Rove had thought that Saul Crocker had been sent by Corvinus Gaunt to negotiate a basilisk deal with him.

He thought about refusing, but he never expected that Crocker was not looking for Rove, but for ...... Hermione.

Hermione quickly left, following Professor McGonagall and Saul Crocker to the Transfiguration office.

Minister Fudge stayed, and he patted the young man on the shoulder eagerly, and said with a smile:

"Rove, when I first arrived, the Wizengamot was holding a meeting of the Lord Merlin to discuss this year's medal recipients......"

"Your name has been voted on." Fudge leaned over, and he lowered his voice and said, "Sir Merlin's Order of Merlin, First Class...... Clinches. ”

Although it was almost certain that he would win the award a long time ago, but now that it has been confirmed, Rove is still very happy, and he grinned brightly:

"Thank you, Minister, for the good news."

Fudge looked at the boy and couldn't help but sigh.

Even Dumbledore received the medal in 1945 after defeating the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald.

And Rove was only thirteen years old when he was awarded the Order of the First Class of the Order of the Merlin...... It's terrifying!

Fudge's face was full of envy, and he also wanted a medal of the Order of the Order of Merlin.

The reason is simple, the Order of Merlin is used to recognize wizards who have made great contributions to the magical society.

Only wizards who have received medals are eligible to become members of the Wizengamot.

It's an absolute elite group!

The Minister of Magic can't work for the rest of his life, and Fudge also wants to retire and join the Wizengamot to retire.

It used to be easy to get medals, like the infamous Arcturus Black, who donated a lot of gold to get it.

But since Dumbledore became the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, the audit has been much stricter, at least the way to donate money is not easy to follow.

It seems that if you want to enter in the future, you may have to rely on Rove.

Fudge moved to recruit Rove as his son-in-law again, but unfortunately he didn't have a daughter, but he had a niece of the same age who could be introduced to him.

But Fudge glanced at the girl with a red ponytail not far away, and suddenly extinguished this thought.

To be honest, his niece is not ugly, but compared to this little girl named Shirley Swinton, it is really self-inflicted.

Rove didn't know what Fudge was thinking, and he inquired:

"Minister, what are you doing at Hogwarts today?"

"I'm here to reconcile Hogsmeade and the Dementors." Fudge sighed and said:

"Every day after sunset, the Dementors patrol the streets of Hogsmeade, but the wizards there feel that it is affecting business.

Then, I stopped by to visit you. ”

Rove pretended not to know Crocker and deliberately inquired, "What about the wizard just now?" Never seen ...... Is it the new Auror? ”

"Saul Crocker, you say?" Fudge shook his head and said:

"He's the silent man of the Department of Mysteries, stay away from him. It's a very secretive department, and there are many things that even mine can't ask about. ”

"Speaking of the Department of Mysteries, I asked Dumbledore to warn you before." Rov paused and said, "The Dark Wizard who saved Peter Pettigrew...... May go steal the time converter. ”

"Rove, you don't have to worry about this." Fudge patted the boy on the shoulder and smiled:

"The Department of Mysteries has checked itself and has not lost a single time-turner.

Scrimgeour, the head of the Auror Office, is even more with a group of Aurors guarding the Department of Mysteries, and if that guy appears there, he will definitely be caught. ”

Rove narrowed his eyes.

The two talked for a while, and after Saul Crocker returned, Fudge left with him.

Hermione also returned, she looked depressed and seemed a little sullen.

Seeing her like this, Shirley asked softly, "What's wrong, Hermione?" ”

"My time-turner......" Hermione said sullenly, dejected, "just taken away by the Department of Mysteries." ”

Rove raised his eyebrows, and he was surprised: "Why did you take it?" ”

"Didn't you tell the Ministry of Magic that a dark wizard would go to the Department of Mysteries to steal the time turner?" Hermione sighed and said:

"What Mr. Saul Crocker means is that since someone wants to steal, it is not safe for me to hold the time turner...... The Department of Mysteries must be recovered. ”

Hermione rubbed her cheeks, and she said with half relief and half loss in her heart:

"Forget it, anyway, I also think the current course is very difficult, so take it back."

Shirley took Hermione's hand and whispered comfort.

Rove was silent

That's right, the time turner is safer to put in the Department of Mysteries than to put it on Hermione.

If for this reason, the Department of Mysteries takes it back, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it.

But his instincts told him that something was wrong.

"Not good!" Rov's eyes widened suddenly, and he said in a deep voice:

"The Time Turner is falling into the hands of Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew!"

Both Hermione and Shirley looked up at Rove in disbelief.

"What do you think...... We speculate that the future Peter Pettigrew will go back in time and snatch himself from the Aurors. Rove explained:

And Peter was saved...... He'll steal a time turner, go back in time, and save himself...... In this way, the completion time is closed. ”

"This shows ......," Rove said in a hurried voice, "It is an established fact that the time turner was obtained by Peter.

So where did he get it from? ”

"Department of Mysteries?" Shirley frowned.

"Impossible." Rove shook his head and said, "Because of my reminder, it's already all Aurors there, and he wants to steal from there, it's too difficult!" ”

"From Hermione?" Rove denied: "It's even more impossible, Dumbledore is at Hogwarts, and Peter doesn't dare to steal it at all!"

What would you do if you were Peter? ”

"Stealing a time turner that is neither at Hogwarts nor in the Department of Mysteries." Hermione said softly.

"The time turner that Hermione just took from Saul Crocker!" Shirley said suddenly.

"That's right." Rove nodded, "Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew will definitely steal the time turner now...... This is their best chance. ”

"But Minister Fudge is surrounded by Aurors." Hermione wondered, "It's also very difficult. ”

"So...... That Saul Crocker has a problem. "Rove cut the railroad to the fore:

"How did Peter know that Hermione had a time turner on her? Surely it was from Saul Crocker. ”

"Don't forget that he was sick for a while." Rove said softly, "What if Peter attacked him at that time, and then took control of him and made him pretend to be sick?" ”

Both Shirley and Hermione were silent.

Rove took out a broomstick from the box and said:

"Let's chase it now!"

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(End of chapter)