Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1150 A fire

  Seeing that the summer vacation is coming to an end, Draco, who originally wanted to kill Dumbledore and restore the glory of the Malfoy family, has gradually lost his initial confidence.

  At this moment, Draco Malfoy was sitting at the desk with a gloomy face, flipping through the murder plans he had racked his brains to come up with, and crossed out the plans on the notebook one by one with a quill pen.

   When his eyes fell on Borgin Bock—the opal necklace, he frowned slightly.

   Buying a dreadfully cursed opal necklace for Dumbledore from the Borgin Burke shop is not really a smart idea.

  Even the inexperienced Draco knows this, just trying to sneak the opal necklace into Hogwarts is not an easy task.

   What's more, it will be given to Dumbledore, and it will lead to his death.

  This looks almost like a joke.

  Maybe, this stupid assassination can make Dumbledore relax his vigilance?

   Or, expose it all?

  Draco Malfoy didn't cross it out in the end, he had no choice but to try.

  What if it succeeds?

  Draco Malfoy suddenly felt stupid again, to overwhelm Dumbledore's negligence?

   As far as he knew, someone never opened a package from a stranger, and he was delusional.

  Thinking of that Mudblood, Albert Anderson, Malfoy felt a deep hatred in his heart. If it weren't for that Mudblood, how could his father have become a loser that everyone despises, and how could the Malfoy family not be reduced to the end they are now.

   If possible, Draco Malfoy would have preferred to be tasked with killing that Mudblood.

   Compared with Dumbledore, Albert Anderson is actually better to kill.

  Because his weakness is obvious.

   That's right, they are a few of his good friends.

  As far as Draco knew, the Mudblood had a very good relationship with the Weasley twins, and even went so far as to subsidize their dream of opening a shop with a large sum of Galleons.

  Ordinary good friends can't do this level.

  As long as you pass the Weasley brothers, there is a high probability that the Mudblood will be killed.

  In fact, Draco also took killing Albert as his own plan, especially after finding out that it was very difficult to kill Dumbledore, he needed to leave a retreat for himself and his family.

  According to Aunt Bella's information, the Dark Lord really wanted to kill that Mudblood. If he could kill that Mudblood, he would not only wash away the shame left by his father, but also allow the mysterious man to spare the Malfoy family.

Of course, Draco has never underestimated that Mudblood. He saw Albert take down all the Aurors single-handedly. He knows better than anyone how powerful that Mudblood is. , It is estimated that it will be difficult to kill him.

  However, Aunt Bella's words about the trash that can be dealt with with a Killing Curse reminded Draco.

  That Mudblood is indeed very powerful, it is difficult to kill him head-on, but you can use despicable and insidious means, such as using the Weasley twins as bait.

   After Draco told his mother and Aunt Bella about his thoughts, he got their support.

After some discussion, according to his mother's suggestion, the Malfoy family first admitted that the reward of 10,000 Galleons proposed by Lucius last time was still valid, and handed over another Galleon to Bella, allowing her to recruit those greedy and Go **** that mudblood.

  Anyway, the Malfoy family has no shortage of Garen, and most importantly, this can maintain the reputation of the Malfoy family.

  Although Draco also knew that the probability of letting those greedy guys kill Albert is really not high, what if it was a trap set for a weak point?

   Maybe it will be successful?

   After all, no matter how powerful the opponent is, he is only a person and will be killed by the Killing Curse.

   Guys who live in the gray area are obviously better at it than they are.

  No one can refuse the temptation from Garen.

  However, what Draco Malfoy didn't know was that the moment his plan was implemented, the whole plan was on the verge of bankruptcy because someone couldn't stop Garen's temptation.

   The worst thing is that the opponent's revenge has come.

   When Draco put down the quill, he suddenly heard the family swallowtail dog barking crazily.

  He quickly reached out and grabbed his wand, and observed the situation outside the manor through the window of the room, trying to figure out what happened.

  At this moment, the door of the room was slammed open, and two figures rushed into the room, shouting, "Draco, my son, where are you!"

   "What happened to Mom?" Draco looked at his mother who was hugging him, and asked vigilantly, "Is the Ministry of Magic here to arrest us? Someone has invaded the manor."

   "It's more serious than that. We have to get out of here. The flames of the devil are coming." Bella waved her magic wand and blasted open the window, pushing her sister and nephew to jump out of the window to escape.

   "Here is... ah!"

  Before Draco could finish his sentence, Bella pushed him out of the window. With a scream, the three of them were suspended in mid-air for a moment. When he recovered, he had already fallen to the ground.

   "What is it..." Draco's words stopped suddenly, because he found out that the whole manor was on fire for some reason, and it spread at an extremely terrifying speed.

   "Hurry up, **** it, run."

  Bella dispersed the giant flaming bird that was rushing towards them, grabbed the struggling two and told them to run quickly. She couldn't quell the out-of-control devil flames at all, so she could only leave here with her sister and nephew.

  Rolling and crawling, Malfoy has never been in such a panic like today. He turned his head from time to time, watching the tumbling flames turn into various ferocious beasts and chase them after them.

   "Damn, what's going on." Malfoy asked pantingly.

   "Fiendfire Curse."

After retreating to the entrance of the manor, Bella, who was looking at the turbulent fire in front of her, finally managed to explain to them, "Someone used the Fiercefire Curse to directly destroy the protective magic of Malfoy Manor. They are taking revenge on you. Here It's not safe anymore, we have to get out of here."

"how so…"

   Narcissa looked at the manor that had turned into a sea of ​​flames, as if she might faint at any moment.

   "Damn, how could this happen, who did it?"

  Draco Malfoy seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and fell to his knees on the ground, looking at the manor engulfed in hellish flames, he beat the ground with his fist unwillingly, and roared angrily.

  His home is gone.

  …

  Late at night, Ministry of Magic.

  Since Scrimgeour became Minister and announced that the Ministry of Magic has entered a wartime state, there have been people staying in the Ministry of Magic for a long time, and Scrimgeour will stick to his post every night.

  Whether it is dealing with official documents, sitting in the Ministry of Magic, or even thinking about countermeasures. At least, everyone can see his attitude, and no one dares to complain about working overtime.

   There was a knock on the door, and Percy's voice sounded outside.

"Come in!"

   Scrimgeour, who was reviewing official documents, put down the quill in his hand, and reached for the wand beside him.

  After Percy went in, he immediately reported to his boss what happened in Diagon Alley.

  After listening to the assistant's report, Scrimgeour frowned slightly, and repeated what he had just heard: "There are more than fifty bugs wandering around Knockturn Alley trying to rob the Defense Against the Dark Arts store?"

"Yes, except for some who escaped, the rest were all subdued. Kingsley has already taken the emergency team to Diagon Alley to deal with this matter. They have also arrested several suspicious elements. They are currently being interrogated and should be able to get them soon. latest news."

Percy glanced at his boss secretly, and continued: "The owner thinks that these people are going to the Defense Against the Dark Arts specialty store. The reason is probably that the Ministry of Magic regulates the Defense Against the Dark Arts items, which has damaged the interests of some merchants... They also I think this incident might have something to do with You-Know-Who. If you’re lucky, you might be able to catch some Death Eater minions who are making trouble for the Ministry of Magic.”

   "It seems that my luck is not bad." Scrimgeour stood up from behind the desk, obviously planning to go over to pay attention to the latest situation in person.

  Anything related to the mysterious person deserves his attention.

As soon as he left the office, Scrimgeour seemed to think of something, turned his head to Percy behind him and said, "Let the Department of Legal Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic reject the appeal of Joko and others on the grounds of insufficient evidence, after all, they have registered patents with the Ministry of Magic." , are protected by the Patent Act."

   "Yes." Percy thought for a while and asked again, "Will there be a press conference tomorrow?"

"If this matter is related to the mysterious man, then reveal the Ministry of Magic's plot to smash the mysterious man again." Scrimgeour thought for a while and said, "Also, you can secretly reveal the dark magic defense props to show that the magic The Ministry has always been committed to protecting everyone's safety."

   "As for this matter, let Kingsley and Arthur jointly investigate."

  Although he knew that Percy belonged to Albert, Skrein still used him.

   Nothing more.

  Because of safety.

   It's ridiculous to say, but it's a reality.

  If Scrimgeour doesn’t want to die like Burns, he has to pay attention to his own safety. For example, the place where he lives now is a safe house protected by the Fidelity Curse, and the keeper of the secret is Albus Dumbledore.

  When the two came to the interrogation room, the results of the interrogation had already come out.

   Scrimgeour had just received the documents and was about to check the content of the interrogation when a wizard who stayed behind hurried over.

   "Devil's Flame, someone used the Devil's Flame to set Malfoy Manor on fire." The wizard panted to report the latest news to Scrimgeour.

   "There are so many things today." Scrimgeour handed the document to Percy, and walked out of the interrogation room quickly, "How is the situation over there? Is the fire under control?"

   It's no wonder Scrimgeour is so nervous. The Fiercefire Curse is a very dangerous black magic, and once it gets out of control, it will have dire consequences.

   "Director Robards has led people to control the situation."

"Director Robards sent a message back that the fire over there is huge and more assistants are needed." The former assistant gasped and said, "One more thing, the Aurors saw the Dark Mark over Malfoy Manor .”

   "Dark Mark, are you sure you're not joking?" Scrimgeour stopped, looking at his former assistant with astonishment on his face.

  The mysterious man set Malfoy Manor on fire?

   This is without a doubt the funniest thing Scrimgeour has heard in this century.

   "It is indeed the Dark Mark."

"Tell Kingsley, let him immediately lead people to Malfoy Manor for reinforcements, as for the matter at hand. Weasley, you lead people to take over, first capture those **** back to the Ministry of Magic and imprison them." Scrimgeour greeted The others planned to take them to Malfoy Manor for reinforcements.

   "By the way, send someone to notify Dumbledore."

  To be honest, Scrimgeour doubted that this was a trick played by the mysterious man, intending to use this to divide the defense force of the Ministry of Magic and create a chance to assassinate him, but after thinking about it carefully, it didn't look like it.

  By the time Scrimgeour led his people to Malfoy Manor, the situation there was already a little bad, and the Aurors could only barely control the situation, preventing the devil flames from spreading around.

   It was only after Scrimgeour brought people in to join in that the situation was finally stabilized. In the end, it was Dumbledore who came to help clean up the mess and completely quelled the terrible disaster.

   "Do you know who did it?" After greeting Dumbledore, Scrimgeour turned to ask the old man in charge of leading the team.

   "I don't know, when we arrived, the devil's flames had completely engulfed Malfoy Manor,

   And there is a tendency to want to spread outside. Fortunately, you came in time, otherwise if the devil's flame really spreads, the neighborhood is likely to be completely finished. " Gadwin smiled wryly, he is still confused now.

  To be honest, it’s really difficult to be the head of the Auror’s office. He was exhausted during this time, and Kingsley’s crisis response team helped share a lot of the pressure.

   "They saw the Dark Mark, could this be a conspiracy by the Mysterious Man?" Scrimgeour asked Dumbledore.

   "I don't know." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Is the Malfoy family still alive?"

   Scrimgeour looked at Gadwin, who shook his head to express that he was not clear about it.

   "Damn it tonight, one thing after another." Scrimgeour said, "If you have time, we'd better talk about the situation in the British wizarding world and the safety of Hogwarts students."

   "You think you still have a lot of things to do later, so let's make an appointment after eleven o'clock." Dumbledore took out his pocket watch to check the time, and said to Scrimgeour with a smile.

"See you later." Scrimgeour didn't refuse, and after watching Dumbledore leave, he turned his head and said to his old buddy Gadwin, "When the press conference is held tomorrow, you can give those reporters a little hint, Lucius Malfoy is suspected of being revenged by the mysterious person for leaking information about the Death Eaters to the Ministry of Magic."

   Gadwin was a little taken aback.

   "Hint, I just need to mention it to your assistant, he knows what to do?"

   As for whether the Malfoy family will suffer from this, it is none of Scrimgeour's business.

  The devil knows whether Lucius' wife and son are still alive after the fire.

  Anyway, after this incident, the relationship between the mysterious man and the Death Eaters must have become very delicate. Even if the plan fails, the mysterious man can still be severely disgusted.

  (end of this chapter)