Without someone to guide them, most people would have found it very difficult to enter the Xilieikesi family's Manor.
This was not merely because the family's Manor was hidden, but also because anyone using the normal means of entry would encounter a living Antipodean Opaleye at the entrance.
Yes, the Xilieikesi family used a living dragon to guard their gates, a practice unique in the entire European Wizard World. In all of France, only the Xilieikesi family was permitted to do this.
Of course, the French Ministry of Magic probably had not wanted to agree to it, either, but they lacked the power to oppose it.
Because of this peculiarity, the Xilieikesi family had few visitors-which was precisely what they wanted. Though they were the most illustrious family in France, and even in all of Europe, they did not particularly like communicating too much with others.
Many people said the Xilieikesi family was excessively arrogant and looked down on the Wizarding World of all of France and even the countries of southern Europe.
The Xilieikesi family had never denied this...
In the entire United Kingdom, there were three, and only three, families that had ties to the Xilieikesi family and had established some degree of communication with them.
The Black family, the Malfoy family, and the Longbottom family.
But the only one that still maintained any degree of contact with the Xilieikesi family was the Longbottom family. Its most active member now was a daughter of the second generation, Britney Longbottom.
Having never married, she had retained the surname Longbottom. With her business in France positively thriving as well, she had managed to establish a little contact with the Xilieikesi family, who rarely communicated with outsiders.
She alone knew how to take the initiative in contacting the Xilieikesi family.
Normally,