From Azkaban

There was no other way. Even though they knew they might not sell many, they still had to report such a big event.

It is no longer just a question of profit or loss. If they don't report it, they will lose the reputation and consumer base they have accumulated over a long period of time.

The main problem is what the general wizarding public who read the newspapers will think if such a major event is not reported.

"No, the last proposal can't be delayed any longer! The British wizarding world must send people to stay there permanently. We can't continue to be distanced from them by the New Age Newspaper."

Throwing the newspaper of New Times on the table, the manager of the second largest newspaper in the French wizarding world decided to approve the proposal put forward by his subordinates at the last meeting.

As major newspapers rushed to report on the incident, the magic network and Locke once again appeared in the vision of French wizards.

Seeing that all the newspapers in this issue were basically reporting mainly on him, many French wizards could no longer suppress their curiosity about him and the magic network.

Especially the Magic Network, the last newspaper report had actually caused quite a stir in the French magic world.

It's just because of the overall sluggishness of wizards that even though many people are very interested in the magic network, there are not many actual responses.

This feeling is similar to when a person initially learns about other countries' high-tech on the Internet. He can be sure that it is very powerful and advanced, and he is very interested in it, but in the end he will only stop there.

Everyone has to live, and so do wizards, so they are very clear about their own situations in many things.

Therefore, even if you learn about the high technology of other countries, all you can do is envy and fantasize about it at the time, and you still have to continue your life.

Originally, the situation was just like this. If there was no subsequent news from Locke, or if news came after a long time, then this matter would have just passed.

By the time the Magic Network Company arrives in France in the future, given the wizards' conditions, they may have forgotten the news.

But there are no ifs. As this new news once again set the entire French magical world on fire, the interest of the French wizards in the magic network and wizards has reached a new height.

There are two main factors that played a role in this: one is the awarding of the Order of Merlin, and the other is the solution to the problem of duds.

As Filch followed Ollivander's instructions and began to try out the wands one by one, letters continued to be sent to the corresponding departments of the French Ministry of Magic in France.

"That's what's going on. There are so many letters today!"

Inside the French Ministry of Magic at Furstenberg Square, a female wizard employee looked at the cardboard box in front of her with a look of surprise.

"I just read a few letters, all of which want the Ministry of Magic to quickly introduce the magic network."

Next to her, a plump, round-faced witch who looked to be in her forties and wore glasses answered her. In front of her was a small stack of opened letters, proving that she was not talking nonsense.

"Introducing the Magical Web? This name sounds familiar...ah! Is it the Magical Web mentioned in the last newspaper report on the return of magic potions?"

There will always be loopholes in the transmission of information, and this witch is one of them. Seeing her surprised expression, the round-faced, slightly plump witch with glasses was also surprised.

"Viti, didn't you read today's newspaper?"

In addition to communication between people, the wizarding world basically relies on newspapers to obtain information, including in Britain before the launch of the Magic Network, so wizards basically develop the habit of reading newspapers every day.

Especially for the staff of the Ministry of Magic, the information they get from reading the newspaper every day is basically the topic of their daily gossip, so they were surprised that their colleagues did not read the newspaper.

"I left home a little late today and didn't have time to buy a newspaper on the way... Wait! Are you saying that all this is because of today's newspaper? Professor Kazir is in the newspaper again!"

The young witch, Viti, widened her eyes in surprise. Seeing her like this, the round-faced, plump witch with glasses reached out from behind her and took out a folded newspaper.

"Take a look for yourself. This time is different from the last time. Not only is there a magical image of Professor Kazir, but the things reported are also more advanced than before. By the way, you guessed it right before. Professor Kazir is super handsome!"

The round-faced, slightly plump witch raised her eyebrows at Weiti, raised the corners of her mouth and shook her head slightly, raised her cheeks to squeeze her eyes smaller, revealing an ambiguous smile.

"Let me see!"

Seeing the smile on her colleague's face, Weidi suddenly became interested. She took the newspaper and unfolded it, her eyes wandering over the newspaper, not looking at the words, only looking for pictures.

"Wow~ He's so handsome! I knew it, how could a wizard who is so talented and kind not be handsome?"

Weidi looked at the black and white magic image on the newspaper and immediately began to appreciate it carefully with a look of satisfaction.

"Okay, stop being so crazy and read the words. Those are the important information."

Asking Vitti to read the words, the round-faced, slightly plump witch held her eyes with her hand and used magic to divide the letter in half in front of herself and the other half in front of Vitti.

While Vitti was reading the newspaper, the round-faced, slightly plump witch quickly went through the letters on her side. As she expected, most of them were letters asking the Ministry of Magic to get in and lead into the magic network.

"Have you finished reading it? It's the same as what I thought. They all asked for the introduction of the magic network. In fact, I also think that the magic network should be introduced. I heard that the Ministry of Magic in the UK uses the magic network for office work, and their work is much easier than ours."

As she was speaking, the plump round-faced witch turned around and found that a new letter had been delivered. She sighed softly.

Volume 1: Chapter 157 Expansion

The letters from the French wizards were not only written to the French Ministry of Magic, but the Magic Network Company located in Diagon Alley in the UK also received many letters sent from France the day before the next day.

The meaning of the letters was basically the same, all asking when Magic Network Company planned to expand Magic Network to France.

Many wizards made it clear in their letters that as long as the Magic Network Company gave a positive answer, they would immediately write a joint letter to put pressure on the French Ministry of Magic to agree to allow Magic Network to enter the French magical world.

"It seems that Rodolphus has achieved very good results. These French wizards have written to the Magic Network Company."

In the Werewolf Village, Lucius stood on a high platform, watching the new and old complete werewolf troops fighting below, while telling them the news he had just received.

"It's better to report this matter to the adults and let them decide. It's just right that we are together. I haven't reported the situation of the werewolf village to the adults for a while. This time the werewolf army is expanding, so I must report it to the adults."

Lupin and Sirius stood on the left side of Lucius. After hearing Lucius's news, Lupin spoke with a smile.

"I've already sent a message to the adults, let's go online."

As he said this, Lupin closed his eyes. Seeing him like this, Lucius also closed his eyes and logged into the magic network.

"grown ups"

As soon as he entered the space, Lucius saw Locke and quickly stepped forward with his cane in hand and bowed.

"Well, Remus, go on."

Locke nodded slightly, then motioned for Lupin to continue.

"Okay, sir. With the addition of the ten new fully formed werewolves that have reached the standard, the werewolf troop now has a total of twenty-one people. As for the werewolf village, regarding the Round Table Council and you, sir..."

Lupin spoke neither hurriedly nor slowly. As his life became better and better and his status became higher and higher, he no longer showed the embarrassment and shrinkage he once had. Instead, he exuded a strong sense of confidence and composure.

"You are doing very well, keep it up. Inform Sirius that I will be meeting the new members of this batch in a while."

After listening to Lupin's report, Locke nodded with satisfaction and turned his gaze to look at Lucius who had been waiting quietly.

"What about you Lucius?"

"Sir, there is something going on in France............."

Lucius bowed slightly again, stood up and reported the matters concerning the magic network and France to Locke.

"Sir, I think that given the current situation, it is a good time for the magic network to enter France."

"Rodolphus has now completely established a foothold in France. Once the magic network is stationed there, the Round Table Council will surely be able to fully grow in the shortest possible time."

Lupin also agreed with Lucius' experience and expressed his opinion immediately after Lucius finished his report.

"Yes, sir. The situation in France is obviously mature now. It is undoubtedly the most appropriate time to move in the magic network. Rodolphus has also obtained a legitimate identity. Once the magic network helps, the branch there will surely develop rapidly."

Both of them had pure ideas, they both hoped that the French branch could develop better, and after thinking for a while, Locke also felt that it could be done.

"Lucius, contact Rodolphus first and tell him about this matter. Ask him to collect detailed intelligence and information from the masses over there. If possible, investigate the situation at the French Ministry of Magic."

"If the French Ministry of Magic has no objection to the deployment of the Magic Network, then we will make arrangements based on the situation. Whether you take the initiative to contact or wait for the French Ministry of Magic to contact you is up to you to decide."

Lucius smiled when he heard that Locke also agreed to expand the Magic Network to France, and that he would still be in charge of the Magic Network instead of handing it over to Rodolphus who was in France.

"Don't worry, I will contact Rodolphus right away and will definitely handle this matter. At the same time, I will try to resolve this matter within three days."

"If time is not a problem, sir, perhaps you can talk to Dumbledore and the Wizengamot to postpone the medal awarding ceremony."

"It just so happens that the Wizengamot originally assigned you the merits of the magic network and solving the werewolf problem. Now that you have solved the important problem of the squib, it is completely fine for them to postpone it."

"As long as the time is right, you can invite French wizards to participate in your investiture ceremony, thereby rapidly increasing your influence in France."

The expansion of the magic network was not a problem for Lucius at all, because the core of the magic network had already been taken away by Rodolphus.

Originally, the secondary core of the magic network was placed by Rodolphus in the first base. Later, with the opening of newspapers, the location was changed to the commercial street of the British wizarding world, and the core of the magic network was naturally moved there.

Later, because the coverage of the magic network was not enough, Rodolphus completely included the work areas of his employees and took away five magic network area cores from the British wizarding world again.

Now the whole of France is completely covered by the magic network, so for Lucius, the only problem he needs to solve is a "legal" title for entry.

"Postponing the investiture ceremony is a good idea. Please try your best to do it. I will discuss this matter with Dumbledore."

“Okay, I’ll do it now.”

Lucius bowed again and then left the magic network.

After Lucius left, Sirius brought ten new complete werewolves online to meet Locke.

.....................

"Postpone the award ceremony for four days. Okay. I just happened to be telling you about this. Because of the squib issue, the Wizengamot also thinks the time needs to be changed. At the same time... discuss some new issues."

In Locke's office, after the showdown that night, Locke and Dumbledore no longer concealed the truth and directly pulled him together to do intensive research every day.

Now Grindelwald no longer needs to hide the truth from his old man, and the couple accompanies each other every day.

"That's fine. Let's just leave it at that. Come on, let's continue..."

After quickly finalizing this small matter, the three legendary wizards in the magical world began to work hard again.

What the three of them are studying now is the technology to continue developing the Squib and Muggle transformation technology. Dumbledore's attitude towards the Muggle transformation technology is that since it cannot be stopped, then I will get involved. This is at least better than knowing nothing, at least problems can be discovered in time.

The next day came. Locke, who had not slept for two months but was still full of energy, sent off the two tired old men and went to the classroom to teach the fourth grade.

Outside, today's newspaper headlines are "The first ever wand dedicated to a squib" and "The awarding ceremony is postponed, the Wizengamot may award two first-class Orders of Merlin."

In France, Rodolphus, who had been busy all night and had not yet had time to organize and send out the news, received a message from Lucius.

"Don't worry, Rodolphus. The French Ministry of Magic has already arrived and is ready to build momentum for the Magic Network. I will go to the adults to lift the restrictions on the French Demon King. Oh, and please help me find a suitable store."

Reading the information on the Enchanted Web and looking at the large amount of intelligence collected on his desk, Rodolphus lowered his eyelids helplessly and leaned back on the chair.

Volume 1: Chapter 158: Money

Although he felt helpless, Rodolphus immediately called back the members who were still collecting intelligence outside, and at the same time stopped the investigation of the French Ministry of Magic.

As for the stores opened by Magic Network Company after it came to France, this is not a problem at all. Although the branch members here are not as prestigious as those in the UK, there are still some pure-blood family members.

After quickly getting several members to set up a connected shop similar to the Diagon Alley in the UK, Rodolphus immediately went online to contact Lucius.

Don't get me wrong, Rodolphus is not in a hurry to report the situation to Lucius, but is preparing to...

"Transfer the money! Hurry up, I have everything ready. The five stores and the decoration are all ready. Please transfer the money to me as soon as possible."

On the magic network, Rodolphus did not log in completely, but sent a voice message to Lucius in a semi-logged state.

"......"

Lucius, who was working in Knockturn Alley, was a little slow to react when he heard the voice message.

Lucius was used to doing things in the UK. For things like running a shop, he only collected money and rarely paid out money. Now that someone suddenly asked him for money at this time, Lucius actually felt a little nostalgic.

"Send the amount over and I'll have someone go to Gringotts to transfer it."

Without further ado, although Lucius was a little surprised, he immediately replied to Rodolphus.

The next second after the message was sent, Rodolphus' message came. After a casual glance, Lucius arranged the matter through the magic network.

"Alas, it still feels a bit troublesome now. It would be great if these could also be directly connected to the magic network, so that money can be transferred directly through the magic network."

"It's a pity that the goblins in Gringotts have not relented. We can only wait until the adults have dealt with them before resolving this matter."

Shaking his head, Lucius turned and walked out of the space where the core of the magic network was placed.

In Diagon Alley, at the bustling Magic Network Company, members of the pure-blood family, the official owner of the Magic Network, sent several French wizards out the door with a smile on their faces.

At this moment, outside Diagon Alley, the people coming and going on the slightly narrow street were mostly delivery wizards in various uniforms, and only a small number were customers who came here for shopping.

"Just send it here, Mr. Parkinson. I hope you can quickly complete the expansion of the magic network. We have been flooded with letters from the public these past two days."

There were three wizards sent by the French Ministry of Magic, two men and one woman. The leading wizard was the oldest, a middle-aged bald man. The remaining man and woman looked very young, probably in their twenties.

"Manager Weir, please rest assured. We are very efficient here. I have just arranged the matter. If everything goes well, it will take at most three days."

Perth Parkinson, a member of the Parkinson family, is also the resident manager of Magic Network Company.

"So fast!"

Supervisor Weir was amazed by such efficiency and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, is this the help brought by the magic network? It seems that their work will become easier soon.

"Of course, our company attaches great importance to this matter. Being able to promote the magic network is also what Professor Kazir wants to see."

I’m used to shouting this all the time, and I almost let it slip this time, luckily Perth reacted quickly.

"Yes, the British wizarding world is truly magical. It always produces great wizards like Professor Casimir and Headmaster Dumbledore who can change the world."

This was not just a compliment. Will really admired Locke in his heart. After all, everything Locke did was actually changing the world.