Chapter 701: So You're That Neiying!

Listening to Sirius's explanation, Ivan sighed and didn't say anything more, he knew very well how deep Sirius's obsession with Peter was.

He had thought it strange when he heard Harry talk about Sirius leaving them to find trouble with the Death Eaters, but now he understood that only seeing Peter could he catch up with him......

"And after that? Did you catch Peter? Ivan asked again.

"I followed Peter into a wooded area and watched him take off his coat, and that's when I realized that Peter had a monster in his arms......" Sirius said with a solemn expression. I didn't know that the monster was a mysterious person at the time, so I chose to fight them and didn't flee in the first place...... As a result, he fell under the Imperius Curse of the mysterious man. ”

Ivan couldn't hide the shock on his face, he didn't expect Peter to sneak into the vicinity of the World Quidditch Cup with Voldemort at the risk of being discovered.

It's no wonder that Barty Jr. suddenly disappeared in the camp, most likely because he successfully caught Voldemort's attention after firing the Dark Mark and ordered Peter to save him.

While Ivan was thinking, Sirius continued as he spoke.

"Ever since I fell under the spell of the mysterious man, a voice has always been in the back of my head telling me to take Harry out alone and hand him over."

"But the mystery man was probably negligent, I've been in Azkaban for more than ten years, and those Dementors have sharpened my will......"

At this, Sirius smiled self-deprecatingly, and then spoke again. "So he doesn't have full control over me, and I know very well that doing so will kill Harry, desperately resisting the mysterious man's orders."

"But the Mystery's magic is so powerful that no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't break free from the Imperius Curse. In the end, I came up with a way to stop resisting the mysterious man's commands, and with the last of my sanity, I learned from the Death Eaters, and set fire to the tents around them, attracting the nearby Aurors! ”

"You're going to have the Aurors arrest you and interrogate you, even expecting them to find out you've been under the Imperius Curse?" Ivan immediately guessed Sirius's intentions.

"That's right! That's exactly what I thought! It's better to lock me up again......" Sirius sighed. "It's just a pity that not long after the Aurors captured me, Arthur brought someone over, and he vouched for me!"

"That's really ......" Ivan shook his head helplessly, he really didn't know what to say, Arthur Weasley's willingness to take the risk of vouching for Sirius was a very good friend's move, but it was a pity that good intentions did bad things.

Sirius also smiled wryly, the rebellion had exhausted his strength, and more importantly, he had been detected by the mysterious man, so he strengthened his control over him.

The only thing to be thankful for is that this accident also made the mystery man more careful.

After he returned from the Ministry of Magic after taking notes, the Mystic Man did not force him to go to the Burrow and take Harry away, but ordered him to go home and stand by.

"What about Lupin, Kreacher? You've been controlled for so long that they haven't ever suspected you? Ivan asked, puzzled.

"Lupin got a new job half a month after you left and has moved out. So the mystery man stayed in my mansion for a long time, and as for Kreacher......" Sirius's face took on a pained, hideous look, his nails carved deep into his palm, and his words became cold.

"The mystery man told me to order it not to leave the mansion, Kreacher couldn't resist my command, and on top of that, there was a house-elf named Twinkle who kept an eye on it."

"Twinkle? The house-elf who was banished by Mr. Crouch? Ivan frowned, he had heard Hermione talk about Sirius' adoption of Twilight from the beginning of the school year.

"That's right! That's it! The mystery man was short of manpower, so I took Sparkle with me! The house-elf had been abandoned by his master and was in dire need of a home, so the mysterious man ordered Barty Crouch Jr. to re-sign a contract with Twilight and restrain him to do something.

But the mystery man doesn't trust the house-elves, thinking they're stupid, lowly, and can't do anything great......" Sirius said, glancing forward.

They had already run under the tree where the beating willow had been made, and Sirius scooped a stone from the grass and hit the knots on the tree, and then led Ivan into the dark passage where he had come.

On the way through the dark passage, Sirius continued to tell Ivan what was going on, and a few days before Hogwarts officially started, the mysterious man hatched a plot to bring Harry to him through the Triwizard Cup.

"Why didn't Voldemort let you go straight to the Burrow and bring Harry out?" Ivan asked.

"Arthur was already suspicious of me, and he wrote me the next day asking why I had set fire to the camp, and one of the Aurors had seen me do it." Sirius explained. "The mystery man was worried that I would be discovered, so he asked me to write a reply and say that the matter was a problem for me by the Ministry of Magic......"

"Arthur may have believed my explanation, and he didn't write to me again, but the mystery man didn't think he could let me take any more risks.

Moreover, his resurrection ritual was not yet ready, some special medicinal materials were missing, and it would take a long time for the potion to be brewed, compared to Harry, who would have been missing for too long, to attract Dumbledore's attention. ”

"The mystery man suspected that Dumbledore had placed a spell on Harry's body and could track Harry's movements with specific magic, and he was afraid that I would resist a second time, so he temporarily adjusted his plan and asked me to act as an internal response to help Barty Crouch Jr. get Harry out of school."

Sirius scoffed at Voldemort's speculation, believing that it was impossible for Dumbledore to spy on Harry.

It's just that Voldemort is obviously committed to this, and plans to do it after the preparations are completed, so that by the time Dumbledore reacts, it will be too late.

"In other words, Voldemort was able to learn about Barty Crouch Jr.'s death?"

When Harry had received a second dream foretell the other day, Ivan had suspected that there was a Voldemort on their side, but he never thought about Sirius.

Sirius nodded, and since the beginning of the school year, he had asked Harry to write letters regularly, writing down everything that happened in Hogwarts and sending him letters.

That day, Harry suddenly told him about Moody's movements, and Voldemort guessed that something might have happened to Barty Crouch Jr......