Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 502 Abt's Sense of Superiority

In general, the experience of the Kent family proves that the veteran nobles in the American magic world are not fools.

On the contrary, they are even smarter than the pure-blood nobles in the country. Many pure-blood nobles in the country think that they like to lick people like themselves without thinking, which is completely wrong.

In fact, in their hearts, although honor is important, the only thing they can really pursue is profit.

Therefore, only pure-blood nobles like the Foley family who can bring them benefits and have extremely noble blood can be sought after by them.And a second-rate family like the Kent family, who just wanted to take advantage of it, could only be treated like a monkey by them, and was thrown to the countryside to fend for itself after eating everything.

Mike silently closed the file, feeling quite emotional.

There are no fools who can be in high positions in this world.

But at the same time, he also felt a little puzzled, because the current location of the Kent family was not stated on this document.

Abt on the side seemed to see through Mike's mind, he poured a cup of tea for Mike with a smile, and explained slowly:

"The Kent family left New York after experiencing failure, and now they are lingering in a place called Forks."

"Fox?"

"Yes, I know, this name is exactly the same as Dumbledore's Phoenix, but this Fox is a place name, it is a poor town." Abbott waved his hand and continued to explain, "Also, this Forks Town is indeed a very interesting place. Apart from ordinary Muggles, there are also a group of werewolves and vampires living in it."

"Wolfman?"

Mike frowned. Werewolves, creatures that spread the werewolf virus everywhere, are severely punished in China, not to mention vampires. As natural enemies of humans who feed on human blood, they have basically been eliminated Killed by wizards.

"You just said a group, that is to say, there are a lot of them?"

"There are indeed quite a lot of them. There are about a hundred of them in total."

"It's impossible." Mike shook his head and said, "The population of a small town simply cannot support the survival of so many werewolves and vampires, and the Magic Congress of the United States should not sit idly by such a large-scale black magical creature group!"

Abt was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then he showed a look of sudden realization and said:

"You may have misunderstood something, Mike. The United States and the United States are different, especially when it comes to the treatment of intelligent magical creature races. The Ministry of Magic of the United States has a very tough attitude towards such creatures, but the United States seems to be Some are ambiguous, such as the group of vampires and werewolves. The Magic Congress of the United States allows them to live on the land of the United States, but it does not allow them to hurt any Muggles or wizards. As long as they violate the rules, what awaits them is a dead end. "

"Ha, this rule is simply ridiculous!" Zhou Hong suddenly jumped out from the side and said, "Dogs can't change eating shit, how can they expect those monsters to resist their own instincts?"

Mike nodded, he thought so too.

"But in fact they did succeed." Abt smiled and shook his head and said, "It is said that the group of vampires no longer drink human blood, but drink animal blood instead. Of course, this is at the cost of their own strength decline Yes, after all, their power comes from blood. As for the werewolves, hehe, they are almost domesticated into puppies themselves."

"But it's all worth it. You also know how bad these things are in Europe and other places, but in the United States, they can at least be protected by law." Abbott seemed to suddenly think of something funny The same laughed, "Haha! Legal protection! Hahahaha!"

Mike and Zhou Hong looked at me and I looked at you, all of them looked confused.

The two of them didn't get any laughs.

Fortunately, Abbot stopped laughing for a while, and explained to Mike and Zhou Hong:

"After listening to me just now, you should think that the United States is a good place to pay attention to human rights?"

Zhou Hong nodded, he really thought so, but Mike was silent.

"That's right, at least on paper America is like this, but in fact it's different. Just take the group of werewolves and vampires in Forks town as an example. Any wizard can bully them and even kill them." They will not be punished by the law. And if they hurt the wizard, then...hehehe." Abt said meaningfully, "there are many more of these things, you can fully understand by reading more We have arrived. In short, this country is a paradise for people like us!"

Zhou Hong looked at Abbott blankly, the words of the other party greatly shocked his innocent heart.

And Mike thought for a moment and said:
"In other words, those vampires and werewolves in Fox Town might be threatened by the Kent family to deal with us?"

"It is indeed possible. After all, there is only one family of wizards from the Kent family in Fox Town, and those black magic creatures have no right to refuse." Abt said, "But it doesn't matter, the Kent family has a small population and their strength is not enough. Strong, even adding those dark magic creatures is not worth mentioning."

Hearing this, Mike nodded in satisfaction. Right now, the Kent family is the most important thing to him. As for things like the United States, he is not very interested. After all, he has seen enough similar things in his previous life. That's right, now it seems that there is not much difference between the wizarding world of the United States and the Muggle United States in his impression.

"Okay, let's stop talking about these serious topics." Abbott said with great interest, "Franklin and the others have been arranged to rest in the room, anyway, we can't do anything for the time being, why don't we go shopping on Square Street today? "

Mike shook his head, and instinctively wanted to refuse. He was not very interested in visiting the so-called scenery of the United States. If he had the time, he might as well rest and prepare for the battle.

But Abt obviously didn't intend to give up just like that. Seeing Mike shaking his head, he immediately looked at Zhou Hong who was still in a state of doubting his life, and said in a bewitching tone:

"This little brother is called Zhou Hong, right? Aren't you very puzzled by the things I said before? Wouldn't it be better to go and see with us? I believe that after observing with your own eyes for a while, you will definitely have your own s answer."

As soon as these words came out, Zhou Hong's originally dull expression instantly became lively, but he didn't agree immediately, but turned his head and looked at Mike expectantly.

Mike sighed helplessly, and finally nodded slowly under the expectant eyes of Abbott and Zhou Hong.

……

Half an hour later, Mike, Abbott, and Zhou Hong arrived at Square Street via the Floo Network.

Unlike Yingguo, the public Floo teleportation point on Square Street is not a store like the Leaky Cauldron, but a large building with a huge space inside, similar to a Muggle subway station.

In fact, this is indeed the magic version of the 'subway station'. As one of the transportation hubs of the magic world in the United States, there are a variety of fireplaces here, and the most important thing is that these fireplaces are well received. Maintenance, users don't have to worry about the dust in the fireplace will stain their clothes.

This kind of scene made both Zhou Hong and Mike a little surprised. This centralized station is much more advanced than that of the country, and it is even better than the hall of the Ministry of Magic of the country.

Abt shook his head with some emotion, which was almost the same reaction he had when he first came.

"This fireplace station is indeed much better than Diagon Alley, but this is actually caused by historical reasons." He explained, "You must know that this site was only built in the last 200 years, while Diagon Alley has been around for nearly a thousand years. history, so it’s normal that it looks more advanced here.”

Neither Mike nor Zhou Hong spoke. The former simply felt that Abbott was making excuses, while the latter's attention had already been taken away by the passengers coming and going.

The passengers here are very strange. Unlike Diagon Alley, the travelers in this station not only include human wizards, but also a large number of goblins, house elves, horse people, and many weird things that Zhou Hong can't name. biology!
Such a scene would never appear in the Kingdom of Ying. The proud wizards of the Kingdom of Ying would never allow these lowly creatures to share a fireplace with themselves. Even staying under the same roof with them would make the wizards feel humiliated.

Even the goblins in Gringotts, a decent group that seems to have acquired a very high social status, have many restrictions in this regard. For example, their restaurants are separated from those of wizard employees. There is absolutely no such thing as a shared lunch at Gringotts.

It's different here. Not only do so many kinds of complex creatures gather together, but they also get along very comfortably with each other.

Zhou Hong even saw with his own eyes a tall wizard walking with a house-elf talking and laughing. Judging from the uniforms they wore, they should not be in a master-servant relationship, but colleagues.

But although everything here looks very harmonious and beautiful, Zhou Hong, who has the talent of mind reading, sees another scene.

The tall wizard was full of contempt and discrimination towards his house-elf at the same time, while the house-elf thought his colleague was a waste, if it wasn't because of his status as a wizard, then the other party was not qualified to work with him at all.

Such things abound in this hall. Everyone is smiling and living in harmony on the surface, but deep down they are full of malice.

Such things not only happen between human wizards and other intelligent creatures, but even these creatures, who are themselves ethnic minorities, are still hostile to each other, thinking that the other party has enjoyed more preferential treatment than themselves.

All this made Zhou Hong feel horrified.

But at this time, Mike's greeting came from Zhou Hong's side. He took a closer look, and it turned out that Abbott had finished narrating the history of this station and was about to take the two of them to the next location. .

Zhou Hong shook his head, threw out all the weird thoughts in his mind, and then quickly followed Mike's pace.

Walking out of the station, Mike and Zhou Hong appeared in front of a spacious street surrounded by high-rise buildings. This is the commercial center of the magical world of America, Plaza Street.

Compared with the commercial center of Diagon Alley, which is more like a pedestrian street, Square Street is obviously more like a modern CBD (Central Business District). The flat road marked with a yellow line in the center of the street is a two-way lane for vehicles. , At this time, there are a lot of vehicles driving on it, but the types of these vehicles are somewhat complicated, and the quality is also uneven, ranging from high-end and luxurious Yeqi carriages to a poor-looking tattered magically modified car.

Mike even saw a ferocious-looking one-eyed goblin riding a dinosaur-like lizard running on the driveway, standing on two legs, squinting its eyes and sticking out its tongue. The speed is not too slow!

However, the one-eyed goblin seemed to be suffering from road rage, and he was waving a miniature halberd and yelling at the heavy traffic.

On both sides of the driveway are two equally wide sidewalks. Compared with the bare driveway, this place is much more beautiful.

Not only are there rows of trees planted on both sides of it, but the stone pavement under its feet is even more magical, exuding a soft white light, and whenever a passer-by steps on it, it will splash a cloud of light dust around it , looks beautiful, and many young children are playing on the real sidewalk at this moment, having fun stepping on those light dust.

Of course, the flow of people on the sidewalk is naturally very crowded, and those playful children will naturally bump into some pedestrians, but the people here seem to be very friendly, even if they are knocked down, they will not blame the bears Children, hehe laughed and passed.

In addition, Mike also noticed that there are many shops erected on both sides of the sidewalk. These shops are very high-end just from their facades, at least much more advanced than the small retro workshop-style shops in Diagon Alley.

There are also a lot of shops here, and there are all kinds of shop signs floating on the walls of the tall buildings, from basic necessities of life to leisure and entertainment, it can be said to be everything.

And unlike Diagon Alley, the business competition here is very fierce, and there is no exclusive business at all.

It’s only been a short stroll, and Mike has already seen three wand shops, five dessert shops, and more than a dozen clothing shops. Compared with this place, Diagon Alley is like a small market in a small country town. Poor.

"It's the same reason. This commercial street was built in the past few hundred years, so it looks newer. If the Ministry of Magic is willing to renovate Diagon Alley, it will definitely be able to do better! Well, that's it."

Abbot explained with an embarrassed expression that, as a pure-blood nobleman born and bred in the country, he still looked down on the nouveau riche from the country of America from the bottom of his heart.

This sense of superiority forced him to be unwilling to admit the gap between them.

(End of this chapter)