Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

"...The people from the Free Magical Union took the taxi driver to find my grandfather's house. Before that, I didn't realize that I had made such a big mistake. After that, my grandfather's portrait made me... The fireplace on the second floor left, which was connected to another fireplace in the Alps. I successfully escaped from the Adrian family's ancestral home through the Floo, but Sophia also followed me to the other side at that time. Fortunately Yes, she was the only one who had time to enter the fireplace..."

Regarding the so-called inheritance trip in Paris, France last Christmas, Andre told Hermione all the truth this time, including the Druid heritage of Adrian's family.

"So, that Sophia is not your cousin?" But what he didn't expect was that what the little witch cared about most was not the Free Magic Union, nor the so-called mysterious inheritance of ancient warlocks, but the missing Sophia. .

This caught Andre somewhat off guard. He opened his mouth, not knowing how to explain the complicated relationship between him and Miss Witch.

"Okay." Seeing the boy's stunned expression, Hermione did not dwell on the issue. She continued to ask: "Then you told me before that Miss Sophia returned to France to handle family affairs. Now Is it also fake?"

"Uh, that's it." Andre couldn't help scratching his head. This was of course a lie. In fact, the witch girl disappeared directly in Norway. "Actually...well, you know I'm going to spend my summer vacation this year." Went to Norway, right?”

"Yes, I know, but does this have anything to do with Sophia?" At the end of last semester, Andre began to search for information about the Norwegian wizarding world in the school library. Of course Hermione knew this very well. , so she frowned and asked.

"It's indeed relevant," Andre nodded. He was already thinking hard. He had no problem telling the little witch about the trip to Norway, but he didn't want to tell him about killing Cole and his gang. Come out, so what you say next must be evasive, "The reason why I went to Norway is because when we dealt with Quirrell and Voldemort under the castle last semester, didn't he recognize my Druid heritage? And he also said that he had killed a wizard in Norway who had the same magical Animagus form as me."

"Yes, I remember he said this, but can you find the dead wizard by relying on this sentence?" the little witch recalled carefully and said. She remembered very clearly that Voldemort was Not long after saying this, because Quirrell came into contact with Harry, he lost this subordinate who could possess him, and had to turn into a remnant soul and escape from Hogwarts.

"Of course not. In fact, I later found a lot of clues and finally determined that the wizard who was killed by Voldemort was not found by anyone else. His body was left in a cave deep in the Scandinavian mountains. In the cave." Andre didn't tell the Ravenclaw diadem. There are still fragments of Voldemort's soul in his youth in that thing, which may be useful in the future. If he told the little witch, the other party would definitely Demand that he destroy this Horcrux immediately.

But in his opinion, Voldemort's soul fragment was basically no threat. As long as it was not snatched away by the Dark Lord himself, he could destroy it at any time. There was no need to rush to destroy this Horcrux now.

"But what's the point of looking for that corpse? Even if he is the inheritor of some ancient druid like you?" Hermione continued to ask in confusion.

"Have you forgotten the Holy Acorn I just mentioned?" Andre explained with a smile: "Not everyone who is the inheritor of the Druid can use the magical Animagus. Only those who have integrated the Holy Acorn can use it." Only people with acorns can do this, and Voldemort told us at the time that the wizard he killed could transform into a poisonous leopard, which is a truly magical animal."

"But, won't the Holy Acorn disappear after the wizard dies?" In the previous conversation between the two, Andre just briefly talked about the inheritance he got from the bronze disc, about the Holy Acorn. The specific details were not discussed, so Hermione didn't really know much about things.

"No, every holy acorn is handed down from the ancient Druid sect. This magical fruit can be re-separated after the death of the fusion person. The one I got in France was actually my grandfather's initiative. Separated from the body." Andre shook his head and said: "It is precisely for this reason that I went to Norway during this summer vacation to find the body of the wizard. For a Druid successor For us, the Holy Acorn is undoubtedly the most important treasure."

"So did you finally find it?"

"Of course," Andre nodded with a smile, but he quickly put away his smile and said somewhat seriously: "But Sophia also disappeared after that trip to Norway."

"What?" Hermione whispered in surprise, "You mean she disappeared?"

"Yes," Andre sighed, and then said: "When we were in Norway, we met people from the Free Magic Union. Do you remember what I just told you? That dark wizard organization has been coveting our Adri. The Druid heritage of the An family, my grandfather was killed by them for this reason, and the same reason why I was deceived into France."

"But how did they know you would go to Norway? Could it be that Sophia betrayed you?" The little witch immediately placed suspicion on Sophia, but Andre himself held the same hope as her at the beginning. After all, he didn't know at that time that Voldemort had been resurrected by the mentor of the Free Magic Guild, and the appearance of Cole and the others was indeed too coincidental.

"It wasn't Sophia who betrayed me, it was Voldemort," Andre said: "I never told you before that Voldemort was able to return to the UK this time because he was resurrected by members of the Free Magical Union during the summer vacation."

Hermione's expression could no longer be described as shocked. She had never thought that the legendary Dark Lord who should not even be named was actually resurrected by the dark wizard organization that had its eye on Andre.

"You...you mean, the mysterious man who was resurrected by the members of the Free Magic Union? Why did they do this?"

"Of course it's for me," Andre said with a wry smile: "They don't want to be enemies with Professor Dumbledore head-on, and I am a student at Hogwarts. They want to catch me and get some information about morality from me. Rui's inheritance, so Voldemort, the Dark Lord who is not afraid of Professor Dumbledore, naturally became their best agent."

Hermione couldn't accept this statement for a while. No matter how she thought about it, it felt wrong. How could someone resurrect a Dark Lord who almost ruled the entire British wizarding world just to capture a Hogwarts student?

Valley</span> "It was precisely because the Free Magical Union found Voldemort during the summer vacation and learned about the Norwegian wizard from his mouth, so when Sophia and I arrived in the Scandinavian mountains When I was there, I met one of their people by chance." Seeing Hermione's frightened expression, Andre also felt quite helpless. Of course, he didn't want to provoke such a terrifying dark wizard organization, but things He came to the door and there was nothing he could do.

After the little witch calmed down a little, he continued: "Then we had a fight in the cave where the body of the Norwegian wizard was. The final result was that I got the body and took the sacred acorns from the body. I was separated, but later in order to avoid those people from the Free Magic Guild, I separated from Sophia for a while, and when I went back to look for her, she was gone."

Of course it wasn't actually the case, but otherwise, Andre would have to tell the story of how he finally killed Cole and his gang, so he didn't tell the story of Sophia being caught.

"Did those people from the Free Magical Union do it?" No matter who it was, when they heard Andre say this, they would definitely think that the culprit who caused Miss Witch's disappearance was the people from the dark wizard organization, and Hermione naturally didn't either. exception.

Unfortunately, this is not the case, Andre said: "It has nothing to do with them, at least it has nothing to do with the group of people I saw, because after I couldn't find Sophia, I went to find those people from the Free Magic Union, but Sophia was not with them. And the strangest thing was that the corpse of the Norwegian wizard I brought back at that time also disappeared with Sophia. This was the most unimaginable thing for me. The sacred acorns in the corpse had already disappeared. Stripped away by me, it has no other value.”

"Could it be that she met someone else and hid with the body?" Hermione raised another opinion. She also felt that it was impossible for a living person to disappear for no reason.

"I stayed in Norway for a long time afterwards, and Sophia never appeared again." But Andre still shook his head.

"Then..." Hermione didn't know what to say. No matter what the relationship between Sophia and Andre was, after all, Miss Witch has completely disappeared now, and there is not even a single clue.

Of course Andre didn't want to get comfort from the little witch. He just had to explain the concealment he had made before: "Okay, let's not talk about it. At least I didn't see Sophia's body, which means that she He should still be alive, which is the best news.”

"Yes, that's right." Hermione nodded hurriedly.

"In addition, the reason why I want to tell you these things clearly today is because you invited me to spend Christmas at your house this year." After ending the topic about Sophia, Andre began to talk about the original Purpose: "Sirius and Professor McGonagall originally did not agree to let me leave school at Christmas. After all, besides Voldemort, the more dangerous thing is the Free Magical Union that has been watching me."

"Ah, I'm sorry," before the boy finished speaking, Hermione interrupted with an apologetic expression: "I didn't know about this before, so I rashly extended that invitation. In fact, you can refuse."

"No," But Andre shook his head and smiled: "Listen to me first. After you invited me that day, didn't I go to find Sirius? He directly rejected my request at first, but then he thought about it again An idea that would allow me to leave the castle and come to your house at Christmas time, but..."

"But what..." Hermione, who just thought there was no hope for this invitation, immediately raised her little head. At this moment, she had forgotten that the first thing Andre said to her when he walked into the common room was Professor McGonagall agreed to let him leave the castle.

"But this will be very dangerous. Your parents are both Muggles, and you are only a second-year student." Andre's expression became serious at this moment. He had to tell the most serious consequences of this matter. Let the little witch decide whether to implement the plan proposed by Sirius: "Once the news of my leaving school is known to the people of the Free Magical Union, then they will definitely seize the opportunity and come to arrest me. After all, the people of Hogwarts They can’t enter the castle, and nothing else can stop them.”

There was a trace of hesitation on the little witch's face. Of course she wanted to spend this year's Christmas vacation with Andre, but that didn't mean she could put her parents' safety at risk.

But after thinking for a moment, she quickly grasped the key to the problem: "Can you tell me Sirius's plan first? If Professor McGonagall can agree, I think it won't be as dangerous as you said. That’s right.”

"Of course," Andre said: "He is going to let me leave the school in a big way, so that the people who are secretly following the Free Magic Guild will know the news immediately, and then he will take some friends to follow me and wait for those who want to target me. When the people I targeted show up, they will show up.”

"You mean, you are going to plot against those in the Free Magical Union?" Hermione understood Sirius's plan instantly, and her eyebrows raised: "Then do you know what friends Sirius has found?"

"He hasn't told me this yet, but if you agree, they will come to the school soon, and we will be able to see them by then. It is said that they are experts in dealing with dark wizards, even Professor McGonagall I trust them very much." Andre could hear that there was no longer any intention of rejection in the little witch's words.

"In that case, I think my invitation is still valid." Sure enough, a smile appeared on Hermione's face: "Of course, before that, I will send a letter to my parents to tell them about the situation. , based on my understanding of them, they will definitely not refuse."

"This is what it should be." Andre breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, it was actually a good thing to reveal the secrets he had kept in his heart, as long as the person he confided to was someone he could trust.

The little witch nodded and agreed to Sirius' plan with him, which also made him a little happy. In any case, he was happy to teach the Free Magic Union a lesson. Although Cole and his group were killed last time in Norway, , but the news of that time was not revealed after all. Presumably the instructor still doesn’t know why his goblin subordinates suddenly disappeared.