Hogwarts Life Guide

Crouch Jr. left, and the clatter of cloaks began to fill the air.In the courtyard, wizards apparated one by one.They were all hooded and had their faces covered.They walked into the house one by one... walking slowly and cautiously, as if they couldn't believe their eyes.

Voldemort stood silently waiting.One of the Death Eaters dropped to his knees, crawled over to Voldemort, and kissed the hem of his black robes.

"McNeil...Lucius...Goyle...Crabbe..." Voldemort muttered the name of the visitor, talking to everyone, and the longest conversation was with Lucius.

During this period, Voldemort did not forget to torture one or two of his less loyal subordinates. Of course, he did not kill anyone... He was not so kind to those who could come but did not. Those people were already on Voldemort's death list. .

At Hogwarts, Harry's anomaly had a big impact. Fortunately, he quickly returned to the dining table with his head covered.But Harry's behavior reminded many young wizards of the article in the Daily Prophet, and the atmosphere of the dinner had changed slightly.

But anyway, the end-of-semester dinner ended happily.

Because Harry "saw" Voldemort's resurrection and because Death Eaters had attacked the Dursleys in the past, Harry did not return to the Dursleys immediately at the beginning of the summer vacation.

Although Harry had to stay with the Dursleys for a week or two during the summer vacation to ensure the continuation of the "magic of love", in his heart, the better these two weeks went by, the better he would be. He was eagerly looking forward to spending time with Sirius again. .

Last summer vacation was Harry's happiest time outside of Hogwarts. He really hoped that Sirius could continue to care for him last summer vacation, but he found that Sirius was extremely busy this summer vacation, including Dumbledore, Mu... Many people, including Dee, would show up at the Black house sooner or later. This was the first time Harry heard about the Order of the Phoenix.

Sirius had a hard time finding time for him, at least during the day.

The most terrifying thing is that Harry saw Snape at 12 Grimmauld Place.

Snape would usually arrive in the afternoon and have a meeting with Dumbledore and the others.After their meeting before dinner, it would be Harry's nightmare time - Snape would instruct him in Occlumency.

Even Sirius, who had always been at odds with Snape, supported Harry in learning Occlumency from Snape.

"This is of great benefit to you! Dumbledore and I are both worried that Voldemort will discover the connection between you one day and use it to control you..." Sirius's words blocked Harry's complaints. It also gave him more motivation to study.

Tangning first heard about the Order of the Phoenix from his cousin Tonks. When he first heard the name Order of the Phoenix, he thought it was some kind of cult.Then he learned about the past of the Order of the Phoenix, and that Sirius dedicated No. 12 Grimmauld Place as the new headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

For this reason, No. 12 Grimmauld Place was also placed under the Fidelity Charm, with Dumbledore personally serving as the secret keeper.Cousin Tonks has officially become a member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Not long after the vacation started, Tangning and her cousin Tonks arrived at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters... To be precise, Tangning spent a lot of time entering the new Order of the Phoenix headquarters.Because of the Fidelity Charm, cousin Tonks, whose address was given by Dumbledore, could come and go freely in Grimmauld Place, but Tangning could not, even though he knew where the original Black family was.

Forgetting to say hello in advance, Dumbledore was not here. Cousin Tonks ran for a long time before finding Dumbledore and getting a piece of paper with an address from him.After Tangning saw the address, he immediately spotted the headquarters right in front of him. There was nothing in his sight a second ago.

It's not scientific at all, but it's magic.

Tangning arrived earlier and there was no one else in the Black family. Sirius and Harry were sitting in the living room reading the newspaper, as well as Kreacher. As soon as Tangning came in, she found him holding a large plate next to her. It was bigger than his head and filled with food that suited Tangning's taste.

"He knew you were coming and got busy before dawn!" After saying hello, Harry explained that he was very happy to finally see someone of his own age during the holidays.

Tangning could only trick Kreacher into putting down his plate and getting him a glass of water. He went to a Muggle breakfast shop with cousin Tonks in the morning and was very full.

"Fudge plans to promote Crouch to concurrently serve as Deputy Director of the Legal Enforcement Department..." Sirius said.

This was originally the position that Sirius was striving for, but even with the support of Department Director Amelia, Sirius ultimately lost the election and the position was still vacant. Unexpectedly, Fudge would choose to support Crouch.With Crouch's qualifications and Fudge's support, no one can stop him.

"Maybe there is some dirty deal behind them!" Sirius said in a disgusted tone.

His feelings towards Crouch are actually very complex, not just pure hatred.Before being sent to Azkaban by Crouch, he liked Crouch's tough attitude towards the Death Eaters, but did not agree with some of his methods.

"With Crouch's character...although I don't like him either," Cousin Tonks said, "but he does things fairly...I think that he helped Fudge for the sake of the unity of the Ministry of Magic...after all , he was the first person in the Ministry of Magic to openly oppose dark magic."

"You are right, Nido, but many people who are against black magic...Oh, you won't understand...You are still too young..." Sirius looked at three pairs of curious eyes and said, one year The increased cultivation has made him stronger and stronger, probably due to the psychological shadow brought by the prison life in Azkaban. Sirius especially loves to eat greasy meat, so that his face has become a bit richer.

Sirius said, "Barty Crouch, how much do you know about him? To be fair, he is a great wizard with strong spells...and a strong desire for power. Do you want to know?"

The three little heads nodded in unison.

"Okay, I'll give it a try..." Sirius smiled and changed to a more comfortable position on the sofa, holding the tea just brought by Kreacher in one hand and said:

"The situation back then... Now imagine that when Voldemort was powerful, you didn't know who was his supporter and who wasn't, who was working for him and who wasn't. You know he could control people tightly. , causing them to do terrible things involuntarily. You are scared for yourself, your family, and your friends.

Bad news comes every week, someone is dead, someone is missing, someone is being tortured... The Ministry of Magic is in chaos, they don't know what to do, they have to do everything possible to hide it from the Muggles, and at the same time Meanwhile, Muggles were dying.There was terror everywhere... tension... chaos... that was the situation at that time.

Alas, times like these always bring out the best in good people and bring out the worst in bad people.In the beginning, Crouch's principles were probably good - I don't know.He quickly rose through the ranks and began to take some very tough measures against Voldemort's supporters.

Aurors were given some new powers - for example, they had the power to kill, not just capture.I'm not the only one who was handed over to the dementors without trial.Crouch met violence with violence, and he allowed the unforgivable spell to be used on suspects.

In my opinion, he became as cruel and callous as many people in the dark arts.You know, he has his supporters too - many people who think he's doing the right thing the way he's doing it.At that time, some people predicted that he might be elected as the next Minister of Magic! "

Regardless of stance, according to Tangning's opinion, all captured Death Eaters should not be imprisoned in Azkaban. Those who have lives on their hands should be put to death if they deserve it... Of course, they must all face trial.

Theoretically, life in Azkaban is more terrifying than death, but in terms of results, at least he is still alive.

Sirius took a short rest and saw that the three people in front of him were all thinking. He was very pleased. He drank half of the tea before continuing:

"You all know about Barty Crouch Jr. He was one of the Death Eaters who tortured the Longbottoms. But in Azkaban, he shouted his mother's name every day... What's the use of that? What? He later died in Azkaban. Before his death, Crouch brought his wife to visit him... His wife was also terminally ill.

Just a moment ago he was a hero, confident of becoming the Minister of Magic... In the blink of an eye, his son died, his wife died, the family's reputation was tarnished, and his prestige in the eyes of the public dropped sharply.

After the boy's death, people began to sympathize more with the son and asked: Why would a child from a good family take such an evil path?Come to the conclusion that his father never cared much for him.In this way, Cornelius Fudge took the first position, and Crouch was transferred to the Department of International Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic. "

At this point, Sirius took another sip of tea as if he was feeling tight in his chest, and there wasn't much left in the cup.In his mind, the reasons for Crouch's loss of power could be "violation of the law", "hypocrisy", "duplicity", "dictator", or even "cold and cruel" or "allowing the use of the Unforgivable Curse"...

But...why...why was it because of sympathy for a Death Eater who had committed a clear crime? This was his deep doubt after learning the most accurate truth from Amelia after he was released from prison.

"What's even sadder is that now, when the magical world is not at peace, he appears in people's sight again...or rather, people think of him again..."

Sirius sighed, drank the last sip of tea from the cup, and slumped down on the sofa without saying a word.

Tangning could feel the sorrow in Sirius's heart. He was thinking not only of Crouch, but also of those comrades who had sacrificed their lives...

The alarm bells are ringing!

but……

He wanted to say: "The character is ruined, uncle!"