Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

In fact, by noon, Sirius came over to inform everyone that they no longer had to stay in the common room.

Of course, the classes that were supposed to take place in the afternoon were still canceled, and the professors were still busy dealing with the subsequent events. This was good news for the Gryffindor students.

"Has Larry Farley confessed?" Andre asked softly after the students in the hall had mostly dispersed.

But Sirius did not answer this question. He indicated with his eyes that there were other people in the lounge.

Andre immediately understood that it seemed that Mr. Farley's confession involved Voldemort, otherwise Sirius wouldn't be so cautious.

"How about going to your office?" Since it was inconvenient to communicate in front of other young wizards, he suggested going to Sirius's office. In any case, he must know something about Voldemort's current situation. The other party has even told him Being listed as a target together with Harry is probably not just because he stopped the Dark Lord from stealing the Philosopher's Stone last semester.

Maybe it was mixed with the will of the mentor of the Free Magic Guild. After all, without this variable, Voldemort would still be in the Albanian forest at this moment, accompanying snakes, insects, rats, and ants.

"Well, let's go to my office and talk about it, but this may not be good news for you." Faced with Andre's proposal, Sirius nodded, but there was a hint of worry on his face.

This made Andre realize that his guess was probably correct. Larry Farley must have told the story about the Free Magical Union.

He had mentioned the Free Magical Guild to Mr. Farley before in the Room of Requirement, and the Death Eater's reaction showed that he was indeed aware of the existence of this organization.

Soon, the two came out of the Gryffindor tower and arrived at the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom. Sirius's office was behind the professor.

Harry and Ron did not follow him. It was not that they were not curious about the matter, but that Sirius felt that this was not something they needed to care about, even though Harry was actually one of the parties involved. Disappointed by their godfather's decision, the two of them had no choice but to run to the Quidditch pitch to spend the afternoon.

As for Hermione, she still hasn't come out of the girls' dormitory.

"I never knew you actually had enemies in France." Sirius was the first to speak as soon as he entered the office.

Andre didn't know how to answer. He could only smile bitterly, touch his head, and said: "This is not something I want to get into, it's just that my deceased grandfather left me such a It’s a big trouble, so there’s nothing I can do.”

"Your grandfather?" Sirius frowned, "I heard from Harry that you went to France during Christmas in your first year to inherit your grandfather's inheritance, so that's when you provoked the so-called free magic. A union?"

"Yes." Andre nodded, but he did not continue because he did not know how much information Sirius and Professor McGonagall had obtained from Larry Farley, and about the Free Magical Union The matter involved many secrets of his.

"Okay," Seeing that Andre remained silent, Sirius did not continue to ask further questions. He said, "Fortunately, Snotlout has Veritaserum there, otherwise the Death Eater's mouth wouldn't be so easy to pry open."

Andre nodded lightly. He had already expected that if he wanted to get the information he wanted from Larry Farley, even a person like Professor McGonagall who always followed the rules would have to use some less than legal means, but he must have Using such methods to deal with a Death Eater should not put any psychological burden on their vice-principal.

"He told us that Voldemort has indeed returned to England, but no one knows where he is hiding at the moment." Sirius continued.

"Then how did they get in touch?" Andre asked in surprise: "He said he wanted to bring Harry and me to the mysterious man."

"About this, we also asked Larry Farley. He said that since Voldemort came back, they have been in single-line contact. Every once in a while, the Dark Lord will activate the Dark Mark on him, oh , this is the mark of a Death Eater. Everyone who joins will be magically engraved with a mark on their arm by Voldemort. Only he himself can make this mark react." Sirius explained: "And when Larry Law Once Leigh felt the reaction to the mark, he would head to Boginbok's shop in Knockturn Alley, and of course, he actually stayed there the entire time."

"Will the mysterious man go to Bojinbok's store to meet him?" Andre naturally knew the Dark Mark. He also knew that in addition to the two Death Eaters he had just captured, there was another person on the arm of the school. With this mark, he just couldn't understand it, and it didn't seem safe to meet in this way.

"No," Sirius shook his head, "Voldemort will not show up. Also, you don't need to be so cautious. It doesn't matter if you call the Dark Lord by his name. According to Larry Farley, Voldemort's current state is similar to when he took the risk of parasitizing Quirrell last semester, and his strength has not been restored."

No wonder Sirius never used the title Mysterious Man instead from the beginning, Andre suddenly understood.

Valley</span> "Voldemort used a very subtle magic. We don't know the principle of this magic, but this magic can connect his location with a disappearing cabinet in Borgin Bock's store. Of course, that cabinet is not The one connected to the school was made by him separately. As long as the mark on Larry Farley's arm starts to heat up, he can go through that cabinet to where Voldemort is and meet him."

"You mean, there is another disappearing cabinet in Bojinbok's store, and this disappearing cabinet can only be passed by those who react to the black mark?" Andre understood it immediately, but he wanted to achieve such an effect. , Voldemort himself must at least have quite advanced attainments in alchemy.

"Yes, this is also a headache for us. According to Larry Farley, only people with the Dark Mark on their bodies are allowed to pass through that cabinet at a time. Otherwise, we can take the opportunity to surround him." Sirius spread his hands helplessly.

Andre was also a little disappointed with this. He originally wanted to force out the whereabouts of Voldemort from Larry, and then use Dumbledore's power to seriously injure the dark lord again. In this way, at least he would not have to use it in the next year. No longer worried that he will come out and continue to cause trouble.

"So, has he told you about Voldemort's current state? You just said that his strength is similar to when he possessed Quirrell last semester. Is he also parasitic on a person now?" Since it is difficult to be too careful about this The dark lord was found out, and Andre had to figure out his current situation first.

"This is the most important question," Sirius smiled, "Of course we asked this the first time. Voldemort now has a body of his own, not in the form of a remnant soul like last time. Possessed by others, but don't worry, his strength has not recovered, because according to Mr. Farley, Voldemort is now just relying on, well, the enemies we just mentioned in France, under their With help, Voldemort was given a physical body so he could return to England again."

Andre frowned, something was beyond his expectation. The Free Magical Union gave Voldemort some sweetness, but it did not help him regain the power he had at his peak.

If the dark wizard organization was afraid of Voldemort's former strength, that would make sense.But if that's the case, why are they specifically looking for this dark lord?After Andre learned from Dobby that Voldemort wanted to kidnap him and Harry, he speculated that the reason why the mentor of the Free Magical Union went to the Albanian forest and helped Voldemort resurrect was for himself.

The reason here should naturally be that the mentor did not want to confront Dumbledore personally, and Voldemort was not afraid of this at all. But for a Dark Lord who had not recovered, why did the mentor think he could deal with the headmaster?

After thinking about it for a moment, he still couldn't figure it out, but in any case, it was always a good thing that the Dark Lord's strength had not been restored. Andre no longer struggled with this question that definitely had no answer for the time being, and instead became concerned. Do they have other enemies to deal with now: "Apart from Larry Farley and Miss Myrna from our school, does Voldemort have any other subordinates in the UK now?"

"If we count that Malfoy guy, that's one. Unfortunately, from Larry's mouth, we didn't get enough evidence to send Malfoy to Azkaban." Sirius sighed, as if Very dissatisfied with the result, "Of course, I know you are definitely talking about the boss of Bojinbok store, but there is nothing we can do against him. Larry said that he completely relied on the power of Jin Galleon to make that boss The shop owner gave him enough convenience, and there was no Voldemort involved."

"But today Malfoy came to the school with a dismissal order. Wasn't this what Voldemort ordered him to do? And the owner of Bojinbok shop, Jerome's body was moved out of his shop. Doesn't he have any responsibility at all? No need to bear the responsibility?" Andre also felt that this result was too lenient to Lucius and the owner of the Bojinbok store. He did not think that these two people were really innocent.

Sirius smiled bitterly and shook his head: "In fact, we also believe that Voldemort must have more than one of Larry Farley's men in the UK now, but unfortunately, the Mr. Farley we captured did not know the existence of the others. What you just said, Jerome's body was transported out in the middle of the night, and the boss of Bojinbok was not disturbed at all during this period. And Malfoy, Larry Farley actually only had the same relationship with Malfoy. They had met once, that time when the house elf saw him, and the two parties had not met again since then. Regarding today's dismissal order, Larry himself only knew that Dumbledore would leave the school. As for how, he did not know how. Don’t understand.”

"So, either Voldemort personally ordered Lucius, or there are Death Eaters lurking in the dark." Andre's face was a little ugly. Although the trouble in the castle was solved this time, there still seemed to be something outside. Great danger awaited him.

"Yes, we think so too, but there are currently no other clues. Voldemort may have other conspiracies, but he probably only arranged for Larry Farley and Miss Myrna to target Hogwarts. ." Sirius nodded, indicating that he agreed with this statement.

"No, there must be another Death Eater in the Borgin Bock store," but Andre immediately remembered another thing: "As I said, after I defeated Larry Farley, there was no one in the Room of Requirement." The disappearing cabinet moved again, which means someone must have wanted to go through that cabinet and enter the castle!"

"We have also asked about this," Sirius explained: "But Larry said he didn't know who it was, because when he received the news from Milna, he was the only one in the store besides the owner. .”

This made Andre even more strange. He didn't think it was the owner of the Bojin Bock store who entered the disappearing cabinet. Of course, that guy was not a good person, but he was a smart businessman.

Even though Voldemort had worked in his shop for a period of time when he was young, he would never take the risk of breaking into Hogwarts for Voldemort under the current circumstances. Otherwise, when the Dark Lord fell, His store should have been closed, instead of staying open until now.

"Okay, don't guess anymore. At least we have solved all the troubles in the castle this time. Without Miss Milna and the disappearing cabinet, I think we can finally spend this semester safely. Sirius patted Andre on the shoulder and comforted: "But your trouble is not small. I hope that after Professor McGonagall has finished handling the matter of Larry Farley and Myrna, she will be there soon." I’ll come find you.”

Andre was stunned for a moment, and then realized that it must be about the Free Magic Union.

"Larry said that it was not Voldemort's idea to capture you. His master told him that there is an organization in France called the Free Magical Union. They helped Voldemort resurrect on the condition that the Dark Lord enter Hogwarts. And take you out of this school and hand you into their hands." Speaking of this matter, Sirius' face rarely became serious: "I don't want to ask why you provoked that organization. Everyone has their own reasons. Secret, but I must warn you, an organization that can find the hiding Voldemort and have a way to resurrect him is definitely very dangerous. We will definitely tell Dumbledore about this, and you have to seek his help. Instead of keeping everything to yourself like before.”

Andre could only nod awkwardly. Of course he knew the dangers of the Free Magical Union, but he had never expected that the other party would be so bold. Since he would let Voldemort arrest him, and this organization also involved a lot of him. It's a secret, so I never thought of telling anyone.