The connection between the two-way mirror was broken, and the room was quiet again, Lawrence put away the mirror in silence and sat down against the wall, the only light source in this closed room was the crystal lamp from the ceiling, the constant light source made Lawrence unable to judge how much time had passed outside, he simply closed his eyes and waited quietly,

"Oooooo

I don't know how long it took, Lawrence was startled by the sudden sound, he opened his eyes, and found Phoenix Fawkes staring at him with his head tilted, as if he was planning to use his beak or claws to remind him to open his eyes if Lawrence didn't react,

Fawkes flapped his wings and flew up, and the long feathered tail landed in front of Lawrence's eyes, Lawrence intuitively grabbed the bright red feathered tail, and the next moment, the phoenix's fire took Lawrence away, and they reappeared in a place familiar to Lawrence, it was the kitchen of Grimmauld Place Two, and the house-elf Kreacher was laughing,

"I guess you won't be willing to stay at school and wait for it to be over when you're out of trouble," Dumbledore put his hands behind his back, his expression unrecognizable, he was waiting for Lawrence and the Phoenix to arrive, "so I asked Fawkes to pick you up."

"Let's go, then, Lawrence, and while I think you know where we're going now, we'll all be embarrassed if we go the wrong way." After Dumbledore finished speaking, he put his hand on Lawrence's shoulder,

The two arrived together in the lobby of the Ministry of Magic, and unlike Lawrence remembered, there was no one here, and even the security counter was empty.

With a puzzled mood, Lawrence followed Dumbledore briskly past the fountain of the magical brothers, through the golden gate, and took the elevator that descended from the Kerakala, and soon, the elevator stopped, and the fence opened to both sides.

『Ministry of Mystery』

Dumbledore stepped into the corridor first, pushing open the black door at the end of the corridor, and they came to a large circular room, several identical black doors stood in front of them, and the dark walls around them were lit with candles that glowed blue.

With a wave of Dumbledore's hand, the door behind Lawrence shut, and the circular hall began to spin rapidly, the blue candlelight dragging into long halos one after another.

"Tell me where the students are." Dumbledore whispered, and the door swirled along the wall, and then a door opened,

It was a monotonous room, with one huge glass trough after another, and it was chilling to feel that in the dark green liquid, if there was a brain,

Dumbledore walked briskly over to the students who had fallen to the ground, began to check on each student's condition, looked at a somewhat delirious Ron, and then woke up Ginny, who had been knocked unconscious by the Unconscious Charm,

"Where's Harry? What about Longbottom?" Dumbledore inquired as he confirmed that Hermione's magic injuries were not going to get worse, and Lawrence also judged that Luna had just fainted from the large wound on the back of Luna's head.

"There, Professor," Ginny replied weakly, pointing to the door at the other end of the room, "a lot of Death Eaters have gone after him—please—"

"Don't worry," Dumbledore nodded, and strode across the room, "Let's go, Lawrence."

The black door was pushed open, and the chaotic sounds of battle and the shouts of the people came, but Lawrence's eyes were unconsciously attracted by the huge stone pit that fell downward, as if someone had built a huge open-air stage here, and the stone chairs were arranged in a staggered manner, and on the smooth stone platform that fell in the center, there stood an ancient stone arch, and a black gauze curtain hung in the air around it, slowly floating,

Lawrence noticed that no amount of spell that hit the arch or the seemingly tattered veil could not affect them in the slightest.

A scream of pain caused Lawrence to turn his attention back to one battlefield after another, where Remus was dueling with the Lestrange couple at the same time, and he tried his best to resist the murderous spells of the Death Eater couple, but he was unwilling to back down, because behind him was Tonks who had fallen by the stone chair.

Kingsley was staggering against Lukewood, and judging by the two Death Eaters lying on the ground near him, the veteran Auror was indeed prodigious,

Moody had fallen, his wooden leg had broken, and the MONOCULUS had fallen out, spinning wildly on the ground, but apparently before falling, Moody had also defeated the two Death Eaters, so that the scales of the battlefield were not entirely in favor of the Death Eaters,

Finally, Lawrence finally saw Fleur's back, and she was talking to Antonin. Dolohov attacked each other back and forth, Lawrence became nervous, and when he was about to pass Dumbledore, he suddenly felt a shudder,

Dumbledore pressed his shoulder, and then stepped into the battlefield with a pace as fast as the wind, his gestures were astonishingly imposing, as if there was an invincible army, marching at a neat pace, and no one could stop his intentions to advance,

In the middle of the battlefield, Harry and Neville were dodging Malfoy's attack, while another Death Eater with a roof attacked them from the other side, and the power of the spell blew up Harry and Neville's heads, and a round glass bead slipped through the crack in Neville's robes, and was kicked into the shadow of the stone chair by Neville and disappeared without a trace.

Harry and Neville seemed stunned, Malfoy had raised his wand and aimed it at them, and then Dumbledore arrived.

Before Malfoy could react, Dumbledore easily knocked him down, and the hood of the other Death Eater fell off in fright, and he yelled to warn the other Death Eaters, and then Dumbledore told him to shut up with a wave of his wand, and then caught him with a silver chain,

Dolohov's eyes widened when he noticed the situation over there, and in a trance he was knocked down by Flember, Dumbledore swung out the silver rope and quickly grabbed Dolohov and pulled him away.

At this point, most of the battlefield has been controlled, and Lukewood has noticed the change, he is obviously very reluctant to stay any longer, but Kingsley has tightly entangled him,

And Dumbledore had already approached the Lestrange couple, and they frantically cast a spell on the fallen Tonks, forcing Remus to be tired of defense, and the Lestrange couple tried to create a chance for them to escape by doing so.

Harry and Neville relaxed, and Fleur helped Neville undo the spell on his feet, then smiled and waved at Lawrence,

Everything seems to be going well, but Lawrence feels that something is not quite right, and Selwyn has locked herself in the Room of Need, so what is her plan for today?

Before he had time to think about it, a loud noise rang out in the empty room, and two figures appeared next to the ancient archway, a hooded witch and a house-elf, whose appearance attracted almost everyone's attention,

"Potter." The witch took off her hood, it was Selwyn, she shouted,

Harry unconsciously looked at the crown held in Selwyn's hand, Lawrence recognized it, it was the Ravenclaw crown, the whole room seemed to pause for a moment, no one seemed to understand why she did this, Harry looked confused, and then suddenly covered his forehead in pain and fell to the ground,

And Dumbledore had already caught the Lestrange couple at this time, and his alertness suddenly raised his head, and the mysterious department began to shake, and Selwyn smiled,

The ceiling shattered as if it couldn't bear the weight above, all kinds of things fell from above, everyone tried their best to avoid the falling objects, and the deafening explosion sounded in everyone's ears.

"Stop."

But in such a state of confusion, Dumbledore's roar pierced all sounds, and the devastating shaking stopped,

Whether it was stones, wooden blocks, golden letters, tables, springs mixed with a large number of magic coins, or golden statues of magical brothers, all the falling objects stopped, and then one after another automatically fell on the empty space where no one was around, making a violent noise,

Lawrence walked around a large boulder and found Fleur who was watching over Harry and Neville, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix gathered one by one, and Kingsley limped to another room to make sure that Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Luna were safe, and that there didn't seem to be any damage.

Dumbledore squinted, as if he could see something through the smoke and dust in the sky, and with a wave of his wand, the shattered statues of the Fountain of the Magical Brothers came to life one after another,

The Witch and Witch statues remained relatively intact despite the cracks, and together they grabbed the silver chains that Dumbledore had handed them, dragging all the captured Death Eaters to the other end of the room.

The headless centaur statue brandished its bow and began to run around Dumbledore, and the elf with a broken hand and the house-elf statue with a missing leg ran upstairs with discordant steps along the wall,

Lawrence shuddered, he and Dumbledore looked in the same direction, he felt a tyrannical anger coming from above, the shaking of the ground stopped, and gradually everyone raised their heads with a feeling,

"I didn't think you showed up tonight, Tom." Dumbledore said calmly, "But I must warn you that it would be unwise to show up on a night like this, the Aurors are already on their way."

"Dumbledore," Voldemort's voice came from above, and the smoke in the sky suddenly cleared, and the place that was originally the ceiling became a large hole, and Voldemort stood by the hole and looked at the people below, "When they come, you will be dead long ago, and I will leave here."

Voldemort took a step forward, then disappeared into midair,

"Can't you wait, Tom?" Dumbledore smiled, but he smiled and turned his head to look at the ancient arch in some surprise.

Voldemort appeared on the stone chair directly behind Selwyn at this time, and the house-elf Huck raised his hand, and a huge stone chair was lifted, and the green light of the claim blew the stone chair apart.

Voldemort disappeared again, this time he appeared on Selwyn's side, and a golden arrow shot at Voldemort accurately, forcing Voldemort to shift the direction of his wand and block the attack, but the impact of the arrow made him stagger back a few steps,

The headless centaur statue was still running with kicks and feet, but it had no arrows in its hand, and Dumbledore had jumped onto the smooth stone platform, and the three centaurs faced each other on the edge of the stone platform.

"What is it that can make you lose your temper like this, Tom." Dumbledore glanced at the crown in Selwyn's hand, and he seemed to confirm something,

"Hand over my crown." The red light in Voldemort's eyes almost filled his slender eyes, "You damn thief."

"It's ugly, Voldemort," Selwyn held up the crown in his hand, "if you don't separate your soul, how can I have a chance to steal him?"

"Shut up—" Voldemort raised his wand and threw out a dark ripple, a large amount of black mist poured out of Voldemort's robes, and in the endless black wave, one after another pitch-black serpents raised their heads and spitted letters,

In the face of Voldemort's overwhelming attack, Dumbledore's wand radiated a thousand rays of light, breaking through the waves of Voldemort's malice and the fog that covered everyone's hearts, Phoenix Fawkes responded to his partner's counterattack, it ignited a flame and sang a song of hope and courage,

In such a situation, Serwin and Haque were not excluded from his protection by Dumbledore, and even in order to protect them, Dumbledore had to devote more forces to maintain the strength of the protection.

"It's gentle, Professor," said Selwyn,

"You're my student." Dumbledore said gently, the dark and terrifying fog was retreating, Voldemort let out a shriek of resentment, and the black serpent was unwilling to fail like this, and fiercely stood up and prepared to attack,

"But after tonight, not anymore." Selwyn finished speaking, her palm was spread upward, a white rose suddenly grew from her fingertips, absorbing blood, and the flower stem began to spread around, one after another white roses began to bloom, Dumbledore's expression was in a trance for a while, but he quickly turned around, because Voldemort had attacked with the black serpent,

Selwyn jumped onto the stone chair at the other end, and the house-elf Huck followed his master, and just as Selwyn was about to continue climbing to the edge of the crater, a wand entered her eyes,

"How did you get out of there?" Selwyn's face was paler than usual, her lips had lost their blood, and the stem of the rose was wrapped around Selwyn's arm, and there was only one particularly noticeable thorn on the stem,

The white rose seemed to be brewing some kind of power, and although the power of this magic came from the blood of the caster, Lawrence could feel that it was not some evil black magic,

"You're too gentle, Rovande, you know? I think—" Selwyn whispered, "it's good that you haven't taken me seriously as an enemy."

"What the hell are you?" Lawrence and Selwyn lifted the crown and touched the spikes on the stem of the flower to the jewel on the crown, and at the same time, Voldemort's desperate wail sounded in the hearts of everyone present,

Lawrence was shocked, he keenly felt that the crown gushed out of an evil force, but before this, he had never felt that there was such evil black magic hidden in the crown, Lawrence seemed to see the phantom of Voldemort when he was young, when he was still Tom. Riddle's time, (Note 1)

"What an angry soul." Selwyn whispered, and a crimson glow erupted from Huck's hand,

Lawrence seemed to see Tom. Riddle's pained expression, which he had seen a little older than he had seen in the Chamber of Secrets, with a desperate and distorted expression, was consumed by a crimson light, and Lawrence had felt a similar power, it was—

"Philosopher's Stone."

From the shadows behind Lawrence, Ares. Agilros stepped out, Lawrence was not surprised, or when he found out that it was the power of the Philosopher's Stone, he quickly thought of what that eternal benefit was,

Selwyn did tell himself enough information that they were indeed not an organization, but the interests of the Philosopher's Stone were large enough for anyone to work together for this, and it didn't make any sense to be an organization or not.

"There's something in me," Lawrence asked, "that's what you need, right?"

Ares. Agilros smiled, his teeth were white, but the exposed teeth seemed to be stained with crimson blood, and the members of the Order of the Phoenix had leaned over one after another.

"Not today, Mr. Rovande." Ares. "We don't want to stay and face 'the man who can't even say his name,' and you don't want to fight anymore?"

They left, Lawrence and the members of the Order of the Phoenix did not stop them until the end, and the battlefield on the other side also came to an end, and Voldemort, after trying to control Harry, could only admit that his actions today were a failure,

The golden statue of the goblin and the house-elf brought the officials headed by the Minister of Magic, and Sirius, who was full of worries, followed in his pajamas, and it was clear that the party held by the Ministry of Magic today was a slumber party,

Fleur walked over and hugged Lawrence, who was a little confused, and dispelled the gloom in his heart a little, this war came to an end temporarily, but another war continued unwillingly.

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Note 1: This Horcrux was created by killing an Albanian farmer, and the approximate time is after Voldemort graduated.

In terms of setting, I would think that in order to hide the crown in a pile of debris, Voldemort lost its luster and became inconspicuous, just like ordinary old items, it was also to hide, it would not have a negative impact on the wearer, and it was naturally difficult for Lawrence to detect the malice hidden in the depths.