It was already dusk in the afternoon, and the sunset on the edge of the sky was shining golden on the dead autumn grass near Hogwarts......

By this time, on the edge of the Three Broomsticks Bar on the west side of Hogsmeade Village and a mile south of Hogsmeade Station, a large group of Aurors from the Ministry of Magic and the North American Magical Congress on the other side of the Atlantic had surrounded the place.

They each clutched their wands in their hands, and slowly approached the sneaky and desperate outlaw wizards in their encirclement.

However, they did not rush to do it, because the person in charge of their operation had not yet arrived, so they were still waiting for the final order...... However, if the other party resists stubbornly, they will definitely not be polite to the other party.

Sou~!

As the Aurors raised their wands and threatened the wizards, finally, behind them, a cloud of mist like a black shadow suddenly flashed, and another man with a wand, brown hair, and thick eyebrows mixed with gray wisps of gray, the phantom of an old lion vanished to the periphery, and strode briskly towards the encirclement.

'Sir! ’

'The goods have been seized and confirmed, and they are all in the carriage that has been cast with the Traceless Expansion Charm, including the precious Thunderbird, and there is no damage! ’

After seeing the comer, on the outskirts of the encirclement, two Aurors hurriedly ran towards each other and reported briefly.

‘……’

'Those guys, what about them?' In front!? ’

However, the leader of the Aurors, who looked like an old lion, did not care about the magical beasts, he only cared about the group of dark wizards who were captured by his Aurors and did not hesitate to capture and sell wild magical beasts for their own selfish gain.

'Yes sir! ’

'They're right ahead, we're all stuck there!' ’

'Humph! ’

'What about the buyer?' Did you catch him?! ’

'I'm sorry sir, we didn't find a buyer, we just caught a guy who seemed to be coming to connect......

‘……’

'Let's go! Let's go check it out! ’

'Yes! ’

When Rufus Scrimgeour from the Auror Office arrived with Apparition and listened to the advice of the two Aurors who had been waiting for a long time, and explained the situation in a few words, they all walked forward and hurried towards the crowd in front of them.

In fact, the Aurors had been staring at this small group of wizards for some time......

They followed each other to the outside of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and it was not until they discovered that they were in contact with an unknown person that they finally closed the net, surrounding the transnational smuggling wizard syndicate and the buyers.

But to the surprise of the Aurors, it didn't seem that they had caught the heinous illegal buyer they were trying to capture, but rather someone who was the smuggler of wizards.

Therefore, when they found that they had been frightened and exposed, some of the helpless Aurors had to continue their actions, intending to arrest the group of recalcitrant wizards in front of them first, and then try to use magic potions such as truth elixir to get what they wanted to know from the other party's mouth.

'Listen to the wizards inside, you are surrounded by us!' ’

'Put down your wands at once, we have more than a hundred Aurors here, no matter how stubborn you are, it's useless, it's too late to disarm!" ’

"A word of caution: the 'Phantom Shifting' in this small area has been banned, you will definitely not be able to escape, hurry up and surrender!" ’

As a matter of routine, one of the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic shouted to the besieged wizards who were huddled back to back, hidden in the hood of their black robes and hats, surrounded by them a hundred meters away.

In fact, just as he said, the network of Floo near here has been closed, and the apparition has been limited by their Auror's special spell, and even the director of their Auror office can only apparilate and walk over from a distance, so those who are surrounded by them must have no way to escape, and there will be no more choice but to surrender to them.

‘……’

‘……’

however

At this time, the wizards who were surrounded in the middle just glanced at each other, so you look at me and I look at you, and there is no intention of wanting to respond or surrender at all.

Obviously, they seem to be hesitating, or do they have some concerns? Of course, it is also possible that they still intend to resist stubbornly, and they have no consciousness of being caught at all?

‘！！ ’

'Take them down, get rid of your weapons!!' ’

Seeing that those guys were not ready to surrender in this situation, and looking at the carriage pulled by Thestrals that they had captured in the distance, Rufus Scrimgeur, the director of the Auror Office, was dominated by anger, and directly raised his wand and cast a disarming spell on the guys who were surrounded by them in the middle.

Because judging from the situation reported by his two subordinates just now, it is not difficult for him to guess that their operation today may have failed...... Even if they block the guys in front of them, even if they can capture each other alive, there must be no way to get more valuable information from the other party, even if they use the truth potion in violation of regulations, I am afraid it will not have much practical significance.

'Except for your weapons!' ’

'Except for your weapons!!' ’

With Rufus Scrimgeour's brazen attack, his subordinates naturally spewed out pillars of red light from their staff heads at the same time, instantly hitting the surrounding outlaw wizards, and directly knocking the wands in the hands of those cowering guys out in an instant......

'Humph! ’

'Grab them and bring them back!!' ’

After many days of arrangement, but got such a result, Rufus Scrimgeour must not be very satisfied, so, in a depressed mood, he waved his hand, signaled his subordinates to step forward, and packed and took away the wizards and wands who were easily disarmed.

'Fainted! ’

'Fainted!!' ’

‘！！ ’

‘?? ναεμπ?? διο！！ ’

Suddenly, just as the Aurors received the order and stepped forward to cast a stun spell at the disarmed wizards, one of the newly disarmed wizards on the opposite side actually cast a wandless spell, directly casting a barrier spell that had just been transmitted from Hogwarts a few days ago, and directly blocked the two stun spells?!

'Damn it! ’

'Casting spells without a wand in places outside of the Ministry of Magic's regulations, as well as smuggling precious magical animals, plus apprehension of recalcitrant ......'

'There are three serious crimes, are you guys planning to stay in Azkaban for the rest of your life?' ’

I never thought that these weasel-like guys in front of me would have a guy who could master the fast wandless spell and the latest barrier spell? So, Rufus Scrimgeour once again raised his wand in his hand, ready to forcibly break the opponent's barrier shield, and then give the opponent a good look!

You know, the Ministry of Magic strictly prohibits any wizards from casting wandless spells outside of their own homes, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, or other specific areas due to the management requirements of certain wizards, because that is not conducive to management?

'Broken bones! ’

'Broken bones!!' ’

‘Reducto！！！ ’

Spells rang out from the Aurors' mouths, and soon after, a burst of light erupted from the heads of their staffs, and several spells slammed into the golden shield that had cast the barrier spell and protected them all in a cold manner from all sides.

Proven by the Aurors, no wizard's barrier or mana level can withstand the attacks of the three shattering spells, especially without the blessing of a wand? So, including Rufus Scrimgeur, the leader of the Aurors, they could not trust that the barrier that had kept several outlaw wizards in place would be able to withstand their attacks.

Sou! Sou!

A few shattering spells flashed and struck the golden shield in an instant, and then broke through the barrier shield in an instant, and bombarded the wizards who were huddled inside, seemingly trying to escape!

Rumble~!!

‘！！ ’

‘？？？ ’

‘……’

'Where did they go?' Blown to pieces?! ’

'No, no flesh ...... in sight'

'They ran away?' ’

After a few shattering spells exploded and swept countless pieces of dirt away, it was not long before the surrounding Ministry of Magic officials and Aurors, as well as the guests who had come from across the ocean, could only stare at the pit in their encirclement in silence......

Because, inexplicably, they had lost the prisoner they had been tracking for many days, and after many days of arranging the situation, they had nothing but a large pit and a carriage full of smuggled precious magical animals?

'This can't be! We've set up an anti-illusion and a set-up around here! Find them out for me!! ’

'Yes! ’

'Quick! With the Transfiguration Charm! ’

'Watch the ground!' ’

'Report! Didn't find ......'

'Go over there!' ’

'Report! Not on this side either! ’

‘…….’

A group of Aurors began to rummage through their encirclement like headless flies, sparing not an inch of land or anything they could, but, unfortunately, they searched for a long time and found nothing......

'Report sir! ’

'We haven't found anything, the prisoners have been confirmed to have escaped, now what?' ’

After checking the surroundings for a long time and finding that the suspects were indeed no longer there, and that they were by no means invisible or hidden in some other way, one of the Aurors could only stubbornly walk up to their commander and ask.

'Damn it! ’

'Humph! I've always felt that this matter has nothing to do with Hogwarts......

In a fit of hatred, Rufus Scrimgeour turned his head to look at the huge castle to the northeast across the railroad and lake.

Those dark wizards have smuggled goods here and nowhere else, and they have mysteriously disappeared here under the noses of so many of them, if this matter has nothing to do with Hogwarts, surely no one will believe it, right?

'Go! ’

'Send someone to be Crouch's assistant and give me a good look inside!' ’

With such a big matter, and the presence of the Aurors of other countries, it is definitely impossible for him Rufus Scrimgeour to give up so easily, because this is a matter of face for their British Ministry of Magic, and he will never give up because of this!

However, it is obviously unrealistic to go directly to Hogwarts, because Dumbledore will never allow it, and Minister Fudge is not afraid to disobey Dumbledore's wishes, so now they can only use the Triwizard Tournament to secretly investigate.

'Yes! ’

'Don't worry, sir, we'll arrange it as soon as possible......

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As the Aurors gathered their belongings in frustration and prepared to leave, further north of the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest, in a hidden place, the wizards suddenly appeared and fell to the ground in unison, and then let out a cry of pain in unison......

“……”

(ー`?? ー)

"You guys are really useless...... People have been waiting for you for so many days, and you ended up being late and didn't say anything, you couldn't even do a little thing, and you were almost caught by the Aurors? ”

ε=(?? ˇεˇ????))) Bah!

Anne didn't want to save these 'lawless' guys, but thinking that the other party might confess herself and probably cause some unnecessary trouble, she had to take action at a critical time and directly teleport these unlucky guys here in an instant.

'Ah......h

'She's ......'

'Yes, she saved us?' ’

'Are we really saved?' Oh! Merlin bless ......'

'Shut up!' ’

At this point, without waiting for the embarrassed wizards to say anything, the man at the head reprimanded them severely.

"I'm sorry, Professor......"

"We've done our best, we thought the people from the Ministry of Magic wouldn't be here so soon, and we wanted to make a time difference with them, but ......"

They actually knew about being targeted by the people of the Ministry of Magic, but they thought that they could hand over the goods to the little girl in front of them before the people from the Ministry of Magic collected the net and caught them, and then they could escape in advance and planned to take risks, but where would they expect that they and the others were blocked by a crazy woman, so that the plan went wrong at the last moment?

After saying that, the leading guy glared at the crazy woman who was slowly standing up on the side.

Although the other party is his acquaintance, usually has a lot of business dealings, and is still a subordinate of a terrible guy, but for the guy who spoiled his big deal, he will definitely not return the friendship with the other party.

“？？”

Σ(⊙ω⊙`)？

Anne didn't know what the hell the other party was up to, anyway, she only knew that this time the mission failed, and those guys didn't seem to be as reliable as the other party had promised before?

"But you don't need to worry, we will find a way to prepare this batch of goods, as long as you give us a little time......."

However, before the man could finish speaking, he saw the little girl waving impatiently at him.

"No need!"

(lll￢ω￢)

"People suddenly don't want those things anymore, if it's okay, you can go back!"

（?? ╭╮?? ）

Anne has never been afraid of trouble, but she hates troublesome things, so, after hearing the previous conversations with the Aurors, she suddenly doesn't want to play hide and seek with a group of Aurors for those things, because next, she has to think about the second subject of the Triwizard Tournament, so that she doesn't have time to toss around with these useless guys anymore!

"Huh?"

Unexpectedly, the other party directly planned to cancel the transaction, which couldn't help but make the wizard who seemed to be the leader of this group of people a little embarrassed.

"But ......"

"Professor, your deposit ......"

If it were an ordinary person who dared to cancel the transaction directly with them within the time limit, they would definitely not return even a deposit of Yinxike! However, they didn't dare to do that for the little girl in front of him, so he couldn't help but be a little anxious at this time, not knowing whether to contact his boss at this time.

After all, such a large order, as well as those deposits, their boss may not be able to return them, but he knows that they have spent a lot of money for this operation, how can they just spit it out with each other's words?

"Deposit?"

∑(?? △｀)？！

"Don't! You can go now, if you want to buy anything more, I will definitely go back to you!! ”

o(?? ^｀)o

Jin Gallon or something, that kind of thing Anne never put in her heart, so she generously waved her hand, and it was considered the end of the transaction.

“……”

Such a big sum of money, this little girl actually said that she didn't want it?!

"If, as you wish......"

"So, Professor Annie, let's go first,?"

Soon, however, the man came back to his senses, remembering some of the other party's deeds and the large sum of gold galleons that he had taken from Gringotts not long ago, so he nodded in relief, and then nodded to his companions, and directly cast a wandless apparition shapeshift, turning into black smoke and disappearing in place.

Of course, it was only the male wizards who had escorted the goods who left, and the witch who had not seemed to be well received by the male wizards before stayed.

"Hello, Your Excellency Professor Anne?"

When she realized that it was only herself and the little girl, the witch with her fluffy curly hair finally opened her mouth after saluting the little girl who was sitting on the rock and dangling her short legs.

"Can I introduce myself?"

"My name, Bellatrix Lestrange, is a man of the Dark Lord, and it is a pleasure to meet Your Excellency......"

If it were an ordinary person, Bellatrix Lestrange would definitely not take it seriously, but for this little girl in front of her, who had many glorious achievements and achievements, and had just saved herself and others from under the noses of hundreds of Aurors, she could barely maintain a trace of respect.

However, in her heart, the other party seems to be a little bit worse than her master?

"What do you want to do?"

(，，?? ▽??，，)？

Anne didn't understand, what did this uncomfortable-looking guy in front of her want to do?

You know, she is not in the mood to talk to the other party right now, because tomorrow the subject of the Triwizard Tournament will start, and as soon as the subject is over, the subject of the second subject that she Professor Anne is solely responsible for will be put on the agenda, and she has not thought about what super interesting things to let those warriors do until now, and where is the time to talk to this strange-looking aunt in front of her?

"Of course!"

"I was ordered to come looking for Your Excellency, so there must be something important......

In Bellatrix Lestrange's opinion, it was not easy to meet or contact the little girl in front of her, because she had sent two owls to secretly deliver letters to each other at night, but all of them went and did not return, and even she did not know whether the other party had received those letters.

So, out of necessity, after learning from some sources that some of her 'old friends' had some connections and transactions with this little girl, she sneaked into Hogsmeade, a place very close to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and finally met each other.

"My master, Lord Dark Lord wants to see your Excellency, I wonder when you will be free?"

Bellatrix Lestrange gave a seductive smile as she cautiously approached the other's side.

"Dark Lord ......"

(???? ˇ?? ˇ????)

"Oh!?"

(??????????) Ha!

"You mean that Voldemort? He's really not dead, is he? However, people are not in the mood to meet him now, goodbye~!! ”

?????? (??????)?????? Bye!

Voldemort or something, little Anne said that she had burned a piece of the other party's soul two years ago? However, she has never put that little thing on her heart, and she doesn't want to see another piece of the other party's soul after 'two years', because she has more important things to do!

Just now, she suddenly had an idea, and remembered what she was going to do in the second subject of the Triwizard Tournament, so now she was very busy, so she didn't have time to meet the messy Dark Lord she didn't know!

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

Swish!!

"Wait ......"

Bellatrix Lestrange had just stretched out her hand, but she was helpless to find that the other party had disappeared in an instant in a blue light similar to a phantom shapeshift, and she didn't know where to run......

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(*^▽^*)?? Asking for a ticket?? (*^▽^*)

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