Chapter 1569: A War Without a Winner (Twenty-One)

"Are we there yet?"

Hermione felt like she was dreaming when she saw Albert, who also looked a little pale, push the door and walk into the hall. It was only a sip of water before Albert came to tell her that they had arrived in Australia.

"Isn't it much faster than expected?"

Albert forced a smile at Hermione. Using Apparition to fly over one country after another really made him a little overwhelmed.

"It's really fast, but are you okay?" Hermione had also noticed Albert's slightly pale face.

"It's like riding many roller coasters in one breath, and you just need to sit down and rest for a while." Albert was also a little surprised at his resistance in this regard. The last time he used Apparition to go to the Far East, it took him a long time to cross half the world. If similar things happen a few more times, he probably won't be able to use Apparition to wander around the world without taking a breath in the future.

"Since we have already arrived in Australia, why don't you sit down and rest for a while?" Hermione looked at Albert with a complicated look. After reaching out to pour him a glass of water, she suggested, "Let's go out together to look for people after we have recovered."

"Okay!"

Albert did not reject Hermione's kindness, but quickly went over the next plan of looking for people in his mind.

After losing the initial reserve means of finding people, if he wanted to find Hermione's parents in such a big Australia, he had to use other means of finding people.

Albert knew best how good his divination was. It was indeed effective, but it might not be able to find people in the first place.

It should be possible to find people from the Muggles, but it would take some time to ask them to help retrieve the immigration list from a few years ago to locate the approximate location of Hermione's parents, and that might also alert the Australian Ministry of Magic.

After all, even if Albert felt that he was very proud, he did not think that the immigration department of the Muggle government would be willing to cooperate actively. If he wanted the other party to help him, he would have to use the Imperius Curse. Using the Unforgivable Curse directly was absolutely a very stupid approach.

Then they had to use other more laborious and stupid methods.

"I remember you changed their names." Albert suddenly asked.

"Wendell and Monica."

Hermione was stunned. She didn't know why Albert suddenly mentioned this, but she thought about it briefly and told Albert the names she changed for her parents.

"What about the last name?"

"I think it's Wilkins." She looked at Albert puzzledly, "Are you going to find them by name?"

"If you know the name, it might be easier to find someone. Whether you want to find your family through the Muggle government or use other means next, it should be useful." Albert couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard Hermione say the new names of her parents. If she even forgot this, it would probably take other ways for Hermione to remember it again.

"How are you going to find them?" Hermione asked curiously.

"When the time comes, go to the town and buy a detailed atlas of Australia, use the large-scale human footprint spell on it, and filter out Wendell and Monica Wilkins." Albert briefly explained his idea of ​​finding people.

"Can this really be done?"

Hermione opened her mouth in surprise. Of course, she knew the human footprint spell. The Marauder's Map used by Harry had a similar ability, but the human footprint spell would make everyone's name appear on the map. It was like a dream to want to find your parents in the vast sea of ​​people.

"I haven't tried it, but it should be okay. I can make a certain name appear alone. The only question is whether it can be used on a large map. If not, I can only narrow the scope and piece the map together piece by piece."

Albert has never tried to use the human footprint spell on a large map.

Well, he actually tried to use it in the UK, but Australia's land area is about 31 times that of the UK, and he has never tried to use this spell on such a large scale.

If he had the Elder Wand, Albert would not be worried about failure, but without it, he could not be sure whether his spell would work.

"You wouldn't..."

"Even without the help of that wand, my magic power is much stronger than most wizards." Albert shook his redwood wand and smiled to comfort him, "Of course, if this plan still doesn't work, we can only think of other ways, but I think it's better not to let that happen."

If Hermione hadn't "lost" the means of finding people, Albert could have directly locked the location of the Grangers through the connection between the two items and directly took Hermione to Apparate.

However, since the things were lost, there was nothing he could do, and he could only use other more troublesome methods.

Listening to Albert's words, Hermione nodded repeatedly, and admired Albert's clear thinking. If it were her, she might not be able to come up with such a solution.

"Let's go, let's go to the city to buy a map." Albert suddenly stood up from the sofa and said to Hermione with a smile, "Fortunately, English is also spoken here. It would be troublesome if we were to go to a place where we couldn't speak the language."

"Now?"

Hermione didn't expect Albert to be so impatient. She asked with a worried look on her face, "You still look very bad. Are you really not going to rest for a while?"

"No, you should also want to see your family as soon as possible!" Albert gave Hermione a reassuring smile and said that he would definitely help her find her family.

"No... I mean, since we have arrived in Australia, it is only a matter of time before we find them. Don't be so anxious." Hermione was so nervous that she stuttered a little. In order to avoid getting more and more confused, she stepped forward and gave Albert a big hug.

"Thank you." She said softly.

"You're welcome. I promised you."

Albert patted Hermione's shoulder lightly, indicating that the other party could let go of him.

Hermione let go of her hand in a panic, took a deep breath and gradually calmed down, then carefully said, "You just experienced a long-distance Apparition, you should continue to rest and recover your energy. If you are tired, it will delay the progress of finding people, and... Anyway, when you look better, we will go to the nearby area to buy maps together."

"Don't worry, I didn't force myself. Forget it, I'll drink some Felicity Potion later, maybe the whole process will go more smoothly."

Looking at Hermione sitting opposite him, Albert couldn't help but sigh. Girls in love are always more emotional than rational.

He is not a piece of wood, so how could he not know Hermione's thoughts?

But Albert knew very well that he could not respond to the other party, because he really couldn't give the other party what he wanted.

Why ruin the other party's life for his own selfish desires?

He really doesn't lack women, and he is not so hungry and thirsty.

If it were his previous life, he wouldn't have to worry about it at all.

"No wonder Isobel is not worried at all." Albert sighed silently in his heart and stood up directly from the sofa.

"Where are you going?" Hermione asked confusedly.

"Pharmacy, although the symptoms similar to the key dizziness cannot be completely eliminated, they can be alleviated by potions. I will go to prepare some medicine so that we can recover as soon as possible."

Under Hermione's gaze, Albert walked into a room full of potions. After a while, he came out and handed one of the potions to Hermione: "You should feel better after drinking it, but the effect of this thing is a bit like motion sickness medicine. You will feel sleepy after drinking it. We should be able to recover completely after a light sleep of one or two hours here."

As he said, Albert walked out of the box. Although there should be no problem during the rest period, years of caution still made him instinctively strengthen the protection of the suitcase and hide it completely to avoid trouble during the rest period.