In the small living room, a boy of about 11 was sitting at the dining table. In front of him was a thick volume with a detailed description of various plant species.
Suddenly, this calm atmosphere was broken by a knock on the window. The boy looked up from his book and headed for the door, an exasperated expression on his face that someone would have noticed.
When he opened the cedar door, he saw a paper airplane in front of him, and there was no one on the street, even the neighbors were still asleep or just starting to get up, so the streets were quiet and empty. Deciding to finish this question as soon as possible, he reached out his hand, and the paper plane immediately flipped into the air and fell into his hand, but this time in the form of a letter.
After closing the door, the boy went back to the desk and opened the letter.
Alex Ward
You must inform me at 9 o'clock today. There is an important matter that I will entrust to you.
Your grandfather and the head of the Pitter Ward family.
"All right," Alex said after reading the letter.::
With a heavy sigh, he accepted his fate. He went back to reading, but now all his thoughts were focused on the note from his grandfather. No, you do not think that he did not respect and love him, on the contrary, he considered him his father and teacher. But in this note, everything is strange. Too short, less formal than usual, though strict.
"The Gm case?"?? I don't have a magic wand yet. And he wants to give me this job. Although I don't think it makes sense to think about it now. Especially about what Grandpa came up with there.
Alex picked up the book and went into the bedroom. After climbing the stairs to the second floor. He passed the room of his mother, who had left for America a month ago. Sell the family's magical artifacts there.
He went to his room, which, like any boy his age, was a little dirty in the absence of his parents. I put the book about magic plants on the shelf.
I took fresh clothes and went to take a bath. After half an hour, he was ready to leave.
Closing the door with the enchanted key behind him, Alex descended the steps and headed for the center of the village.
Outside, the sun was shining-an extremely rare occurrence in the spring in the UK. I walked slowly along a small path between several white limestone houses with stained glass windows.
The old man came out of the house on the right, and he immediately noticed Alex.
"Hey, my boy, where are you going to find out so early in the morning?" the white-haired old man asked.
"Hello, Mr. Arthur, my grandfather called me. I said back to Arthur.
"Oh, then I won't distract you, Alex. If our boss calls, you should come early.
"Yes, yes, goodbye, and good luck to you."
After finishing the conversation with him, Alex continued on his way.
The place he went to in the British wizarding community was called Ward Village.
The Ward family is one of the oldest families in magical Britain.
Its founder is considered to be Marcus Ward, the son of Roman magicians, who settled in Great Britain.
At one time, Marcus Ward was considered the most powerful mage in Europe because of his invincible defensive spells. At the expense of which he could, if not win, then stay alive under a hail of spells.
The spells he created could only be used by his descendants because of the ritual he performed before his life.
Marx had 9 sons, and according to his opinion, they should not be separated and live separately, but were forced to build a common house in which they would all live and protect each other.
His sons fulfilled his last wish and founded Ward Hall, a magical settlement where the descendants of Marks Ward have lived for several hundred years.
This is a fenced area with a thick 10-meter wall, behind which buildings are arranged in a circle, starting with residential buildings, ending with training grounds, from time to time I heard the sounds of using spells from them. The entire area of Ward Hall is covered by
towers with a height of at least 50 meters. They serve for defensive and service purposes.
A total of 1,500 wizards and witches lived on the Ward Hall grounds.
Alex often wondered why there were so many people in their family
Everyone here is connected to each other. They are all a big, close-knit family.
You have no idea what it's like to live when all the old women are your grandmothers and want to hug you.
By the way, being in magical Britain, it is incredibly difficult to find a family of more than 12 people.
After all, there are only 25,000 thousand wizards living in the UK itself.
When he asked that question. Why are there so many people in our family? The adults said that our family spells protected us from curses and that, unlike most magical families, we did not banish squibs, but allowed them to form a family with wizards or with other squibs, which allowed them to regain their magical abilities after several generations.
This answer has always made me wonder why other families don't do this.
The adults did not answer this question.
My brain was trying to find the answer to this question when I had already reached my destination.
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