Chapter 145: A New Clue
"Miss Rosie, aren't you going back to the Ministry of Magic?"
Lucius asked suspiciously, "Besides, don't you have any props for storage?" Need to hold it yourself? ”
"I didn't bring storage items."
Rosie shrugged, "As for where we're going later, I don't know, maybe we have to look for Voldemort?" ”
As if a cold wind was blowing, everyone who heard the words "Voldemort" couldn't help but shudder, and Dobby behind Lucius even let out a low exclamation.
"Dobby!"
Lucius looked at Dobby angrily, "You go and help Miss Rosie take that skeleton and get it to where she's going." ”
……
"Dobby, has there been anyone special in the Malfoy family lately?"
On the eighth floor of the Ministry of Magic, there were only Rossi and Dobby in the empty main hall.
"No, no one has been here since Mr. Barty Jr. visited the estate a week ago."
"What was the original plan for Barty Jr. and Lucius?"
Hearing Rosie ask about this, Dobby shook his head frantically: "Dobby can't talk nonsense about the master's privacy!" ”
"Even if they were in collusion with Voldemort with the intention of harming the great Harry Potter?"
"No, you can't mention that person's name!"
Dobby screamed and clutched his ears, and the skeletal hookah in his hand fell to the ground with a thud.
"Dobby can't say, can't expose the master's secrets, can't let others know, they plan to let the little master pour the potion that the master just destroyed on the teaching assistant of the Defence Against the Dark Arts class, and can't let people know that little Mr. Barty intends to infiltrate Hogwarts and go to the house in search of a crown."
"Clue: Hogwarts' House of Arrivals. There is a tiara hidden in the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts, which seems to be attractive to Death Eaters......"
Hearing this clue, Rosie was speechless for a while, she had also tried to find the Ravenclaw crown before, but she couldn't find it in the Room of Requirement.
She didn't think this copy would rip out the crown, so she didn't farm the Horcrux there. I never thought that now I actually heard the news from the mouth of the house-elf again.
After a few more questions, she let Dobby go without getting any more useful information.
Riding the elevator down to the second floor, the Aurors were still in their offices, talking resentfully about the search that had gone nowhere.
Seeing Rosie come in, Meloti raised her eyes and asked, "Did you get any useful news from that house-elf?" ”
Hearing this, the other Aurors also looked at Rossi.
"Someone tipped Lucius off, and just as we arrived at Malfoy Manor, he destroyed the madness potion."
Rossia said a little tiredly that after a day of running, her energy value was less than 10 points.
"Ventilation Signaling ?!!"
Tonks exclaimed, his gaze darting over the faces of the other Aurors in surprise.
Not only her, but almost all the other Aurors did the same.
Meloti, who saw all this in her eyes, pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked:
"Rufus, who's the clerk on duty in the Wizengamot?"
"It's Dolores Umbridge." Rufus replied in a deep voice.
"The one from the Selwyns?"
Tonks asked suspiciously, "Could it be her who sent the message to Lucius?" ”
"The Selwyns? Hey! ”
Moody couldn't help but sneer, "Tonks, you're too late to join the Ministry of Magic, and you don't know what she's about. Umbridge, hey, hey! Once upon a time, there was a cleaning wizard in the Magical Maintenance Office named Alford Umbridge. ”
As he spoke, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face: "A person who doesn't even dare to face up to his own origins can actually become the clerk of the Wizengamot, hey, the current Wizengamot......"
"Moody!"
Meloti interrupted him, "Everyone has worked hard tonight, and this incident has made it so that you can't even spend Christmas Eve with your family."
Well, go back to rest early, and say hello to your family and Merry Christmas for me! ”
"Merry Christmas!"
With a loud blessing, the Aurors rose to leave.
"Rosie, you stay for a while."
After stopping Rosie and waiting for the others to leave, Meloti asked, "What else did the house-elf say?" ”
"He said: Barty Jr. is going to sneak into the Hogwarts House in search of a tiara."
"Going to Hogwarts' House of Arrivals in search of the crown?"
Repeating in a puzzled whisper, Meloti sighed, "Rosie, what little Barty is looking for must be potentially dangerous, after you return to Hogwarts, try to find something similar and see if you can get something." ”
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
Replying with a smile, Rosie pointed to the skeletal hookah he was holding in his hand, "Meloti, this dark magic item ......"
"You can take it first." Melotti glanced at the skeletal hookah and said lightly.
"Huh? Isn't this a prohibited item? ”
"It's okay, you can keep it for now, and if you encounter any difficulties at Hogwarts, you can take it to Dumbledore and ask for help."
Take Grindelwald's stuff and go to Dumbledore for help? Do you know about their romantic relationship?
Giving Melotti a suspicious look, Rossi nodded in understanding.
……
Nothing was said all night.
At noon the next day, Rosie, who had had lunch with Melotti, returned to Hogwarts.
She plans to find the Ravenclaw crown while the students are still on vacation and dispose of it.
Opening the door of the dormitory, the cat and tiger girl squatted on the low cabinet at the door, tilting her head to look at her.
"Tiger girl, did you hear my footsteps?"
Holding its fluffy face and rubbing it, Rosie let go of it with a smile when she heard it meow and let it go.
Taking a bulging pouch from her backpack and carrying it in her hand, she knocked lightly on Grice's bedroom door.
"Rosie? Come on in. Grice's stunned voice came out.
Pushing the door in, I saw her sitting up tiredly from the bed, wearing close-fitting dark green pajamas.
"You don't have to get up, just lie down."
Rosie walked quickly to the edge of the bed and sat down, pressing her down on the bed, "I'm just here to bring you Christmas presents, I'll go out later, you continue to rest." ”
"Gifts?"
"Yes, this is a bracelet I picked up at a jewelry store in London, and I think it should be a good match for you."
As she spoke, she took out the jewelry box from the pouch in her hand, opened it, took out a silver bracelet encrusted with five lilac gemstones, grabbed Grice's right hand and put it on her wrist.
The two sides of the gemstone are connected by several long, narrow, S-shaped pieces of silver, but not symmetrical, with three on one side and four on the other.
Gently rubbing the bracelet, Grice's sleepy face hooked a nonchalant smile, then took out a small box from under the pillow and handed it out: "Rosie, this is my gift for you!" ”