The next day, early in the morning.

Alexei woke up early, as usual.

Glancing at the dark street outside the window, the man's gaze lingered for a moment on the open letterhead at the bedside, the back of which was engraved with strange traces of four vertical and one horizontal, if nothing else, it should be some kind of counting method.

Compared with the traces behind it and the strange wrinkles of the paper, the text content written on the letter paper is unusually simple, only one sentence without a head - [These comrades can be trusted, Alexe. 】

And, of course, a neatly signed Makarov, as well as the seal of the Nikolaev shipyard.

"Looks like yesterday wasn't a dream. Alexei shook his head self-deprecatingly, "Silly boy Frank turned into a wizard, single-handedly took out four agents from the United States, and told me that the wizarding world was going to invite me to a potato shop to interview cashiers and salespeople. Even if it's a dream, it's never been so funny and crazy. ”

Alexei sat up from the bed, his wife beside him had already gotten up, and the smell of toasted bread came from the kitchen.

After many days of snow and rain outside the window, Alexei felt as if he had returned to the moment when he first joined the institute decades ago, full of energy, excitement and curiosity about the unknown.

The middle-aged man got dressed, stuffed the stationery at the head of the bed into his arms, stood up and walked straight to the kitchen, looked at his wife who was still busy as usual, a touch of tenderness appeared in his eyes, and walked over and hugged the woman gently.

"Natasha, I'm unemployed, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics...... It's been shut down. ”

"I heard Katyusha next door say, if you don't have it, you won't have it, anyway, the institute hasn't paid a salary for a long time. ”

The woman's body stiffened, and then she quickly relaxed, and while continuing to look at the milk boiling in the small iron pot in front of her, she asked calmly, "Then what are you going to do in the future? ”

"Hmm, how do you know that the institute isn't paying?! I'm not ......."

"I'm not stupid, Alexei, there are so many people around me cursing the government for unpaid wages, how can you be the only one who can still get your salary home every month - besides, can't you just change the envelope containing your salary?"

"Natasha, I ......"

Alexei was slightly stunned, and there was a rare stutter.

Natasha turned her head and glanced at her husband, holding out a finger to Alexei's lips.

"Okay, let's sell those medals when they are sold, anyway, I'll be troublesome to wipe them for a long time...... Don't get in my way here, please go back to your position, Comrade Alexei, you have to go out to work later—be quiet, Lova is still sleeping, don't wake her up. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, sir. ”

Alexei replied with a smile, no longer tough and capable outside,

The middle-aged man sat obediently at the edge of the dining table, waiting for his wife to bring hot milk and toast to him.

In an hour, his ten-year-old daughter, Danilova, will be out of bed, and fortunately, in this chaotic and confused era, Moscow's schools are still a quiet haven for the time being...... Although, sooner or later, the depression will spread there.

"It may be a little late today, I'll look for any job I want to ......"

Standing in the doorway, Alexei gently hugged his wife, closed the door and walked out into the street.

Coming to the intersection around the corner, out of the window of the cabin, Alexei stopped for the first time, took a breath into the cold air, and looked left and right, as if looking for someone.

"Good morning, Mr. Alexei. ”

"Good morning, Frank. ”

As usual, Frank, dressed in a gray cloak, suddenly appeared on the street next to him, as if he had been standing there all along, with a bag of soft bread between his elbows and a roasted sausage in his mouth, greeting him indistinctly.

"Oh, I thought you were going to get a little more sleep today. ”

Frank struggled to swallow what he was chewing in his mouth, and said with a slight embarrassment, "So do you want to go to the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics first, or do you want to ......go directly to us?"

"There's no point in going to the institute anymore, they burned all the documents last night. ”

Alexei sighed lightly, shook his head and followed Frank forward, asking with some curiosity.

"You just said ...... Elve?"

"Well, house-elves, magical creatures usually only found in ancient wizarding families. ”

Frank waved his hand, broke open a piece of soft bread and handed it to Alexei, explaining nonchalantly.

"Destiny is a very complex and large organization, not to mention house-elves, and you may be able to see living goblins later, well, probably not quite like you Muggles imagine. They were all child-like heights, like little old men, about that tall. Of course, Miss Teresa is also so tall. ”

As he spoke, Frank pondered for a moment and gestured toward his waist.

Alexei nodded thoughtfully, carefully observing the surroundings, the streets were still familiar, the streets were still full of people, bookstores, movie theaters, fish shops, bakeries, it was hard to imagine suddenly seeing a strange magical creature.

"So, Miss Teresa in your mouth...... A goblin, too?"

"That's not it, the eldest lady is a witch. In fact, this group of goblins in the Destiny Group was also rescued by Uncle Maier from Gringotts' prison not long ago, and it is said that they are all unlucky ghosts who are preparing to be secretly executed because of internal struggles. ”

"Gringotts?"

"Well, this is the bank of the wizarding world. ”

"You wizards still have your own bank?"

"There's only one one, the Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but it's not exactly the wizard's...... Gringotts is run and controlled by the elves, at least for now, but it may not be certain in a while. ”

"Oh? yes, interesting. ”

Alexei glanced at the young wizard who was leading the way in front of him, hesitated for a few seconds, and then said in a serious voice.

"But, Frank, shouldn't your information be classified?

"It's okay, even if I don't say it, when you take the initiative to ask later, the eldest lady won't hide it. ”

Frank turned his head and replied confidently with a big smile back.

"Besides, a determined liar like you wouldn't leak secrets, would you?"

Strong-willed ...... Swindler?!

Alexei raised his eyebrows for some reason, a little unsure of what Frank meant.

However, before he could open his mouth to ask clearly.

"This is it. ”

After a few more steps, Frank suddenly stopped, "Here we are, Bolshevik Hammer Tavern." ”

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Chapter 1!