[Comprehensive British and American] The Wizard of Cullen's House

Scrimgeour returned to the Ministry of Magic and went directly to his office.He took off the cloak, and the cloak seemed to be held by an invisible hand, maintaining its shape as it was taken off, until it floated to the side rack to hang itself.After it hung itself, a small brush popped out from nowhere and swept it up and down several times.After making sure that there wasn't even a speck of dust on the cloak, the brush landed on Scrimgeour's desk with a 'swish'.

His brows have been frowning since he entered Ivy's house, and he was thinking about something.

After that, he maintained this position for about 10 minutes, suddenly jumped out of the chair and rushed out of the office, and walked quickly to the office where Secretary Bagno was.

"Rufus?" Millicent was on business with round gold-rimmed glasses, and didn't blame him for breaking into her office without notifying her, "I thought you and Moody were out to catch cannibals." disciple."

Scrimgeour ignored Millicent's words, he just said: "Millicon, you must hear what I say next."

Millicent put down the quill, crossed her hands lightly on the table and looked at him.

"I suspect that the oath magic has not left a mark on Avella's body."

At that moment, Millicent and Scrimgeour just looked at each other, and neither of them spoke again.The flowing air seemed to be stagnant. If it weren't for the slight rise and fall of the chest when the two people breathed, others would think it was just a Muggle painting.

"No one can escape the magic of the oath." Millicent Bagnor said after a long time, "I can feel it wrapping a weak, tiny thread in my heart—if I don't look for it carefully, Barely noticeable...listen to me, Rufus." Without hesitation she cut off Scrimgeour's tendency to continue, "I know what you're worried about, but no one - not even a vampire, It is also impossible to escape the oath magic."

"But you can't ignore one thing. There are living creatures in the vampire's house." Scrimgeour said in a low voice, "That dog, Millicent."

Millicent Bagno took a deep breath: "Of course I didn't." She took out her wand and waved it in the air. One of the compartments of the big cabinet in the corner of the office was slammed by a big invisible hand. It was pulled open, and the files inside were frantically flipped through.Then a document flew out of it and fell straight into Millicent's open hand.She handed him to him: "You can have a look."

Scrimgeour opened the file and frowned: "Weasley? Lupine? She also had contact with Lupine?" After the incident with the Potters, none of them could find Remus Lupine.

"It's not certain yet. But they went to the Weasleys together, and not long ago, they were invited to the birthday party of Charlie, the second child of the Weasleys." Millicent Bagnor used Resting his chin on the back of his hand, he looked at Scrimgeour's changing expression from the bottom up with his yellow eyes, "But you can't say that they are all suspected of harboring Sirius, can you? Because the Weasleys happen to be the most hated youngsters I know. One of Sirius' people. And Avella Weir and I made a vow, Rufus, we bound her heart with magic, that's one of the vampire's weaknesses. If that dog really is Sirius, Then she should have died on the spot."

"But our oath didn't include Sirius, did it?" Scrimgeour put the document back on Millicent's desk. "Although I believe in the Weasleys, I don't..." He was a little excited because Elvira would openly oppose the Ministry of Magic because of that traitor!

Millicent Bagnor flicked her wand again, and a very soft-looking sofa crept against Scrimgeour's knees, stopping him from speaking.She watched him sit down before continuing, "But Sirius is indeed one of the criminals who shouldn't be harboring."

"What?" Scrimgeour frowned.

"Didn't you pay attention to Ivy's expression? When we talked about the betrayer, her expression was hatred and determination." Millicent Bagno narrowed her eyes, she also looked a little confused, and she finally Likes to find answers to her doubts, "She hates traitors as much as we do. I thought I needed to remind you, Rufus, our poor Avella's mother, died under the torture of Death Eaters .So, why would she harbor a Death Eater? Not to mention the guy who killed her best friend."

Scrimgeour fell into deep thought because of Millicent's words, but Millicent ignored him and continued talking to himself.

"But at the same time she's well aware that the traitor we're talking about is Sirius. In this case, though, she's still alive. That means she knows something...maybe...the truth...yeah, the truth..." Millicent felt that she had grasped some key clue, "Avella knows the truth—we don't know the truth, but what is the truth? Maybe...the betrayer is not Sirius, but someone else."

Scrimgeour seemed to come to his senses suddenly, and he spoke, regaining his previous calm: "Maybe she was under the Confusion Curse, Millicent. Don't forget, Sirius is very good."

"Yeah, he's really good." Millicent nodded in agreement, "but Elvira is also good, and she's a vampire, Rufus."

"She could also be one of the Death Eaters," Scrimgeour went on.

"Of course, this possibility cannot be ruled out, but my brain tells me that this possibility is completely untenable-it is completely unreasonable, Director." Millicent seemed to be annoyed by Scrimgeour, she called him Director, But she still patiently explained to him, "Avella is a mixed race, understand? You know about Avella's background. Her father died when she was born, and she lived with her Muggle mother. Pay attention I'm talking about the Muggle mother, Rufus, and even if Elvira wanted to join the Death Eaters, they wouldn't let her join because she's not pureblood."

Scrimgeour was speechless by Millicent.

"Today's conversation I hope only the two of us know--no third person, you know what I mean? Director Rufus Scrimgeour." Millicent re-opened her half-finished business, "in During this period, you can't guarantee that there will be no remnants of the Mysterious in our Ministry of Magic, and your most important job now is to catch them. Oh, by the way, I have to write a letter to Dumbledore..."

"Then what about Elvira?" Scrimgeour said suddenly.

Millicent raised a small arc at the corner of her mouth: "It's the same until all the answers come out, but I hope you can make this matter quiet, Rufus, I believe you can do it."

On the other side, at Karen's house.

Avella didn't know why she let Sirius Black hug her so docilely—well, maybe it was because she was also a little guilty.However, it is impossible for her to push Sirius away immediately after realizing it, after all, the Gryffindor dog seems to have not recovered.Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the tangled black hair on the back of his head, and her breath was filled with the dizzying sweetness of his body.Well... She felt that she couldn't get so close to him anymore.

"Have you calmed down?" she asked, swallowing her throat unconsciously.

Sirius Black was not very funny, because he replied: "No."

Avella rolled her eyes, directly used a little strength to pull the distance between them, and told him: "I don't think I need to remind you that your blood vessels are exposed to my vision, Sirius Mr. Black." Normally, when she said this, Sirius would definitely stare, but this was obviously not the usual time, and even Avella's tone was very calm—she was just describing a fact.

Sirius couldn't help covering his side neck with his hand, he looked a little depressed, but he soon pulled himself together.

"What do you think next?" Sirius asked while sitting back on the sofa.

Avella raised her eyebrows: "I don't know..." After Avella finished saying that she didn't know, hundreds of thoughts and pictures suddenly flashed in her mind.She thought of Director Scrimgeour's frowning from beginning to end and the eyes he looked at Sith from time to time, as well as Minister Bagnor's last words of believing her.She felt that her mind was extremely clear, and more than a dozen possibilities flashed through her mind: "Maybe..."

Sirius looked at her, waiting patiently for her to speak.

"You've been discovered." After Avella finished speaking, Sirius hadn't reacted yet, her eyes had already widened in shock.

And Sirius obviously thought a little more than Avella, and he almost confirmed the possibility: "I'm a living creature, Ivy, there can't be living creatures in a vampire's house."

Avella couldn't help pursing her lips. She only guessed the greatest possibility through the performance of Director Scrimgeour and Minister Bagno, but Sirius confirmed it all at once—yes, the home of vampires How could there be living things?Avella couldn't help frowning, why didn't she think of this at first?Then Sirius would be exposed... this time entirely because of her.

She was the one who suggested that he stay at home in disguise, if he went out too or hid, they wouldn't find out.

"Why didn't I think of it..." Sirius' words attracted Avella's attention, "I should have thought of it when you suggested it... But I didn't expect that you would forget that you are a vampire, who was it just now? When he saw us, he kept emphasizing that he was a vampire? Huh? Are you an idiot? We are the first in our grade?" His tone and expression seemed to say how rebellious it was for Avella to forget that she was a vampire matter……

"..." Avella lacked confidence, and couldn't refute a word that was said in a daze.But what really made her speechless was Sirius' non-blaming tone.

Sirius' tone was so calm that Avella was at a loss: "But it's a little strange, why didn't they arrest me when they knew it? They pretended to be fooled by you?"

Avella weakly continued: "Minister Bagnor was born in Ravenclaw, she may have seen something strange."

"Then it makes sense." Sirius continued Avella's words, "You hid me and made an unbreakable oath, but you didn't... die." He frowned somewhat repellently.

"Even if I made an oath that I would not catch the traitor, I would not die because of this oath. Have you forgotten? I told you just now. It cannot kill me." Avella said suddenly, she looked at Sirius' eyes, "We won't die just because the heart is stabbed." She reminded vaguely.

"...But this is not the reason why you can make an oath casually." Sirius understood Avella's meaning, but he was still very serious to her, "I tell you very clearly, I still make an oath to you It's pissing off, Ivy."

Well, Avella shrank her shoulders, she was not used to such a serious Sirius - although she had seen it once before.

It was the first time for Sirius to see such a well-behaved Avella, which was a very magical feeling, although he did not want to see such a well-behaved Avey in this situation, who did not refute what he said pull.

"Then now we can only take one step at a time, at least until we find Peter."

As soon as Sirius finished speaking, Avella suddenly looked up at the closed window.Sirius immediately followed her gaze, but he could only see a dark sky outside the window.

"What happened?" he asked softly.

Avella didn't answer, she jumped off the sofa, and appeared next to the window in the next second and pushed it away.Sirius saw a paw tied with a letter sticking out of the window, Avella untied it and went back to sit on the sofa.

"It's Arthur." Avella said, and quickly opened the letter, then she stopped.

The letter paper covered Avella's expression, which made Sirius a little puzzled: "What did he say?"

Avella put down the letter paper, she looked at Sirius, her eyes moved slightly.There was no reason for Sirius to feel nervous because of Avella's expression, he clenched his hands tightly, even he himself didn't realize that he was nervous.

When Elvira's voice sounded again, it carried a hollowness that Sirius was not familiar with.

"A rat with a broken toe - Percy picked it up in his garden."