A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 481

"Stimulate potential?" Snape looked at Felix with probing eyes, folded his arms, "What are you using it for?"

"I'm a security officer. I can't go out like this. It's too embarrassing."

Snape stared at him for a while, then he asked softly: "Next time I go to Diagon Alley to buy medicinal materials, I won't see your arrest warrant, will I?"

Felix rubbed his chin, "It's really hard to say...don't stare at me, well, I'm just kidding, the fact is that I study magic too much." He explained seriously.

But Snape didn't believe it at all. In the next second, rune patterns appeared on Felix's face, and Snape looked at this scene in surprise.

"What potion do you want?"

"Of course it's the best one, the one that allows me to fight with someone after drinking." Felix said with a smile: "For the sake of me being your student, how about a [-]% discount?"

Snape frowned, "That potion has serious side effects."

"I can take it," Felix said seriously, "Severus, I need it."

After a moment of silence—

"Wait!" Snape said viciously, waving his sleeves.

"Thanks, Professor." Felix smiled and waved behind him.

……

"Hermione Jane Granger!" Mr. Granger yelled loudly, looking at his daughter who was peeping outside the door and looking in, he was furious.

"Oh, Dad..." Hermione came in from the door, and several other warriors and their families in the room watched this scene with interest.She moved in step by step, looking at Mrs. Granger begging for help.

Mrs. Granger waved her hand with a look of fun. "I'm also waiting for your explanation."

"How about, um," Hermione tentatively whispered, "I'll take you around the campus?"

The Grangers stared at her at the same time, Hermione stammered and finished the sentence: "You must be very curious about this place for the first time, right? I have made some preparations, you must like it..."

"What you mean by 'preparation' is to leave your parents alone for a long time?"

"I'm going to take the exam." Hermione pleaded softly.

Mr. Granger looked furious, and Mrs. Granger looked at her teasingly, "How did I hear that warriors don't need to take the exam? That friend Harry who you've been 'helping' told me himself. Don't you Are you trying to hide from us?"

Hermione was speechless.

It took a long time for Hermione to calm down her parents. They first visited the castle, and then walked around the Black Lake.I met Harry and Sirius on the road. Sirius tried his best to chat with the Granger couple, but the effect was not very good. They couldn't talk about Quidditch, duels, adventures and other topics.

When Sirius vividly described how he got rid of a giant monster, what he got was not adoring eyes and questioning about details, but a look of bewilderment and vigilance.

Before the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, Sirius finally found a common topic.

"Don't worry, there will be no danger, they are favorites to win the championship! And there is a safety man... that is Felix Hepp, you know? See you at the Leaky Cauldron? Great! Me and him very familiar..."

Harry found it odd that Hermione had been staring at him angrily while the adults were talking.

He quietly leaned over, "What's the matter?"

Hermione turned her head away, refusing to speak to him.

……

"Knocked out the three Reticents? So the man's target was actually the Department of Mysteries?" Fudge asked from behind his desk.

"That's right, he stole all the hourglasses, and most of the energy of the crystal glass cover was lost..." said the Auror who was in charge of the investigation, and the three silent men who had unfortunately been knocked out stood silently behind the Aurors, bowing their heads and not speaking.

Fudge twirled the quill, and after a moment he looked up.

"What do you think is the purpose of that person?" He looked at the three silent people, "Traveling through time? Changing history?"

"Mr. Minister, don't worry, he can't do anything." Saul Crocker said impatiently.

"Why?" Fudge stopped the quill in his hand. "He took so many hourglasses...just hourglasses?"

"That's right!" Saul Crocker was glad he understood. "That man has only an hourglass, not a complete Time-Turner."

"In case he finds a broken Time-Turner from outside, fixes it—"

"Impossible, no one can do this! Every scrapped time-turner has been repeatedly confirmed by the Unseen Man, and it is impossible to repair. We have tried for hundreds of years but failed, which has caused the existing time-turners to become more and more Come less and less... an outsider is even more impossible to do it."

Fudge looked at him suspiciously.

"It's true," Saul Crocker said more and more confidently. This is his area of ​​expertise. "Also, the energy in the stolen hourglass is very low. I guess the person is aware of this, so he took the risk. Stayed all night, trying to recharge—"

"So?" Fudge asked impatiently.

"Naturally it failed." Saul Crocker spread his hands, "No one can learn this technique overnight. So the energy inside is naturally lost..."

"But if the hourglass doesn't work, why did the man take them all?" asked Fudge with bull-eyed eyes.

"Mr. Minister, it is not my field to figure out the criminal's mind. I can only make judgments based on my profession." Sol Kroc shrugged and said. "The only problem is that the security system of the Department of Mysteries is not good enough. It needs to be upgraded."

"Thank you, Crocker," Fudge interrupted his speech, "I will consider it, but you have to understand that the Ministry is currently tight on funds. If there are new donations, I will consider you as soon as possible."

There was silence in the office.

After a long time, Fudge asked with a very hesitant expression: "Have you seen what that person looks like?"

Bode and Saul Crocker shook their heads. What they saw was Felix's appearance after using the compound potion. The two looked at Fudge's expression strangely now, for fear that he would suddenly pull out his wand and give them a shot.

"And you, you should have seen something, and the time limit for Polyjuice Potion must have passed by then." Fudge asked dully.

No.3 The silent man said with embarrassment: "I was distracted, that person used a despicable trap..."

Fudge looked down at his testimony, "A ball of fire falling from the sky, burning wreckage? Yeah, it's despicable enough."

"..." The mute man bowed his head in silence.

Fudge continued to look through the report, "I was attacked when I lowered my head, and I only saw a pair of feet... a pair of feet?" He raised his head, "Do you remember what those feet looked like? What are their characteristics?"

The silent man shook his head, "Sorry, Mr. Minister, I don't remember very well."

"I don't think so," Fudge smiled slightly. "At least you can get a vague outline, can't you? Like whether the steps are brisk, belonging to a young man?"

……

In the evening, the little wizards happily ate in the auditorium, waiting for the start of the third project.

"Fudge, you brought too many people today." Dumbledore said gently.

"I think it is necessary, the Ministry of Magic has just experienced an attack," Fudge whispered, "I must be on my guard."

"Ah, that's it." Dumbledore said softly, with a regretful expression on his face.

"By the way," Fudge looked around, "Why didn't you see Professor Haipu?"

"Maybe something has delayed it?" Dumbledore said with a smile.

Fudge glanced around, everyone was eating, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, hesitated for a moment and finally made up his mind, "Dumbledore, I need to seek your help, according to the Aurors' investigation, that lone traveler is powerful Terrifying, even, not even worse than that person who can't even mention his name!"

Dumbledore looked puzzled just right.

"Dumbledore, I know we disagree on some issues—"

"Not a dispute," said Dumbledore.

"You—what?" Fudge looked at him in bewilderment.

"That's not a controversy, Fudge," said Dumbledore patiently, "your hesitation will cost us a lot of time—"

"Okay! Dumbledore," said Fudge angrily, "that's the controversy. I've backed off a step and sent a team of Aurors to investigate the Albanian forest. There will be results soon. What I want to say now is another thing!"

He slapped the table sharply, and the forks on the plate bounced around.

Several principals from other schools on the seat looked at this side for no reason, and Fudge made a hasty gesture of apology.When the others turned their heads, he leaned closer again and whispered, "Dumbledore, what I'm discussing with you now is how to deal with a dangerous criminal who broke into the Department of Mysteries with impunity and stole the time-turner hourglass." And stored energy for decades. My God, what an evil practice!"

Dumbledore looked at him calmly, "With all due respect, Fudge, you don't look in any hurry."

"Of course I'm anxious! What if he wants to falsify history, what if he is on the side of the mysterious person, what should I do if I remind him on the day when the mysterious person loses his power?" Fudge's anger seemed to be uncontrollable again, "You should know What serious consequences will it cause!"

Dumbledore's expression turned serious.

"That's it," Fudge wiped his sweat, and continued: "So I want to ask for your help. Our purpose is the same, I assure you, as long as the investigation team brings back strong evidence, I will issue an early warning to the public .”

Dumbledore was slightly silent, "Do you have any clues?"

"Of course there is," said Fudge, overjoyed, eager to say, "he spent the night at the Ministry of Magic, trying to steal energy...he must have been exhausted, and he was wounded by an Auror, but unfortunately we couldn't search for it at the scene." His blood... Anyway, this kind of injury can't be recovered in a short time, so I'm curious about Professor Haipu's situation, of course I don't doubt him, I just cooperate with the investigation—"

Dumbledore's expression became more and more serious. Fudge thought that the plan had succeeded and was beaming with joy. At this moment, a person walked in from outside the auditorium.

Fudge stared at the man, and Felix was ruddy and bright, not hurt at all.He also specially changed into a suit, pulled out the chair and sat in the empty seat not far from them.

Fudge's face flushed.

"It seems that Felix is ​​not the person you are looking for. He is in great condition. This outfit reminds me of the dance half a year ago. If there is music at the scene, I have no doubt that he is the one who stands out the most..." Dumbledore closed his fingers and looked at Fudge's face with interest.

"Maybe I misunderstood, Dumbledore," Fudge said out of breath, his eyes fixed on Felix, and he said unwillingly, "I need to confirm again."

"You are always welcome in my office, Fudge, but next time you'd better bring evidence." Dumbledore said, his gaze was also on Felix - unlike Fudge, his blue eyes were extremely deep.

"Time..." he whispered.

As the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to a dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the table and the crowd fell silent.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes, I will invite everyone to the competition venue to watch the last event of the Tournament. Now please leave the warriors and Mr. Bagman first."

(End of this chapter)