Popular Web NovelsChapter 489 Father and SonChapter 489 Father and Son
Thursday, afternoon.
Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
Loren was sitting in his seat, collecting textbooks and notes slowly. The bell had already rang, and there were many people in the classroom.
Hermione was asking Professor Moody a few questions at the podium. Most of the other students in the class had sad expressions on their faces, planning to wait until the minor injuries on their bodies had eased and become less painful before leaving.
The course content of the Unforgivable Curse was over, but the subsequent courses were still difficult. Professor Moody had mercilessly tested their ability to transfer spells in class, and many people were slightly injured.
Harry was hit by a severe ear cramping spell and was still grinning and rubbing his ears.
"Always be vigilant and never let down!" Professor Moody shouted nervously before leaving.
"Alas..."
The little wizards sighed.
Loren and the others slowly walked out of the classroom, only to find a pair of students wearing Ilvermorny school uniforms standing in the corridor, with the Goldie knots on their chests stretched flat.
The two of them stood there and quietly looked at Professor Moody's back. The lame old man turned around suddenly, and a blue artificial eye instantly locked onto them, making them all tremble in fright, and quickly turned back. Turning around, he happened to meet the eyes of Loren and the others.
The tall boy on the left has slightly dark skin. His blood has been diluted by two generations. His grandmother's dark skin has been diluted a lot on him, but he can still see the typical mixed-race features. His hair is slightly Curly, brow bone raised.
The slightly shorter witch next to her looks like a 100% white girl, with brown and reddish hair, and a few freckles dotting her unrefined face. She is not stunning, but very attractive.
After surviving the cold winter, their school uniforms had also become thinner. The blue and raspberry red silk clothes were very different from the pure black wide-sleeved magic robes of Hogwarts. Standing there with The people around them were completely different, not to mention that one of them was a warrior from Ilvermorny. The students passing by frequently glanced at them.
"Harry! Loren! We finally found you!"
Graves pulled Butt and trotted over quickly, with an excited smile on his face. When he got closer, he couldn't help complaining, "Can't the stairs in your school stop for a while? It took us half an hour to get here on the three-story stairs."
"Don't listen to his nonsense," Pikli wrote to his friends in school. , always bragging about showing off the stairs of Hogwarts, but you didn't see the tone in his letter, not to mention how proud he was."
After saying this, Nancy Butt couldn't help but smile a little, and looked at her. Several people stretched out their hands and introduced themselves: "Nancy Butt, Ilvermorny Thunderbird College, nice to meet you."
"Hello, I am Harry Potter "Nice to meet you." Harry shook hands quickly.
"Ron Weasley, nice to meet you."
"Loren Morgan..."
"Hermione Granger..."
Loren looked at Graves aside: "What do you want from us?"
The training and exchange time set by Professor McGonagall and Principal Fontana was Saturday, and these two people made a special trip to see them. They were all blocking the door of the classroom. There must be something else going on.
Graves looked around and whispered: "We are going to explore the situation on the Quidditch pitch, and we specially invite you. Do you want to go together?"
After two projects, he finally understood. The Goblet of Fire Tournament is a continuous event, and the whole year is competition time. If you really have to wait until before the game starts to learn about the content, and follow the rules of the game properly, your pants will be burned to ashes.
Look at the first fire dragon project. The most seriously injured in the other three schools was Fleur. A corner of her skirt was burned off. Cedric, Krum and this Harry were intact. And he went straight to the hospital.
For the second project, Ilvermorny was prepared in advance and there was no difficulty at all.
So it is impossible to compete honestly. The only way to complete the competition is to explore the information in advance. Harry and the others are from the school, familiar with the terrain, and easy to speak, even if they are caught...
"Explore the Quidditch pitch!"
Harry and Ron exclaimed, then reacted, looked at each other with their smart friends, and started making eye contact.
I definitely want to go. The first two events require preparation in advance in order to survive safely. You cannot abide by school rules. Only by cheating can you maintain your performance in the competition.
The only worry is that I will be caught by the professor, but now I have two friends from another school. Even if I am caught, the penalty points and confinement will not punish the people from the other school. The strength of these two people is not bad. , it is also convenient to throw the blame...
After receiving the feedback, Harry nodded with firm eyes and said in a deep voice: "Let's go together!"
The six people reached a consensus and went to the castle entrance together. After exiting the gate and turning toward the stadium, the people around them gradually became sparse, and the wide Quidditch pitch soon appeared in sight.
Loren's mood is a little subtle now.
He vaguely remembered that when the Goblet of Fire Tournament just started, Ilvermorny was still a representative of integrity and the only school that did not follow evil ways. Unexpectedly, in just two projects, Ilvermorny Moni was dragged into the mire, and the mud turned black.
...
"The library of Ilvermorny contains notes from the founder Aesop Seal. Although she did not go to Hogwarts, she learned from her aunt Grace. After hearing the stories about Hogwarts from Mu Lei, all the students in the future were very attracted to Hogwarts."
"Is the library in Ilvermorny big?"
"Hmm... I think it is big, but there are not as many magic books as in your school, and there are many Muggle books."
" That's great..."
Perhaps because they are both girls, Hermione and Nancy Butt quickly chatted together and had a great time.
"What do you think it will be?" Graves asked Harry quietly.
"I don't know, maybe we will be asked to find something and get it back. There will be many difficulties along the way." Harry thought of the Philosopher's Stone challenge in the first grade.
The journey was smooth, without any so-called Ministry of Magic staff blocking it. It was so smooth that Loren even suspected that it was arranged by Dumbledore. They walked along the green lawn towards the Quidditch pitch and entered through a gap between the stands.
The Quidditch pitch in front of you is completely different from before. The pitch is no longer flat and smooth. Someone has built countless long shrubbery low walls here. These low walls are intricate and intricate. , stretching and twisting together from all directions towards the center, where there is a circular open space with a stone platform.
"It's a walled maze!" Hermione said softly.
Graves frowned: "It's just as simple as a maze. Could it be that the third project tests wisdom?"
"Don't think about it, there will definitely be many obstacles." Loren narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the entire picture. The maze route map was printed in my mind, "Put some magical animals and magical herbs in it, cast spells on some passages...probably this kind of thing."
"Exactly right!"
A high-pitched voice came from behind them, it was the familiar Ludo Bagman, accompanied by Professor Moody.
Bagman first saw Harry standing on the right, with a pleasant smile on his lips, but then he noticed Graves next to him, and frowned quietly without showing it immediately.
His eyeballs rolled twice, and he put a smile on his face again. Looking at the panic expressions of the young wizards, he blinked: "Mr. Morgan is absolutely right, we will set up many obstacles."
"You don't blame us?" Butt said with a strange expression. Isn't this commentator one of the referees?
"Don't worry, the maze is not finished yet, so even if you accidentally take a look at it, it's not cheating." Bagman stepped forward, put one arm around Harry's shoulders, and the other Graves' shoulders, "Anyway, before the third project officially starts, we will let the Warriors take a look. Now it's just a little earlier."
"It doesn't matter if I tell you a little more! "Bagman introduced enthusiastically, "In a month or two, Hagrid and Professor Sprout will cultivate them to be twenty feet tall. Hagrid has provided a lot of animals, and Professor Sprout There are many plants provided, and Professor Flitwick's spells are more wonderful than we can imagine."
He noticed the unhappiness on Harry's face, smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, the competition will be over as soon as possible. , your Quidditch pitch will be back to its original state
"Let me tell you a little more. The warriors who lead the score in the first two games will enter the maze first, you and Cedric first..." By the way, a friendly reminder, don't peek into the maze at night. At that time There are many people working on construction, and my duty time is Thursday..."
Graves' head was dizzy and his smile was forced. He always felt that the current scene was extremely weird.
< br>Is he suggesting that we try to take a peek during the day, especially on Thursday?
The commentator and referee sounded like he was passing on information for them.
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"It's time to go, how long do you want to watch?"
Professor Moody yelled at the other little wizards. He seemed to be thirsty. His tongue unconsciously licked his right lip, and he took out He unscrewed the cap of the curved wine bottle and took a sip:
"Fortunately, you met the two of us this time. It was Crouch who was on duty today. Do you know what he would do? He might I will erase your memory, or set up a prison in the school to lock you in until the end of the game."
Loren's mind turned, and he noticed that Moody's expression was strange.
Ron and the others quickly lowered their heads and pretended to be guilty and frightened, and Butt followed suit.
But Hermione noticed what he was talking about Crouch and subconsciously asked: "Is Mr. Crouch busy?"
Before the Black Lake project started, they had stolen money at the Three Broomsticks Bar. I heard Bagman complaining about Crouch, saying that he was focused on the Goblet of Fire project and all matters in the department were left to the interns.
In this case, why was Crouch absent from today's inspection?
Bagman had already introduced the third project in detail at this time. He was in high spirits when he heard her question and answered smoothly: "Yes, Barty is very busy, especially recently. For a while, everyone else has lost weight."
Bagman seems to be very talkative about this matter: "If you ask me to choose who is the most diligent person in the entire Ministry of Magic, Barty will not win the award. Crouch, anyone else would be ashamed to receive this award."
"He is an amazing wizard. Whether he is the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department or the Director of the International Affairs Cooperation Department, he has never taken a day off because of any illness, a banquet that he couldn't refuse, or the entertainment of any big shot. If it weren't for that, how could the Minister of Magic get Fudge's turn?"
Bagman made a mistake and paused: "Of course, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Minister Fudge, it's just that he is better than Fudge. Let's talk about Barty..."
Moody shook his neck, causing the dense scars on his face to squirm, looking hideous and terrifying. A twisted smile appeared on his face: "You're right, even his The birth of his child did not stop him from working hard, not to mention his birthday, receiving a notice, and graduating with excellent results in all subjects... This diligence allowed him to rise quickly, and he happened to catch up with that period..."
< br>He didn't say it clearly, but everyone knew what that period meant.
"He advocated taking very tough measures to deal with the supporters of the mysterious man. Aurors have gained new rights, such as the right to kill, instead of just arresting, such as being able to directly arrest without trial. Handed over to the Dementors." Moody's eyes flashed with sarcasm, "Use violence to deal with violence, allow the use of the Unforgivable Curse on the suspect, ruthless and ruthless..."
Bagman seemed to recall that period and said with some fear: "This is a very helpless method, isn't it? Imagine that when that person was the most powerful, you didn't know who his supporters were, you didn't know Who will do something terrible when least expected?
"Maybe it's your neighbor, maybe your classmates, or even your family and friends. Every week, the "Daily Prophet" will publish new bad news. Some people are dead, some are missing, and some are being tortured... There is a situation of terror, tension and chaos everywhere. "
Moody's voice sounded again: "He has won many supporters for himself. After the mysterious man disappeared, many wizards asked him to be the Minister of Magic. Everyone thought that it was only a matter of time before he became the top leader. However, at this moment, an unfortunate thing happened..."
He smiled coldly: "Crouch's biological son was caught, Barty Crouch Jr., a The more ruthless Death Eaters even participated in the torture of the Longbottoms. "
"Did Crouch excuse his son? "Hermione asked quietly.
"Excuse me?" Moody laughed strangely, "Miss Granger, you probably haven't understood his true nature. His entire life has been dedicated to becoming the Minister of Magic. Everything that threatens his reputation , are bound to be thrown aside by him
"His father's love is only shown in putting his son on trial so that he can show how much he hates the boy in front of many wizards, and then he will. Sent his biological son to Azkaban. "
The sky has darkened, and the group of people remained silent in a tacit agreement.
The cool evening wind blew through the grass, and Loren's faint voice was mixed into the wind: "So, Crouch Why are you absent today, sir? "
"It is said that he went to worship his wife and son. Who knows? "Moody raised his head and took another sip.
"His son is dead?" Hermione asked.
Bagman whispered: "He died not long after being sent to Azkaban. How long can a 19-year-old kid who just graduated from school survive the torture of dementors?"
There was a long silence.
Loren glanced meaningfully at Moody. Could it be that the cemetery Crouch went to happened to be in Little Hangleton?
(End of this chapter)