Chapter 293: The Missing Dursleys

Since Voldemort rescued the Death Eaters of Azkaban, his ability to make trouble has directly increased by a dimension.

In the past, he hid in the back of Quirrell and Peter Pettigrew, and only dared to come out after the final exams to do something stealing, saying that he was the Dark Lord, but in fact he was more like a little deflated three.

But now, he is attacking the Quidditch World Cup again, and he is having people set fire to the Durmstrang magic ship, any of which is successful, it will be a catastrophe!

And tonight, as the final event of the Triwizard Tournament, Voldemort and his team of Death Eaters have no reason not to make big news!

Just like the original plane, Voldemort had Barty Crouch Jr. replace the Triwizard Cup, taking Harry and Cedric to the graveyard together, and eventually causing Cedric's death.

Now Voldemort, with a group of loyal Death Eaters, will only do even more!

Rove wouldn't allow that to happen, so he told Lupin and Sirius to scrutinize the Quidditch arena to make sure the entire event was safe...... At least Shirley, Hermione, and Fleur are safe.

As for Harry, although he was missing the important raw material of "father's bones", and the "blood of the enemy" should have lost its effect, with Voldemort's obsession, he might have designed to capture him.

So, Harry's safety was also important.

Rove and Lupin chatted for a while, Krum's parents came over and thanked him for saving their son, and more parents came to thank him when they learned about the fire on Durmstrang's magic ship.

After receiving the thanks, the Roves quickly left the noisy conference room and took a leisurely stroll around Hogwarts Castle.

The long staircase twisted and twisted like a bolt of lightning, and Rolf and Shirley, holding Newt and Tina, respectively, walked slowly upward.

After many years of revisiting the old place, Newt, who was usually a little autistic and not very talkative, talked more at this time, he looked at the constantly moving stairs, and sighed softly:

"It's still the same place, it's almost the same as when I was in school...... You watch your step, the stairs ahead, I remember stepping on it and it will disappear. ”

"That's right." Rove was surprised: "You even remember this. ”

Newt smiled slightly. "I don't know how many times I climbed these stairs when I was your age, and I could pass them with my eyes closed."

"You just blow it in front of the two children." Tina smiled, her eyes sparkling and said:

"When you first brought me to Hogwarts, he said he wanted to show me the North Tower, but I got lost for half an hour and ended up taking me to the West Tower."

After being uncovered, Newt's old face turned red and said, "Didn't Sir Cadogan give me the wrong direction?"

By the way, is that guy still in the hallway of the Charms classroom? ”

"It's gone." Rove shook his head and said, "He once got drunk and went to the Gryffindor Tower to tease the fat lady, and was then 'dispatched' by Professor McGonagall to the floor of the north tower that led to the divination classroom. ”

Newt and Tina were a little speechless when they heard this, they had seen the fat lady, but they didn't expect Sir Cadogan to even do such a thing, he was really not a picky eater.

The four of them made their way to the fifth floor and walked slowly down the promenade, passing a row of tall arched windows that offered a panoramic view of the square, the Black Lagoon, the Quidditch arena and the Forbidden Forest beyond.

Newt stopped suddenly, he stood by the window, looking at the familiar scenery, his eyes were full of thoughts for a while, and memories quietly hit his heart,

The old man seems to have traveled back to the age of eleven, when he missed the train in the morning and secretly arrived at Hogwarts in a Hippogriff raised by his mother.

During the Sorting Yard, Newt sniffed out of his pocket and snatched the Sorting Hat, but the mischievous little guy was caught by a young wizard as he escaped.

Newt, who was later assigned to Hufflepuff House, learned from his brother Theseus that the young wizard was named Dumbledore and was their Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

Newt remembers his first encounter with Rita Lestrange at the age of thirteen, when the girl hid in the closet where he kept ravens, tadpoles, and chameleon snails to escape the pursuit of young Minerva McGonagall.

Newt thought of Jacob again, of Aberforth's son Credence, and of Nagini, who had become a snake woman......

The old man sighed softly, this had been sixty or seventy years ago, and many of these people were already dead.

Tina felt Newt's grief and gently took his arm, and the two walked side by side, walking forward.

Shirley also grabbed Rove's arm, two old and two young, one in front of the other, slowly walking in Hogzwarts Castle.

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Throughout the day, Rove and Shirley accompanied Newt and Tina on a walk around the castle, and they saw Beauxbatons' carriage, Beater Willow, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin's chambers......

In the evening, they returned to the auditorium for dinner.

At this point, both Ludo Bagman and Cornelius Fudge sat at the faculty desk.

Ludo looked pleased, excitedly discussing something with the director of the Department of International Cooperation, Otavi Akus.

Fudge, who was sitting next to Umbridge, had a stiff face and didn't say a word, as if he had just quarreled with Dumbledore.

Dinner was more sumptuous than usual, with dishes on the table, including thick barley venison soup, cold beets sprinkled with nut chips, honey and garlic boiled snails, grilled trout in clay, pigeon pies, and ......

As the enchanted ceiling turned from blue to a dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the faculty desk, and everyone fell silent, looking at the Headmaster expectantly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, in five minutes I will invite you to the Quidditch pitch to watch the final event of the Triwizard Tournament. Now invite the Warriors to the athletic field with Mr. Bagman. ”

Rove stood up, and the students of Hufflepuff House applauded him in unison, and the students of the other houses also cheered for the warriors of their own houses.

Rove walked out of the auditorium with Fleur, Shirley, and Hermione before the cheers stopped.

Organized by the prefects and deans, the students of several colleges got up and left their tables and walked towards the outside of the auditorium.

The students were about to leave completely, when Sirius hurried in, and he hurried to the faculty table, and whispered:

Professor Dumbledore...... Something went wrong. ”

"What's wrong?" Dumbledore frowned.

"I just got a letter from Tonks." Sirius said in a deep voice:

She said...... The Dursleys are gone. ”

"Gone?!"

"Yes." Sirius pulled out two identical envelopes from his pocket and said, "Tonks and Mrs. Feige were still on the floor of their living room and found this ......"

Dumbledore took the first letter, which he had addressed to Penny, and he looked at the second letter and pulled out the paper.

It was a blank sheet of paper, but it exuded a rich ...... Confusion Charm.

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(End of chapter)