Malfoy Rise at Hogwarts

Chapter 96
After capturing Nagini, Schelling got even busier.

He temporarily put aside the research and study of black magic books, alchemy books, and wizard law, but devoted himself to the research on Nagini.

The entire research was conducted in a laboratory in Suitcase Space.Nagini was set with an irresistible restriction, so he could only lie powerlessly on the experimental table, allowing Schelling to use various means to research.

There are many dark and cruel steps in the research process, so I won't describe them one by one for the sake of readers' mental health.Nagini suffered a lot of injuries during the research process. The hissing screams of snakes were often heard in the laboratory. Of course, no one heard it except Schelling-Aguilar was an excellent research assistant and helped a lot during the whole research process, but he was not a human.

Neither Schelling nor Aguilar showed any intolerance to Nagini's tragic situation.After all, after Nagini was completely reduced to a snake, she had already lost her memories and emotions as a human being, and she could no longer be considered a human being. In the original book, she was still a big villain, killing many innocent people, such as the famous historian Bathilda Bagshot.

Just when Nagini was tortured to the brink of death by Schelling, Schelling's research on the blood curse was finally completed. A certain piece of flesh and blood taken from Nagini was successfully suppressed by the sealing technique and transformed back into human flesh.

During the long course of research, Schelling also discovered some unexpected surprises.

He had entered the Hogwarts Restricted Area in his second year and consulted Merlin's research notes on increasing mana by implanting the blood of magical creatures.He found that Nagini's blood seemed to have the function described in the notes, but because he himself had taken the magic-enhancing potion containing basilisk venom, the magic-enhancing method proposed by Merlin might not work for him. He planned to use it on his followers after thorough research.

Time soon came to August.

Dumbledore is busy.

This summer, the International Federation of Wizards held its General Assembly.As the president, he shoulders the important task of mediating issues in the wizarding world of various countries.

With the events of the last year, Dumbledore's prestige has slipped, but that still doesn't shake the fact that he's the greatest wizard of the century.Of course, not everyone agrees with this view, such as Rita Skeeter, a special correspondent for the Daily Prophet.She relentlessly mocked Dumbledore in the article as an "obsolete dingbat".

In addition, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, he had to work with the International Cooperation Department, the Sports Department, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang to prepare for the new Triwizard Fight for the Goblet of Fire.This is the first time that this event has been successfully restarted since it was suspended in 1792. It can be seen that there is a lot of weight in it, and it can be said that there is no room for loss.As the host, Hogwarts' responsibilities are even more important.

The 1792 session was also hosted at Hogwarts. Although he was not yet born at the time, he knew exactly what kind of disaster that session ended up bringing—a Cockatrice lost control and ran away, injuring three school principals and three outside referees.The headmaster at the time was Dexter Fusco, and it was for this reason that he was expelled from the school board, which stained the reputation of himself and Hogwarts.

(Note: Cocochis is a monster with the head of a chicken and a dragon body. It has two dragon claws and a pair of dragon wings. It is a close relative of the basilisk. Its gaze can be fatal or petrified. The breath it breathes is highly poisonous. Early European folklore is very different from the basilisk, but it is set by many video games, especially Dungeons and Dragons.

(Note: There were two principals, Evra and Fusco, between the tenures of Dewente and Moore. Given that Evra is one of the two most popular headmasters in the history of Hogwarts, the author let Fu Sco is blamed)

At the same time, he had to convince his old friend Alastor Moody to come to teach at Hogwarts.That's not the end of it, Hogwarts teaching appointments are no longer his family's decision, he must be approved by the teaching appointment committee.There is no problem with the two deans, and neither is Ron Weasley. There are only three seats in total, not more than half.

Since the last semester, the relationship between Amelia of the Burns family and him has become inexplicably alienated. Dumbledore was rejected several times in a row when he approached her, and finally had no choice but to find Gareth Greengrass.

Compared with the Malfoy and Selwyn families, although Greengrass also believes in the supremacy of pure blood, it is far less extreme than the former two.After paying some price, Dumbledore finally let Moody's review pass.

The root cause of all these troubles is the case of Hagrid and Mrs. Chabini.

Dumbledore smelled conspiracy.

At the beginning, he thought it was Lucius' trick behind his back, on the surface aimed at Hagrid, but actually aimed at himself.After all, the Malfoy family are villains, and they hate themselves, and they will be the first to take the blame for everything.

However, after he launched an intelligence network investigation, he found that the whole matter had nothing to do with the Malfoy family.Mrs. Chabini has no grudges against herself, and there is no profit behind her actions. You must know that manipulating public opinion is not easy. Behind the Prophet Daily and many British media are backers.Dumbledore couldn't help thinking about this matter, it must not be that simple...

(Author: Dumbledore's intelligence network is very powerful. Various portraits, Pig's Head Bar, Florin's Ice Cream Shop, etc. are his sources of information. In the second part, his intelligence network told him that Voldemort was in Albania. In the sixth part, it was even more powerful. He found out the entire history of Little Tom at once. He even found out a remote cave by the sea. It is not easy to find Mrs. Sabini.)

Voldemort was also busy.

Without Nagini, he must force Peter Pettigrew to hunt more poisonous snakes for him to refine an equally potent venom.At the same time, when Pettigrew Peter went out to inquire about information, he happened to meet Bertha Jorkins who came to visit relatives at the hotel.

Jorkins is an employee of the Department of Sports and Sports in the Ministry of Magic, under Ludovic Bagman.But one day when she went to the Crouch Mansion to find Barty Crouch Sr. to sign some documents for her, she discovered the latter's secret and was released a powerful forgetting spell. Since then, she has become confused and forgetful.It didn't take much effort for Peter Pettigrew to trick her into the jungle and bring her to Voldemort.

Jorkins, who knew he had been cheated, struggled to no avail, and was captured in two strokes.When Voldemort used Legilimency on her, he was keenly aware of the traces of the Forgetting Curse. He had a hunch that the memory erased by the Forgetting Curse would be of great use to him.

So, he showed Peter Pettigrew another little-known magical function of the Cruciatus Curse—to dig out the memory hidden in the soul by creating a sense of pain.People's memories are generally stored in the brain, but the deeper memories are actually hidden in the soul. The Scarlet Loyalty Curse uses this principle to keep it secret.

Voldemort tortured Jorkins one after another, tortured her for a full day and night, and managed to break the amnesia curse that Jorkins had placed, and she recalled all the lost memories.At this point, I have to say that Voldemort's Cruciatus Curse is really powerful. He grasped the degree of torture just right, just right, and could break the Forgetting Curse without torturing her insane.

Under Voldemort's interrogation, he successfully set out the secret that Barty Crouch Jr. was still alive, Dumbledore planned to hire Moody, and the Triwizard Tournament.A new conspiracy gradually formed in Voldemort's heart.

Afterwards, Bertha Jorkins, who had no other use, was drained of her last worth by Voldemort - killed by a Killing Curse.

Afterwards, Voldemort chanted the ancient and mysterious spell in a low voice, and then he suddenly uttered a long, hissing and lung-piercing scream, as if his soul was being torn apart, scaring Peter Pettigrew, who was hiding aside and listening, his face turned pale and his whole body trembled.

Compared with the busyness of others, Harry is the most leisurely.

Ever since the Dursleys learned that he had a murderous godfather, Harry's quality of life had greatly improved.During the whole summer vacation, he spent leisurely at home, during which he and Sirius passed letters twice.The letter was sent by a colorful tropical bird, which meant that Sirius had left Great Britain and hid on a tropical island in the south of Europe.

Hermione became much quieter during this summer vacation. Except for meal time, she almost stayed in her room and read a book.Interestingly, when Mrs. Granger knocked on the door several times and came in to express condolences, she found that the book on her daughter's desk was always opened with the same page upward.

Mr. Granger told a few jokes at the dinner table but couldn't make his daughter smile. Of course, Mr. Granger, who is a dentist, can't be expected to have much humor.

The one who knows daughters best in this world is usually the mother.The careful Mrs. Granger was keenly aware of her daughter's concern, so she stopped her husband's childish jokes with her eyes.

After dinner, the mother and daughter chatted alone in Hermione's bedroom.

"Baby, are you unhappy about something?" Mrs. Granger's voice was very gentle.

Hermione opened her mouth, she subconsciously wanted to say "I'm fine", but suddenly realized that it was impossible for her to hide it from her mother.

"Mom, I..." There were so many things, and Hermione didn't know where to start, but her voice couldn't help sobbing.

Mrs. Granger embraced her daughter, "It's okay, let's talk when you're ready! Mom just wants you to know that Mom loves you, and Mom will support you anytime."

Hermione wiped away her tears, "Mom, I want to ask you, have you ever quarreled with Dad?"

"Fool, of course there is, but—" Mrs. Granger showed a mischievous smile, "I know where the bottom line is, and I know how to coax your father back."

"Listen, baby, because of differences in origin and experience, differences in ideas and ideas are unavoidable between people. Even the two closest people cannot avoid quarrels and fights. All you can do is to accept it actively."

"Are you voluntarily accepting it?" Hermione blinked and asked unwillingly.

"Of course, if this person is very important to you, you can also take the initiative to save this relationship. You may need to make some changes and some compromises. As for whether it's worth it, it depends on how you measure it. Our Hermione is so smart, she must know what to do, right?" Mrs. Granger said with a smile.

Hermione fell into a trance, replaying scenes of the past in her mind...

The boy stood in front of her and defeated the troll... The boy told her the identity of Nicole Flamel... The boy persuaded her on the train to write to Dumbledore for the ignorant Ron... The boy grabbed her hand in public on the high platform.

In the end, the picture in my mind was fixed in myself, Harry, and Ron surrounded by more than a dozen Slytherin students, and the young man ruthlessly said the words of breaking up friendship... Hermione bit her lower lip, as if she had made a decision in her heart.

At the beginning of the summer holidays, Meredith moved to live at Greengrass Manor.As the three semesters passed, Meredith had shed the shackles of the past, the pointless pride.She chose to let the family attach to Greengrass, whether it was the best decision for the family or herself.

Mr. Greengrass was too kind to her. Although Daphne's influence was included in this, he actually had a lot of friendship with the late Mr. Shafik, and Meredith was his old friend's orphan.In the end, he decided to take Meredith as his goddaughter. From now on, he would call himself father and daughter and his two daughters sisters, and let her and her house elf Dino move to the manor to become a real family.

Meredith, Daphne and Astoria have a very important task this summer - to learn Occlumency.

As the left and right arms of the future, Xie Lin has already sternly instructed them that Occlumency is a necessary skill.Otherwise, they are likely to become Xie Lin's flaws and leak Xie Lin's secrets.What's more, the use of Occlumency is not only used to fight Legilimency, it can also help wizards resist the control of the Imperius Curse.

After Voldemort's comeback, the situation in Britain can fall into chaos, and the Imperius Curse is the biggest culprit. Whether it is Diagon Alley, Hogsmeade Village, the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts, or even the major wizarding families, there may be people controlled by the Imperius Curse.Learning Occlumency can effectively prevent yourself from being controlled.

Schelling had already told them the principles and experiences of Occlumency, and specially obtained a Boggart from the black market for them to practice.

The three sensible girls also knew the seriousness of this matter and did not dare to neglect it. Since the beginning of the summer vacation, they have been practicing hard every day, and finally reached a small success before the end of July.Maybe not enough for a master class Legilimency or Imperius, but not at a level that a boggart can do anything about either.

　The Cruciatus Curse to break the Forgotten Curse is an official design, although many fan fictions ignore this point.Original text (Part 4, Chapter 35): "One night he came to my house in the arms of his servant Wormtail. My master learned that I was still alive. He caught Bertha Jorkins in Albania. He tortured her and made her tell a lot. She told him about the Triwizard Tournament and told them that old Auror Moody was going to teach at Hogwarts. Master continued to torture her until he broke the Oblivion Curse my father put on her."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)