Chapter Eighty-Three: Barty Crouch's Sentry

"Old Barty would do something good once in a while." Sirius said happily.

"Indeed, if it weren't for Mr. Crouch's help this time, it wouldn't have worked." Lupin also smiled and agreed.

"That bastard Fudge will step down sooner or later."

"I think so."

The three of them rarely had time to sit in the living room and chat.

"Recruiting volunteers?" Daniel gave a look of surprise, "Will anyone attend?" And Azkaban kind of place ......"

"Fudge has approved on the face and will not interfere. And, at the very least, Remus and I participated. Sirius replied.

"And, Barty Sr. says he has some men under him." He grimaced, "After all, you know, he's been the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement for so many years, and even if he's been transferred now, his connections are still there." ”

"He told us that he would send for additional sentry posts around the island. After all, if everyone stays there, on the one hand, it is a waste of manpower, and on the other hand, it is easy to get tired if it takes too long. So, he set up a rotating sentry, and if something went wrong, the sentry on duty would send a signal. ”

Lupin further explained, "We, the volunteers, receive the signal and use the portkey to move directly there to stop the Death Eaters from doing bad things. ”

"Sounds like a perfect plan." Daniel blinked his blue eyes and had a very obedient and well-behaved expression.

"After all, he's been an Auror all his life." Sirius didn't like to praise it, but soon added proudly: "Of course, if I keep doing it, I will definitely be much better than him in the future." ”

Lupin and Daniel were amused by his unwilling tone at once.

The matter seems to have been preliminarily resolved.

Daniel was still a little uneasy, but after that, for three or four days, there was no movement from the Death Eaters' side.

He contacted Mycroft again, and learned that London had been quiet lately, and that all the criminals seemed to have begun to hibernate overnight.

This made Daniel even more uneasy.

On the fifth day, he was woken up from his sleep and suddenly received a text message from Natasha on his phone: Nick Fury has been confirmed dead, beware of a mole in S.H.I.E.L.D.

Daniel was inexplicably surprised.

He traveled too long, and because he only wanted to live his own life at the beginning, and didn't want to get involved with the plot, he often ignored the progress of the plot.

At this time, desperate reminiscences, and only vaguely remembered that Nick Fury seemed to have a catastrophe, but death or something, the possibility was not very high.

So, he was a little relieved and hurriedly replied with a message: Natasha, please take care of yourself.

Then, there was no reply, but Daniel couldn't sleep anymore.

He stood up and looked out the window, it was about five o'clock in the morning, and it was a dark night, and there was no light in sight.

A few muffled thunders rang out in the distance, and the sky was gloomy and pressed down, as if it was about to rain.

The air pressure is very low, and there is a rhythm called restlessness flowing in the air.

Daniel didn't know what was going on, he was inexplicably irritable.

As he walked around the house, he always felt that he had overlooked something, but what was it?

After thinking about it, he simply quietly changed out of his pajamas, ran to the small living room on the second floor, turned on the light, took a bottle of Scotch whisky from the wine cabinet, and took a sip directly on the bottle.

"It's easy for you to get drunk like this." A hoarse voice suddenly came from behind him, and Sirius walked in with brisk steps, and while pouring himself a glass, he asked with concern, "I saw the lights on here, so I came over and took a look." Why do you suddenly remember to drink? ”

"Won't get drunk." Daniel didn't answer his later words, but instead showed a smile, "As long as you don't mix and drink, I won't have a problem with one or two bottles." ”

Sirius raised his eyebrows, then ignored him, and only raised his glass and touched him: "Because of feelings, borrow wine to drown your sorrows?" ”

Daniel laughed, didn't answer, grabbed the bottle and took two more sips.

"It was the same when James couldn't catch up with Lily before."

Sirius didn't care about him, but said to himself, "At that time, I gave him a lot of good ideas. And always tell him, Comeon, man! Cheer up, you're just a girl, as long as you're good enough, you don't have to worry that she doesn't like you. ”

"If you look at the results alone, it seems that what you said is quite effective." Daniel pondered.

"Not really." Sirius smiled and replied, "James might be a good enough wizard somewhere else!" But in front of Lily, he was simply helpless and miserable...... Like a fool. Probably everyone will become a fool in front of the person they like. ”

"That said, I probably didn't quite fall in love with Jim."

Daniel was a little drunk, his cheeks were a lot rosy, and he began to prove the truth of the saying 'drink and spit the truth', and he was not shy at all and said, "I think every time I am in front of Jim, I am very handsome." ”

Sirius didn't know what to put on a face.

He was speechless for a few moments before he spoke, "That Muggle, does he know you're so narcissistic?" ”

Daniel laughed again.

However, after laughing, he finally showed a slightly depressed expression: "Siris, I'm actually a little sad. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't see it." Sirius said unceremoniously.

"Look! I'm pretty handsome, right? ”

"Uh...... Right. ”

"I'm not as rich as Tony Stark, but I'm relatively rich, right?"

"That's right, the whole Diagon Alley is yours."

"I have a good personality, positive, optimistic, amiable, humorous and funny......"

"Uh...... You think so. ”

"Then, I'm smart and talented...... Of course, it can't be compared to some 'non-human'. ”

"Yes, you're amazing." Sirius complimented him helplessly and connivingly.

Then he whispered, "But I never knew you thought so highly of yourself. ”

"I'm handsome, rich, talented, and good-tempered, you say, what kind of fool would want to break up with me?"

“…… Who can say clearly about this emotional matter? Sirius was a little confused by the question.

He scratched his head and racked his brains to help, "Muggle nerves are said to be more delicate, are you not paying enough attention to him and ignoring him?" ”

"I don't pay enough attention to it." Daniel's mouth was pouted unhappily, and he even took out a small notebook from his arms, "You see, I have made so many plans in order to take this relationship seriously......"

"Schedule?" Sirius looked at the densely packed notebook with more than a dozen pages written on each page, including 'Say good morning dear when you say hello in the morning', 'Prepare a favorite food for two people every day and eat it together', 'You can exchange a kiss at such and such a time', and so on.

"It's amazing." Sirius looked at the little book in awe: "Now that young people fall in love, do they all take such a difficult route?" Belch...... I suddenly felt that James was chasing Lily for a while, it was really too easy to chase. ”

"Actually, I don't have a computer yet." Daniel said, "You know what a computer is...... I WAS GOING TO DO A MORE DETAILED TABLE IN EXCEL...... This makes it easy to cross-compare. ”

"For example, on Monday, I gave me a bouquet of flowers, and Jim was happy; On Tuesday, a doughnut was delivered, and Jim had a mediocre expression...... After summarizing, listing, screening, and comparing in this way, I know what kind of way to use to get the greatest favorability of the other party...... It's a pity that I was cheap at the time, and I bought a Dell one, but in the wizarding world, I couldn't turn it on because of the interference of the magic factor. Therefore, I had to record it myself with a pen, so that the effect of contrast was not obvious...... Alas, sure enough, I still have to look for Starkcomputer in the future."

Sirius held the wine cabinet with his hand to prevent himself from falling.

"You're serious." He first affirmed the other party, and then, in an extremely complicated tone, Yan said: "However, I suddenly found that falling in love, once you are serious, it is too troublesome!" So, it's better for me to be single in the future. ”

"What the hell am I not satisfying him with?" Daniel slammed the bottle on the table in annoyance, "except for going to bed......"

"Uh, brother, I think we can change the subject." Sirius looked at the ceiling a little awkwardly.

"You have to be prepared for this kind of thing...... I've just watched two instructional films......" Daniel seemed a little drunk, and he chattered and said, "I've done it all but that." I even made it public that he was my boyfriend. A while ago, the Death Eaters made trouble, and I was inseparable from him...... The last time Crouch reminded me of Diagon Alley, I was confident because even though I knew he didn't need to be protected, I always had ...... Wait a minute! ”

“…… Crouch has been doing pretty well lately. Sirius didn't hold grudges and commented.

Then, to his surprise, Daniel suddenly fell silent, his blue eyes staring straight at the wine cabinet glass, the blush on his face faded and faintly pale.

"You...... What's wrong with you? ”

Daniel jumped to his feet, probably in such a hurry that he staggered.

He turned around and grabbed Sirius by the collar and suddenly asked loudly, "Azkaban sentry, who's here tonight?" ”

"Huh? What the...... I didn't pay attention to the schedule......" Sirius startled.

He asked with a confused expression: "What's the matter, is there anything wrong with the sentry?" ”

"There will be no problem with the sentry, it's Mr. Crouch who is there tonight."

Lupin, dressed in his pajamas, walked down the stairs with sleepy eyes.

He looked at the wine bottles and wine glasses on the table disapprovingly, and asked helplessly: "You two got up so early just to drink?" That's not a good habit. ”

"Stop talking nonsense, call someone to Azkaban!" Daniel didn't care about small talk, he tugged at Sirius's collar and shouted anxiously, "That Crouch is fake!" It's fake! Compound decoction, it must be compound decoction! I should have thought of it a long time ago. Although Crouch suppressed the aristocracy and suppressed the Death Eaters, he himself was from a pure-blood family...... He had no affection for Muggles at all, and he looked down on Muggles very much...... When I met a Muggle, with his extreme temperament, he would just ignore it, how could he remind me to say anything about taking care of my boyfriend......"

"What are you talking about? How is Crouch fake again? Sirius was even more confused.

"Stop talking nonsense! Right now! Immediately! Go to Azkaban now! ”

At this moment, a thunderclap suddenly exploded outside the window, a long lightning bolt pierced the sky, and a heavy rain poured down.