After World War I ended, although Britain and France had been allies, the relationship between the British Ministry of Magic and France had deteriorated.
At the time, the British Ministry of Magic had dispatched Aurors across the world in an attempt to capture Grindelwald, as if questioning other countries' competence.
It had been Henry Potter who called upon wizards to participate in World War I, and it was also the British who intended to capture Grindelwald, that madman bent on ruling the world.
French wizards were not like Muggles. France's response to the British Ministry of Magic was that any wizard dispatched without French consent would be expelled.
The incident Newt Scamander had caused in New York made it difficult for him to get onto the whitelist. As a result, he had no choice but to sneak into France, and it was precisely because of that illegal entry that he was wanted by the French Ministry of Magic.
There were currently no enchantments along the border between Britain and France to detect whether wizards had entered illegally. After all, Britain was now a member of the European Union.
There was an underground wine cellar in the manor. At its entrance stood a statue, apparently of a young nobleman standing with a scepter in hand. The obsidian at the tip of the scepter was the Portkey.
Using that Portkey, Pomona and Severus returned to the apartment in South Kensington.
With it, Pomona no longer had to live in the mansion Lucius used to house his mistresses.
It happened to be Father's Day, and she was going to give that "good father" a fine gift.
British Muggles were following the same path as the French. Aside from London, every other city was becoming increasingly desolate, just as in France, where everything outside