Dynavale and Hogwarts

"No, you handled it very well. You need me more here." Dumbledore's voice was still calm: "During the interrogation process, you connected the magic message. The two principals on my side should also know the truth behind it."

After agreeing, Dana winked at Ball who had regained consciousness. The two of them quickly carried Crouch, almost jogging all the way, and brought Crouch to the staff lounge.

"I forgot to tell you just now." Dana considered, trying to use Crouch's guilt to break down his psychological defense in one fell swoop, making the subsequent interrogation smoother.

"Before you informed us, your son had attacked Sirius Black. Now he is neither alive nor dead, and his life or death is unknown."

Crouch's figure became more stooped, and turbid tears flowed down his face. Where he was still the meticulously groomed and perfect man before, he now looked more like a waning old man.

With a sigh in his heart, Dana said word by word: "In order to prevent your son from committing more sins, please do not conceal or hold back during the interrogation."

Crouch wiped his face with trembling hands and said, "Now that things have happened, there is nothing to hide or reserve. Just ask whatever you want." His eyes were empty and lifeless.

Dana gave up his position to Bauer. Sure enough, his first question was: "As far as I know, your only son has died in Azkaban. How come there is another son now? What happened in the middle?" thing"

Crouch recounted how he promised his dying wife, went to Azkaban, and used polyjuice potion to switch the identities of mother and son, concealing the truth and bringing his son back home. There is no concealment or reservation in the middle.

"I have always regretted bringing my son home from Azkaban. He refused to admit his mistake and still worshiped the Dark Lord like an obsession.

"I wanted to send him back to Azkaban several times, but remembering his mother's last words asking me to take good care of him, I couldn't bear it and could only discipline him strictly.

"But starting this summer, this situation changed."

A smile appeared on Crouch's face, and his voice began to become dreamy: "He seemed to be a changed person, regretful for what he had done in the past, and cried and told me that he would definitely change his past. "

"I was suspicious and deliberately relaxed my supervision of him. He did not take the opportunity to escape. Instead, he cared more about me and took care of me to the best of his ability. You don't know how happy I am." Crouch's eyes flashed with tears.

"I think it must be the blessing of my wife's spirit in heaven. After many years, my outstanding and excellent son finally came back to me." Crouch's face glowed: "He is as well-behaved and sensible as he was when he was a child. .

"Sometimes when I encounter problems at work, he will comfort me and give me advice. That is one of the best moments in my life. So, when he curiously asked to take a look at the Goblet of Fire, I did not hesitate. accepted."

Seeing the expressions of Dana and Bauer, Crouch cursed and defended: "I dare to swear to Merlin, he has nothing to do with Harry being selected as a warrior. When I brought him home, he just looked at it." For a while, he didn't even touch his hands.

"The trophy has always been in my hand. If he cast a spell on the trophy, there's no way I wouldn't have noticed it. If that had happened, maybe I wouldn't have had such a sweet dream for so long, and I would have discovered the Dark Lord's conspiracy long ago." Here, the face turned deathly gray.

Dana and Ball exchanged a look. As of now, there is no need for Crouch to tell lies. Harry's selection as a Warrior is still in doubt. The two continued to listen to Crouch's voice grow weak.

"There was no abnormality after that. The kid also asked me to take more care of Harry Potter, which was considered as a kind of atonement for what he had done in the past. I agreed, so when I was grading, I tried to give Potter as high a score as possible.

“But these good days didn’t last long,” Crouch said bitterly: “After the second project, when I got home and told him that the third project would broadcast the live game through the monitoring equipment, he got angry at me.

"Peter Pettigrew also rushed out with something in his arms, and I lost consciousness. In the days that followed, I woke up from dream to dream. One night, I woke up, gave Peter who was watching me a coma spell, and prepared to escape. go out.

"While passing by a house, I heard someone talking to my son. Out of curiosity, I put my ear to the door and heard what I told you before. Only then did I know that the Dark Lord was actually in my house.

"In excitement, my head touched the door panel, and the Dark Lord noticed me. I was controlled again." Crouch had a look of horror on his face.

"Tonight, I woke up again. No one was at home except for the house elf who was under the Imperius Curse and was watching over me.

"It's just that they don't know that the house elves' respect for their master is so deep in their bones that even the Imperius Curse can't resist it. So I escaped from the house elves easily.

"At that time, I only had one thought in my mind, which was to come to Hogwarts to tell Dumbledore and ask him to stop this. Unexpectedly, I came a step too late." He lowered his head and moved his fingers unconsciously on the table. Whispering something.

Dana, who had both ears and eyes, heard clearly. He kept repeating: "If I could go back to the past."

He sighed. Crouch has outstanding work ability and outstanding achievements. He also had a virtuous wife, an excellent son, and a happy family.

But suddenly one day, earth-shaking changes took place. The son was not the same son, and the family was no longer a family.

Why is this and whose fault it is? Maybe he asked himself this more than once when his wife was crying and his son was suffering every day in Azkaban.

I wonder if he has found the answer. It’s not clear which past he wants to return to.

Dana couldn't help but feel sympathy in his heart when he looked at the once high-spirited man who now mourned more than his heart.

The explanation was very detailed, nothing was missed, and everyone had nothing to ask, and the room fell into an eerie silence.

There was a sudden loud noise in the magic message, and then Dumbledore's voice came: "Something happened here, you stay where you are and protect Crouch.

"The opponent has an invisibility cloak, so be careful. We will meet you after we arrange the students."

Dana and Bauer looked at each other, put on their magic messages, and started to communicate.

The first person Dana contacted was the house elf Manee, asking him to stay with Harvey, and ordered: "Calm down the portraits and tell them that Dumbledore has a plan to deal with various situations tonight.

"Things will soon come to light and be resolved. Tell them if they want to know the truth first, just wait there and I will inform them as soon as there are results."

After taking reassurance, Manny and Harvey calmed down, agreed one by one, and went down to make arrangements.