mystery lover

It was during an afternoon of Defense Against the Dark Arts class when Oster realized that he had become the secret-keeper of the Castell family.

"What's wrong?" Batty, who was practicing together, noticed the abnormality of his friend.

"why……"

Puzzled emotions first appeared in the boy's eyes, and then little Barty saw Osted standing in front of him, and the boy's face turned completely pale almost instantly.

"Osted! What's wrong with you, don't scare me." Little Batty reached out and grabbed his friend who was about to leave when he turned around.

And Osted just shook off his friend's hand vigorously, and he didn't even have time to explain, he had to go to Dumbledore now.

"Someone died."

After leaving such a sentence, Oster has already ran out of the classroom of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Little Barty stared blankly at his empty hand, feeling a dull pain in his chest.

The classroom was boisterous because of the sudden change, and Barty Jr. was only thinking about what Oster said when he shook off his hand.Who, who died?

What can make Osde so nervous... The same panic as the boy just now appeared in Little Barty's eyes.

no, I can not.

Little Barty ran out of the classroom almost as soon as he figured it out. Oster was no longer in the corridor, but the boy ran to the principal's office on the third floor without a moment's hesitation.

"Principal!" After reporting the correct password, the teenager who entered the office almost immediately found Dumbledore standing in the middle of the room. At this time, Oster no longer cared whether Dumbledore was still standing The other three people just directly said what might have happened, "Something happened to that gentleman!"

"Kid calm down..."

"Dorcas Meadows!" Oster remembered the name of this young wizard, the very gentle wizard who sent him to the platform. Although he had only met him once, the young man was completely unable to keep calm at this moment.The secret keeper automatically becomes someone else who knows the address of the manor. The only possibility is that the original secret keeper has... passed away.

After casting a spell on Oster, Dumbledore looked at the young man whose chest heaves gradually eased. The white wizard's face seemed to be showing grief.

"Son, we already know, Dorcas...was taken by the Death Eaters two days ago."

"Our people just discovered his body, and the news came not long before you came."

"You should have sensed...the change of the Secret Keeper."

……

Oster didn't quite remember what Principal Dumbledore said afterwards, only when he heard that the address of Castell Manor might have been exposed.

"I want to go home." The boy said without any hesitation.

"No..." Before Dumbledore could reply, another wizard who was standing next to the headmaster had already said, "It's not safe outside now, it's safest for you to stay in Hogwarts."

"Son, Benji is right, stay at Hogwarts."

"Principal Dumbledore, I want to go home," Oster said with a rare cold expression, "My grandfather is at the manor."

"Dave hopes you stay at Hogwarts safely." Dumbledore said weakly.

"I can't stay here forever."

"Voldemort may now be waiting for you to leave school."

"Why?" Oster didn't understand why this person had to do something to his family.

"Eliminate a noble who does not submit to him to deter other pure-blood families. This is Voldemort's usual tactic...Oster, listen to your grandfather and don't leave the school."

"Then let's die together." Oster said blankly, if he ignored the boy's clenched lips and teeth, "he will pay for it."

Do you think that the nearly thousand years of Kasdeil's inheritance is just a display, Voldemort, and the Death Eaters... If they really dare to approach the manor, he will let them know what kind of effects the alchemy circles kept in the manor have. .

"Oster, I always thought you were a calm child..." Dumbledore looked at the boy in front of him. When he first heard the boy's impulsive words, the leader of the White Wizard thought for a moment that he had heard it wrong.

"No, I'm very calm." Oster looked at the principal, his clenched hands trembling slightly due to the force, "But this is different, I must go back."

"I promised your grandfather that I will protect you no matter what, Oster, you must know that you are the only heir of the Castei family." So he will never let this child go out to take risks at this time, Dumbledore could only try to comfort the boy in front of him, "Dave will be fine."

"I want to see grandpa." An impatient look appeared on the young man's face, "I must go back to the manor once, it's a must."

at this time.

"Albus, I'll take this child back." Edgar said to Dumbledore, "I'll be careful."

"I'm with Edgar." Another wizard who had just persuaded Oster also stood up at this time, "Edgar and I will promise to send this boy back to Hogwarts."

The leader of the Order of the Phoenix seemed to be in deep thought for a moment, and when Dumbledore looked up again, "Listen, boy, you can't Apparate or Floo outside. No matter what you see when you get home, you must Come back with Edgar and Benji."

Edgar and Benji are the two young people standing beside Dumbledore at the moment. In fact, even so, when Dumbledore finished what he just said, the principal had already started to regret it almost at the same time.

He clearly knew that Voldemort would kill the child.

"It seems that there is another child." While Dumbledore was speaking, the door of the principal's office had already opened.

Oster looked at Little Barty who was coming down the escalator. From the boy's expression, it could be seen that the other party seemed very disgusted to enter this office, but Little Barty still walked in front of Oster.

"Where are you going."

Oster said nothing.

"Always put your own safety first...I'll give it back to you."

*****

The Death Eaters did lose a lot in the attack on Castell's manor, for which, when the belated Lord Dark Lord saw his rather useless minions, he slid through the red slit The emotions revealed in it are definitely not pleasant.

When Voldemort reached the door of the Castei family, his group of servants retreated behind their master tactfully.

Then the man standing at the front slightly raised his arm, and when the purple shirt wand in his hand emitted a strong white light, the defensive barrier that originally protected the manor was also broken.

All magic and guile seem to surrender in the face of absolute power.

The Death Eaters behind Voldemort watched their master's strength with excited eyes. After the barrier completely disappeared, these Death Eaters rushed into the defenseless castle without fear.

"Destroy it."

Outside the castle, Voldemort ordered softly.