Celad Williams was a well-known journalist in the American Wizarding World.
He always managed to get hold of news no one else could.
A friend once asked him, while he was drunk, how he did it and why he was so cool. With bleary eyes, he always gave a mysterious smile and recited his catchphrase: "If you want to make it in this business, you need to have at least one trick up your sleeve."
Sometimes things that seemed mysterious turned out to be incredibly simple once the veil was lifted.
Just like when the secret behind an astonishing grand illusion was revealed, all you could say was, "Huh? That's it?" His trick was just as simple.
An ancestral Concealed Treasure Box.
Of course, calling it a treasure box was a bit of a stretch. It was more like a miniature coffin, a container used by an Ancient Wizard tribe to store the ashes of their "Wisdom Guide."
The box was extraordinarily mysterious. No matter what Charms you cast, you couldn't see it—or even touch it.
And yet it was undeniably real.
After Celad Williams's ancestor acquired it, he cut off a House-elf's head and used a Preservation Spell to keep it alive. He then placed the head inside the box, where it helped him uncover countless secrets and laid the foundation for his family's wealth.
Unfortunately, after a period of war, the spell that kept a House-elf's head alive was lost, and the family soon fell into decline.
By Celad Williams's generation, he had finally found a wonderful opportunity.
Muggle video cameras!
They were far more useful than a House-elf's head!
Besides, his family no longer had a Castle or a large house to attract House-elves.
Celad Williams believed he had contributed to the Magical World. Back when Magic