Chapter 247: Don't love housekeepers, love muggles
As the saying goes, the layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway.
When the group slowly drove into the castle of the Smith family on the Flying, although Rao Fiona, the heroine of the Smith family, was a Muggle and had a very limited understanding of the wizarding world, when everyone looked out curiously from the open balcony on the third floor of the Flying, she was quite perfectly integrated into the role of Liangyou, explaining the wonders of this castle to Louis and others who came for the first time.
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It contains the magic circle that envelops the entire Smith family castle.
According to Fiona's explanation, the person who designed and built the magic circle here was none other than the ancestor of the Smith family, a wizard with high magical attainments.
However, regarding Fiona's evaluation of the ancestors of the Smith family, not only Percy, Ron and others disagreed with it, but even Galen, Kevin and other wizards from the Smith family did not believe it very much.
Want to ask why?
Very simple.
If the ancestor of the Smith family was a great wizard, why is his name not recorded in the history of magic?
Only Louie, who had previously used the three turns of silent magic to quietly analyze the internal structure of the magic array, thought that Fiona's evaluation of the ancestors of the Smith family was very pertinent, and there was absolutely no exaggeration.
Because, the magic array that shrouded the castle of the Smith family is indeed extremely exquisite.
Of all the magic arrays that Louis had analyzed, the Gringotts Protective Magic Array was slightly stronger than it, and the rest, like the magic arrays built by Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets, could only be equal to it.
And what level of wizard is Slytherin?
He is one of the Big Four recognized by many wizards!
Therefore, the attainment of designing and building magic arrays in a single wheel is comparable to that of Slytherin, and the ancestor of the Smith family, who is not well-known in the history of magic, must be an existence that many wizards need to look up to.
At least....
Approximately equal to three Snape?
Well....
Quite possibly!
However, judging from Louie's analysis of the composition of this magic array at this time, it is not difficult for him to guess that the ancestor of the Smith family is an old believer, and the magic system used to construct this magic array is old magic.
Moreover, just like the magic circle that Slytherin once built in the secret room, almost the moment he entered the Smith family castle, Louis found that the silent magic contained in each "magic elixir" was more or less suppressed by the magic array here, which made him faintly feel uncomfortable.
On the other hand, the rest of the people....
It's basically not as sensitive as Louie
Only Harry, who was relatively gifted, and Lux frowned without a trace, as if sensing the wonder of the magic array here.
Therefore, Harry secretly tugged at Louie's sleeve and asked, slightly confused:
"Louie, you... Does it feel weird? ”
Louis smiled slightly, patted Harry on the shoulder, and asked, "Harry, the moment you want the Flying to enter the castle, you suddenly feel a little uncomfortable for some reason, right?" ”
"Hmm!"
Harry nodded vigorously, and was located next to the two of them, and Lux, who was a little uneasy, heard the conversation between the two Rao, and said with the same confused gaze:
"It's strange, in the past, whenever my parents were free, they would basically take us back to see my grandfather and grandmother, why did I think this castle was as strange as you this time?"
"Don't worry, it's fine."
In order to ease Harry and Lux's nervousness, Louis explained with a smile on his face: "The source of our weird feeling actually comes from the magic array that protects this castle, suppressing the magic power in the wizard's body is one of the special functions of the magic array, and the three of us happen to be the three with more magic power among all of them, so the feeling will be more obvious." ”
Louis slowly stretched out his finger and pointed at George and Fred, and continued to explain:
"I don't believe you, it seems that George and Fred have felt it too, do you want to make up a curse or something to scare them?"
"No... Don't use it, right? ”
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and Harry said with a dry smile: "I'm not like George and Fred who have special fetishes, and always like to prank others. ”
As soon as Harry finished speaking, Lux nodded in agreement, and continued, "Then I'll go and explain to George and Fred, so that they don't have to think about it again." ”
"Hmm."
"Go ahead."
As Lux paced towards George and Fred, Louis turned his gaze back to Fiona, listening as hard as Harry did about the history of the castle.
Then, one of the things that made Louis and the others exclaim was that instead of the castle of the Smith family being an ancestral home, it was a kingdom with the Smith family as the royal family.
For example, there are several villages near the castle, and the people who live in them seem to be ordinary Muggles, but in fact they all have another identity in common.
That's the slave of the Smith family.
Hundreds of years ago, almost as soon as the castle was built, there were hundreds of Muggle servants loyal to the ancestors of the Smith family.
With the passage of time, the hundreds of Muggle slaves who originally followed the ancestors of the Smith family have multiplied from generation to generation, so that the number of slaves of the Smith family has increased by several villages.
Of course.
Not all Muggles who lived in the villages around the castle were entitled to the title of "servant".
All of them are revered by the Smith family, but in order to claim the title of servant, and to move from the village to the castle to work for their "king", they must first go through several very strict rounds of selection
And when Fiona told about the "slave", although her emotions and tone were well concealed, Louis could still see that there was some dissatisfaction hidden in her heart.
Presumably....
Fiona is afraid that Quinn will learn badly after inheriting the castle of the Smith family, who let the Smith family still maintain the ancient tradition of "first leaf power" several generations ago?
Half an hour later.
At Quinn's behest, Jason drove the Flying around the castle in a hurry, and Louis and the others, who walked down from the Flying Ship, finally came to the magnificent hall of the castle.
At this time, surrounded by several male servants, Louis waited in the hall to wait for Rao, obviously it could not be Galen's grandfather and grandmother, but the butler who was responsible for handling the big affairs in the castle.
She was about the same age as Sophia Fiona, with long purple hair, a modest lady's suit, and a pair of crisp white gloves.
When he saw her, Quinn was naturally the first to greet her and greeted her warmly:
"Hey, Wayne!"
"Long time no see!"
However, the housekeeper who was called Wayne by Quinn, and when she heard this, she actually glanced at Fiona with her peripheral vision, and then replied lukewarmly:
"Hello, Master Quinn."
"Master has been waiting for you inside for a long time, come with me."
Cease.
Wayne turned straight ahead and led the way.
At the same time, Louis keenly noticed that Fiona was staring sharply at her back, and then suddenly made up hundreds of episodes of palace fighting dramas in his mind.
Named ....
"The young master who doesn't love housekeepers and loves muggles"!