harry potter book of crimes

The Order of Merlin represents honor.

For wizards who don't value honor, it is just a relatively rare collection; but for those wizards who value reputation and achievement as equal to their lives, it represents at least the recognition of the entire European magic community.

The Order of Merlin will not bring the most direct benefits to the recipient, but with this medal, it will become much easier to seek benefits.

Maka picked up the small medal from the box held by Akinbad and put it gently on his chest. The light on the surface of the medal lingered on his chest, as if even he himself seemed to stand taller.

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The youngest holder of the Order of Merlin in history was quietly born at such a private luncheon.

After all, the medal on Maka's front is actually closely linked to Voldemort. It not only represents Maka's achievements and honors, but also represents Maka's official announcement of how to draw a line with Voldemort.

will.

At this moment, a group of wizards in the audience were constantly whispering to each other. They were weighing the pros and cons of their current position, and carefully considering the path they would choose next.

Among them, those who are alone must first consider the safety of themselves and their families, but more powerful people need to consider the development direction of their own forces.

Until now, Dumbledore's intention in this private banquet has been clearly revealed.

After he and Maka continuously repelled Voldemort's offensive, and after the audio-visual conference hosted by Maka revealed the fact that "Voldemort is not invincible", Dumbledore obviously wanted to pursue victory and reshuffle the current force composition.

This is a direction and an necessity.

But of course Dumbledore and Maca also understand that this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. Today's luncheon is just the beginning.

Not long after, the luncheon finally ended in panic.

Under Dumbledore's introduction, Maka became familiar with many famous wizards today.

No matter which side those wizards are currently on, in the magical world with complicated interests, current enemies may not necessarily be future friends.

Maka understands this very well.

Watching the so-called "celebrities" leave one by one, Maka stood beside Dumbledore, quietly thinking about every step to take next.

"Dumbledore, MacLean..."

A voice sounded behind them, and Dumbledore and Maka turned around at the same time, smiling and nodding towards the man.

"Karkaroff," Dumbledore said with a smile, "I wonder if what happened today is what you wanted to see?"

"At least you can feel more at ease, right?" Maka followed.

Karkaroff looked at the old man and young man in front of him with a sullen face, and suddenly took a deep breath - if these two wizards had been standing together, Voldemort would never have the slightest hope of victory.

He looked back and forth at Dumbledore and Maca for a while, and finally took out a small metal tube from his arms and handed it to them.

"I still said the same thing, don't forget to promise me something!"

After Maka reached out to take it, Karkaroff turned around decisively and left quickly towards the school gate.

"Maka, do you remember what I said in the letter?" The two stood quietly for a while, and then Dumbledore suddenly said.

"Of course," Maka nodded, "If Professor wants to take a walk, I can accompany you at any time."

In the past two years, Maka's figure has grown a lot, but compared to Dumbledore, who was already tall, he is still far behind.

With the current momentum, Maka probably won't be as tall as Dumbledore in this life, but in Dumbledore's eyes, Maka is constantly growing.

Dumbledore and Maca walked in the garden on the side of the castle, looking at the colorful flowers around them, and their moods seemed to become much brighter.

"How are you feeling today?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.

"Not bad," Maka shrugged, "but in general, I still prefer to sit in the room with a lot of magic books, rather than a big black head."

"That's right! Many people want freedom, but sometimes what they want may not be easy to get." Dumbledore shrugged.

The two of them were walking in the garden, talking to each other, looking completely at ease.

Speaking of which, the conversations between the two rarely seemed to involve serious matters, especially during this kind of walk. They mostly chatted casually and said some specious things.

But in fact, for the two of them, what they need most is just to relax.

Both of them are very purposeful people. What they should do and what they should think have already been decided. Precisely because they both know this about each other, they rarely interfere with each other's intentions.

It was not until the end that Dumbledore looked at Maka and asked, "Are you ready?"

Maka raised the metal tube in her hand and said helplessly: "To be honest, I really don't want to at all... But it's now, and it's too late to regret it."

"Then it's up to you!" Dumbledore smiled, then simply turned around and headed towards the castle.

…

"McLean."

As soon as she returned to the Black family's old house, Maka was stopped by Sirius.

"I think you have to see this..."

Maka followed Sirius to the reception room, and a letter was immediately thrust into his hand.

"Letter from the Ministry of Magic?"

As he spoke, he unfolded the letter and read it carefully before nodding his head clearly.

"Maka, didn't you mean..." Harry, who was sitting beside him a little uneasily, said hesitantly.

"This is my negligence." Maka said calmly.

This letter was very familiar to Maka, because he had received something similar before.

Specifically, this is a notification document:

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Dear Mr. Porter:

According to relevant intelligence, there are traces of dementor activity in the Muggle family home you belong to.

In response, our department (Department of Magical Law Enforcement) dispatched Aurors to conduct an on-site investigation and discovered five corpses of magical creatures suspected of being dementors.

Therefore, you have been included in the list of suspects who colluded with the Dementors to defect and harass the Muggle people. In view of the seriousness of the case, we regret to inform you that you will be tried at the Ministry of Magic at 9:00 am on August 12th.

Pierce Thickness

Ministry of Magic, Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Auror Office.

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"Harry can't go!" Sirius said firmly, "There is obviously a problem with the Ministry of Magic, and now Fudge -"

"No," Maka retorted, "Harry has to go!"

"Do you understand what you are talking about!" Sirius grabbed Maka's arm and shouted loudly, "You should know the current situation in the Ministry of Magic best! Have you forgotten Snape's secret report?"

"That's why Harry should go." Maka said without changing her face, "If you want him to be like you, hiding here without being able to go out, then you can keep him!"

"Sirius, Maka is right." Lupine frowned and said worriedly.

After Maka finished speaking, she no longer paid attention to the silent Sirius, but turned her head and looked at Harry.

"Harry, let me tell you something first - according to Snape's secret report, the British Ministry of Magic has been infiltrated by Voldemort's forces - he has buried his own people in it a long time ago.

To be more precise, the current Ministry of Magic is indeed very dangerous."

"I..." Harry looked at Sirius and clenched his hands subconsciously.

"Don't worry about what Sirius says," Maka said calmly, "I just said, if you don't go, you have to hide here all the time; if you go, I have prepared a task for you..."

"Now, Harry, it's your decision on this matter - to go or not to go?"

After throwing this test to Harry, Maka turned and left the reception room. He knew that Harry needed some time to think about it.

In the corridor outside the reception room, Hermione suddenly chased him out and called out to him.

"Maka! You just said... was your negligence?" Hermione said in disbelief.

"Yes! Can't I be negligent?" Maka turned her head and smiled at her.

Hermione pursed her thin lips and argued, "I don't think that was your negligence!"

"Don't think that I'm too perfect, there will always be omissions as human beings, right?" Maka shook her head casually and said.

Hermione curled her lips disapprovingly, pointed at Maka and said, "Do you think I haven't seen you when you make a mistake?"

"Um?"

Maka couldn't help but be startled when he heard this - the first thing he thought of was the time when Luna was injured, but for Hermione, the most profound impression she had was the moment at the end of the first grade.

The look on Maka's face at that time was enough to be engraved in Hermione's mind for the rest of her life.

"Okay, okay! I admit that you guessed well this time..." Maka said softly, then smiled and waved to her, "Go to the study with me first, and we can have a chat there."

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Although Harry still didn't sleep well at night recently, and from time to time he would think about problems that seemed far away from him, he finally felt happy for the first time during the entire summer vacation.

Life here is very easy, everyone is together and they all have each other to rely on.

But today, he was lying in bed, looking at the ceiling blurred by the night, and couldn't help but think of the terrible things that were about to be tried at the Ministry of Magic.

Has the Ministry of Magic been controlled by Voldemort? Or is he on the way to control it? Even Maka said it was very dangerous there, wouldn't that mean...

When he thought of this, fear pierced his heart like countless sharp needles.

These sudden things were so terrifying that he didn't dare to say it out loud, not even to Ron and Hermione.

As for the two of them, even though Harry had seen them muttering together during dinner before and casting worried glances at him from time to time, they, like him, said nothing about this matter.

"What exactly... should we do?"