the Gambler

Harry couldn't feel anything, he could only watch his mouth open and close, the Avada Kedavra slipped slowly from the tip of his tongue, and at the moment when the green light was about to form, Tom's intense anger suddenly came from The link surged in, causing Harry to break loose briefly. He instinctively turned his wand around, and the green light hit a nearby sculpture, and dust from the explosion hit his face.

Voldemort looked at Harry, who turned to him in shock, and Tom approached, leaning on the wall.Dumbledore showed a relaxed smile, and the wand in his hand waved quickly, constantly bouncing off the spells thrown by Voldemort.A curse shot from the side interrupted Harry's gaze, and he turned to face Bellatrix and Greyback who had reappeared on the battlefield. Tom quickly grabbed Harry's arm and pulled each other to his side. Working together against the Death Eaters.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise in the whole hall, and the surrounding fireplaces continued to burn with green flames. A group of wizards ran out of the fires, screaming in terror when they saw the battle scene.Bellatrix and Greyback, who were fighting fiercely, apparated and disappeared in front of Harry. He quickly turned his head. There was only a piece of air where Voldemort was just now, and the Death Eaters in the entire hall had almost disappeared. .

Dumbledore came swiftly to the two boys, and they watched in silence as yet another fireplace flared, and Fudge staggered out of it, brown pajamas peeking out from under his black robes, his eyes widening when he saw Dumbledore. Shine the light of joy.Fudge shouted exaggeratedly: "Dumbledore! You finally appeared! And attacked the Ministry of Magic!"

"If you keep your eyes on your surroundings, you'll know I didn't attack the Ministry of Magic, Connelly." Dumbledore said calmly, the gleam in his eyes returning, "I'm sure Mr. Brown would like to tell you what happened."

Fudge scanned the hall, and finally settled on the wizard who was used as a meat shield by Bellatrix earlier. The man's face was extremely pale due to excessive blood loss. Fortunately, Tonks had already done a simple bandaging.Fudge roared, gasping, "Brown! Tell me what happened!"

"The Dark Lord led a group of Death Eaters to attack the Ministry of Magic, sir!" Brown's words made all the new wizards freeze in place. Fudge obviously didn't believe the man's words, and he shouted without thinking: "You are a liar! Blidore asked you to say that!" He turned to call the Aurors he had brought to attack Dumbledore, but they all hesitated to do so.

Dumbledore took a step forward, his smile didn't reach his eyes: "If you insist on fighting, I can beat them again," the old man released a great sense of oppression, and Harry noticed that several thin wizards had already Fainted out, Fudge's face was not very good-looking, he took two steps back unconsciously, "In the Department of Mysteries, members of the Order of the Phoenix have captured several Death Eaters."

"That's all your lie!" Fudge continued to shout, this time his tone was not as firm as before.

"Harry and I have been telling you the truth for nearly a year, and you have smeared us with stupid jealousy," Dumbledore said seriously, "letting Voldemort expand his power while he brags about his exploits, it's time to use You're out of your mind, Connelly."

"If I find out you're lying to me—"

"Do what you have to do!" Dumbledore raised his voice, and the Aurors ran obediently to the Department of Mysteries.Everyone present did not dare to say a word, their eyes shot back and forth between Dumbledore, Harry and Tom, and finally focused on Rufus Scrimgeour, the man with the long scar on his right cheek was proud The director of Luo's office, he just received a message from the returning Auror.Noticing Dumbledore's gaze, Scrimgeour nodded and announced loudly, "Voldemort is back!"

Shouts of exclamation resounded from all over the hall, and Fudge looked around uneasily, barely maintaining his calm mask.Afraid of Dumbledore's condemning gaze, he stared viciously at Harry, who was now leaning against the strange black-haired Slytherin.

"Why is Potter here? And who is—Mr. Riddle? A distant relative you mentioned?" Fudge asked. "Two underage wizards broke into the Ministry of Magic without permission!"

"I don't think this is the time to divert attention, Connelly." Dumbledore said, "Harry and Marvolo played a big role in the fight against Voldemort," and the name of the Dark Lord was mentioned a lot Feeling suffocated, "As for why they are here, I will have to explain later. Now I need to get them to a safe place. Unfortunately, Voldemort has marked them as targets."

"They can explain the situation before leaving!" Fudge shouted.

Dumbledore narrowed his eyes and looked at Fudge. The cold gaze made the latter unconsciously take a few steps back, avoiding his gaze to meet the old man.

"Harry and Marvolo need immediate medical attention, no, I'm not going to send them to St Mungo's, it's not safe enough," said Dumbledore firmly, "Harry has just spent some time under Voldemort's Cruciatus Curse. "

Everyone present looked at Harry with sympathy, which made the boy very uncomfortable. He shrank into Tom's arms and buried his head between the other's neck and collarbone. Tom still carried the war on his body. The smell of gunpowder and blood.Harry wrinkled his nose in displeasure, and he could hear the boy chuckling.

Dumbledore took out a port key from his pocket and handed it to Tom. Before Fudge could stop them, the two were brought to Grimmauld Square. Harry was quickly embraced by the excited Hermione and Ron. Tom Nuzui watched silently from the side, and Harry glanced at the other party, refocusing his attention on his friend.

"Oh, Harry, you should have told us where you've been! I can't believe you just left us at the Ministry of Magic!" Hermione cried, "It's too dangerous, did Voldemort do anything to you?" What, oh my gosh, you've got blood all over you!"

"It's not my blood, Hermione," said Harry. "Well, most of it isn't my blood."

"That means you're injured!" Hermione shrieked. She reached out and turned Harry around, and then tore off the boy's clothes to examine the wounds and bloodstains carefully. Small wound, what happened? Oh, Harry, don't try to fool it like this, if you don't want me to tell Mrs Weasley - you know she's more exaggerated than I am - just spit it all out ! Merlin knows your heroism! You never know how to back off! Damn it!"

Harry took his friend and sat down on the sofa, the two looked at him and had nowhere to hide like a searchlight, Harry sighed, and slowly recounted the whole story, to the point where Voldemort tortured Harry and Tom didn't appear in time , Ron finally couldn't help but choked Tom: "You said you would protect Harry!"

Tom pursed his lips, his expression unreadable.

"You said it!" Ron swung his fist hard at the young Dark Lord, who shook his body and hit his head heavily on the coffee table. There was a gash near his right ear that stretched down to his jaw, blood mixed with bruises. Make him look bad.Tom blinked vigorously, and he looked up at the red-haired boy standing in front of him. His hands and feet were trembling with fear, but he never left his spot.

Ron suppressed his fear. His blue eyes were like hot flames. He was afraid of Tom, but he would not give up his duty as Harry's friend because of this. He must be a solid arm when the other party was weak. The Iron Triangle is one. of.Ron cleared his throat, his fist still had a lot of blood on it.

"Don't think I'm going to back down!" the red-haired wizard said firmly, "I know you are Voldemort, I don't care! Anyway, our family has already been on his attack list, and I don't mind adding another person to hunt down! "

"Then what are you going to do, avenge Harry and kill me?" Tom wiped off the blood on his face and put on a mocking expression, "Do you really have the ability, Weasley?"

"I'm weaker than you, but the three of us are united, even if—" Ron paused, "Even if I can't kill you, there are still Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor Lupine and Mad-Eye Mu Di and the others, at least we can beat you to a serious injury! Well, we will cripple you no matter what! They must have a way to beat you!"

"Ron, proper revenge is necessary," Hermione said, standing beside Ron, her face was a little pale, but she still gave Tom a slap, "It's not just for this time, Marvolo, The damage you gave Harry for a year is far more than just a slap—but Principal Dumbledore sent you back here to show that we don't need to attack you, and your current position is not clear."

Harry suddenly choked up, even Voldemort hadn't put him under the Cruciatus Curse to make him want to cry so much, he reached out to wipe away the tears that were about to come out, and broke the tense atmosphere with as calm a tone as possible: "Ron, huh Min, thank you."

"While I find such scenes touching and depressing, it's not drama time," Snape drew out behind them, his already pale skin looking even worse, Harry noticed. The man's hand unconsciously held his upper arm.Noticing Harry's gaze, Snape let go of his palm on the Dark Mark and continued, "Voldemort is angry that the Aurors have caught Crabbe and Goyle, although I don't think these two big fools are of much use .”

"What about our casualties?" Harry asked.

"Except for Dumbledore, they were all injured to varying degrees, and no one died." Snape took out a bottle of light blue potion and threw it to Harry. "The painkiller potion can relieve the pain of the Cruciatus Curse."

"Merlin! Voldemort used the Cruciatus Curse on you!" Hermione loudly condemned Harry's understatement just now, "You can't hide from us, Harry James Potter!"

Ron snorted, and he stared at Tom angrily again: "He should have been punched again."

"This house is bad enough, I don't want to see another corpse on the ground." Snape said angrily, he raised his chin and struggled for a while, then took out a bottle of blood tonic potion from his pocket and gave it to Tom , the latter drank it after careful observation, and the wound healed quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's about time." Snape murmured, and at almost the same time, the flames of the fireplace ignited, and a group of wizards crowded out of the fire, showing puzzled expressions at the tense atmosphere in front of them.The next moment Sirius pulled Harry into his arms, he looked at Snape suspiciously, only to be relieved when Harry nodded.After careful inspection to make sure that his godson was healthy, he still didn't let go of his perennial enemy: "You should teach Harry Occlumency, snot! If we don't hear from Hermione and Ron in time, Merlin knows what will happen to Harry now." I thought you'd at least protect the kid for Lily's sake! Or did your hatred for us put Lily aside! You ungrateful—"

"Shut up, stupid dog! What right do you have to mention Lily's name in front of me!" Harry realized that Snape's emotions had become very agitated, comparable to the last time he accidentally saw the other's memory.

"Stop! Can't you two let go of your hatred! Harry is still here!" Lupine reprimanded, Sirius and Snape quickly restrained their emotions, and never looked at each other again.Lupine sighed, and turned to look at the relit fire as Dumbledore came out slowly, smiling at the crowd, completely ignoring the tense atmosphere between the two sworn enemies.

Dumbledore solemnly declared: "We need a meeting to discuss the current situation."