and she still had a lot to learn.

The conversation ended with Nicholas inviting the two to his alchemy workshop tomorrow.

As the night wore on, Albert leaned on his pillow and did not feel sleepy, but read a book he had borrowed from Catherine by the lamp in his room.

The spellbook at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is called Chadwick's Magic, which was written by the school's founder, Chadwick Bout.

How so?

The content isn't bad, but it's not great either.

Books of the early seventeenth century, even those written by great wizards, were more or less problematic.

After all, Chadwick Bout is not a professional who writes educational books.

Of course, Chadwick's Magic will not be the 17th-century one, and it has been rewritten and corrected many times.

The flaw is that this spellbook obviously has the same problems as Miranda Goshak's "Book of Spells", and the contents of the curses in the book have basically been removed.

An ancient spell book, how can there be no evil spells.

There are more or less strange spells in those old books, and those that can be used as teaching materials have been cut and rewritten.

If you have to judge which Charms textbook is better, it should be the "Standard Spells" series adapted from "The Book of Spells".

After all, this book is a book that Miranda Goshak specializes in and has carefully adapted from it.

Moreover, the fact that "Standard Spells" can become the textbook of many magic schools around the world is telling.

What interests Albert the most is the history of magic, or the history of magic in the United States, which is obviously not very long, but the history of magic is very thick, at least the thickest book Catherine has given herself.

The book describes in great detail some of the famous histories of the United States, such as the founding of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the Salem Witch Trial, the founding of the Magical Congress of the United States, the crimes of the Purges (those who committed murder, witch trafficking, torture, and other misdeeds), the birth of the Twelve Aurors of the United States, the history of the Eradication of the Purges, the Leaks of the Witch Dorcus Twelve Trees, and then the history of the five moves in the United States, and the Bigfoot Rebellion.

In fact, as long as you read the history of magic in the United States, you can figure out why the wizarding world in the United States is different from the wizarding world in other countries.

The culprits actually came from the Puritans in England and even in Europe.

These remnants of the Catholic Reformers, after going into exile in North America, had a very low tolerance for the faith, and then they caused a lot of trouble.

Although it was only a few No-Majs who were unlucky, the Wizard's relationship with No-Majs became quite bad.

In fact, it can be seen from the first line of the school song of the Ilvermorny School of Magic:

Together, we

Against the Puritans

......

Later, the witch Dorcus Twelve Trees caused a lot of trouble because of her infatuation with the handsome Ma** Torromew Barebone (a descendant of the Purge).

led to the birth and implementation of the law of Rappaport, which completely divided the No-Maj and wizard society.

The law prohibits witches and wizards from befriending or marrying No-Maj, and imposes heavy penalties on wizards who are too close to No-Maj.

The wand license also appeared in Rappaport law.

The law states that only wizards and wizards of legal age (17 years old) can legally possess wands outside of school, which is why the guy at the Ministry of Magic confiscated his wand.

As for the students of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, their wands are borrowed from the school before they graduate from the school, and they leave their wands at the school during the holidays, and only the graduating students can spend money to buy their own wands from the school.

The American wizarding community is very strict about wand makers.

In fact, the control of firearms is even more lax than theirs.

The birth of the Rappaport Law further deepened the cultural differences between the wizarding world in the United States and Europe, which is the main reason why many wizards do not like to go to the United States.

Because, you need to be very careful, otherwise you will find out that you have inexplicably committed a felony and will be caught in prison.

Later, the Magical Congress of the United States probably found the Rappaport law undemocratic, and repealed the Rappaport law in 1965.

Repealed the Rappaport Law?

When Albert saw this, his expression became more and more strange.

Yes, in 1965, the Magical Congress of the United States of America announced the repeal of the Rappaport Law in order to demonstrate freedom, equality, and human rights in the Magical Congress of the United States.

To be sure, the Magical Congress of the United States repealed the term "Rappaport Law".

As you can guess from the things Albert encountered when he came to the United States, most of the policies in Rappaport's laws were retained, such as wizards need to have a wand license, such as No-Maj and wizards can't marry or make friends, and wizarding families can't keep magical creatures...... Well, these are all felonies.

Well, any wizard who enters the United States needs to be supervised by the Wizarding Congress, otherwise it is also a felony.

Of course, America is so big, there is always a shadow that the brilliance of the Magical Congress of the United States does not shine, but if these wizards living in the shadows commit a serious crime, it is the death penalty.

It is said that the Magical Congress of the United States upholds humanitarianism and carries out the death penalty without pain.

According to the book, Newt, the author of the famous "Where Are the Fantastic Creatures", almost lost his life in the United States, and finally helped the Wizarding Congress of the United States arrest the Dark Lord Gellert Grindelwald to make amends, so that he left this land of freedom and democracy alive.

Albert closed the book and put the history of American magic on his desk, and sure enough, it was better for him to stay away from the United States in the future.

As he picked up his Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook, there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" said Albert, placing the book on the table and getting out of bed and walking to the wooden door.

Outside the door was Catherine in pink pajamas.

"What's the matter?"

"I don't think you seem to have slept yet, so I made you a cup of cocoa, which is my apology," Catherine said as she handed Albert a cup of hot cocoa, "I'm sorry for the trouble I caused you today,"

"Oh, I didn't take it personally, that kind of person is everywhere. Albert took the hot cocoa and took a sip, accepting the other party's apology.

He really didn't take that incident to heart, anyway, he won't come to the United States again in the future, let alone see each other again, even if he takes it to heart, it's useless.

"Good night, then. ”

"Thank you for the hot cocoa, it's delicious!" Albert closed the door after Catherine left, went back to bed and read a book for a while, and after feeling sleepy, turned off the light and rested.