Chapter 1653: I opened the last one
In a solemn atmosphere, Scrimgeour examined Aven.
As before, his eyes were full of distrust.
Harry, Hermione, and Ron all knew that Evan was not telling the truth, and they had seen him leave the Twin Snake Staff at Hogwarts, but they didn't dare to say anything at this time, for fear that Scrimgeour would see the clue.
"I think you know more than I know about the Twin Snake Staff, Mr. Minister. Evan continued, "The scepter is gone!"
"How did it disappear?"
"It just disappeared, I put it at the head of my bed before I went to bed, and when I woke up it was gone, probably stolen by someone, but I think it was because of magic, like the magic on the Gryffindor sword, and the wizards of that era always liked to cast such magic on precious magical objects. "I'm just a Gryffindor, maybe I don't deserve to have the Twin Snake Staff, if you want to find it, I'd suggest you go find the real Slytherin, you must have someone in mind." I think the Malfoys have been pure Slytherins for generations, and the scepter might be on their manor, you can go there and see it. As far as I know, Lucius Malfoy has always had a good relationship with the Ministry of Magic, and he may be more than happy to hand over the Twin Snake Staff to you. ”
As soon as Evan finished speaking, Scrimgeur's face suddenly turned pale.
He seemed to know that Evan wasn't telling the truth, but there was no evidence to refute it, and it was even more ironic that Lucius Malfoy the Death Eater had a good relationship with the Ministry of Magic.
Since the fall of Azkaban, the Ministry of Magic has lost control not only of a wizarding prison on the North Sea, but also of several other Death Eater colonies, including Malfoy Manor, which is now the Death Eater's stronghold, and cannot be accessed by the Ministry of Magic with its current strength.
As long as Voldemort is around, no Auror can match it.
Scrimgeour knew this well, so he couldn't wait to know the secret that Dumbledore had left behind, which could be a powerful weapon or a way to defeat Voldemort, whatever he wanted, as long as he found it, he could rush into Malfoy Manor with the Aurors and fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
This was probably Scrimgour's plan, but the reality was completely different from what he imagined, and his idea was wrong from the beginning and was not destined to succeed.
And the situation was much worse than he thought, Scrimgeour probably thought that Voldemort and the Death Eaters were retreating to Malfoy Manor or something, waiting for him to lead the attack, not expecting these dark wizards to counterattack the Ministry of Magic.
Even during the last war, nothing like this happened.
"Regarding what you said, the ministry will investigate further. Mason, you'd better have enough evidence to prove that you're telling the truth, or you'll face the most serious charges. Scrimgeour said bluntly, "As for Malfoy Manor, I'll go...... Also, I'm disappointed with a few of you. ”
"We are disappointed in you too, Minister. Harry replied unceremoniously.
Obviously, they fell apart!
Scrimgeour didn't linger, he gave Evan and Harry a deep look, then turned around without saying a word and limped out of the room.
Mrs. Weasley hurried after her, stopping at the back door for about a minute before shouting, "He's gone!"
Shortly after Scrimgeour left, Sirius returned, but Lupin and Tonks did not reappear.
In the living room on the first floor of the Burrow, the conversation continued, but this time, the object of conversation with Aven, Harry, Hermione, and Ron was Sirius.
Mrs. Weasley had just left, and before leaving, she told them not to talk too long.
"What does he want to do?" Sirius asked.
"He's come to give us what Dumbledore has left us. Harry said, "They just took out what he had bequeathed. ”
Then he also wanted to know why Dumbledore had left these things for us. Hermione continued, curiously flipping through the book of fairy tales in her hand, "He seems to think that this hides the secret to defeating Voldemort." ”
"Dumbledore did leave some information in it, some information that would be helpful to us, but it needs to be studied a little more. Evan said, taking the statue from Sirius, which looked more like a twisted root.
"Aven, if this thing really has something to do with that monster, it's dangerous. ”
"I know, Sirius!" replied Aven, "I'll be careful, the vile Helbo has become a god who is too weak to affect reality, and this statue will help me figure out how to destroy the sign. ”
"If only you had a sense of proportion!" Sirius continued, "what do you think about anything else Dumbledore left behind?"
"There were some, but more of them weren't clear, and he definitely thought these things would help us, when we really needed them......"
"When you really need it?!" Sirius repeated noncommittally, as he was checking Harry's Golden Snitch, holding it in his right hand and shaking it vigorously in his ear, "Well, it seems like there's something in there." ”
Scrimgeour thought the same thing, but he couldn't open it. ”
He seemed to think what would happen when he handed the snitch to Harry. Hermione said, "This was left to Harry by Dumbledore, and only Harry could open it." ”
"I don't know what to do. Harry shook his head and said, "No clue, wait, this is the Golden Snitch I caught in the first competition." ”
Everyone seemed confused, and only Ron reacted.
He gasped and pointed his hand at Harry and then at the Golden Snitch until he could speak, "The one you almost swallowed!"
"That's it!" Harry said, taking Sirius's hand-over snitch, his pulse beating faster and faster, "I didn't make a special effort to open it in front of Scrimthour, maybe this snitch does have a physical memory, but it's certainly not my hand that opens when it touches it, it's ......"
He put his lips to the golden snitch, his heart pounding, but as before, nothing happened, the ball did not open.
"I thought something was going to happen, it didn't seem like that......" Harry let down the Golden Snitch in disappointment, but Hermione cried.
"Wait a minute! There's a word on it, look!"
Everyone looked up at the snitch, Hermione was right, there were five thin, raised italics on the smooth golden sphere that had nothing just now, and it was Dumbledore's note: I opened the last ......