Hogwarts: My name is the Unforgivable Curse

7pm, Durmstrang Castle Hall.

The originally spacious auditorium was once again filled to capacity with students from the three schools, and in the teacher's seat in front, Karkaroff was still sitting in the middle, flanked by Dumbledore, Maxim and Barty... Crouch.

The seat that originally belonged to Ludo Bagman is still conspicuously vacant. At a glance, people can immediately think of the strange murder a few days ago, the castle that may have been infiltrated, and those that may happen, between wizards and The dispute between goblins... This created a depressing atmosphere in the entire auditorium.

"Then, we will now announce the latest progress in the investigation of the Ludo Bagman case, as well as further detailed arrangements for the Triwizard Tournament schedule."

Karkaroff's voice echoed in the auditorium: "If nothing else happens, a meeting like today will be held every week in the future, in order to allow everyone to have a clearer understanding of the current situation and reduce some discomfort. Necessary worries and suspicions...Thanks to Professor Dumbledore for this suggestion."

A burst of sparse applause slowly sounded, and soon disappeared. Dumbledore chuckled and nodded without saying anything more.

‘Karkaroff indeed has an unbreakable oath. ’

Taking advantage of the opportunity to see Karkaroff again, Avada took one last careful look at his mental and vitality structures, and then unexpectedly discovered the Unbreakable Vow that echoed Crouch's body. : 'In this way, all the previous speculations can be confirmed. ’

'But...why do they seem to be quite relaxed judging from their mental state? ’

Avada glanced at the mental strength of the four referees with some doubts: "It's okay for Crouch and Karkaroff to take it easy. Dumbledore probably didn't tell them what would happen next... But what about Dumbledore himself?" Not nervous at all? ’

'If the situation goes to the worst, it is very likely that he will have to single out the two top wizards Karkaroff and Crouch, plus a whole team of investigation team members, and be distracted from protecting other students... This will be very difficult for him. Are you saying there is no pressure at all? ’

'And Madame Maxime was also calm... Dumbledore didn't tell her the plan? Isn't she trustworthy? ’

"...Then, Mr. Barty Crouch will summarize the latest progress of the investigation team."

Barty Crouch stood up with a serious expression and began to talk about the various clues he and the investigation team discovered during the process of "solving the case", as well as the negotiations with the "goblins" in the outside world. The words were filled with meaningless details and gobbledygook, which made the students below feel drowsy. Even the people who paid most attention to this matter at the beginning had no idea what was going to happen next after hearing a lot of clichés. Interested...

Finally, after reading a bunch of technical terms that had no meaning, Crouch finally sat down again.

"I would like to thank Mr. Crouch for his report and for his and the investigative team's continued hard work."

Karkaroff nodded, not paying attention to the performance of the students below: "Then, if there are no other questions, it will be up to me to announce the latest schedule of the Triwizard Tournament..."

"Wait a minute, Professor."

Hearing three familiar voices overlapping around them, the students opened their eyes wide and turned their heads to look at the place where the sound came closest to them - in the middle front of the auditorium, the rear left side and the front right side. On the side, three figures stood up together after saying that sentence in unison. Under the astonished gazes of the people around them, they came to the front of the student seats and stood side by side.

"...Mr. Krum, Mr. Ken, Miss Delacour."

Karkaroff raised his eyebrows: "Do you have any questions about Mr. Crouch's previous remarks?"

"Yes, Professor."

Avada, who was standing in the middle, quietly looked at Dumbledore and took a step forward after receiving an affirmative look.

"In fact, we happen to have some knowledge of Mr. Ludo Bagman's past, but it seems to be inconsistent with Mr. Crouch's previous statement, so we would like to ask for advice, such as..."

Seeing that Dumbledore's hand had quietly retracted into his sleeve, Avada's hanging heart was finally completely relieved, and a smile appeared in her eyes: "We believe that the cause of Mr. Bagman's death was not He was killed by a goblin because he owed money, but he knew something he shouldn't know, and he also mistakenly let the person who tried his best to conceal those things know that he knew..."

'ha. ’

In the magic senses, the mental strength of Karkaroff and Crouch suddenly became tense, causing Avada to sneer silently.

"What do you want to say?"

Karkaroff's face looked a little ugly.

"A kind-hearted member of the investigation team once revealed to me,"

Fleur also took a gentle half-step and said with the unique beautiful voice of a mixed-blood Veela: "Mr. Ludo Bagman is famous for his gambling addiction, and he also participated in this discussion about the Triwizard Tournament. The bet... and the winning player he bought was Viktor Krum, and he even bet a full three hundred galleons - he is now in debt, and three hundred galleons is definitely for him It’s a lot of money.”

There was a murmur from behind - something Crouch had never mentioned before.

"I was very surprised at the time, why he obviously had a conflict with Krum at the Quidditch World Cup. Krum didn't have a clear advantage over Ken and me, but he was still willing to bet a lot of money on defeat. What about Rum winning? But after thinking about it, I can only come to one conclusion..."

She shook her head: "That is, as one of the earliest planners of the Triwizard Tournament, Bagman had long known that Krum was very likely to become a warrior, so he deliberately had a public conflict with him during the World Cup - —Everyone also knows that the conflict was almost a unilateral and unreasonable one on his part - to increase the odds of Krum winning so that he could win more money in the subsequent gambling..."

"Thank you for your valuable ideas, Miss Delacour."

Crouch suddenly interrupted Fleur firmly: "We have received the clues you provided, and we will focus on this aspect in the future. You can go back."

"Ah, that's not possible, we haven't finished asking questions yet."

Krum, who had been silent all the time, suddenly spoke. His tower-like body also moved a step forward and stood side by side with the other two people again: "But you can't make money just by raising the odds, Bagman. He also had to find a way to help me win the game. So I suspect that the reason why he took the initiative to become a referee was to cheat in the next game and help me win through secret operations. Anyway, similar things happened in previous competitions. It’s commonplace…”

"Mr. Bagman did not ask to come here on his own."

Karkaroff stared directly at Krum, the goatee on his chin trembling faintly: "Durmstrang invited him on his own initiative, and the same goes for Mr. Crouch..."

"Oh, take the initiative to invite,"

Krum nodded lightly: "After he exposed the shady deal between the principal and Mr. Crouch more than ten years ago?"

"!!!"

For the first time, Karkaroff's face showed a look of astonishment.