The days of drawing cards at Hogwarts

Chapter 481 Busy People (2)

The end of the exam symbolizes the end of the semester. At the end, everyone falls into a state of coexistence of busyness and idleness.

Students gathered together to go to Hogsmeade for vacation, wanting to go shopping before going home and empty out all the pocket money they had saved during the semester. Professors, on the other hand, were working overtime to correct test papers, trying to complete the exams in the shortest possible time.

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Especially Professor McGonagall and Professor Snape, the two of them are simply getting involved because neither of them wants to be labeled as a hindrance by the other.

Not only the professors, but also the headmaster of Hogwarts, Mr. Dumbledore, is also very busy. After his long talk with Tom that night, his life suddenly became busy. The letter from the Ministry of Magic changed again.

There are more things, and there are more things that I have to deal with. Everything seems to be back to the way it was when Fudge just took over.

Today, he and Minister Bones of the Ministry of Magic are going to visit an important guest. This guest was once a popular candidate for Minister of Magic and still plays a very important role in the Ministry of Magic.

He is Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic.

Dumbledore and Bones arrived outside Barty Crouch's mansion. Looking at the mansion's majestic and elegant door, Bones couldn't help but sigh: "It's the old pure-blood families like them that are rich! Just...

This Zhuangzi can sell tens of thousands of gold galleons."

For upstart wizards, taking over a manor from an established family is much more comfortable than finding a new residence. The orderly inheritance of wizard manors ensures safety and concealment, and the surrounding Muggles are also accustomed to their existence.

Excellent place to live.

After Voldemort came back, he even used Malfoy Manor as his base camp. Coincidentally, the Order of the Phoenix also chose the Black family as its base. These are all because the wizard's manor has its own unique advantages.

Therefore, wizard manors are very easy to cash out. But no pure-blood family will sell their ancestral home.

After knocking twice on the door, the door opened, and a house elf flashed out from behind the door. She was wrapped in a tea towel, and like other house elves, she had a pair of long, bat-like ears.

"Hello, distinguished sir and madam," the elf asked in a sharp voice, "may I ask why you are here?"

Dumbledore spoke. He leaned down and said kindly: "I am Albus Dumbledore, and I am here to visit Mr. Barty Crouch with the current Minister of Magic."

He and Bones chose the time very cleverly. Crouch happened to be at home at this time.

"Who is it?" There was a sound of footsteps behind the door, "Winky, please get out of the way -" The next person appeared in front of Dumbledore.

When Crouch returned home, he did not continue to wear the wizard's robe, but changed into a black nightgown, but his short gray hair still remained untidy.

"Mr. Dumbledore? Minister Bones?" Crouch had a hint of surprise in his eyes. He didn't understand why these two people came to his house suddenly.

"Excuse me," Dumbledore said with a smile, "I'm here for the big event next year... Can the two of us go in and sit down?"

One is recognized as the strongest wizard in the magic world, and the other is the current Minister of Magic. It is impossible for Barty Crouch to stop the two from the door. So he can only get out of the way and order his elf at the same time.

Flash went to make tea.

"Every time I go to the Ministry of Magic, I make a lot of noise. It's really troublesome for a centenarian..." Dumbledore explained to Crouch as he walked into Crouch's mansion.

"I hope you don't mind..."

This reason was very reasonable, and Crouch believed it.

"Of course not. This is a very important official matter. Please come here - can we go to the study to talk?"

He took the initiative to lead the two of them to his study. At this time, a house elf named Winky appeared at the door carrying a tray. On the tray were a teapot, three teacups and a plate of cookies.

"Go, prepare dinner, make it richer!" Crouch ordered.

"No, no need," Dumbledore waved his hands repeatedly, "Just to discuss the general matters, we can do the details - oh, butter cookies, that's great..."

Dumbledore became very interested in cookies, which made Minister Bones next to him look helpless.

After tasting the cookies from Crouch's house, Dumbledore was full of praise for them. After finishing the third cookie, both Crouch and Bones became a little impatient, and then he started talking about business.

"I have some ideas about the project content for next year's Triwizard Tournament..."

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The three of them had a heated discussion, which lasted for several hours.

"Okay, I think that's about it for today." Dumbledore stood up from his seat, "I think you young people are definitely better at the details than me - the content of these three projects.

, or I got the inspiration from a young friend.”

"What a brilliant idea. This Triwizard Tournament will definitely go down in history." Crouch forced a smile on his face. He was very satisfied with the idea given by Dumbledore.

He glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "Has it actually reached this hour? No, I must stay here for you two to have a meal——"

At this time, there was a strange noise in the corridor.

Dumbledore and Bones both looked up.

"Winky is a clumsy guy," Crouch frowned, "always in a hurry——"

"But isn't Winky cooking in the kitchen?" Dumbledore said calmly, "Let's go and have a look. Maybe some magical animal has entered your house by mistake. It came from nowhere when I was a child.

If a fire-ash snake passes by, it would be a disaster..."

As he spoke, he walked towards the source of the noise, completely ignoring Crouch's obstruction. Looking at Dumbledore's determined look, Crouch's face turned pale, without even a trace of blood remaining.

When Dumbledore pushed the door open, Crouch leaned against the wall as if his bones had been ripped out.

If an ordinary wizard discovered this secret, Crouch would definitely use the Forgetting Curse to solve the problem, but now the wizard opposite is Dumbledore...

Barty Crouch didn't believe the nonsense that "Dumbledore has become old and confused". He believed that he had no power to fight back in front of Dumbledore.

He could only accept the fate.

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Today I received a new batch of supplies from the community, including two kilograms of flour, some seasonings, toilet paper, and garbage bags. It’s pretty good. I didn’t receive the same supplies from the “3-15” party like people in other communities.

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