"Professor Snape, I didn't expect you to be interested in this kind of thing."

Townsend leaned against the bar of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, holding a glass of butterbeer in his hand, and teased, "Could it be that you are short of money because you have bought too many potion materials?" ”

"Or are people like you interested in the magician's words?"

Snape's usual cold face did not have a good tone: "I was just assigned to investigate the situation on behalf of Hogwarts House, and by the way, to protect a soothsayer who obviously has no strength, but has to join in the fun." ”

"Really?" "But I've heard that Mr. Potter hasn't been punished by you for a rare time lately, and even when he preaches Muggle items in class, you acquiesce," said Townsend. ”

"I have to wonder if you really plan to follow a magician, do you?"

"A professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry goes after a criminal who is trying to subvert the wizarding world? That's big news. Townsend squeezed his eyes, "Secretary Fudge will applaud your idea, and maybe you'll make the headlines of tomorrow's Daily Prophet." ”

"What about you?" Snape's lips moved slightly, and he retorted mercilessly, "A soothsayer who can see the future, but insists on going to the magician's party, I wonder if he succeeds in the future you see?" ”

He stared at Tang Sen and said gloomily, "I won't forget that you used the Resurrection Stone as an excuse to induce me to face the magician—"

"Now it seems that your purpose is for me to test the other party, right? You saw the magician from the future and decided to approach him, but you were worried that you wouldn't be able to handle the accidents that might happen when you met the magician, so you came to me. ”

"After I tried it, you divined where the magician would be, and on that day, on the same morning of the previous month, you appeared at the Cauldron Bar, personally participated in the magician's speech, and even provided evidence for the other person's statement."

"All your actions are a sign that you want to be on the side of the magicians, so-"

Tang Sen showed a helpless look, spread his hand, interrupted Snape, and said, "Professor Snape, I always remind everyone repeatedly that the future is not immutable. ”

"So, are you going to decide your position because of speculation about a soothsayer? This is not a wise choice. ”

Snape didn't answer, but frowned and said, "Hurry up and finish this damn Butterbeer, didn't you notice that the people in the Leaky Cauldron are gone?" We're not going to catch up. ”

Indeed, at this time, the Leaky Cauldron Bar is empty, and if you walk out the back door of the Leaky Cauldron Bar and go to Diagon Alley, you will find that the flow of people on the street is not as lively as before.

Obviously, the Ministry of Magic's raffle wasn't enough to change people's minds, and wizards all went to the Stonehenge party in various ways.

"Don't worry, isn't Mr. Tom still there?" Townsend waved at Old Tom in the bar.

"I do want to go." Old Tom responded, "But the Leaky Cauldron can't be closed, even during the last Muggle World War, the Leaky Cauldron wasn't closed even for a long time. ”

"Don't be so sorry, Mr. Tom, the one who comes back will tell you what happened." Townsend reassured.

"After all, it wasn't as good as seeing it with my own eyes." Old Tom shrugged his shoulders and carefully wiped the bar: "But are you really not going yet?" ”

"Don't worry about the soothsayer being late." Townsend smiled and changed the subject: "Speaking of the Resurrection Stone—"

He looked at Professor Snape and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you've seen the Deathly Hallows, right?" Professor Dumbledore was a man of action. ”

"I'm curious, is that stone, as I guessed, not capable of bringing people back to life at all?"

Snape's face worsened, he stared at Townsend and said, "You already knew, didn't you?" ”

"I don't have the leisure to do such a thing as divination." Townsend said indifferently, "I'm not interested in the Resurrection Stone itself, the only thing I'm interested in is how the Resurrection Stone got from Dumbledore's hand to the magician's hand—"

"You know, in the future I see, the magician is the owner of the Resurrection Stone."

Snape's fingers unconsciously dug into his sleeve, rubbing a black gem the size of a fingernail.

He remembered Dumbledore's confession earlier, and remembered Dumbledore's charred palm.

Snape was eager to question Townsend if he had also sucinated the danger of the Horcrux since he had sucinated the location of the Horcrux.

In other words, he is not. Deliberately telling Dumbledore the news in order to put Dumbledore in danger.

But he didn't speak, and Dumbledore didn't want to delve too much into it, which might have made the situation worse.

Seeing that Snape didn't talk, Townsend showed a bored look and said, "Then let's go." ”

"Floo net doesn't work, how do we get there?"

"Apparition." Snape drew his wand.

Townsend then raised his right hand.

Snape: "??? ”

Townsen: "."

Snape frowned.

"Don't tell me you can't apparage?"

"There's no rule that soothsayers have to learn to apparition, right?" Tang Sen said confidently, "Why should I learn such a dangerous spell? ”

Snape's face twitched, he took a deep breath and choked out two words, "Good." ”

"So, I still think highly of you, I thought that you didn't have the strength to at least cast spells like an ordinary adult wizard, but you were not even as good as a little wizard."

"You are definitely the weakest professor in the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

Townsend drank the butterbeer in his glass in one gulp, without any shame on his face, and even retorted triumphantly:

"But I'm definitely the best soothsayer in Hogwarts history."

Snape reflexively tried to retort, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that what he said seemed to be true.

So he could only snort coldly, raised his hand on Tang Sen's arm, and said with malice in his tone: "Don't blame me for not reminding you, the longer the distance of the apparition, the worse the experience." ”

"You're lucky that my level of phantom shifting is one of the few in the UK."

Syllable!

There was a bang in the air, and the figures of the two men twisted for a split second, then disappeared into thin air.

Almost at the same time, on the Salisbury Plains, the figures of the two appeared.

Snape looked at Townsend with a happy smile on his face, expecting to see the pesky soothsayer's pale face, to see the other man spread on the floor for the exhilarating experience, and even to spit out the damn butterbeer again.

But he was disappointed.

Townsend looked as usual, and looked even more accustomed to it than he was.

With his current physical fitness and body manipulation ability, how could he lose his temper because of such a thing as phantom shifting? To be honest, if the factor of magic is excluded, a person with a physique like Snape can easily beat a dozen or so.

"Your expression is sparse, Professor Snape." Townsend and Snape looked at each other, the corners of their mouths slightly hooked, "What are you expecting?" I'm not one of those little wizards, and just because I can't apparition doesn't mean I've never been apparitioned. ”

Snape's palm on Townson's wrist couldn't help but strain, he gritted his teeth, glared at Townsen, and then began to look at his surroundings as if nothing had happened.

It was the morning of a new day, the golden sun was shining on the plains, and the magnificent Stonehenge could be seen in the distance, and beyond Stonehenge, there was a group of robed Aurors, estimated to be dozens of them, scattered in a circle, holding wands in their hands, enclosing Stonehenge.

It also excludes the crowded, wizards from all directions.

In the other direction, several elves magically created a counter, and in front of the counter was lined up in a long line, and the quill pens in the elves' hands were recording quickly.

The sound amplified by the "loud voice" spell was constantly ringing, it was the officials of the Ministry of Magic, they were repeating again and again, trying to disperse the wizards and keep them away from here, but it had no effect, visible to the naked eye, more and more people were transfigured, and various forms of broomsticks flew in the sky in all directions.

Of course, there are even flying cars, flying motorcycles and other technological products that have been transformed by magic.

Tang Sen roughly estimated that there could be at least a thousand people present!

Aside from the World Cup, I'm afraid this is already a rare grand gathering in the wizarding world, and of course, it can be regarded as the most mixed party. Townsend was sure that there must be a lot of dark wizards lurking around and even among the crowd, including Voldemort's Death Eaters!

However, no matter what status a wizard is, they are here for only one purpose.

The criminal who had begun to stir up the wizarding world, the idealist with great ambitions, the future Dark Lord.

Magician.

(End of chapter)