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0846 Considerations

The moment Trask Graves finished delivering his formal statement, Remus couldn't suppress the heavy exhalation of relief that left his lips like steam from a pressure valve. The enormous stone of anxiety that had been pressing against his chest for months, finally settled into quietness.

Bu...

0845 Acceptance

Bryan's gaze fell upon the silent Graves, observing the man's stiff posture and facial expression with scrutiny. For several seconds under the unspoken tension, Bryan observed many subtle details.

Finally, a strange and calculating glint flickered in Bryan's eyes.

This was truly a fas...

0844 Proposals

Regardless of their official position, department rank, or years of governmental experience, not a single person present in this conference room was a fool. The political and economic sophistication required to reach such levels within MACUSA's hierarchy meant that most of the attendees had clear...

0843 New Plans

The relevant materials and documentation had been submitted a long time ago by Remus to the International Magical Cooperation Department for review. Now, in this conference room, Bryan and Remus faced the crucial moment where they needed to provide detailed verbal explanations of their submitted ...

0842 Meeting

Since Bryan was willing to accept the invitation from that highly suspicious letter, there was certainly no logical reason to refuse the far more straightforward dinner invitation extended by Amelia's well-intentioned parents. Though it would simply have to be scheduled after the time agreed upon...

0841 The Plans

"Your parents invited me to dinner at your home?"

In the presidential suite of his Manhattan hotel, Bryan slowly placed the crystal wine glass in his hand onto the white marble bar counter decorated with swirling patterns. His eyebrow arched in a subtle expression of mild curiosity, though ...

0840 Each's own (LARGE-CHAPTER)

The setting sun's afterglow draped the city in a blood-red veil. Before darkness could fully descend, a chilling aura of impending violence seemed to hang in the air, ready to strike. Meanwhile, in the MACUSA dining hall, the 'casual conversation' between two high-ranking officials during their d...

0839 Talks

The Woolworth Building,

Magical Congress of the United States of America

When dusk met the dividing line with night, another ordinary yet busy workday had come to an end. A long queue of mentally exhausted Congress officials lined up before the firepl...

0838 Back

The cellar fell into a thoughtful silence as Newt's inquiry echoed in the air. The basilisk, its body sprawled across the floor, trembled with each breath beneath the oppressiveness of the Fiendfyre collar that encircled its neck.

Wright twisted its enormous tongue slowly with desperate hun...

0837 The Object

A tremendous roar echoed through the dark chamber, the heavy impact causing the entire vast room to tremble. What was even more alarming was that under the basilisk's frantic, desperate ramming, Salazar Slytherin's stone leg snapped clean off at the knee. The massive stone pillar crashed down, fa...

0836 Wright

Bryan followed Newt's figure as they made their way around the wooden cabin toward its back area. Beside a vegetable garden where numerous garden gnomes could be seen darting around between rows of cabbages, carrots, and beans, there stood what at first glance appeared to be nothing more than a w...

0835 Troubles

Newt Scamander looked at the young wizard in front of him with eyes that held the clarity of decades spent observing both magical creatures and human nature in their purest forms.

In recent years, this young man's name had begun appearing in Newt's conversations and communication with incre...

0834 Consequences

Crunch, crunch, crunch—

The horrifyingly sound of sharp, dagger-like teeth gnashing violently against each other filled the mountain air with a bone-chilling symphony of destruction and consumption.

Pale bone fragments, cracked and crushed into irregular shards by t...

0833 Times

Using one's tragic and unfortunate past experiences as a tool to manipulate emotions and gain sympathy from others was, in Bryan's view, the behavior pattern of those who had weak characters.

Even without possessing overwhelming magical power that legends spoke of, Bryan had cultivated with...

0832 The Past

Both Mr. and Mrs. Depp were making desperate attempts to conceal and suppress the overwhelming tsunami of emotions, but their hastily constructed emotional disguise was pitifully inadequate when faced with the perceptive scrutiny of Bryan. Their facades couldn't begin to fool him, and certainly c...

0831 Regrets

For a moment, Amelia found herself genuinely wondering whether her father and mother had perhaps suffered some kind of severe psychological shock or traumatic episode that had turned them mentally unstable.

However, when she intentionally shifted her gaze to meet her parents' eyes directly,...

0830 Emotions

'Bryan Watson?!'

This name, this surname. Mr. and Mrs. Depp's faces froze and turned pale, their aging hearts pumping rapidly within their chests, the surging blood now began pumping with frantic, irregular rhythm and rushed up to their heads causing both of them to feel slightly d...

0829 Meeting

"Our daughter really needs proper rest and recovery time right now. Could you perhaps come back another time to give your lecture?"

Upon hearing these words floating through the partially open doorway, Bryan and Remus, who had been standing quietly in the corridor just outside the ward, imm...

0828 Visiting

Government interference and manipulation of mainstream news media was something that happened in both Muggle world and the wizarding world, regardless of which specific country or political system one might be inspecting.

But when Remus picked up this morning's freshly printed copy of The N...

0827 The Meeting

The bright moon hung like a spotlight in the western part of the sky, its silver radiance casting shadows across the urban landscape of New York City. The persistent clamor of traffic throughout the bustling daylight hours was finally beginning to subside.

Yet even at this relatively late h...

0826 Expert (BIG-CHAPTER)

Bryan stopped his movements, his gaze shifting from the three kneazles that had appeared in the prison to the wizard who had just apparated nearby.

From the newcomer's completely gray-white short hair and beard, as well as the deep creases and wrinkles on his forehead and cheeks, one could ...

0825 Solving the Problem

After fighting to this point, the Nundu had come to deeply understand just how formidable Bryan actually was.

It knew that all those other wizards' abilities depended on the 'little wooden sticks' they clutched in their hands. But the gray-haired fellow standing in front of it with such inf...

0824 The Battle

Dozens of tons of reinforced concrete crashed down like an apocalyptic avalanche onto the ground thirty feet below. The impact created explosions of pulverized stone and twisted metal, wafting enormous clouds of choking dust that spread in all directions.

The thunderous, muffled roar of des...

0823 The Beast

The wild beasts of the jungle possess instincts far keener than any wizard's, as this intelligence was ingrained in their genes by millennia of survival—especially a Nundu standing at the apex of the food chain, its body was evolved as a result to countless victories over loser predators.

0822 The Accident

The sudden and violent commotion erupting from the streets below left Gnarlak completely bewildered and disoriented, his calculating mind was struggling to process the unexpected chaos that had so abruptly transformed his controlled business place into a war zone.

For several heart-stopping...

0821 The Intelligence

After listening intently to the intelligence provided by the cunning goblin, the three members of Bryan's group maintained their thoughtful silence, each lost in their own thoughts as they processed what they had just heard.

Amelia had a troubled frown. Her eyes had an unmistakable expressi...

0820 The Situation

"Trask Graves—yes indeed, a man of sterling reputation and moral conviction. Upright and incorruptible to his very core, someone who despises evil with the passion of a crusader confronting heretics,"

Gnarlak began, his lips curving into a calculating grin that revealed rows of yellowed, ...

0819 The Goblin Gnarlak

Gnarlak's gaze fell upon Hobby, and he began smacking his lips with obvious interest in this fine specimen of a cat-like creature. His eager eyes then swept over the three guests seated at the table.

The first to catch his attention was the young man whose silver-gray hair sparkled in the d...

0818 The Blind Pig

The indistinct black shadow hadn't yet arrived, but the fierce wind rushing toward them had already stirred their hair. Amelia shuddered for

The indistinct black shadow hadn't yet arrived, but the fierce wind rushing toward them had already stirred their hair. Amelia shuddered for an instan...

0817 Journey

Before arriving in New York, Bryan had never expected to receive a welcoming reception from the Magical Congress of the United States of Ame

Before arriving in New York, Bryan had never expected to receive a welcoming reception from the Magical Congress of the United States of America. Remu...