It's just a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

120 Chaotic Situation

Sherlock Apparated directly to Diagon Alley.

A week ago, he already knew that Harry lived in the room at the Leaky Cauldron, Harry wrote a letter and asked Hedwig to send it to him before he knew what happened.

After getting the wand from Ollivander, Sherlock came to the Leaky Cauldron to visit Harry, who had been living here for almost a month.

"...I really thought I was going to be expelled, but Mr. Minister he actually said, 'We won't expel a student for blowing up his aunt into a balloon with magic. ""

When Harry talked about this with Sherlock, his face was still full of disbelief.

"I thought he was a good talker, and then asked him to help sign my Hogsmeade week leave agreement, but he didn't agree, saying that I was the safest only in school."

Since Sherlock came to this world, he hasn't seen the true face of Minister of Magic Fudge once.

But it didn't hurt that he already knew from various aspects that Fudge was a very cautious person in politics.

Everything he does seems to have to be considered before starting, whether this matter will shake his position as a minister.

It's like he didn't hold Harry responsible for casting spells outside the school, and the target was a Muggle.

Now everyone in the wizarding world knew that Black had escaped from Azkaban, and they were all concerned about Harry Potter's safety.

If something unexpected happened to Harry in the current situation, then Fudge would face strong pressure from public opinion.

"It was really unfortunate the night you ran out," Sherlock recalled. "I was out because of some things and I didn't stay at home."

He didn't teach Harry anything about it.

At that level, he must have had no patience.

Otherwise, he would have exploded long ago, so Sherlock didn't say anything, he shouldn't have run out of such nonsense by himself.

"It's okay, Professor." Harry shook his head and said, "I've lived in the Leaky Cauldron for the past two weeks, and I feel pretty good. Now the Ron family lives here, and Hermione, and tomorrow we will go to the Nine Another three-quarters station to board the train to school."

After Sherlock chatted with Harry for a while, Mr. Weasley called him to a corner of the lobby of the Leaky Cauldron by himself, intending to have a private conversation with the two of them.

"I heard from Kingsley that you have changed a lot after being a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts for a year."

Without talking about anything else, as soon as Mr. Weasley saw Sherlock, he looked at him in surprise.

"I heard the children talking about what happened at Hogwarts at the end of last term. Molly and I both sweated for you, Sherlock."

Sherlock smiled.

"Although the process in the middle was a bit thrilling, I think it is a good thing to have such a result. At least I can think about some things more clearly."

"Yes, we're all glad you think so, or we've all been waiting for this day for a long time." Mr. Weasley said with relief.

They just chatted briefly on this matter, and Mr. Weasley changed the topic to the main topic.

"You should already know about Black's escape from Azkaban." He said in a heavy voice.

Sherlock nodded.

"In July, I was traveling in France with Harry, and then I received a letter from the Ministry of Magic asking me to return Harry to his aunt's house as soon as possible. At that time, I already knew that this matter had a lot to do with Harry. Older, Black escaped from Azkaban to find Harry, to avenge his master."

Mr. Weasley lowered his voice deliberately.

"Things are far from that simple, Sherlock. You must be optimistic about Harry in Hogwarts, and you must not let him go to Black on his own initiative!"

Sherlock's face suddenly became very surprised.

He looked around and made sure that no one was paying attention to his chat with Mr. Weasley. He knew that what he said next must be a secret that few people knew.

Mr. Weasley's face darkened and pained.

"Sirius Black, he was actually the best friend of Harry's father James before the Potter family had an accident. When Harry was born, he was even invited to be Harry's godfather."

Sherlock held his breath and continued to listen to what Mr. Weasley had to say.

"At that time, the prophecy that there would be a savior who would defeat the mysterious man had spread everywhere in the wizarding world. Harry's birth perfectly met all the conditions in the prophecy, so everyone advised the James family to hide as soon as possible."

"And they did, James and his pals cast a powerful spell together - the Fidelity Charm. Tell only one person the address where they are hiding, and if the Secret Keeper keeps it secret , even if the James family is hidden under the nose of the mysterious man, he will not discover their existence."

"But anyone close to James can guess who he will choose to be his secret keeper, only his best friend - Sirius Black!"

"What followed was that the mysterious man found the James family, and such a tragedy happened in the end. And the reason why the mysterious man found the James family was nothing more than the fact that James' most trusted secret agent leaked the secret. One possibility."

"On that day, another friend of James, Peter Pettigrew, went to find Black specifically for this purpose, and wanted to question why he betrayed James. Then Black used an extremely powerful explosive spell, blowing Peter to death Only one finger remained, and a dozen Muggles around died because of it!"

"In the end, Black was arrested. He did not deny all his crimes, not even the Wizengamot trial. The charges were established and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban."

From Mr. Weasley, Sherlock listened to the events of that year completely.

He also finally understood why he had to keep Harry under his control instead of letting him go to Black in private.

If Harry knew the whole story, he might really do such a thing based on his personality.

To find Blake and avenge his parents!
Mr. Weasley looked serious.

"So, if you can, you must take good care of Harry in school. Black may take the initiative to let him know about it, and then stimulate Harry to let him find him himself."

Sherlock also promised with a serious face.

"I understand. I will try my best to look after Harry in Hogwarts and prevent him from making any risky moves."

"It would be best to have you watching." Mr. Weasley nodded.

Sherlock sat in the Leaky Cauldron for a while, chatted with Mr. Weasley about the chaotic situation in the British wizarding world, and then left and returned to his home.

Sherlock didn't fully believe the old stories that Mr. Weasley told himself.

He always feels that this story will not be so simple, and there will definitely be some reversal in the middle, just like he is still not sure whether it is Black who turns into a mouse and escapes in the end.

But no matter where the final direction of the story develops, it is definitely not a wrong thing to continuously improve one's own strength.

While getting fifty wands from Ollivander, Sherlock went through legal and formal channels and bought a bag that was cast with a reinforced traceless stretching spell, which was used as a container for storing wands at ordinary times.

Also that night, he came again to the place where he had experimented with the Explosive Curse before, and completely dispersed the 51 magic wands, each of which floated in mid-air under the control of mastering magic.

For controlling such a large number of wands, it is definitely impossible to reach the level of proficiency at one time. Sherlock needs to practice diligently in order to complete the precise control of each wand.

Like now, when he simply wants to mobilize one of the 51 magic wands, he is very stiff, and he always controls four or five magic wands in a row to act together.

There is no shortcut for this kind of thing, only by practicing more can you be proficient in using it.

Afterwards, he tried to release the petrification spell, the stun spell, and other spells consecutively, all of which were as he had predicted before, and there was no problem.

But when releasing the spell, the 51 wands can only release one type of magic at the same time.

The key to the release of magic lies in the wizard's thoughts about the spell. He cannot disarm the enemy while confirming the petrification effect of the petrification spell. After all, Sherlock only has one head.

If you try to do this forcefully, the end result will be that neither of the two spells can be released.

Sherlock just made an attempt. If he can really do it, if he releases different magics at the same time by himself, then he can really walk sideways in the wizarding world. How many magic wands can one person control? , It is equivalent to a wizard army composed of any number of people.

Sherlock didn't dare to try spells like Patronus Charm and Explosion Curse here.

With such a spell, 51 magic wands were released together, and the movement created was really too great.

After trying it, it is estimated that someone nearby will report to the police that a supernatural phenomenon has occurred here, or that two armies are fighting.

As long as he is sure that he can control a wand with control magic and can successfully use this spell, there will be no problem with the 51 sticks.

After finishing the experiment, Sherlock returned home and spent his last night at home this holiday.

Then on the next morning, after packing up some commonly used daily necessities and clothes, Sherlock directly used Apparition to come to Hogsmeade Town.

The place he chose to land was in the alley where he came back from the apparition cram school.

After walking out from here, Sherlock felt something was wrong.

The streets of Hogsmeade are a little too quiet.

As far as the eye could see, there wasn't even a single pedestrian.

As the only wizarding town in the whole of the UK, even if there are no Hogwarts students, there are not a few tourists who come here to relax every day.

But now, looking from the main road of Hogsmeade, it seems that this place has become an empty town, and there is no one there.

Just as Sherlock was frowning and looking at the strange situation in front of him, a three-person Auror patrol team happened to appear from around the corner, and they also found Sherlock.

"Sorry, sir, please don't walk around casually, stand where you are and cooperate with our inspection."

The three Aurors immediately walked in front of Sherlock, each holding a wand in their hands, and they were always on alert.

Sherlock did not make any dissatisfaction, but cooperated with their investigation.

"We want to know your name and why you are in Hogsmeade."

"Sherlock Forrest, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, is going from Hogsmeade to Hogwarts."

One of the Aurors was obviously the captain of the team. He raised his head and took a serious look at Sherlock's face.

"Yes, I saw your picture in the newspaper, Mr. Forrest. Well, you can go to Hogwarts as soon as possible, and try not to stay in Hogsmeade town."

Sherlock asked, frowning at them.

"What happened?"

The Auror team leader didn't mean to hide it from him.

"There was an attack here last night. Johnson, the owner of the Wenrenju quill shop, was attacked. The matter is very serious. Coupled with the recent incident with Black, Hogsmeade is now under martial law, and soon the dementors will be stationed. Here, they want to catch Blake here. A lot of trouble has appeared in this town, if it is not necessary, try not to come here again until the matter is not resolved."

He said with a headache, and then he was about to leave with the other two Aurors to continue patrolling in other places.

Sherlock suddenly asked them again.

"The boss who was attacked, did he look like he was kissed by a dementor?"

The three Aurors stopped in their tracks immediately, and the Auror captain who had just communicated with him turned his head to stare at him with a serious face.

"That's how you know?"

"Don't be nervous. Kingsley Shacklebolt in your ministry is my friend. When a similar case happened earlier, I used to help."

Hearing what he said, Captain Auror's expression relaxed a bit.

"But didn't you say at the time that the matter was taken over by the Aurors from Germany? Why did the attacks continue?" Sherlock asked.

After learning that he knew some inside information, Captain Auror shook his head helplessly and complained.

"This case has already been handed over to the three wizards from Germany. They are really capable. They predicted in advance that the murderer's next attack would be near Hogwarts. But the attack still happened. We must To deal with the follow-up, Director Scrimgeour also gave the three German wizards an ultimatum, telling them to catch the murderer before the next attack occurs, or they will protest to the German Ministry of Magic."

Lodge a protest
Sherlock could hear how helpless Scrimgeour was from this sentence.

As for the murderer who committed the crime in the UK, they had no clue, and they had to devote most of their manpower to the arrest of Black.

Even if another attack happened later, he didn't dare to drive the three German Aurors out, because there would be no one else who could take over the case later.

The situation that the British Aurors are now facing is very embarrassing, and Scrimgeour is under tremendous pressure.

(End of this chapter)