Just a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor

It has been a week since I returned from Sherlock's house at this time.

During this week, Sherlock and Amy did not go out again and stayed in the guest room of the Leaky Cauldron.

The weather was very good today, and there was a rare clear sky in London. Amy sat in front of the window, hoping that the wind would make the windmill that Sherlock had sold her move.

However, after waiting for a long time, the wind did not come. I could only pouted my lips and blew the windmill under the sunlight.

Sherlock didn't pay attention to Amy's own entertainment. He was spreading a map of England on the table.

According to what happened after he and Snape came to this timeline, the largest Death Eater attack in the wizarding world this year, the "Violent Conflict in Wales", and the subsequent actions of the Death Eaters in the wizarding world in the past month The locations are all marked.

He discovered that there was actually a connection between the occurrences of these attacks.

One day after the "Violent Conflict in Wales", another Death Eater massacre of two Muggles occurred in Hereford, not far from Wales.

Two days later, in Birmingham, not far from Hereford, wizards witnessed "Rabastan Lestrange", a core member of the Death Eaters, leading three men to bomb a Muggle residence.

Two days later, a fire broke out in Northampton. A Muggle died in the fire, and the Ministry of Magic obviously detected the elements of dark magic in the fire.

Three days later, in Luton, more than 40 kilometers away from London, two masked Death Eaters rode broomsticks and continuously used the Killing Curse on the ground in mid-air. Fortunately, the location was in the wild, and there were only a few Several Muggles witnessed someone flying on a broomstick. No one was injured. It is unknown who the Death Eaters were attacking.

One day later, that is, on the day when Karkaroff and Roll came to the Leaky Cauldron to search for Amy, a big explosion occurred in the wilds of Cambridge. No one died, but Muggles witnessed the abnormal explosion. , and saw the dark mark flashing in the sky. Afterwards, the memory cancellation team of the Ministry of Magic erased the Muggle memories of these things.

Two days later, in Petrograd, north of Cambridge, a Muggle wizard was captured by Death Eaters passing by. He was tortured to death before the Aurors arrived.

Then three days later, in today's new issue of the Daily Prophet, it was reported that more than a dozen Death Eaters appeared in Lincolnshire in northern England, and the leader of them was the Dark Lord's top henchman." Bellatrix Lestrange".

Sherlock counted all Death Eater-infested places after Wales and drew them with red circles on the map.

It was discovered that starting from Wales, the Death Eaters' movements had been moving closer to London, but after arriving at Luton, which was the closest to London, they immediately turned to leave northwest.

From Cambridge to Petrograd to Lincoln, Death Eaters show up in a city in northwest England every two days.

They seemed to be moving towards a target in a planned way. At first, the target was supposed to be from Wales to London. Then somehow, after arriving in Luton, the target started to change.

Because the time was similar, Sherlock suspected that this was very likely to be related to the Death Eaters' desire to find Amy.

If we interpret the next movements of these Death Eaters and continue to the northwest, then there is a high probability that they will appear in Shelffield, a city in central England.

Of course, it is also possible to go further north and choose York further north.

Sherlock looked at the map of Britain filled with circles and could see that the Death Eaters had not concealed their next direction of action.

In this way, he could deduce the targets of the Death Eaters by relying only on the gossip of the Daily Prophet and the idle wizards in the Leaky Cauldron.

There is no reason that Aurors with more specific information and more intelligent people would not be able to guess the next destination of the Death Eaters.

He drew a large circle with Shelfield as the center and the outermost edge extending to York.

Each of the cities in this circle may become the next battlefield for Death Eaters and Aurors.

In the past month, Voldemort's men have made big news one after another with their actions. The Ministry of Magic will certainly not let the negative news ferment like this. It urgently needs an action that can achieve a major victory to inspire the confidence of the magical people.

Sherlock looked at the circle he drew, thought for a long time, and decided to go over and have a look.

There is definitely danger, but this is also the best opportunity for him to get in touch with the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. Even if it goes well, it is not impossible to successfully sneak into the Auror headquarters with this opportunity.

Because there were many familiar people in the Auror queue at this time.

For example, Moody is still a mainstay among Aurors. Even though his body is disabled, he is still one of the top Aurors.

Another example is Kingsley. He has just joined the ranks of Aurors, but he has already shown his prominence. Among the new generation of Aurors, he is extremely outstanding.

Although Sherlock certainly cannot recognize these two people at this time, he can still get close to them by being familiar with their personalities and tempers, and make them his recommenders.

Having decided on the plan in his mind, Sherlock was ready to leave.

Unlike last time, this time he naturally couldn't take Amy out with him. At first, Sherlock thought about handing Amy over to Snape and asking him to take care of her.

But if you think about Snape's character carefully, you can't tell who takes care of whom when he and Amy are together.

Amy, who was playing with the windmill, also noticed Sherlock's hesitation, and she tilted her head and asked.

"Is John getting ready to go out?"

Sherlock rubbed her head.

"Yes, but the place we go to this time is a bit dangerous, so we can't take Amy with us."

"Amy can stay here by herself."

"Aren't you afraid that no one will play with you?"

Amy shook her head, her long pale golden hair showing a burst of white scales in the sunlight.

"Before she met John, Amy was always alone, so she wasn't afraid."

After hearing her words, Sherlock fell silent, and after a while he pinched Amy's smooth face.

"When I come back, can you take Amy to the amusement park?"

Amy seems to have no idea what a playground is, but she is happy as long as she is taken out.

"good!"

She took an amulet from around her neck and handed it to Sherlock. valley

"Dad gave this to Amy, saying it would bring good luck to Amy. Amy can lend it to John, and John will definitely have good luck when he goes out this time."

Sherlock laughed, he did not refuse, took the amulet from Amy's hand, and hung it around his neck.

Then he got up and went to Diagon Alley. In the candy store and magic food store, he bought a lot of snacks and some sandwiches, such as pumpkin porridge that could be heated by himself. As long as the packaging was not opened, it would stay fresh. This kind of magic food was left to Amy who would be alone in the hotel next time.

After placing Amy properly, he went to inform Snape that he would be leaving the Leaky Cauldron for a while. Snape naturally had no comment on the matter and just told him to get out of here and not disturb him in refining the medicine.

Finally, Sherlock told Tom not to go into his room to clean, and then used the fireplace in the Leaky Cauldron to head to Shelffield.

The landing point is the Owl Post Office set up by the Ministry of Magic in Shelffield.

Green flames enveloped Sherlock's body, and the flames occupied all the surrounding space. After violent rotation, he stepped on the solid ground again.

Slightly choking floating ash was swirling around him. This season was certainly not the time to use the fireplace, and a large amount of dust had accumulated in the unused furnace pit.

Sherlock walked out of the fireplace while using a cleaning spell on his body. As he was sitting on a chair in the room reading a newspaper, an older wizard stared at him and asked.

"Oh, young man, what are you doing in Sherfield?"

Sherlock blinked and looked at this old wizard, who should be the administrator of the Owl Post Office.

"When you use the Ministry of Magic's public fireplace to teleport, do you still need to explain your purpose?"

The old wizard put down the Daily Prophet in his hand without comment.

"Of course you don't need to explain your purpose of coming, but if you don't have anything very important, I suggest you try not to stay in this city for too long."

His words were very meaningful, and his tone seemed to be admonishing, but in fact he wanted to show off that he knew some secret things, and then used such words to induce, so as to make Sherlock ask questions.

It’s a typical mentality that you can’t hide your words when you get older.

Of course Sherlock was very cooperative with this.

"I'm here for a trip, sir. Is something going to happen here?"

After hearing Sherlock's question, the old wizard had a look of satisfaction on his face, but he did not tell him the "secret" he had discovered.

"You just need to know that if you have nothing to do, just try not to stay here for a long time, and leave as soon as possible."

He made a riddle and then sighed.

"It's getting really messy now. I have to hurry up and urge the ministry on my retirement application. It's time for me to go home and live a comfortable old age."

After listening to what he said, Sherlock calmly walked out of the Owl Post Office.

Even if the old wizard didn't explain clearly, Sherlock could guess that the Ministry of Magic had obviously taken some action against this place.

Sure enough, the Auror had also seen the movements of the Death Eaters, and as he had judged, he believed that they would appear in Sherfield next.

Of course, it is also possible that the Aurors have manpower deployed in York, Shelfield and several surrounding cities. After all, there is the existence of Apparition, and they can provide convenient support at any time.

And they didn't hide their actions too much. Even the old man in charge of guarding the Owl Post Office, who was considered a peripheral employee within the Ministry of Magic, knew some inside information, so there must be no special concealment.

The Death Eaters' movements were also a bit too strange. Their continuous attacks seemed aimless, and their routes were not hidden at all, as if they were deliberately seducing Aurors to round them up.

Moreover, this kind of seduction is an open and honest conspiracy. If the Auror does not come, public opinion about the Ministry of Magic's inaction will inevitably spread throughout the magical world, arousing public dissatisfaction.

Therefore, the Auror Command had to send manpower, and a large number of manpower came to Sherfield.

As a defender, the Ministry of Magic was very passive, and every action it took was led by the Death Eaters. They can only rely on brute force to crack such an obvious trap.

Sherlock had no way of asking how the Aurors arranged it. After leaving the Owl Post Office, he took a taxi directly to the city of Sherfield, where he found a hotel and booked a room.

Sherfield is now at a trough of historical transformation. It was once the steel capital and industrial center of Britain.

Now international competition and the collapse of the British coal industry have led to the decline of local industry and an outmigration of the population.

It was not until the 1990s that Sherfield was officially transformed into a city of sports and technology, developing comprehensive industries.

After booking the hotel, Sherlock did not stay in the room, but walked out of the hotel and wandered around the streets of the city.

His goal is very clear, which is to find those weirdos who are obviously different from normal people and who also carry a small wooden stick with them.

Even if Hogwarts has a Muggle Studies class, due to the rapid development of the Muggle era, wizards are still decades behind in their understanding of Muggles.

Therefore, wizards whose work and life have nothing to do with Muggles are always prone to making jokes when they don't wear wizard robes.

Such jokes are naturally rare among specially trained Aurors, but they cannot avoid some habits of wizards. More importantly, Aurors are always more accustomed to holding a wand in their hands at all times.

Because on the first day of Auror training, the instructors would warn them not to put their wands in their trouser pockets or sleeves if they didn't want to blow up their butts or arms without knowing why.

Every Auror has basically developed the habit of never leaving their wand.

With such details, Sherlock called a taxi and wandered around the city of Sherfield for a long time.

After paying a price of thirteen pounds, he finally found a man in a windbreaker wandering around at the intersection of a street with an inconspicuous small stick in his hand.

After getting out of the taxi, Sherlock did not choose to follow this wizard who did not know whether he was an Auror, a Death Eater, or an innocent passerby.

He walked directly into a remote alley, used the Patronus Charm to summon his Patronus, and then let it fly into the sky, following the wizard.

Muggles have no way of seeing the Patronus, so the silver crow won't cause any commotion. You just need to be careful to avoid the wizard's sight.