20. Ghosts
The members of the Dark Wizards had taken off their costumes and would arrive at Hogwarts at noon the next day, much to the surprise of the students as to what had happened to the gang of people sneaking out last night.
It wasn't until later that they learned the true story of the incident, and they were immediately envious of the members of the Dark Wizard Army, the battle that took place in the Ministry of Magic had been publicized to the extent that almost everyone in the wizarding world knew about it, and Sherlock's experience of vs Voldemort was widely publicized by the Daily Prophet, and Sherlock himself almost became the image of the savior of the wizarding world.
"I'm sorry I didn't go! It's a shame. "Draco Malfoy has been complaining to Dandeni and the others since they returned, why didn't they call him when the Dark Mage Army set off, even Harry Potter and Ron followed.
"Maybe Mr. Sherlock can't bear to see your father and son kill each other." Dandeni patted Draco on the shoulder and couldn't help but whisper.
Lupo sighed, "Don't you know that when I fought the Death Eaters last night, I knew at least a third of the people in there, which is really ......"
Kirk spread his hands, "The helplessness of the children of the pure-blood family, who made Voldemort like to use pure-blood wizards so much." β
"It's really too much, you still hide it from me when such a big thing happens, are you going to be angry with me to be comfortable?" In the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office, Ellie raised her voice again, snarling at Asinsha and Sherlock.
"Even your dad knows...... And I was still sleeping last night...... I didn't even know my son had a fight with Voldemort! That's Voldemort! Ellie roared incessantly, and when she saw the Daily Prophet newspaper this morning, she wondered if she was blind in her glasses.
"Actually, Mom, you're also very powerful, and you're the only one who can talk to the great wizard who fought against Voldemort like this." Asin Sha pretended to be envious and said to Ellie, but the other party didn't seem to buy it.
Asinsha rolled her glasses and then sobbed quietly, "Actually, I don't want to go, it's completely Sherlock, it's all Sherlock's fault, he has to let me go, who wants to run outside at night if I can sleep in the dormitory, as a brother, he doesn't have a bit of a competent demeanor, but always forces his sister to do something that he doesn't want to do." β
Ellie hugged her daughter, "Good! Shrewd! It's really pitiful, I gave birth to a bad son, and I also gave you an irresponsible brother. β
Sherlock looked at Asin Sha in a daze, and shouted in his heart, "Sister! Younger sister! β
And this very week, in a brief speech on Friday night, Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, confirmed that the Mystic Man had returned to the country and was once again active.
Of course, this is also something that everyone has seen with their own eyes, after all, Voldemort swaggered into the Ministry of Magic and fought with Sherlock, and they all ran into the sky above London, as long as the wizard is not blind, he can see it.
"I regret to announce that the wizard who calls himself Lord So-and-soβyou know who I meanβis alive and back among us once again." Fudge, looking tired and embarrassed, told reporters.
"We strongly urge all wizards to remain vigilant, and the Ministry of Magic is printing a booklet on primary defense for families and individuals, and will be distributing it to various wizarding families for free over the next month."
The Ministry of Magic's statement caused panic among the wizarding crowd, but the Prophet's newspaper could have comforted some of them "Darkness is coming, but the light still occupies a large part of the wizarding world, and we used to insist on Dumbledore's existence, and now there is one more Prince of Charms, and Voldemort's defeat will be a fact again." β
At the same time, the Daily Prophet also instructed Voldemort to instruct the Death Eaters to invade the Ministry of Magic, and in addition to a big fight with the Dark Wizard Army created by Sherlock, Sherlock himself also had a confrontation with Voldemort.
This also convinced the people of the wizarding world of how powerful Sherlock himself was, and at the same time was impressed by the organization that Sherlock had created.
This made the young wizards of Hogwarts even more enthusiastic about being able to join the Sherlock Club, after all, if you want to become a Dark Wizard, you must first join the Sherlock Club.
Everyone's first goal is to join the Sherlock Club.
This semester always feels like with the events of the Ministry of Magic, with the events of Sherlock vs. Voldemort, this semester should also end and usher in the summer vacation, in fact, there will be more than two months until the summer vacation.
Dumbledore returned to school after Sherlock and Voldemort, and the old man suddenly liked to wander around the castle, and sometimes the students could see the old man popping out of nowhere in a corner of the castle.
They were all saying that Dumbledore deliberately didn't go to the Ministry of Magic, he wanted to see if Sherlock's growth was not enough to fight Voldemort, and Sherlock's performance exceeded everyone's expectations, originally it was just a tie with Voldemort, and then people analyzed that Sherlock should be better, after all, it was Voldemort who ran away in the end.
They thought Dumbledore was happy enough to like to wander around the castle.
But Sherlock felt that it might be an old man with little time, and wanted to finally miss the place where he had lived most of his life.
Of course, there are other things, Lady Ellie's mood has been very bad lately, she has even become easy to get angry in class, and she is also very strict with her students, and now the Defense Against the Dark Arts class has made the young wizards experience the feeling of going to Snape's class again.
And Snape has always called Ellie a senior sister, could it be said that now is the true face of Ellie, and Snape's later character was also learned from Ellie.
Either way, the remaining two months were boring for the students, and the members of the Dark Wizards were decadent, and they now enjoyed the sinister and thrilling scenes of the Ministry of Magic.
Sure enough, wizards should live with passion.
"Mr. Sherlock, when are you going to provoke Voldemort again, you can take our Dark Wizard out to fight with the Death Eaters again." At a certain dinner table, Lu Bo said quite excitedly.
Sherlock gave him a helpless look, "Something like this...... It's better to come less. β
finally got to the last few days, but it was the most headache for the little wizards' final exams.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts exam is the most difficult of all subjects, and there are so few people who get a passing grade in this exam.
However, after the final exams, it will be summer vacation in a few days.
Now even on Sundays, the castle seems too quiet.
Everyone ran out and was on the sunny playground, enjoying the joy of the end of exams and the anticipation of no homework in the last days of the semester.
Sherlock walked slowly through the empty hallway, looking out the window; He could see people scattered around the Quidditch pitch in twos and threes, and some people swimming with giant squid in the lake.
Sometimes it's easy to see Harry while walking around the castle and find it hard to determine if he wants to be with people, he wants to leave when he's with them, and he wants to be with them when he's alone.
He thought he might really have to go see Hagrid, they hadn't talked properly since he had returned.
And during this time, the Ministry of Magic also made a big move, first clearing out those Death Eaters who were recognized, but in fact it was just a wanted list, and those guys fled early after showing their faces, and a large number of positions were vacated in the Ministry of Magic.
This made the Ministry of Magic focus on the next group of Hogwarts graduates who were about to graduate, and Patsy Weasley was very interested in joining the Ministry of Magic, and in fact he had been planning to work at the Ministry of Magic.
In comparison, this class of seventh-grade graduates will be the fastest to find a job after graduation.
The last dinner of the semester has arrived, and most of the people have already packed their bags and gone down to the dinner.
Dumbledore will definitely say a lot tonight, Voldemort came back at this time last year, at the end of the Triwizard Tournament, and the year he had been waiting for was really in front of the world at this time.
Sherlock was the last to come to the dinner, but there was one person who didn't show up, and that was Harry Potter, who was looking for the ghost of the castle and asked if there was any way to turn Sirius Black back into a ghost.
All the ghosts were running away from the problem, but Harry found Nick, who was almost headless.
"Nick, can I ask you something?"
A strange expression crossed Nick's face, and he reached into the collar and straightened it, apparently considering.
It wasn't until his dangling head was about to fall off that he stopped thinking about it.
"Uh...... Now, Harry? Nick asked, looking a little confused. Can't wait until after dinner? β
"No...... Nick...... Help. Harry said, "I really need to talk to you." Is it in this line? β
Harry opened the door to the nearest classroom, and Nick, who was almost headless, sighed.
"Oh, okay." He resigned himself to fate. "That's what I thought."
Harry opened the door for him, but he went through the wall.
"What will happen?" Harry asked, closing the door.
"You come to me." Nick said, drifting to the window and looking at the dark clouds in the sky. "Sometimes it happens when somebody gets hurt."
"Hmm." Harry didn't want to be misunderstood. "You're right, lo and behold, I've come to you."
Nick didn't say anything.
"I know you'......," Harry said, finding it hard to express, "I know you're dead. But you still exist, right? β
Nick sighed, still looking out the window.
"That's right, right?" Harry asked, staring at him. "You're dead, but I can still talk to you, you can walk around Hogwarts and walk through anything, right?"
"Yes." Nick said softly, "I can walk, I can talk." β
"That means you're back, right?" Harry said eagerly. "You can come back, right? All the ghosts, they won't disappear completely, eh? He added, seeing that Nick was silent.
Nick hesitated, then said, "Not everyone can come back as ghosts. β
"What do you mean?" Harry asked quickly.
"Only, only wizards."
"Oh." Harry breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Well, that's good, it's a wizard I'm asking." He can come back, right? β
Nick turned and looked at Harry sadly.
"He's not coming back."
"Who?"
"Sirius Black." Nick said.
"But you're back!" Harry exclaimed angrily. "You're back...... Although you died, you didn't disappear......"
"Wizards can leave their mark on Earth in order to walk once again where they once lived." Nick said sadly, "But only a very small number of wizards will choose this path. β
"Why not?" Harry asked, "Anyway...... And that's okay...... Sirius wouldn't care if it was normal, he would be back, I knew he would! β
"He's not coming back." Nick once said, "He's gone." β
Harry quickly asked, "Where did you go?" Listen...... What really happened when you died? Where have you been? Why don't all of them come back? Why isn't this place all ghosts? Why ......"
"I can't answer," Nick said.
"Aren't you dead?" Harry said angrily, "Who better to answer this question than you?" β
Nick thought for a moment and uttered the name, "Sherlock Mephisto." β
"He's the only one I know who went in there as a living person and came back again, Voldemort couldn't do that, and Voldemort didn't really die more than a decade ago."
He went on to say that "Voldemort had not been to that place, so he did not know that his so-called resurrection was nothing more than the strength and body he had gained from his gasping geist. β
Sherlock...... Yes, he experienced death......"
"Harry, I want to tell you one last moment, maybe what you're seeing isn't the real Nick, I don't understand what it means to be a ghost, maybe I'm just a fake...... Think about it, how can a ghost be afraid of death? β
Nick wanted to leave, but he said something more, "Even if you ask Sherlock, he can't tell you, because sometimes dead people don't want to be disturbed, people are alive and people are dead, and I can guarantee that Blake's soul will be comfortable there." β
Harry froze, Nick left, and Harry just stood at the door of the dinner hall, waiting for the dinner to end, as the only one absent.
"Harry~~~" until Sherlock whispered to him.
"Mr. Sherlock? The dinner isn't over yet? β
"I came out to go to the bathroom...... Just seeing you here, maybe this will work for you! β