Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 243 I Sell Myself (two updates in one)

The explosion that occurred deep in the Forbidden Forest woke up almost everyone.

After hearing what Harry said, Dumbledore was the first to react, turned around and ran outside the castle.

Snape also followed Dumbledore with a solemn expression.

Then there's Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic.

Although Cornelius Fudge was extremely frightened, he had to go——

No one likes a cowardly Minister of Magic who has to go to the place where the explosion occurred even for show.

Anyway, there is Dumbledore by his side, so he has nothing to fear.

Then you can arrange for the Daily Prophet to preach about your bravery and fearlessness——

On the way from the castle to the Forbidden Forest, Cornelius Fudge even thought about the interview script for the Daily Prophet.

Harry and Hermione also wanted to follow them out, but Madam Pomfrey rushed over and pushed them back onto the bed.

"You must have a good rest!" Madam Pomfrey said sternly.

When other teachers rushed to Hagrid's hut, only Hagrid and Cornelius Fudge were standing at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

"Where are Hagrid, Albus and Severus?" Professor McGonagall, who was walking at the front, asked.

"Professor Dumbledore went to the Forbidden Forest by himself. Let's wait here now." Hagrid said, "Then I asked Professor Snape to check the surrounding situation of the school in case someone takes advantage of the chaos and raids the school."

"Thank God!" Professor McGonagall praised, then turned around and said:

"Filius, you go find Severus and help him guard the surrounding area of ​​the school."

"Yes, ma'am." Professor Flitwick agreed.

"Pomona, take Minister Fudge back to the castle first, then wake up Fitch and ask him to help manage the students. Keep all students in the common room and are not allowed to go out at will." Professor McGonagall added richly.

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"Okay." Professor Sprout agreed, "What about you? Minerva?"

"I'm right here. If Albus sends a signal or if we don't come out of the Forbidden Forest within twenty minutes, Hagrid and I will enter the Forbidden Forest immediately," Professor McGonagall said.

"Okay, Minerva." Sprout said, "Be careful."

"I will." Professor McGonagall said, "Okay, go quickly and pay attention to your safety."

After the instructions were given, everyone dispersed and followed Professor McGonagall's instructions.

Fortunately, the worst case scenario imagined by Professor McGonagall did not happen——

About ten minutes later, Dumbledore appeared at the entrance of the Forbidden Forest with a gloomy face, holding a thin figure in his arms.

"Oh, thank God, Albus, you're okay -" Professor McGonagall hurriedly rushed forward, but halfway when she saw the person in Dumbledore's arms, Professor McGonagall stopped.

, involuntarily covered his mouth with his hands——

"Oh...no, no!" Professor McGonagall had tears in her eyes.

When she was only a few steps away from Dumbledore, McGonagall finally saw clearly the person in Dumbledore's arms——

Tiera!

"No, what's going on? What's going on? Albus!" Professor McGonagall cried with a hint of anger, "How could this happen?"

Tiera's Hogwarts uniform was in tatters and stained with blood and dirt.

But if it were just like this, Professor McGonagall would obviously not show such an expression. What is more eye-catching is his right arm——

Or rather the base of his incomplete right hand.

Tiera's entire right arm disappeared, leaving only a little bit of bone and flesh injured by the explosion where it was connected to his shoulder.

In addition, half of Tiera's right face is covered with burn marks, and his closed right eye is continuously bleeding out -

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Professor McGonagall was still repeating those words dully.

In the more than a thousand years since Hogwarts was founded, there have been no more serious accidents than this.

But no accident has been as bloody as this one, and never once has death and blood been nakedly torn apart in front of Professor McGonagall.

"Okay McGonagall! He's still alive!" Dumbledore said with anger in his voice, "Let's go, we have to rush to the school hospital!"

"Yes, yes, yes..." McGonagall responded dully, "School hospital, school hospital! We... we have to hand him over to Madam Pomfrey quickly! Maybe... maybe his right arm...

…His right arm can still be saved!”

"Quick, Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall made way for a moment, and then said, "Go find Severus and Filius and ask them to assemble at the school hospital!"

Hagrid was so frightened that he just stood there blankly from beginning to end.

"Hagrid!" Professor McGonagall screamed again, and then patted Hagrid hard.

"Yes, yes, yes, madam..." Hagrid suddenly came back to his senses, "I...I'll go right away!"

When Dumbledore carried Tiera to the campus hospital, Harry and Hermione heard the noise, jumped out of bed and ran to the door——

"No!" Harry seemed to be overtaken by a nightmare. The moment he saw Tiera, Harry felt that something terrible had exploded in his mind.

"Tiera! What's wrong with Tiera?" Harry asked hurriedly.

"Get out of the way!" After Dumbledore put Tiera on the hospital bed, Madam Pomfrey hurried over, drove everyone out of the ward, and then pulled down the white curtains around the hospital bed.

"Mr. Headmaster!" After being roughly kicked out of the ward by Madam Pomfrey, Harry asked anxiously, "Tiera..."

"Tiera's life is not in danger for the time being." Dumbledore said solemnly, "Now I hope you and Hermione will return to the dormitory immediately. This matter is very likely-"

"It's Peter Pettigrew, isn't it?" Harry suddenly shouted.

"Harry, don't be stupid." Fudge said carefully, "Peter Pettigrew has been dead long ago...killed by Sirius Black himself -"

"No! It's Peter Pettigrew!" Harry roared, forcibly interrupting Fudge, "It's Peter Pettigrew! Pettigrew is not dead at all! He was disguised as Ron's rat Scabbers and has been lurking in the Weasley house for ten years.

Two years! Sirius escaped from prison just to catch him!"

"That's enough -" Cornelius Fudge seemed to really get angry and yelled at Harry -

Then Cornelius Fudge felt a cold feeling behind his back. He quietly turned his head and found Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore looking at him with gloomy expressions——

"Uh... ah... Abba... ah... I, I mean... I mean Sirius Black happens to have escaped from prison now..." Connelly racked his brains to explain, "I mean Sirius

Just after escaping from prison... Tiera was attacked... I... I have to suspect that Sirius planned all this... Of course, it may also be his accomplice..."

"It's Peter Pettigrew!" Harry shouted, "Tiera is after him. Tiera wants to catch him, catch him and clear Sirius's suspicion."

"Of course..." Cornelius Fudge seemed startled by Harry's determination and took a step back. But suddenly, Cornelius Fudge realized how inappropriate his behavior just now was and stood forward again.

He took a step forward, and then suddenly said loudly, "Of course! We are all just guessing now. We don't have to wait for him to wake up before we can make a conclusion about the real situation...and...and...and in Tiera's situation, I

I think we have to inform his parents... no matter... no matter what Tiera says, I think his parents will eventually need to be present... I mean Tiera is probably under an illusion or the Imperius Curse, we have to wait for him

His parents should be present, or let his parents come and break the curse themselves to restore the truth of the matter."

"It's a pity..." Cornelius Fudge said with regret, "It's a pity that Mr. Lockhart has been traveling in the past year... Maybe we need to send someone to find him... If he can't be found... I'm afraid we...

We can’t accept his testimony... we can’t..."

"I think it won't be such a bother, Mr. Minister," Snape said as he walked over quickly, followed by Gilderoy Lockhart, whom Fudge was still discussing just now.

"Oh...Mr. Lockhart!" Fudge said obviously surprised, "You...why are you here?"

"What's going on?" Dumbledore also asked in confusion.

"Mr. Headmaster, when Professor Flitwick and I were patrolling around the castle, we found him standing at the gate, saying that he was here to take Tiera home," Snape said.

"What's going on?" Dumbledore looked at Lockhart strangely——

Gilderoy Lockhart looked very strange at this time. He was wearing a bright red robe, and in his hand was a strange staff that was almost as tall as him. The top of the staff was inlaid with a huge white gem.

The other hand holds a large thick book.

"Hello, Mr. Headmaster Dumbledore. Hello, Mr. Minister."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" greeted him politely, and then said, "That's it, Tiera and I made an agreement to pick him up the afternoon after he finished the exam, that is, yesterday afternoon, but

Unfortunately, I got caught up in some things, so I arrived a little late. So I plan to stay in Hogsmeade Village first and pick up Tiera tomorrow morning."

Having said this, "Gilderoy Lockhart" paused for a moment, and then continued, "But just now, just when I entered Hogsmeade Village, I heard a sound coming from the direction of Hogwarts.

There was an explosion, and I thought something might have happened, so I hurried over."

"Oh yes! Yes, I remember, I remember Tiera told me that you were coming to pick him up." Cornelius Fudge said, "That way we can eliminate Mr. Lockhart's suspicion!"

"What suspicion?"

Gilderoy Lockhart said, pretending to be confused.

"It's like this, Mr. Lockhart, Sirius is here tonight..." Cornelius Fudge explained.

"It's Pettigrew—"

At this time, Tiera's frightened shouts suddenly came from the ward——

"It's Pettigrew! It's that rat! It's Ron's rat! Madam Pomfrey, tell the Headmaster! Pettigrew is not dead!"

Everyone standing outside the ward door looked at each other, then pushed open the door to the ward almost at the same time and walked in.

Dumbledore and Cornelius Fudge took the lead because they were closest to the door.

Then came Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Hermione, and then Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick and "Gilderoy Lockhart".

"Stop! What are you going to do! Get out..." Madam Pomfrey shouted angrily.

"Oh...no...no!" Harry and Hermione wailed——

Because at this time, they saw that in addition to her right arm, Tiera's beautiful golden right eye had also disappeared, leaving only an empty, dark right eye socket.

"No! Tiera!" Harry wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by Professor McGonagall——

"You have nothing to do here." Professor McGonagall said, and then pushed Harry and Hermione out of the door——

"Go back quickly! Go back quickly!"

"Are you sure? Are you sure it's Pettigrew?" Dumbledore rushed to Tiera's bed and said.

"Be gentle, Headmaster!" Madam Pomfrey shouted, "He's hurt badly!"

"It's Pettigrew! Pettigrew is still alive!" Tiera shouted, "It's Pettigrew!"

"This is impossible! It can't be Pettigrew!" Cornelius Fudge argued, "Petttigrew has been dead for more than ten years! It can't be him! Tiera must have been confused by Black's curse!"

"Get out!" Madam Pomfrey interrupted, "Get out! He needs to rest!"

"I think it's possible." Snape wanted to struggle one last time, "After all..."

"That's enough Snape." Dumbledore shouted sharply, "Don't bring your personal grudges into this situation anymore!"

"Enough of you!" Madam Pomfrey roared menacingly.

Everyone was stunned in an instant——

"Get out of here!" Madam Pomfrey said angrily, "This poor child needs to rest!"

The best-selling British wizarding author, Master of Potions, Master of Transfiguration, Champion of Charms Duel, the greatest white wizard in history, Minister of Magic, savior, and the brightest young witch was kicked out of the school hospital.

"I don't want to see any of you in this room until I give you permission!" Madam Pomfrey said and slammed the door of the school hospital.

"I think the situation is clear now," Dumbledore said. "Twelve years ago, Peter Pettigrew faked his own death and blamed it on Sirius Black."

"The matter is not clear, Dumbledore!" Cornelius Fudge said, "Whether the matter is like this or not depends only on the words of one of his children. Who would believe that a person who has been dead for more than ten years suddenly comes back to life?"

"It's not resurrection, it's faking his own death." Dumbledore said with a stern face, seeming to suppress his anger and impatience, "I will appeal this matter to the Wizengamot Tribunal and ask them to rehear it more than ten years ago.

Blake case."

After saying that, Dumbledore walked away without giving Fudge any face.

"Come on, kids, I'll take you back to your dormitory." Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick waved to Harry and Hermione and said.

Professor Snape gritted his teeth angrily on the spot, but he had no choice but to wave his wizard robe and leave the school hospital.

Cornelius Fudge was left standing there, his face turning blue and purple with anger.

After a while, maybe only a few seconds, Cornelius Fudge relied on his strong political training to return his expression to that polite smile.

"Mr. Lockhart," Cornelius Fudge said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see, Mr. Minister."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" responded with a smile, "It seems that my son has caused you some trouble."

"Oh, no, no...it's nothing..." Cornelius Fudge responded with a smile, "No, nothing."

"Alas..." Then Cornelius Fudge sighed, "Tiera is a poor child... she just broke free from the Dark Lord's Imperius Curse... and was... injured by Sirius Black.

Like this... and being deceived..."

"Mr. Minister..."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" smiled and said, "What if...I mean what if, what if I could persuade Tiera to change his story?"

"Really, really?" Cornelius Fudge said in surprise, "That's great! You've been a big help! Mr. Lockhart!"

"certainly."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" said, "But I also hope that the Ministry of Magic can do something for me."

"What's the matter?" Cornelius Fudge said, "Just say it, Mr. Lockhart, just say it, if you can make Tiera change her story, it will be a great help to the Ministry of Magic! You will be a friend of the Ministry of Magic!

"

"hey-hey."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" laughed, and then said:

"My request is simple..."

"First of all, it's the compensation for Tiera. In order to make him relax, I need to negotiate compensation with the Ministry of Magic first."

"Please speak," said Cornelius Fudge.

"First of all... I hope the Ministry of Magic can fully pay for Tiera's expenses and materials for making prosthetic arms and eyes."

"That's no problem!" Cornelius Fudge said, "I will make arrangements immediately after I return and ensure that the best alchemists are hired to make prosthetic limbs for Mr. Lockhart."

"Okay, secondly, I hope to award Tiye with a second-class Medal of the Merlin Order."

"Gilderoy Lockhart" said, "I think Tiera has suffered so much, so she deserves a medal like this, right?"

"That's no problem!" Cornelius Fudge agreed, "This is what little Mr. Lockhart deserves."

"Very well, there is one last point about little Tiera's compensation."

"Please speak." Cornelius Fudge pretended to listen carefully.

"I think you also know that Tiera's injury is likely to have an impact on his study progress...and our little Tiera is a little wizard who loves learning extremely, and his injury will definitely affect him.

The learning efficiency... I think even to make little Tiera happy... we should help him, right?"

"Yes Yes."

"So I think... I hope the Ministry of Magic can make an exception and lend the time turner to little Tiera for one year... I mean... it would be best for little Tiera to use it to study from the beginning of the summer vacation...

After all, you know, it’s hard for any child to be able to be normal after such a horrific experience... I think maybe he should be allowed to indulge in the ocean of learning."

"Yes, yes, this request is very reasonable." Cornelius Fudge said, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief. These requests made by "Gilderoy Lockhart" are not difficult things to handle, even for Cornelius Fudge.

For Lifuji, it was a very simple matter, "I think we should keep little Tiera busy so that she can forget this horrific experience."

"Are these the requirements?" Cornelius Fudge asked.

"For Tiera, I think these compensations should be enough, but... I personally still need help from the Ministry of Magic for a small matter."

"Speaking."

"I need money," Gilderoy Lockhart said. "I need a lot of gold galleons."

"About how much?" Cornelius Fudge asked, "We at the Ministry of Magic have an event and I, as the Minister, can..."

"Seven hundred thousand gold galleons," Gilderoy Lockhart said.

"No! This is impossible!" Cornelius Fudge said in shock, "Our entire Ministry of Magic does not have so much funds!"

"But Gringotts does." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, "I don't want to use so much money, I just plan to use the money as bait to hunt a demon."

"Hunting demons?" Cornelius Fudge asked.

"Yes, and I promise to return the principal with interest within two years. If necessary, I can make an unbreakable curse." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, "I just hope that the Ministry of Magic can help me

Guarantee it, and it will make it a little less difficult for me to borrow the money."

"If it's just a guarantee... no problem." Cornelius Fudge said.

"Very good, then." Gilderoy Lockhart said with a smile, and then extended his hand, "Enjoy the cooperation?"

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Cornelius Fudge responded with a smile.

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