Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

She seemed to be terrified, and seeing Ai Wen woke up, the expression on her face was relieved.

Seeing that Ivan wanted to speak, Hermione hurriedly put a finger on her lips, and then pointed to the side door of the school hospital. The door was ajar, and Ivan heard the voice of Cornelius Fudge, Minister of Magic, from the corridor outside. Passed in through this door.

"Shocking, shocking, the werewolf Fenrir Greyback appeared in Hogsmeade, and he actually attacked two students. It is a miracle that neither of these two children died!"

"Fortunately, that kid Mason is very strong, he can resist that monster for a while, otherwise..." This is the voice of Professor McGonagall.

"Yeah, Minerva, thanks to Ivan!" Fudge agreed uneasily, "Who would have thought that such a thing would happen, when the attack happened, we were actually sitting in the Three Broomsticks bar next to us drinking, If something really happens between the two of them, I can't imagine what the Daily Prophet will say tomorrow morning."

"The Ministry is already struggling with Sirius Black's escape from prison, and the werewolf Fenrir Greyback has also come out to add to the chaos. Both of them are currently the most dangerous wanted criminals." Fudge sighed, "And the group of dementors Strange, I saw them just now, and they asked to increase the number of guards."

"You won't agree to them, Fudge? There are already two hundred monsters like this outside Hogwarts. This is not Azkaban. These horrible things are floating everywhere. How can we teach?!" Mai Professor Greg said sharply, "Albus will not agree to this."

"That's right!" Professor Flitwick agreed sharply. "I don't think the number of dementors can continue to increase. They serve no purpose other than terror. Neither Sirius Black was captured nor Didn't stop the werewolf attack. They even tried to storm the school two months ago."

"I'm the same as you, I don't like them either, but judging from the current situation, it's very difficult for me, just like the basilisk attack last semester, the Ministry of Magic must take action to protect the little wizards who are studying at Hogwarts for our safety." Fudge twisted his body, "I'll talk to Dumbledore about it, and he'll agree."

"There is nothing to discuss about this matter. I have already told you my position last time, Connelly." Dumbledore's voice came in, and he had just rushed to the school hospital. What about the conversation before we started, two hundred dementors is the limit I can accept."

Hearing Dumbledore's words, Fudge smiled awkwardly, of course he still remembered the conversation at that time.

To be more precise, it was more like a deal, he agreed to support Dumbledore, let him hire a werewolf to be a professor at Hogwarts, and Dumbledore supported his decision to let dementors come to Hogwarts , to help the Ministry of Magic catch Sirius Black as quickly as possible.

Looking at Dumbledore with a calm face, Fudge was a little embarrassed, and there was a strange emotion in his heart. Even if he was the Minister of Magic, but facing this powerful old man in front of him, facing the most recognized white man in the world today Wizard, he can't do anything about many things.

It was a bad feeling, but Fudge had to admit that he needed Dumbledore's support.

With Dumbledore's prestige, if the other party wants to replace him, it may be a piece of cake!

Chapter 121 Lucius' Conspiracy

For a while, no one spoke, and the corridor was so quiet that Ivan even thought they had left.

It was a few seconds before he heard the sound again, Hagrid's loud, loud cry.

"Keep your voice down, Hagrid, you're going to wake up those two kids inside." Professor McGonagall said sternly, "I know you're worried about them, but can you please be quiet for a while, come back from Hogsmeade For an hour, you have been crying!"

Hagrid wiped away his tears with a large handkerchief, trying to keep himself still.His sad cries turned into choked sobs, which sounded even more distressing.

Ai Wen moved a bit, Madam Pomfrey walked briskly towards him from the other end of the dark ward, and he turned over to look at her.

She was holding the largest piece of chocolate that Ivan had never seen in his life, and the chocolate was like a small round stone.

"Ah, you're awake!" Madam Pomfrey said briskly, put the piece of chocolate on Ivan's bedside table, and began to break it with a small hammer.

"I have something to tell the principal." Ivan sat up from the bed.

"I think it's best not to, the two of you have exhausted your physical strength and magic power, you'd better lie still and stay until I feel satisfied."

"No, this matter is very important." Ivan recalled the initial conversation between the black wizard with the black mask and Greyback, and what kind of conspiracy they were planning.

Ivan jumped out of bed, and so did Hermione. Madam Pomfrey wanted to stop them, but their voices had already been heard in the corridor, Dumbledore, Cornelius Fudge, Professor McGonagall, Professor Flitwick and Hagrid Five people walked into the ward immediately.

"Ivan, Hermione, how do you feel?" Hagrid rushed over anxiously, hugged the two of them tightly, tears of sadness fell on his tangled beard, and he sobbed, "I'm just a Bastard, I drank too much at the time, and I didn't react until the werewolf howled for a while."

"We are all the same, Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall said, "We are all responsible for this matter, and we should have reacted sooner."

"Who would have thought that in Hogsmeade, this kind of thing would happen on Christmas Eve. But now that we are here, you will be fine. You two better lie back." Fudge turned to Pomfrey Madame asked, "Have they ever had chocolate?"

"Wait a minute, minister, I have something to say." Ivan looked at Dumbledore and said hastily, "The people who attacked Hermione and me seem to be planning some kind of conspiracy. They mentioned werewolves and Muggles .”

"That's right!" Hermione nodded hastily, "There seem to be a lot of werewolves gathered together, where are they going to attack Muggles?"

"Children, you must have heard it wrong." Hearing what they said, Fudge's expression became unnatural, and he looked at Ivan and Hermione anxiously, "The attack must have messed up your brains, both of you are the same, Graber That horrible monster must have frightened you."

"I'm not afraid, and my mind is not confused!" Ivan said angrily, and Fudge's perfunctory attitude annoyed him.

He could feel that the other party simply wanted to calm down.

If werewolves really appeared concentratedly and attacked Muggles, it would definitely bring panic to the entire wizarding world, much more serious than Sirius Black's escape from prison.

After all, there was only one Black person, and there were hundreds of werewolves.

If what Ivan and Hermione said really happened, the angry crowd might flood the entire Ministry of Magic with shouting letters, and Fudge might lose his position as Minister of Magic because of this. He certainly didn't want this to happen.

"Children, I know what happened to you two!" Fudge tried his best to show an ugly smile, "What you need to do now is to go to bed quickly, and when you wake up tomorrow morning, you will be awake..."

"I'm sober now, I know what I'm talking about!" Aiwen said loudly, "Minister, this attack is far from over, someone is planning all this behind the scenes, only Greyback went to Hoag Maud, there are other werewolves..."

Before Ivan finished speaking, Madam Pomfrey suddenly stuffed a large piece of chocolate into his mouth.

He was choking, and she took the opportunity to force him back into bed.

"Gentlemen!" Madam Pomfrey said angrily, "I must insist that you leave. These two children are my patients, and you should not make them suffer!"

"Well, I'm not distressed, I want to tell them what happened." Ivan swallowed the big mouthful of chocolate desperately.

"Professor, what Ivan said is true. I also heard that werewolf say these words at the time." Hermione hurriedly followed.

"For God's sake, you should lie back!" Madam Pomfrey turned to look at Dumbledore, and said hysterically, "Principal, please leave immediately, these children need to be taken care of, is this the school?" Hospital, I must insist on..."

"I'm sorry, Bobo, but I think it is necessary for Mr. Mason and Miss Granger to continue." Dumbledore said calmly, looking at Ivan carefully through his pair of semicircular glasses, "Corner Leigh, I think the information they both said is valuable, and Fenrir Greyback's actions tonight are very suspicious."

"Well, well, Albus, since you think so, then I'll..."

Before Fudge finished speaking, the door of the ward was opened.Entering were Snape in black robes and Lucius Malfoy who also wrapped himself tightly in a black traveling cloak, both of them had gloomy expressions.

"Good evening, gentlemen!" Lucius had a cold smile on his face.

"Malfoy, what are you doing here?!" Hagrid stood up abruptly, looked at Lucius with his shaggy, black head, and shouted angrily, "Get out, leave Hogwarts, You are not welcome here!"

"Dear friend, please believe me, I would not be happy to come here if it wasn't for an urgent matter." Lucius looked at Hagrid contemptuously, and said with a sneer, "Also, please be careful what you use. Words, three months ago, the Hippogriff you raised attacked my son in your classroom, I have reason..."

"Okay, dear Lucius! That matter is under the responsibility of the Dangerous Creatures Committee, and they will give you an explanation."

Fudge took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from his forehead, he didn't want the other party to continue talking.

Due to the involvement of Newt Scamander and the Society for the Protection of Magical Creatures, this matter has recently caused a lot of public opinion pressure, and there is no need to add extra details.

"Of course, Minister!" Lucius glanced at Dumbledore, and then quickly turned back to Fudge, "This unpleasant little matter is nothing, in fact, I have more urgent matters I want to tell you that I heard people in the Ministry say that you are here, so I asked Severus to bring me in, so I hope I don't disturb your pleasant meeting. Dumbledore, you don't mind if I come without warning, do you? "

"Of course not, Hogwarts always welcomes people with good intentions. You can come back anytime you want!" Dumbledore's voice was polite, but the anger was still burning in his blue eyes.

"Thank you for your understanding. I just heard from Severus that there was an unfortunate attack on Hogsmeade. Two students were attacked by a werewolf who suddenly appeared." Lucius blinked the cold gray Eyes, looking at Ivan and Hermione.

Ai Wen immediately understood that it was the other party who planned all this.

Chapter 122 The Werewolf Riot

Ivan suddenly realized that according to the werewolf Fenrir Greyback and the dark wizard, the person who paid them Gallon was Lucius Malfoy.

As an ex-Death Eater, Lucius must have known those guys, and only he could afford so much money to call them up.

The question now is, what does he want to do?

Ivan didn't see any benefit to the Malfoy family. If he was found to be behind the scenes, Lucius would get into big trouble.

Something is wrong, there must be something I don't know about it.

Ivan hurriedly looked at Dumbledore beside him, his face was calm, making it hard to guess what he was thinking.

"Something did happen, but what does it matter to you?" Dumbledore's piercing blue eyes were fixed on Lucius.

"It has nothing to do with me, but it has a lot to do with the unpleasant news I brought." Malfoy said lazily, "Things are terrible, and you may not realize what happened."

"What happened?" Fudge asked subconsciously, he twisted his body, feeling a little uneasy.

"Werewolf riot!" Lucius said slowly, and he said shocking words in a calm tone, "While Hogsmeade was attacked by werewolves, there were also many attacks on Muggle cities. Tonight, on this unfortunate night of the full moon, the werewolves gathered spontaneously to attack Muggles. The exact number of casualties is being counted, but when I came, it is said that more than 30 people have been bitten The Muggle was rushed to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds."

"What?!" Fudge's eyes widened suddenly, and his face turned pale instantly, "Are you kidding, Lucius, how could there be a werewolf attack? Until now, no one has told me about this! "

"This is my personal source of information, Minister!" Lucius continued, squinting his eyes, "The source of information is very reliable. I think it won't be long before the Ministry will report the details to you."

"That's impossible. All werewolves are under the control of the Werewolf Registration Office. They can't..."

Fudge stopped suddenly. Just an hour ago, under his nose, there had been a werewolf attack.

When Ivan and Hermione were talking about this just now, he thought it was these two children talking nonsense, and he instinctively didn't want to believe that this kind of thing happened.

But now, Lucius Malfoy also told him about this matter, the werewolves are not only planning some conspiracy, the attack has already happened!

Not just one, two isolated attacks, but werewolf riots!

How much Fudge wished someone would tell him that today is April Fool's Day, and he glanced at Lucius again to make sure that the other party was not joking, and the only illusion left in his heart was instantly shattered.

Whether he wanted to believe it or not, a large-scale werewolf attack had indeed broken out!

The ward was eerily quiet, no one spoke, and everyone was immersed in the terrible news brought by Lucius Malfoy.

Ai Wen was lying on the bed, his brain running rapidly.

He was analyzing the whole matter based on the information he had obtained. Lucius Malfoy summoned these werewolves to launch a large-scale attack on Muggles. What good would it do him?

Clearly, Lucius's most urgent thought now is to drive Dumbledore out of Hogwarts. How can triggering a werewolf riot help this matter?

Wait a minute, werewolves, Hogwarts, Professor Lupine is a werewolf!

Ivan suddenly thought, Lucius Malfoy probably knew the identity of Professor Lupine, right? !

But this is unreasonable. Except for him, everyone present knows that Professor Lupine is a werewolf. When he hired Professor Lupine to be the teacher of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Dumbledore told other professors and others about it. Fudge, with the consent of the Ministry of Magic.

Even if they didn't trust Lupine, Professor Lupine wasn't involved in werewolf attacks on Muggles.

In fact, he didn't hurt anyone, he was safe, there was absolutely no sense in what Lucius was doing.

If he revealed the identity of Professor Lupine, at most he would drive Lupine out of the school, and Dumbledore would not be implicated at all.

Unless, he can prove that Professor Lupine also participated in this werewolf riot.

Ivan glanced at Lucius, with a smug, cold smile on his face, and a gloomy smile on Snape's face beside him.

Just when Ivan was about to say something, a big gray owl suddenly flew in from the window. It was the messenger of the Ministry of Magic, and it flew straight to Fudge.

Fudge hurriedly took the letter from the owl's beak, and he opened the envelope and read it carefully. From his expression, it could be seen that what was said was very bad.

"Dear Lucius, what you said has been verified. There was indeed a large-scale werewolf riot." Fudge's voice was not loud, but it was unusually loud in a quiet room. He turned his head to look at Dumbledore with a look of He said in a panic, "I'm sorry, Albus! I have to rush back to the Ministry as soon as possible to deal with this emergency. If possible, I hope you can..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted.

The door of the ward was opened again. This time it was Percy who came in. He rushed in with a panicked face and looked terrified.

"No, it's not good, Professor!" Percy panted heavily, looking at Dumbledore anxiously, his voice was trembling because of the excitement, "Go over and have a look, there are werewolves appearing in the castle Guilty, it is attacking students!"

Hearing his words, everyone held their breath and looked at Percy in surprise, the atmosphere in the ward was extremely solemn.

Ivan noticed an irrepressible expression of victory on Lucius Malfoy's face, which flashed past.

Snape, who was standing aside, was a little surprised, and then put on that disturbing sneer again.

……

Back to an hour ago, Harry was sitting alone in the auditorium.

Ron didn't know where he was going, he didn't see each other all afternoon; as for Ivan and Hermione, he heard Fred and George say that they went to Hogsmeade, and they didn't know what was delayed because of something. Haven't come back yet.

Colin and Ginny had just come over to invite him to sit down, but Harry had turned them down.

He just wanted to be alone, his head was a mess, thinking about all the things Professor Lupine had told him this morning, about his parents.Harry couldn't remember how he had returned from Professor Lupine's office to the Gryffindor common room, or how he had been dragged from his bedroom into the Great Hall.

He only knew that he was out of tune with the cheerful atmosphere around him, and everyone in the auditorium except him was happily discussing Christmas holiday arrangements.

Harry was indifferent to this, and even the news that Ivan and Hermione were dating and interacting in Hogsmeade from the Hufflepuff dining table did not distract him.

He stared blankly at the dinner plate in front of him, thinking about his parents and Sirius Black in his head.

Chapter 123

Harry knew for the first time that Black was actually his father's best friend during his lifetime.

Prior to this, neither Dumbledore, Hagrid, Mr. Weasley, Cornelius Fudge, nor anyone else had told him that his parents were betrayed to death by their best friends and that it was Black who told Voldemort Betrayed his parents!

Harry felt strangely angry that his parents would probably die without believing that their best friend had betrayed them.

He tried hard to imagine this feeling. If one of Ivan, Ron or Hermione betrayed himself to Voldemort, he would be so sad that he would die.

Heartbroken, did my father feel the same way before he died?

Throughout the afternoon, Harry stayed in the empty bedroom in a daze.He found the photo album Hagrid had given him two years ago, full of magical photos of his parents.He sat on the bed, drew the curtains around the bed, and started flipping through the photo album page by page until...

He paused at a picture of his parents' wedding day, his dad waving at him, grinning, his messy black hair Harry had inherited bristling in all directions.There was also his mother, glowing with happiness, standing arm in arm with his father, and that man.

It must have been him, their best man, whom Harry had never thought of before.