Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 972 Yes, it’s him

   Albert didn't know that someone had taken the blame for him.

  Selwyn, with an extremely ugly face, finally reluctantly agreed with Peter Pettigrew's statement, otherwise, what else could he do, could he just tell the Dark Lord that they were scared away by the sudden appearance of the Dark Mark?

  If they dared to say such words, the two of them would probably be directly removed from the list of Death Eaters by Voldemort.

In order to prevent himself from being incompetent in front of the Dark Lord, Selwyn brought out Cassandra Vabras to speak out, proving that it was not that they didn't work hard, but that the enemy was too cunning .

Voldemort saw through the little trick between Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew at a glance, but his guess has also been confirmed. The rumor that Snape said is very likely to be true, and Albert Anderson is very likely to be a prophet .

  As for why that Mudblood appeared in Nikolai Village?

  According to Snape's report, that Mudblood has maintained good relations with many famous wizards, and he is also proficient in alchemy, so he may have maintained a good relationship with Nicole Flamel.

  After all, when Dumbledore was young, he knew the old man, and Dumbledore had a good relationship with that mudblood.

  The Dark Mark is even simpler. The spell has never been a difficult magic, and it is regarded as black magic simply because it is Voldemort's mark.

  Of course, Voldemort was still very dissatisfied with the actions of Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew, and was scared to flee by the Dark Mark, which is simply a shame among Death Eaters.

   After rewarding each of them with a Cruciatus Curse, Voldemort let them go.

  The "notorious" Mudblood was obviously not a simple thing, Voldemort finally recalled Barty Crouch and Snape's evaluation of that Mudblood.

  The former also dismissed the Mudblood before touching the other party. However, after only one year at Hogwarts, Barty Jr. considered the Mudblood a formidable opponent. At least, from Snape's description, his loyal servants were very afraid of the other party's strength, otherwise they would not have brought a group of people to besiege him. Voldemort thought that among the Death Eaters, there were probably few people who could enjoy such a privilege. treatment.

   What made Voldemort even more incredible was that Barty Crouch was actually captured by the other party.

   It is not easy to capture a Death Eater, unless there is a big difference in strength between the two sides.

  Thinking of this, Voldemort's face became more and more gloomy.

  Dumbledore himself is difficult enough, and this Mudblood is obviously also difficult. From the fact that he sent his family away in advance, it can be inferred that the probability that he is a prophet is very high.

  It would be fine if the Mudblood left England. If he continued to stay and fight against him, Voldemort knew he had to find a time to get rid of him, lest another guy like Dumbledore would pop up and cause him trouble.

  However, now he wants to find out more about the prophecy with Potter, and has no plans to act rashly for the time being. There is no rush for this matter anyway, and there is plenty of time.

   In Voldemort's heart, Dumbledore will always be his number one enemy. As long as Dumbledore is removed, there will be no obstacles in his way forward.

   As for the second enemy, it is naturally Harry Potter.

This prophesied savior made Voldemort a little jealous, especially the fact that Harry Potter slipped away from under his nose a while ago, which made Voldemort lose face in front of the Death Eaters, and he had to kill him himself. Die Harry Potter, let those Death Eaters go to peace of mind, instead of believing those **** prophecies.

  Voldemort knew very well what those Death Eaters were, and if he wanted to deter those scumbags, he had to give enough deterrence.

   As for the Mudblood named Albert Anderson, he obviously didn't qualify for the third place.

but…

  Perhaps, what Voldemort didn't know was that this Mudblood was not far from the third on the black list in his heart.

  If Voldemort knew what Albert had done to him.

  …

   Albert, the person involved, didn't really care too much about the messy things about Voldemort and the Death Eaters, but the British wizarding world has completely exploded.

   At least, Cornelius Fudge's scalp tingled when he got the news.

  Britain's "Daily Prophet", of course Fudge can control, but the reports of the magic world in France are not under Fudge's control.

  The news of the Dark Mark appearing in Nicolas Village has already spread in the French magic world, and the investigation was launched later. The French Ministry of Magic also notified the British magic world of this matter through the diplomatic department.

  Fudge can only be blind. He hates those guys who like to make trouble, especially Sirius Black.

  Yes, it is Sirius Black.

  Fudge hates Black and Lupine, what do you guys think when something like this happens when Defense Guide is so new? Will it connect the two things?

  Think of these things as some bad omens. Although those voices were forcibly suppressed by Fudge, it does not mean that these voices no longer exist.

There is another thing that makes Fudge even worse. The attack on the master of prophecy Cassandra Vabras, the old man is still lying in the St. The strong forgetting spell caused serious memory problems.

  Although this incident was later defined as the work of some dark wizards in Knockturn Alley, Stringer reminded him afterwards that this incident may not be simple, and the hints in it are already obvious.

  Fudge can pretend not to know, of course, but it doesn't mean that these things didn't happen.

  …

  Different from the Ministry of Magic who caught the blind, members of the Order of the Phoenix also brought this matter to the party for discussion.

  It is a bit strange that the Dark Mark appeared in a French village, because according to the investigation, the unlucky wizard who was killed was just a very ordinary wizard in Nicola's village, and had no intersection with Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

  They couldn't even think of a reason why the Death Eaters wanted to kill him, and what made them even more incomprehensible was that the other party had released the Dark Mark before leaving.

   Especially during Voldemort's latent period, the appearance of the Dark Mark will undoubtedly attract everyone's attention, as if someone did it on purpose.

   "According to the latest news I got, this matter is likely to be aimed at Mr. Anderson. Do you have any news?" Dumbledore cast an inquiring look at Snape.

"I heard that a while ago, the Dark Lord sent Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew to hunt down Albert Anderson. It is said that they brought a large group of dark wizards to his house..." Snape ignored Mrs. Weasley He continued, "As a result, I think you have guessed it. They rushed to nothing. Anderson sent his family away in advance, and they didn't know where they went. Then, they went to find Cassandra Va. Brass..."

   "What are they doing with Cassandra Varbras?" Sirius interrupted. "So, what happened to Cassandra Vabras was indeed done by you."

   "It's them." Snape glanced at Sirius: "And don't interrupt me."

"They found Cassandra Vabras and wanted to find out from her the whereabouts of Albert Anderson. Cassandra Vabras told them that Anderson would appear in Nikolai Village. In the end, they went to Nicholas Village, where they lay in ambush for several days. As a result...you have seen it too, who secretly used the Dark Mark, which surprised Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew. Can temporarily abandon the plan to ambush Anderson and leave the village in a hurry. Before leaving, they killed the owner of that house, probably to cover up their tracks, or to confuse right and wrong." Snape said blankly that he knew Although many of these are his judgments based on the information he has collected, the error should not be large.

   "Selwyn and Peter Pettigrew agreed that the Dark Mark was released by Albert Anderson," Snape added.

   "Are you sure this isn't a joke?" Sirius couldn't help but mocked, "A group of Death Eaters were actually scared away by his own Dark Mark?"

   "I remember that only Death Eaters know how to use the Dark Mark." Lupine frowned and said, "How could they think that Mr. Anderson made the Dark Mark?"

   "Who knows? After all, people like Anderson cannot be judged by common sense." Snape glanced at Dumbledore, and the meaning was already obvious. It is best to ask Dumbledore this kind of question.

"Whether it's using the Dark Mark or imitating the Dark Mark, I don't think it will be difficult for Mr. Anderson." Dumbledore agreed with Snape's words: "As far as I know, Mr. Anderson just happened to visit France. I found an old friend, and I also went to Cassandra Vabras, and it was confirmed that she did prophesy Pettigrew and Selwyn."

   "How is the master of prophecy now?" Kingsley asked with a frown, "Is it possible for the Dark Lord to tie her to their side, if..."

"It's not very good. Cassandra is very old. The Forgetting Curse caused her something wrong. It will take a while to fully recover." When Dumbledore said this, he forgot that he was younger than the other party. Yao Gao, "Of course, it should be a good thing for her not to be able to prophesy for others again."

   In Dumbledore's view, Cassandra undoubtedly sent herself to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, successfully avoiding possible dangers.

After all, it was obviously impossible for Voldemort to let Death Eaters rush directly into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries. The old man who can't help with divination is useless even if he is caught, he is just trying to cause trouble.

"Why didn't he hide, I mean why didn't Anderson hide." Arthur asked inexplicably, "It stands to reason that he must also realize that he is being targeted by the mysterious person, I don't think he will Unaware of this."

"Actually, we don't need to worry about him. You see, Anderson just used a little trick to scare the **** out of those Death Eaters. I doubt if he wants to, he can also scare those hapless Death Eaters away." Sent to hell." Sirius was very confident in Albert, "Besides, I always think he's going to do something big."

   "Big thing?" Lupine asked suspiciously.

"Instinct, that guy never messed around," Sirius recalled, "look what he did, got Peter Pettigrew, put the guy in jail, and slapped the Ministry of Magic on the way, little Didn't Barty Crouch get caught by him at once, so what kind of reward is the Ministry of Magic going to give him?"

   "I don't know, maybe not." Arthur shook his head.

"I suddenly knew why Fudge would be unlucky." Sirius now understood a little bit why Albert gave him the report. The feeling was to retaliate against Fudge for not giving him a reward for catching Barty Crouch Jr., at least Jr. Sirius thought it must have something to do with it.

   "Is this really the reason?" Tonks asked suspiciously. She didn't know Albert, but had only heard about his deeds.

"Yes, that's probably the case." Sirius explained, "I have done several transactions with him, and I still know each other well. I think in his eyes, he helped the Ministry of Magic catch prisoners, and Fudge gave him a bounty , The two sides owe nothing to each other, that’s probably how it is. That guy is not a greedy person, but in many cases, a transaction is a transaction, and there is a price to pay for not taking advantage of things, and he happens to have this ability.”

   "Why is he willing to provide us with convenience?" Tonks was even more puzzled, and his eyes couldn't help turning to Dumbledore.

   "He also hopes that the wizarding world can be peaceful, and Voldemort's rule of the wizarding world is not beneficial to him, so it is not surprising that he is inclined to us." Dumbledore explained, of course he would not say that he had provided some kindness to Albert.

   "Mr. Anderson seems to be very keen on participating in the international competition." Kingsley suddenly interjected, "Spain will hold the International Wizarding Duel Competition soon. Will he plan to participate in that competition?"

   "Don't let Voldemort know about this for the time being." Dumbledore reminded Snape.

"I don't think this kind of thing can be hidden. With his ability, if he really wants to participate in that competition, it will definitely appear in the newspapers. Now you can only hope that the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters will not read "" The Daily Prophet." Snape felt that if Albert went to participate in a world-class competition, there was little chance of completely hiding it.

   "The Daily Prophet can delay reporting this matter." Sirius said without thinking.

   "Can't you let that kid give up participating in some dueling competition?" Mrs. Weasley also frowned.

"How about, let's go to the International Wizarding Duel Competition!" Sirius suddenly said: "If Voldemort's people appear there to harm Anderson, we can also help him, if we can catch a few Death Eaters , or if Voldemort is forced to appear, I think Fudge will not continue to insist that "the story of Voldemort's return" is false."

  Of course, his goal is Peter Pettigrew, maybe that cowardly mouse will pass by too, and then his chance will come.

"It's not a good idea to ask for leave to watch the Duel Contest." Kingsley reminded: "This may reveal our identity as members of the Order of the Phoenix. If we want to go, I'm afraid we can only use the Portkey, but you also know Well, the Ministry of Magic is keeping a close eye on Portkeys right now."

   "Yeah, it would be better for us if the Death Eaters could be exposed." Tonks agreed with Sirius.

   After all, Voldemort was always a big problem in the shadows.

  (end of this chapter)