Hogwarts Begins in 1938

Chapter 215 Hooked Up
Hearing Sergey's narration, Hai Wen was also a little tongue-tied. He didn't expect that the situation in the magic world on the Soviet side would be like this.Conservatives recognize the Soviet government, but do not easily contact it, and everyone has their own affairs and does not interfere with each other.

On the other hand, Lao La of the Glory School contacted the old nobles in Tsarist Russia, and while drawing big cakes for the old nobles, he enjoyed the full flattery of the old nobles.

If the nobles don't know that Lao La is not a good person, Haiwen doesn't believe it. At the beginning, Lao La was forced to leave by the nobles because he went too far.

However, at this time, those nobles who are not as good as chickens in the land of phoenix probably have no choice. They have been liquidated many times by the Great Suppression, and they can only hold on to Lao La's thigh and dream of returning to the top. After all, People who have no dreams are no different from salted fish. They are unwilling to sink, even if they know that Lao La is unreliable, they can't wait to post it.

Sergey at this time is the epitome of the old aristocracy. He usually looks like an aristocrat and looks down on other Muggles, but when he meets a wizard, he immediately changes his face.

Some of these things are information that Sergey himself knows, some are his speculations, and some are speculations by Haven himself.

"You did a good job, now you're finally not blind!" Hai Wen praised Elena.

"Hmph~ Who was the one who disliked it just now?" Elena snorted coquettishly.

"It's not that I don't know the situation. Who knew there would be so many Muggles here who know about wizards." Haiwen rubbed his nose and smiled awkwardly.

"What should we do now? Go to that party?" Elena skipped the topic and asked about the business.

"Go, why don't you go? Didn't he say that the Glory faction held a gathering in Leningrad the day after tomorrow? Old Rasputin is the leader of the Glory faction. Someone must know his whereabouts there." Haiwen said as a matter of course. .

"But he doesn't know where the party will be held. He is just a down-and-out aristocrat. He is a self-proclaimed baron, and the Glory faction didn't invite him to attend. Will there be no one to attend?"

"He doesn't know, but as long as the people he knows know. He knows little about wizards, but he knows a lot about Muggle nobles. After all, he is a baron~!" Haiwen smiled confidently.

"Okay." Seeing that he had made up his mind, Elena didn't say any more.

Leningrad, formerly known as St. Petersburg, was the capital of Tsarist Russia. The Glorious faction held gatherings here. First, it was far away from the Ministry of Magic and would not hinder the eyes of conservatives. Second, it was naturally because the nobles were stronger here. Some heritage can support extravagant parties.

Haven and Elena brought Sergey, who was obsessed with restoring the glory of the ancestors, to Leningrad the day before the party.

In front of an ordinary villa, Sergey took a deep breath and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened with a creak, and behind the door stood a middle-aged man with a tired face.

The middle-aged man saw Sergey standing at the door smiling brightly, and said impatiently, "Why is it you again? I don't have time to entertain you. Take these and don't bother me anytime soon!"

Sergey looked at the small stack of rubles stuffed into his hand, his face flushed red, he glanced at Haiwen and the two who were watching the show, returned the money, waved his hand and said, "Uncle, am I here this time?" For borrowing money."

Before his uncle could say anything harsh, Sergey extended his hand and introduced, "I'm here to send these two adults to the party."

"My lord?" Sergey's uncle looked at the two of them with suspicion.

"This is Lord Michael, and this is Miss Delacour. They are from England, and they want to attend the party and communicate with other adults." Seeing that his uncle was not convinced, Sergey quickly introduced, and then he was a little embarrassed Looking at Haiwen, "Master Michael, this..."

Haiwen knew what he meant, and didn't show off. He snapped his fingers casually, asking Sergey's uncle to petrify for a while before releasing it.

After personally experiencing the petrification spell, Sergey's uncle had no doubts, his expression changed, and he warmly rubbed his hands in welcome and said, "You two are here, I'm really neglecting you. I'm Sergey's uncle. Siri Ivanovich Volkonsky, Count Volkonsky."

"Uncle Vasily is the official earl of the empire!" Sergey interjected, making Vasily's face rosy.

"Hello, Earl." Haiwen greeted casually, but Vasily waved his hands again and again: "I don't dare to take it, sir, just call me Vasily. Ah, look at me, just talk, please come in, both of you Please come in."

Walking into the villa, the inside of the villa looks as ordinary as the outside, without the luxurious decoration of the aristocrats, neither gold inlaid with silver on the walls, nor any famous paintings hung, everything looks like an ordinary family.

After personally serving the black tea, Vasily saw Hai Wen looking around, and said with a face of shame: "I am really ashamed of my ancestors, this villa is the only property I left behind, and all my ancestors' savings have been robbed by those mud legs Already!"

Then there was a lot of flattery, first talking about the glory of the ancestors, then crying about the current situation, and finally mentioning Lao La with a look of longing, as if Lao La had led them to overthrow the Soviet Union and reshape Tsarist Russia.

Haiwen listened noncommittally. Seeing that he was not interested, Vasili stopped talking. After the performance, he asked the two to go to the guest room to rest.

After entering the guest room, Haiwen waited for a while, then took Elena out without a sound, and found the two uncles and nephews who were having a secret conversation in the study.

Relying on the illusion spell to hide aside, he listened to the buzzing in his ears, and glanced at a golden round pendant on the table.

"It's like closing your ears and listening? Oh, the ancestors are really rich, and there are such alchemy items." Haiwen chuckled silently, pointed slightly, the buzzing sound became weaker, and then he spent a lot of effort, Finally, the distracting curse was stopped, and the words of the two uncles and nephews were heard.

"...They went to the restaurant, and when they were eating, Michael used a spell or something to cut a steak into a dozen pieces. I thought they were wizards. Later, I went out with them and was confused for a while. And then he asked me to bring them to the party, and I brought them here," Sergey said of his ordeal.

"Well, they are wizards for sure. As for the moment you got confused, you should be controlled by them, asking for information or something." Vasily stroked the short beard of his chin with a shrewd expression.

"Uncle, do you need to be so cautious?" Sergey glanced at the pendant on the table, with a hint of greed in his eyes, and asked in confusion: "It's just two little wizards, probably haven't graduated yet, this time it's probably They sneaked out of the school. I brought them here only to establish a good relationship, and if the adults from their family come, I can make friends with them."

"You don't understand about wizards. Although that Michael looks young, his strength should not be underestimated. Before he petrified me without using a magic wand, I heard you said that he cut a steak without using a magic spell in the restaurant." , This is wandless casting and silent casting, and it is an extremely advanced magic technique. I have only seen Master Rasputin use it before."

"Lord Rasputin? Then?" Sergey asked slightly worried.

"It's okay, Master Rasputin is responsible for everything, I'm just pulling the strings, I can't blame my head, but the matter is done, and the benefits will be there~ I don't expect to restore the glory of my ancestors now, as long as I can It’s enough for me to gain a foothold in the government. Relying on your sister and her mother, I escaped the last anti-revolutionary campaign, and offering this this time may allow me to go one step further.”

"Uncle will definitely be able to restore the glory of the ancestors and let the world hear Volkonski's reputation again!"

(End of this chapter)