[HP] Liar

Ep.42

Will they be able to start school as scheduled next semester? This question has been entwined in Viola's mind for several days.

Professor Dumbledore is dead, Professor Snape turned out to be a Death Eater, and Hogwarts has become a mess.Before the start of the summer vacation, quite a few hemp students claimed that they would not come back to school next semester.

"Life is more important than learning!" a third-year Hufflepuff named Jack Marks once said to Viola.

Viola couldn't tell what it was like in her heart.Although she doesn't have a very strong love for Hogwarts like most people in the school.But she would still feel lost and sad if let her leave school hastily like this.

"Why do you ask that?" After hearing Viola's question, Penello became visibly flustered.

"Many of my classmates said that now the mysterious man has controlled most of the wizarding world, and soon even Hogwarts will fall."

"Don't worry too much," Penello tried to comfort her, "Isn't the Ministry of Magic all right now? Several officials in the Ministry of Magic will definitely not sit idly by."

After hearing this answer, Viola just bit her lower lip suspiciously.

"……yes?"

In fact, the answer to this question, even Penello himself could not convince himself.

She now had the same worries as Viola.

After chatting casually with Penello, Viola found an excuse and locked herself in the bedroom.

And as soon as she entered the bedroom, her whole body was like a mollusk, and she fell limply on the bed in an instant.

These days, she has not been happy at all.Not at all.

She raised her head and stared blankly at the sky-blue ceiling in the room and the emerald green floral wallpaper around the room, but other creepy scenes couldn't stop appearing in her mind.

She seemed to see Draco raising his wand towards Professor Dumbledore again, seeing Draco's pale and frightened face, seeing Professor Snape push Draco away, and then in Professor Dumbledore's Begging...he uttered the death curse.

How Viola wished that it was all but a ridiculous nightmare.

I don't know how long I stayed on the bed, Viola finally felt a little bit wrong, and began to struggle to get up from the bed, stumbled to the desk, picked up a book and placed it on the table Japanese comic books.

But within a few pages, she began to feel bored.However, these comic books have always been her favorite in the past.

Penello did not enter Viola's room to disturb her sister, she knew that Viola might need to be alone.

She stood alone in the living room and paced back and forth, but she was no less worried than her own sister.

In fact, Penello knew that Viola was right to worry.Now that even Hogwarts, which has always been considered the safest place, has been captured by Death Eaters, the Ministry of Magic may fall sooner or later.What's more, in the recent period, many non-pure blood officials have been replaced inexplicably.

Penello believes that this phenomenon is already a very obvious omen.

She told Percy the truth about her worries, but Percy just warned her not to think about it with a cold face.

"You look like my mother now, you were not like this before, Penello."

"Your mother? I don't think I'm in shape anymore—"

"It has nothing to do with the figure." Percy frowned. "I mean, you are as suspicious as she is now."

……

Just when Penello stood there feeling anxious, the snow-white owl suddenly flew into the window sill of the villa. Seeing this, Penello hurried to the owl, stretched out his hand and took out the letter tied to the owl's claw. letters.

The sender's signature is Eleanor Mawson.

And this letter only has a short sentence, which reads - Penelope, don't come back to the Ministry of Magic, I heard that Scrimgeour is dead.

Penello felt a chill behind his back.

In all fairness, although Penello, who is a sorcerer wizard, does not fully agree with Minister Scrimgeour's political skills, she also has to admit that Scrimgeour is indeed a just, strict, kind-hearted and good person.

And in the Ministry of Magic, not everyone is as nice as Scrimgeour.

For example, Dolores Umbridge, the female official who once served as the Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.

If Scrimgeour is really dead, who will be next to take Scrimgeour's place?

Umbridge's face flashed in Penello's mind, and Penello couldn't help but feel his heart sink.If the next Minister of Magic is really someone like Umbridge, the Ministry of Magic will definitely be over, and the entire wizarding world will definitely be over because of this!

"Penello?" Unexpectedly, at this moment, Viola suddenly opened the door, looking at Penello with a puzzled face, "Are you okay?"

Penello looked at his sister faintly, and did not give a negative answer this time.

Penello soon received a second letter.This time, the person who sent the letter happened to be her boyfriend, Percy Weasley.

[Penello:

Now there's something going on in the Ministry, and you have to come back.

Umbridge said that she needs to investigate the origins of all the members of the Ministry of Magic, but don't worry, your parents are Muggles, but your work performance has always been very good... Umbridge will not take you how is it.

Also, don't try to run away from it if you don't want to involve your parents and family in all of this.

Sincerely, Percy. 】

When eating breakfast the next morning, Viola obviously felt that something was wrong.

Mom and Dad are still talking and laughing, but Penello, who has a talkative personality, sits in his seat without saying a word.Her face looked particularly pale, and Viola seriously suspected that she might really have not closed her eyes all night last night.

"Pebe, Ola, wait a minute, I'm going to the store with your father."

After breakfast, Mrs. Clearwater brought the dishes on the table into the kitchen with a smile, and began to stay in the kitchen with Mr. Clearwater to wash the dishes.

If it was in the past, Penello would have snatched the plate first before they did so—she has always been reluctant to make her parents too tired.

But Penello did not behave as usual today.

what's wrong with her today?

Just as Viola was sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the backs of her parents and thinking about this question, Penello suddenly came out from another corner of the dining room without a sound.

Then Viola saw her raise her wand to their mutual parents.She blinked in bewilderment, but quickly realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Penello!" she screamed, and Penelope's wand fell to the ground with a thud. "What are you doing?"

Mrs. Clearwater and Mr. Clearwater heard Viola's shouts, and they couldn't help turning around to look at their two daughters in wonder, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"No, nothing." Penello quickly squatted down and picked up the wand that fell on the ground. "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night."

"Work is important, but your body is the capital, Pebby."

"I see, Mom." Penello replied stiffly, "I won't do this again in the future."

……

After the Clearwaters left the villa completely, Viola put away the forced smile on her face, and approached her sister with scrutiny and suspicion.

"Please tell me that you have not been cast with the Imperius Curse by a Death Eater, Penelope," she said.

"Of course not, Ola!" Penello said quickly, "Things are not what you think."

"I saw you raised your wand towards Mom and Dad! What are you thinking?" Viola was very angry at this moment, not only because her sister had done something that made her feel unbelievable , especially because the person who did this absurd thing would be Penelope, "You are a member of the Ministry of Magic, and no one knows better than you... Wizards who attack Muggles will go to jail."

Penello sighed after hearing this, and looked at Viola's green eyes with a pair of blue eyes.She tried to explain: "Listen to me, Viola, things are not what you think. I didn't intend to attack Mom and Dad."

"Then why did you—"

"I just want to cast 'Forget Nothing' on them."

"Forget everything?" Viola raised her eyebrows exaggeratedly, "Are you crazy? Why did you do this?"

Then Viola learned some truths she probably never wanted to know.

Penello told her that the Minister of Magic, Mr. Scrimgeour, has died, and the current Ministry of Magic may have collapsed and become a puppet of the mysterious man.

"If I'm not wrong, you shouldn't be able to go back to Hogwarts next semester." Penello said, "Now Umbridge wants to investigate the family status of all the members of the Ministry of Magic, and the origin Wizards belonging to Muggle families will never escape this scrutiny. I don't know what Umbridge will do to us, but one thing is certain - it will definitely not be a good thing."

"Then what are you going to do now?" Viola asked worriedly.

"I have to go back to the Ministry for that check."

"Why?!" Viola asked hastily, "Didn't you say that the mysterious people have always discriminated against non-pure blood wizards? Then if you go back, you will definitely face a very dangerous situation."

"That's right." Penello nodded slightly, "I think so too. But I can't just run away like this - Percy is still in the Ministry of Magic, he still chooses to stand with the Ministry of Magic, I can't leave him behind No matter. What's more, if I just leave, people in the Ministry of Magic will definitely not let Percy go."

"What about us? What about me and my parents?"

Penello took a deep breath.

"That's what I want you to do for me, Viola," she said. "If You-Know-Who really has control of the Ministry of Magic, then he can modify Hogwarts' admission criteria so that Muggle families Born wizards will lose their qualifications to go to school. Not only that, some of the more famous wizards are also very likely to be regarded as threats by the mysterious man - and be hunted down by him. So you must leave now, Viola, you must leave England with your parents."

"Leaving England? Where can we go then?"

"America? Canada? Or Australia? Anywhere is fine, as long as you leave here and leave the sphere of influence of the mysterious man." Penello's tone gradually became irritable, and she stretched out her hands, as if grabbing a He held Viola's wrist tightly like a life-saving straw, "I originally planned to modify the memory of my parents, make them forget my existence, and give them a reason to go abroad... so that you can all It's safe."

Viola stared blankly at her sister.All of this happened so suddenly that she didn't even think about what kind of mentality she should use to meet it all.

The Minister of Magic is dead?The current Ministry of Magic has become a puppet of the Dark Lord?Muggle-born wizards have all lost their eligibility to attend Hogwarts?

And escaping from the UK—so unexpectedly it became their only way of life?