Homecoming from Hogwarts

Clang!

The white skeleton with traces of blood still attached to it fell to the ground with a loud bang, scaring away many insects under the rotten wooden floor.

After the hunchback witch was slaughtered, the black hurricane formed by multiple black mists subsided.

They floated in mid-air, with four or five pairs of scarlet eyes staring at the golden viper.

Swish!
Suddenly, the black mist gathered together again. They did not try to escape, but curled up back into the broken glass fish tank, staring at the viper tremblingly.

Jin Viper was speechless for a moment, then he lifted up his cloak, and the vortex of magic on his face dissipated, revealing a young face.

"What the hell is this?"

Wen Ruili tried to kill them with the creatures she raised, but was attacked back and lost her life.

The scene before his eyes was both horrific and bizarre. Kakus looked at the freshly-excavated skeleton on the ground and the surging black clouds in the fish tank in horror and asked in a lost voice.

"I don't know—"

Amosta shook his head frankly.

The messy methods passed down by these secret witches are completely different from those of modern wizards. Amosita could only vaguely feel that the thoughts emanating from these black clouds did not belong to humans, but more like those of magical creatures.

"What about this damn thing?"

"It has to be cleared away, otherwise the villagers down the mountain will suffer."

Amosta whispered.

The monster in the fish tank seemed to have clear mind. After Amosita said this, the curled up black smoke immediately surged violently.

prick!
A sudden high-pitched scream made Kakus fall to his knees, covering his ears with a painful expression. Even Amosta's mind was in a trance for a moment.

In that brief moment, the black cloud suddenly expanded and completely crushed the fish tank, and then, it crashed into the window like a meteor!

hum!
And just when they were about to rush out of the house, the world froze!

A golden spark slowly floated across the stagnant space. The moment it came into contact with the black mist, the mist suddenly turned into a fireball like a ball of cotton. In an instant, only a few wisps of green smoke remained.

call!
A breeze poured into the room through the broken window, blowing away the stench in the house. The bright moonlight was finally able to shine into the house, making the dim room bright.

"How many is this, Kakus?"

Raising his hand to destroy the bones on the ground, Amosta returned to the sofa, his voice calm.

Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, Kakus took out a piece of parchment filled with names from his arms. His fingertips moved across the paper and stopped at a name.

"No."

Looking up, Kakus showed hesitation.
"That's seventeen in ten days, Mr. Blaine, do you think we should hold off for a while?
Although we didn't reveal anything, so many famous people disappeared from the underground world in such a short period of time, so there will always be people who are suspicious and will notice our actions."

"I'll just listen to you—"

Amosta said,
"I just happened to have an appointment to discuss something. By the way, Kakus, I have a mission and need to entrust you with it."

The famous Amos Tower Blaine, if he wants to do something, there are a lot of people running around for him, but he still has to issue commissions in the underground world.

Kakus immediately realized that this task might not be easy.

"Of course, then--"

Kakus quickly took out his notebook from his coat pocket.
"What is the specific content of the mission?"

"Well, an escort mission is a huge amount of wealth."

Amosta thought for a moment and continued,
“The person who accepts this commission needs to be highly skilled, and it would be very dangerous to emphasize it.

There will almost certainly be someone who will come and hijack it. Of course, the contract must restrict their behavior. They themselves cannot be tempted by the treasure they are transporting and must loyally protect the treasure and fight for it. "

Hmm. Is it related to that learning machine workshop?

This thought flashed through Kakus' mind, but he did not ask any more questions.
"So, how many people do you need, and what is the compensation you are willing to pay?"

"There is no upper limit on the number of people. I only require that you have strong skills and are willing to accept the constraints of the contract."

Amosta said calmly,

"As for the reward, two thousand Galleons, two thousand per person."

"Two thousand per person?!"

Kakus, who was concentrating on recording, suddenly stopped writing and looked at Amosta in astonishment.

"This may cost you tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of Galleons. Are you serious? I mean, maybe you can limit the number of people or reduce the commission appropriately?" "No need."

Amosta spoke calmly, and he took out a heavy purse from his bosom.

"Here are 20,000 gold galleons. Everyone who signs the contract can get half of the commission in advance. If it's not enough, you can pay it for me first, Kakus, and I will pay it back to you later.

Well. Tell the wizards who accept the task that the remaining half will be given to them regardless of whether the task succeeds or fails. Um--"

After a pause, Amosta continued,
"If they are worried that they will not survive this mission, they can leave an address for the final payment, and I will send the remaining money to them."

Looking at Amosta with a calm expression, Kakus became more and more shocked.

The Golden Viper is not a generous wizard. How much wealth does Amosita have to transport to make him spend so much money?
"So, when is the mission's start time and where is the escort starting from?"

Kakus asked cautiously.

"The starting point of the mission needs to be kept secret for the time being. In short, it is within the United Kingdom. As for the start time of the mission--"

Amosta pondered,

"Roughly a few days at the end of the month, a few days before the mission begins, you need to gather all the personnel together and not allow them to communicate with the outside world."

After recording everything, Kakus checked to see if he had missed anything. After confirming that there was no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Will you personally participate in the escort mission?"

"Oh, this one—"

A light flashed in Amosta's eyes that Kakus could not understand, and the smile on his face was particularly deep.

"Maybe. Maybe not. Anyway, it depends on the situation."

The two people left the hunchback witch's house and stood on the flat ground on the top of the mountain, looking down at the mountain.

As the lights come on, the thousands of lights dotted across the plain look like spider webs.

“Do we need to completely destroy this place?”

Kakus looked back at the old house of the hunchback witch and turned his head to look at Amosta.

"A lonely evil old witch who has no connection with the Muggles down the mountain, nor with the normal wizarding society. There is no need to make any unnecessary efforts--"

Amosta shook his head.

"By the way, Kakus, I think you haven't forgotten what I told you before, right?"

"of course."

Kakus, who had looked relaxed, tensed up.

"You need to be ready as soon as possible--"

Amosta nodded slightly,

"The department that will accommodate this new group of secret witches will be established soon. You will need to finalize the details of its functional structure, how to carry out work after its establishment, and what kind of policy support it will need."

"I see--"

Kakus nodded heavily.
"After the last discussion, I thought about it and I think that the priority is to establish a mechanism for assessing the professional knowledge and skills of secret witches. After this mechanism is established, the recognition of the Ministry of Magic is very important. Of course -"

Kakus pursed his lips.

"Your learning machine workshop is very popular in the current magic world. Its generous treatment attracts many people to apply for the job. If this workshop can set an example and issue a statement that it is willing to recruit secret wizards who pass the assessment mechanism."

"That's not a problem at all."

Amosta nodded approvingly.

"I will find a chance to talk to Remus. Don't forget to warn them that those inappropriate magics must be abandoned. We are building a bridge for them to integrate into the modern wizarding society, and they must make some sacrifices."

Kakus nodded in agreement.

"Well, I have to go to Paris, Cacus--"

Amosta patted Kakus on the shoulder and smiled happily.

"Thank you for taking care of the things I entrusted to you. See you later--"

After saying this, Amosta disappeared in the breeze that was drifting across the mountains.

(End of this chapter)