"Medea? Slytherin had woken up. ”

Mr. Graves said in a factual tone.

Scott nodded, no surprise.

He asked, "Do you know where she is now and what she is doing?" ”

"I don't know where she is, but I know what she wants to do."

Mr. Graves looked down at the table of the small round table and spoke in a heavy tone.

"It has something to do with a magical item in the Greaves family's collection."

Scott remembered what he had heard.

Medea asked Mrs. Zabini to marry Mr. Graves in order to get something from the Graves family.

"It stands to reason that you should be in a position to be monitored."

Scott looked up at Mr. Grevis.

"But you have Milton's mother with you at all times."

"I had to."

Mr. Graves smiled wryly again.

"If I don't take her with me, she could be in danger."

Scott was still a little incomprehensible.

It's not that he looks down on Mr. Grevis.

It's just that he alone can really protect Milton's mother?

It's better to send it out of the country far away.

Mr. Graves seemed to know what Scott was thinking.

"It's all the result of my pretending to be clever," he explained. ”

And then he told the story of everything, starting before he and Mrs. Zabini were married.

From the time he met Mrs. Zabini, Mr. Graves was always on his toes.

After all, she was the famous "Black Widow" in British magic.

But he couldn't figure it out.

He thinks of himself as a man with neither power nor wealth, while Lady Zabini is a pure-blooded witch with high eyes and a high self-proclaimed nobility.

There should have been no intersection between them.

Because he didn't think he was worthy of the Black Widow's schemes.

"I used to be complacent."

Mr. Graves self-analyzed.

"After all......"

At this point, he probably realized that Scott, who was talking to him at the moment, was a friend of his son's, so he stopped talking.

"I understand." Scott said.

He is also a man, how can he not understand that mentality.

"But then ......"

Mr. Graves smiled self-deprecatingly, and continued.

Later, a colleague from the Ministry of Magic recruited him to join Medea's Witch Society.

"It was supposed to be his own initiative, he was drunk at the time, but it was because of that that I became suspicious of something."

He took advantage of his unpreparedness to subdue his colleague, poured him with a truth potion, and later used the Oblivion Charm to erase the other party's memories of that time.

"From him, I learned that Zabini is also a member of the All Witch Society."

In this regard, Mr. Graves was thoroughly wary of Mrs. Zabini.

"But I ended up making the wrong choice......"

He chose to go to the Lady Zabini to find out more about the truth.

"Since then, a lot of people have misunderstood my relationship with Zabini, including Milton's mother."

But Mr. Graves was already in trouble, and he was clearly not reconciled if he did not find out the reason why Mrs. Zabini was close to him.

In the end, with mental arithmetic or unintentional, he finally learned a terrible truth-

Madame Zabini approached him from Medea? Slytherin's instructions.

All in order to obtain some magical object that his father, Mr. Graves Sr., had hidden.

Mr. Graves began to be frightened and panicked.

He thought he couldn't resist what Medea wanted to do.

If he retreats at this time, leaving Medea alone, will Lady Zabini and the rest of the Witchcraft take revenge on him?

Or simply take revenge on his wife and children.

He didn't dare to bet.

"Of course, that's just part of the reason why I ended up marrying Zabini."

Mr. Graves laughed to himself again.

"Part of the reason is because I crave power."

Scott looked at him with some surprise.

Mr. Graves said, "I know what you're capable of, Scott. There isn't much point in lying in front of you for the sake of face. ”

Scott simply said, "Your choice is a bit unwise. ”

Mr. Graves nodded in agreement.

"I saw that marriage as a transaction, a delusional desire to dance on the tip of a knife and get the power I craved while protecting my family."

"It turns out that I think too highly of myself."

"The damage it did to Milton and his mother is something I will never be able to reparate."

Instead of commenting on the choices he has made in the past, Scott took the initiative to talk about his current predicament.

"Now that you've been keeping Mother Milton with you, it means that your intentions have been expected by the other party."

"Yes, Zabini always knew."

Mr. Graves spoke with some emotion.

"She always knew that Milton's mother hadn't really left."

"She's watching my jokes and watching us hide like lost dogs."

Scott frowned, "Why is that?"

"Because Miss Slytherin lost to Lord Voldemort."

Mr. Graves barely calmed down.

"They don't want to overdo it while Miss Slytherin is asleep."

"Without Miss Slytherin, they can't resist the Ministry of Magic, and they don't want to get Dumbledore's attention."

"We're still safe and sound, all because of their indulgence."

"And as long as we stay in the UK, no one will come to us for trouble."

Scott asked, "That time in Vienna?" ”

Mr. Graves told him that he had tried to send his mother away quietly, but had returned to England under the "protection" of several All-Witch Wizards.

"At that time, they didn't dare to go too far until I failed to run for minister......"

Scott understood.

After losing the election, Mr. Graves lost his political leverage and became less important.

He whispered, "Now that Medea has awakened, it's time for them to act." ”

"You're right."

Mr. Graves looked dejected.

"Do you know what that magic item Medea wants is?"

Scott asked calmly.

and...... Why did they use such a roundabout approach? ”

With Medea's strength, wouldn't it be good to quietly kill the door and snatch that magic item directly from old Mr. Grevis?

Why make things so complicated?

"I don't know exactly what that item is, but it's said to break a lot of magic, and if you build up your power long enough, you might be able to break any of it."

Mr. Graves said with some hesitation.

Break any magic?

Intuition reminds Scott of Avalon's passages.

Mr. Graves continued, "As for why they didn't just grab it, the reason is that my father was said to have set up a lot of things for that magical item, and he could have it destroy itself at the slightest thought. ”

"Supposedly?" Scott was puzzled.

Mr. Greaves looked a little embarrassed.

"That's all the news I've inquired about."

"And my father never told us anything about that magical object."

"But almost all emerging wizard families and pure-blood families have heard rumors about that magical item."

Scott was surprised, "Didn't you tell your father about all this happened?" ”

"My father knew what happened to the Greaves family, but he never explained anything to us," Mr. Graves said. ”

Scott was a little confused.

It is possible for old Mr. Grevis, as a patriarch, to be arbitrary, but it is a little strange that he has said nothing at this point.

"It's normal."

Mr. Graves was not surprised.

"That's how my father's personality was."

But Scott always felt that something was wrong.

He gathered his thoughts.

"Lady Zabini may have wanted to find out what your father had done with that magical object, but now ......"

"Even we don't know, there's no way she's going to find out anything."

Mr. Graves affirmed.

"If Miss Slytherin can't wait, they'll have to think of something else after all."

Skoo nodded, "One Imperius spell can solve all problems by surprise. ”

"My father wasn't that easy to get caught into, he was extremely cautious all his life."

Mr. Graves seemed to have confidence in Mr. Graves Sr.

But if the difference in strength is too large......

Scott said this with the look in his eyes.

"You're right, Scott."

Mr. Graves finally got to the point.

"That's what I really want to tell you."

Scott listened intently.

Mr. Graves said: "The Witch Society seems to be calm and no one is making any moves, but you should be very clear that they have private channels of communication. ”

"Do you mean a local area network built into a flyway network?"

Scott was surprised.

"Because Dumbledore knew about it, I thought that after Miss Bones came to power, he had already taken the appropriate measures."

"As far as I know, those little fireplaces are still useful," said Mr. Grevis. ”

Scott frowned, "So the Ministry of Magic can't block it, and it can't listen to it?" ”

Mr. Graves shook his head, "Unless they shut down the entire Floo network, but obviously, they can't." ”

Scott didn't dwell on this for the time being, but continued to ask him, "Do you know Medea's specific plans next?" ”

Mr. Graves shook his head again.

"I'm sorry, I don't know much." "But I'm pretty sure their next target is my father." ”

That is, if Scott wants to come face to face with Medea, is the best thing to do is to go to Grevis's house and wait for the rabbit?

"I got it......"

Scott was unmoved.

"Thank you for telling me this."

"No, no thanks, you should know that I'm looking for help, Scott."

Mr. Graves spoke earnestly.

"If it doesn't help, I'm afraid Milton and his mother will be used as a bargaining chip to threaten my father."

"But I know my father, and he will never be soft-hearted because of them."

Scott is well aware -

Mr. Graves did not mention himself, but Milton and his mother, apparently trying to soften Scott's heart.

But he really can't just leave it alone.

He thought about it and quickly had an idea.

"Mr. Grevis, I can provide you with a completely safe place to take refuge, and I will keep an eye on your father's location, but you will need to provide the address."

"Absolutely safe?"

Mr. Graves looked at him with some surprise, as if he couldn't understand why he could speak so sure.

Scott stood up and held the [Eye of Odin] pendant on his chest.

With a burst of white light, an illusory light door appeared in the air.

"Come with me."

Scott walked through the light gate.

Mr. Grevis, who followed into the Light Gate, looked at the forest in the other dimension in shock.

"This ...... Here it is......"

"This is a different space from the real space, which was opened up by ancient wizards with powerful space magic."

Scott introduced him.

"As you can see, it's an absolutely safe place."

So saying, he led Mr. Greaves some distance to his villa.

"This is a specially built house, with all the facilities and food stored, you can live here until the crisis is resolved."

"Please let Mother Milton come in!"

Mr. Graves said in a pleading tone.

Scott turned his head in surprise, "What about you and Milton?" ”

Mr. Graves shook his head.

"I'm too worried about Milton, he can stay with you or go straight back to Hogwarts."

"As for me, I'll go to my father's place and face him the next thing."

Scott nodded slightly, not persuading.

He stretched out his hand, and the light gate appeared in front of the two of them again.

After leaving the different space, the two walked out of the study again.

In the living room, Milton was still comforting his mother.

Milton's mother was no longer as emotionally uncontrollable as she had just been, but she was still talking to herself.

Seeing Scott and Mr. Graves come out, she immediately wiped her tears and tidied up her appearance.

"I'm sorry, that's how we first met."

She stood up and said apologetically.

"Scott, thank you, thank you for helping Milton a lot ......"

Then she praised Scott and praised him.

Scott could only talk to her modestly.

"Dear ......"

Mr. Graves walked over and told Milton and his son what to do.

Mother Milton only gave Mr. Graves a deep look, then nodded silently and accepted the arrangement.

Afterwards, she was accompanied by Milton and Mr. Graves and moved into a villa in the [Eye of Odin] space.

She's just a Muggle, and she's certainly not used to Scott's magical furniture "appliances".

Fortunately, Rimbaud is now in the vault under the villa, and Scott appoints him as Milton's mother's life assistant.

Scott didn't bother with the family's reunion and separation, and it wasn't until Mr. Graves and Milton took the initiative to bring them out of the other dimension.

Milton thanked Scott endlessly.

Scott didn't want to hear him say thank you, so he took Mr. Graves out of the house and headed for the Ministry of Magic after he left.

"I have already agreed with Ms. Bones at the award ceremony."

He told Milton.

"Go to the Prophecy Hall of the Department of Mysteries and take the prophecy about me."

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