The Rise of the Muggles at Hogwarts

Chapter 231 Attack (3)

Draco felt as if his head was empty, like a clean crucible that had not yet been lit.

He looked at Anthony in shock and disbelief, and after a while, he uttered two words in a daze.

"no!"

"I guess so," Anthony said with a smile, because he just looked at Draco's left arm and there was no mark of the Dark Lord on it.

After all, Voldemort has just been resurrected, and he hasn't had time to certify him yet?

"Then what mission did he assign to you?"

"..."

"Don't be so shy!" Anthony's eyes flickered. He had already guessed that this little guy definitely had some secret, and it might be related to Voldemort.Maybe he could swindle something useful.

"No! No! Are you bothered? Damn Windsor." Malfoy said rudely.

"Tch, forget it if you don't tell me." He raised his head, looked at Draco meaningfully, and said, "Don't get too close to Voldemort, little guy, I know you, Draco is not a bad person. child'."

"Haha!" Malfoy's pupils suddenly tightened, and then as if to cover up his gaffe, he immediately let out a short snort.

"The main thing is what if Voldemort is just a pawn this time?"

Anthony grinned and quietly stepped back.

"How's it going? Did he tell me anything else?" As soon as he got close to Harry, he hurriedly asked.

"No!"

"I'm telling you, Malfoy won't tell. Their family are all Death Eaters. As I say, find an opportunity to corner him in a corner, beat him up, and make sure he tells everything." Luo En whispered carelessly, his eyes exuding a fierce light, constantly passing over Draco's body.

"Shut up Ron." Hermione scolded in a low voice, "What a stupid idea."

"If you have something good, come and do it!"

"Ahem! We can pretend to be Draco's friends and trick him!" the little witch said pointedly while adding the herbs in her hand into the crucible in a hurry.

Um - Anthony glanced at Hermione's skillful movements under her hands. He already knew that Hermione had read the "Powerful Potion".Last year, she often tricked Sirius into giving her autographs for going to the Restricted Book Zone.

And with Sirius's kind of character, he wouldn't ask what Hermione was doing. Think about it when he was young...

There must have been a lot of sneaking into the forbidden book area.

These deeds have almost become his medals of merit.So Sirius didn't have much control at all.The autograph was given more decisively than Lockhart.

Of course Anthony never asked him for an autograph.

He usually walked in directly wearing Harry's invisibility cloak.

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Last year, for the whole year, Hermione almost memorized the book "Powerful Potions". She had long wanted to try brewing the advanced potions in it to prove herself, but she had no good excuse.

Now is the opportunity.

"I don't think he would tell Gawain or Crabbe these two idiots such an important thing." Anthony said lightly.

This is not a secret room.After all, adult wizards knew what happened at Hogwarts more than ten years ago. It was not a secret in the first place. It was normal for Malfoy to tell his two followers.

But this time it was different. If Voldemort really gave him a mission in person, would he say it?

Although Malfoy is not smart, he is definitely not stupid. Of course, the Dark Lord's mission is that the fewer people know about it, the better.Of course, he didn't think Draco's plan had any chance of success.

When class was about to end, Anthony saw Draco holding up a book and ran out the moment Snape left. Even his two followers, Malfoy, were not taken with him.

Both Harry and Ron scoffed at his haste, thinking they deserved it.But Anthony admired his hesitation.

The hesitation shows that Draco still has the possibility of saving. After all, we cannot expect every pure-blood wizard to choose to betray his original family like Sirius did.

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Time passed slowly, and school life always passed by very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already a few weeks ago, and not much happened in the recent period. Except for Hagrid, who was severely warned by Professor McGonagall, he was a little depressed. He thought The magical animals he owns are not dangerous, and he has been requesting Dumbledore to let him show the young wizards some truly 'powerful' magical animals.

Unfortunately, this request was naturally rejected by Dumbledore.Hagrid has been depressed because of this.

Except for the first time, nothing interesting happened in other classes. The Defense Against the Dark Arts class was solid. Professor Lupine was experienced. This year, his class results were even better. Everyone liked him.

And Anthony is also in the process of learning runes. It is undeniable that he is indeed very talented. In the words of Professor Bathida Barbling, she has never seen a little wizard with such an easy brain.

Although his memory does not reach the level of photographic memory, it is not much different. Anthony can memorize the complex magic texts after just reading them a few times, and he can master them by practicing a few times.

Of course, how to apply magic words into magic spells is a huge problem, and there is no shortcut.He's still figuring it out.

For a few weeks, Anthony's only source of happiness, apart from the gold galleons that kept coming in, was the strange news in the Daily Prophet.

——Perhaps the direct isolation from Muggles is no longer in name only. Many Muggles have appeared in the Daily Prophet these days. For various reasons, some of which are due to accidental exposure of wizards' magic. Some of them were discovered by Muggles, and some were accidentally broken into the magical world by Muggles.

On September 23, the Daily Prophet reported a piece of news.

Two Muggles were involved in a climbing accident near Cairngorm Mountain and are still unconscious.

This was not a big deal, after all, mountaineering accidents happen every year.

But the third survivor escaped by hiding in a crack in the rocks. When he returned to London, he announced that they were attacked by trolls (or giants).

"I saw an obvious scratch on Mrs. Smith's back. I thought it was a beast, a very big beast!" a female reporter from The Times said with confidence.

Naturally, the Ministry of Magic also sent investigators. They did find traces of giants near Cairngorm Mountain. However, the Department for the Management of Magical Creatures strongly denied that this was an attack. They believed that it was a few stupid Muggles. A gimmick-earning performance by the director.

This entanglement lasted for several days, and the Daily Prophet was also following up on the report.

This matter continues to ferment, and even the other side of the ocean is getting involved.

The injured Smith was on the cover of Time Magazine at the end of September.The photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the hospital.

This is the fourth time that Time Magazine has recently set its sights on London. Last year, a gray and white photo of the fall of London foreshadowed the London attacks.

Within a few days, another picture of the back of a man in a robe appeared on the cover of Time Magazine, with the title: Them?

Then came Person of the Year, Mr. Harker's reluctantly melancholy face, which became the cover.

Including this time, it’s four times.

Anthony is increasingly convinced that the United States is definitely involved in wizarding things in Europe!Although I don't know how they lifted the restrictions of the confidentiality law, it is obvious that those guys are really fast.The technique of heating the fire is so skillful, it seems that this is not the first time.

While Anthony was waiting for reports on subsequent events, a sudden tragedy immediately made the fragile nerves of the entire British wizarding world tense again.

The Quibbler's editor-in-chief, Mr. Lovegood, has been kidnapped.

And this is not a secret operation.

Several wizards in black robes rushed directly into the headquarters of "The Quibbler". After killing and wounding several people, they forcibly took Lovegood away.

...

Public opinion in the magic world exploded instantly!

what is this?

Is it possible that we (ordinary people) will be attacked while hiding at home in the future?

Commit violence in the street, kill people and set fires, and then escape calmly...

This is no longer a slap in the face of the Ministry of Magic, it is simply riding on their heads and shitting.

Because it's not that the Aurors didn't arrive on time, but... they were defeated. Yes, several Aurors felt the scene a few minutes after the attack, but the other party... those black-robed wizards were very Powerful, not only with magical power, but also with fighting qualities. They are like a group of warriors who have experienced hundreds of battles.

Although there were no casualties on the Auror side, they were unable to stop them.

...On that day, Minister of Magic Barty Cratchit bowed and apologized to wizards all over the UK in front of the Golden Hall of the Ministry of Magic...

He said that the London incident had caused heavy casualties among the Aurors, and he admitted that the Aurors were now in decline.

However, they also have a response plan. The Ministry of Magic will urgently recruit retired and experienced Aurors to return to their posts, including 'Mad Eye' Alastor Moody.This extremely fine and famous Auror.

He even revealed that magic will urgently recruit an expert in dealing with Death Eaters and a hero to join.

And this news was not concealed for long, and soon a wizard dug it out. This expert on Death Eaters was talking about Sirius Black, who was currently idle at home!

He was indeed a legendary wizard. During the First Wizarding War, he had thwarted the Death Eaters' plots many times and escaped from that person's hands many times.

It can be said that no one is more experienced in dealing with dark wizards than his group of experienced wizards.

Moreover, the Ministry of Magic is also deliberately building momentum for Sirius!

There is no way, the current public opinion environment is too pessimistic, we must give people a ray of hope.And Sirius was that hope.

Everything seemed to be going in an orderly manner, until one person stood up and objected to Sirius joining the Aurors.

What no one expected was that that person turned out to be Dumbledore!