A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 344: The shadow is approaching

  Chapter 346 The shadow is approaching

  The sky gradually became brighter and turned dark blue, and a light white appeared from the horizon.

  Standing in the crowd, Felix understands why Fudge is so afraid of Barty Crouch, unsmiling, with an old-school rigid and rigid style, when Fudge is still struggling with how to deal with these hooded men , Crouch has issued orders in an orderly manner.

   "Take these thugs away," he said sternly: "They will be interrogated until someone can tell who is the mastermind of this terrorist activity."

  Fudge wiped his sweat, "Crouch... Batty, what you said is too serious... They were just drunk and drunk, and there were no serious consequences... I will not agree to define it Because of the horror... if it didn't involve Muggles, you only need to pay a fine."

   "Oh, is it? I will focus on the results of the interrogation," Crouch said, his eyes fixed on the hooded men who had removed their masks, "I'm familiar with some of them, Quite familiar..."

  Fudge cleared his throat, "Okay, we'll talk about something when we get back to the ministry—Walsh!" He turned his head to look around, and Walsh Cedric walked over quickly.

  "I will hand over some of the people to you, and you will stay to deal with the follow-up... er, appeasement work, and I will go back to the ministry to solve more difficult troubles."

  The staff of the Ministry of Magic urgently made a batch of portkeys and left with the people lying on the ground.

  Walsh Cedric arranged for the remaining people to put out the fire and appease everyone. Many family members were separated, and the staff of the Ministry of Magic blessed themselves with a loud voice, shouting in the crowd until they became hoarse.

  There are also claims, complaints, and complaints, all kinds of appeals are confusing. Walsh showed a good quality of work, accepted everything as ordered, and then lightly asked them to go back and sort out a list of losses. As for whether to pay or not, it is not certain.

  "I definitely won't lose money, I can only admit that I'm unlucky." Sirius said with experience, Harry wanted to laugh but couldn't, so he could only grin coordinatingly.

   "Okay, kids." Mr. Weasley said, "Go back to your tent and sleep for a while, it's only a few hours before dawn, and you'll have to queue up for the door keys during the day."

  Barty Crouch stayed, and he found Felix.

  "I have something to say to you, Mr. Haip." Crouch said with a straight face: "Let's find a place to talk, what do you think?"

  "Of course," Felix smiled, "it's better to go to my tent, where it's intact."

  They returned to the tent of the Future World Company, which was very spacious, with stacked empty boxes in the corner, and two large magic lamps in the shape of fire dragons. Crouch glanced at Cramie and Lupine, Did not say anything.

  The two sat down, and Felix brought a jug of lemonade.

  "Thank you." Crouch said politely, he couldn't wait to get to the point, "Mr. Haip, I want to thank you for stopping the riot in time without causing more serious consequences."

  "More serious consequences?"

  "Yeah, more serious consequences," Crouch repeated, looking at Felix with sharp eyes, "You haven't experienced it, but I know what they are, to be honest, follow the normal process , that Muggle family can’t survive.”

  "Normal process..." Felix raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it what I thought?"

   "Death Eaters." Crouch said indifferently, "killing Muggles for fun. Back then, I was the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and handled quite a few shocking cases. So I ordered my subordinates to Aurors fight with fire."

  Felix was fiddling with the goblet, thinking in his heart, at this moment, the curtain of the tent was lifted, "Barty, I heard that you are here... Ha, it is true."

   Ludo Bagman said breathlessly, sweat dripping down his face.

  He pulled a chair and sat between the two of them, poured himself a glass of lemon juice, drank it, and let out a long sigh of relief: "It's really a day full of ups and downs, those fans-"

   "It's the thugs, Ludo." Crouch interrupted him, correcting him.

   "Uh, well, thugs..." Bagman asked, "What are you talking about?"

   But this sentence was just an introduction, he immediately opened the conversation, looked at Felix with a smile on his face: "It's a pity that I missed the good show, when you showed your power, I was settling the bet with Roddy , he wagered a large sum of money, betting that Bulgaria would score the first goal, and as you can see... I have already seen that the Bulgaria team is not good, so I offered very high odds!"

  "And little Agatha, she bought half of the shares in the eel farm, which is a bit crazy... But, it happened to help me repay the debt I borrowed from the goblin..."

  "Nobody wants to hear your business story," Crouch said impatiently, "We're talking about business, if you can realize that you're also one of the leaders of the camp."

  Ludo Bagman looked at him uneasily, "But, isn't it over? All the troublemakers have been brought back to the Ministry. There is Walsh in the camp. He has done a lot better than me... "

  Felix smiled and said: "Mr. Bagman, we were just discussing the topic of Death Eaters."

  "Death Eater...what? Death Eater..." Bagman's round face began to sweat, "I, I don't quite understand."

  Felix and Crouch ignored him. Felix wanted to know why Crouch came to him, so he continued the interrupted topic, "Mr. Crouch, you just said that Death Eaters Killing Muggles for fun, do you think they did today's farce?"

  "I can't think of anyone else," Crouch said word by word: "Only they need to hide their heads and show their faces, to cover up their inner cowardice and despicableness, but recall the past glory. Years later, it was a way to remind us that they were doing well."

  His toothbrush-like beard trembled, and his eyeballs protruded, looking very hideous. Felix doubted that if there were Death Eaters standing in front of him, he could bite their throats open with his teeth.

  Bagman thought of the scene where he was judged at the end of the war. Crouch now had the same expression as before, and he couldn't help being afraid. From this point of view, Fudge's arrangement was a failure. Bagman didn't have the courage to oppose Crouch. He planted the seeds of fear when he was tried that year, so he has been on good terms with Crouch all these years.

   "Barty, maybe, maybe..." He was so frightened that he couldn't finish his words after mumbling for a long time.

  Felix had a similar guess, nodded at this moment and said: "So there is actually one thing missing today, the Dark Mark."

  Crouch showed a contemptuous expression: "They dare not do this."

  Before the conversation ended, Barty Crouch seemed to express his real purpose: "The Wizengamot has considered accepting you as a member of them. Just in the near future, maybe you can catch up with this time." Judgment. We need to get tough on these scum."

  Felix looked at his back and felt weird. Was Crouch looking for a helper in the Wizengamot? As far as he knew, Barty Crouch had a bad life before, and even had Rumor had it that Fudge was planning to kick him out of the Wizengamot.

  But in fact, Fudge is not capable of doing this, because the Wizengamot Wizarding Court is a rather loose organization, usually each member has his own job, and they only get together when there are important matters.

   When it comes to the leader, Dumbledore is the chief wizard of the Wizengamot.

  ……

  Not long after Barty Crouch left, he asked for leave on the grounds of feeling unwell and disappeared into the camp, but he did not go far, but appeared in the woods near the camp.

  A man in a black robe and cloak stood motionless in the mist.

  Barty Crouch's expression also became stiff, as if frozen.

  The cloaked man lifted his hood, revealing a young face: "Master."

  Barty Crouch's voice suddenly became hoarse and harsh, "I went to see Felix Hemp..."

   "What!" The cloaked man - Barty Crouch Jr. said in a deep voice: "Would it be too risky, master... We underestimated him before, but today we are on the scene, and you still pass My father's eyes saw..."

  Barty Crouch’s eyes instantly turned blood red, and his pupils became snake-shaped. He said softly: “Before making a plan, you must always confirm who the enemies are... It turns out that he can’t find out. I'm... not even as sensitive as that kid, Harry Potter!"

   "But in case he sees through your disguise—" said Barty Crouch Jr. eagerly.

  Barty Crouch, or Voldemort, said slowly: "My current state... the biggest advantage is that I cannot be killed. Perhaps, you still have old feelings for your father?"

  "No, my master." Barty Crouch Jr. knelt at his feet and said reverently: "I hate him to the bone and am ashamed of his name. Master, he imprisoned me For more than ten years, I have lived like a dead person, and it was not until the arrival of the master that I was liberated."

  This involves a past event. More than ten years ago, with the end of the war, the guilty were imprisoned in Azkaban, and Barty Crouch Jr. was accused of torturing the Longbottoms into madness with Bellatrix and others. Crouch denied it at the trial scene, and implored his father, who was the judge, to believe him—the evidence at the time was not sufficient, because the witnesses did not have a deep impression on Crouch Jr., and his father was the judge presiding over the trial. There is a good chance of getting away with the crime.

   But it is a pity that Barty Crouch is unselfish. He has already seen the flaws in his son's sneaky whereabouts. Combined with vague witnesses, he finally confirmed that Crouch Jr. was guilty and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

  After that, Barty Crouch made a big mistake. He couldn't refuse his wife's dying request. At the end of her life, he used Polyjuice Potion to change his son out of prison, and kept using the Imperius Curse to control him. At home, Shining, the house elf, took care of him, intending to let him live his whole life in a daze.

  Until Sirius escaped from Azkaban, with the determination to kill Wormtail Peter with one life for another, Wormtail was terrified, and he disappeared for several months. Jorkins heard the news about the competition and Barty Jr., they broke into Barty Crouch's house when he was away, and released Crouch Jr. When Crouch came back from work, he was attacked by his son and Wormtail, and controlled him with the Imperius Curse.

  ……

  Voldemort said in an emotionless voice: "What if I let you kill your own father?"

  "I will happily carry out your orders!"

   "No hurry," Voldemort let out a chilling laugh, "Barty Crouch is still useful, but he almost got out of my control in front of that idiot Fudge, and almost ruined the big thing. Maybe I hid Too much pain in his mind for him ~IndoMTL.com~ inadvertently reduced the effect of the Imperius Curse."

  Barty Crouch Jr. was thinking: "Will the flaw be seen?"

  Voldemort sneered and said: "There is no evidence, at most it is some temptations, but the Tournament cannot do without him, and things will develop in the direction we expected. The only pity is that I cannot maintain this state for too long... It's really inconvenient to lose Wormtail."

  "Master, it's all my fault."

   "Okay," Voldemort said, "As planned, we will go back to your house first, I need to rest for a while, and then we will go to Mad-Eye Moody, he is not easy to deal with, we must set a trap."

  "Master, you finally got a body, I can do it by myself... If it's not possible, let Shining..."

  "When will the house-elf be able to do things for the great Voldemort?" Voldemort said gloomily: "It doesn't matter if Barty Crouch is exposed, I have found a way for him to call off the curtain."

  "Master?"

  "The boy from the Black family gave me inspiration. You don't want to appear in front of the world openly? Just let him apologize with death and prove your innocence."

  (end of this chapter)