Chapter 545: A Visit to Fort Blois

This time, Maca was invited to Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in France, not only to represent Hogwarts, but also to represent himself. In order to maintain her image in front of those French wizards who valued decency, Maca deliberately trimmed her dress and wrapped herself into a handsome young man with full style.

All right! With his height that doesn't go up or down, and his appearance that is always younger than his actual age, no matter how you look at it, you can only call it a "teenager"!

In order to further highlight his personal importance to Hogwarts, he also deliberately chose a Thestrals' carriage as the basis for his appearance, the enchanted Hogwarts crest on the carriage looked golden, and the four animals representing the four houses were even more vivid and lifelike, which was as eye-catching as it could be.

Now he is not afraid of swagger, because this time he went to Beauxbatons, saying that he was participating in discussions, but in fact, he was going to face to face to negotiate and compete for interests. He put this shelf out first, and at that time, regardless of whether he can gain an advantage or not, at least the disadvantage will definitely be reduced.

In addition to Madame Maxim and the old butler of the Lemay family, there will probably be the president of the International Federation of Wizards, famous and powerful wizards from various countries, and the like. Just imagining it, you can guess that it would be quite chaotic.

When the surface is pleasant, but the undercurrent is turbulent underneath, his reputation for defeating the Dark Lord may not allow him to easily take the advantage.

Of course, before going to Beauxbatons, he had to prepare some time in advance to visit someone in Paris.

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To put it bluntly, the beautifully decorated Thestrals' carriage is at best just a façade decoration, and Maca naturally doesn't need it to travel. After taking the carriage to the French frontier with the help of the portkey, he got into the carriage where the illusion had been cast, and flew all the way to Fort Blois.

This sprawling royal castle is a long time gone for Maca, with a patchwork of castle complexes that belong to different architectural periods. Walking in the meantime, it seems as if even time is flowing with it, and Maca can't help but recall the scene scene when she first came here.

Due to the peculiarity of the barrier separating it from the Muggle world, wizards visiting Blois Castle had to walk to enter, and the entrance was only on a staircase, and there was no other place to reach the real castle space.

Maca slowly followed the route she remembered, and soon he saw the spiral ascending staircase. The staircase is covered with a red carpet with intricate embroidery edges, which accentuates the white marble stone steps themselves.

He stood at the top of the staircase and sensed it left and right, then reached out directly and patted it lightly on the handrail. Suddenly, the entire spiraling staircase began to fade one by one, extending to the top of the staircase.

After the staircase completely changed, another slight fluctuation of magic power quietly shook around him. Maca knew that the Muggle world was finally connected to the true interior of Fort Blois.

He waited no longer, and walked lightly up the translucent steps, feeling his magic resonate with it as he himself began to blur. In the space behind this was a wizarding realm that Muggles would never be able to reach.

As he walked upwards, it wasn't long before he came to a large door. The door was open at the moment, and a maid who did not look very old stood on the inside of it, and immediately saluted with a gentle face when she saw him.

"Hello! Sir, do you have any appointments here? The other asked softly in French.

"Can you speak English?" Maca smiled politely at her, "I'm Mackel from Hogwarts, hmm...... It's an old friend of your grandfather, right? ”

"Please...... Please wait a moment. ”

The maid blinked, and after giving another salute, she immediately turned and went in. Maca watched her leave, and said that it was probably to find someone, but he didn't know if the other party understood his words.

He remembered that the old butler of the Blois family was fluent in English, and as for the maids, they were not necessarily very proficient.

The servants of the Blois family were all very efficient, and it was not long before the maid lady invited the old butler out without surprise. Speaking of which, this is also an old acquaintance, and both of them seemed very happy to see each other.

"Come, Mr. McLean, please come in—" said the old butler warmly, "the master is aware of your visit, and he is now in the study, and I will take you there!" ”

"Willy...... Where's your young lady? How is she? Maca asked, following in the footsteps of the old butler.

"Miss is very good, but since the last time she returned home, the master has been reluctant to let her out." The old butler shook his head lightly and said, "I can tell that the young lady is eager to return to Hogwarts to continue her studies. ”

"Mr. Blois did the right thing, the British wizarding community as a whole was not very safe some time ago, and it was right not to let her pass." Maca nodded, "But in that case, Willy should be fine......

In the latter sentence, he said it to himself.

At the beginning, the underground vault in the Dark Spirit Pavilion, Willy took the initiative to unlock the seal on her body, unleashing the inexplicable curse power to solve a dead game against Maca. After that, her father took her straight back to the castle to try to re-apply the seal, and it was said that the chances of success were unknown.

Of course, judging from the effect of the Blois family's strange bloodline curse, even if the seal was not cast again, Willy was not worried about her life. On the contrary, the curse was actually more like an uncontrollable killing move, because the people around her must have died under the curse.

If you have to make an analogy, the current Maca can't help but feel that it may be more like the effect type of the ancient magic mirror before. And look at the large-scale disaster that seems to act on the soul, it can make people unconsciously kill each other, and the end is infinitely powerful.

"Mr. McLean's activity is already known to families like us who don't go out much in France. It may not have been safe before, but now, the British wizarding world has clearly been purged. When I saw these news, my master couldn't help but praise your magical strength......" The old butler sighed, "You know, my master rarely praises others. ”

Hearing the old butler say this, Maca immediately recalled the underground battle he had with Willy's father.

Although he couldn't help but shrink back from that fight, he couldn't help but pay it back in the end. But for this unusually strong Blois Castle Lord, he also admires it a lot.

That guy not only practiced the ancient sealing magic of the family, but also suspected of mastering the ancient summoning technique. When it comes to real large-scale group battles, the opponent's deterrent power is definitely much greater than that of Maca, who is more inclined to a single duel.

Some ancient books have recorded that most of the ancient magic was rough and powerful, and the performance on the battlefield was amazing, but it is true.

While chatting casually with the old butler, Maca followed the other party around the huge castle, and walked for more than ten minutes before she found herself in a rather spacious study.

This study alone has three floors. Looking up from the bottom, there are staircases and one-sided corridors on both sides, and the rest of the space is occupied by bookshelves, except for a desk in the depths of the ground floor where Maca is at this time.

For wizards, the most important thing is knowledge. Most of the carriers of knowledge are all kinds of books and papers of different thicknesses. In a well-established wizarding family, the largest place is usually the study, unless the family has long since given up the accumulation of magic and moved in other directions.

Directly opposite the door through which Maca had entered, Monsieur Blois could be seen sitting behind his desk, looking at him calmly.

"Hello, Mr. Blois." After all, Maca is a junior, so it's not too much to say hello first.

McKellen ...... Well, Mr. McLean," Blois hesitated for some reason, but then changed his words, "and I am very welcome to be your guest at Fort Blois—come here!" Have a seat! ”

In Maca's impression, Willy's father gives people a rather conceited feeling. Probably except for the precious girl, there was no one who could make him show a pleasant demeanor.

But right now, he felt a jerky enthusiasm in the other party's words and deeds.

"It's an honor to be your guest." No matter how curious she was, she couldn't show any rudeness in front of Willy's father, but Maca politely stepped forward, and then sat down at the round table next to her according to the other party's words, "Mr. Blois, I also have business this time, so I stopped by to visit Willy - I'm really sorry that I haven't been able to find the time to come here since the last goodbye!" ”

"No, Mr. McLean, you don't have to be so polite." Mr. Blois sat behind his desk and said with a slight smile, "I still know a little bit about what you have done in the British wizarding world—I am very happy to be able to kill that Voldemort guy." Seriously, if it weren't for the fact that I didn't worry about the little girl, I would have gone over to deal with him a long time ago! ”

"Although Mr. Blois didn't come in person, I still heard about your use of influence to fight the Death Eaters," Maca said with a smile, "With your help, we can sort out the dark wizard forces lurking beneath the surface so quickly, so that I can draw more strength to focus on clearing the Death Eaters' strongholds." ”

In fact, with the Order of the Phoenix and some low-level wizards as intelligence gathering, Maca is not as simple as "hearing about it". Some forces have even infiltrated the British Ministry of Magic, and behind it, there may be forces mobilized by Fort Blois.

To be honest, the power strife in the wizarding world is really unclear for a while.