The Admiral of Hogwarts

"This matter does indeed seem to involve magic." After his grandfather finished telling the story he heard as a child, Hugo and Hermione exchanged a glance, and then Hugo spoke.

"In our understanding, each country has its own magical governing body. In such cases, they would cast spells on non-magical people who see certain secrets, making them forget things they shouldn't have seen."

"So, I think my grandfather's father likely saw some magical creatures and was then subjected to a Memory Charm by personnel from the Norwegian Ministry of Magic," Hermione added.

"It's just that the caster's skill seemed a bit lacking, which is why he could only remember a little bit."

Such minor issues with Memory Charms are not uncommon, especially in countries like Norway, where the Ministry of Magic's staff quality isn't as elite as in larger countries like Britain due to the small number of practitioners.

However, for wizards, as long as there aren't any major errors overall, it's fine. After all, without evidence, these ordinary people's residual impressions will only add new content to urban legends.

For example, the story Hugo's grandfather told is like that. If Hugo and Hermione hadn't become wizards and learned about these things, they would have treated it as a simple urban legend.

This after-dinner conversation lasted late into the night, until all the firewood in the fireplace had burned away, and everyone perked up and went back to their rooms to do their own things.

For the rest of the day, everyone focused mainly on chatting and planning the upcoming trip.

Because according to their plans, the Granger family of four intended to spend a dozen or so days traveling around northern Norway before returning here to celebrate Christmas with their relatives.

"Forget about a road trip," Mr. Granger said helplessly after looking through a travel guide. "The roads are all snow and ice. I haven't had professional training, so driving on these roads is very dangerous."

"You're right. When a family comes out to play, it's natural to pay attention to safety," Mrs. Granger nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, Oslo is considered the southernmost part of Norway, and the snow is already this heavy. The snowfall further north is likely to completely block the roads. If we drive there, we could easily get stuck on the road and not be able to return."

At night, the wind mixed with snowflakes relentlessly pounded against the windowpanes. Fortunately, because today's travel had exhausted him, Hugo, who usually had trouble sleeping in new places, fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

In the morning, Hugo was awakened directly by the alarm clock. However, because it was winter, the sun had not yet risen.

But after Hugo pulled back the thick curtains, he found that it wasn't as dark outside as he had imagined, because the wind and snow of the entire previous day had covered everything outside with a thick layer of snow.

After breakfast, the Granger family said goodbye to their grandparents and then went to the city to begin their trip.

Just as they reached the vicinity of the Royal Palace in the city center after a half-hour journey, the sun slowly rose from the horizon.

Instantly, the sky was filled with the bright light of dawn, pure white and clear, and the thin mist that had been floating over the earth gradually dissipated under the illumination of the radiant red sun.

"This is really too beautiful," the Granger family exclaimed almost simultaneously as they watched the sunlight dye everything in front of them gold.

For them, who had always lived in London, the fresh air and bright sunshine in Oslo brought them some unexpected surprises.

Although Mrs. Thatcher's approach of closing down a large number of industrial and mining enterprises in England at the cost of large-scale unemployment had successfully reversed London's original environment.

But compared to here, the air quality in England, especially in London, was still somewhat lacking.

That day, Hugo visited the Norwegian Royal Palace, Vigeland Sculpture Park, and Oslo City Hall. He also enjoyed the scenery of the fjord up close at the harbor.

In the evening, Hugo and K畏 entered the fjord together and summoned the ship girls who had left their mark in this area.

"It's a bit embarrassing to meet the commander at this time," a girl with pink hair said to Hugo after his summoning ended, giving him a salute.

Beside her, another girl in military uniform with long golden hair also gave a wry smile after hearing this.

"Uh, I'm really sorry. But this place does indeed bear your mark." Looking at the two ship girls in front of him, Hugo had an embarrassed expression on his face.

For Blücher and Deutschland, the battle they fought to attack Oslo back then could definitely be considered a tragedy.

During the Norwegian Campaign, their mission was to land in Oslo, but when they entered the fjord, Deutschland was damaged by shore batteries, and Blücher was directly sunk here by those old-fashioned shore batteries that were also produced in Germany.

"It's okay, failure is failure, and there's nothing embarrassing about admitting failure," the two German ship girls seemed a bit flustered after seeing Hugo apologize.

"By the way, Commander, what is our next job?" To escape from this awkward situation, Deutschland immediately asked Hugo about the next step in the plan.

"What are your current identities?" After hearing Deutschland's question, Hugo immediately inquired about the ship girls' current identities.

"Our current identities are all German wild wizards who have only received master-disciple inheritance. The reason for coming to Norway is to purchase some magical materials unique to the cold regions," Deutschland said to Hugo after quickly recalling.

"If that's the case, then you can temporarily find a place to settle down here." After Deutschland finished speaking, Hugo first discussed it with the ship girls through the admiral network. Then he said to the two ship girls.

"Everyone has already successfully established roots in Britain and Eastern Europe, but Central and Northern Europe are still obvious blanks. So, I hope you can stay here to fill this blank—"

During the earlier discussion, the ship girls had some disputes over the new companions' foothold. Some people believed that they should go to Germany to settle down, so that they could connect with the Soviet Union's forces in Eastern Europe.

While another part of the people believed that since Grindelwald launched the First Wizarding War, the trauma suffered by the Central European region has not fully recovered until now, so staying there is not of great value.

Considering that the current educational center of the entire Central Europe is located in Durmstrang in Northern Europe, it is more reasonable for the newly arrived German ship girls to focus their activities on Northern Europe.

Finally, through voting, everyone chose the latter option, because although the various situations in the wizarding world and the ordinary world are related, they are actually somewhat different.

The current situation is that Northern Europe's position in the magical world is indeed more important than Germany and those Central European countries, so everyone finally chose Northern Europe as the next core of operations.