Liam Graves said, "The president originally intended to come as well, to witness you curing 'lycanthropy.'"
"But there have been far too many 'accidents' reported by the various departments, and he has to deal with those matters first."
"I was so busy coordinating personnel earlier that I actually forgot to check something vitally important with you right away..."
His expression grew serious, and his gaze swept over Wizet, then Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and the others inside.
"Mr. Lovegood, and everyone here... none of you have been affected by any similar 'accidents,' have you?"
Sensing Liam Graves's gaze, Sirius Black frowned and asked in confusion, "Accidents? What accidents?"
"Wait! These 'accidents' you're talking about..." Something seemed to occur to him. "You mean the bad luck those No-Maj gangsters have been having?"
"Exactly!" Liam Graves lowered his voice. "The sheer frequency of these incidents, and the bizarre circumstances surrounding them, are well beyond anything our standard contingency plans cover."
"Before coming here, we reviewed the intelligence we'd gathered and identified a few common factors. For instance, anyone connected to the No-Maj Mafia could potentially suffer an accident."
"Those 'connected individuals' aren't limited to No-Majs. Wizards are included too. All of them become targets of some sort of 'curse,' running into all kinds of unexpected trouble."
Nymphadora Tonks was an Auror herself, and imagining something like this happening in England made her sympathize with him.
She instinctively touched her wand and sighed. "That sounds like a headache!"
"Yes! It certainly is!" Liam Graves agreed. "Fortunately, there hasn't been any damage to public property. Otherwise, these accidents would be even more difficult to handle."
"No damage to public property?" Nymphadora Tonks frowned slightly, immediately picking up on the key detail.
"Accidents happening, but no damage to public property... taken together, that's quite a