494. Preparation before embarking on an adventure

With the exception of Scott and Dumbledore, almost everyone finished their breakfast in a hasty manner.

When one of them put down his knife and fork, the others hurriedly followed.

Their eyes were all focused on Dumbledore.

Perhaps it was because everyone had conjectures in their hearts, so the atmosphere at the long table was a little heavy at this time.

But Dumbledore didn't let the heavy atmosphere last.

In a relaxed tone, he announced what had happened the day before.

"Just yesterday, Voldemort led his Death Eaters in an attack on the British Ministry of Magic, and ordered dark creatures loyal to him to besiege Hogwarts."

Hearing the news, most of the people present still showed frightened expressions, although they had expected it.

Without waiting for everyone to marvel, Dumbledore immediately told the outcome of the war.

"Voldemort failed."

"We got the news early on that he was about to attack."

"Whether it's on the Ministry of Magic or at Hogwarts, all he can gain is failure, and in the end he has no choice but to leave."

At this time, Scott heard everyone's heavy sigh of relief.

Without waiting for everyone to ask any more questions, Dumbledore had already stood up directly.

"That's all I have to say."

He said with a smile.

"Now, I'm going to pay a visit to Madame Maxim."

With that, he left his seat and walked out of the tower.

Scott, who was left behind, had to face the "siege" of the crowd.

"Scott!"

Fred rushed over and put his hand around Scott's neck.

"Tell me what's going on?"

Roger also asked, "Why didn't we know that Professor Dumbledore had brought you?" ”

Cedric didn't even bother to read the letter Qiu wrote to him, and hurriedly asked, "Is the Ministry of Magic okay?" Is Hogwarts okay? And most importantly...... Has anyone died? ”

Apparently, he was worried about Mr. Diggory, who worked in the Ministry of Magic.

Hearing his words, Fred also reacted instantly, and the arm around Scott's neck suddenly tightened.

"Is there any news of my dad?" He asked, "Well, and Percy." ”

The others also asked.

"Alright, alright!"

Scott wrenched Fred's arm away.

"I'm almost out of breath......"

He reached out and rubbed his neck.

"Well, don't worry, Hogwarts hasn't been breached at all, but as far as I know, the Ministry of Magic did sacrifice a few Aurors......"

Hearing that someone was sacrificed, everyone fell silent for a while.

"Of course, don't worry too much, Cedric, Fred, and everyone."

He said again.

"Since Dumbledore didn't prompt, it proves that your family is fine."

"You're right, Scott." Cedric said happily, "Since Dumbledore didn't mention it, it proves that my dad must be fine." ”

"I'm not too worried."

Fred said stiffly.

"My dad is very strong, even if he still needs to protect a useless Percy."

Roger patted him on the shoulder, "I have to say, based on past performances in the Dueling Club, Percy is stronger than you. ”

"No, that's just because I didn't give it my all."

Fred began to brag.

"If I defeat Percy, I will lose his majesty as president of the boys' council, and he will definitely cry and write to his mother ......"

No one paid attention to his big words, and although Percy had a not very likable personality, his excellence was also obvious to everyone.

At least in most people's minds, he is much more reliable than the mischievous twins.

Next, Scott briefly recounted the experience of the previous day.

Of course, there are many places where he has made some changes.

He didn't reveal that he was able to remotely monitor Voldemort and the Ministry of Magic's battlefield, or that he had a special portkey.

Although he had personally registered with Voldemort during the battle to defend Hogwarts, he was careful not to let Voldemort know that he could use remote surveillance to obtain information.

It's not that Scott can't trust the classmates present, but the more people who know, the more risk of exposure.

He only mentioned that Dumbledore was normally in his room when he received the news, so he asked Dumbledore's phoenix to bring him back to Hogwarts to fight.

This, of course, caused displeasure among others, especially Fred and Roger.

"You should call us!"

"Hogwarts is under siege, and we missed it without knowing anything!"

Scott didn't explain, just laughed at Roger.

This guy had said that if there was a war at Hogwarts, he would run away, and he had an argument with Fred about it.

Now he is as active as Fred, regretting that he did not make it to the war.

But Roger didn't admit his heart, but said stiffly: "This is because I already know that Hogwarts has not been attacked, and the enemies are all blocked from the castle by protective magic, so I will say this......"

"Shut up! Roger? Davis! Caccini glared at him with disdain, "Saying this will only make you more embarrassed!" ”

Roger sneered and shut his mouth.

Scott tried to tell the story of the battle at Hogwarts in as much detail as possible.

In particular, Voldemort's personal appearance, and the action of everyone repairing the magic barrier with the Iron Armor Charm.

Of course, he also mentioned the four students who were expelled.

“…… That's how it happened, and then, this morning, I came here with Dumbledore. ”

Scott thought that his "debriefing" should be over, but everyone did not let him go, and kept asking about all kinds of details.

Voldemort, in particular, was extremely curious about him, even though everyone was afraid of the Dark Lord.

Given that Scott said that there was only a magical barrier between himself and Voldemort in the most recent time, everyone wanted to ask more about Voldemort.

From Voldemort's appearance, magic, even the voice he spoke, and even the way he dressed, they figured it out one by one.

Obviously, most of the people here have already seen the Dark Lord in the Quidditch World Cup final.

On a whim, Scott turned a stack of plates on the table into a large figure of Voldemort.

The appearance of the lifelike figure instantly frightened most of the people present, and several students even left their seats and took several steps back.

Scott stretched out his finger and flicked "Voldemort's" bald head.

"That's what Voldemort is, you can get a closer look."

"Oh......"

Fred was the first to come over.

"Sure enough, it's not that I'm mistaken, he just doesn't have a nose!"

After all, it was just a figure, and the others became emboldened and began to judge "Voldemort".

He ...... His eyes and skin color also don't look like those of humans. ”

"He's not wearing shoes!"

"His clothes don't seem to be ordinary clothes, they seem to be made of black mist."

"So, he's completely naked, wearing only a robe made of magic?"

"Huh......"

"Disgusting."

In this way, this morning, the students of the Hogwarts delegation collectively skipped class.

Scott suddenly felt that this kind of activity was very good, and after such more judgmental behavior, maybe it could reduce everyone's fear of Voldemort.

At the same time, he suddenly remembered an evil video he had seen in his previous life.

Video of a man dressed up as Voldemort and dancing a sexy hot dance in women's clothes.

Oh yes, that dance, the actor who plays Harry also dances, it's very spicy.

What would happen if Voldemort's "sexy dance" was spread widely in the wizarding world?

For a moment, Scott's heart was ready to make trouble.

But he was also jealous of Voldemort's curse.

Voldemort could even curse a position as a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, and it was hard to say that he couldn't just curse the person who spread the video.

Forget it, it's still a safe hand here.

Scott regretfully gave up on the interesting idea.

After lunch, Scott and his classmates went to Beauxbatons Castle.

They found that what had happened in England the day before had reached France by this time.

The Furstenberg Daily newspaper had already reported on the war in Britain that morning.

Scott saw the newspaper from his French classmates.

Although the report does not give a detailed account of the events, it does summarize almost two wars that took place between the British Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts.

Under such a premise, Scott's appearance undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people, and even the students of the Durmstrang delegation were curious about what happened in England.

"Oh shit, we should wait a few days before coming back to class." Roger said.

He was obviously uncomfortable with the gaze that had gathered at them for such a reason.

"Do you feel ashamed?" "But that's the way Britain is. ”

Cedric said: "They can't just sit on the sidelines, and the war more than 10 years ago didn't just affect Britain. ”

"But mostly in the UK." Fred added, "After all, the Mysteries are not as powerful as Grindelwald once was. ”

Scott said: "Grindelwald really wanted to change the world, and Voldemort was just for himself. ”

It's a different pattern.

Grindelwald's desire to conquer the world on behalf of wizards and make wizards the masters of this world is not an unacceptable proposition.

It was also because he prophesied that Muggle wars might destroy the world.

Truth be told, Scott wasn't disgusted by his philosophy.

It's just that wizards are a minority of humans after all, and it's really difficult to achieve such a goal.

Did Voldemort have the courage to do such a thing?

I'm afraid not.

Of course, Scott didn't have it himself.

In the days that followed, Voldemort fell silent again.

The Castle of Yaxley on the Isle of Man is still under Scott's watch, but the castle has fallen completely silent.

In this regard, Dumbledore commented, "Voldemort should have realized it. ”

"The last time he started a war, he wanted to take it by surprise, but he didn't expect that we were ready for a certain amount."

"That's what led him to fail."

"That means either we've monitored his movements, or he has our undercover agents under his men."

"Voldemort is conceited, and he is incredibly confident in his magic."

"He's a master of dementorship, and he won't believe that any of his men can hide it from him."

"So, a more secluded place would be his choice."

Scott asked, "So, we really have undercover agents in the ranks of the Death Eaters?" After all, Medea has placed undercover agents in it. Or did you win Madame Rolle's cooperation? ”

In response, Dumbledore nodded, "For the safety of the undercover personnel, I won't mention the other party's name." ”

Scott didn't ask any more.

He offered to say, "Maybe you can tell me where the Death Eaters, I mean, the pure-blood families are located, and I can monitor those places for Voldemort's traces." ”

Dumbledore laughed and said, "Most pure-blood families have secret addresses, and they will only tell people they trust. ”

Scott didn't believe he didn't know, "As far as I know, the Ministry of Magic has checked them more than once in the past. ”

Mr. Weasley did just that, causing Malfoy Sr. to throw out the journal of one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Of course, Scott could have gone to [The Book of Prometheus] to offer a bounty on [The Book of Prometheus] in the same way he found the address of Malfoy Manor, but he didn't bother to think of a way to earn credits.

Fortunately, Dumbledore did know the addresses of some families here, and wrote them down and gave them to Scott.

Scott immediately contacted Rimbaud and cast the net.

Dumbledore wasn't bullish on this.

"Voldemort must have known that, too." "If he wanted to be really hidden for a while, he wouldn't choose to live in these people's homes," he said. ”

Scott agreed, but he couldn't do it any other way.

While helping Dumbledore in his quest for information, he was also preparing for his own adventure.

He didn't hide it from Dumbledore.

Because he had to arrive at Merlann Island on the summer solstice, June 21, before the sun had risen.

This undoubtedly required Dumbledore's help.

After all, June 24 is the final round of the Triwizard Tournament.

In Scott's plan, he was not prepared to enter the so-called Tower of Extension to the Center of the Earth, and the legendary curse was invisible and vicious enough that he did not have enough means to resist it.

His plan was to let the "summoned beast" go down, and he himself would command it remotely from outside the tower.

This was also the premise that Dumbledore would agree to his action.

In order for this operation to go smoothly, Scott has been busy transforming his "summoned beast".

Judging by the lore, the Tower that stretches to the center of the earth is obviously a strange place, and Scott can't tell if it will be a different space like Avalon.

If so, then his remote control of the "Summoned Beast" will undoubtedly be blocked by the other dimension.

For this, Scott needs to do more preparation.

And, with the help of Dumbledore and Tutor Ravenclaw.

Scott didn't directly transform his "summoned beast".

They've been crafted, and the magic Scott wields is in balance with them, and if they are changed rashly, they could upset that balance and cause them to collapse completely.

So, Scott's idea was not to rework them, but to load them with gear.

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