Harry felt very pleased with himself for having killed the only Lord-class Werewolf in Europe. Ron and the others thought he was amazing.
For some reason, though, Jacob looked at Harry very strangely.
His Occlumency really was formidable, however, and Harry could not probe his emotions.
Afterward, Jacob talked about some of the trouble the Dark Council had caused. Unlike the Death Eaters, who fought tooth and nail in the United Kingdom and rarely even ventured into neighboring countries, this organization was more like Grindelwald had once been, committing crimes throughout Europe.
They even operated in the New Continent, Africa, and Asia.
According to Jacob, they seemed to have made several trips to Europe recently, though those appeared to have been related to the invasion of Nagudinnaf that summer.
"The Ministries of Magic and Magical Congresses of various countries all took that incident very seriously, but none of them managed to get to the bottom of it. We don't know what actually happened either. We initially suspected the Dark Council was responsible. After all, the two Queens of the Dark Council are among the most powerful witches we know of.
"But judging by the Dark Council's subsequent reaction, it doesn't seem to have been their doing, which overturned many of our earlier theories."
At this point, Jacob said with considerable feeling,
"Although the Dark Council isn't particularly ostentatious in how it operates, it makes no attempt to hide its existence either. Almost anyone who pays a little attention already knows about it.
"Of course, probably because of Dumbledore's presence in the United Kingdom, they do seem to be less active here. At least, before that Dark Lord's resurrection, we knew of no record of their operating in the United Kingdom."
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