A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 504 Illusion
Time passed little by little.

The three of them looked anxious, and Harry stared at the fire burning in the fireplace, hoping it would suddenly change color and a wizard emerge from it to tell them what had happened.Or a Patronus with a message...but nothing happened.

The firewood crackled, and the atmosphere in the office became dull and depressing.Harry thought it was because of the high temperature—it was the end of July, and it was almost August, a time when not many people chose to light their fireplaces.

He needs a thermostatic locket... Harry thought about it wildly, but in a moment he was weighed down by even heavier worries, and he couldn't restrain the thoughts that came to his mind... He handed over the hair with his own hands and agreed to this The plan, if Sirius died because of it, was entirely his fault.

At this moment, the flames in the fireplace suddenly sprang up, as tall as a person, and the color also turned emerald green, and a figure appeared in rotation.

It was Kingsley Shacklebolt.

Harry's heart was pounding, and he heard muffled screams next to him, but he couldn't tell which of Ron and Hermione it was from. The flames had returned to orange, which meant there was no fire behind them. Man, Harry's heart twitched.

What about Sirius?Where's Ms. Burns?He yelled in his heart.

"How's the situation?" Felix jumped up from the sofa, keeping his coins in his fists.

"It's going well," Kingsley said, his face was sweaty, his clothes were messy, and there was a lot of grey-brown dirt on his face, as if he had just experienced a battle. "Two Death Eaters captured, the escaped McNeill and Rookwood, August Rookwood."

"Where's Voldemort, he didn't show up?" Felix asked, frowning.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione held their breath and looked at Kingsley eagerly. Kingsley shook his head, looking confused and puzzled, "No one was met. In fact, there were only these two Death Eaters, and the rest It was a motley crew—dementors, a few werewolves and vampires, and a dark wizard from nowhere... Bones thinks they're under the Imperius Curse."

"So Voldemort was just testing? He was hiding and observing in secret?" Felix said to himself, not satisfied with the result.

"It should be like this." Kingsley panted, "There are a lot of cannon fodder, swarming up, startling us, I wonder when the Death Eaters were so brave... the casualties all happened at that time -"

"Casualties?" Hermione gasped.

"Oh, no one died," Kingsley explained, "a few were injured, non-life threatening—I went on, the two Death Eaters standing back, they seemed to be simply After completing the probing work and casting the spell while hiding far away, Sirius and Burns cooperated to knock down one, and the other... I guess Dumbledore made a secret move."

Felix pretty much sorted out the whole process.

"What about Sirius, where is he now?" Harry couldn't help asking.

"I'm with Burns. I'll report back alone, and I'll take some people over there to bring the captives back, er, of course—and the healer." Kingsley said, turning to look at Felix, "Hai Mr. Pu, this operation barely met expectations, and then you can take them away, and Mrs. Weasley is arranged in Arthur's office."

Felix nodded silently.Then Kingsley hurried out of the office.

"Come on, I'll take you back," Felix said.

"Is that the end?" Harry asked, still feeling a little weird.

"No way, Voldemort won't take the bait," Felix shrugged. "This is war. You can't expect your opponent to make a fatal mistake at the beginning and then settle it once and for all, even though..." He frowned, and from the biography of Lucius According to the news back, Voldemort has been a little too low-key recently, and he hasn't appeared a few times at all.

Of course, it is not ruled out that he wants to gather followers first.

He had sent out all those Death Eaters who had escaped from Azkaban.

"Let's meet Mrs. Weasley first, and then you return to the Order of the Phoenix." Felix said, they walked out of the Office of the Minister of Magic, took the elevator to the second floor where the Department of Magical Law Enforcement was located, and the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office was located on this floor.The four of them stepped out of the elevator and came to a corridor with doors on both sides.

"We need to go through two gates, then turn left, turn right, and finally walk to the end of the corridor." Ron said to a somewhat disappointed Harry, "I've been here a few times, the Aurors' cubicle The rooms are very special...”

After walking through the first oak gate, they came to an open area. This is where the Aurors concentrated their work. There were not many people at the moment, and the few people who stayed behind gathered together, their expressions on their faces were both excited and excited. worry.

"The action was sudden...not much news..."

"Hopefully there will be a good result."

"Didn't Kingsley say he won a big victory?"

"Chesterton, congratulations on your promotion. You should be the youngest supervisor of the Dangerous Animals Committee?"

"I got a little help from my family." A young man said in a long and reserved voice, revealing the family crest on his chest indistinctly.

……

"Chesterton Avery!?" Hermione shrieked, turning her head suddenly, her eyes fixed on the ostentatious young man.

Standing in a small cubicle, Chesterton looked towards her, the smile on his face quickly cooled down, and he said haughtily: "It's me, and you are—" His gaze fell between the three of Harry. They moved between them, and then saw Felix behind them, and said in a weak voice, "So the award ceremony is over?"

Hermione, however, was ungrateful, staring into his face and whispering, "You wicked—"

"Hermione." Felix interrupted her.

Chesterton looked annoyed, and also in a daze of inexplicable reason.He intended to say a few harsh words, but he was also afraid of Felix who was standing aside, his eyes switched back and forth between shrinking and vicious.Finally, with a heavy snort, he turned around and left without looking back.

Hermione looked at him uncomfortably.

"A man like him got a promotion?" said Hermione indignantly as they passed through the second oak door and down the empty corridor, both Harry and Ron surprised at her fierceness.

They had never heard of Hermione having an affair with this man.

"I remember!" Harry said suddenly, "Avery, remember? In the cemetery, Voldemort was the first Death Eater to torture, because he pretended to be under the Imperius Curse after Voldemort lost power, I escaped punishment by doing this..."

Ron thought about it too. "That's true, but the voice is different, that Avery is obviously older—"

"Doesn't that mean they're all bad?" said Hermione sarcastically. "Professor, why doesn't the Ministry of Magic arrest every Death Eater who knows their names?"

"Calm down, Miss Granger." Felix said, "The Ministry of Magic represents order, and you can't arrest people for no reason... But there must be private stalking." A temporary escape is nothing, and Lucius can prove it at any time A large number of people entered Azkaban.

But no one knows what Voldemort, who is helpless and has no hope of ruling, will do.

The key to this war has always been only Voldemort.

"Ms. Burns should really look into those pure-blood scum..." Hermione whispered, Ron glanced over, and she hurriedly said, "Oh, of course your family doesn't count, you are-"

"—A pure-blooded traitor." Ron nodded, entertaining himself.

They found Mrs. Weasley in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Division on the second floor, and she was fairly stable, with Percy by her side.When she saw Harry and the others coming in, she rushed over and hugged and kissed them.

"Luckily you're all okay—"

"Mom," Ron struggled. "We never went out at all!"

"Well, even so..." She said with a smile, "Your father went to help. I heard that no one was injured, and a group of bad guys were caught. The action was clean and successful... Ms. Burns took the lead, we A good minister has been appointed."

Mrs. Weasley was obviously very satisfied with the result. Harry looked at the smiling and silent Professor Haip, and wisely didn't tell her that the biggest source of danger in the whole operation - Voldemort hadn't appeared.

"Let's wait for Arthur, let me have a look at him," said Mrs. Weasley sheepishly, "and then we'll go back and make your birthday party," she said to Harry. "And you, Percy, must come tonight."

"Mum, I'm busy," grumbled Percy, "a dozen reports to write—"

"Take Penelope with you - be careful if you forget." Mrs. Weasley finished speaking on her own, leaving Percy helpless.

They took the lift to the Great Hall of the Ministry of Magic and gazed into the distance at the gilded fireplace on one side of the wall.

Ten minutes later—

Felix stared at the fireplace area, where the fireplaces were rising in unison, and figures were returning triumphantly from within.The resplendent hall was immediately bustling with thunderous applause.

The Aurors appeared with more than two dozen black-robed wizards, all wearing hoods and dressed like Death Eaters.It's just that the mask on his face was taken away, his robe was also dirty, and he was pushed forward staggeringly.

In Felix's eyes, these attackers—most of them were quite downcast, a few vampires with pale faces and thick dark circles under their eyes looked listless, as if they hadn't slept for a few days, and they seemed to be mixed in the team. Very different.

And there is an alternative among vampires.He seemed to be in good spirits, looking around without any sign of fear.When his eyes fell in Felix's direction, he grinned happily.

Harry, too, was staring at the crowd, knowing that some of them might have been possessed by Death Eaters with spells, but he had no recollection of how they checked.If Avery managed to get away with it by lying about being under the Imperius Curse, what about now?
Harry's scar suddenly ached inexplicably.

Harry's eyes were wide open, and his brain was like a boiling cauldron in which the spoon kept stirring.Occlumency could only barely keep him from passing out.Harry was dizzy for a while, his perspective changed rapidly, and he appeared in another person's body. Through those eyes, he looked at the opposite side, and there was his enemy-

Harry Potter the Who Lived, Ron Weasley the Dishonored Blood, Hermione Granger the Mudblood, and the menacing Felix Heap who wowed him.

"No—" Harry yelled, and he didn't know whose mouth it was coming out of.

"Harry, what's wrong with you?"

"Harry?"

Harry was out of breath, bent down and pointed in one direction: "Volt, Voldemort...he's here!" He found his consciousness back in his body, Sirius and Ms. Burns ran over quickly, hearing this sentence The words stopped in amazement.

Felix narrowed his eyes and stared in the direction Harry was pointing - there was no Voldemort there, only the chained attacker.

"He's really here!" Harry panicked, but Voldemort stood there calmly, looking at him, his eyes were bloodshot, "Don't let him hurt anyone!"

But others seemed to be completely blind to Voldemort.

"There he is! Voldemort!" Harry was terrified. Why didn't everyone look at Voldemort, but at him?
"Harry, what are you—"

"Is it an illusion?"

"There he is," Harry was still trying to explain, his eyes fixed on the front, "he was dressed in black! Black suit and black tie, head tilted, fingers moving, he drew his wand—you, you— —” Those around him stepped back and looked at him warily.

"Put down your wand, Harry," said Hermione tremblingly.

What is she saying?Harry was puzzled.He stared at his hand suddenly, the wand appeared there at some point, his hand seemed to be out of order, and a force was constantly competing with him.

"Use your Occlumency, Harry."

Felix said in a deep voice, while staring at the vampire who behaved strangely, starlight in his eyes, the magic of the thinking cabin was released in an instant, in a space of nothingness, he only had time to catch a glimpse: a thin person lying on the ground, painful groan; another—Voldemort let out a leering sneer, and raised his wand.

"Avada—"

Felix cut off the magic instantly.

In reality, the pale vampire fell to the ground without any breath of life.

"He's dead!" said the Auror escorting him in horror.

At the same time, Harry felt dizzy for a while, and woke up again to find himself lying on a sofa.He heard muffled voices.

Harry tried to put his ears back and bumped his head against a man's hand.

"Harry?" Hermione whispered.

"Shh." Harry shook his head lightly. He opened his eyes. Judging from the decoration style, this should be the office of the Minister of Magic, but it's not in the same room.

"Dumbledore, I need to know why, the boy—" It was Ms. Burns' voice, but he couldn't hear clearly through something.

"He has a name!" Sirius exclaimed angrily.

"Okay——Harry said he saw the You-Know-Who, and he can accurately describe the behavior of the You-Know-Who, we all know it's not true, it might be an illusion, but, but—" Ms. Bones lowered her voice up.

Harry tried his best to hear only a little, and Hermione handed him one of the retractable ears calmly. He gave her a grateful look, then put the end in his ear, and the voice suddenly became clear.

"——His movements, he is imitating the movements of the mysterious person in his mouth."

Harry's heart felt as if it had dropped to the bottom of an icy lake.

"You mean to say that the You-Know-Who manipulated Harry?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

"It's not ruled out," Burns said dryly, and Sirius let out a sound that sounded like a dog barking. "It may be a curse or something. Everyone knows that Voldemort is very good at these things. I need to know your opinion so that I can make suitable arrangements."

After a moment of silence—

"The scar, Voldemort's unsuccessful spell linked him to Harry, and when they were in close proximity, they had an effect on each other. Harry, who was only a 15-year-old, was clearly at a disadvantage. -"

Dumbledore said softly.

"But I can assure you, Amelia. Harry is absolutely safe in the Order of the Phoenix and Hogwarts, from others and from himself. And it must be said that Harry is in Occupancy He is quite talented in art, and it may be that Felix's tutoring is very effective..."

"Thank you for the compliment, Headmaster Dumbledore," said Felix's voice.

"Well, I trust your judgment." Ms. Burns was persuaded. "Does the boy—Harry, need to send him to St. Mungo's?"

"I think Mrs. Weasley will take care of him," said Dumbledore curtly.

The sound of footsteps became clear, and Harry immediately buried his head in the sofa and pretended to be asleep, his mind was in a mess, and Hermione took the opportunity to pull the retractable ear from his ear--the next second, Dumbledore, Burns, Little Sirius and Felix walked in.

She unnaturally puts her hands behind her back.

"Let Mrs. Weasley in, she must be waiting impatiently..." Dumbledore said gently.

"I'll tell Mum," said Ron, standing up.

"Also—about the Anti-thief Falls, we must hurry up, Mr. Haipu, can I go to the 'Future World' company with you?" Ms. Burns was still discussing work.

"No problem." Felix nodded.

Harry fell into a drowsy sleep again.

……

When Felix and Ms. Burns came out of the "Future World" company, it was completely dark, and most of the shops were closed. very clearly.

"I'm going back to the Ministry from the Common Fireplace, don't worry," said Ms Burns.

Felix nodded, watched her disappear into the fireplace, turned around and walked towards Sword Fort, he wanted to study the information on Anti-thief Falls, at least clear up the difficulties one by one.

At this time, a young figure rushed out from the darkness—a little boy, maybe only seven or eight years old.

Residents around?Felix felt no threat from him, but... he stared at a letter in the boy's hand.

"One, a bald-headed uncle asked me to give it to you," the little boy held up the letter in his hand timidly, and said in a crying voice: "He told me to wait here, I want to go home...but I can't get out .”

Felix's eyes froze, and he quickly looked at it from the perspective of magic power. There was only a faint trace of magic power lingering on the envelope.He took the letter and patted the little boy's head, "I received it, you should go home quickly."

Felix didn't open the letter until the little boy disappeared. There was only an apparition address and a provocative, evil magic.

"Are you going to duel with me? I've been looking forward to it for a long time. I didn't use a lot of magic last time."

Felix stared at the letter and said to himself, he seemed to have received the same treatment as Dumbledore, and was privately challenged by Voldemort.It seems that Voldemort was extremely impressed by his incarnation of Runes and his escape from the Killing Curse.

He just Apparated and disappeared in Diagon Alley.

The cool breeze is a good time to experiment with magic.

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