60 Good Guy Mellen(1/2)
Victor, the vice president of the Mixed Race Association, had dressed himself solemnly early, as if he was about to receive distinguished guests.
In other words, because of the "explosive" news from the Ernest family last night, he couldn't sleep all night.
I simply started preparing for today’s work early.
In fact, today he mainly does one thing -
Receiving the arrival of President Jacques Rancière.
The birthplace of the Half-Blood Wizards Rights Protection Association is actually in Graham, but in recent years due to "business needs", the headquarters has been moved to the capital of the United Kingdom.
As the general helmsman, President Jacques Rancière naturally works there on weekdays. Unless there is an emergency, he rarely appears in Graham.
Recently, many emergencies have occurred.
First of all, the association "accidentally" discovered a super genius. Not only can he use the wands that can only be used by formal wizards as an apprentice without any difficulty, but he also has a high degree of control over magic and a good fit with the wands.
Most importantly, his image is very good!
So after learning about this, President Jacques had the idea of leaving to Graham.
Because he happened to acquire a unique magic not long ago that only apprentice wizards, and only those with strong talents, can learn it.
At the same time, the top wizard school that I had spent a lot of effort to apply for——
For an admission quota at the Imperial Academy, a suitable student also needs to be selected.
In fact, this quota does not bring any real benefits, but it is the first step for the association's influence to finally move towards the top wizard school.
There is a first step, and if it goes well, there will naturally be a second step, a third step...
This road is very important.
In the wizarding world, although there are many schools, the children of the top wizarding families and the super geniuses with unlimited potential are basically concentrated in a handful of top colleges.
What they represent is the top level of the wizarding world in the future.
So it means a lot to be one of them.
However, although the idea of coming to Graham came up because he discovered a genius, President Jacques did not have to rush to come.
After all, it’s almost a month until the start of this year’s school year.
However, what happened immediately within the association made him have no intention of procrastinating any longer——
Because some wizards did not agree with the association's current philosophy, they chose to kill children to carry out a conspiracy.
Although this matter did not succeed, if it is not handled well, it will inevitably lead to further turmoil within the association.
So after the president Jacques Rancière heard about this, he immediately set off and rushed towards Graham.
However, although this matter is very serious, after all, the association has initially taken control of the situation and it is not an urgent matter.
So even though he had already moved, he was not too impatient and just bought a ticket for the ghost train, a common tool for wizards to travel.
In this way, it basically only takes him two or three days to reach Graham, and he can also take in the scenery on both sides along the way.
However, just halfway, that is, last night, he heard another big thing happening——
In the Ernest family manor, a group of mysterious wizards want to use the attack on pure blood as an opportunity to further divide the relationship between pure blood and mixed blood!
Although this matter was also prevented, the undercurrent behind the matter had to make him take it seriously.
So the ghost train, which was originally very fast, became slow in the eyes of President Jacques.
Finally, he decided to fly a broomstick and rush to Graham overnight.
The flying brooms currently on sale are mass-produced models imported by Blackstone Marine Trading Company and have speed restrictions.
However, President Jacques is better at enchanting and alchemy. The broom he uses is an enhanced version that he has improved and is extremely fast.
Therefore, when Vice President Victor dressed neatly and arrived at the train station in Graham, President Jacques had been waiting here for a long time.
President Jacques is a thin old man. His gray hair is even sparser than that of Vice President Victor. He does not have a beard on his face, but this does not make him look any younger.
On the contrary, the age spots on his face are particularly obvious.
"You were already here?"
Seeing this skinny old man wearing a black coat sitting on a bench in the square, the bald Victor hurriedly walked forward.
"Why didn't you notify us?"
"I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"
The old man responded with a smile, as if he had learned some information, and the previous impatience on his face was gone.
As he spoke, he fanned the wind with the top hat he held in his hand. The sparse hair on both sides of his bald head swayed slightly, which was very conspicuous in the morning light.
"Then you should notify me in advance so that I can come over early." Victor complained.
However, the old man ignored him and looked at the dense flow of people around him with emotion.
"I haven't been to Graham for many years. This place is developing very fast."
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Graham City is the most important city in the southeast of the United Kingdom and is one of the major transshipment centers on which the kingdom depends for its livelihood.
The daily cargo throughput here is astonishing, and people come here from all regions of the kingdom and from neighboring countries.
There are even races from the Far East on the other side of the ocean, which is really eye-opening.
"With that lady here, the development speed will not slow down at all."
Seeing the calm look on the president's face, Vice President Victor was no longer impatient.
He sat down on the bench with a very envious expression, "Blackstone... is rich."
The full name of Blackstone is Black Market Ocean Trading Company, and the person behind it is the lady of the Chelsea family.
This company is not so much a trading company as it is one of the driving forces behind the United Kingdom's overseas colonies. The proceeds from normal transactions are only part of the company's interests.
It can even be said that substantive benefits are no longer what the company pursues. Invisible control and influence are the main direction of Blackstone's development.
Years of expansion have allowed this influence to spread throughout the world and also penetrate deeply into wizard society.
Based on this, Isabella Chelsea can become one of the big names in the wizarding world at a "young age" that no one can underestimate.
As for veteran wizards like Jacques, the president of the Mixed-blood Association, although he has deep connections and friends all over the world, his own strength is even more powerful.
But as soon as he arrived in Graham, he had to take the initiative to visit "Miss Isabella" who could be his granddaughter.
"Shall the president return to the base first, or go to Chelsea Manor first?"
Vice President Victor asked this question immediately.
"No need to worry."
The little old man said casually: "The time my wife and I agreed on is at noon."
"Then you are going back to the association's headquarters now?"
Vice President Victor added: "It just so happens that there are a lot of backlogged things that you still need to deal with."
"It might be seven o'clock now."
President Jacques heard this and said angrily: "I'm one hundred and twenty-seven years old, so you really want me to die from exhaustion at work?"
"But, since you have already arrived at Graham, isn't it a waste of time to sit here..."
The bald Victor responded aggrievedly, not understanding what the little old man in front of him was thinking.
I obviously rushed to Graham overnight in a hurry, but when I got there, I looked like I was leisurely...
Could it be that the old man got some good news, so the things he was originally anxious to deal with were no longer urgent?
"This is not a waste of time."
President Jacques said with a smile: "About three hundred meters to your left, there is a young man wearing women's clothes. Did you see it? He is very interesting."
A young man wearing women's clothes?
Vice President Victor heard this and looked in the direction.
As a result, I saw a young lady with brown hair and blue eyes sitting on a bench not far away, looking down at the newspaper in her hand, looking like a normal passerby waiting for time.
Isn't this just a woman?
How can you say anything about a young man wearing women's clothes?
Moreover, what is the difference between her appearance and other passengers waiting for the train to arrive?
"At the banquet last night, there must have been a few people who escaped."
Just when Vice President Victor was puzzled, he heard the old man beside him say:
"Just in time, I'm still thinking about what kind of meeting gift I should give to the lady when I meet her at noon."
You mean...
The bald Victor was stunned for a moment, but before he could think about it, a hand covered with age spots stretched out from his side and waved to the brown-haired woman not far away.
The graceful lady who was sitting quietly on the bench suddenly raised her head, but before she could make any other movements, her body suddenly began to twist!
Then in the blink of an eye, it turned into a fat orange cat with brown hair.
Its body had changed, but it seemed to still maintain its original thinking. As soon as it realized that its image had changed drastically, it unconsciously let out a shrill scream, then turned around and ran away in a hurry.
However, the strange thing is that it was obviously running in the opposite direction, but in the end it turned in a big circle and came to the feet of the emaciated old man.
In its mouth, it even picked up the newspaper it was reading before.
"The Felix family is very fast."
Taking the newspaper from the orange cat's mouth, and gently patting the cat's furry forehead, President Jacques handed the newspaper to Victor, who was standing next to him with wide eyes.
"Look at their publicity department, how professional they are."
He reached out to take the newspaper, but Victor did not read it. Instead, he exclaimed: "Your transformation skills are really eye-opening."
To be continued...