demon hunter at hogwarts

Sirius and Lupine, who originally thought Regulus could come up with some clever ideas, had disappointed expressions on their faces when they heard this statement.

"With all due respect... According to my understanding, the senior officials of the Ministry of Magic not only do not believe that Voldemort has returned to Britain, but are also trying to prevent others from believing this fact." Lupine tried to get Regulus to take it back quickly. This unrealistic idea, he said earnestly, "Kingsley said that even in internal meetings of the Ministry of Magic, these matters will be classified as taboo topics."

"Furthermore, with Cornelius Fudge's situation, he will definitely think that all this is Dumbledore spreading panic. In order to replace him." Sirius took over the conversation, "Don't expect to talk to Dumbledore recently. With Lido’s close connections, we can put pressure on the Ministry of Magic through him.”

"When did I say that I would put pressure on the Ministry of Magic through Dumbledore?" Regulus said gloomily, "In your minds, this is all I can do?"

"Then what's your clever idea? I'd like to hear it." Sirius tossed his hair back, exposed one ear, and pretended to be listening.

"It's not a clever calculation." Regulus said, "It can only be said to be doing what they want... Fudge and the Ministry of Magic don't want too much trouble to appear on the surface, so we will help them deal with these troubles."

"No matter what you think, if you want Fudge to know, you have to find a microphone. I have to remind you that Kingsley is indeed one of ours, but in order to maintain the image in Fudge's mind, there are some things that he is not comfortable talking about. "Lupin said, "If Fudge becomes suspicious of him, then we will lose him as an important chess piece in the Ministry of Magic. As for Mad-Eye... His status and reputation are sufficient, but in view of his reputation... No one will take his advice seriously now.”

"I have my own way." Regulus said with a smile.

Seeing his confident look, Sirius and Lupine also tacitly agreed not to ask further questions, and the topic naturally shifted to his whereabouts today.

"While I was checking the Marauder's Map, I accidentally discovered that you entered Moaning Myrtle's bathroom with the Headmaster and Snotlout." Sirius stared at Regulus with an interrogating gaze, "Then, you guys It just disappeared, and I once suspected that there was something wrong with the map.”

"Obviously, there is no problem with the map, because you came back soon. And after a while, you took Fudge and his group to repeat the process again." Lupine said, "This should only mean one thing The thing is, there is a secret passage in that bathroom that we don't know about, and the other end of the secret passage... must be something very important, otherwise the Minister of Magic would not be alerted."

"I want to keep this matter secret for the time being," Regulus said. "That is indeed a secret passage. The things inside are... a bit disgusting. I want to finish my dinner in peace, okay?"

After that, no matter how much Sirius and Lupine pressed, Regulus never mentioned anything about the secret passage.

Because he knew that soon this matter would be made public, and the entire magical world would know where the secret passage leads to.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Regulus received a letter from the Ministry of Magic, inviting him to attend the investiture ceremony and an exclusive interview with the Daily Prophet.

The ceremony was very long and the interview was very boring. Regulus spent the whole day in making excuses with all kinds of people.

Fortunately, Snape was by his side. Seeing the Potions Professor's eyes ready to tear people apart at any moment, Regulus felt a little more balanced.

In contrast, other people's lives are much more leisurely.

In the morning, warm sunlight shines through the windows into the magnificent living room of Malfoy Manor.

Lucius Malfoy sat on his usual sofa near the fireplace, placing the letter on the round white stone coffee table.

This letter was written by his son Draco Malfoy, who was studying at Hogwarts. It described his boring school life and how Harry Potter not only was not expelled but violated school rules. He was recruited into the Gryffindor Quidditch team instead. Draco hoped that Lucius would use his rights as a school director and his personal relationship with Dean Snape to allow him to join the Slytherin Quidditch team. Dodgers team.

He receives a letter like this every other day.

At the beginning, Lucius was indeed worried that his son would be wronged at school, and specifically entrusted Snape to take care of him.

But according to the information reported back by Snape later, at least within Slytherin House, the golden name of the Malfoy family is still quite important.

Whether they were students of the same grade or senior students, some expressed their kindness in a subtle way, while others simply made it clear to flatter them.

As for the conflict with Gryffindor, that is the glorious tradition of Hogwarts.

In fact, when he was on the Hogwarts train, Draco did still remember what his father once said, to the effect of "When the vast majority of people in the world think highly of Harry Potter, if you don't do anything with him, Friend, it would be unwise to stand against him."

So Draco once tried to force himself and extended a hand of friendship to this "no big deal" Harry Potter.

As a result, to Draco's disappointment and anger, Harry Potter believed that he had insulted Ron Weasley and his family, so he flatly rejected his kindness and let the quarrel turn into a duel.

The result of the duel was not good, and Draco had to limp to attend the sorting ceremony. From then on, he regarded Harry and Ron as his top two enemies in the school, and saw Harry become the youngest in 100 years. Of course Draco was not willing to be the Seeker.

Although Lucius felt a little helpless about this, he could only express his support for his son's actions.

So, he began to draft a letter to Snape, to the effect that Snape would promote Draco to the team in consideration of his relationship with his old classmates.

Lucius was not worried about Draco's safety. After all, Draco had been practicing flying in the open space near Malfoy Manor since he was a child.

"Master, today's Daily Prophet." Dobby, the house elf wearing a teapot warmer, walked to Lucius's side while holding a newspaper in his hands.

"Put it there, you can go clean the garden." Lucius didn't even look at Dobby. "I noticed that there are weeds on the edge of the hedge again, and the peacock is not in good spirits... You understand me. Do you mean it?"

"Dobby understands, Dobby will do it now..." Dobby lowered his head, walked backwards out of the living room, and then disappeared with a pop.

Valley</span>For the recent "Daily Prophet", Lucius didn't have much desire to read.

Due to the unexplained resignation of Rita Skeeter, a well-known journalist who was known for her sharp writing and eye-catching skills, half a year ago, in the eyes of the public, the Daily Prophet has become bland and boring, lacking the desire to subscribe, and its sales have continued to decline. decline.

Lucius was not interested in the articles praising Cornelius Fudge at all, because he knew better than most people what kind of person Fudge was.

But after he glanced at today's newspaper, he couldn't return to the unfinished letter to Snape.

Because the entire front page of the newspaper was shockingly just a large photo of two people. One of them, with a gloomy expression, cold eyes, and a greasy straight hairstyle, was none other than Snape.

According to Lucius's understanding of Snape, this old classmate has always been gloomy and withdrawn, and does not like to appear in public.

He hurriedly grabbed the newspaper and glanced at the headline: The mystery of the Hogwarts Chamber of Secrets has finally been solved.

The general content is: With the efforts of the former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Regulus Black and the Potions professor Severus Snape, the problem that has troubled the successive principals of Hogwarts for centuries has been solved. The puzzle was finally solved, the legendary secret room was found, and a basilisk hidden inside was killed. From now on, students at Hogwarts will no longer have to worry about the tragedy of 50 years ago happening again.

After hurriedly reading the content of the report, Lucius turned back to the front page of the newspaper. In the photo, Snape and Regulus seemed to be undergoing an investiture ceremony, each showing the Second Class Order of Merlin they had received.

"What's wrong?" Even at home, Narcissa, who did not forget to wear an exquisite long dress, had walked up to Lucius at some point and found her husband in a daze holding a newspaper, so she couldn't help asking.

"Oh..." Lucius woke up with a start and handed the newspaper to Narcissa, "This is a long story, you'd better read it yourself..."

Narcissa took the newspaper and quickly read the contents. Her expression kept changing, and she was obviously shocked by the heavy information inside.

"What do you think?" Lucius said softly.

"So, is the Chamber of Secrets real? Is there such a thing in the school? The Basilisk...it doesn't know how to be merciful. What if Draco..." Narcissa clutched her chest with her hands and said, "Thankfully Severus Get rid of this monster with Rael..."

"I know what Severus is capable of...but there is no reason why he can find the entrance to the secret room." Lucius looked at the flickering flames in the fireplace and said in a deep voice, "On the contrary, your cousin has really magical powers. Vast…”

"Regulus?" Narcissa asked doubtfully, "Do you think he discovered the secret room?"

"Everyone says that I, Lucius Malfoy, am an ambitious person." Lucius did not answer Narcissa's question, but sneered, "But Sissy, the ambition of the Black family is no less than mine. Do you deny this?"

"He really wanted to do something for the family before." Narcissa recalled Regulus's past and said, "I can understand him... You have to know that since Sirius was removed from the family, he is the only one in the family. The official heir, my Aunt Walburga... you have met her, you should know what kind of person she is, and you should also feel the pressure on Regulus."

Seeing Lucius's silence, Narcissa continued: "I don't know what happened next. There is a legend that he betrayed the Dark Lord and was executed... I think this is completely unreasonable... Later, he He disappeared for ten years and reappeared in front of us. Sometimes I couldn't recognize him... I have no idea what he wants to do now."

Speaking of this, Narcissa felt a little depressed.Among the members of the Black family of her generation, Bella was imprisoned in Azkaban, Sirius and Andromeda broke away from the family, and only the youngest Regulus left and returned.But now he seems to be on a different path than her.

"We don't have to bother guessing what he wants to do." Lucius stretched out his right hand and took his wife's left hand. "Listen to me, the wizarding world will soon become no longer peaceful, and we must prepare in advance. But no matter what No matter what happens, the Malfoy family will win in the end."

"I hope everything goes as you said." Narcissa reluctantly showed a smile, took out her hand, rearranged her appearance, and said, "Mrs. Zabini invited us to attend afternoon tea, and I will leave now. "

"Have a good time."

After watching Narcissa leave the living room, Lucius's expression darkened again.

Narcissa didn't know many things.For example, Lucius was not as ignorant as others about the secrets of the Basilisk and Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets.

Things go back many years ago, when Voldemort was just rising. Out of fear of Voldemort's powerful power and cruel methods, and yearning for Voldemort's blueprint for pure-blood wizards to rule everything, Lucius took the Malfoy family with him. His power, status and wealth were invested in Voldemort's command, and he quickly consolidated his position among the Death Eaters by his own means.

In order to express his reliance on the Malfoy family, Voldemort secretly gave him some powerful items.

Among them was an unassuming black diary.

According to Voldemort, as long as this diary is placed in the school, it can control others to open the secret room and release the monsters inside, thereby fulfilling Slytherin's last wish and "purifying" those deemed unworthy of studying at Hogwarts. A Muggle-born wizard.

Due to the bad relationship with the current principal Dumbledore, Lucius had more than once thought of putting this diary in the school to open the secret room.

Because, if something bad happened in the school, he would have every reason to remove Dumbledore's ass from the seat of the Hogwarts Headmaster.

Before seeing the news that the basilisk was killed today, Lucius once began to plan to put the diary on a member of the Weasley family, so that he could kill two birds with one stone, attack Dumbledore, and Put the blame on the traitors of the pure-blooded wizards of the Weasley family to vent his anger on Draco.

It's a pity that the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Now what he needs to worry about is how to get rid of this magical creation of Voldemort.

Because the secret room under the living room of Malfoy Manor already stores a lot of things that are not suitable for outsiders, adding this diary that has lost its function will do a lot of harm but no good.