Chapter 85: Visiting the Titus Family

【Barty Crouch, Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, has officially accepted an investigation by the Ministry of Magic's Investigation Committee, only to find the corpse of a house-elf hidden in his mansion.】

The day after Christmas, the Daily Prophet exposed another piece of news.

Old Barty's refusal to accept the Ministry of Magic's inspection some time ago caused a huge stir in the wizarding world, and it seemed to have had an effect.

After Christmas, under pressure from the Ministry of Magic, Old Barty had to accept the investigation.

But in the end, besides finding the corpse of a house-elf, the Ministry of Magic found nothing else.

The corpse had been proven to be Winky, the house-elf in the Crouch family.

But this could not bring any guilt to Crouch.

After all, wizards have the power to dispose of house-elves at will.

Some people think that Old Barty had already cleaned up the real guilt during this time, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly agreed to accept the inspection.

But even if that were true, there is no evidence to prove this point.

Besides condemning his cruelty and insinuatingly smearing him, Fudge had no other moves.

Old Barty began to fight back against Fudge's various previous slanders, stabilizing his status and work.

John only briefly looked over the movements in the wizarding world.

After finding nothing worth noting, he didn't look at it anymore.

After Hermione went back, John also spent a happy Christmas with his family.

Afterwards, everything returned to the right track; parents went out to work, and John stayed at home reading, studying, and doing homework.

Occasionally, when encountering problems, John would make a phone call directly to Hermione's home to learn from her.

Hermione answered the phone full of joy, thinking John would chat with her about something interesting.

As a result, all three calls were about studying...

Regarding this, although Hermione was helpless, she still patiently explained the study problems to John.

After completing the extra homework assigned by various professors, the only thing left in the Christmas holiday arrangement was to visit the Titus family.

However, the time they agreed upon was actually to wait until two days before school started.

They planned to visit there just before school started, stay for a day, and then set off for Hogwarts together.

John had also told his family about this in advance, and his parents had no objections.

Soon, it was the day before school started.

John set off to visit Titus's home.

Titus's home is said to be in the outer ring of London, but it's actually not far.

The place where they live is an ordinary Muggle residential building.

He thought that pure-blood families would generally live in some isolated place, or at the very least, a place with fewer Muggles.

As a result, the Titus family lives directly in a Muggle residential building, in contact with Muggles every day.

This is far from the feeling of the so-called pure-blood family he imagined.

Let alone the Twenty-Eight Sacred Clans.

But speaking of the Twenty-Eight Sacred Clans, this is what Titus once mentioned, saying their family is one of the Twenty-Eight Sacred Clans.

It was only later that John learned about the so-called Twenty-Eight Sacred Clans, and as a result, there was no surname Claur.

Although he felt a bit strange, he didn't ask much.

Following the address, John entered the third floor of the residential building, found the last household, and rang the doorbell.

Before long, a sound of happy running came from inside.

With a 'click', the door opened; it was Titus.

"John! You finally came."

The little fatty hugged John happily and pulled him in.

During the day, Titus's parents went out to work, so he was the only one at home.

"I thought wizard families would generally live away from Muggles."

"I didn't expect you to mix directly with Muggles."

After John walked in, he looked around curiously, saying with a 'tsk tsk' of wonder.

The hall connects to the kitchen and dining table; everything is plain, just like an ordinary Muggle family, and it's decorated quite beautifully.

After all, mixing in a Muggle residential building, you can't put messy things in the hall; if someone passes by and finds out, it would be terrible.

"What's the big deal? There are even wizards living with Muggles."

Titus smiled nonchalantly.

"Let's go, I'll take you to my room."

Saying that, he led John directly towards the inner room.

John found that there were many doors on both sides of the corridor inside, and the layout was clearly unreasonable.

How could this house accommodate so many rooms?

He didn't have time to ask before he arrived at Titus's room.

After entering, he was shocked by the scene inside.

This room is very small, about the same size as a carriage compartment on the Hogwarts Express.

This is not the main point.

The main point is that there is a small tent set up in the room.

This doorway is the entrance to the tent; besides entering the tent, there is no other place to stand.

"This......"

"Hehe, very surprised, right? You go in and see, and you'll know."

Titus pushed John directly in, and as a result, after entering the tent, John was shocked again.

Because the space inside is actually very large, more than twice as large as his living room.

The layout inside is also very perfect; what a Muggle room should have, it has, and what it shouldn't have, it also has.

"Undetectable Extension Charm?"

"That's right!"

John looked at the space inside and immediately realized something, saying in astonishment.

Titus continued with a smile.

"You just saw it too; there are eight rooms in the corridor. Besides the washroom and bathroom, other rooms are like this."

"Setting up a tent with an Undetectable Extension Charm as a room."

"This way, my house seems very small, but in fact, every room is very large."

John also understood Titus's meaning, and at the same time understood the reason for this layout.

Undetectable Extension Charm, this is a very high-level space-type magic spell.

It can enlarge the size of a space, which is very practical.

But this spell is also strictly controlled by the Ministry of Magic.

Wizards are not allowed to abuse it privately.

Because this spell can easily allow a large number of wizards to hide in a confined space, illegal immigration or illegal gathering, which easily increases social hidden dangers.

So currently, this spell is only allowed to be used on standard equipment produced by the Ministry of Magic.

For example, standard student suitcases, standard storage bags, and standard travel tents, etc., all of which are worth a lot of money.

And the tent in front of him is clearly a travel tent.

But the Titus family didn't use it for travel, but used it as a room...

Should I say, this is truly a genius.

After all, who stipulated that you can't camp at home?

Even if it's really illegal, at most, the tent will be confiscated, and you can just buy another one through someone else.

"Awesome."

John didn't know what to say, could only raise a thumb, expressing admiration.

Inside the tent, there are life-related spells such as Insulation Charm, Waterproof Fireproof Charm, and Cleaning Charm.

Throwing his coat aside, the coat will automatically fly to the hanger and hang up.

Kicking off his shoes, the shoes will fly to the exit and be placed.

It couldn't be more convenient.

Is this a wizard family? Loved it, loved it.

John went straight to Titus's big bed and lay down without hesitation.

Titus didn't mind, waved his hand, and snacks and drinks flew over automatically.

Speaking of which, in this kind of wizard family, underage little wizards can use a little magic.

Although the Ministry of Magic prohibits underage little wizards from casting spells off-campus, the Ministry of Magic cannot accurately monitor every little wizard.

They seem to only be able to detect magical fluctuations in the area where the little wizard is, but cannot distinguish whether the magic was cast by the little wizard or an adult wizard.

And when an area is known as the living area of a wizard family, the Ministry of Magic ignores it even more.

Even if the adult wizard is not at home, there will be no trouble if magical fluctuations appear here.

So now John can also cast magic here at will.

Of course, the premise of everything is not to be discovered by Muggles. ===== CHAPTER 86 =====