[HP] look at you

A few years ago, Elton brought Olivia to the United States to open a store to get his status. At that time, the two of them couldn't recover from the sight of this nearly [-]-foot skyscraper.

People really need to go out and see more, otherwise it is easy to be limited by their own narrow knowledge.Although the Ministry of Magic underground in London, England is also quite magical and exquisite, its momentum is a little weaker than that of the Magic Congress in the United States.

Snape was still having a hard time accepting it.

In his impression, wizards should live in two worlds with Muggles. Wizards still live in houses hundreds of years ago, wear clothes from centuries ago, use parchment for writing, and rely on candles for lighting.And the brand new and stylish modern building in front of him completely overturned his cognition.

"These... are all wizards?" Snape looked at the people who came in and out of the door. They were all wearing normal professional attire, shirts and suits, skirts and high heels, black briefcases, and fashionable small satchels. They didn't look like wizards at all. look.

"Not all." Judging from the appearance alone, Olivia couldn't tell which of them were wizards. If the way British wizards hide themselves is to isolate themselves from Muggles, American wizards make themselves like a drop of water. Mix in the same.

I can't tell which is better, British wizards can do whatever they want in their own world, while American wizards must carefully pay attention to their words and deeds, so as not to show any flaws.

"You might be able to see who said the spell as they walked in, but I don't think they'll let you hear it."

"Chanting a spell?"

"Wizards enter through the same door as Muggles, but the space they enter is different." Olivia couldn't help showing a yearning expression, "Complicated space magic, I guess a lot of ancient runes must have been added. And array."

Snape's eyes also brightened: "There must have been very powerful wizards involved in the construction." It would be great if I had the opportunity to study and research.

The two looked at each other fascinatedly for a while, and Olivia said, "Let's go."

Snape was taken aback: "Not going in?"

"Go in and visit the office process of American wizards? I heard that it is more efficient and strict than the British ones." Seeing Snape turning around frequently to look, he smiled and took his arm, "Okay, I will go in again when I have a chance. Going in now will only Kicked out as two troublesome little bastards."

Snape finally held back his curiosity to find out, and asked, "Then where are we going now?"

"How about the amusement park? The roller coaster in Los Angeles Disney is not enjoyable at all." Olivia said with a smile, and then lowered her voice unchanged, "Don't look back, don't be nervous, someone is following us."

Snape's body froze, and he felt Olivia's hand squeeze softly in his palm, and he tried to keep his voice steady: "But you sat three times, and I walked in the air all day on."

"Don't you prefer merry-go-round?"

"Perhaps we can consider filling our stomachs first." Snape looked at the fast food restaurant ahead.

"I think your favorite thing after coming to the United States is the fried chicken burger here."

"Anything is gourmet compared to your sour candy."

The two walked into the fast food restaurant while talking, squeezed through the crowd to the second floor and then quickly ran to the bathroom. Olivia pulled him to perform Apparition, and the next second, the two came out and stood in front of the hotel in the room.

Snape sat down on the sofa, only then felt the cold sweat on his back.

"who is it?"

Olivia went to the window and looked out, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, she went back and sat down next to him: "I don't know, a man started following us outside the Magic Congress."

Although she felt a little strange, she was not too worried.Few people in the UK know that they are coming to the United States. Even if someone knows, there is no need to follow them.In the United States, no one knows them, and no one will make any plans against them.

"Maybe some kind of thief or something."

Snape thought for a while, and felt that the two and a half children really had nothing to plot, so he was relieved.

In the evening, the two went to the "Diagon Alley" of American wizards - Times Square, a small alley next to it. The entrance was a door painted on a red brick wall. In the eyes of Muggles without magic, this It's just a scribble, and only wizards with magical powers can touch the raised handle on the door.

The door is neither pushed in nor pulled out, but lifted up.

As the door slowly moved up, a bright light appeared in front of my eyes.

In Diagon Alley, or other magical fields in the UK, most of the buildings that appear will not exceed three floors, and they all have obvious historical traces, but here, the first thing that grabs their attention is the tenth floor opposite this door. tall building.

Compared with the Magic Congress, the height of this building is certainly not shocking, but since there is no need to avoid Muggle eyes and ears here, it is full of distinctive magical style.

The signboard on the door is not a flashing neon light, but letters floating out of thin air. The colorful letters are constantly changing their positions and shapes. Sometimes they are combined into "Wilhelm Shopping Center" and sometimes they are arranged into "Tonight on the third floor." [-]% off at JJ Clothing Store".

There are animation-like advertisements flashing on the outside of the glass on each floor. For example, on the glass on the fifth floor are images of various jewelry, which will turn into petals and fall down every time they are displayed.

The complete combination of modern architecture and wonderful magic gave Olivia a feeling of unreality that she used to watch with computer special effects.

In addition to the shopping mall, there are many shops on both sides of the street like a pedestrian street, bars, coffee shops, restaurants, and even an electrical repair shop.

"Do American wizards still use electrical appliances?" Snape was shocked.

"Maybe." Olivia was also at a loss.

British wizards don't use electricity, mainly because they don't know how to lay cables, and if Muggles do it, it will involve various power departments.And they feel that this kind of uncontrollable and unknown principle is very dangerous, claiming that it will make the children born by pregnant women become squibs.

Olivia thinks it's as humorous as she used to hear that WiFi can cause miscarriages.

Amidst the sound of music coming from various shops, the two walked and watched like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

It wasn't the first time for Olivia to come here, but last time she didn't have time to wander around, just took a quick look, so it was still full of novelty.

"I think American wizards seem to be more normal than the weird tastes of British wizards." At least few people on the street wear wizard robes, and most of them are dressed in the same ordinary clothes as Muggles. Loner and -- neurotic.

Snape didn't like this completely different style: "It's too loud, and they don't look like wizards at all, they look like mindless Muggles."

Olivia felt that Snape's disgusted look represented the attitude of all British people towards Americans, and it was estimated that it would never change.

While talking, someone suddenly rushed out from the bar next to them and ran in front of them.

"Hey! You two little guys." He put his hands on the shoulders of both of them, and Snape quickly pushed him away, pulling Olivia behind him, looking at him warily.

Olivia raised her eyebrows, this person was the one who followed them during the day.

The man froze for a moment, then laughed: "Very well, it should be like this." Then he put on his face and reprimanded loudly, "I wanted to teach you a lesson during the day, didn't the school warn you before the holiday? You are not allowed to appear alone Near the Congress! You're fast enough to come here, I guess your parents didn't know you were so audacious."

Snape said impatiently, "I don't think we need an inexplicable stranger to tell us what to do. If you have an IQ commensurate with your age, you should know that meddling is not a virtue."

The man's anger paused, and he took a closer look at them: "British?"

The difference between British and American accents is obvious, and you can tell them apart at a glance.

"A tourist? What about your parents? They actually let you two little wizards act alone in other countries? This does not meet the requirements of the International Federation of Wizards. I will notify your Ministry of Magic and let them do something to your parents punish."

Snape rolled his eyes, turned his head and said, "It's rare, a person who talks more to himself than you."

Olivia shrank behind Snape, and smiled sweetly at the man: "We came with grandpa, he didn't feel well after he got here, we were too bored to take advantage of him to rest Just sneaked out. Don't tell the Ministry of Magic, we'll be right back."

The extremely sweet voice Snape trembled.

The man's attitude suddenly softened, and he said gently, "Where do you live, I'll take you back."

Olivia glanced at him in embarrassment, and whispered, "We haven't eaten yet, can we..."

Ten minutes later, Snape was biting his straw expressionlessly, watching the big stupid man who appeared out of nowhere sold himself to the bottom of Olivia's sweet talk.

"Mr. Evans, you are an Auror, that's amazing." Olivia had an expression of admiration on her face.

"Just call me Jason, Mr. Evans sounds too weird." He seemed embarrassed, but couldn't help being a little happy, "Actually, I just passed the Auror test, and I haven't done anything yet. .”

No wonder tracking skills are so poor that they can be spotted right away.Snape sneered to himself.

"It's amazing to be an Auror at such a young age."

"Haha, I also worked hard for two years to succeed."

This guy must be a Gryffindor.Snape made a positive judgment.

"Severus and I were taken aback when you came out so aggressively just now." Olivia looked innocent, "We were not told not to go to Congress when we came."

Jason's tone was a little serious: "You are from the UK, so you don't know our regulations, but it is very dangerous for underage wizards to appear here. In the past two years, little wizards will not be allowed here alone."

"Why? My grandfather said that the United States is now safer than the United Kingdom." Voldemort's power has not developed to the United States, and there has been no struggle in the United States in recent years, so there should be no danger.

Jason hesitated for a moment, met Olivia's curious and ignorant eyes, and wanted to raise their vigilance, so he began to elaborate on the situation in the American wizarding circle.

"Purger?"

Both Olivia and Snape were a little surprised.Snape had never heard of it, but Olivia was by accident.

Before she came, she had a general understanding of the situation in the United States. Some books did mention the purgers in the United States. They were a bit like Death Eaters, but they didn't hate Muggles and half-bloods, but instead killed wizards.

They are criminal gangs among wizards. They are ruthless, cruel and vicious, and they like to kill. They will also sell wizards to Muggle organizations in exchange for power and benefits.However, they should have disappeared in the last century.

"The Scavengers were captured by wizards, some fled overseas, and some hid in No-Majs—what you call Muggles, married and had children with No-Majs. But they were full of hatred for wizards. , and the offspring they gave birth to were also educated to be killers against wizards." Jason said heavily, "We have been fighting these hidden killers for many years, and we haven't heard about them for a long time, but I don't know why. After a few years, they became active again. They are small in number, and most of them don’t have powerful magic. They can’t do harm to adult wizards, so they can only attack those little wizards. If they think that some children may be wizards, they will arrest them and torture them. "

Olivia and Snape glanced at each other, and they both became vigilant in their hearts.

"There will be scavengers here too?"

"The purgers don't know about this place..." Jason suddenly got stuck, he didn't know what to say, so he could only say vaguely, "The entrance here is close to Times Square, and the No-Majs have made a mess there for the past two years Yes, we are afraid that little wizards like you will be led astray by them."

"Broken?" Olivia couldn't help asking.

Jason looked around and took a big sip of beer: "Have you guys finished eating? I'll take you back."

He refused to say, but Olivia and Snape became more and more curious.

After Jason drove them back to the hotel and left, the two sneaked back to Times Square, where the taxi driver who had taken them there glanced at them several times in the rearview mirror.

It was nearly midnight, but there were still many people standing in twos and threes on the streets of Times Square. Olivia and Snape noticed that almost all of them were men, and most of them were teenagers not much older than them.

Olivia used the Muggle Ignore Charm to keep the two of them from being too conspicuous between them.

"What are they doing here?" Olivia looked puzzled.

Seeing Jason's concealment, she thought that there would be racing, fighting, taking drugs, gambling, or prostitutes standing on the street, but seeing some young boys smoking and laughing together, she was a little confused about the situation.

Snape stopped her suddenly: "Come on, let's go back."

"Eh? What's wrong?"

"go back!"

Olivia was staggered by him, and saw that his lips were pursed tightly and his expression was a bit wrong, so she obediently followed him out of this place.

"Do you know what they are doing?" Olivia was still confused.

Snape refused to speak.

"Severus—"

Snape, who was twisting his neck and pretending to be dumb, was tortured by her, so he had to spit out two words: "Male_whore."

"..." Olivia looked at her in shock, before she had time to be surprised by the identities of those people, "You—"Why can you tell it at a glance!

Snape sneered: "The place where I used to live was not as clean as you can see."

In the previous Occlumency training, he had extracted some of the more embarrassing memories without letting her see them.

Olivia blinked and held his hand: "That's all in the past."

Snape shook his hand, but let her hold him.

"Severus, you will definitely become a very good person in the future."

"Since when did the Orpington family have the prophesied blood?"

"This is not a prophecy, but a logical inference." Olivia smiled. "You have outstanding talent and firm character. I believe that your name will definitely appear in the future history of magic."

Snape couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth: "Like a trivial matter like the maker of the world's first potion cauldron?"

"Joseph Bloom, I remember."

"congratulations."

Considering the existence of the Scavengers, Olivia and Snape kept a low profile.

They went to Wizard Street in the United States several times while Jason was working during the day, looking for information related to Indian wizards in the bookstore there, but the results were not satisfactory.

The invasion of the United States by outsiders in the early days almost killed the native Indian wizards. Today's wizards in the United States know nothing about Indian wizards and are not interested.

The wand made the casting of the spell more precise and stronger, and the Indian wizards who did not use the wand seemed to them to be backward and weak.Moreover, Indian wizards have strange beliefs and living habits. Even if there are descendants left behind, they live in isolation from modern wizards.

There are only a few unreliable rumors that they may live in Massachusetts.

"Where is that?"

"Boston, where the Ifrmony School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is also there." So it is not impossible to say this.

"Then—" Snape glanced at Olivia, and he knew what she was thinking without asking, "Well, our vacation is enough to splurge anyway."

Olivia hung on him with a smile: "Regardless of whether you can find it or not, it's better to go to the magic school in the United States. I haven't been there yet..."

"Hey! You two!" Jason blocked them at the door of the hotel, looking annoyed and suspicious, "I went to Congress and asked, and there is no registration information for you. Any wizard who comes to the United States must Congress registration, how did you get here? Where is your grandpa?"

Why can't this person get rid of... Both of them were speechless for a moment.

Snape looked at Olivia.

Olivia's expression changed, revealing a guilty and aggrieved look.

Well, I'm going to start fooling people again.Snape waited intently for what she would make up next.

The author has something to say:

The information I can investigate on the wizarding world in the United States goes back to 1920, which is the history of the Magic Congress.So the American wizarding world in the 70s I wrote was set by myself based on the data, and if there is a conflict in the future, just ignore it.

After the sweetness, the adventure begins. The Indian wizard is a relatively important task target, and of course, it is also my own Xia Ji Bache.

It’s hard work to write [-] words every day =_= I feel like I’m thinking about what to write in the next chapter while I’m sleeping. My slow speed is almost [-] words an hour...

I am envious of those who are more than tens of thousands of days old.