Chapter 479
Harry Potter: A Certain Ancient Rune Professor of Hogwarts (TL)
âStimulate full capacity?â Snape looked at Felix with probing eyes and clasped his arms, âWhat do you need it for?â
âIâm a safety officer, I canât go out looking like this, it would be too humiliating.â
Snape stared at him for a moment, then asked softly, âThe next time I go to Diagon Alley to buy herbs, I wonât see your wanted poster, right?â
Felix rubbed his chin, âItâs really hard to say ⦠donât look at me like that, okay, Iâm joking, the truth is Iâve been studying magic too much.â He explained in a serious manner.
But Snape simply did not believe him, but the next second, a runic pattern emerged on Felixâs face, and Snape looked at the scene with amazement.
âWhat kind of effect do you want in the potion?â
âThe best one; of course, the kind that allows me to drink it and then fight with someone.â Felix chuckled, âHow about a 50% discount for the sake of me being your student?â
Snape frowned, âThat potion has a lot of side effects.â
âI can live with that,â Felix said seriously, âSeverus, I need it.â
After a moment of silence â
âWait!â Snape said foully, as he swung his sleeve.
âThanks, Professor.â Felix waved behind him with a grin.
â¦
âHermione Jane Granger!â Mr. Granger shouted, watching in exasperation, as his daughter looked in through the door with her head peering in.
âOh, Dad â¦â Hermione came through the door as several other champions and their families in the room watched the scene with interest. She moved in, one step at a time, and looked at Mrs. Granger pleadingly.
Mrs. Granger waved her hand and looked like she wanted to watch a good show. âIâm waiting for your explanation, too.â
âHow about, um,â Hermione whispered experimentally, âI show you around the campus?â
The Grangersâ stared at her simultaneously as Hermione stammered to finish her sentence, âYou guys must be curious about this place since itâs your first time here, right? Iâve made some preparations which you will love â¦â
âAnd by âpreparationâ you mean leaving your parents alone for most of the day?â
âIâm taking an exam.â Hermione argued in a small voice.
Mr. Granger looked exasperated and Mrs. Granger looked at her teasingly, âHow did I hear that Champions donât have to take exams? It was that friend Harry youâve been âhelpingâ told us personally. Youâre not trying to hide from us, right?â
Hermione stood speechless.
After spending a good amount of time, Hermione barely calmed her mom and dad down as they toured around the castle before strolling along the Black Lake. On the way, they ran into Harry and Sirius, who tried their best to chat with the Grangersâ, but it didnât work out that well, as all they could talk about were topics like Quidditch, dueling, and adventure.
When Sirius vividly described how he had solved a troll, he received a blank and wary look instead of adoring eyes and follow-up questions about the details.
Before the atmosphere dropped to a freezing point, Sirius finally found a common topic.
âDonât worry, it wonât be dangerous, their team is the one that has a high chance of winning the title! And there are safety officers ⦠like Felix Hap, you guys know him already? Meet him at the Leaky Cauldron? Awesome! I know him very well â¦â
Harry felt strange that Hermione had been staring at him with a puffed-up face while the adults were talking.
He crept over to her, âWhatâs wrong?â
Hermione turned her head to the side and refused to talk to him.
â¦
âKnocked out three Unspeakables? So the manâs target was actually the Department of Mysteries?â Fudge asked from behind his desk.
âThatâs right, he stole all the hourglass, and half of the energy in the crystal jar is lost â¦â Auror, who is responsible for the investigation, said, as the three Unspeakables who have had the misfortune of being knocked out stood silently behind the Auror, bowing their heads without speaking.
Fudge twirled his quill, and after a while, he looked up.
âWhat do you think that manâs purpose is?â He looked to the three Unspeakables, âTo travel through time? To change history?â
âDonât worry, Mr. Minister, he canât do any of that.â Saul Croaker said eagerly.
âWhy?â The quill in Fudgeâs hand paused, âHe took so many hourglasses ⦠just hourglasses?â
âThatâs right!â Saul Croaker is glad that he understood that, âThe man only took the hourglass in his hand, not the complete time-turner.â
âWhat if he finds a broken time-turner from outside, and fixes it-â
âImpossible, no one can do that! Every scrapped time-turner has been double-checked by the Unspeakables, and it is impossible to fix them. We have been trying for hundreds of years without success, which resulted in fewer and fewer time-turners available ⦠an outsider would find it even more impossible to do it.â
Fudge looked at him suspiciously.
âItâs true,â Saul Croaker said with rising confidence, this is his area of expertise, âand one more thing, the stolen hourglass has very low energy inside, I guess the person also realized this, thatâs why he risked staying all night, trying to replenish the energy â -â
â So?â Fudge asked impatiently.
âNaturally, it failed.â Saul Croaker spread his hands, âNo one could learn the technique in one night. So the energy inside was naturally lost â¦â
âBut if the hourglass doesnât work, why did the man take them all away?â Fudge asked with bull-like eyes.
âMinister, figuring out the minds of criminals is not my field, I can only give judgments based on my profession.â Saul Croaker said with a shrug. âThe only problem is that the security system of the Department of Mysteries is not good enough, and itâs time to upgrade it.â
âThanks, Croaker,â Fudge interrupted, âIâll think about it, but you have to understand that the Ministry is tight on funds right now, and if there are new donations, Iâll first consider you.â
A silence fell in the office.
After a long time, Fudge asked with a very hesitant expression, âDid you guys see what the man looked like?â
Bode and Saul Croaker shook their heads, all they had seen was the appearance of Felix after using the Polyjuice Potion, and both of them now looked at Fudge with a bit of a weird expression, fearing that he would suddenly pull out his wand and give them a quick blow.
âWhat about you, you should have seen something, at that time you meet him the time limit of the Polyjuice Potion must have passed.â Fudge asked sullenly.
The third victim said with an embarrassed look on his face, âI was diverted, and the man used a vile trap â¦â
Fudge lowered his head to look over his testimony, âA ball of fire that fell from the sky, burning wreckage? Yeah, vile enough indeed.â
ââ¦â The Unspeakable bowed his head in silence.
Fudge continued flipping through the report, âGot sneaked up on while looking down and only saw a pair of feet ⦠a pair of feet?â He looked up, âDo you remember what those feet looked like? What are the characteristics?â
The Unspeakable shook his head, âIâm sorry, Minister, I canât remember very well.â
âI donât think so,â Fudge showed a little smile, âat least you can get a vague outline, canât you? Like whether the footsteps were brisk enough to belong to a young man?â
â¦
In the evening, the young wizards dined cheerfully in the great hall, waiting for the third task to begin.
âFudge, youâve brought a bit too many people with you today.â Dumbledore asked mildly
âI thought it is necessary, the Ministry of Magic has just experienced an attack,â Fudge whispered, âI must be prepared.â
âAh, so thatâs it.â Dumbledore said softly, with a look of regret on his face.
âBy the way,â Fudge looked around, âhow come I couldnât see Professor Hap?â
âMaybe something delayed him?â Dumbledore said with a smile.
Fudge looked around, everyone is eating, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and hesitated for a moment before finally making his mind up, âDumbledore, I need to seek your help, according to the Aurorâs verification, that lone attacker is terribly powerful, no worse than that person â He Who Must Not Be Named!â
Dumbledore showed just the right amount of puzzled expression.
âDumbledore, I know we have a dispute on some issuesââ
â It is not a dispute.â Dumbledore said.
âWhat do youâmean?â Fudge looked at him in confusion.
âItâs not a dispute, Fudge,â Dumbledore said patiently, âYour hesitation will cause us to miss a good deal of time -â
âAll right! Dumbledore,â Fudge said irritably, âthat is the controversy, I have already backed off and sent an Auror team to check out the Albanian forest, the results will be available soon, what I want to talk about now is another thing!â
He slapped the table so hard that the forks on his dinner plate bounced around.
The Headmasters from the other schools on the table looked over in confusion, and Fudge made a curt gesture of apology. When the others turned their heads, he came close again and whispered: âDumbledore, I am now discussing with you how to deal with a dangerous criminal, who recklessly broke into the Department of Mysteries, and stole the time-turnerâs hourglass and decades of accumulated energy. My God, what an evil deed!â
Dumbledore looked at him calmly, âWith all due respect, Fudge, you donât seem to be in any kind of hurry.â
âOf course, Iâm anxious! What if he wants to tamper with history, what if heâs on the side of the Dark Lord and wants to caution the Dark Lord about his death?â Fudgeâs temper had a tendency of being out of control again, âYou should know what serious consequences it will cause!â
Dumbledoreâs expression got serious.
âThatâs it,â Fudge wiped his sweat and continued, âso Iâd like to ask for your help. Our purposes are the same, and I assure you that as soon as the investigation team brings back strong evidence, I will issue a warning to the public.â
Dumbledore remained silent for a moment, â Do you have any leads?â
âOf course I do,â Fudge said with great joy and impatience, âhe spent the night in the Ministry of Magic, trying to steal energy ⦠he must have been exhausted, and was wounded by Auror, but unfortunately we were not able to retrieve his blood at the scene ⦠Anyway, this kind of injury can not be recovered in a short time, thatâs why I am curious about the situation of Professor Hap, I am certainly not suspicious of him, just cooperate with the investigationââ
Dumbledoreâs expression became more and more serious, and Fudge thought he had succeeded in his plan, and he was so happy that his eyebrows raised, but at that moment, a man came in from outside the great hall.
Fudge glared at the man, Felixâs face ruddy, and radiant, without the slightest appearance of injury. He had also deliberately changed into a tuxedo and pulled out a chair to sit in an empty seat not far from them.
Fudgeâs face suffocated to red.
âIt seems that Felix is not the person you are looking for, he is in great shape, this outfit reminds me of the ball six months ago, if there is music present, I do not doubt that he will be the most prominent one â¦â Dumbledore closed his fingers and looked at Fudge with interest on his face.
âI may have gotten off on the wrong track, Dumbledore,â Fudge said under his breath, his eyes dead set on Felix, as he reluctantly said, âI need to double-check.â
âYouâre always welcome to my office, Fudge, but next time you should better bring proof.â Dumbledore said, his gaze fixed on Felix as well â and unlike Fudge, his azure eyes are deep and profound.
âTime â¦,â he whispered.
As the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to a dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the table and the crowd quieted down.
âLadies and gentlemen, in five minutes, Iâm going to ask you all to go to the competition venue and watch the last event of the tournament. Now I would like to request the champions to depart first with Mr. Bagman.â
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