Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 546

"Medea Slytherin has awakened."

Mr Graves said in a statement of fact.

Scott nodded without showing any surprise.

He asked, "Do you know where she is and what she's doing?"

"I don't know where she is, but I know what she wants to do."

Mr. Graves looked down at the top of the small round table with a heavy tone.

"This is related to a magical item in the Graves family collection."

Scott remembered the news he had overheard.

Medea asked Mrs. Zabini to marry Mr. Graves in order to obtain something from the Graves family.

"It stands to reason that you should be under surveillance."

Scott looked up at Mr. Graves.

"But you keep Milton's mother with you all the time."

"I have to."

Mr. Graves smiled wryly again.

"If I don't take her with me, she could be in danger."

Scott was still a little incomprehensible.

Not that he despised Mr. Graves.

However, can he really protect Milton's mother by himself?

It's better to send it far away from the country.

Mr. Graves seemed to know what Scott was thinking.

"It's all the result of my being smart," he explained.

Next, he told the whole story of everything, starting before he married Mrs. Zabini.

From the time he met Mrs. Zabini, Mr. Graves had been vigilant.

After all, that is the famous "Black Widow" in the British magic circle.

But he couldn't figure it out.

He thought he was just a man with neither power nor wealth, but Mrs. Zabini was a pure-blood witch with high eyes and self-proclaimed nobility.

There should have been no intersection between them.

Because he didn't think he had anything worthy of that "Black Widow" conspiracy.

"I used to be complacent."

Mr. Graves dissects himself.

"after all……"

Having said that, he may realize that Scott who is talking to him at this moment is a friend of his son, so he stopped talking.

"I understand," Scott said.

He is also a man, how could he not understand that mentality.

"But then..."

Mr. Graves smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued.

Later, a colleague from the Ministry of Magic recruited him to join the All-Witches Council in Medea.

"It was supposed to be his unauthorized action, he was drunk at the time, but because of that, I have doubts about some things."

He subdued the colleague when he was not prepared, poured him the veritaserum, and then used the forgetting spell to erase the other party's memory of that period of time.

"From him, I learned that Zabini is also a member of the All Witches."

At this point, Mr. Graves was thoroughly wary of Mrs. Zabini.

"But I ended up making the wrong choice..."

He chose to deal with Mrs. Zabini, wanting to learn more about the truth.

"Since then, many people have misunderstood my relationship with Zabini, including Milton's mother."

But Mr. Graves was already in a difficult position, and he was obviously unwilling to find out why Mrs. Zabini approached him.

In the end, he did the mental calculations and unintentionally, and finally learned a terrible truth——

Madame Zabini approached him at Medea Slytherin's behest.

All to gain access to some magical item stashed away by his father, old Mr. Graves.

Mr. Graves began to fear, panic.

He thought he couldn't resist what Medea wanted to do.

If he backed away at this time, not to mention Medea, would Mrs. Zabini and other members of the All Witches take revenge on him?

Or simply revenge on his wife and children.

He didn't dare to gamble.

"Of course, that's only part of the reason why I ended up marrying Zabini."

Mr. Graves smiled self-deprecatingly again.

"There's another part of it, it's because I crave power."

Scott looked at him in surprise.

Mr. Graves said, "I know what you're capable of, Scott. There's not much point in lying in front of you for the sake of saving face."

Scott just said: "Your choice is indeed a bit unwise."

Mr. Graves nodded approvingly.

"I saw that marriage as a transaction, delusional to dance on the tip of a knife, and get the power I crave while protecting my family."

"It turns out that I thought too highly of myself."

"I will never be able to undo the damage this has done to Milton and his mother."

Instead of commenting on the choices he made in the past, Scott volunteered to talk about his current predicament.

"Since you have been bringing Milton's mother with you now, it means that your plan has been expected by the other party."

"Yes, Zabini knew all along."

Mr. Graves' tone was a little excited.

"She always knew that Milton's mother wasn't really gone."

"She's watching my jokes, watching us dodge XZ like homeless dogs."

Scott frowned, "Why?"

"Because Lady Slytherin lost to Voldemort."

Mr. Graves managed to calm himself down.

"They didn't want to go overboard while Ms. Slytherin was asleep."

"Without Ms. Slytherin, they cannot resist the Ministry of Magic, let alone attract Dumbledore's attention."

"We are safe and sound until now, all because of their laissez-faire."

"And as long as we stay in the UK, no one will come to trouble us."

Scott asked, "That time in Vienna?"

Mr. Graves told him that at that time he tried to send Milton's mother away quietly, but in the end he returned to England under the "protection" of several All-Wizard wizards.

"At that time they didn't dare to go too far, until I failed to run for minister..."

Scott got it.

After losing the election, Mr Graves lost his political leverage and became less important.

He said softly, "Now that Medea has awakened, it's time for them to act."

"you're right."

Mr. Graves looked downcast.

"Do you know what the magic item Medea wants to get?"

Scott asked calmly.

"And... why did they use such a roundabout method?"

With Medea's strength, wouldn't it be nice to go to the door quietly and snatch the magic item from old Mr. Graves?

Why make things so complicated?
"I don't know what that item is. It is said that it can break a lot of magic. As long as it accumulates power for a long time, it may be able to break any magic."

Mr. Graves said hesitantly.

Break any magic?

Intuition reminded Scott of Avalon's passage.

Mr. Graves continued: "As for why they didn't snatch it directly, the reason is that my father has made a lot of arrangements for that magic item, and he can let it be destroyed automatically in a single thought."

"Supposedly?" Scott was puzzled.

Mr. Graves looked a little embarrassed.

"This is all the news I inquired about."

"And my father never told us about that magic item."

"But almost every new wizarding family and pure-blood family has heard rumors about that magic item."

Scott was surprised, "So many things happened, didn't you tell your father?"

Mr Graves said: "My father knew everything that happened at the Graves house, but he never explained anything to us."

Scott couldn't understand.

It was possible for old Mr. Graves to be arbitrary as a patriarch, but it was strange to say nothing at this point.

"this is normal."

Mr. Graves was not surprised.

"That was the nature of my father."

But Scott always felt that something was wrong.

He collected his thoughts.

"Mrs. Zabini may have wanted to find out about your father's arrangements for that magic item, but now..."

"Even we don't know, it's impossible for her to find out anything."

Mr. Graves said in the affirmative.

"If Ms. Slytherin can't wait, they'll have to find something else after all."

Scott nodded, "An Imperius Curse can solve all problems as long as it is taken by surprise."

"My father was not so easy to be recruited. He was extremely cautious all his life."

Mr. Graves seemed to have confidence in the old Mr. Graves.

But if the gap in strength is too large...

Scott expressed this meaning with his eyes.

"You're right, Scott."

Mr. Graves finally got to the point.

"That's what I really want to tell you."

Scott made a serious listening gesture.

"The All-Witches seem to be calm, no one is doing anything, but you should be very aware that they have a private channel of communication," Mr Graves said.

"You mean the local area network built in the Floo network?"

Scott was rather surprised.

"Because Dumbledore knew about this, I thought that after Ms. Burns came to power, corresponding measures had been taken."

"Those little fireplaces are still in use as far as I know," Mr Graves said.

Scott frowned, "That means the Ministry of Magic can't block it, and can't monitor it?"

Mr. Graves shook his head. "Unless they shut down the entire Floo network, which obviously they can't do."

Scott didn't dwell on this for the time being, but continued to ask him, "Do you know what Medea's next plan is?"

Mr Graves shook his head again.

"Sorry, I don't know much," he said apologetically, "but I'm pretty sure their next target is my father."

That is, if Scott wants to face Medea face to face, the best way is to go to Graves' house and sit on the sidelines?

"I see……"

Scott remained calm.

"Thank you for telling me this."

"No, no need to say thank you, you should know that I want to ask for help, Scott."

Mr. Graves spoke earnestly.

"If it doesn't help, I'm afraid Milton and his mother will also be used as leverage against my father."

"But I know my father and he will never soften his heart because of them."

Scott is well aware of—

Mr. Graves made no mention of himself, but of Milton and his mother, apparently in an attempt to soften Scott's heart.

But he really couldn't let it go.

He thought about it and soon had an idea.

"Mr. Graves, I can provide an absolutely safe place for you to take refuge, and I will always monitor the place where your father is, but then you need to provide the address."

"Absolutely safe?"

Mr. Graves looked at him in surprise, as if he didn't understand why he could speak so firmly.

Scott stood up, holding the [Eye of Odin] pendant on his chest.

With a burst of white light, an illusory light door appeared in the air.

"Come with me."

Scott walked through the light door.

Mr. Graves, who followed into the light gate, looked at the forest in the different space in shock.

"This... this is..."

"This is a different space that is different from the real space. It was opened up by ancient wizards with powerful space magic."

Scott introduced him.

"As you can see, it's a perfectly safe place."

As he spoke, he took Mr. Graves a further distance to his villa.

"This is a house I specially built. It has complete living facilities and enough food storage. You can live here until the crisis is over."

"Please let Mother Milton live in!"

Mr. Graves said in a requesting tone.

Scott turned his head in surprise, "So what about you and Milton?"

Mr. Graves shook his head.

"I'm not too worried about Milton, he can stay with you, or go straight back to Hogwarts."

"As for me, I will go to my father to accompany him to face the next thing."

Scott nodded slightly, but did not persuade anything.

He stretched out his hand, and the light door appeared in front of the two of them again.

After leaving the different space, the two walked out of the study again.

In the living room at this time, Milton was still comforting his mother.

Milton's mother was no longer out of control like before, but she was still saying something with self-blame.

Seeing Scott and Mr. Graves coming out, she immediately wiped away her tears and straightened her appearance.

"Sorry, that was the case when we met for the first time."

She stood up and said apologetically.

"Scott, thank you, thank you for helping Milton a lot..."

Then she complimented Scott and boasted.

Scott could only talk to her modestly.

"Honey……"

Mr. Graves came over and told the mother and son about the next arrangement.

Milton's mother just took a deep look at Mr. Graves, then nodded silently, and accepted the arrangement.

Next, accompanied by Milton and Mr. Graves, she lived in the villa in the [Eye of Odin] space.

She is just a Muggle, and she must not be used to Scott's magical furniture "appliances".

Fortunately, Rimbaud is now guarding the vault under the villa, and Scott appointed it to be Milton's mother's life assistant.

Scott did not disturb their family's reunion and parting, until Mr. Graves and Milton took the initiative to bring them out of the different space.

Milton thanked Scott endlessly.

Scott didn't want to hear him thank you endlessly, so after Mr. Graves left, he took him out to the Ministry of Magic.

"I've spoken to Ms. Burns at the ceremony."

he told Milton.

"Go to the Hall of Prophecies in the Department of Mysteries and take the prophecy about me."

(End of this chapter)