Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 253 Can the British Auror Control My French Hera?

"Stop, that's my son, and his friends!" A familiar voice sounded, "That's my son."

Hera looked up sullenly, noticing that the wizard in front of him had lowered his wand, but he didn't want to be taken for Arthur's son.

Arthur strode toward them, looking terrified.

"Ron—Harry—are you all right?" His voice trembled a little, "Fortunately, you are here, Hera, you protected them!"

Just as Hera was about to speak, she chanted in a cold, emotionless voice.

"Get out of the way, Arthur."

It was Barty Crouch, Winky's master. Hera had seen his photo in the "Daily Prophet", and vaguely remembered that he seemed to be the director of the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department.

His expression was as stern as a rock beneath Gringotts, which made everyone nervous.

Crouch and other officials in the ministry surrounded her. Hera stood up and straightened her cloak, which was a little messy due to hasty dodge.Crouch was so angry that his wand hand was shaking.

"Which of you did this?" he snapped. "Which of you conjured the Dark Mark?"

Crouch's sharp eyes never left Hera's body, as if he was sure it was Hera.

Obviously, there was a problem with his judgment.

"Obviously, it's not us." Hera patted the leaves off her body lightly, not paying too much attention to Crouch's words, not even him.

Crouch is just a guy who failed to seize power. If it was 13 years ago, Hera would have looked up to him. At that time, he was still the director of the Department of Magic and Legal Affairs, but now?
He is nothing more than an outdated official who has been gradually marginalized.

"That's right, we didn't do anything!" Harry said, pointing to the skull above, rubbing his elbow.

"That's right, it's not us!" Ron also said, his hair was covered with weeds and dust at the moment, looking gray, and he looked at his father angrily, "Why are you attacking us?"

"Don't lie." Mr. Crouch pointed his wand at Hera, his eyeballs were about to burst—he looked quite crazy. "You were found at the scene of the crime."

"Obviously, our Director Crouch thinks that the person who appeared at the crime scene is the criminal?" Hera raised his eyebrows and said with great interest. He didn't worry much about his own safety, not to mention the "good relationship" with Minister Fudge—after all, he helped him catch Black, and Crouch couldn't touch him just by talking about his identity—

He was Beauxbatons' Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and could theoretically be classified as a French wizard.

This turned into a foreign incident, obviously not that simple.

Besides, not only Dumbledore, but also Mrs. Maxim, I believe they will all try their best to protect Hera.

"Barty—" whispered a witch in a long woolen shirt, "they're just kids" she said in an uncertain voice, "Barty, there's no way they could be."

"Hera, where did the mark come from?" Mr. Weasley asked anxiously.

"Over there," Hera pointed to the place where they heard the voice just now, "behind that tree, there is a figure, and he recited a spell."

"Oh, they're standing there, aren't they?" said Mr. Crouch, staring at Hera with bulging eyes, his face full of suspicion, "Lestrange, I know you, loyal followers of You-Know-Who, don't you? You seem to know how to conjure the Dark Mark, sir—"

Even Harry could see that Mr. Crouch was targeting Hera, and he said loudly, "It's true what he said, we didn't do it."

The scene fell silent. Except for Mr. Crouch, those officials in the ministry seemed to think that Hera would never be able to conjure a skull. As for Harry and the others?

How is this possible?
Voldemort was down before they were even born.

And does anyone think Harry Potter is going after Voldemort?

This is really a big joke.

They listened to Hera's words, raised their wands one by one, aimed at the direction of Hera's finger, squinted their eyes and peeped into the dark bushes.

"We're late," said the woolen-shirted witch, shaking her head. "They've already Apparated."

"I don't think so," said a wizard with a short brown beard and stubble. Hera vaguely remembered seeing him at King's Cross. He seemed to be Cedric Diggory's father, and he seemed to be called Amos or something. "Our scare masters must have burrowed into the grass and we have a good chance of catching them"

"Amos, be careful!" Several wizards reminded in unison, and saw him puffed out his chest, raised his wand, strode towards that direction, and disappeared into the darkness.

Hera patted Hermione on the back, shaking with terror.

A few minutes later they heard Mr Diggory's shout.

Hera waved her wand lightly, turning a nearby stone into a chair, allowing herself to sit down, holding Hermione in her arms, and gently helping her to straighten her hair, which made the officials of the Ministry of Magic look very helpless—they still held their wands vigilantly.

"It's done, caught! There's a man here! Unconscious! It's—whoops—Jesus—"

"You've caught a man?" cried Mr. Crouch, his brow furrowed as if he could kill a fly, and his tone was one of utter disbelief. "Who, who is it?"

They heard the snapping of branches, the rustling of fallen leaves, and the crunch of footsteps as Amos emerged from the bushes.He held a small limp body in his arms, and Hera recognized the tea towel at a glance, it was Winky.

"Things have become interesting. Obviously, Crouch has something to do with that Death Eater, or in other words, he is subject to that Death Eater." Hera rolled her eyes and suddenly had a good idea in her heart.

Even after all these years, the 'invisible man' apparently still had quite a bit of fanaticism for Voldemort, which could be of great help if put to good use.

Right now is the time when there is a lack of people. To be able to release the Dark Mark, think about it as an 'elite' Death Eater back then, right?

If he can be pulled into the thief's boat, I believe that Voldemort's side's chances of winning will definitely be much higher.

There is one more important thing--for many things, Hera doesn't need to come forward in person.

Voldemort only has two people on hand, Wormtail and Hera. Wormtail can't do anything well. Once Voldemort wants to do something, he will definitely arrange for Hera to do it.
(End of this chapter)