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Chapter 217 Little Barty

The uproar in the audience continued.

In the box, Mr. Weasley was explaining the characteristics of Veela to Ron and the others, while Hermione looked at Ron with a look of disgust. Harry was the most stable among children, and he was still adding to Mr. Weasley Things he didn't talk about.

The veela dance on the field has ended, and the leprechaun, the mascot from Ireland, is flying across the field and pouring countless gold coins into the audience.

And Sherlock seemed unaware of all this, he was not looking at any place, his head was lowered, his brows were tightly frowned, and he controlled the magic to stare at a certain direction.

Shining, the house-elf who has a fear of heights, sat alone in the empty seat beside him.

He was wearing an invisibility cloak, and outsiders couldn't see him, but under the magic controlled by Sherlock, they could clearly see his face.

Although compared with 17 years ago, his appearance has changed a lot, but that familiar face still made Sherlock recognize him at a glance!

Barty Crouch Jr.!

The son of Barty Crouch, the current director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, the rising star of the Auror Command 17 years ago, was found to be a follower of Voldemort and a member of the Death Eaters 13 years ago!
According to the well-known history.

At this time, he should have passed away. Not long after being taken into Azkaban by his father, Old Crouch, he died of illness in it.

But now, in Sherlock's sight, he was still sitting here peacefully, his face was extremely pale, and his eyes were staring blankly at the field, making it unclear whether he was looking at those Irish leprechauns or something else.

Silk found out what was wrong with him.

"what happened?"

Sherlock just shook his head, but didn't say what he had found.

Then he raised his head again, pretending to be nonchalant, and said to Ron and the Weasley twins who were fighting for the gold coins of the leprechauns on the ground.

"These gold coins are not real gold. Not only will Gringotts not recognize them, but if you plan to spend them and be discovered, you will be treated as liars. But it's good to keep as souvenirs."

Ron and George Fred had disappointment written all over their faces, but they still put the gold coins in their pockets.

The mascots of both sides of the final have left, and the director of magic sports, Balmain, is giving a speech before the official start of the game.

Sherlock didn't listen to what Balmain said, but changed his mind about Barty Jr.

This undercover Death Eater who was once the most popular in the Auror Command did not really die in Azkaban.

And regardless of whether escaping from the prison island in the north was his own personal plan or not, Old Barty must have known about it.

Otherwise, Winky, the house elf in his family, would not have secretly arranged this dead man who had died of illness in Azkaban here in the name of helping him occupy a seat in advance.

He didn't think about the reason why old Batty did this.

There are not only many senior officials of the Ministry of Magic in this box, but also the two highest heads of the magic government including the current Minister of Magic of the United Kingdom.

Old Batty used to be the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Even if he didn't personally direct any Auror operations, who would be a fool who might sit in the high position of director?

He put little Batty here like this, taking an extremely huge risk.

Once someone in this box finds out that Batty Jr. is actually alive, it will be easy for old Batty to lose the seat under his buttocks.

The serious thing is that the reputation he has worked so hard to maintain all his life will be destroyed, and there is a high probability that he will be imprisoned in that frightening prison for the rest of his life, and he will not even think about it until he dies.

The Crouch family, a pure-blood family with an extremely long history, was completely extinct.

So he let his son who escaped from prison somehow, put on an invisibility cloak, and risked a lot of money to come here just to let him watch a Quidditch match?
Sherlock could clearly "see" little Barty's numb and gloomy face under the peeping of the master magic.

I don't know why, little Barty stared at the Quidditch field without saying a word, and his whole body showed a kind of gray dead silence, but Sherlock inexplicably felt that trace of fire that seemed to burn everything in his eyes. fanaticism.

Sherlock felt a sense of uneasiness at that emotion, which was so different from what he was showing at the moment.

There is no doubt that Barty Jr., as the undercover agent who hid in the Ministry of Magic 17 years ago and led the Death Eaters into the Department of Mysteries, Sherlock has a big grudge against him.

Although it was because of him that Sherlock heard the information about the Horcrux from the Lestrange brothers, it was also because of him that he finally found a way to return to the present when he was cornered.

But these are not Barty Jr.'s original intentions, and Sherlock will not think of his "help" at all.

When it was time to act, Sherlock would never hesitate.

Just when the director of sports, Balmain, announced the official start of the World Cup finals, and there was another tsunami in the auditorium, he quietly stood up from his seat.

Basically everyone in the box was focused on the center of the arena, only Silk noticed Sherlock's actions and raised his head to look at him suspiciously.

Sherlock shook his head slightly at her, signaling to leave him alone.

He walked out of the box, found an unnoticed corner and used Apparition to leave. A few minutes later, he Apparated again and reappeared.

This time around, he didn't seem to have changed in any way, but in fact he already had a withered arm in his pocket.

Sherlock returned to the box again. At this time, the Quidditch final had already begun, but just after the start, the wizards in the auditorium became fanatical. Every goal of the game will lead to a burst of cheers that break through the sky.

Sherlock and Silk, who returned to their seats, looked at each other, and then quietly took out the withered arm brought back from Knockturn Alley from their pockets.

Silke, who was well-informed in the German Ministry of Magic, recognized this famous black magic alchemy tool - the pulling hand at a glance.

This is a black magic item made by real human hands, with powerful tracking magic attached to it.

As long as the wizard locked by this hand, even if the other party hides in the ends of the earth, his location can be determined, unless he uses the Red Loyalty Curse to hide.

The leading hand is of course what Sherlock got from Lestrange's house.

It can come in handy at this time.

What's complicated about this arm is how it's made, but it's not difficult to use.

He whispered a spell, and an invisible thread appeared between the leading hand and little Barty who was hiding under the invisibility cloak.

(End of this chapter)