Harry Potter: The Path of Destiny

When Sirius returned to the cave, he was really startled by Nydia's sudden appearance. He transformed back into his human form, still wearing the same tattered gray robe he had left last year, and his face was still thin. , but his complexion looked much better than that time.

"What's going on?" Sirius looked at Nydia in confusion, "Did you and Harry quarrel? Why didn't you come together?"

"How could it be! I just...had something else to do, so I came late!" Nidia said, "Have you not been able to get yourself a decent dress for so long?"

"It's not easy to hide away with Buckbeak," said Sirius.

"Are you complaining about Buckbeak giving you trouble?"

After Nydia finished speaking, Buckbeak seemed to understand. He chirped dissatisfiedly, and then began to flap his wings non-stop.

"Hey! Stop Buckbeak! I didn't mean that. Don't let her so easily sow discord!" Sirius quickly stepped forward to calm Buckbeak's mood, "We are old friends."

After spending a lot of effort, Sirius finally got Buckbeak to calm down, and his embarrassed look made Nydia giggle all the time.

"Okay! You should be satisfied now!" Sirius shook his head helplessly, "You will cause trouble for me as soon as you come here! No wonder Harry and the others don't want to come with you!"

"No! I told you that I was just delayed by something." Nitya said, her smile reduced.

"But there must be something between you. I can see that when I asked Harry about you just now, he looked a little disappointed!" Sirius said.

"You think too much. Has your life on the run made you paranoid?" Nydia turned her head, avoiding Sirius's probing eyes.

"Are you still dating Draco?" Sirius asked.

"Of course! Why do you ask that?" Nidia said.

"I didn't think about trying someone else! For example...Harry!" Sirius said jokingly.

Nydia stared at Sirius expressionlessly and said unhappily, "Don't be too partial. You only remember that you are Harry's godfather and forget that you are also Draco's uncle."

"He never called me uncle." Sirius shrugged.

"So you care about this?" Nydia said. "If you wish, maybe I can go and talk to Draco for you?"

"I can't bear it!" Sirius waved his hand, "It feels so weird to look at that face that looks exactly like Lucius and call me uncle!"

"You guys don't get along well?" Nitya asked curiously.

"We don't want to get along with each other at all." Sirius sighed and said, "You know, I can't get along with the people in my family. We are not the same people at all."

"Your dear James is just the same as you, right?" Nidia said.

Sirius smiled and said, "It's obvious."

"Okay! Tell me about your plan to venture back!" Nitya asked.

"Of course it is to fulfill my duties as godfather and protect Harry's safety at close range." Sirius said. "Did you find anything? A clue to the man who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire."

Nidia shook her head regretfully, "I have carefully observed both of his games. Except for Karkaroff who showed obvious disgust towards Harry, everyone else's behavior seemed to be normal, but I But I don’t think it was Karkaroff’s doing.”

"Why? He is a Death Eater, you know that." Sirius said.

"Yes! I know he is a Death Eater, but he seems to be very worried about Voldemort becoming more and more powerful. If he really put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire, then he should be hoping that Voldemort will become stronger. Become more powerful, so that he can take credit from Voldemort." Judging from the last time Karkaroff went to see Snape in a panic, Nydia could almost conclude that this matter had nothing to do with him.

"What you said makes some sense..." Sirius touched his chin thoughtfully while pacing back and forth with his head lowered, "But who else could it be! Outsiders... There is absolutely no one among the students. He has the ability to confuse the Goblet of Fire... Maxim has no reason to do this!"

"How much do you know about Mr. Crouch of the Ministry of Magic?" Nidia asked. Among the people known so far, only Mr. Crouch behaves the weirdest.

"He was the one who ordered me to be sent to Azkaban, a man with a very strong desire for power." Sirius said, "Speaking of him, I remembered that Harry and the others mentioned the Quidditch World Cup to me just now. Crouch's house elf was accused of having the Dark Mark. Oh, and you were attacked."

"I can confirm that the person who created the Dark Mark is the one who attacked me. I remember his voice, but I don't understand why the last wand ended up in the hands of Mr. Crouch's house elf Sparkling." Nidia Said, "And I mentioned the man's matter to people from the Ministry of Magic at that time, but no one pursued the matter."

"This is indeed a bit strange. They should pursue this clue. There are many ways to track who was present at the scene, but the Ministry of Magic did not do this." Sirius thought for a while and said, "One possibility It's because they didn't take the children's words too seriously..."

"I'm fourteen years old!" Nidia protested.

"Listen to me," Sirius signaled to Nydia to calm down, "There is another possibility...that is, this matter has been suppressed by others, and the whole matter is left to the home-raised child. The elf is closed."

"This is really... a terrible idea..." Sirius' words shocked Nydia, "Voldemort's people have infiltrated the Ministry of Magic..."

"Of course, this is just a guess. It's a pity that you couldn't see the face of the person who attacked you, otherwise..." Sirius said regretfully.

"Actually, I saw it clearly." Nitya said.

"Oh! Harry and the others told me that you didn't see that person's face clearly..." Sirius looked at Nydia in surprise.

"I was terrified," Nitya explained.

"Tell me, what does he look like?" Sirius looked at Nidia excitedly, thinking that this might be a breakthrough.

"He is tall and thin... his skin is very white, the kind that looks very unhealthy, and his hair is light yellow..." Nidia tried hard to remember the appearance of the man.

"Wait a minute, you said that too generally. There are too many people who agree with this kind of appearance. They are tall and thin... pale skin. Except for hair color, the other two points even match me!" Sirius said from the ground. He picked up a branch and handed it to Nidia, "Maybe you can draw his general features, which might be more direct."

"But I'm not good at painting..." Nidia felt embarrassed, as she had almost never painted anything.

"Try it! Maybe I can figure out who this person is," Sirius encouraged.

Nidia reluctantly took the branch handed over by Sirius and tried her best to describe the man's appearance.

"Probably...that's it!" After a while, Nidia stopped holding the branch in her hand.

Sirius came over immediately. After seeing the person Nydia drew on the ground, he was stunned and didn't say a word for a long time.

"What? Do you know this man?" Seeing Sirius's appearance, Nidia thought he recognized the man through his own painting.

"No...it's just..." Sirius paused and then continued, "When you said you weren't good at drawing...I thought you were just being modest, but I didn't expect...Wow!"

Nitya threw the branch in her hand to the ground angrily, "You are basically humiliating me."

"Don't be angry, I was just joking." Sirius couldn't help but laugh, "Maybe we can change the method. You tell me, among the people we know, whose appearance is closer to him, such as eyes like Whose nose looks like?"

"Is this another joke? We only know a few people in common..." Nitya suddenly stopped talking.

"Nothing exactly similar?" Sirius asked.

"No, there really is one...and...how should I put it! Their facial features are somewhat similar, and their eyes are particularly similar." Nidia said, "It's Mr. Crouch, but the person who attacked me is older than Mr. Crouch." Much younger, probably about the same age as you."

"Crouch? Crouch again?" Sirius said thoughtfully, "Our Mr. Crouch seems a little suspicious!"

"He has a son. Do you think the man who attacked me is Mr. Crouch's son?" Mr. Crouch gave Nidia a feeling that was too similar to the man who attacked her. That's why, Nidia will always be afraid of Mr. Crouch.

"You know he has a son, then you should also know that his son has died in Azkaban!" Sirius said.

"I know, but is it possible that his death was actually faked? With Mr. Crouch's position in the Ministry of Magic, it shouldn't be too difficult to do something!" Nydia had also discussed this idea with Lucius. proposed.

"Indeed! If he really wanted to do it, it was indeed possible, but he didn't do it. He sent his son to Azkaban with his own hands. You don't understand Crouch, everything affects Everything about his reputation will be put aside by him." Sirius rejected Nydia's idea.

"Perhaps his ruthlessness is just a manifestation that he pretends? In order for people not to suspect him." Nidia still refused to give up this idea.

Sirius sighed, "What you think is indeed reasonable, but Crouch's son did die in Azkaban. He was locked in the cell next to me. I watched him being brought in, and finally He also watched his body being carried out and buried, and Crouch didn’t even come to collect his son’s body.”

"Oh...he is really...cold..." Not sure whether it was because her thoughts were completely shattered or because Mr. Crouch's actions were chilling, Nidia felt a sense of loss in her heart.

Sirius patted Nydia on the shoulder, "But Crouch's behavior is indeed very abnormal. We should pay more attention to him. Ron's brother Percy works for him. I asked them to write to him to ask him about something. There may be some clues about Crouch’s matter.”

Nydia nodded, but she didn't have much hope in her heart, Percy! A large part of his letter should be devoted to praising Mr. Crouch or showing off how much Mr. Crouch reused him!