Chapter 472 The water is deep!
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 472 The water is deep!
Then there was another person beside McGuffin,
"Professor Dumbledore!"
Harry then shouted, he didn't expect to meet the two of them, it seems that what McGuffin said is true - he has been looking for [Horcrux] with Dumbledore these days.
Standing opposite them was a witch wearing a lavender striped women's suit. She should be about the same age as Crouch, also in her 50s, with long gray-brown hair tightly tied behind her head, a thin figure, pursed lips, and a gentle but stubborn expression on her face.
She was dressed similarly to Crouch, her suit was spotless, her hair was not messed up, her bow tie was tightly tied around her neck, and she was wearing a light blue shirt inside. The only difference between the two was that this old witch's aesthetics might be better. She still had that light makeup on her face, which made her look a little less intimidating than Crouch.
Beside her stood a multitude of wizards in fine and rich robes,
Some wear gold-rimmed glasses, some hold silver-encrusted canes, and some wear sparkling ruby rings on their fingers... Although they are dressed in different heights, fat and thin... However, these wizards have one thing in common, which is the pale skin like a vampire.
No need to guess, you can smell the arrogance of pure-blood wizards on them.
McGuffin stood in front of the faucet without speaking, and so did Dumbledore and the old witch next to him.
The three looked at each other, holding a rolled-up parchment in the MacGuffin's hand, about to hand it to the old witch.
But the circle of pure-blood wizards in front of them was aggressive. One of them directly grabbed McGuffin's wrist, glared at the little wizard, and clamored to give the little wizard a good look.
However, the wizards working in the ministry were pushed aside, and they hesitated to speak... There was no way to stop the further fermentation of this matter.
After hearing Harry's cry, McGuffin turned to see Harry and the others.
"Oh, Potter!" Dumbledore saw them too.
"Harry Potter!"
When Harry came to McGuffin, those pure-blood wizards stared at the scar on his forehead with sharp eyes, and whispered strange things in their mouths.
However, Harry didn't care about this. He came up to the MacGuffin and saw DeLS Malfoy hiding behind these adult wizards at a glance.
With a pointed face, blond hair, and a pale complexion, she was wearing a chic and exquisite lady wizard robe, her eyes were not as arrogant as before, but she lowered her head to avoid Harry's probing eyes.
Harry was also a little embarrassed, and quickly shifted his gaze away from Dessert. He remembered that Destiny had revealed that he liked Digory Cedric on the train before the summer vacation.
Unlike others, he and McGuffin knew the so-called 'truth'...knew what kind of person De LS was originally.
But now...
DeLS Malfoy held his mother tightly by the wrist... Narcissa Malfoy looked timid and weak, not at all the appearance of Harry's deadly enemy Draco, and 'her' father watched McGuffin and Dumbledore and his party coldly from behind the crowd.
Then Harry and his eyes met each other in the air.
After Lucius snorted coldly, he pulled De LS and his wife Narcissa back and left with a bad expression.
McGuffin felt he couldn't keep up his false smile.
Obviously, it is enough to simply make a written guarantee and hand it over to the Department of the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic. Why bother?
He secretly looked at Dumbledore, the old fox, and always felt that this old guy seemed to be cheating himself.
Shir!
"Ms. Hopkirk, let me emphasize again... that [Apparition] spell was cast by me, and has nothing to do with this little wizard..." Dumbledore explained calmly.
"No, this magic was detected from the little wizard's Muggle house, and you were still at Hogwarts at that time." Mafalda Hopkirk said stubbornly, "McGuffin Albert must admit his mistake, and the Department of Prohibition of Abuse of Magic must punish him."
Back and forth, she always believed that the magic was cast by McGuffin. Although her opinion was not wrong, even the pure-blood wizards who were on her side and wanted to take this opportunity to teach McGuffin a lesson thought that the old witch was crazy... It is impossible for a Muggle-born wizard at this age to use the spell [Apparition].
"Even if McGuffin needs to be punished! But now there is no one in the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic! As the supervisor, you must have the responsibility to finish this matter..."
"I'm already on vacation, and now the deputy director, Arnold, is working in the office..."
"But we've been there to see...there's no one there!"
"I'm on leave! It's none of my business...sorry, I have to follow Ministry of Magic rules."
Fuck!
What bad intentions does this old witch have?It's not like, she just firmly believes that this McGuffin must be punished.
MacGuffin, he was about to be pissed off by this pedantic, rule-abiding old witch.
This kind of dialogue has gone back and forth three or four times, and Mafalda Hopkirk always ends up blocking the progress of the matter with the regulations of the Ministry of Magic as the conclusion.
Things have been stuck here and cannot progress.
"Can you make room for a while and go to another place to argue, we still have to fetch water!" A voice came from behind the queue.
"Oh, Amos!" Dumbledore greeted.
Looking back, McGuffin saw two tall wizards.
It was Amos Diggory, and Cedric Diggory and his son.
Amos is a red-faced wizard with a short brown beard who is very proud of his handsome son.
Cedric Diggory is about 17 years old and looks very handsome. He is Qiu Zhang's boyfriend. He was the captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff College Quidditch team in Hogwarts, and he was also one of the four warriors in the Goblet of Fire in the original plot. He died in the hands of Wormtail in the end.
Of course, now that Voldemort has been resurrected, I don't know how the plot will develop.
It turned out that they were here, no wonder Lucius Malfoy dragged LS Malfoy away in a hurry with a livid face.
After all, De LS has already revealed that he likes the boy Cedric, and for the Malfoy family... falling in love with a Hufflepuff will make Lucius lose face in front of all pure-blood wizards.
"Professor Dumbledore! How do you..."
Amos walked up along the line with his son. Seeing Harry and the others, the pure-blood wizards, and the staff of the ministry all gathered together, he wondered what happened.
Professor Dumbledore briefly explained the cause and effect of the two things.
"It's impossible, isn't it, Seth? Let me tell you... Ms. Hopkirk, my son is so good that he hasn't passed the [Apparition] exam... let alone a fourth-year wizard who has not yet passed the [Wizard Level Certificate], a little wizard born in a Muggle family, how can he learn it?"
"Dad?" Cedric was very embarrassed, and muttered to his father in a low voice, "McGuffin is a genius. I told you that he made the new brooms used by the two teams in the Quidditch World Cup this time..."
"Of course, of course... Everyone is good at different things, I know... But, the age gap cannot be made up after all... It is impossible to learn magic like [Apparition] without someone teaching it. Even if someone teaches you, you can't learn it unless you have enough spellcasting background. A little wizard needs to grow up to your age..." Amos patted his son on the back very affectionately with one hand, and held the kettle in the other, making a clanking sound.
The atmosphere became more awkward.
It seems that only Amos and Hopkirk are not aware of it.
The two of them kept silent while the other kept praising their son until...
All this was interrupted by the sudden arrival of Barty Crouch.
"Dumbledore... I've been looking for you everywhere, I heard you're at the Ministry of Magic..."
Seeing Crouch who suddenly appeared in [Phantom Apparition], most of the pure-blood wizards looked unhappy, and they slowly left Mafalda's side with gloomy faces.
"Oh, Crouch, what's up?"
Crouch stared at everyone around him coldly, until the wizards fetching water kept away, he forced a smile on Dumbledore with his rigid face, and said,
"Albus, Fudge wants you to go to the top of the box to receive the guests from the Chinese Ministry of Magic... I remember you have been to the interior of China? We need an insider in case there is any joke, Ludo Bagman is really unreliable. And I can't speak Mandarin!"
"Barty, it's the MacGuffin that I've implicated, I have to give this little wizard to..."
"Needless to say, I've heard about... Ms. Mafalda Hopkirk!" Crouch turned around and said wearily to the director of the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic, "You should understand that every caster of [Apparition]... will be trained and tested by employees sent by the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Magic to cast this kind of magic. No one has the right to teach others this kind of magic!"
"Professor Dumbledore, you don't teach this kind of magic privately at Hogwarts, do you?"
"of course not!"
"Look... ma'am, not to mention practicing [Apparition] casually, which is an extremely advanced magic for students, will definitely cause big trouble... and the director of the Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, that is, I have never received a report about this."
"But...Mr. Crouch, this is a regulation of the Ministry of Magic. Regardless of whether the magic is used by the little wizard or not, our Ministry of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic has detected that the magic is cast by the little wizard's wand, let alone in the little wizard's Muggle residence... This is a rule."
Although Hopkirk still emphasized the regulations of the Ministry of Magic in front of Crouch, it can be seen from the tone that the old witch relaxed her tone, as if she respected Barty Crouch, a model of the Ministry of Magic regulations.
"Regulation!"
Speaking of this, Crouch seemed a little angry, and even McGuffin could see that he seemed to be holding back his anger.
After he took a deep breath, he waved his wand directly, and a piece of paper crackled in the air. He waved his wand, and the writing on the branch immediately appeared.
"Here you are! This is an order from me as the Acting Director of the Ministry of Magic's Executive Law Division...Your vacation today is cancelled, go and take the little wizard to the Ministry of Magic to finish the matter. If it still doesn't work, Fudge can also write down the same executive order...This is the Ministry of Magic's regulations, Ms. Hopkirk... Do you think it will work?"
After speaking, Crouch touched his trimmed beard that looked like a ruler...toothbrush.
——It seems that they are all blown out of anger. (He brushes each side with his wand like a comb to straighten it.)
Then Crouch took out a small bottle from his pocket, and after taking a sip, he seemed much more refreshed, staring at Hopekirk coldly, waiting for her answer.
"Rejuvenating potion? Crouch!" Dumbledore asked gently.
"Well, I'm too busy. I haven't closed my eyes for three days." After drinking it, white mist and thick smoke billowed from Crouch's ears, his cloudy eyes gradually brightened, and the dark bags under his eyes gradually disappeared.
Hopkirk looked at the order on the note, looked at the little wizard, and then at Crouch. At this time, everyone around him avoided this place. The pure-blood wizards had already left, and only Harry and Diggory and his son were still surrounded here.
Finally she replied hesitantly, "Okay! If you insist...it's the Ministry of Magic's rules too!"
"That's good, then can you do me a favor and end this matter as soon as possible!" Crouch impatiently took out a brass pocket watch and said, "Then you can continue your vacation... Maybe you can catch up with the game."
When he finished speaking to Mafalda, Crouch seemed to remember something again, and turned to stare at McGuffin, "Ludo Bagman is looking for you... little wizard, do you know what he wants?"
Ludo Bagman?
McGuffin thought for a while, he had nothing to do with this guy, but when he signed the new broom contract last year, he met with Ludo, who was the director of the Department of Sports of the Ministry of Magic.
So he shook his head.
"Okay? Dumbledore, let's go. According to the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Magic... there is a surprise for us!" Crouch was interrupted by something extremely unbelievable before he could finish speaking.
At this time, there was a sharp buzzing sound in the sky, as if some kind of huge tube was rushing through the air.
Then a black shadow suddenly covered the entire camp.
Yes, the whole camp... the whole swamp has turned black.
Everyone looked up at the thing flying in the sky and was frightened.
Fear accompanied every breath, weighing heavily on everyone's hearts.
A mountain!
—was floating above their heads.
within reach,
They can even see the pumice and soil floating up from the bottom of the spindle-shaped mountain; they can see the green vines and branches growing wantonly at the bottom; they can hear the gurgling sound of rivers and waterfalls on the mountain; they can smell the smell of clay and grass seeds...
"Damn the Chinese Ministry of Magic... is this called a surprise?"
"Is this FK called a FK surprise?"
Crouch cursed tremblingly, and even a man like him was a little intimidated.
Not to mention others.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione even felt that there was something wrong with their eyes, blinking desperately and rubbing their eye sockets.
As for the MacGuffin...
he--
"Hehehe!..."
— is constantly giggling.
McGuffins are used to being backstabbed by the world.
All kinds of 'surprises' always die inadvertently - cheat him.
MacGuffin seemed to recall that very famous teaching,
"Maizi! Listen to Uncle's persuasion, the water here is very deep...you can't grasp it..."
(End of this chapter)
Then there was another person beside McGuffin,
"Professor Dumbledore!"
Harry then shouted, he didn't expect to meet the two of them, it seems that what McGuffin said is true - he has been looking for [Horcrux] with Dumbledore these days.
Standing opposite them was a witch wearing a lavender striped women's suit. She should be about the same age as Crouch, also in her 50s, with long gray-brown hair tightly tied behind her head, a thin figure, pursed lips, and a gentle but stubborn expression on her face.
She was dressed similarly to Crouch, her suit was spotless, her hair was not messed up, her bow tie was tightly tied around her neck, and she was wearing a light blue shirt inside. The only difference between the two was that this old witch's aesthetics might be better. She still had that light makeup on her face, which made her look a little less intimidating than Crouch.
Beside her stood a multitude of wizards in fine and rich robes,
Some wear gold-rimmed glasses, some hold silver-encrusted canes, and some wear sparkling ruby rings on their fingers... Although they are dressed in different heights, fat and thin... However, these wizards have one thing in common, which is the pale skin like a vampire.
No need to guess, you can smell the arrogance of pure-blood wizards on them.
McGuffin stood in front of the faucet without speaking, and so did Dumbledore and the old witch next to him.
The three looked at each other, holding a rolled-up parchment in the MacGuffin's hand, about to hand it to the old witch.
But the circle of pure-blood wizards in front of them was aggressive. One of them directly grabbed McGuffin's wrist, glared at the little wizard, and clamored to give the little wizard a good look.
However, the wizards working in the ministry were pushed aside, and they hesitated to speak... There was no way to stop the further fermentation of this matter.
After hearing Harry's cry, McGuffin turned to see Harry and the others.
"Oh, Potter!" Dumbledore saw them too.
"Harry Potter!"
When Harry came to McGuffin, those pure-blood wizards stared at the scar on his forehead with sharp eyes, and whispered strange things in their mouths.
However, Harry didn't care about this. He came up to the MacGuffin and saw DeLS Malfoy hiding behind these adult wizards at a glance.
With a pointed face, blond hair, and a pale complexion, she was wearing a chic and exquisite lady wizard robe, her eyes were not as arrogant as before, but she lowered her head to avoid Harry's probing eyes.
Harry was also a little embarrassed, and quickly shifted his gaze away from Dessert. He remembered that Destiny had revealed that he liked Digory Cedric on the train before the summer vacation.
Unlike others, he and McGuffin knew the so-called 'truth'...knew what kind of person De LS was originally.
But now...
DeLS Malfoy held his mother tightly by the wrist... Narcissa Malfoy looked timid and weak, not at all the appearance of Harry's deadly enemy Draco, and 'her' father watched McGuffin and Dumbledore and his party coldly from behind the crowd.
Then Harry and his eyes met each other in the air.
After Lucius snorted coldly, he pulled De LS and his wife Narcissa back and left with a bad expression.
McGuffin felt he couldn't keep up his false smile.
Obviously, it is enough to simply make a written guarantee and hand it over to the Department of the Prohibition of Misuse of Magic. Why bother?
He secretly looked at Dumbledore, the old fox, and always felt that this old guy seemed to be cheating himself.
Shir!
"Ms. Hopkirk, let me emphasize again... that [Apparition] spell was cast by me, and has nothing to do with this little wizard..." Dumbledore explained calmly.
"No, this magic was detected from the little wizard's Muggle house, and you were still at Hogwarts at that time." Mafalda Hopkirk said stubbornly, "McGuffin Albert must admit his mistake, and the Department of Prohibition of Abuse of Magic must punish him."
Back and forth, she always believed that the magic was cast by McGuffin. Although her opinion was not wrong, even the pure-blood wizards who were on her side and wanted to take this opportunity to teach McGuffin a lesson thought that the old witch was crazy... It is impossible for a Muggle-born wizard at this age to use the spell [Apparition].
"Even if McGuffin needs to be punished! But now there is no one in the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic! As the supervisor, you must have the responsibility to finish this matter..."
"I'm already on vacation, and now the deputy director, Arnold, is working in the office..."
"But we've been there to see...there's no one there!"
"I'm on leave! It's none of my business...sorry, I have to follow Ministry of Magic rules."
Fuck!
What bad intentions does this old witch have?It's not like, she just firmly believes that this McGuffin must be punished.
MacGuffin, he was about to be pissed off by this pedantic, rule-abiding old witch.
This kind of dialogue has gone back and forth three or four times, and Mafalda Hopkirk always ends up blocking the progress of the matter with the regulations of the Ministry of Magic as the conclusion.
Things have been stuck here and cannot progress.
"Can you make room for a while and go to another place to argue, we still have to fetch water!" A voice came from behind the queue.
"Oh, Amos!" Dumbledore greeted.
Looking back, McGuffin saw two tall wizards.
It was Amos Diggory, and Cedric Diggory and his son.
Amos is a red-faced wizard with a short brown beard who is very proud of his handsome son.
Cedric Diggory is about 17 years old and looks very handsome. He is Qiu Zhang's boyfriend. He was the captain and seeker of the Hufflepuff College Quidditch team in Hogwarts, and he was also one of the four warriors in the Goblet of Fire in the original plot. He died in the hands of Wormtail in the end.
Of course, now that Voldemort has been resurrected, I don't know how the plot will develop.
It turned out that they were here, no wonder Lucius Malfoy dragged LS Malfoy away in a hurry with a livid face.
After all, De LS has already revealed that he likes the boy Cedric, and for the Malfoy family... falling in love with a Hufflepuff will make Lucius lose face in front of all pure-blood wizards.
"Professor Dumbledore! How do you..."
Amos walked up along the line with his son. Seeing Harry and the others, the pure-blood wizards, and the staff of the ministry all gathered together, he wondered what happened.
Professor Dumbledore briefly explained the cause and effect of the two things.
"It's impossible, isn't it, Seth? Let me tell you... Ms. Hopkirk, my son is so good that he hasn't passed the [Apparition] exam... let alone a fourth-year wizard who has not yet passed the [Wizard Level Certificate], a little wizard born in a Muggle family, how can he learn it?"
"Dad?" Cedric was very embarrassed, and muttered to his father in a low voice, "McGuffin is a genius. I told you that he made the new brooms used by the two teams in the Quidditch World Cup this time..."
"Of course, of course... Everyone is good at different things, I know... But, the age gap cannot be made up after all... It is impossible to learn magic like [Apparition] without someone teaching it. Even if someone teaches you, you can't learn it unless you have enough spellcasting background. A little wizard needs to grow up to your age..." Amos patted his son on the back very affectionately with one hand, and held the kettle in the other, making a clanking sound.
The atmosphere became more awkward.
It seems that only Amos and Hopkirk are not aware of it.
The two of them kept silent while the other kept praising their son until...
All this was interrupted by the sudden arrival of Barty Crouch.
"Dumbledore... I've been looking for you everywhere, I heard you're at the Ministry of Magic..."
Seeing Crouch who suddenly appeared in [Phantom Apparition], most of the pure-blood wizards looked unhappy, and they slowly left Mafalda's side with gloomy faces.
"Oh, Crouch, what's up?"
Crouch stared at everyone around him coldly, until the wizards fetching water kept away, he forced a smile on Dumbledore with his rigid face, and said,
"Albus, Fudge wants you to go to the top of the box to receive the guests from the Chinese Ministry of Magic... I remember you have been to the interior of China? We need an insider in case there is any joke, Ludo Bagman is really unreliable. And I can't speak Mandarin!"
"Barty, it's the MacGuffin that I've implicated, I have to give this little wizard to..."
"Needless to say, I've heard about... Ms. Mafalda Hopkirk!" Crouch turned around and said wearily to the director of the Department of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic, "You should understand that every caster of [Apparition]... will be trained and tested by employees sent by the Department of Transport of the Ministry of Magic to cast this kind of magic. No one has the right to teach others this kind of magic!"
"Professor Dumbledore, you don't teach this kind of magic privately at Hogwarts, do you?"
"of course not!"
"Look... ma'am, not to mention practicing [Apparition] casually, which is an extremely advanced magic for students, will definitely cause big trouble... and the director of the Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, that is, I have never received a report about this."
"But...Mr. Crouch, this is a regulation of the Ministry of Magic. Regardless of whether the magic is used by the little wizard or not, our Ministry of Prohibition of Misuse of Magic has detected that the magic is cast by the little wizard's wand, let alone in the little wizard's Muggle residence... This is a rule."
Although Hopkirk still emphasized the regulations of the Ministry of Magic in front of Crouch, it can be seen from the tone that the old witch relaxed her tone, as if she respected Barty Crouch, a model of the Ministry of Magic regulations.
"Regulation!"
Speaking of this, Crouch seemed a little angry, and even McGuffin could see that he seemed to be holding back his anger.
After he took a deep breath, he waved his wand directly, and a piece of paper crackled in the air. He waved his wand, and the writing on the branch immediately appeared.
"Here you are! This is an order from me as the Acting Director of the Ministry of Magic's Executive Law Division...Your vacation today is cancelled, go and take the little wizard to the Ministry of Magic to finish the matter. If it still doesn't work, Fudge can also write down the same executive order...This is the Ministry of Magic's regulations, Ms. Hopkirk... Do you think it will work?"
After speaking, Crouch touched his trimmed beard that looked like a ruler...toothbrush.
——It seems that they are all blown out of anger. (He brushes each side with his wand like a comb to straighten it.)
Then Crouch took out a small bottle from his pocket, and after taking a sip, he seemed much more refreshed, staring at Hopekirk coldly, waiting for her answer.
"Rejuvenating potion? Crouch!" Dumbledore asked gently.
"Well, I'm too busy. I haven't closed my eyes for three days." After drinking it, white mist and thick smoke billowed from Crouch's ears, his cloudy eyes gradually brightened, and the dark bags under his eyes gradually disappeared.
Hopkirk looked at the order on the note, looked at the little wizard, and then at Crouch. At this time, everyone around him avoided this place. The pure-blood wizards had already left, and only Harry and Diggory and his son were still surrounded here.
Finally she replied hesitantly, "Okay! If you insist...it's the Ministry of Magic's rules too!"
"That's good, then can you do me a favor and end this matter as soon as possible!" Crouch impatiently took out a brass pocket watch and said, "Then you can continue your vacation... Maybe you can catch up with the game."
When he finished speaking to Mafalda, Crouch seemed to remember something again, and turned to stare at McGuffin, "Ludo Bagman is looking for you... little wizard, do you know what he wants?"
Ludo Bagman?
McGuffin thought for a while, he had nothing to do with this guy, but when he signed the new broom contract last year, he met with Ludo, who was the director of the Department of Sports of the Ministry of Magic.
So he shook his head.
"Okay? Dumbledore, let's go. According to the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Magic... there is a surprise for us!" Crouch was interrupted by something extremely unbelievable before he could finish speaking.
At this time, there was a sharp buzzing sound in the sky, as if some kind of huge tube was rushing through the air.
Then a black shadow suddenly covered the entire camp.
Yes, the whole camp... the whole swamp has turned black.
Everyone looked up at the thing flying in the sky and was frightened.
Fear accompanied every breath, weighing heavily on everyone's hearts.
A mountain!
—was floating above their heads.
within reach,
They can even see the pumice and soil floating up from the bottom of the spindle-shaped mountain; they can see the green vines and branches growing wantonly at the bottom; they can hear the gurgling sound of rivers and waterfalls on the mountain; they can smell the smell of clay and grass seeds...
"Damn the Chinese Ministry of Magic... is this called a surprise?"
"Is this FK called a FK surprise?"
Crouch cursed tremblingly, and even a man like him was a little intimidated.
Not to mention others.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione even felt that there was something wrong with their eyes, blinking desperately and rubbing their eye sockets.
As for the MacGuffin...
he--
"Hehehe!..."
— is constantly giggling.
McGuffins are used to being backstabbed by the world.
All kinds of 'surprises' always die inadvertently - cheat him.
MacGuffin seemed to recall that very famous teaching,
"Maizi! Listen to Uncle's persuasion, the water here is very deep...you can't grasp it..."
(End of this chapter)
