The Admiral of Hogwarts

That day, Hugo and Hermione had a very pleasant time with Hood, because the two maids not only provided everyone with many delicious snacks, but also gave them a lot of new knowledge after joining their conversation, such as a series of tips on organizing housework at home.

"I think Sister Hood must be a noble." On the way home, Hermione whispered excitedly to Hugo. "The two maids who appeared today are so elegant in their gestures. They seem to be top maids cultivated by hereditary aristocratic families."

"I think so too." Hugo nodded and said, "And to be honest, their cooking is really amazing. For example, the freshly baked Turkish-style snacks we ate when we had afternoon tea before, whether it was baklava or Turkish delight, the taste was simply wonderful."

Early the next morning, Hugo and Hermione each dragged a suitcase and followed their parents in a taxi that had been specially booked by phone yesterday, heading straight to Heathrow Airport. After completing a series of preparations, they boarded an international passenger plane bound for the United States according to the information on the ticket.

The Grangers bought tickets for a direct flight from London to New York, but even so, the journey took a full eight hours. Therefore, after getting off the plane and dealing with a series of matters, they walked out of New York's Kennedy International Airport and actually endured their sleepiness to get into a taxi to the hotel.

Long-distance travel is not a comfortable thing for Muggles or wizards. Compared with the kind of journey that takes a lot of time for Muggles, the time spent by wizards in this kind of travel is much less. But whether it is the unpleasantness of the process or the money spent, there is no difference from Muggles.

After all, there are not many wizards who can use Apparition to cross such a long distance, and there are very few wealthy and powerful wizards who have various magical means of transportation for long-distance travel. Even fewer people can enjoy the instantaneous movement service provided by phoenixes. Therefore, for ordinary wizards who want to travel, there are only cross-national Floo networks or certain legal Portkeys to choose from. It's just that these two things have their own shortcomings.

Among them, the cost of cross-national Floo networks is relatively cheap, but there are not only few stations, but they are also very fixed. What's worse is that a trip like crossing the Atlantic may require people to turn around in the Floo network for about half an hour. Therefore, for many people, their bodies can hardly withstand such violent shaking as if they were in a washing machine.

In contrast, Portkeys are much faster. And you can also specify where you want to go next. But the shortcomings of this kind of travel are also obvious, that is, it is too expensive. For example, a trip like crossing the Atlantic may cost an ordinary Ministry of Magic employee about two months' salary.

Therefore, many wizards would rather spend a little more time using Muggle travel methods when making such long-distance trips, especially after the advent of the industrial age. Although it is slower to do so, at least it is more comfortable during the journey, and the cost performance is also very high.

For example, Newt Scamander traveled from England to the United States on the most popular transatlantic cruise ship at that time. And the reason why he made such a choice is obviously related to the previous two reasons.

Fortunately, the hotel booked by Mr. Granger was in downtown New York, so the car arrived at the hotel smoothly after only twenty or thirty minutes. However, just as they dragged their luggage into the family suite they had booked with a tired look, they found a young man wearing a windbreaker that was absolutely out of season standing in the suite.

"Who are you?" Looking at the young man who appeared inexplicably in the room, Mr. Granger, the only adult male present, put down the package in his hand in front of the others, and then asked slightly nervously. "Also, why are you in our room now?"

"Sir, please don't be excited, I have no malicious intent." The young man raised his hands to signal to the Granger family that he was not a threat, and then said. "My name is Mike Jensen, and I am an American wizard, belonging to the Wand Management Office of the American Magical Congress. Because there are two unregistered wands entering the country here, so I came to take a look."

"Father, I think he should be looking for us." Hugo said to his father, then looked at the young man in front of him and asked, "Can you tell us in detail what we should do? I think you should have found out that we come from a non-magical family, and we have only attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for one year before. So I don't know much about some things in the wizarding world."

"Of course, this is a special law in our American magical world. It is normal for you little British wizards not to understand." Mike also relaxed at this time. He found that the two little wizards in front of him should really just not understand the situation here, and not the dangerous intruders he was worried about before he came.

"According to the laws of our American Magical Congress, all members of our American magical society, whether they are nationals or tourists, need to carry a wand permit, because in this way we can track all magical activities and identify perpetrators through wands."

"That is to say, in the United States, even adult wizards need to add a trace to their wands like our underage wizards in the United Kingdom." After listening to what the staff member of the American Magical Congress said, Hugo immediately reacted and said, "By the way, you know we are British, so if we leave the United States after the trip, will this monitoring of our wands still exist?"

"Please rest assured, the registration magic used by you tourists is different from the registration magic used by our residents." The staff member of the American Magical Congress said, "This kind of registration magic will automatically disappear as long as you leave the country after completing the trip, and will definitely not continue to track you."

"It seems that the laws of wizards are also quite humane." After listening to this wizard's brief introduction to the American policy on wands, Mr. Granger said, and then he asked. "By the way, you just said that you want to register my children's wands at the American Magical Congress, so how should they get there?"

"I think calling a taxi to take us there is enough." Mike shrugged. "After all, for little wizards like them who are so young and have never been exposed to Apparition, taking them to Apparate is obviously not a good idea. Plus, the Magical Congress is in New York. So I think we can use your Muggle means of transportation."

"Muggle?" Mrs. Granger asked curiously.

"It has the same meaning as your British Muggle, referring to ordinary people who don't know magic." Mike shrugged. "Okay, let's go! This kind of registration work is better sooner than later."