"Oh~ Mr. Grindelwald, long time no see!"
Lucas hadn't entered the room yet, but Minister Fudge couldn't wait to greet him.
Fudge's words also made Harry who was hiding beside him dumbfounded.
The next moment, a familiar figure came into Harry's view.
Gold hair, blue eyes, elegant figure and a warm smile on the lips.
This person was all too familiar to Harry. Lucas Grindelwald, his former friend.
"Minister Fudge, we haven't seen each other for several months."
After a simple handshake and half hug.
Lucas looked to the corner against the wall.
As an elf whose blood has been awakened for the second time, his perception of magic far surpassed anyone present.
Though the magic in the corner was fleeting, he still caught a whiff of it.
After a little thought, Lucas knew who was hiding there, none other than Harry Potter wearing the Invisibility Cloak.
Only the invisibility cloak can completely block one's perception of magic power.
And he also remembered that in the original book, Harry also came to the Three Broomsticks.
Knowing that Harry was hiding in the corner, a plan popped into Lucas' mind in an instant.
No, it might be a little serious to say that it is a plan, it's more like a small calculation.
The purpose is just to make Harry trust him more in this incident.
While Lucas was planning this, he didn't waste any time as he said hello to the others.
Once everyone was comfortably seated.
Looking at the butterbeer on the table, Lucas asked aloud: "Ms. Rosmerta, do you have any other drinks here?"
"Mead, rum, purple water, and soda with ice and cherry syrup, what do you want, dear?"
"A glass of mead, please."
Waiting until Rosmerta left the room, Lucas said, "I'm not used to the taste of butterbeer, please forgive me, Headmaster Dumbledore, may I ask why you invited me here?"
As soon as the words were finished, Rosmerta came in with a cup.
Dumbledore didn't shy away from the topic.
"Today we are discussing Sirius Black."
Lucas was even more puzzled by this: "Since it is confirmed that Sirius is near the school, what else do we need to discuss?"
"Isn't it enough to ask Minister Fudge to send Aurors to arrest him? If there is a shortage of manpower, I don't mind providing some help."
The second half of his sentence was addressed to Minister Fudge. Sure enough, the Minister showed a grateful smile after hearing it.
"Wait a minute, can any of you explain to me why Sirius Black is at Hogwarts?"
Rosmerta was at a loss at the moment, she looked at everyone present, hoping that someone could explain it to herself clearly.
Seeing no one answering her, Lucas glanced vaguely into the corner and said.
"Since the Headmaster invited Ms. Rosmerta to participate."
"It means that she is not an outsider, so let me say it. After all, I have nothing to do with Sirius."
Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Lucas.
With Dumbledore's consent, Lucas deliberately lowered his voice and said: "Sirius Black is Harry Potter's godfather, and he also betrayed the Potters, causing the subsequent tragedy."
"What?!" Rosmerta exclaimed upon hearing those words.
Harry, who was hiding in the corner, was also surprised. But more than surprised, his current state should be said to be absolutely furious.
He had thought Sirius was just Voldemort's subordinate. Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a friend of his parents.
And the death of his parents was actually caused by this man.
This was hard news for Harry, who is only 13 years old. He took two heavy breaths to try and calm down a bit
Seeing Lucas and Dumbledore looking in his direction, he shut his mouth hastily.
However, his red eyes showed that he was on the verge of rage at this moment.
Lucas didn't feel like it was enough after delivering the news, so he kept talking: "Back then, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew were very good friends."
"Speaking of Professor Lupin, I'm curious, how did Sirius Black enter the castle? Could it be..."
"No, Lucas!" Dumbledore said firmly.
"Remus wouldn't do something like that, and we're talking about finding Sirius today, not about the past."
Lucas shrugged, picked up the mead and took a sip.
Although the heavy panting just now sounded only once, Lucas' sensitive ears didn't miss it.
He didn't know what kind of expression would be on Harry's face now that he learned that Lupin is also a good friend of his father.
And there is also the suspicion of the Professor helping Sirius.
Of course Harry's expression was not good.
If it wasn't for the fact that the conversation isn't over yet, he would have already rushed out of the room and returned to the castle to find out what the hell was going on.
After Dumbledore talked, the room fell silent until Professor Snape spoke.
"I think Mr. Grindelwald's guess is not unreasonable. Headmaster, since you want to catch Sirius, you need to figure out how he got into the castle."
"Also, on the night of the accident, we sealed off the castle in time, but we still couldn't find Sirius, which is also very suspicious."
Fudge nodded after hearing this, his current thinking is very simple. Just find more ways to shirk responsibility and minimize people's dissatisfaction with himself.
"Dumbledore?"
Hearing Fudge calling his name, of course Dumbledore understood what the other person meant.
"I can guarantee that Remus hasn't and will ever help Sirius."
The same thing again. Relying on his high prestige, the old bee guarantees every time something happens.
And it works most of the time because almost no one dares to refute him.
Lucas drank the mead, feeling a little pity in his heart.
If he had known that on the eve of Halloween, when Sirius broke in, he would have caught him.
Seeing everyone had stopped talking, Lucas said helplessly: "It's really strange to say, this Sirius seems to be invisible, my people have been looking for him for a long time during the summer vacation, but they haven't seen him at all."
Minister Fudge agrees with this very much.
Ever since Sirius escaped from prison, he didn't know how many Aurors he had sent to find him, but there is no news.
Which supports the theory that Sirius Black has a person who is helping him to hide.
Listening to Minister Fudge's remarks, Lucas turned to Dumbledore for advice: "Headmaster, what do you think? How did he escape our search?"
The room fell silent again as all the eyes turned to Dumbledore.
Everyone could see that Dumbledore seemed to be hiding something.
"I recently heard from Remus that Sirius is an unregistered Animagus."
Crash~!
Fudge stood up from the sofa and looked at Dumbledore in disbelief.
"Why didn't you release those news earlier?! If we knew he was an Animagus, our Aurors wouldn't be running around like headless chickens."
Lucas told the Minister to be calm.
When Fudge had calmed down, Lucas asked Dumbledore, "And what is his Animagus form?"
"It's a big black dog."
Dumbledore had just finished speaking. And Harry, who heard him just now, felt like he couldn't breathe.
He remembered the black dog he met when he ran away from home during the summer vacation, he never knew that he was so close to death.
Dumbledore waited for everyone to digest the news before continuing.
"Next, I hope that Minister Fudge will arrange some Aurors to be stationed in Hogsmeade village. As far as I know, there are some secret passages in the village that can lead to the school."
Fudge asked curiously: "Since we know there is a secret passage, why not just block it?."
"We already blocked a secret passage last year, but we don't know where the secret passage in Hogsmeade is."
Hearing Dumbledore's answer, Lucas rolled his eyes in his heart, how could he not know.
Then, Dumbledore made some arrangements for the others. Only no arrangements were made for Lucas.
Out of the corner of his eye, he looked into Harry's hidden corner and Lucas knew it was time for him to show off his acting skills.
"Headmaster, what about my mission? Or is it the same as the previous two years? To protect Harry's safety at all costs?"
boom~!
As soon as this sentence came out, Harry felt like he'd been hit all over the head.
What did Lucas say just now?
Protect him at all costs?
Lucas Grindelwald was protecting him?
Harry raised his head blankly, and looked at the people in the middle of the room through the invisibility cloak.
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