I, Hogwarts Week Two

Chapter 538: At the Black Family Home

(This chapter has been revised)

Dobby looked very panicked, and he walked tremblingly to the center of the living room.

He said anxiously, "It was a duel. The evil who must not be named dueled with Mr. Dumbledore and Mr. Grindelwald, and he won! Dobby saw Mr. Dumbledore fall from the sky with his own eyes."

It's like dropping a stone into a calm lake.

The ripples instantly swept across everyone present.

"What?!" The four were shocked when they heard it!

Even Owen was a little surprised.

In the original book, Voldemort and Dumbledore had equal magical levels, and when they fought, the old headmaster was even able to gain the upper hand with the help of the Phoenix Fawkes and the Elder Wand.

This is why Voldemort has always been afraid of Dumbledore. Facing this legendary wizard, he has no absolute chance of winning. Although with the help of the Horcrux, he is confident that Dumbledore can't do anything to him, but he has been avoiding dueling with Dumbledore alone from beginning to end.

In the original book, his grandfather Grindelwald is weaker than Dumbledore and Voldemort.

But in this world, Grindelwald left Nurmengard early, and even defeated part of the essence of the Outer Gods in the Indian Tower of Divine Granting, thus being contaminated with some ancient magic, so his strength should be stronger than in the original work.

Owen didn't know what kind of power the returning Voldemort had obtained from the Outer Gods, but facing two legendary wizards, Voldemort was able to remain undefeated and even defeated one of them, which was enough to shock the entire wizarding world.

"Did you see it with your own eyes? What happened after Professor Dumbledore fell to the ground? What about Grindelwald?" Hermione stood up from the sofa instantly and asked hurriedly.

"Dobby saw Mr. Grindelwald and Mr. Dumbledore leave. The Devil Who Must Not Be Named seemed to be injured as well. He was very angry and blew up many buildings. Then - he left."

"Is the battle over?" asked Koyatel.

"No." Dobby shook his round head. "It's more intense. There are wizards everywhere. The Death Eaters seem to have been rewarded by the devil and have become more powerful than ever - it's terrible." Dobby shuddered and his two pointed ears drooped.

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Everyone in the living room was silent.

Dobby brought back very bad news. Dumbledore's reputation in the wizarding world is unparalleled, and his defeat will cause many things to develop in an unpredictable direction.

"We have to do something!" Hermione said anxiously.

Staying here and doing nothing is suffocating.

"No—" Owen stopped her. "I guess Tom's attack on London this time, in addition to announcing his return, is for us."

"A few of us?" Ron said. "Does he want revenge?" Voldemort must be still brooding over the incident at the Tower of Divine Providence in Brazil, and he believed that if given the chance, Voldemort would definitely seek revenge on him.

"I don't know if it's revenge!" Owen said calmly, "If I guess correctly, his purpose should be to seize ancient magic - let's not talk about Harry for now. Ron and Coatl, you both exposed your ancient magic because of the previous battle in the Brazilian Tower of Divine Grant. Although it was only temporary, Tom didn't know. And Granger - even if Tom now knows that you are not the heir to ancient magic, but in the last Muggle War, you were crowned a princess by the Queen and attracted too much attention. He will definitely regard you as a thorn in his side, and the level of magic you have shown is very powerful. He may contact the ancient magic - as for me, even if Tom doesn't know that I am the heir, the [Purifier] knows too well what silver hair represents."

Owen paused, slowed down for a moment, and then continued, "Before, the connection between the Death Eaters and the Purgers was entirely handled by Bellatrix, and many things were concealed from Tom, but that was only temporary. Even if he still doesn't know that I am the heir, he can guess that I have some contact with ancient magic."

"So as long as we don't show up, Tom won't get too entangled with the Order of the Phoenix and the Federation. But if we show up on the battlefield, it will definitely intensify the intensity of the war."

Owen made it very clear.

The other three also fell silent.

Because they know it very well in their hearts.

"But..." Hermione pursed her lips and said unwillingly, "Are we going to hide here forever?"

"Right now, the most important thing is to find out Professor Dumbledore's situation." Owen walked over and patted her shoulder and said, "And I don't believe that Professor Dumbledore has no plan at all. Tom is now a brainless idiot no matter how powerful his magical ability is. Maybe retreating is part of Professor Dumbledore's plan?"

"Now, let's not attack rashly."

"Hermione—" Koyatel looked at Miss Granger, "He is right. Intelligence is the most important thing now."

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How could the little witch not know what is the most important thing now?

She was - she didn't want to just stand in the house and look out. Just look.

The girl looked up, the boy reflected in her brown eyes.

Just like he had hidden from himself.

In the end, Owen didn't let Dobby go out to investigate again.

The scale of the war outside has expanded. Even if he is an elf, he may be targeted unexpectedly.

In the living room, everyone continued to wait in a daze.

But it was really as if Number 12 Grimmauld Place was isolated from the world, and no news came at all.

No more wizards came.

At first they just thought it was because the battle was very fierce, but later they realized that this was probably arranged by the Order of the Phoenix on purpose.

This is to prevent them from contacting the outside world.

A few days later, Sirius and Owen's aunt Roy came to visit and told Hermione that with the help of the Order of the Phoenix and the Saints, her parents had been picked up and should have arrived in New Zealand.

No matter how they asked, the two did not reveal more. After taking something from the room, they left in a hurry.

On the fifth day of the summer vacation, Koyatel couldn't wait to go back to Downing Street.

The good news is that Downing Street was not captured by the Death Eaters, but the bad news is that many places in London were attacked and they suffered heavy losses.

From the photos of ruined buildings and death tolls across London that Coatl brought back, one can get a sense of how terrible the battle was.

In the following days, Owen took Hermione secretly to Hogsmeade village.

As expected, the village was now deserted, with few people walking on the streets. If it weren't for the lights on in a few buildings along the street, Owen would have thought it was an empty town.

The shadow of war caused many wizards to flee Britain.

Dumbledore's defeat was a huge blow to ordinary wizards.

"I feel like there might be a significant decrease in the number of people at Hogwarts in the second half of the year." Hermione has been saying this since she came back from Hogsmeade.

Owen didn't explain too much because her prediction was still too conservative. It was not certain whether they could return to Hogwarts in the second half of the year.

Now it’s mainly about the Ministry of Magic - as long as Voldemort hasn’t taken over the Ministry of Magic, there are many things that can be done.

For example - picking up Harry from his aunt's house.

According to the plan made by the Order of the Phoenix, they had to pick him up on Harry's birthday and escort him to the Burrow.

<divclass="contentadv">But this news is just a smokescreen.

In order to prevent the Death Eaters from ambushing on the same day, they would definitely evacuate a few days in advance.

This creates some problems.

If they evacuate early, Harry will be under the age of seventeen, and the Ministry of Magic can track him down through the Trace. Although the Ministry of Magic could do this before, it was because of Dumbledore, so they just turned a blind eye. But now if the Ministry of Magic falls into Voldemort's hands, the Death Eaters will definitely track Harry down through the Trace.

If Harry waited until he was seventeen and an adult before setting out, the spell protecting him would become ineffective, the location of Privet Drive would be immediately exposed, and the Death Eaters would easily find them.

So we had no choice but to leave early.

The Ministry of Magic cannot be trusted. No one knows how many Death Eaters have infiltrated it, how many officials are under the Imperius Curse, and how many wizards tend to support Voldemort.

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"Anything in the papers?"

Although life at number 12 Grimmauld Place was like being in prison, Dobby could still be asked to buy newspapers every day. Many pure-blood wizards had this habit and no one would suspect anything when their servants bought newspapers every day.

But even so, for safety reasons, Owen still asked Dobby to avoid crowds and peak hours as much as possible. After going out, he should not come back immediately, but walk around outside for a few times and buy other things to create an illusion.

Today, Dobie brings his purchases back around the afternoon.

dusk--

Owen is in room 12 at Grimmauld Place.

He renovated this place last summer.

Furniture and house size have changed.

There are various magical plants on the windowsill, all brought back from school.

There is a surveillance mirror on the bedside table on the right, which can monitor the outside of the room.

He also added several magic traps on the gate. If anyone tried to enter violently by casting a spell, they would be caught.

Of course—it wasn’t a deadly trap, but what if a little wizard came looking for him and habitually used his wand to open the door?

Hermione was covered with a thin blanket and had a pillow behind her back. She opened the thick newspaper on the other side of the bed to a page.

Almost two weeks have passed.

The Daily Prophet always avoided mentioning the battle, and the news it published every day was just useless garbage.

This disappointed Hermione.

Even the news that Dumbledore lost the duel with Voldemort came from the mouths of some Aurors or officials of the Ministry of Magic. In fact, the official has never officially acknowledged it.

But they didn't deny it, and that was enough to scare ordinary wizards.

But on the other hand, at least the Daily Prophet has not completely led to Voldemort, which means that the Ministry of Magic is not in his hands now.

"Well, Muggle Studies professor Charity Burbage has resigned. That's strange, isn't it?" Hermione said. "I remember she wrote an article a few days ago condemning the Dark Lord's pure-blood theory and said she would stay at Hogwarts. Now she suddenly resigns!"

"Well..." Owen, who was sitting at the desk, responded and said simply, "Then she may be dead."

He is writing a letter.

Two letters, one to Snape and one to Aunt Roy.

For one thing, cooperation with Bella.

Since she wanted her child to obtain ancient magic, this matter needed to be done by her grandmother, so she had to let her aunt inform her immediately.

"What?" Hermione frowned, put down the newspaper, and glanced over the top of the newspaper, landing directly on Owen who was writing furiously. "How could it be--"

She was familiar with Professor Keridi Bubaji.

Because she had taken her Muggle Studies course in her third year.

She wanted to see how the Muggles were interpreted from the perspective of the wizarding world, and she thought it would be interesting.

However, she only took this course for one year.

I gave up in fourth grade.

She knew Professor Charity Burbagi very well. He was undoubtedly a kind person. He often said that there was no difference between Muggles and wizards, and he devoted his life to promoting communication and reconciliation between the two worlds.

She liked the professor very much because of their similar values.

Now, the little witch was suddenly overwhelmed to hear that the other party was dead.

"That's obvious." Owen looked back at the girl, then fell silent again on the letter in his hand. "The current situation is not a theoretical dispute. It's not smart to openly express your love for Muggles and oppose Voldemort without taking any protective measures... Besides, she has left Hogwarts - so -"

"But--" Hermione faltered. She knew in her heart that what Owen said was right, but--"Professor Dumbledore is still alive, and Hogwarts--the Order of the Phoenix--the Ministry of Magic--the Federation--"

She said a lot, but her voice became smaller and smaller because she found that she couldn't even convince herself.

"Things are very clear. Although we are reluctant to admit it, it seems that the Death Eaters have the upper hand at the moment." Owen stood up from his chair and waved his hand. The two letters on the table automatically folded and jumped into the envelope.

He walked to the bed and sat down, "Senior Tom must have gained unknown power from the Outer Gods. A stronger power, a power from far past."

Owen frowned. "This is very troublesome. The history of magic is 100,000 years, and there are countless powerful spells left. Only one in ten or even one in a hundred of them can be passed down to the present. The power he obtained may completely exceed the limit of what we can imagine now."

"Besides, defeating Voldemort will do nothing."

"No use?" said Hermione, putting down the newspaper.

"What we need is to defeat the Outer Gods. Even..." He smiled, not saying out loud the wishful thinking in his heart. "Any other news?"

Owen changed the subject.

The little witch looked at him suspiciously, then picked up the newspaper again.

"These are just some fragmentary news. Someone found traces of Death Eaters in Godric's Hollow. Diagon Alley was attacked by them and many shops were destroyed. Among them was Ollivander's Wand Shop - hum -" Hermione snorted coldly: "The Ministry of Magic is still talking nonsense that the situation is under control."