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Tesla Graves, the director of the Auror Office under the Magical Congress of the United States of America, is a middle-aged wizard with slender limbs, and his thin hair is a little gray due to hard work.

This senior Auror, who was usually taciturn but always had a confident look in his eyes, said rather awkwardly:”In fact, we suspect that these five disappearances are related to the Purifiers.” The Purifiers are a phenomenon in American history. A group of wizard mercenaries from different countries.

In the 17th century, European magical and non-magical populations had just begun to immigrate to North America. The overall magical world in America was still small, very scattered and hidden, and it had not yet formed its own law enforcement mechanism.

Therefore, the loopholes created by this situation allowed purgers from various countries to take advantage of it, and they began to hunt notorious criminals in exchange for bounties.

Over time, these people became increasingly corrupt and brutal.

Regardless of whether they are criminals or not, as long as they can get a bounty, the Purifiers will choose to hunt them. Eventually they began to sell wizards, and even captured innocent Muggles as wizards and handed them over to the Puritans who hunted witches in exchange for payment.

After the famous Salem Witch Trials, the Magical Congress of the United States was established in 1693 and began to crack down on these arrogant purgers.

Yet some of the most notorious Purifiers evaded capture, forever disappearing among the non-magical crowd.

“Purifier?!”Kone touched his smooth chin and asked in surprise:”Is there any evidence?”

“No,” Graves shook his head slowly,”It’s just a guess.”

“But… the last action of the Purifiers known to Congress was the ‘Second Salem’ case decades ago. In recent years, Congress has found no trace of purge activities.”

Second Salem, a very radical organization, marked it with broken wands with both hands.

Its leader, Mary Lou Barbourne, tried her best to expose the magical world and eradicate wizards. Not only did she have all her adopted children She joined the organization and often gave speeches in public places to incite Muggles to help her fight against wizards lurking in society. In

1926, the last operation of Second Salem not only led to the destruction of most of New York, but also almost destroyed the magical world. The existence was made public.

Since then, Congress has stepped up its crackdown on the purgers, and this has never happened again in recent decades.

Graves tapped his flat right hand on the table a few times,”The purgers have been Trying to expose the wizarding world to the eyes of No-Majs, imagine what better proof than the existence of wizards?”

“And the little wizards who have already entered school will definitely master some magic, as long as they demonstrate the magic they master in front of No-Maj reporters.……”

Professor Flitwick suddenly realized and murmured:”Only the first and second grade wizards were taken away because they were not strong enough and would not make much noise when kidnapped. As for why they chose to live in Muggles… The little wizards in the town where No-Majs and wizards live together, naturally because this can prove that the wizard is hiding among them”

“That’s right,” Graves nodded in agreement. His thoughts were the same as Professor Flitwick’s.

Ives silently sorted out the logic in his mind:

The Purifier wanted to expose magic, so he kidnapped those who were not strong enough. The first- and second-year wizards who were strong but had already mastered magic were asked to demonstrate their magic in front of reporters. The reason why they chose those young wizards who lived in a mixed area with Muggle wizards to do it was because these little wizards would definitely interact with the left-wing wizards. Having met their neighbors, those Muggles were even more convinced that magic was hidden around them.

Graves’s guess seemed reasonable.

Then why didn’t they demonstrate magic directly in front of reporters? A wizard is coming? Ives is confused, why do they need to do this?

What’s more, even if magic is demonstrated in front of everyone, as long as Congress handles it in time and erases the memories of all witnesses at the scene before the matter is reported, then There is no possibility of exposing the magical world.

If the masterminds behind the scenes are really Purifiers, they must have other purposes, or… the masterminds behind the scenes are not Purifiers at all.

“Let’s go.”

Graves slapped the table, stood up, put on the windbreaker hanging on the hanger next to him, and led everyone out of the office.

Everyone followed him to the apparation area on the first floor and put it on his hand. The followers were revealed. After a while, the world was spinning, and they appeared in front of an open space.

Just when they were confused, Graves’ right hand slowly wrote a few bright characters in the air.

Ives noticed that there was a magic power in the air. Then, a large house with a pointed roof appeared in the open space in front of them. There was also a dozing Auror leaning on the steps at the door of the house.

Although because of his position at the back, Avis could not see He saw Graves’s face, but he still knew that Graves’s face must be dark now.

Sure enough, without saying a word, Graves quickly walked up to the Auror and kicked him hard

“Who?”

The Auror shouted angrily when his dream was interrupted.

It wasn’t until he woke up a little and saw clearly that the person standing in front of him was his immediate superior, that he hurriedly stood at attention and saluted,”G…Director Graves.”

Graves asked with a straight face and a serious tone:”Is there anything unusual today?”

“No,” the Auror in charge quickly put down his raised hand and replied,”It’s just……”

“Just what?”

“The Bellocs had been asking if Lynn had been found, and they were worried about their child’s safety. And they keep scolding Congress because we haven’t found any useful clues.”

Graves took a deep breath, walked to the door and wanted to push it in. The Auror stopped him and said hesitantly:”Director, I think you’d better not go in now.……”

“It’s okay,” Graves interrupted him, waving his hand for him to follow.

Opening the door, he saw a couple sitting in front of the fireplace.

The wife of this couple – Mrs. Belloc – could not see the corners of her eyes. Tears kept flowing, and her eyes were red, swollen and bloodshot.

Her throat made a choking sound, as if crying could no longer express her pain. Her hair was messy and dull, and her whole person looked tired and haggard.

On the sofa opposite her, the corners of her eyes The wrinkled Mr. Belloc cursed loudly while comforting her:”******Congress is of no use at all. I r

eally*********”

The more he spoke, the more excited he became,”The Auror office is a pile of useless shit. This pile of shit is not only a shame to Congress, but also a shame to the entire wizarding world.”……”

Hearing his insults and accusations, Graves stood awkwardly at the door.

After a while, he coughed twice and said,”Mr. Belloc, we have a way to find your child.””

“Really?”

Mrs. Belloc was the first to raise her head and look over. There was an expression of surprise on her face, and she choked and confirmed.

“Yes.”Graves nodded heavily, trying to convince the Bellocs that he had indeed found a way.

Mr. Belloc’s eyes also showed a hint of surprise, and then were covered with thick doubts. He asked,”You were like this yesterday. You told me, but a day has passed and you haven’t found any clues.”

“I……”Graves, the experienced and taciturn head of the Auror office, choked up at the question.

Seeing that Mr. Belloc was about to curse again, Mr. Cone and Professor Flitwick hurriedly stood up and explained everything.

After their explanation, Mr. Belloc’s face finally showed a hint of hope. Although I have been completely disappointed with MACUSA, with the guarantee of two dueling champions, I might be able to find the missing Linn.

He calmed down, opened his mouth and asked,”What do you need us to do?”

Cone and Flitwick looked at each other and explained the two things needed for blood tracing magic.

“A drop of blood?”After repeated confirmation, Mr. Belloc conjured up a needle and a glass container. He pricked his fingertip with the needle and dropped several drops of blood into the glass container.

He handed the container to Professor Flitwick and said:”Lynn’s We left all our things at home. I’m afraid you need to go there to look for it. His room is the first one on the left on the second floor.”

“clear.”

Graves volunteered to stand up. He asked everyone to wait in the safe house for a while, and he would be back soon.

Of course, it is unknown whether he used it as an excuse to escape from this embarrassing atmosphere.

After Graves left, the story of the missing child Mrs. Belloc’s sad look returned to her, she choked up again, and her tears fell down like broken pearls.

Mr. Belloc hurriedly hugged her, and the two bodies hugged each other tightly, as if this was the only way to find some comfort.

In this awkward atmosphere, Graves came back soon, and he brought back several things: an Ilvermorny school uniform robe, a diary and a Fitchburg Flying Sparrows jersey. The mascot, a moving model of a flying bird.

He explained:”I wasn’t sure which item fit the requirements better, so I picked up a few more.”

He handed the things to Ives one after another, waiting for him to start using blood tracing magic.

Ives took Mr. Belloc’s blood from Professor Flitwick and began to use blood tracing magic in full view of everyone.

He crossed his legs Sitting on the ground, he placed the blue and raspberry red school uniform robe neatly in front of him. Then, he raised his wand and began to chant the spell slowly. Unlike modern improved magic, blood tracing magic is a kind of magic. An ancient spell system, its use requires reciting a lengthy spell, requiring strong magical power and concentrated will to successfully cast it.

This is why Dumbledore used it to locate Regulus during the trip to the cave. It was because he did not take out his hand to rescue Sirius and Kreacher when he found the corpse.

Ives’s voice when chanting the spell was low and rhythmic, like a piece of music from ancient times. As the spell was recited, the surrounding air began to Trembling, a force of magic spread around the school uniform robes.

The Bellocs hugged each other and watched this scene with excited eyes. They finally saw a glimmer of light.

Gradually, Ives’s eyes became deeper, as if He could see the existence of another dimension through the reality in front of him.

He opened the glass container and dropped Mr. Belloc’s blood on the school uniform robe.

The drop of blood was held in the air by magic and did not fall for a long time.

Ives He began to wave the wand, and as he moved, the drop of blood began to flow in the air, forming a strange symbol.

Elizabeth looked at all this curiously, but like everyone else, she did not dare to make any move for fear of being hit. Cut off this magical magic.

As Ives stopped moving, the strange symbol in the air took shape, glowing slightly.

Ives closed his eyes, and a picture suddenly appeared in his mind:

That It is a secret room made of marble, with a faint light coming from above, like a will-o’-the-wisp.

This secret room looks ordinary, with only bookshelves, tables, chairs and some scattered items. But in the corner of this secret room , Ives saw five little wizards whose hands and feet were tied up, and their mouths were gagged with rags. One of the little wizards was very familiar to him – it was Lynn Belloc!

The scene was fixed on Lynn Belloc’s panicked expression. , Avis slowly opened his eyes, and the symbols formed by blood suddenly exploded and turned into countless tiny light points, scattering in all directions.

Each light point seemed to carry a mysterious power and quickly integrated into Avis In Si’s body.

Ives knows that these light spots are the medium for him to perform blood tracing magic. As long as Lynn Belloc is nearby, these light spots will sense and guide him to find the target.

He has sensed it now A general direction,”northwest””

……

The Auror office acted very quickly. After receiving the news, they immediately followed Avis and the others to the northwest.

They came to a dilapidated house, and the Aurors rushed in first.

But after searching for a long time, they couldn’t find any clues.

Finally, Ives walked into the house under the protection of Professor Flitwick and Mr. Cone. He felt the prompts given to him by the blood tracing magic and walked towards a certain room.

Hanging in this room is”Salem Witch Trials”, an oil painting about the Salem witch trials.

Could it be that the mastermind behind the scenes is really the Purifier? Ives was a little confused. He could sense that Lynn Belloc was locked behind the portrait, which meant that there must be a secret room hidden behind the painting.

There was also a protective spell cast on the painting, but removing it was just a piece of cake for Professor Flitwick.

Soon, they entered the passage behind the oil painting.

This secret room was filled with turbid air, warm and pungent, with a strange mixture of complex odors. And the overriding thing is the claustrophobic feeling of confinement.

Everyone walked along the steps to the bottom, and saw a fainted little wizard lying under the dim candlelight.

It’s Lynn Belloc.

However, there was no trace of anyone else except him

……

(End of this chapter)