The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

v4 Chapter 143: Small town with simple folk customs

Remember [New] in a second! Tom:? !

His hands subconsciously reached for his wand, but seeing that the former slaughterhouse boss named John didn't make any moves, and he didn't "put out all the ambushes", so he refrained from taking out his wand.

Hermione's reaction was slow, she saw the wand first, and then found the familiar coat of arms. It took her a while to realize that this was actually the mark of the "Scavenger" organization that hunts wizards!

Hermione was also shocked, she couldn't figure out why she saw the logo of this wizard-hating organization here. You know, the Purifiers are extremely hostile to wizards, and basically all wizards who fall into their hands are sent to the stake.

Thinking of the name of the town, both Tom and Hermione's expressions changed.

The origin of this place name, I am afraid it is not...

Combined with the two wands hanging on the wall, Tom and Hermione felt a deep sense of malice.

Most wizards are just ordinary people when they lose their wands. The owners of these two wands have most likely been executed by the Eliminators.

Hermione's nerves were tense to the extreme, but she remembered something and suddenly relaxed again. Hermione remembered that she was wearing the anklet that Tom had given her, and the bell on the anklet didn't ring!

This shows that the people around are not hostile to her.

At least she hasn't been exposed yet, and Hermione is relieved a lot.

Tom quietly glanced at Yuri who was chatting with John, and didn't see anything strange in the two of them.

Also, Yuri has no reason to kill him because of emotion and reason.

"What's this? I've never seen a cross like this before." Tom asked, pointing to the clearer's coat of arms.

"This is an antique handed down from my great-grandfather." Seeing that Tom and Hermione were interested in things handed down from their ancestors, John told them about its origin: "It's a bit ashamed to say , My great-great-grandfather once joined a witch-hunting organization, and this is the badge of that organization and his trophies...Because it is a relic that my ancestors fancy, I have never disposed of it."

John said with some embarrassment. After all, the "witch hunt" in the eyes of normal people is the persecution of one group of people by another group of people, which is not a glorious deed. These things had hung in his living room when he was a boy, and it was out of habit that John hadn't thrown the badge away.

He was a little embarrassed when he was suddenly asked by Tom and Hermione today.

Tom and Hermione looked at each other, agreeing with John's statement. As for Yuri, when he heard "Witch Hunt", his face was startled, and he was surprised by the "side job" of John's ancestors.

He knew that there were two wizards beside him! For this reason, he was a little worried, and he was relieved only when he saw that Tom and Hermione didn't have any extreme reactions.

Tom walked towards the wand hanging on the wall. He wanted to take a closer look at the relics of the purgers, but before he took two steps, a pocket watch on the table under the badge suddenly burst, and the glass shattered to the ground.

"God! Are you not hurt?" John ran over in a hurry and apologized to Tom repeatedly. He couldn't figure out why the pocket watch left by his great-grandfather suddenly exploded today.

"I'm so sorry..." After cleaning up the ground, John invited the three of Tom to his kitchen and set up a sumptuous feast.

"It's all meat from our own factory, very fresh!"

The theme of today's banquet is wine and barbecue. It was evident that John took great care of the meal and made everything as good as possible - the wine was good quality beer and the meat was the best snowflake beef.

After drinking for three rounds, John's chatterbox opened.

"My friend!" It can be seen that John is a little drunk: "Although the place has been sold to you, it has nothing to do with me in theory, but there is one thing I need to remind you, you have to think about the water and blood of livestock. There is a way to deal with it. Recently, the regulations in Texas have changed, and the way that could be dealt with before can no longer be used now... The cost has suddenly increased a lot.”

From this point, it can be seen that John is an upright person, and he directly pointed out the biggest disadvantage of his slaughterhouse. Of course, this is also related to the fact that the contract has been signed, and breach of contract will be fined a large amount of liquidated damages.

"We have very cutting-edge ecological waste disposal technology." Tom lied without changing his expression.

"Oh, good luck." John obviously didn't quite believe Tom's words.

"Then what are you going to do with this money?" Yuri asked.

"Go back to my real hometown and settle down." John refilled himself a glass of beer: "The people here are not very right."

Tom raised his head and put the steak aside, "I would like to hear more about it."

"Ha, actually I only moved back to the ancestral house in the past few years!" John drank half of a glass of beer in one gulp, "The people here are very warm and simple... that is, uh, how should I put it, their respect for the world There is something wrong with perception."

"Wouldn't it be that kind of sect?" Hermione also realized that what John said now was very important, so she brought her acting skills to the extreme and inquired about the news pretending to be scared.

"No! Definitely not!" John suddenly sobered up a lot: "It's not that serious, and you'll understand the specific situation when I take you to church tomorrow—they are a bit like the group of people who believe in the center of the earth and the earth is flat. Anti-intellectual, but very simple on weekdays.”

Tom and Hermione thought about it for a while, and decided to go find out with John the next day.

So the next day, Tom and Hermione appeared in the church early in the morning like devout believers, waiting for the priest to arrive.

The pastor of Burning Town is a young man, and he is not the image of a priest in people's impression. In terms of temperament, he is more like an office worker, or a museum guide.

Tom and Hermione listened to his speech with the momentum of listening to History of Magic.

Then they found that this guy is actually not much different from other priests~lightnovelpub.net~ The only problem is that he seems to really believe that there are wizards in the world, and wizards are evil, and they will collude with some big businessmen, Create a "deep state" that controls Congress and the president. Fortunately, there is a group of civil righteous men who formed a group called the Purifiers to fight against the deep government. The residents of Huoxing Town are all descendants of these righteous men...

Mr. Pastor spoke clearly and logically, which made Tom and Hermione startled for a while.

"Did the American Society of Magic really do such a thing?"

"I have no idea…"

The two once thought that wizards in the American wizarding world really did these things.

After the pastor's sermon, Tom noticed two burly men entering the church.

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God, earth, my air conditioner is broken! Ah, the air conditioner internal unit is dripping condensed water! I am too difficult!

PS: Halfway through the code words, I heard a strange noise from the balcony. I went over and saw that the roof of the balcony actually leaked? ? ?

Break the defense.