Old Batty knew Amelia's reputation and ability. He had no objection to this.
Obviously, Amelia had gotten together with Schelling very early on. Otherwise, how could she have spent a lot of effort to lobby in the Wizengamot so that Schelling could successfully obtain the alternate seat. It is not difficult for him to guess that in Schelling's mind, all characters, whether they are allies, subordinates, or even chess pieces, are probably ranked in order, and Amelia's ranking is undoubtedly the first among many allies. One person.
On the surface, he remained calm, but in fact, he was secretly thinking about how to make contributions to Xie Lin, create value, and increase his status and ranking in Xie Lin's heart. At this moment, he was unknowingly impressed by the leadership charisma that combined the wisdom, methods, scheming, and temperament displayed by Xie Lin.
He did not realize at all that he completely lost the pride that a pure-blood family leader should have. Instead, he immersed himself in the new role of a follower without any hindrance. Gaining Xie Lin's trust and attention suddenly became the most important thing in his life, but he didn't feel it was unexpected at all. Instead, he was willing to accept it.
"If I'm not wrong," Old Batty stopped beating around the bush and directly asked the question in his mind, "You spent all your efforts to recruit me because you have a task you want to give me, right?"
Xie Lin smiled, raised his hand slightly, and snapped his fingers.
Above the heads of Schelling and Old Batty, the air in mid-air suddenly fluctuated abnormally, and then a map almost 10 feet long slowly emerged from the void.
Old Batty's eyes condensed. He was a discerning person, so he naturally knew how difficult this wandless and silent transformation spell was. What's more, this map is obviously not a random graffiti. It has a large number of extremely fine marks and various lifelike sketches of landforms and landmarks.
"This is..." Old Batty recognized the map at a glance. This is a nationwide map of Great Britain, including Ireland.
"This is the inspiration I got from the map drawn by Muggles. Of course, I modified it to make it closer to the wizarding world -" Xie Lin pointed casually, "For example, you see, this is Huo Germode Village, do you see this building? It's the Three Broomsticks pub."
Sherrin moved his fingers downward, "Look here, this is London, this is St. Mungo's Hospital, this is King's Cross Station, this is Diagon Alley, this is the Ministry of Magic..."
Old Batty was so shocked that he was speechless by the detail of this map. He looked at the dense markings on the map and couldn't help but point to the markings in the residential areas of London and asked: "What are these? Isn't that where Muggles live?"
Schelling showed an unintelligible smile, and then moved his finger towards the residential area that Old Barty said, "This is Schellingford Square." He clicked a little on the building with the number 9 written on it. The names "Newton Scamander" and "Bourpentina Scamander" immediately appeared. "This is the residence of the famous Scamander." Schelling turned his head and looked at Old Barty, "Do you understand this?"
Old Batty's face was very wonderful.
He finally understood that the young man in front of him was serious. He was absolutely serious and wanted to bring the entire British wizarding world under his control.
Schelling's fingers continued to move over the London residential area, and then clicked on a sign in the residential area. "You shouldn't be unfamiliar with this place, right?" As soon as he finished speaking, "Sirius Black" appeared on the sign. ” and the name “Kreacher”.
"Isn't that the location of the Black ancestral home?" Old Barty frowned, "Sirius Black is actually hiding there! Hiding under our noses! What on earth are these Aurors doing, and the Intelligence Department is still talking about it? It is said that Blake is hiding abroad!" He suddenly seemed to think of something, turned his attention to Sherrin, and asked: "Isn't he one of yours? Is it your arrangement to have him there?"
Speaking of Sirius, he is really capable. As the most notorious figure under the Dark Lord, he escaped from Azkaban without even a wand, and he was able to lurk for so long without being caught. You know, the Ministry of Magic deployed a lot of manpower to catch him. Whether it was Aurors, strikers, or reconnaissance teams, they were all working overtime in shifts. Moreover, the Ministry of Magic also borrowed the help of the Muggle government. I can't even catch him.
It's fine if you say he fled abroad, but he has obviously always been in Great Britain, and it is also the most densely populated London. This is really too powerful.
Xie Lin shook his head gently, "Of course not. He was able to lurk for so long because someone was helping him, but that person was not me." His smile became more and more weird, "Would you like to guess who it is?"
Old Barty's eyebrows were already frowning tightly. "Are they Death Eaters? Have they contacted them?"
"No," Schelling answered. "It's Dumbledore."
"What!!!" Even with old Batty's state of mind, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
Among so many wizards and so many forces, he had thought it could be anyone, but he never thought it would be Dumbledore. How could the jealous Dumbledore get together with the Death Eaters?
"You can't think of it, right?" Sherlin smiled, "There should be some unknown secrets in Black's case. But the point is, if I guess correctly, when trouble comes, Black should be Dumbledore's Order of the Phoenix. An important member of the team. So——"
"It is my inference that this location is important enough for us to keep in mind, and that it will most likely be used as the future headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix."
Old Batty nodded, agreeing with Xie Lin's conjecture. If the mysterious man wants to rule the wizarding world, then the Ministry of Magic will inevitably become the target he must control.
So, from the perspective of the Order of the Phoenix, a location is in London, close enough to the Ministry of Magic, and it is a semi-empty mansion. The space inside is vast enough, and the ancient protective magic released on it also makes it concealable enough. Black The ancestral home is indeed the most suitable place to serve as the secret base of the Order of the Phoenix.
Schelling's fingers then went all the way south, crossing several wizarding gathering places in south London, such as the village of St. Catchpole, Godric's Hollow, the Cotswolds, and Dingworth in County Cornwall... Every time a mark is crossed, the name of the corresponding wizard will pop up on the mark.
Then, his finger turned a corner in the southernmost county of Cornwall, like drawing a circle around the coast of Great Britain, and began to move upward, finally stopping in Scotland...
Hebrides.
There was a triangular dragon head mark on it. The moment Schelling's finger touched the mark, the name of a family popped up——
MacFusty Clan.
That extremely mysterious family has very few connections with the British mainland.
The dragon-raising family that is rumored to be responsible for taking care of the ferocious Hebridean black dragons is called the "Black Dragon Tamer".
