The Admiral of Hogwarts

Just as Hugo and Enterprise were finishing their conversation about the Voodoo wizards through the admiral network, Enterprise was also bringing Hermione's story to a close. After hearing the story, Hermione's face immediately showed a mixture of anger and confusion.

"Is this really true?" Hermione asked Enterprise, looking up with some bewilderment. "If this is really the case, then why hasn't anyone exposed this fraud's tricks?"

"It should be true, because after hearing the Voodoo wizards' account yesterday, I had my friends in the United States investigate that small village, and they found some clues from the local villagers," Enterprise said. After yesterday's incident, Enterprise immediately contacted the ship girls in the United States and asked them to help verify.

Even though Enterprise and Hugo knew that Lockhart was indeed a despicable person who used Obliviation Charms to steal the experiences of others, they still needed to conduct a certain degree of background check on these recruits to ensure that there would be no unexpected troubles in the future.

Upon receiving the request, Massachusetts immediately took Salem through the Floo Network overnight to the small village in the Appalachian Mountains where the Voodoo wizards had once lived. Then, after the sun rose this morning, they posed as folklore professors from a university and inquired about the villagers' past.

It must be said that Lockhart has some skill to have been able to do this for so long without being exposed. At least, under Massachusetts's monetary offensive, several villagers said that they had seen a handsome middle-aged man with blond hair solve the monster problem that had plagued the village for a long time, restoring peace to the village.

However, while Massachusetts was asking questions, Salem quietly cast a spell to check the villagers' condition. The results showed that, unlike the relatively concealed spellcasting traces found when examining the old wizard, the traces of memory modification on the souls of these villagers were very obvious.

Obviously, due to the wizarding world's overall contempt for and even disregard of non-magical Muggles, wizards only conduct simple inquiries when investigating non-magical people. Therefore, even if Lockhart cautiously modified the memories of these Muggles, the modification process was naturally much rougher than modifying the memories of wizards.

Therefore, after simply checking the villagers with a few simple spells, Salem could confirm that what the Voodoo wizards had said before was indeed true, that Lockhart had indeed stolen the glory of their teacher and erased the memories of others to ensure that his crimes would not be exposed.

After Massachusetts carefully questioned the villagers, the two of them obtained more information. Through the collation and analysis of this information, the ship girls found more evidence unfavorable to Lockhart in this werewolf incident.

For example, the battle broke out in the middle of the night, and the villagers, knowing there was danger outside, would at most cautiously peek out through the windows of their homes. And this small village naturally didn't have much lighting, and the phone booth was at the entrance of the village. So even on a full moon night, it would have been impossible for those people to see what exactly happened inside the phone booth a dozen or even dozens of meters away.

After further questioning, some other villagers said that there was indeed an elderly and unkempt herbalist who lived on the edge of the village with his three students. However, not long after the village got rid of the werewolf's harassment, the elderly herbalist seemed to have fallen ill, so his disciples took him to the big city for treatment.

The villagers' answers coincided with the information that Vesta had previously obtained from the three wizard apprentices. The three students had previously told Vesta that they used taking their teacher to the big city for treatment as an excuse to the local villagers when they left.

"This is really too unacceptable." After listening to Enterprise's account of her investigation of the specific situation through her friends, Hermione shook her head in disbelief. "This is a public figure, how can he use such methods to steal the merits of others?"

"What's so unbelievable about that?" Hugo turned his head to look at his sister and said, "Not everyone is willing to honestly obtain wealth and glory through their own efforts. Compared to working hard, many people are more willing to take certain shortcuts to achieve their goals, just like those who try to cheat on exams."

"Okay, you're right." Hermione spread her hands, showing a helpless expression, and then asked Enterprise, "Then why don't these victims report to the police, such as finding a judge or an Auror to accuse this man named Lockhart of the criminal acts he committed before, and then let the law punish him."

"Ah, that's indeed a good idea in theory. Because according to the laws of wizards, Lockhart's actions are also serious crimes." Enterprise shrugged her shoulders in a very American style. "But in actual practice, it's not like that, and even for those three apprentices, it's extremely difficult to accuse Lockhart."

Then Enterprise explained why she said that. Like the Muggle world's courts, the courts of the British and American wizarding world also adopt the case law of the maritime legal system. That is to say, if you have enough money or power, you can influence the jury to find you not guilty through various means.

In this case, as the most famous writer and superstar in the wizarding world, Gilderoy Lockhart has ten thousand ways to get rid of those charges against him. And those three Voodoo wizard apprentices obviously don't have enough power to seek justice for their teacher from Lockhart through various legal procedures.

"It seems that the wizarding world is no different from the ordinary world in this regard." After hearing Enterprise say this, Hermione's face showed a helpless expression. As a girl who is a little precocious and has read a lot of extracurricular books, she has naturally learned about many of the dark sides of society from books.

"Yes, this is the real state of our world." Enterprise shrugged her shoulders helplessly. "So I'm now using my connections to let them go to my friends in England. My friends have some special magic that should be able to help their teacher's current situation."

"That sounds like good news." Hermione nodded and said. At this moment, their ship smoothly crossed the ocean and arrived at the habitat of the Cloud Whale. So they ended the chaotic content before and began to observe this magical animal.

In the following period, they toured various tourist attractions in the Hawaiian Islands. In addition, the two of them also completed their summer homework under Enterprise's guidance and help.

Happy days are always short-lived. When the time came to August 1st, they ended their vacation and prepared to take a plane back to London. However, shortly after boarding the plane, Hugo saw a shocking message.