Admiral of Hogwarts

Hugo and Hermione had a very happy time at Hood that day, because the two maids not only provided everyone with a lot of delicious snacks, but also gained a lot of new knowledge after joining them in conversation, such as a series of Tips on organizing your chores at home.

"I think Sister Hood must be a noble." When returning home, Hermione got a little excited and leaned close to Hugo and whispered softly. "The two maids who appeared today are so elegant in their movements. They look like they should be top maids trained by hereditary noble families."

"I think so too." Hugo nodded and said, "And to be honest, their cooking skills are really amazing. For example, the freshly baked Turkish-style dishes we had during afternoon tea before Desserts, whether it’s palava or Turkish delight, are simply divine.”

Early the next morning, Hugo and Hermione each pulled a suitcase and followed their parents in the taxi they had specially called yesterday to go straight to Heathrow Airport. After completing a series of preparations, they followed the instructions on the ticket. The message boarded an international passenger plane bound for the United States.

The Grangers bought direct tickets for everyone from London to New York, but even so the journey took a full eight hours. So after getting off the plane and finishing a series of things and walking out of New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, they actually suppressed their sleepiness and got into a taxi heading to the hotel.

Long-distance travel is an uncomfortable thing for both Muggles and wizards. Compared with Muggles' journeys that take a lot of time, wizards spend less time on this kind of travel. many. But both the unpleasantness of the process and the money spent are no different from those of Muggles.

After all, there are not many wizards who can use Phantom Walk to cross such a long distance, and there are also very few rich and powerful wizards who have various magical vehicles that can travel long distances. There are even fewer people who can enjoy Phoenix's teleportation service. Therefore, for ordinary wizards who want to travel, they only have the transnational floo network or some legal door keys to choose from. It's just that these two things have their own shortcomings.

Among them, the international floo network fee is relatively cheap, but the sites are not only few but also very fixed. To make matters worse, a trip across the Atlantic Ocean might require a person to wander through the Floo network for about half an hour. Therefore, for many people, it is difficult for their bodies to withstand such violent swings, like being in a washing machine.

In comparison, the door key is much faster. And you can also specify where you want to go next. But the shortcoming of this kind of trip is also obvious, that is, it is too expensive. For example, a trip across the Atlantic would cost an average Ministry of Magic employee about two months' salary.

Therefore, many wizards prefer to spend more time using Muggle travel methods when making such long journeys, especially after the advent of the industrial age. Although this is a little slower, at least it will be more comfortable when traveling, and the price/performance ratio is very high.

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

Fortunately, the hotel Mr. Granger booked was in New York City, so the car arrived at the hotel smoothly after only twenty or thirty minutes of driving. But just when they dragged their luggage to the family suite they had reserved with tired faces, they found a young man wearing a windbreaker that was definitely not suitable for the season standing in the suite.

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

"Sir, please don't get excited, I don't mean any harm." The young man raised his hands to show that he was not a threat to the interception family, and then said. "My name is Mike Johnson. I am an American wizard and belong to the Magical Congress of the United States of America's Wand Management Office. Because there are two unregistered wands imported here, I came here to take a look."

"Father, I think he is looking for us." Hugo said to his father, then looked at the young man in front of him and asked, "Can you tell us carefully what we should do? I think you should find that we come from somewhere else." I come from a magical family, and I only attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for one year. So I don’t know much about some things in the wizarding world.”

"Of course, this is a special law in our American wizarding world. It's normal for you, as young British wizards, not to understand it." Mike also relaxed at this time. He found that the two young wizards in front of him should really just be against each other. The situation here is just unclear, and it is not the kind of dangerous people sneaking in and invading that he was worried about before coming here.

“In accordance with the laws of our Magical Congress of the United States, all members of our magical society in the United States, whether nationals or visitors, are required to carry a wand license so that we can track all magical activity and identify the perpetrators by their wand. "

"In other words, even adult wizards in the United States need to add traces to their wands just like our underage wizards in the UK." Hugo reacted immediately after hearing what the MACUSA staff member said. came over and said, "Well, you know we're British, so if we leave the United States after our trip, will this wand surveillance still exist for us?"

"Please rest assured that the registration magic used by you tourists is different from the registration magic used by our residents." The MACUSA staff member said, "This kind of registration magic will disappear automatically as soon as you complete your trip and leave the country. , I will definitely not continue to follow you."

"It seems that wizards' laws are quite humane." Mr. Granger said after listening to the wizard briefly introduce the United States' policy on wands, and then asked. "By the way, you just said you were going to MACUSA to register my children's wands, so how should they get there?"

"I think it's enough to call a taxi to take us there." Mike said with a shrug. "After all, for little wizards who are so young and have never been exposed to Apparition, it is obviously not a good idea to take them to Apparition. Plus, the Magical Congress is in New York. So I think I can use your No-Majs. Transportation."

"No-Maj" Mrs. Granger asked curiously.

"It means the same thing as your British Muggles, which refers to ordinary people who don't know magic." Mike shrugged. "Okay, let's get started. The sooner the better for this kind of registration work."