Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor Peter

Chapter 215
"Crouch is a strong-willed man," said Snape, "and he was on the verge of breaking free of the Imperius Curse several times, so I tortured him with the Cruciatus Curse to weaken his willpower, and then cast the Imperius Curse at the same time. Curses, Confusion Charms, and Forgetting Charms to make him forget who is controlling him and what he was supposed to do."

"Now we understand Mr. Crouch's desire to burn you to death," Dumbledore said slightly teasingly, "this can also explain the discord between Mr. Crouch and his Ministry of Magic in various incidents." As, and his indulgence to Umbridge and others - you must know that in the first war, he was known for his tough wrists."

"Yes," Snape said weakly, "Crouch is troublesome. He knows the real identities of Rookwood and Lucius to a certain extent. If we let him investigate vigorously, he will soon put I'll find out."

"After a few months... the simple Imperius Curse has become very difficult to control Crouch, I tried to hide him in my house, under the care of Quirrell, but... it was too risky, fortunately the Dark Lord's diary did not help him It took a toll on his willpower, and he started talking about his son, Barty Crouch Jr., all day, and he was getting more and more insane.”

"His son?" Peter asked.

"That's right, but his son died a long time ago, and he killed it himself. In the first war, Crouch met his son. He was highly skilled, and Barty Jr. was no match for him at all. , his son begged him for mercy, showing that he would change his mind, but Crouch ruthlessly killed his son and buried the body directly in the cemetery of Azkaban."

"Barty Jr. did not resist arrest, and he should have been tried before he could be convicted, but he thought that allowing his son to stand trial would destroy his own life," Snape said with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Maybe Crouch loves power more than himself His son... After returning, he told others that Barty Jr. was kidnapped by Death Eaters and disappeared--it's a good idea for Death Eaters to wear masks, and few Death Eaters know Barty Jr.'s true identity .”

"His wife was heartbroken, searched all over the UK, and passed away after four years of suffering from illness. Crouch also put some Death Eaters who might know the identity of Barty Jr. directly into prison without trial and tortured to death -"

Snape paused, "I believe he wants to do the same to me now... Crouch has been alone since then, but he got his wish to become the Minister of Magic and live happily with his power."

"Severus, how do you know this?" Dumbledore asked, frowning.

"Not only did I cast the Imperius Curse, the Confusion Curse, and the Forgetting Curse on him, but I also used Legilimency and Veritaserum countless times. This information is very useful to me. The Dark Lord used his wife and children as an entry point. He's influencing - I don't know how the Dark Lord does it, but Crouch has become much more honest."

"After I was affected by the Dark Lord's curse, Professor Slughorn was invited back by Dumbledore to be a substitute teacher—"

"Sorry, wait a minute," Peter interrupted Snape, "you seem to have skipped the Yule Ball."

"What?" Snape narrowed his eyes.

"At the Yule Ball, young Voldemort materialized and fought me in the castle, trying to kill me with the Dark Mark," Peter explained.

"What does this have to do with Crouch? I didn't do anything at the Yule Ball other than pretend to come to save you. Maybe the Dark Lord has plans of his own."

Peter and Dumbledore exchanged glances.

"It seems that Voldemort didn't tell you anything about the Horcruxes," Peter said, "The diary is one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, and it contains his soul when he was sixteen. Mr. Crouch was overly remorseful about his son's death, So much so that he was possessed by Voldemort's spirit in the diary, which is probably how it happened."

"But the Dark Lord wishes to kill you himself..." said Snape.

"When Voldemort kills me in the diary, he kills me 'in person', doesn't he?"

"That would make sense," said Dumbledore. "Go on, Severus."

Snape took a gulp of the potion and continued his story.

"After I got seriously ill, Dumbledore invited Professor Slughorn back as a substitute teacher," he pouted, "I believe my physical condition is just an excuse for Dumbledore..." (Dumbledore blinked Blink.) "The Dark Lord is wary of this, and he has asked me to get rid of Professor Slughorn as soon as possible without revealing my identity."

"Professor Slughorn is a brilliant wizard, an experienced pharmacist, and an occlumency practitioner. He is cautious by nature, and it is very difficult to get rid of him under Dumbledore's nose."

"At this moment, I thought of Crouch. His magic power was strong enough, and he was already in a trance at that time, so he didn't have much use value for me."

"So I controlled him with the Imperius Curse and took advantage of Professor Slughorn's drunken opportunity to enter the office. The two of them had a fight, and in the end both were captured by the defensive magic in Slughorn's office. Hit."

"I have to admire Mr. Crouch's willpower. After being hit by the defensive magic, he temporarily recovered part of his sanity and got rid of the control of my Imperius Curse. He came to the door of my office, intending to kill I."

"Crouch had given up everything at that time. If he killed me, he would suffer a wrong. However, on the way, he met Potter."

"His mind is not completely clear. He still remembers that he wanted to kill someone, but that's all. When he met Potter in the basement, he turned his target to Potter. In order to protect Potter, I had no choice but to come out of the room and take the initiative to fight."

"And then Mr. Crouch hit you..." said Harry.

"Yes," Snape's voice was getting lower and lower, "as soon as he saw my face, he remembered who he was going to kill... Another dangerous turn of events, and what's more unfortunate, his spell It hit me directly in the wound and I was bleeding profusely and I could hardly stand up, but Peddie showed up just in time to take Crouch out."

"Actually, I called Professor Peddie Road," said Harry a little guilty. "Mr. Crouch wanted to kill me at first, so I thought he was Voldemort's man."

"I admire your acting skills more and more, Severus," Peter said in a half-joking tone, "Now that I think about it, we all trusted the wrong person."

"Not only Peter, everyone including me has been deceived," Dumbledore said calmly, "Severus looks like Harry's protector, but Mr. Crouch seems to be controlled by Voldemort, The intruder who broke into the school and harmed Harry... please continue."

Snape adjusted his center of gravity on the chair, his face contorted in pain, and the people in the room watched silently as he took another gulp of the potion, adjusted his breathing, and spoke again.

"After that... you all know what happened after that. Crouch and Slughorn entered St. Mungo's together and were unconscious. I finally passed this level. Then let's talk about Lucius... ..."

(End of this chapter)