Shocking! Was Old Man Newt the Mastermind All Along?

William spoke casually, but when he returned to Ilvermorny, he was met with resistance.

He asked to see the Book of Admittance, but Professor Egbert Fontana refused.

The other party had been the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor for twenty years, not only was he highly qualified, but he was also the headmaster, a position comparable to Snape.

Oh no... this year Snape became a substitute teacher, his seniority was reduced to "Little Snape", his status is still a bit lower.

Professor McGonagall should be used as a comparison.

However, with Principal Eulalie Hicks absent from the school, whether it was Snape or McGonagall, Fontana was the only one in charge of the keys.

But his relationship with the Targaryen was terrible.

Babbling dumped someone's daughter, so she wasn't going to give William a friendly look.

Being rejected is to be expected.

But there has to be a reason for refusing, Professor Fontana pointed out, asking:

Why do you need to read the Book of Admittance?

"I met a child while visiting Muggle family's young wizard in Canada," William began, spouting nonsense.

"He has a younger sister who also wants to go to Ilvermorny. The little girl asked me if I could ask the headmaster if he was a wizard."

William did not tell the truth because the kidnappers were able to determine whether the child was a wizard.

Fontana, author of the Book of Admittance, is suspected of this.

"I have to help her, otherwise she'll write me seven letters a day asking if she can get into school."

William brought up Anne's dark past exactly as it was.

Professor Fontana's expression softened considerably upon hearing his words.

But he still refused:

"No, no one except the principal and I have the authority to see the Book of Admittance."

Fontana refused so readily, but William persisted, even citing the principal's orders.

Principal Eulalie Hicks had given the order that Professor Targaryen could do whatever he wanted in Ilvermorny.

This order led many professors to believe that the university president intended to groom Targaryen as his successor.

But the truth is, Eulalie Hicks was one of the few people who knew Babbling's true identity.

Back when he was a young professor, Dumbledore established a small international wizarding network in order to counter Grindelwald.

Eulalie Hicks was among them.

So when the principal's portrait appeared, Fontana had no choice but to agree.

Before leaving, Hermione took the list of missing Muggle from Mera.

She compared her age to the Book of Admittance.

Hermione's guess was entirely correct.

The six children who were kidnapped were all wizards... plus Lucas, there were seven little wizards under the age of eleven.

Although her guess was confirmed, Hermione wasn't too happy. She said with a serious expression:

"What exactly do they want by capturing so many young wizards?"

William said slowly:

"So many junior wizards, their purpose is probably only one... to artificially create Obscurial."

"What? The Obscurial can be considered to be manufactured?" Hermione exclaimed in shock.

"There are always Dark Magic in this world that we don't know about." William's eyes flickered.

"Hermione, it seems that the force Tom was talking about, the one that could destroy New York in an instant, refers to the Obscurial."

The Scourers are preparing to destroy New York using the Obscurus within the Obscurial!

"But the Obscurial are uncontrollable, aren't they?" Hermione asked doubtfully.

Although the Obscurial are powerful, they are therefore impossible for any wizard to control.

Grindelwald used sweet talk to trick Credence into working for him back then.

"The Obscurial are indeed uncontrollable, but the Obscurus within them can easily unleash enormous energy once separated from their host."

Can the Obscurial be separated from the Obscurus?

"Yes, but as far as I know..." William narrowed his eyes. "Only one person can do it."

Hermione asked excitedly, "That person must be the Scourers, right? Who is he?"

William looked at her, shrugged, and said, "Newt Scamander."

"..."

Shocking! A renowned Magizoologist is actually a high-ranking member of the Scourers, and he plans to destroy New York!

If Rita were here, she'd probably come up with a headline full of flaws like this.

But hype aside, when news actually broke that someone wanted to Obscurus destroy New York... Newt was probably the first wizard to be suspected.

It's not just because he routinely throws boxes away and destroys cities for no reason; he's practically a walking City Destroyers.

Newt: How dare you two talk to me like that?

Most importantly, Newt really does have a criminal record.

When he first came to New York, he caused Fantastic Beasts rampage in the New York.

After that, he was captured by Aunt Tina and sent to the Magical Congress.

During the interrogation, they discovered that his treasure chest not only illegally housed various Magical Creatures, but also contained a separated... Obscurus.

However, Grindelwald appeared later, and Newt caught him, thus suppressing the matter.

Otherwise, this one crime Newt would be enough to get Avada Kedavra three times over.

In other words, he is the earliest known wizard in the world to successfully remove an Obscurus from its host.

No wonder he's Magizoologist; his knowledge is truly extensive.

But William certainly didn't believe he did it, so he decided to go with Hermione to find Old Man Newt and ask him if he had any leads.

After sending Thunderbird to United States that year, he stayed here, secretly helping Babbling and keeping an eye on Tom.

However, he continued to live with his beautiful sister-in-law Queenie.

Or rather, since he married Tina and moved to the United Kingdom, the old house was left to his sister.

Brownstone Street

Two figures appeared, and William and Hermione headed towards a small building according to the address.

William stepped forward and knocked on the door. After a moment, the door was pulled open slightly, revealing the face of a blonde girl.

"Who are you?" A sweet, childlike voice came from under the door.

"My name is William Stark, and I'm here to see Mr. Scamander," William said. "I'm his friend."

Upon hearing the other person's name, the blonde girl looked up, seemingly surprised, clearly having heard the name before.

But she still shook her head and said:

Grandpa Newt isn't home, and Grandma Tina said not to open the door to strangers.

"Where did he go? I urgently need to speak with him."

"They're selling donuts at Jacob's Bakery," the little girl said in her sweet, childish voice.

"But you really are Stark, how can you prove it?"

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"..."

Just then, a cry of surprise rang out. It turned out that a Niffler had climbed onto the little girl's shoulder in her sundress.

Niffler looked up and pushed the little girl's face away.

Its head was stuck in the doorway, looking at William and Hermione with a hint of excitement.

That year in Paris, when Newt was imprisoned in the Ministry of Magic, it was this Niffler and that Occamy that helped William and Hermione.

I've smelled it for a long time.

Of course, it wasn't the sight of an acquaintance that excited it, but rather seeing the two villains who had tricked it out of Galleon back then... It was quite exciting!

At that time, William used the Goblin's gold coins to trick the Niffler into stealing a lot of Galleon.

The little girl wanted to say something, but Niffler had already opened the door.

It jumped onto Hermione's shoulder, rummaged through her pockets, and then jumped onto William's head.

William grabbed Niffler's legs, gave them a slight shake, and Galleon dropped out with a clatter.

He stuffed it into his pocket, completely ignoring the angry Niffler, and smiled at the little girl:

"Look... this is the evidence."

"..."

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