Popular Web NovelsChapter 560 Draco's InformationChapter 560 Draco's Information
King's Cross Station, Platform 9.
On September 1, 1995, the bright red paint of the Hogwarts Express was always as bright as new. The chimney above the front of the train was spraying black soot. The platform was crowded with students who were saying goodbye. The family and the little wizards breathed in the familiar smell and boarded the train surrounded by people. Their sights were full of familiar faces. Their hearts, which had been silent for the whole holiday, were jumping for joy, as if they were so happy that they wanted to fly.
Sirius was defeated by Molly and Moody's double torture, and finally gave up the idea of lurking in Hogsmeade, and said goodbye to Harry in despair.
"Take good care of yourselves."
"Especially you, Harry, be careful."
"Don't forget, each of you, that when you write a letter, be careful not to write everything."
"If you can't get it, Yes, just don't write it in the letter."
"To avoid trouble, don't let your guard down at any time!"
"..."
The shrill whistle sounded and the train started moving.
"Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
The little wizards shouted out from the open window, and Ron and Ginny leaned half out of the window. , with a face full of joy and waving his hands, the figures of Tonks, Lupine, Sirius, Moody and the Weasleys became smaller and smaller, and finally shrank into a small black dot that could not be seen clearly. It turned a corner and disappeared behind the platform pillars.
They walked hard in the aisle while looking through the glass doors into the private rooms. Most of the private rooms were already full of people. There were a few scattered empty seats in a few private rooms, but the group of people I don't want to be separated and sit with unfamiliar people.
As soon as they passed a car, a tall boy with dreadlocks called out loudly: "Here, there are two empty seats here, come here!"
"Thank you, Li!" Fred looked into the box, laughed immediately, and squeezed in happily, "Oh! Long time no see, Katie, Aaliyah, and...Angelina!"
" Hey!" George noticed something was wrong and immediately shouted, "Why did you put Angelina last?"
"Huh?"
"..."
Loren and the others smiled and said hello, and continued walking to the back car. There were always people saying hello to them along the way. Harry was the winner of the Goblet of Fire, and everyone in Hogwarts knew him. Even many freshmen were familiar with him. They stared at Harry with great interest, and some of them nudged the people sitting next to them with their elbows and pointed at him.
This is the case for five consecutive carriages.
"Oh, look, the famous Harry Potter!"
"Look at the scar on his forehead, it's really shaped like a lightning bolt!"
"Listen Said he defeated that man..."
Ron winked at him and joked with a weird smile: "It seems that Colin's fan club is going to expand again. How about just setting up a fan club, just like Krum last semester..."
Harry could only smile bitterly in return.
In the last carriage, they met Neville, holding a pot of small gray cactus in one hand and holding tightly to his struggling toad Leif, which was round and round. With sweat on his face, he greeted them breathlessly: "Hey, Harry, Loren... stop looking, everything is full, go directly to the last box, Luna is there alone..."
Ginny glanced at the box at the back, and then at Neville who was sweating profusely, and couldn't help but wonder: "Then why did you go outside?"
"I have to go to the prefect's box. …"
"Our prefect is actually you, Neville!" Ron shouted in disbelief.
"Well..."
Neville responded softly, his round face flushed with embarrassment, and he muttered sheepishly, "I don't know why Professor McGonagall chose me. But grandma is so happy...Forget it, I will tell you later, I have to accept the instructions from the student union president, and then patrol the corridors from time to time."
"Go quickly, Longbottom-level. Long." Harry laughed.
Hearing this title, Neville's face turned red, and he unconsciously tightened his grip on Leif's hand, causing the toad choir leader to scream: "Don't, don't call me that... …I'm leaving now, see you later!"
Seeing him running away in a panic, Ron put away his envious eyes and muttered unconvincingly: "I also want to be a prefect, why didn't Professor McGonagall choose me..."
" Because you are still busy with Quidditch stuff."
Loren said hello to Luna who was sitting inside, while neatly moving the two empty boxes into the box and putting the silly cage and Crookshanks' bamboo basket was placed on top of the box, and one little guy occupied one, while feeding them some pet snacks.
"What?" Ron looked up stupidly.
"Don't forget, Wood once told Angelina before graduation that if Angelina graduates and leaves office, she will hand over the position of Quidditch captain to you..."
Loren explained unhurriedly that at the afternoon tea party in the principal's office a few days ago, Professor McGonagall had discussed the candidates for prefects with them, so he knew about this: "Last year, because of the Goblet of Fire Tournament, the entire There is no Quidditch activity this year. Angelina is about to graduate this year. If you don't take advantage of this year to familiarize yourself with the captaincy, what will you do next year? >Ron's eyes widened, and his breathing gradually became rapid. He never thought that he would have such an important responsibility on his shoulders before school officially started.
"I...Captain...hehe..."
A few people saw that he was even more flustered than Neville, and smiled knowingly, and then they had time to say hello to Luna next to them. , Ginny even held her hand and asked her what she had done during the summer vacation and how she was doing.
"I had a good time. My dad took me to the virgin forest to look for traces of the Scimitar-Horned Snorlax. We made some discoveries..."
Luna said in a trance, her golden hair was messy, The waist-long, slender pear wood wand is inserted behind her left ear. Her eyebrows are very light, and her blinking frequency is very low, so looking at those clear eyes always makes people feel a little weird. Fortunately, she is not wearing that wand. A necklace made of butterbeer corks, but the Quibbler magazine in her hand was upside down. After two years of getting along, Hermione had already adapted to her quirks and understood that this girl from Ravenclaw had a pure heart, so she didn't refute her that there was no existence of Snorlax in the world, but she didn't want to agree with her either. .
"Hey Luna, did the Quibbler publish any interesting articles over the summer? You know, the Daily Prophet is full of articles slandering Dumbledore and praising Dumbledore. Fudge's words look like buzzing flies..."
"Uh-huh!"
Luna pursed her thin lips into a pleasant smile. Although she knew Hermione was changing the subject, she still found it helpful: "I recommend you to read this issue. My father revealed many secret truths that most people don't know in the article. Someone from the Ministry of Magic sent a warning letter asking him to withdraw these manuscripts, but we threw those letters into the fireplace..."
Hermione took the magazine, it was difficult to see the cover clearly because it was upside down just now, Only now did they see that it was a badly drawn caricature of Cornelius Fudge, wearing a dark yellow-green hat, holding a bag of gold in one hand, and pinching a goblin in the other. neck.
The caption on the comic is: How close is Fudge to taking over Gringotts?
The following are the titles of other articles in the magazine: Corruption in the Quidditch Federation; New Education Order - What the Ministry of Magic Wants to Do to Hogwarts; Silence of Pure-Blooded Families The plot being planned...
Although he knew that these articles were most likely to be headline-grabbing, and the cover table of contents contained the most information, Harry was still interested, and Hermione spread the magazine on the small table. , clattered and turned, and for a while the carriage was filled with voices discussing fake news.
Luna always had a cheerful smile on her face. There were two things in the world that made her happiest. One was those weird and unproven magical animals, and the other was the Quibbler edited by her father. popular.
"Tsk, tsk…"
Loren couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, as expected, the end of all media is clickbait.
"When Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge was elected five years ago, he denied that he had any intention of taking over Gringotts Wizarding Bank. Fudge always insisted that he only wanted to be with our custodian of gold. "Peaceful cooperation". But is this really the case?
Informants close to the Ministry of Magic recently revealed that Fudge's strongest ambition is to control the goblin gold reserves, and he will not hesitate to use force if necessary.
A Ministry of Magic insider revealed: His friends call him Cornelius Fudge, the "Goblin Killer". I wish you could hear what he said when he thought no one was around, he was always talking about the goblins he killed. Those who were thrown into the water and drowned, those who were pushed to death from upstairs, those who were poisoned to death, and those who were made into pies and baked..."
These unprovoked attacks on Cornelius Fudge Although the slander is untrue, it is very popular with the young wizards. Who told them to hate Cornelius Fudge? Listen to Harry and Ron making up some ridiculous speculations on the spot, and then listen to Luna's analysis with seriousness, and finally. Hermione, who looked confused, retorted in a low voice...
Loren listened with interest
The train clanked forward, bringing them to the open countryside, where the weather always changed from summer to autumn. It was unpredictable. One moment, the carriage was filled with sunshine, and the other moment, the sky was gloomy and dark clouds were gathering.
When fine raindrops began to fall outside the carriage window again, Loren suddenly caught a glimpse of someone waving to him outside the compartment. Looking up, Draco's smooth golden hair is close to his scalp, his pointed chin is raised high, and his expression is exactly the same as his father
As soon as Loren stepped out of the box, Draco, who had a cool expression, pulled him towards the secluded observation platform at the back of the car, and carefully checked to see if anyone was following him, and deliberately closed the door of the platform, as cautious as experience. Rich spy staff.
"Hey, isn't this the new prefect of Slytherin? Why do you want to shut me up as a Gryffindor when you first take office? You are using power for personal gain, Prefect Malfoy." Loren glanced at The prefect and president on his chest joked in a long voice.
Draco looked at him with a cold expression, his eyebrows knitted together: "During the summer vacation, I used that copper nut to send you a message, why didn't you reply to me?"
< br>"Slander, I obviously replied!"
"..."
Listening to his confident tone, Draco took a deep breath and tried to hold back some uncivilized words: "That's what you call a reply. Count how many letters there are. Read! Read! One. The spells of the freshmen are longer than this!"
"The prologue of "Standard Spells", Miranda Gorshak's summary and criticism of some outdated spells, I can list more than ten spells to refute you."
"Are we talking about spells!?"
"Hey, how can you say that? You are now the prefect of Slytherin, you should give it to the lower-grade students Be a good example. Charms, as one of the core courses at Hogwarts, cannot be overemphasized."
"..."
Draco's fist hardened. If he couldn't beat this man, he really wanted to take out his wand and hit him with a few standard spells. He took a deep breath to calm himself down: "What I want to tell you is something very serious. , about the Dark Lord's plan!"
"He's looking for your father again?"
"Well..." Draco nodded slightly, "He moved into our house a few days before school started. He probably used Malfoy Manor as a temporary base. He secretly asked my father to do something. "
"What?"
"I don't know."
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"I don't know what you're talking about -"
"But my father secretly made an appointment with someone last night. I was hiding behind a pillar wearing an invisibility cloak. I didn't hear the specific action clearly. His state was very abnormal. "It's very similar to the behavior of being hit by the Imperius Curse as described in the book." Draco's face was sullen and his brows were slightly furrowed. His appearance at this time was somewhat similar to Snape's, "Stogy Podmore, you." Do you know this name..."
Loren was stunned for a moment, and a middle-aged wizard with a square jaw quickly appeared in his mind - Stooges Podmore, the guard who was late this morning!
The long-standing memories buried in the depths of his mind quickly climbed up like a giant whale in the deep sea, finally breaking through the water and splashing into the sky. He tried to find something about Stooges Po from those pictures that did not belong to this world. There were no clues about Demo, but nothing was found.
I don't know the identity of this man, I don't know what he did, let alone what role he played in the Order of the Phoenix and the Death Eaters...
Loren's heart skipped two beats, but quickly calmed down. Since they boarded the train safely, it meant that there was nothing wrong with Stooges Podmore for the time being. He suspected that Lucius and Voldemort didn't know this at all. He is a member of the Order of the Phoenix, but he chose this unlucky guy when choosing a puppet.
And due to the existence of the Loyalty Curse, even if this person has been controlled by Voldemort, he cannot reveal the existence of No. 12 Grimmauld Place.
Loren exhaled and asked slowly: "Then, what did Stourge Podmore do?"
"I didn't hear his plan, but I can Guaranteed, he can't do anything." Draco spread his hands and smiled triumphantly, "I found out that he was under the Imperius Curse, so after he walked out of the manor gate, I followed him quietly and cast it on him. I cast a few universal breaking spells, although they are not enough to break the Soul Imperius Curse, but it can make his mind clearer..."
"I really want to give you some spells to clear your mind! "
(End of this chapter)