Shawn had planned five performances.
The venues were London, Glasgow, Oxford, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Even with Tom helping him, Shawn had calculated that this was the absolute limit of what the Old Beekeeper would tolerate.
But he had never expected this!
Shawn had only just finished his third performance at the University of Oxford when he received a warning letter from the International Association of Wizards, which had bypassed the England Ministry of Magic's Department of International Magical Cooperation entirely!
The reason was that many students and professors at the University of Oxford had raised doubts and begun to suspect that magic existed.
Some of the academic high achievers claimed that even simulations using mechanical models could not produce such "magic tricks" and recommended that the government arrest him.
Shawn was speechless. Apparently, the Old Beekeeper had less patience than he had imagined.
And the International Association of Wizards was nothing like the Muggle world's United Nations. It was an organization with real authority, terrifying power, and unfathomable resources.
In any case, Shawn truly could not afford to provoke it yet.
With no other choice, he had to end his tour early.
He instructed his subordinates and people like Lucius to clean up afterward, including casting a few extra Memory Charms on those high-achieving students and professors, so those clever clogs would have better-functioning brains in the future!
Outwardly calm, Shawn Apparated alone from Oxford back to the old house.
The moment he arrived home, his composed expression darkened.
As the old saying went, cutting off someone's livelihood was like murdering their parents.
One moment, he had been beaming as he watched his faith value pour in; the next, someone had forcibly put an end to it.
Anyone would have been upset.
At that moment, Shawn even felt the urge