At this moment, the ragged wizard who had been crawling on the ground since Wentworth walked into the hall suddenly stood up and ran towards Wentworth.

"This is Carrow. Like us, he had always followed your grandfather and swore that the Carrow family would always follow Grindelwald. However, his descendants joined the Death Eaters and betrayed our Witch Party!"

Seeing Carlo coming over, Abernathy whispered in Wentworth's ear.

After hearing Abernathy's explanation, Wentworth nodded slowly.

At this moment, Carlo had come in front of Wentworth, and then, in full view of everyone, Carlo knelt down at Wentworth's feet again, this move even scared Wentworth.

But then, Wentworth saw Carlo stretch out his hands and slowly hold up a key.

"Gringotts vault key? Your family vault key, do you always carry it with you?"

Seeing Carlo holding up the key to Gringotts' vault with both hands, Abernathy's face showed a hint of surprise, and he asked in disbelief.

Carlo did not even raise his head, still prostrating himself in front of Wentworth, and answered with his head down:

"Yes, this is the key to the Carrow family's vault in Gringotts. Those two brats suddenly attacked me back then, and their target was also this key, but they didn't succeed."

Looking at the keys held high in Carlo's hands and his ragged clothes, Abernathy sighed and said:

"You are thoughtful."

After that, Abernathy turned his attention back to Wentworth.

Wentworth was a little confused when he saw Carlo kneeling in front of him despite his age. He quickly reached out his hand to help Carlo up and said, "Get up, get up! What are you doing?!"

But Carlo remained unmoved as he knelt on the ground. He just raised his forehead, looked at Wentworth in front of him, and said solemnly: "I pay tribute to you, my master!"

After saying this, Carlo lowered his head again, holding the key to Gringotts' vault high in both hands, and allowed Wentworth to support him in every way, but he remained unmoved.

"What does he mean?"

With no other options, Wentworth had to ask Rosier and Abernathy.

Hearing Wentworth's question, Rosier slowly explained:

"This is a tradition passed down in ancient wizard families. When a wizard declares his allegiance to another wizard, he will offer his most precious item with both hands. This is tribute and submission."

"If you accept the item in his hand, it means you have accepted his loyalty. From now on, his life and glory will be bound to you."

Hearing Rosier's words, Wentworth once again remembered the room full of treasures in the family vault at Gringotts, and nodded in understanding.

At this time, Abernathy added:

"In fact, according to legend, a long time ago, this was a complete ritual, coupled with a spell. If he betrayed his oath in the future, the god of death would come and take his life, ending his bloodline."

Hearing this, Wentworth suddenly asked curiously, "What if I don't accept that?"

Abernathy obviously didn't expect Wentworth to say such a thing, and was speechless for a moment, while Rozier on the other side smiled and replied:

“You can give it a try!”

So, Wentworth said to Carlo, who was crawling on the ground, quite sincerely: "Actually, you don't have to do this. The fact that you are here has already proved your loyalty."

Carlo remained unmoved and maintained that posture.

"This key represents the wealth accumulated by the ancestors of the Carlo family for countless years. Is it inappropriate to just give it to me?"

"I command you to stand up!"

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From then on, no matter what methods Wentworth tried, Carlo remained unmoved and knelt in front of Wentworth, holding the key to Gringotts high in his hands.

Seeing this, after a long while, when Wentworth was helpless, Rozier came out and said, "It seems that he will not get up unless you accept his tribute."

Hearing Rozier's words, Wentworth smiled helplessly. Then, Wentworth no longer hesitated. He stretched out his right hand without any pretense, grabbed the key from Carlo's hand, and said, "Okay, I accept it!"

It was not until Wentworth took the key back into his arms that Carlo slowly got up from the ground, a relieved smile appearing on his bearded face.

Just when Wentworth wanted to say something, an unexpected scene happened.

I don't know where it started, but many wizards at the scene came up one by one with serious expressions, holding various items in their hands. They slowly walked in front of Wentworth and slowly said, "Pay tribute to you, my master!"

Then, they carefully placed the items in their hands neatly in front of Wentworth. After putting down the items, they left in another direction to make way for the wizard behind them.

In fact, except for the Gringotts key that Carlo had at the beginning, which represented the Carlo family's hundreds of years of wealth accumulation, the other items were not very valuable.

However, that doesn’t mean they are any less precious.

During the whole process, no one stood up to direct, but all the wizards' movements and actions were swift and orderly, as if they had been rehearsed. In the silent hall, only the sound of people's footsteps and the voices of "Pay tribute to you, my master" could be heard! Wentworth looked at the items gradually piled up in front of him, and in a trance, he seemed to see that there was such a wizard in the past, and countless wizards swore to submit in front of him. Then, these wizards followed his footsteps together, shouting slogans, and walked towards the unknown front.

This action of the Wiccan Party wizards continued for a long time. Until the last wizard placed the item in his hand in front of Wentworth, Wentworth was still a little shocked.

Looking at the wizards standing in front of him again, Wentworth was silent for a long time, and finally said slowly: "Merry Christmas..."

(End of this chapter)