harry potter book of crimes

Maka is now walking back to the office. Because it is still class time, there are almost no people walking in the corridor and it is very quiet.

His regular footsteps echoed in the corridor, making a sound.

Ever since he came out of Umbridge's office, his expression had not looked too clear. It was clear that he had just used the Legilimency Spell to forcibly capture the other party's memory, but the content he learned as a result had not yet been given to him.

He brings too many explanations.

What made him determined to obtain information by force this time was actually the first notice on the bulletin board. At the end of the notice issued by the Ministry of Magic, where the minister signed it was written:

"Rufus Scrimgeour".

So, where is Cornelius Fudge?

From Umbridge's memory, Maka understood the most intuitive situation. In this regard, the truth was not beyond his expectation - the timid Fudge was quietly taken away by Voldemort.

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In fact, Fudge had already been restrained by Voldemort at the beginning of this school year. It was just his shrinking character that seemed to dissatisfy Voldemort.

But even so, Voldemort would never choose to get rid of Fudge easily. Between Maka and Voldemort, Fudge, the Minister of Magic, plays a balancing role.

After all, the Ministry of Magic is still full of ordinary wizards. Even if Voldemort wants to add more people, he will give up such a blatant and stupid behavior because he considers Maka's reaction.

After all, it was Voldemort himself who chose to avoid frontal combat and tried to attack Hogwarts within the "rules."

But now, because of Dumbledore's inexplicable death, the situation is bound to change.

Although Dumbledore's funeral has not been officially held yet, the news has already been released. Voldemort, who has become more and more suspicious, will naturally not choose to "take advantage of the situation" rashly.

But after excluding this most direct response method, what is left is of course "testing".

The disappearance of Cornelius Fudge was obviously a test by Voldemort in response to Dumbledore's death.

After today, what kind of reaction Hogwarts will make, and how big the reaction will be, will become reference information for Voldemort's side.

The second thing Maka wanted to confirm was, of course, the truth about the Minos incident.

First of all, Maka knew the conversation between Umbridge and the black Bombay Cat decorative plate. It could be said that not even every sentence, every word, not even the tiniest movement had escaped the powerful Legilimency.

Search for telekinesis.

In order to present the memory in the clearest state in her mind, the Legilimency technique used by Maka has exceeded the scope of general safety standards, which is bound to cause damage to Umbridge's spirit.

But when he saw those eyes hidden behind the mist in Umbridge's memory, he did so without hesitation.

"Could that be...Gellert Greenwald?"

Maka thought this was very possible, because that look was completely unlike what Voldemort should have - plain, wise, firm, and profound.

He had seen that look on another wizard before. Of course, it was the previous headmaster of Hogwarts, the great white wizard Albus Dumbledore.

Not to mention the difference between Grindelwald and Dumbledore, Maka knew that these two former close friends and enemies were both "real wizards" with absolute faith.

Regardless of whether the belief is good or bad, any belief is a kind of "**", which has nothing to do with secular moral standards.

The hazy eyes he saw in Umbridge's memory were undoubtedly holding on to some kind of pure belief.

If those eyes are really Grinwald's, doesn't that mean that Umbridge had contact with Voldemort and Grinwald, the two generations of Dark Lords, at the same time?

"...'The tombstone of sin will eventually change hands'."

Thinking of Trelawney's prophecy, reality seems to be changing in that direction.

For Maka, it is obviously the best situation for the Bewitched Monument to remain in Voldemort's hands, because Voldemort's Horcrux magic is like a series of shackles that can firmly lock the disaster behind the Bewitched Monument.

But if the Bewitched Monument really falls into the hands of Grindelwald, its future development will become unknown again.

"Maka!"

A voice interrupted his thoughts and brought him back to reality from the chaotic speculation.

"Harry?" Maka said, looking at the anxious boy in front of the corridor, "What's wrong? It's still class time - what happened?"

As soon as he saw Maka, who had just turned the corner of the corridor, Harry hurriedly came up to meet him, and Hedwig, who was standing on his shoulder, swayed for a while.

"Huh? Is your owl injured?"

That snow-white owl has always been beautiful, but now it looks like its feathers are messy and it's not in good spirits.

"Oh - yes, Hedwig, she -" Harry said, suddenly paused, "No, Hedwig's wait... Maka, you have to read this! It should be written by Sirius...

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Maka reached out and took the crumpled parchment handed over by Harry. When she saw the dark red writing on it, she couldn't help but pick it up and put it under her nose to smell it.

"Blood book?" He said inexplicably, "Has he run out of magic power?"

If the magic power is not exhausted, text can be displayed with a tap of the wand. If the spell is used proficiently, a large paragraph can be written in just a few seconds, and there is no need to use blood to write.

"What on earth happened to him... shouldn't he?"

To be honest, when Maka learned that Sirius secretly left Black's old house, he was not worried at all. Because before that, he had already let some Acromantulas hide in several places where they might encounter

on dangerous members.

Sirius, who has never been at peace, is naturally one of them.

So, what kind of crisis did he encounter that caused the alienated Acromantula to fail to protect him?

"I'll handle this matter, you go back to class first!" Maka raised the parchment in her hand and said to Harry, "I will find him -"

Immediately afterwards, he took out another bottle of potion and stuffed it into Harry's hand.

"Give your owl a drink and he'll be fine soon."

Seeing that Harry still seemed uneasy, Maka didn't say anything more. He just patted Harry on the shoulder and continued walking forward.

"Maka——"

Harry couldn't help but shout at his back, but he didn't know what to say or what to do.

Maka turned around and glanced at him, as if she suddenly thought of something.

That was the third thing he saw in Umbridge's memory, which was a conversation between Sokas and Umbridge. Judging from the time, it should be him in the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

The time I met Sokas in front of the door.

"Umbridge probably won't come to trouble you again, but you still have to be careful, especially the boy from Minos named 'Socradis'!"

Maka said, hesitated for a moment, and then shook her head.

"No, except for that boy, other refugee students from Minos Magic School should also pay attention! Do you understand?"

The content of the conversation between Sokas and Umbridge cannot be said to be very clear. Although Umbridge did discuss some topics with Sokas in an attempt to disturb the students at Hogwarts, the specifics

The plan has not been mentioned yet.

If anything, it can only be regarded as a pre-planning discussion at best.

And somehow, Maka felt that Sokas didn't seem to be that interested in disrupting Hogwarts, and there was a bit of perfunctory hidden in his plain attitude.

Judging from what Umbridge said to the contact person on the decorative plate, Sokas should also be from there... There may be some hidden secrets that Umbridge doesn't know about.

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"...Sokaldis? There are others? Maka said that?" Hermione said in surprise.

On the stone steps leading to the underground classroom, Harry caught up with Hermione and Ron. The two of them looked just like him, both looking very worried.

"Yes!" Harry nodded, "He only mentioned the 'Sokaldis' at first, but then he added that other people should also pay attention..."

"Oh... then... Helen should be fine?" Hermione said hesitantly, "She is a good child..."

Hermione said with a worried look on her face, lifted the shoulder strap of her schoolbag again, and her pace quickened again - because the class bell rang again.

"Anyway, the first thing you should pay attention to is the 'tongue twister'. That's right!" Ron came up and said, "By the way, how is Hedwig? Where's the letter?"

"Maka said he would take care of it," Harry said dully, "Although I can't rest assured, leaving it to Maka must be the right decision. No matter how worried we are, we can only wait..."

"As long as we keep working hard, we will be able to help sooner or later." Hermione patted Harry's arm and pursed her lips.

The three of them walked down the stone steps with heavy steps, and next came two consecutive potions classes. Thinking of facing Snape's difficulties in this situation, Harry couldn't help but want to skip class.

However, when they came to the basement corridor, they were awakened by an annoying sound.

That was Draco Malfoy. He was standing at the door of the classroom, waving a piece of parchment in his hand, and speaking in a loud voice that could be heard clearly from such a distance.

"...That's right! Sokas asked Umbridge to approve the Slytherin Quidditch team's reorganization application early in the morning, so fast that it was almost automatic! I dare say, if I go, that's all I can do.

Soon - as you know, my father is very familiar with her, and he is often invited to visit the Ministry of Magic..."

As he spoke, Malfoy suddenly paused, and then he pretended to laugh again: "As for Gryffindor... I'm not telling you, whether they can pass the application is still a big problem! Isn't it?"

Behind Malfoy, the slightly thin Thokas just stood there with a smile, and he didn't show much reaction to the surprises the other Slytherins threw at him.

"Harry..."

Hermione turned her head and looked at him, as if she was worried that he would do something impulsive again.

"No, I'm fine -" Harry shook his head expressionlessly, "Maka just reminded me what I should pay attention to, I won't forget it so soon."