He subconsciously reached for his wand, but when he saw that the former slaughterhouse owner named John didn't make any move, nor did he "move out his ambush", he resisted and did not take out his wand.
Hermione's reaction was slow. She first saw the wand, and then found a familiar crest. It took her a while to realize that it was actually the mark of the "Purchers", an organization that hunts wizards!
Hermione was also shocked. She couldn't figure out why she saw the mark of this wizard-hating organization here. You know, the Purifiers were extremely hostile to wizards, and basically all the wizards who fell into their hands were sent to the stake.
Thinking of the name of the town, Tom and Hermione's expressions changed.
I'm afraid the origin of this place name is not...
Combined with the two wands hanging on the wall, Tom and Hermione felt deeply malicious.
Most wizards are just ordinary people after losing their wands. The owners of these two wands have most likely been executed by the Purifiers.
Hermione's nerves were extremely tense, but she remembered something and relaxed again. Hermione remembered that she was wearing the anklet that Tom gave her, but the bell on the anklet didn't ring at this time!
This shows that the people around her are not hostile to her.
At least she hadn't been exposed yet, and Hermione felt a lot more at ease.
Tom quietly glanced at Yuri, who was chatting with John, and didn't see anything strange about the two of them.
Also, due to emotions and reasons, Yuri had no reason to kill him.
"What is this? I have never seen a cross like this." Tom asked, pointing to the coat of arms of the Purifier.
"This is an antique passed down from my great-great-grandfather's generation." John saw that Tom and Hermione were interested in the things passed down by his ancestors, so he told them about its origin: "I feel a little ashamed to say it.
, my great-great-grandfather once joined a witch-hunting organization, and this is the badge of that organization and his trophy... Because it is a relic valued by my ancestors, I have never disposed of it."
John said with some embarrassment. After all, "witch hunting", in the eyes of normal people, is the persecution of another group of people by one group of people, which is not a glorious deed. These things have been on his mind since he was a child.
It was in his living room. John didn't throw away the badge just out of habit.
He was a little embarrassed when he was suddenly asked by Tom and Hermione today.
Tom and Hermione looked at each other and agreed with John's statement. As for Yuri, when he heard "witch hunting", his face was startled, and he was shocked by the "side job" of John's ancestor.
He knew that there were two wizards beside him! He was a little worried about this, but he was relieved when he saw that Tom and Hermione didn't have any extreme reactions.
Tom walked towards the wand hanging on the wall. He wanted to take a closer look at these relics of the Purifiers, but before he took two steps, a pocket watch on the table under the badge suddenly exploded, and the glass
The piece collapsed to the ground.
"Oh my God! You're not hurt, are you?" John ran over in a hurry and apologized to Tom again and again. He couldn't figure out why the pocket watch left by his great-great-grandfather suddenly exploded today.
"I'm so sorry..." After cleaning up the floor, John invited Tom and the three of them to his kitchen and gave them a sumptuous feast.
“The meat is all produced in our own factory, very fresh!”
The theme of today's banquet is wine and barbecue. It can be seen that John is very concerned about the meal and makes everything the best possible - the wine is high-quality beer, and the meat is the best snowflake beef.
After three rounds of drinking, John's chatterbox started to open up.
"My friend!" It was obvious that John was a little drunk: "Although the place has been sold to you and theoretically has nothing to do with me, there is one thing I need to remind you. You have to think about the livestock's waste and blood.
There have been recent changes in Texas regulations, and the methods that could be used before are no longer available... The cost has suddenly increased a lot."
It can be seen from this that John is an upright person, and he actually directly pointed out the biggest disadvantage of his slaughterhouse. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the contract has been signed, and a large amount of liquidated damages will be fined for breach of contract.
"We have very cutting-edge ecological waste treatment technology." Tom lied without changing his face or heart.
"Oh, good luck to you." John obviously didn't believe what Tom said.
"Then what are you going to do with the money?" Yuri asked.
"Go back to my real hometown and settle down." John refilled a glass of beer for himself: "The people here are not very right."
Tom raised his head and put the steak aside, "I'd like to hear the details."
"Ha, actually I only moved back to my ancestral home in the past few years!" John drank half of a glass of beer in one gulp. "The people here are very warm and simple... It's just that, uh, how should I put it, they have a deep understanding of the world.
There are some issues with my view.”
"It's not that kind of sect, is it?" Hermione also realized that what John was saying now was very important, so she used her acting skills to the extreme and pretended to be scared to inquire about the news.
"No! Definitely not!" John suddenly sobered up a lot: "It's not that serious. I'll take you to the church for a service tomorrow and you will understand the specific situation - they are a bit like the group of people who believe in geocentric theory and that the earth is flat.
A little anti-intellectual, but usually very simple."
Tom and Hermione thought for a while and decided to go with John to find out the next day.
So the next day, like devout believers, Tom and Hermione appeared in the church early in the morning, waiting for the priest to arrive.
The priest of Burning Town is a young man. He is not the image of a priest in people's minds. In terms of temperament, he is more like an office worker or a museum guide.
Tom and Hermione took on the spirit of listening to the history of magic and listened to his speech.
Then they discovered that this guy was actually not much different from other priests. The only problem was that he seemed to really believe that wizards existed in the world, and wizards were evil. They would collude with some big businessmen to form a "deep state."
Control Congress and the President. Fortunately, a group of civil servants formed the group Purifiers to fight against the deep state. The residents of Burning Town are all descendants of these martyrs...
The vicar spoke clearly and logically, which made Tom and Hermione stunned for a moment.
"Did the American Magical Association really do such a thing?"
"I have no idea……"
The two of them thought for a while that wizards in the American wizarding world had really done these things.
After the pastor's sermon ended, Tom noticed two muscular men walking into the church.
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Oh my god, my earth, my air conditioner is broken! Condensation water is dripping from the inside of the air conditioner! It's so difficult for me!
PS: In the middle of typing, I heard a strange noise from the balcony. I went over and saw that the roof of my balcony was actually leaking???