Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

"So, you always carry it with you?!"

"Yes!" Ivan nodded, "My cloth pouch expanded by the Untraceable Stretching Curse can hold a lot of things in it."

Looking at Hermione's expression, she was obviously suspicious, this girl was always extraordinarily sharp in such matters.

She and Aiwen looked at each other for a while, but did not continue to ask.

As for Harry and Ron, the two of them were still studying the gill grass and found nothing wrong at all.

I hope they can pass the second game smoothly, and Ivan also hopes that he can pass Voldemort's level...

Chapter 664 The New Mad-Eye Moody

Ivan soon knew the difference between Keresis' fake Moody and Barty Crouch Jr.'s fake Moody.

He continued Keresis' teaching style, allowing students to experience black magic as much as possible, but the process became more cruel.

He began to use various black magic attacks on the students in the classroom, asking everyone to resist and dodge as much as possible.

This earned Moody even higher acclaim among the students, who marveled at his courses.

But every time he confronted Barty Crouch Jr., Ivan wondered if he would accidentally kill himself.

Because he was all playing for real, aiming at his own vital position to attack, unlike other students who focused on practice.

Ivan ignored all the provocations of Barty Crouch Jr., did not fight him, but simply dodged.

Outside of class, he stayed away from the other party as much as possible, unwilling to have contact with this lunatic.

After a week of lessons, Barty Crouch Jr.'s fake Moody was full of praise for Harry's performance.

He thought Harry had the potential to be an Auror, and this evaluation made Harry happy for a long time.

On the contrary, Barty Jr. unreservedly expressed his disgust towards Malfoy and other Slytherin students.

Now, whenever he heard Moody's name, Malfoy's face turned pale with a bang, and his reaction was very unnatural.

Compared with his dislike of Malfoy, Barty Crouch Jr. has pure hatred for Snape, Karkaroff and other former Death Eaters.

It's not the feigned hatred like Keresis, but the deep-rooted hatred.

Karesis may have disputes with Karkarov and Durmstrang over the interests of the Nordic region, but it is not fatal.

What Barty Crouch Jr. showed was real hatred, wishing to kill all these traitors.

This morbid hatred is even higher than his hatred of Dumbledore, Ivan and other enemies of Voldemort.

After discovering that the gill grass was missing and determining that something might be wrong with Moody, Snape tested him again.

Barty Crouch Jr.'s response was very simple and rude, very direct, but really effective.

He dragged Snape to Dumbledore's office to make a fuss, and searched Snape's office again without politeness.

It's not clear what Dumbledore said to Snape, anyway, his face has been terribly gloomy these past few days, and no one dared to approach him.

The day after the raid on Snape's office, Barty Crouch Jr. had another private chat with Karkaroff.

Facing the oppression and strength of Barty Crouch Jr., Karkaroff's performance was very unbearable.

He began to contact Snape frequently, but Snape kept avoiding him, which made Karkaroff even more panicked.

During dinner on Friday night, Harry, Ron, and Hermione told Ivan that they encountered Karkaroff breaking into the Potions class in the morning Potions class, and Karkaroff interrupted Snape's Lecture, just to say a few words with him.

"He barged in shortly after Potions class started!" Harry said, recalling the scene at the time, "for two whole classes, he hovered behind the podium, as if to prevent Snape from slip……"

"Karkaroff is very urgent?" Ivan asked, tapping the table with his fingers.

"Yeah, you didn't see Karkaroff!" said Hermione. "He kept twirling his goatee with his fingers and looked restless. It's strange what made him so Panic? Him and Snape..."

"Snape knew Karkaroff very well, but he didn't want anyone to know that," said Ron.

"Ivan, you should have seen the look on Snape's face when Karkaroff barged into Potions class!" Harry said quickly, "I found an excuse to stay, see Karkaroff wanted to talk to Snape, he said Snape was avoiding him. Karkaroff looked very anxious, he showed Snape something on his arm, but I couldn't see it What the hell is that..."

"Oh!" Ivan must be Karkaroff's Dark Mark, considering that Snape also frequently held his arms that night.

He began to worry a little, which was not a good sign.

The frequent pain of the Dark Mark meant that Voldemort had become really urgent because of something recently.

At the same time, his strength is rapidly increasing to strengthen the connection with the Death Eaters.

Even though Voldemort hadn't gotten Harry's blood to complete the evil spell, his powers were growing rapidly.

He must have got a new source of power, and unicorn blood and potions must not have such strong effects.

Will the new and powerful source of power be the power he got from the evil god?

Or, has he reached any agreement with the evil god?

Thinking of this, Ivan began to worry about Keresi's situation, what would he do when he went back? !

Is it a tit-for-tat fight with Voldemort, or is it a new reconciliation reached by pandering? !

All in all, the newcomer, Barty Crouch Jr., has turned Hogwarts upside down.

The recent continuous bad news has also made Ivan nervous. Voldemort and the evil god are not opponents that can be underestimated.

After eating, he was going to the library to browse through materials and study the Ravenclaw diadem he had just acquired.

Hermione went with him, and Harry and Ron were still discussing the morning's business.

Of course nothing came of them, and Ron finally suggested that Harry write to Sirius about the incident.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Hedwig brought back Sirius' reply letter.

He tells Harry not to use owl mail to talk about these things because it's not safe.

He asked Harry and Ron to wait for him in front of the fire in the common room at midnight, and he was to meet them at Hogwarts via the Floo network.

When Ivan and Hermione came back, they saw Harry and Ron standing in front of the fire.

They thought that if there were so many people in a while, they would throw a big dung egg to ensure that the meeting would not be discovered.

Fortunately, after a busy week of classes, everyone was tired and went to bed early.

When it was close to zero, there were only four of them left in the common room.

Because he just met Sirius last week, Ivan didn't expect the other party to bring him any useful news.

Voldemort was too cunning to be spotted by the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.

In contrast, Ivan is looking forward to some breakthroughs from Keresis.

Several people were talking in low voices. Now, the room was dimly lit, and the only source of light was the flame in the fireplace.

It was just past midnight when Harry jumped out of his chair.

He saw Sirius' head standing squarely in the flames, with a smile on his face.

Chapter 665 Conversation with Sirius

The four of them came together and knelt by the fireplace.

"Good evening, Ivan, Harry, Ron, Hermione!" Sirius said with a smile, "You look pretty good."

"We're fine!" Harry asked hastily, "Sirius, where are you?"

"No. 12, Grimmauld Place, in the old house of the Black family!" Sirius replied, "It's safe here, and you don't have to worry about being discovered or overhearing our conversation. Well, leave me alone, tell me about you things to see."

Harry and Ron talked about Karkaroff's abnormal behavior in the morning, Hermione hesitated, and then told what happened in the castle last weekend, about Moody's breaking into Snape's office, Ai Wen then added a few words.

"Oh, Moody secretly searched Snape's office at night?" Sirius became interested.

Yeah, but that's purely because Keresis wanted to get gillweed and set a good trap for Barty Crouch Jr.

Now that Sirius has come, Ivan intends to take this opportunity to reveal some news to him.Then, ask about the Ministry of Magic's pursuit of the Death Eaters, the vampires' exploration of the relics left by ancient warlocks, and Barty Crouch's situation, and see if there is any new progress from the Aurors.

Because Barty Crouch Jr. was very dangerous, Ivan did not tell Harry, Ron, and Hermione about his identity as a fake Moody and the truth of the incident.

They don't know Occlumency, and haven't experienced it.

He had spoken to Dumbledore, and both agreed that the matter should be kept secret from the others for the time being.

Especially Harry and Ron, if they knew the truth, they would definitely show their feet uncontrollably.

Once discovered by Barty Crouch Jr., the consequences would be disastrous.

Disclosing something to Sirius appropriately will help him understand the current situation, use his identity as an Auror to carry out his work better, and finally he needs his help when facing Voldemort.The premise was that he wouldn't run to Hogwarts because he was too worried.

"You don't know Moody!" said Sirius. "When Mad-Eye enters Hogwarts, he will search every teacher's office. Moody, he probably doesn't believe anyone, in the After all he's seen, it's not surprising that he did that. However, I will do Moody's justice, he never kills innocent people when he can avoid it. He always tries to bring people back alive when he can, and he Rough, but never lowering himself to the level of a Death Eater."

"So, Snape might really have done something wrong!" Harry continued, "That's why Moody..."

"It's hard to say!" Sirius said slowly. "I didn't finish my sentence, because what happened to you is really abnormal. From what I know about Mad-Eye Moody, if he goes to search Snape's office again , definitely not so sneaky."

"Yeah, he searched Snape's office openly the day before yesterday, in front of everyone, and we were all watching from the sidelines, Snape's horrible face..." Harry said, a little unwilling , "But I think Moody must be looking for something. He may know that Snape is doing some shady things."

"Harry, we should trust Snape, and Dumbledore trusts him!" Hermione couldn't help but say.

"Just stop for a while, Hermione!" Ron said impatiently. "I know Dumbledore is very good and great, but that doesn't mean a very cunning dark wizard can't fool him."

"Then why did Snape save Harry's life when we were in first year? Why didn't he let Harry die and drag him down?" Hermione asked rhetorically.

"I don't know, maybe he thought Dumbledore was going to throw him out."

"I think what you both say makes sense." Sirius said, looking thoughtfully at Ron and Hermione, "to tell you the truth, I've been wondering if Snape taught here since last year. Why did Bullido hire him. Snape had always been very fascinated by the dark arts, and he became famous for it when he was in school. He was a greasy, smooth, and glib little boy. When he first entered school, he knew more spells than seventh graders. More than half of the students. He was also a member of a Slytherin gang that almost turned into Death Eaters."

In the flames, Sirius began to call names one by one.

"Rozier and Wilkes, who were killed by Aurors a year before Voldemort's downfall. The Slatranges, who were imprisoned in Azkaban. Avery, as far as I understand, he used deception He said he was under the Imperius Curse, he acted involuntarily, he was still at large, and..." He named many of the Death Eaters who were imprisoned in Azkaban, and finally concluded Said, "Although as far as I know, Snape has never been accused of being a Death Eater, but this does not explain much. Many of them have not been caught. Snape is undoubtedly cunning and clever, and he can completely put Wash yourself clean."

"And Karkaroff!" Harry reminded Sirius, "You said he was a Death Eater, too."

"Yeah, he's a Death Eater too!" Sirius nodded, looking confused, "but I don't know what he showed Snape on his arm, it's really weird, but if Kakalo Husband is very anxious, and if he asks Snape for advice..."

He stared at the four of them with a serious face, and then made a frustrated face.

"Hermione is right, Dumbledore believed in Snape, and sometimes the people Dumbledore believed in, a lot of other people didn't. But I think if Snape ever served Voldemort, Dumbledore was Never let him teach at Hogwarts."

There was a moment of silence, Sirius had been staring at the few of them, and his eyes finally fell on Ivan.

"Aiwen, did you find anything?" He asked softly, noticing that Aiwen hadn't spoken.

"Karkaroff and Snape are Death Eaters after all. They had a common experience in the past, and it is not a strange thing to communicate with each other, especially in the current situation." Ivan paused, He gave Sirius a look, "Is there anything wrong with the Ministry of Magic? I heard that Mr. Barty Crouch is sick?!"

"Yeah, this incident has alarmed Fudge, and everyone in the Ministry of Magic knows about it." Sirius nodded knowingly, "It's also strange that Crouch suddenly became ill and couldn't come to work. It's actually very strange. Abnormally, he didn't have any symptoms of illness. Moreover, he didn't go to the hospital, but kept himself locked at home. At least that's what we observed from the outside. Only Percy will get his instructions..."

Chapter 666 Fragile Balance

"I asked Percy, and he told me that Mr. Crouch had been working too hard and was resting at home, and would send owls to give him instructions regularly. Percy showed me the letters. It was indeed Crouch. Strange handwriting," said Sirius, "but that doesn't mean anything, and he hasn't seen Crouch himself!"

"I'd say Percy is in love with Crouch, and he'd love to get him more work," said Ron dismissively.

"Yeah, it's not just Percy in the Ministry who's happy that Crouch is suddenly sick and can't come to work," said Sirius. Come on, so he doesn't have to ask Crouch for everything."

After Crouch's disappearance, the long-term fragile balance of power within the Ministry of Magic was finally broken.

Fudge would take full control of the Ministry of Magic, no longer having to worry about Mr. Crouch's opinions, and no one would oppose him.

This is hardly a good thing. Ivan guessed that Fudge should try to weaken Dumbledore's influence next.

He hopes that his power can expand infinitely and resist all people and facts that are unfavorable to him.

At this juncture, Fudge's stupid power struggle is exactly what Voldemort wants to see.

What could be worse than internal chaos before the enemy attacks? !

Several people chatted for a while, and Sirius told them that he is currently busy with the Albanian forest death incident, and he will take a trip to Albania soon, and the European Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards will send people go.

Needless to say, the event turned out to have nothing to do with Voldemort and was blamed on vampires.

Immediately afterwards, Ivan asked about the hunt for vampires, but the Ministry of Magic still had no progress.

Even the vampires that appeared in various ancient ruins some time ago are now gone.

Either they found what they wanted, or they entered the more hidden ruins, which is not a good thing anyway.

Especially knowing from Keresis that not all vampires obey his orders, Ivan has always been worried about these guys.

A vampire who completely served Voldemort was far more dangerous than a Death Eater in the general sense.

"Okay, it's already one o'clock in the middle of the night, you four should go back to sleep." Sirius said, the flames were licking his ears, "If you find anything unusual, you can notify me at any time. By the way, I I remember that there is a double-sided mirror at home, I will go back and look for it, so that it will be more convenient to connect."