Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 347 Dangerous, give up for now - let's go to the Ministry of Magic
"We'd better do some testing. Do you have any good ideas?" Dumbledore said with his back to Hera, who was looking down at the condition of the lake.

The water in the lake was frighteningly black, and it was completely impossible to see what was hidden in it, but there was no doubt that there must be something extremely dangerous hidden in it.

"Maybe, we can find a way to move the Horcrux. I think these methods are definitely used to protect the Horcrux." Hera raised her head, looked at the back of the tall and thin old man not far in front of her, and smiled. "Maybe a flying curse is good. This is the simplest and most direct way. I don't believe the Dark Lord will let us get it so easily."

"Of course, after all, none of us thought that Voldemort was so stupid that he would forget to cast the counter-curse of the Flying Curse." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Then why don't you try it?"

Hera's eyes flashed, he knew that he should trust Dumbledore, if something attacked him, Dumbledore would be able to protect him.If Dumbledore used the Flying Curse and was accidentally attacked by something, Hera couldn't guarantee that she could take him out intact.

Hera figured it out almost instantly. He cleared his throat, raised his wand, and said loudly, "Horcruxes are coming!"

With a bang like an explosion, a huge white guy jumped up from the pitch-black lake twenty feet away.Before Hera had time to see what it was, it disappeared again with a splash, splashing deep ripples on the calm water.Hera subconsciously jumped back and hit the rock wall.

He turned to Dumbledore with a very serious expression, "I'm afraid the cruelty of the Dark Lord is beyond our imagination."

"This is an extremely cruel thing." Dumbledore nodded, his expression became very serious. "I'm afraid there are at least dozens of Yin corpses here."

Hera took a deep breath, and he raised his wand, illuminating his and Dumbledore's faces, "We'd better go back now, but there are so many ghost corpses hidden in this lake, I can't imagine what will appear later."

Dumbledore said nothing, he just rubbed his toes lightly on the wet soil on the lakeshore.

"Dumbledore, we were completely unprepared, the risk is too great." Hera said again. "We can't get hurt here - the Dark Lord will surely notice."

"You're right." Dumbledore sighed for a long time, "Perhaps it won't be too late for us to take it when we have time to prepare." He took another deep look at the shimmering green light in the middle of the lake.

Horcruxes were so close to them, but the Inferi alone would be a great hindrance to them.

Of course Dumbledore and Hera can deal with Inferi, all they need is the Fiendfire Curse.But this will definitely alarm Voldemort, and it will make him alert. Once Voldemort transfers the Horcrux, it will be another trouble - just to find the whereabouts of this Horcrux, Dumbledore and the members of the Order of the Phoenix have been working hard for a whole month.

As for continuing to explore?

Hera didn't think they could easily obtain the Horcruxes. The first two checkpoints alone were dangerous enough, although they didn't know who would be guarding the Horcruxes in the end?

This is not the level Dumbledore set for Quirrell in 1991-it was purely for training Harry, otherwise how could he be so weak?

It didn't take much time for them to return to the previous cabin by the sea. This cabin was terribly dilapidated, and a strong smell of the sea soon filled the room. It was probably during the short period of time they left - one can imagine how much effort Dumbledore had spent before making it slightly acceptable.

The cold wind was blowing in through the gaps in the wooden wall, and there was nothing in the fireplace, which was damp.There are only two rooms in total in the room.

"I just use this place as a foothold. This is a deserted Muggle cabin." Dumbledore said helplessly, spreading his hands.

Hera shook her head, "It's not important, what's important now is, Dumbledore, why do you still need me? I don't think I'll be able to appear in public again for a short time, should I take care of Sirius?" Hera's expression became very bad, he didn't want to take care of Sirius.

"Of course not," Dumbledore said with a smile, while waving his wand to sweep away the smell of the sea in the cabin. "Dung told me a very exciting news. Sirius' consciousness is recovering—or, the soul born in his body is growing."

"What's the situation?" Hera asked in a low voice. He didn't dare to look into Dumbledore's eyes, so he pretended to lower his head and put his ragged robe on the sofa, as if it would make the ragged sofa more comfortable to sit on.

"I think this is an extremely rare thing. There may be only one such case in the past thousand years." Dumbledore frowned, but soon relaxed, "But I don't think this is a bad thing. Sirius can't do without Dunge all day now. He seems to recognize Dunge as his father."

"That sounds really stressful."

"Who said no, Dunge discussed it with me, but I think it is most suitable for him to take care of Sirius." Dumbledore said with a smile, "I think the Order of the Phoenix will welcome a new member soon."

"It's amazing, the original soul was devoured, and the body regenerated the soul, never heard of such a thing!" Hera was very surprised, of course, this made him even more relieved - as long as Sirius doesn't remember that Hera sent him to the Ministry of Magic, everything will be fine.

"I think it might not be so rare, but before that, the Ministry of Magic always let those who were kissed by the dementors to fend for themselves in Azkaban." Dumbledore said, this seemed to remind him of something very bad, and his expression became very ugly.

"Okay, let's not talk about this, I really have something for you to do, and only you can do it." Dumbledore stared at Hera closely with his blue pupils.

"Uh..." Hera's hands froze while changing the robe, and he said hastily, "But I got into a fight with the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic. I'm afraid my bounty notices are already posted everywhere."

"Believe me, Hera, it's nothing." Dumbledore patted Hera's shoulder kindly, "This will not affect you, we will take care of it all."

"Okay, professor, what do we want now?"

"To the Ministry of Magic."

"Oh ah!?"

Hera almost didn't react at all, and Dumbledore grabbed his arm and disappeared into the cabin.

The scene in front of him almost instantly turned into the magnificent hall of the Ministry of Magic. Fortunately, Hera had already changed her clothes, otherwise she would have been watched by a large number of middle-aged witches in the Ministry of Magic.

Hera bent down and retched uncontrollably, "Dumbledore, you'd better tell me in advance. I'm not so used to being apparated by someone"

"Sorry, I thought you were used to it," Dumbledore said unapologetically.

After a while, Hera straightened up slowly. His face was pale and he looked extremely weak, but he was much better than before.And this also surprised the passing wizards to find that he was Hera Lestrange, who was wanted by Minister Fudge not long ago.

But when they saw Dumbledore beside Hera, they shut their mouths, and could only nod to Dumbledore and Hera, and then left at a faster pace.

"It seems that the situation is not as bad as you imagined." Dumbledore said jokingly.

Hera made a bitter face and shook her head, hoping that this would make him feel better, "But the situation won't be so good."

"Don't rush to say that, let's talk to Fudge, shall we? I think we will convince him." Dumbledore said with a smile, and he walked towards the other end of the hall with brisk strides.

Hera followed Dumbledore, carefully hooding herself, hiding her face under the hood.On the contrary, Dumbledore didn't notice Hera's embarrassing situation at all.

"Good afternoon, Dumbledore."

"Hello, Wilbur, how is it at the Department of Magical Legal Services?" Dumbledore greeted a wizard he met, as if he could call every name that greeted him, but this made Hera more cautious to hide her face with her hood so that they would not recognize her.

"Not bad, just got promoted recently." Wilbur looked around vigilantly, and quickly approached Dumbledore, asking in a low voice: "Dumbledore, what you said before was really a joke, right?"

"Wilbur, you know I never joke about this kind of thing." Dumbledore said unhurriedly.

Wilbur's face changed, he laughed bluntly twice, "Haha, I think I will still trust you."

"I will not be ashamed of your trust." Dumbledore nodded, quickly jumped over him, and continued walking forward with Hera.

Wilbur just stood there, looking at Dumbledore's back, his expression changed repeatedly, and finally he seemed to have made up his mind, and walked quickly in another direction.

"Will he believe it?" Hera asked in a low voice, following behind Dumbledore.

Dumbledore shook his head with a smile, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Connery can't fool everyone. Even if Voldemort doesn't make any big moves now, many people can still feel it. They just don't want to admit it."

"Perhaps this is good for them, at least they can maintain the operation of the Ministry of Magic." Hera said unhurriedly. He had no doubt that under Fudge's leadership, the Ministry of Magic had collapsed into a mess.

"But they should know the truth." Dumbledore said in a strong tone.Immediately afterwards, they walked into the elevator and did not speak again. Even if there were other people greeting Dumbledore, he just nodded and did not speak.

It seemed he was saving words so that he could convince Fudge with a flawless set of arguments later - though Hera thought Fudge would just bluntly deny it all.

The elevator rattled upward, and enchanted notes danced around the lamp that hung from the ceiling of the elevator.

All the way to the second floor, only Dumbledore, Hera, and a wizard were left in the elevator.The warlock was reading a horribly long piece of parchment that stretched across the floor, and with his head buried in the parchment, he seemed to be reading it carefully.

Hera was also able to see his face clearly, it was a familiar face—what a surprise, it was Richfar Heilig, Hera's heart suddenly rose to his throat, and he swallowed, but it was so eye-catching in the quiet elevator.

Mr. Richfar raised his head, he glanced at Dumbledore quickly, and then cast his eyes on Hera, his pupils suddenly dilated in horror, but soon he lowered his head and continued to read the parchment as if he hadn't seen anything.

"Damn it, he must have recognized me." Hera thought in her heart.So why didn't he identify him now?Is Hera going to be ruined in front of Fudge and Dumbledore?
The elevator shook slightly and went up again. The remaining few notes continued to circle around the lamp, and then the door opened, and a voice said: "First floor, minister's office, deputy chief's office."

"Here we are," said Dumbledore, but Richfar stepped out of the elevator more quickly, and the two of them followed Mr Richfar.

"I think he's the missing man from last year, isn't it?" Dumbledore asked in a low voice. He didn't have much contact with Richfar, and Hera used Polyjuice Potion to pretend to be Richfar from him.

Hera nodded, followed Dumbledore and answered in a whispered voice, "Yes, but I don't know how he got to this position."

There was a flash of light in Dumbledore's eyes, but it disappeared quickly, and Hera thought she was wrong.

They came to a corridor with windows on both sides, and there was a door separated by several windows. It was written in gilt ornate English: Office of the Deputy Chief. They walked straight ahead and knew the end of the corridor.

It was a very luxurious door, decorated with complex and luxurious magic patterns, and a wooden sign was hung on the door—maybe it was pure gold, but it was golden anyway, and fine black gemstones were inlaid on it to form the words "Minister's Office".

"Are you ready?" Dumbledore turned his head and looked at Hera with a smile, he looked like he was sure of winning.

Hera took a deep breath, "I think I'm almost ready, but I'm not sure."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything, I'll keep Fudge safe and I won't trouble you again." These words are reassuring, even though it's not clear where Dumbledore got his courage, maybe he intends to use force to 'persuade' Fudge?
At this point in time for Voldemort's comeback, it seems that it is not impossible.

Richfar had already opened the door, Dumbledore and Hera had been exposed to Fudge, and Hera had to bite the bullet and follow behind them.

"Mr. Minister, I have reviewed the latest report on the thinning of the walls of the crucibles in Diagon Alley. Since 1961, the walls of the crucibles have become thinner by one-fifth. I think this is an important reason for the large number of crucibles exploding."

　Ten thousand rewards plus more roar, the accumulated ones count.

　　I have all the rewards from the statistics background!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)