Chapter 604
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Yun Yin Shen
Chapter 604
Hermione became even more worried when she heard the news.
She didn't know how to tell her parents about it.
Although some time ago, when McGuffin talked about this matter, she had already said it once, but even her parents... regarded it as a nonsense and didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, this is London!
How could something happen to such a prosperous and powerful international metropolis?
Even Hermione herself thought so for a while.
However, these news have undoubtedly proved that things are worse than they thought.
"Of course, you don't have to worry too much... They are all Muggles anyway. Even the craziest wizards...even the Death Eaters didn't intend to show the wizarding world positively in the Muggle society..."
Ludo Bagman smiled and said, "You must know that the vast majority of wizards in the wizarding world... more or less rely on the materials produced by the modern Muggle society to survive."
"Otherwise, we would probably still be living in the wilderness and swamps, milking the cows, hunting, and farming... Not all wizards are able to build a castle as magnificent as Hogwarts like the Big Four..."
"Even some pure-blood wizarding families live like this."
"The establishment of the [Secrecy Law] is the common will of most wizards, and it cannot be changed by some crazy dark wizards..."
Bagman whispered what most grown-up wizards had on their minds.
He comforted Harry Ron and them.
However, McGuffin was still worried.
Will Trelawney's prophecy, as well as everything she experienced in the Ministry of Magic and in Little Hangleton Village... really end so easily?
"Don't worry! The Ministry of Magic will take care of it..."
"Okay, Albert... if it's okay. Can I have a few words with Harry alone, over there!" said Bagman eagerly.
He pointed to a wall where many group photos of magical activities were hung...
There is an unnoticed corner there.
After McGuffin looked at Harry and agreed, he didn't say much.
So, Bagman took Harry to the corner.
Not knowing what to say to Harry, he danced and danced... very excited.
The three of McGuffin and the others stared at Bagman and Harry, drinking their own butter beer in silence.
No one spoke, and the lively atmosphere of the other people in the tavern was completely different.
After a long time, Ron took a sip of butter beer before saying, "This is like a nightmare..."
"Tell me, is something really going to happen in London... McGuffin, tell me!"
Hermione also looked at McGuffin.
McGuffin shook his head, but didn't answer directly, "I just know...it's better to be prepared..."
Suddenly, his face became ugly.
He stared blankly at the door of the tavern...
The two followed his gaze, and Barty Crouch walked in.
He was wearing a dark blue suit and a gold-flecked striped tie today, and he looked like a Muggle insurance agent, except for the briefcase.
He didn't come alone.
Crouch came in with Rita Skeeter.
She was wearing a banana yellow robe today, and the gemstone necklace on her body was changed to another style. Her fingernails were painted bright red, as if they were covered with blood.
This guy was laughing so loudly that he leaned forward and backward, which was very exaggerated.
It seems that the relationship between the two is very close.
Ron thought McGuffin was disgusted at seeing Rita Skeeter.
"This guy……"
He also frowned, "How did the female reporter... and Crouch get together?"
"I don't know, but we'd better stay away." McGuffin murmured.
He was now almost certain that Barty Crouch had been impersonated by Crouch Jr.
However, in the absence of evidence, pointing out an acting head of the Ministry of Magic who enforces the law...
He would not do such a thing.
This will only get you into trouble.
"Crouch...can you reveal some news? What good news is there for Hogwarts..."
"As you know, at this moment...we really need some good news."
"Cornel Fudge's request again? Seriously... Ms. Skeeter, if this goes on... people will think you're flattering the Minister for Magic... and you'll lose the influence you've built up by defying authority."
"Hehe...haha...Mr. Crouch, what you said is too serious. This is my responsibility as a reporter. Report everything honestly...I am also thinking of the readers. After all, the magic world is too panicked..."
Crouch and Rita Skeeter made their way through the crowd towards the bar of the Three Broomsticks.
McGuffin and the others listened attentively to what the two were talking about.
until their voices faded away.
At this time, Harry finally came back.
He sat next to several people.
Bagman, on the other hand, looked very annoyed. He ran to Fred and the George twins angrily, and started arguing with them again.
Don't know what to say.
At their table, Ron asked Harry, "What does that Bagman guy want?"
"He wanted to help me unlock the secrets of the golden egg...it's no secret," said the return.
"He...he's the referee!" Hermione was shocked.
"And haven't you already unlocked the secret of the golden egg?"
"Yes, that's what I told him, but Ludo Bagman directly said that the seeds of the world tree need to be cultivated as soon as possible, so that it can play a big role in the next competition..."
"Said he could help me..." Harry said suspiciously, and he didn't understand why Bagman did this.
"Cheat, it's cheating!"
Hermione stood up directly and seemed to be walking towards Crouch.
"What are you doing!" Ron was stunned.
He grabbed Hermione immediately.
"I'm going to report to Mr. Barty Cratch. He's the Attorney General. . . should be in charge."
"Don't go, it won't work."
"why?"
"If Bagman really revealed the secret to Harry, do you think Professor Dumbledore, and the headmasters of other schools... Barty Crouch would not know?" McGuffin said.
"They...do they all know?" Hermione also responded.
"This is the so-called 'Top Ten Tournament'..." McGuffin sneered a few times, "Also, you'd better stay away from this Bagman, I know he owes the goblin a lot of money..."
"No one can owe goblins money, their concept...is different from ours. For the same amount of money, you almost have to pay it twice before it's all paid." Hermione explained.
"Look, Snape!"
Harry suddenly saw a very familiar figure, but he hadn't seen it for a long time.
He recognized it instantly.
"What is he doing here? Did the Three Broomsticks apply for a bartender? Then I have to ask him to make me a good drink..." Ron said with a smirk.
"No, it's not, look outside..."
Snape hurried outside,
The moment he opened the door, McGuffin and Harry saw a person standing there anxiously,
It was Igor Karkaroff, the headmaster of the Durmstrang School of Magic.
"what happened?"
There was fire in Harry's eyes, and he and Ron looked at each other, "What are those two guys trying to do!"
Both of these guys were people that Harry and Ron hated.
"Go, let's take a look!"
"Harry?"
Then, Harry stood up immediately, and directly dragged them towards the outside of the tavern.
Outside the Three Broomsticks Tavern, this Hogsmeade street was full of people... many of them were student representatives from other wizarding schools.
McGuffin saw Chen Xiaolong and his classmates, carrying big and small bags, stepping on the 'flying sword' to transport them back.
Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang... and some other Chinese wizards, shop around here.
Fleur and Camilla Paula attracted the attention of almost all men and women on the street.
This also made it easy for Harry and the others to find Snape's trace.
After all, not everyone is retrograde.
MacGuffin followed Snape's tail,
The few people gradually walked forward, slowly deviated from the small town, and walked in the direction of the screaming shack.
When there were no one around, Harry took out his invisibility cloak.
This thing frightened everyone present.
Now these few people know how this sacred invisibility cloak...had been treated some time ago.
McGuffin and the others are very resistant to wearing this thing on their bodies.
"You, did you bring all these things out?" Ron stammered for a moment.
Harry unfolded the invisibility cloak and shook it in the air, ready to put it on several people.
"I know the invisibility spell!" McGuffin hurriedly waved his wand, making himself invisible.
"Me too!" Hermione did the same.
Only Ron—
He froze in place stupidly.
Then, Harry used the invisibility cloak to cover his body directly from the top of his head.
"what……"
His screams came with a delay.
However, Ron didn't react violently, and seemed to have accepted his situation.
This made Hermione and McGuffin rejoice that they cast spells quickly, so they didn't encounter Ron's 'trouble'.
A few people quickly approached the Shrieking Shack invisibly, and came to a nearby hillside.
There is no one here, even if there is, it can be discovered in advance.
That's why Snape and Karkaroff probably chose to talk here.
"...Don't make a fuss, I won't run away, Igor Karkaroff."
Snape said coldly, without any ups and downs in his words.
"Severus, you can't pretend that nothing happened!" Karkaroff's voice was extremely frightened, and he turned his head around very frequently, looking around, as if he was afraid of being heard.
"What happened!" Snape asked back.
Karkaroff took one last look around. (His eyes swept over where the McGuffins were staying, which made Harry and the others very nervous)
Then he rolled up his sleeves directly, and pointed a black burnt mark to Snape's eyes.
"Look...you see...this thing is becoming more and more obvious, I bet you're scared too..."
"The Dark Lord must have come to life."
"He will not let us traitors go."
"Then run away!" Snape said impatiently, "run away, and I'll excuse you."
Karkaroff froze on the spot. After listening to Snape's speech, he seemed very flustered, and he was eager to say something.
"No, Severus, that's not what I meant."
"I want to discuss with you some countermeasures..."
"What countermeasure, do you want to seek refuge with Dumbledore, or the Dark Lord..."
"These two parties will not accept you." Snape stared at Karkaroff coldly.
"No, no, no, I don't want this..."
Karkaroff actually didn't know what he wanted to do, he was just completely stuck in his head with fear, and he just wanted to find some comfort.
But obviously, Snape had completely different thoughts from him.
Snape wasn't just afraid of the Dark Lord, he could even be said to be eager to destroy the Dark Lord, paying any price for it.
But Karkaroff didn't know what was going on.
He could only hopelessly beg Snape for some help, nervously stroking his goatee, and wrapping the end... around his hands.
After arguing for a long time to no avail, the two left the hillside.
After confirming that no one was there, Harry lifted off the cloak, looked at several people, and asked, "What is he showing...why is it related to the Dark Lord!"
"It's the Death Eater mark!" Hermione said affirmatively, her tone was very low.
"Karkaroff and Snape were once Death Eaters, so they can call each other by their Christian names so intimately," said Ron.
"It seems that the Dark Lord's strength is gradually recovering bit by bit, that's why he is so eager to seek Snape's help." McGuffin guessed.
"Indeed," Hermione agreed.
Hermione looked a little unhappy.
"Shall we go back to school? McGuffin, Harry, Ron!" Hermione turned suddenly and urged.
"Let's go, hurry up—"
Hermione urged, her face was extremely ugly, apparently what happened recently, all the clues gathered today showed one thing——
The wizarding world... even a metropolis like London has begun to feel unsafe.
Hermione took big strides and walked fast, and McGuffin, Harry Ron and the others struggled to keep up with him.
That's a lot of distance left.
Finally, McGuffin floated up and followed Hermione all the way to the marble stairs outside Hogwarts Castle.
"...I'm going to try to notify my parents again, and isn't your sister Emily Albert also in London?" Hermione said anxiously.
"Well, there she is."
"However, I can hardly persuade him." McGuffin said, "However, fortunately, her place of work is far away from the city of Ludong, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Just in case, I'll try it too." He told McGuffin to follow Hermione and head towards the owl hut.
Hermione ran wildly all the way, dragging McGuffin all the way to the owl shack.
After taking a breath, the two hurriedly started writing letters again, trying to persuade their respective families...
——For safety, they should have left London at least in the last few years.
In fact, the McGuffins also understood in their hearts,
This matter, in the eyes of ordinary people... how ridiculous.
At least that Emily would never follow such a suggestion.
(End of this chapter)
Hermione became even more worried when she heard the news.
She didn't know how to tell her parents about it.
Although some time ago, when McGuffin talked about this matter, she had already said it once, but even her parents... regarded it as a nonsense and didn't pay much attention to it.
After all, this is London!
How could something happen to such a prosperous and powerful international metropolis?
Even Hermione herself thought so for a while.
However, these news have undoubtedly proved that things are worse than they thought.
"Of course, you don't have to worry too much... They are all Muggles anyway. Even the craziest wizards...even the Death Eaters didn't intend to show the wizarding world positively in the Muggle society..."
Ludo Bagman smiled and said, "You must know that the vast majority of wizards in the wizarding world... more or less rely on the materials produced by the modern Muggle society to survive."
"Otherwise, we would probably still be living in the wilderness and swamps, milking the cows, hunting, and farming... Not all wizards are able to build a castle as magnificent as Hogwarts like the Big Four..."
"Even some pure-blood wizarding families live like this."
"The establishment of the [Secrecy Law] is the common will of most wizards, and it cannot be changed by some crazy dark wizards..."
Bagman whispered what most grown-up wizards had on their minds.
He comforted Harry Ron and them.
However, McGuffin was still worried.
Will Trelawney's prophecy, as well as everything she experienced in the Ministry of Magic and in Little Hangleton Village... really end so easily?
"Don't worry! The Ministry of Magic will take care of it..."
"Okay, Albert... if it's okay. Can I have a few words with Harry alone, over there!" said Bagman eagerly.
He pointed to a wall where many group photos of magical activities were hung...
There is an unnoticed corner there.
After McGuffin looked at Harry and agreed, he didn't say much.
So, Bagman took Harry to the corner.
Not knowing what to say to Harry, he danced and danced... very excited.
The three of McGuffin and the others stared at Bagman and Harry, drinking their own butter beer in silence.
No one spoke, and the lively atmosphere of the other people in the tavern was completely different.
After a long time, Ron took a sip of butter beer before saying, "This is like a nightmare..."
"Tell me, is something really going to happen in London... McGuffin, tell me!"
Hermione also looked at McGuffin.
McGuffin shook his head, but didn't answer directly, "I just know...it's better to be prepared..."
Suddenly, his face became ugly.
He stared blankly at the door of the tavern...
The two followed his gaze, and Barty Crouch walked in.
He was wearing a dark blue suit and a gold-flecked striped tie today, and he looked like a Muggle insurance agent, except for the briefcase.
He didn't come alone.
Crouch came in with Rita Skeeter.
She was wearing a banana yellow robe today, and the gemstone necklace on her body was changed to another style. Her fingernails were painted bright red, as if they were covered with blood.
This guy was laughing so loudly that he leaned forward and backward, which was very exaggerated.
It seems that the relationship between the two is very close.
Ron thought McGuffin was disgusted at seeing Rita Skeeter.
"This guy……"
He also frowned, "How did the female reporter... and Crouch get together?"
"I don't know, but we'd better stay away." McGuffin murmured.
He was now almost certain that Barty Crouch had been impersonated by Crouch Jr.
However, in the absence of evidence, pointing out an acting head of the Ministry of Magic who enforces the law...
He would not do such a thing.
This will only get you into trouble.
"Crouch...can you reveal some news? What good news is there for Hogwarts..."
"As you know, at this moment...we really need some good news."
"Cornel Fudge's request again? Seriously... Ms. Skeeter, if this goes on... people will think you're flattering the Minister for Magic... and you'll lose the influence you've built up by defying authority."
"Hehe...haha...Mr. Crouch, what you said is too serious. This is my responsibility as a reporter. Report everything honestly...I am also thinking of the readers. After all, the magic world is too panicked..."
Crouch and Rita Skeeter made their way through the crowd towards the bar of the Three Broomsticks.
McGuffin and the others listened attentively to what the two were talking about.
until their voices faded away.
At this time, Harry finally came back.
He sat next to several people.
Bagman, on the other hand, looked very annoyed. He ran to Fred and the George twins angrily, and started arguing with them again.
Don't know what to say.
At their table, Ron asked Harry, "What does that Bagman guy want?"
"He wanted to help me unlock the secrets of the golden egg...it's no secret," said the return.
"He...he's the referee!" Hermione was shocked.
"And haven't you already unlocked the secret of the golden egg?"
"Yes, that's what I told him, but Ludo Bagman directly said that the seeds of the world tree need to be cultivated as soon as possible, so that it can play a big role in the next competition..."
"Said he could help me..." Harry said suspiciously, and he didn't understand why Bagman did this.
"Cheat, it's cheating!"
Hermione stood up directly and seemed to be walking towards Crouch.
"What are you doing!" Ron was stunned.
He grabbed Hermione immediately.
"I'm going to report to Mr. Barty Cratch. He's the Attorney General. . . should be in charge."
"Don't go, it won't work."
"why?"
"If Bagman really revealed the secret to Harry, do you think Professor Dumbledore, and the headmasters of other schools... Barty Crouch would not know?" McGuffin said.
"They...do they all know?" Hermione also responded.
"This is the so-called 'Top Ten Tournament'..." McGuffin sneered a few times, "Also, you'd better stay away from this Bagman, I know he owes the goblin a lot of money..."
"No one can owe goblins money, their concept...is different from ours. For the same amount of money, you almost have to pay it twice before it's all paid." Hermione explained.
"Look, Snape!"
Harry suddenly saw a very familiar figure, but he hadn't seen it for a long time.
He recognized it instantly.
"What is he doing here? Did the Three Broomsticks apply for a bartender? Then I have to ask him to make me a good drink..." Ron said with a smirk.
"No, it's not, look outside..."
Snape hurried outside,
The moment he opened the door, McGuffin and Harry saw a person standing there anxiously,
It was Igor Karkaroff, the headmaster of the Durmstrang School of Magic.
"what happened?"
There was fire in Harry's eyes, and he and Ron looked at each other, "What are those two guys trying to do!"
Both of these guys were people that Harry and Ron hated.
"Go, let's take a look!"
"Harry?"
Then, Harry stood up immediately, and directly dragged them towards the outside of the tavern.
Outside the Three Broomsticks Tavern, this Hogsmeade street was full of people... many of them were student representatives from other wizarding schools.
McGuffin saw Chen Xiaolong and his classmates, carrying big and small bags, stepping on the 'flying sword' to transport them back.
Cedric Diggory and Cho Chang... and some other Chinese wizards, shop around here.
Fleur and Camilla Paula attracted the attention of almost all men and women on the street.
This also made it easy for Harry and the others to find Snape's trace.
After all, not everyone is retrograde.
MacGuffin followed Snape's tail,
The few people gradually walked forward, slowly deviated from the small town, and walked in the direction of the screaming shack.
When there were no one around, Harry took out his invisibility cloak.
This thing frightened everyone present.
Now these few people know how this sacred invisibility cloak...had been treated some time ago.
McGuffin and the others are very resistant to wearing this thing on their bodies.
"You, did you bring all these things out?" Ron stammered for a moment.
Harry unfolded the invisibility cloak and shook it in the air, ready to put it on several people.
"I know the invisibility spell!" McGuffin hurriedly waved his wand, making himself invisible.
"Me too!" Hermione did the same.
Only Ron—
He froze in place stupidly.
Then, Harry used the invisibility cloak to cover his body directly from the top of his head.
"what……"
His screams came with a delay.
However, Ron didn't react violently, and seemed to have accepted his situation.
This made Hermione and McGuffin rejoice that they cast spells quickly, so they didn't encounter Ron's 'trouble'.
A few people quickly approached the Shrieking Shack invisibly, and came to a nearby hillside.
There is no one here, even if there is, it can be discovered in advance.
That's why Snape and Karkaroff probably chose to talk here.
"...Don't make a fuss, I won't run away, Igor Karkaroff."
Snape said coldly, without any ups and downs in his words.
"Severus, you can't pretend that nothing happened!" Karkaroff's voice was extremely frightened, and he turned his head around very frequently, looking around, as if he was afraid of being heard.
"What happened!" Snape asked back.
Karkaroff took one last look around. (His eyes swept over where the McGuffins were staying, which made Harry and the others very nervous)
Then he rolled up his sleeves directly, and pointed a black burnt mark to Snape's eyes.
"Look...you see...this thing is becoming more and more obvious, I bet you're scared too..."
"The Dark Lord must have come to life."
"He will not let us traitors go."
"Then run away!" Snape said impatiently, "run away, and I'll excuse you."
Karkaroff froze on the spot. After listening to Snape's speech, he seemed very flustered, and he was eager to say something.
"No, Severus, that's not what I meant."
"I want to discuss with you some countermeasures..."
"What countermeasure, do you want to seek refuge with Dumbledore, or the Dark Lord..."
"These two parties will not accept you." Snape stared at Karkaroff coldly.
"No, no, no, I don't want this..."
Karkaroff actually didn't know what he wanted to do, he was just completely stuck in his head with fear, and he just wanted to find some comfort.
But obviously, Snape had completely different thoughts from him.
Snape wasn't just afraid of the Dark Lord, he could even be said to be eager to destroy the Dark Lord, paying any price for it.
But Karkaroff didn't know what was going on.
He could only hopelessly beg Snape for some help, nervously stroking his goatee, and wrapping the end... around his hands.
After arguing for a long time to no avail, the two left the hillside.
After confirming that no one was there, Harry lifted off the cloak, looked at several people, and asked, "What is he showing...why is it related to the Dark Lord!"
"It's the Death Eater mark!" Hermione said affirmatively, her tone was very low.
"Karkaroff and Snape were once Death Eaters, so they can call each other by their Christian names so intimately," said Ron.
"It seems that the Dark Lord's strength is gradually recovering bit by bit, that's why he is so eager to seek Snape's help." McGuffin guessed.
"Indeed," Hermione agreed.
Hermione looked a little unhappy.
"Shall we go back to school? McGuffin, Harry, Ron!" Hermione turned suddenly and urged.
"Let's go, hurry up—"
Hermione urged, her face was extremely ugly, apparently what happened recently, all the clues gathered today showed one thing——
The wizarding world... even a metropolis like London has begun to feel unsafe.
Hermione took big strides and walked fast, and McGuffin, Harry Ron and the others struggled to keep up with him.
That's a lot of distance left.
Finally, McGuffin floated up and followed Hermione all the way to the marble stairs outside Hogwarts Castle.
"...I'm going to try to notify my parents again, and isn't your sister Emily Albert also in London?" Hermione said anxiously.
"Well, there she is."
"However, I can hardly persuade him." McGuffin said, "However, fortunately, her place of work is far away from the city of Ludong, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Just in case, I'll try it too." He told McGuffin to follow Hermione and head towards the owl hut.
Hermione ran wildly all the way, dragging McGuffin all the way to the owl shack.
After taking a breath, the two hurriedly started writing letters again, trying to persuade their respective families...
——For safety, they should have left London at least in the last few years.
In fact, the McGuffins also understood in their hearts,
This matter, in the eyes of ordinary people... how ridiculous.
At least that Emily would never follow such a suggestion.
(End of this chapter)
