Chapter 192 Sirius’s Past

Harry's lips trembled as he looked at the letter handed over by the pink-haired witch.

"Am...am I expelled from Hogwarts?" He asked with his eyes closed and his expression particularly painful.

"Expelled? What are you thinking about?" The pink-haired witch seemed to be laughing a little, "It's too late for the Ministry of Magic to treasure you, so why is it thinking of expelling you?"

"Huh?" Harry's eyes widened, and a surge of ecstasy surged into his heart, "So... I don't need to be expelled?"

"Of course." The pink-haired witch nodded, "Let me introduce myself first. I am an official Auror in the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic. You can call me Tonks."

She pronounced the words "official Auror" very seriously, with a very proud expression on her face, as if she was afraid that others would not know that she had passed the formal Auror examination this summer.

"Um, hello, Tonks." Harry finally breathed a sigh of relief and took the letter handed over by Tonks. "Since it's not about expelling me, what does this letter prohibiting the misuse of magic from the Department of Magic mean? You know …I broke the rules after all.”

"You are right, you did violate the regulations of the Ministry of Magic." Tonks nodded, "So there is still a process to follow. The first time you violate the regulations, you will be warned, and there will be no other punishment."

As she said that, she glanced far away in the direction of Privet Drive and said, "A memory canceller has already gone over to deal with the aftermath for you. Don't worry, your uncle's family will not remember what happened today!"

Harry was completely relieved, lowered his head, opened the letter in his hand, and looked at the content written on it——

Mr. Porter:

We have received reports that you cast a swelling charm at your residence at 9:12 tonight. You should be aware that underage wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school and that you will be expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry if you continue to do so (Act on the Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards, 1875) Paragraph 3).

Please also remember that according to Section 13 of the International Confederation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy, any magical activity that may attract the attention of non-members of the wizarding community (Muggles) is a serious offense.

Have a great summer!

Mafalda Hopkirk

Department of the Abuse of Magic, Ministry of Magic

…

Harry looked at the letter in his hand with some sadness and relief at the same time.

He was relaxed because he knew that the illegal use of magic was over and he would not be expelled from Hogwarts; and sad because Harry had just learned that there would be a reminder for the first time he violated the rules.

If he had known about this earlier, he would have definitely found a better opportunity to use magic on the Dursleys and teach them a lesson!

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot about the business!" Tonks suddenly exclaimed, interrupting Harry's contemplation, "Harry, do you have anything else that you haven't dealt with?"

"If there's anything else to do or something to get, then I think you need to hurry up, because you may not know it, but now you're in great danger!"

Tonks' originally lively expression suddenly turned serious. She took Harry to a darker place next to the street, searched around very professionally, and cleared out all suspicious objects nearby in accordance with the requirements of the Auror assessment. s things.

"Hey, why is there a big black dog here?" She saw a big black dog next to her. She didn't pay much attention to it and just drove it to the other side of the street casually.

"I have nothing else to take and I can leave here at any time." Harry shook his head and took his suitcase and Hedwig's cage. "But... Tonks, why am I in danger?" ?”

"I'll tell you this in detail when I'm in a safe place. I need to send you to the Ministry of Magic now..." Tonks said with some urgency, "Can you make the follower appear?"

"Apparition? What is that?" Harry asked confused.

"Oh, I forgot, you are still a student who has not yet reached the third grade." Tonks covered her forehead helplessly, "Well... Follower Apparition is the ability to follow other wizards to apparate. , you have grown up in a Muggle family, and there must be no adult wizard to teach you this."

"But the distance from here to the Ministry of Magic is too far. I don't dare to disapparate with a little wizard who can't follow me. This will be troublesome..."

"We can take taxis and the subway." Harry suggested. "Muggle transportation is actually quite convenient."

"That's not possible." Tonks rejected his idea, "Muggle vehicles have no protection. If Sirius Black finds you on a Muggle vehicle, I'm afraid not only you will be trapped. In danger, it may even affect the surrounding Muggles."

She pulled her hair tangledly, and her pink hair turned into colorful and messy colors, and then turned into gray.

"Sirius Black?" Harry's eyes widened in surprise before he could get curious about Tonks's changing hair color. "I seem to know this name. He is a wanted criminal with a bounty on his head from the Muggle government." !What does this person have to do with the magic world?"

He had only seen the name Sirius Black in the newspaper that Uncle Dursley subscribed to this morning. On the front page of the Muggle newspaper, it was published that he was an extremely dangerous murderer.

"Ah, I accidentally let it slip..." Tonks' face stiffened, and she covered her mouth with two fingers, "Forget it, it's not impossible to tell you now, we just have the opportunity to wait. My colleague, ask him to deliver the key to the Ministry of Magic."

"Listen, Harry, Sirius Black is an extremely dangerous criminal who has just escaped from Azkaban! The Ministry of Magic has determined that he is probably looking for you!"

Tonks looked into Harry's eyes tightly and said seriously.

What the two of them didn't notice was that not far away on the street, the ears of a big black dog that had just been driven away quietly stood up.

"So, the wanted criminal named Sirius Black is actually a wizard?" Harry asked in shock, "Then why was he published in a Muggle newspaper?"

"Because the Ministry of Magic contacted the Muggle Prime Minister." Tonks said with surprise, "You will understand after reading this newspaper."

She took out a newspaper from the small bag she carried with her and handed it to Harry, pointing to one of the paragraphs on the first page -

Some members of the International Confederation of Wizards had criticized Fudge for informing the Muggle Prime Minister of Black's escape.

Fudge responded angrily: "Oh, I have to do this, don't you know? Black is crazy. Anyone who encounters him is in danger, whether you are wizarding or Muggle!" "

"I got a guarantee from the Muggle Prime Minister that he would not say a word to anyone about Black's true identity. We cannot deny the reality - if the Muggle Prime Minister revealed Black's true identity , and which Muggle who has never seen magic would believe him?"

Muggles were told that Black carried a gun (a metal wand that Muggles used to kill each other), and the wizarding world was always worried about a recurrence of the massacre twelve years ago, when Black had Thirteen lives were killed with just one spell.

…

Compared with the seriousness and formality of the official newspaper of the Muggle world, the content of the official newspaper of the wizarding world is often as casual as this report, and even the funny quotes of Fudge, the Minister of Magic, are left intact. Put it up.

In comparison, the "Daily Prophet"'s status in the wizarding world is like the Times of the British Muggle world, but its content is like the "Sun" in the Muggle world.

Harry stared at Blake's unclear eyes in the newspaper. On that sunken face, these eyes were the only ones that seemed to have some remaining life.

Harry thought of the pictures of vampires he had seen in Defense Against the Dark Arts textbooks, and Blake had waxy white skin and thought he looked like a vampire.

Of course, if Dracula learns of his dangerous thoughts, he may have to duel four times a day in the dueling club this semester...

"I really didn't expect that Sirius looks so scary now..." Tonks also glanced at the photo printed in the newspaper, her expression a little sad, "I saw him several times when I was a child, and he was the most terrifying person I've ever seen. The most handsome wizard who ever lived."

"Did you see him when you were a kid?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Not only have I met him, but I've met him many times!" Tonks said, "Oh, I forgot to introduce him. Sirius Black is my mother's cousin."

Harry looked at Tonks' beautiful cheeks, and then looked at Sirius Black's haggard, withered, and sunken face in the newspaper. He really couldn't connect the two people together, let alone believe that he was Tonks. The most handsome wizard that Si said.

"Don't believe it, Sirius was the school boy of Hogwarts before he entered Azkaban!" Tonks noticed Harry's disapproval, so she added, "I'm thinking of how to describe him. How handsome... By the way, you should know Professor Dracula, right?"

She suddenly thought of the silver-haired man she had met twice in the Cairngorm Mountains and on the island of Azkaban.

"What does this have to do with Professor Dracula?" Harry looked at Tonks suspiciously.

"Sirius was a little worse than Professor Dracula when he was young!" Tonks said with a very certain tone.

The two of them didn't notice that the big black dog on the side of the street raised its head proudly after hearing Tonks's evaluation of Sirius. When Tonks mentioned Professor Dracula, a trace of curiosity appeared in its eyes. look.

"Wow, is that so exaggerated?" Thinking that this Sirius was as handsome as Professor Dracula, Harry almost developed a liking for this wanted criminal.

What he didn't know was that the bigger reason for this inexplicable good impression was not because of Sirius's former handsomeness, but because he felt a strange sense of familiarity with this face.

"No, no, he is a murderer and has killed thirteen people!" Harry shook his head violently to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his heart, "He killed thirteen people with just one spell!"

"Yes, a spell," said Tonks. "In front of witnesses, in broad daylight, it caused a lot of trouble for the Ministry of Magic."

Having said this, Tonks scratched her hair with some doubts, and changed the color of her hair back to her favorite pink, "It's quite strange, judging from Sirius's subsequent behavior, he was the most supportive. Mysterious man’s.”

"What? Voldemort?" Harry asked subconsciously.

"Hiss—" Tonks took a sharp breath, then looked at Harry and complained, "Don't just say that name, you scared me, Harry!"

"I'm sorry," Harry apologized immediately, "I'm sorry, I...I forgot..."

"Okay, now I really believe you are not afraid of You-Know-Who." Tonks rubbed her eyebrows helplessly.

"So... So, Blake is a supporter of the mysterious man?" Harry asked anxiously.

"Judging from the existing evidence, it is indeed the case." Tonks said, her face still looked a little confused, "My mother has never believed in this matter, but even if the evidence is solid, she has no idea about it. Method."

"According to the information provided by the Ministry of Magic, Sirius and the mysterious man have a very close relationship... Anyway, when you were almost killed by the mysterious man -"

She subconsciously glanced at Harry's lightning-shaped scar hidden by the hair on his forehead, "All supporters of the mysterious man are being hunted. Most of the Death Eaters know that since the mysterious man has escaped, they will also They lost power along with them, so most of the Death Eaters became more obedient."

"But those led by Bellatrix Lestrange don't think so. They are die-hard followers of the mysterious man, and Sirius should be among these people."

"A fellow Auror once told me that the Aurors once cornered Sirius on the street, which was full of Muggles... but he took out his wand and blew up half the street with a spell. , a wizard and twelve Muggles were killed by him..."

Tonks' voice dropped, as if she was feeling sorry for those who had died.

"The wizard's name was Peter Pedro," she continued. "He was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class."

"Sirius, on the other hand, had no remorse for the sins he had caused and kept laughing... Later, he followed the Aurors without any resistance, still laughing along the way. His colleagues in the Ministry of Magic thought he was completely crazy."

"The impact of this incident was very great at the time, and the Muggle government spent a lot of effort to hide it." Tonks continued, "The whole street was bombed, and all the Muggles died. , and the explanation they gave was..."

"I know this, gas explosion." Harry took over, "Now I finally know why there are so many news about gas explosions in the Muggle world."

…

…