Mysterious
Today, after waking up, Catherine sat at her dressing table. She swore she had never taken such good care of her appearance as she had now.
Even when attending a ball at the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I had never put in this much effort.
About two weeks ago, Nicholas told Catherine that a Britain guest would be visiting him in the United States, and as Nicholas's successor, she needed to meet him.
Yes, heir.
Nicholas was actually very rich, even richer than everyone else in his family combined. Strangely, none of his relatives, friends, or even family members knew that Nicholas was rich.
All they knew was that Nicholas was a reclusive alchemist.
In the American magical world, alchemy is not a popular profession. The threshold for alchemy is very high, and alchemical experiments are considered by most wizards to be expensive experiments, ranking alongside Potions research as the most costly.
The American Ministry of Magic maintains very strict surveillance over wizards, so even if they manage to produce some results, it's hard to say whether they'll be of any use.
Therefore, there were very few alchemists in the United States, and most of them were very poor.
But Nicholas is very rich.
One day, while Catherine was spending her summer vacation at Nicholas's farm, Nicholas asked her if she wanted to become his heir.
At that moment, Catherine hesitated.
Catherine is a genius with a bright future. Although she also loves alchemy, she will not gamble with her future.
She never forgot that Nicholas seemed to have seen through her thoughts and told her that as long as she became the heir, she would never lack "Dragot" again in her life, and she could spend a lot of time and energy on alchemy in the future.
In the end, Catherine made an Unbreakable Vow to her grandfather Nicholas, and it was on that day that she learned just how rich her grandfather was.
As the only wizard in America to sell Floo Powder, Nicholas owns all the profits from this unique business, except for half of them.
Not long ago, Catherine, who had just graduated from the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, received Nicholas's first gift: a house.
After Nicholas dies sometime in the future, he will be able to inherit most of Nicholas's estate.
Honestly, no one dislikes a well-paying job.
United States wizards are actually quite pragmatic. They like to emulate "Dragot," and they usually compete to get a job at the American Ministry of Magic with a well-paid salary.
Perhaps this is related to the high cost of living in the United States.
Actually, Catherine didn't like that place.
If she were to enter the Ministry of Magic, her only advantage would be her impressive academic record. Her starting point would be even lower than that of her friends with connections, and her talent wouldn't be of much help to her future.
Here, dreams are expensive.
This is also why Catherine was willing to make Unbreakable Vow.
She quickly grew to love her current job and enjoyed the feeling of being rich, which meant she would have enough "Dragot" to support her dreams and unleash her talents, instead of just sitting idly at her desk.
Her father, and even her family, did not receive this honor, not only because they lacked talent, but also because being a spokesperson for America Floo Powder required absolute secrecy.
Apart from the heir or assistant, no one else knew about it.
Catherine remembered a major event that happened in the Wizarding World when she was very young.
The American Ministry of Magic wanted to find out who was selling Floo Powder because the Floo-Pow Company had never registered with the Ministry of Magic, leading the American Ministry of Magic to consider it an illegal company. They even kidnapped a House-elf from the Floo-Pow Company in an attempt to pry something out of it.
As a result, the House-elf died.
The wizard House-elf also disappeared shortly afterward.
The Ministry of Magic believes that the Floo-Pow Company killed the wizard, but they have no evidence, or even any evidence at all.
Since nobody knows who is making or supplying Floo Powder, the loyal House-elf can't get anything out of them.
Misled by the New York Ghost Newspaper, the wizards stormed into the Floo-Pow Company only to find it deserted.
Yes, the Floo-Pow Company on New York Wizard Street closed down and went out of business.
At the same time, the supply of Floo Powder to the United States was also stopped.
After Floo Powder ran out of stock, it became difficult to buy Floo Powder on the market.
The United States wizards were immediately dumbfounded.
This matter has caused quite a stir.
The American Ministry of Magic had to import Floo Powder from abroad, but the high price made it unaffordable for many wizards.
The Ministry of Magic's misdeeds were quickly exposed, and everyone naturally understood what had happened. It turned out that they wanted to covet other people's wealth, which resulted in driving Floo-Pow Company. away.
As a result, everyone was criticizing the Ministry of Magic.
In the end, the American Ministry of Magic yielded.
However, an apology was useless.
The Floo-Pow Company vanished into thin air, as if it had never existed.
The entire American Ministry of Magic was furious about Floo-Pow Company's actions, but they were powerless to do anything about it.
Later, the president of the American Magical Congress resigned and was removed from office, and several Ministry of Ministry of Magic officials involved in the incident were also dismissed.
However, in the following years, United States wizards still could not buy Floo Powder, and the Ministry of Magic had to reluctantly spend a lot of money to purchase it from abroad.
From this point on, the entire world's Ministry of Magic knew that the extremely mysterious Floo-Pow Company was not to be trifled with.
For this company, the worst that can happen is they'll just stop doing business with them. If they're so capable, they can go buy Floo Powder from other countries!
Several years later, people suddenly realized that Floo-Pow Company had quietly reopened on New York Wizard Street.
Without a doubt, that was Nicholas's revenge against the American Ministry of Magic.
The Floo-Pow Company mysterious and powerful.
This was Catherine's first impression upon learning of this.
Catherine became even more curious about the Wildsmith Family, the owners of the Floo-Pow Company.
According to Nicholas, he only met Wildsmith's heir once, decades ago, when he officially became the heir.
After choosing Catherine as his successor, he naturally needed to meet with the new heir of the Wildsmith Family again to continue this ancient contract.
Nicholas didn't know much about the Wildsmith Family. He only knew that the family was very wealthy and placed great importance on knowledge. Every member of the family was a genius, but they were not direct blood relatives; rather, they were selected and all had Wildsmith Family blood.
Most importantly, very few people in the entire Wizarding World know their true identities, just as no one knows Nicholas's identity.
It was a mysterious, wealthy family, where everyone was a genius.
Although this struck Catherine as somewhat absurd, this strange family had persisted for over seven hundred years and remained prosperous.
To be honest, Catherine really wanted to meet the legendary heir to Wildsmith and see if he was truly the extraordinary genius he was rumored to be.
After carefully dressing up, Catherine went downstairs to meet Nicholas.
"Are we just going to the Ministry of Magic like this?" Catherine asked doubtfully.
"They will use the International Floo Network from France to come over." Nicholas reached out and took his granddaughter's arm, then Apparition her to the vicinity of the Woolworth Building.
"It should be about time!" Nicholas took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time, and led his granddaughter directly into the American Ministry of Magic.
Along the way, Catherine's beauty attracted the attention of many men, and a constant stream of men came over to greet her and chat with her, including many of her suitors from school.