Chapter 173: Saints

"Overnight?" The simple four words made everyone feel a chill for no reason. What is the ability to make an entire country disappear with wizards?

Even if it was Voldemort or Grindelwald, they had never had such terrible power and strength. A terrifying, breathless cloud hangs over the entire wizarding world, and everyone understands that a great conspiracy is quietly going on in the shadows.

The scary thing is that they don't know anything about it.

"Well-Anthony, Severus' potion is in the Potions classroom, can you help me send it to Madam Pomfrey?" Dumbledore turned to look at Severus to the side, nodded at him, then turned his gaze back to Anthony, and then said in a low voice with an unquestioning tone.

"Of course, Professor, I'd love to help." Knowing that this was Dumbledore's intention to 'ask' him out, Anthony nodded and immediately left the Headmaster's office alone.

And with the departure of the only young wizard present. Dumbledore immediately made arrangements, he said, "It's Lupin this time..."

"No, he's just returned, and it's better to let me go on the mission of protecting the Muggle Prime Minister!" Sirius immediately interrupted, his expression serious and solemn, exuding a serious and resolute momentum.

He can guess about Lupin's life over the years, and this old friend is afraid that he is not much better than himself.

Think about it, two of his best friends, two died, and one went to Azkaban. The friends he absolutely trusted betrayed them, and a huge change happened in a short period of time, which gave Lupin a heavy blow in his heart.

From their first meeting years later, with Lupin's haggard face and patched clothes, Sirius could know that his recklessness had not only killed him, but also caused Lupin to bear more than a decade of pain.

And now, it's time for him to make amends, and he has to do something for this old friend. Dumbledore looked directly into Sirius' determined eyes, and knew Sirius's thoughts.

However, he was unwilling to leave this kind of protector to him. Sirius was too reckless to fall for the enemy's tricks.

This time again, the stakes are high. However, it's hard to refuse... Just as the old principal hesitated, Lupin suddenly opened his mouth to help him out, he said: "I am already familiar with them, and I have experience in this area. At this, he paused suddenly, and then his tone became softer.

"They trust me, and when they suddenly change people, this trust has to be brewed again." At this moment, Professor Lupin, who was wearing a gray robe and a brown suit, seemed to be a different person.

He had a point, he had a good conversation with the local British in the past few months, and WIC had even paid him a salary, albeit in pounds, but his clothes were bought at Muggle clothing stores.

It doesn't feel any different from what a wizard made it. Except that there are no enchantments attached. For a moment, Lupin was surprised to find that Muggles seemed to be far more receptive than wizards.

For the strange things hidden in the world, they have more of an adventurer spirit and are willing to explore everything.

The existence of wizards, they also accepted it very naturally. Of course, this may have been due to the fact that he was in contact with Muggle soldiers.

Their minds are simpler than those of ordinary people. And while several professors in the rector's office were discussing the details of the Muggle meeting.

The fireplace next to the wall suddenly lit up with a green flame. It was the only way the Ministry of Magic could communicate with Hogwarts.

Minister-only. Once upon a time, Fudge, who had just become Minister for Magic, often used this passage to come to Hogwarts to ask Dumbledore various questions.

"Kingsley?" Several professors present were surprised by the man who came out of the flames.

Now he is a high-ranking power, as the target of Fudge's suppression, Barty Crouch came to power, and immediately turned the situation around, as the so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, Kingsley can take this opportunity to become the deputy director of the Auror office.

"Something's wrong, Dumbledore!" Ignoring the puzzled glances of the other professors, Kingsley walked straight to Dumbledore's side with a deep anxiety on his face.

"What's wrong?"

"Azkaban has been attacked."

"What?" His words immediately attracted an exclamation from everyone present. Even Dumbledore's face flashed with shock.

The old headmaster immediately asked in a deep voice, "When, what happened?" ”

"A long time ago, it should have been one day in September, I didn't know much, the Ministry of Magic blocked the news, you know, the minister just came to power, if such a scandal spreads, the impact on him will be too great."

"At the moment, according to what I have heard from the minister's secretary, Azkaban has at least half of the prisoners. The Aurors have been hunting for two months, huh! It's ridiculous that I, the head of the Auror Office, was the last to know. They're guarding against me, Dumbledore! A hint of anger flashed across Kingsley's face, and anyone who knew that he was kicked out by the ministry would not feel good.

Originally, he still had a trace of illusions about the new minister, but now, hehe! It turns out they're all the same!

The only difference is that Barty Krach is much more spicy than Fudge, and he was unlucky enough to come across this kind of thing.

"Two months! It's a shame that they can hold it for so long. Sirius spoke coldly, his words full of bitter sarcasm, he was sent to Azkaban in a daze, in addition to his unwillingness to plead, more importantly, the Ministry of Magic's trial process was chaotic.

Some people want to get rid of him as soon as possible! Sirius has long seen through the group of Ministry of Magic officials, one by one they are all grass on the wall, during the period when Voldemort was raging, they secretly sent information, bet on both sides, and after Voldemort fell, they immediately withdrew, and did their best to belittle the 'Death Eaters' like Sirius to create a righteous and awe-inspiring character for themselves.

Even rely on this means to wash away the stains on the body. Hum! These people will never change.

"Those of Voldemort's henchmen?" Professor McGonagall asked hesitantly.

"I'm sorry Professor, but if nothing else, they all ran away."

"Oh! Oh, my God! ”

"Wait!" Suddenly, Professor Lupin on the side stared at Dumbledore nervously and said, "Could the Muggle meeting have anything to do with this Azkaban escape?" ”

"You're saying they went back and attacked Muggle leaders in various countries?" Flitwick's eyes widened in disbelief.

"It's like Tom's trick." Dumbledore sighed slightly, the situation was worse than he had imagined, if it was as predicted, there would be a major wizarding and Muggle conflict.

I can't imagine how they will handle themselves in the future.

"The Ministry of Magic has done something about this, and they probably guessed what would happen in a few days, and the Aurors have already begun to set up in London."

"What about the Muggle Prime Minister?"

"I'm in charge of protecting the Muggle Prime Minister, and a few Aurors, all old men from the Ministry of Magic, and they're absolutely reliable." Kingsley affirmed.

"Hopefully, I hope it doesn't cause too much confusion." A hint of bitterness flashed behind Dumbledore's half-moon glasses, and he sighed, a little lonely on his face.

On the other side of the β€”β€”β€”β€”, after taking the pile of pick-me-ups to the school infirmary, Anthony didn't go straight back to the Gryffindor common room, but went to the head of the stargazing tower.

This is where they take astronomy lessons. Ginny, Colin and other Gryffindor first-year wizards had told him that they had seen Olos of Ravenclaw appear at the observatory, and that she seemed to enjoy looking at the stars, even though she came mostly during the day.

Anthony knew that the observatory was a good place, a good place to get from the cold, especially when the professor dragged them to observe the star trail at one o'clock in the morning, although at that time, they could look down on the whole of Hogwarts, it was the most beautiful night view, but, the truth is, he had never been here outside of class.

On the last floor of the steps on the way to the observatory. Anthony stopped. Sure enough, he saw a familiar figure.

Wearing a white raincoat, Olos was at the top of the tower at this time. She looked into the distance, her long hair was blown by the wind on both sides, revealing a beautiful face, her cheeks were slightly red, she thought she was frozen, but Olos had no intention of leaving, and still stood there, as if thinking about something.

"I thought you wouldn't come!" Just as Anthony walked quietly and was three meters closer to her, Olos suddenly spoke.

"You know I'm coming?"

"Obviously, Your Highness." She turned her head and looked coldly at Anthony, the rain falling from the hood of her white raincoat like tears.

Anthony held a wand, and his magic turned into a transparent umbrella to shield him from the rain.

"Ginny said: Olos is often seen at the observatory, and she loves stargazing. Do you know? That's what I told her about yesterday, in fact, it's the first time I've been here in addition to classes. ”

"Allβ€”it's easy to guess, isn't it?" Her tone was as casual as explaining what she had eaten at noon.

Not expressing too many emotions is her usual style. Like now, she just stared at Anthony quietly with those gray eyes, though the gaze was suffocatingly cold.

"Wizards are not much smarter than mortals, and they are even easier to control, their minds are too simple, simple and boring."

"I don't have time to discuss these metaphysical things with you, I ask you, what else do you know about the fall of London?" Anthony frowned, and for a moment the umbrella in his hand made a slight hole, and a drop of rain fell on his face.

This is enough to prove the anger in his heart at the moment. Anthony wasn't the ambitious kind of person, if he could, he would just want to spend seven years at Hogwarts in peace, and then leave the country and travel the world to meet wizards and magic around the world, that's the life he wants.

Therefore, his background is very similar to Humphrey, that is, they both seek stability! Whether it is the stability of the government, or the stability of the wizarding world, because only with stability can Anthony realize his dream of traveling around the world to witness magic.

But don't rush him, the wand in his hand has changed from a unicorn wand heart to a phoenix tail feather, which shows that his heart is quietly changing, and if these riddlers in front of him are still chattering, he doesn't mind using some unconventional means.

"Oh! Has His Royal Highness finally begun to relate to the country? She was still expressionless, but her tone was inexplicably colder: "It's too late, you're at least about twenty years late." ”

"Even if you can stop this attack, what can you do? Where you can't see it, the change is over, and all they need is time, waiting, waiting for the change to spread. ”

"Place?" Anthony narrowed his eyes slightly, and then said tentatively: "Libya? ”

"It seems that you are not ignorant." Olos suddenly reached out and took off the hood from her head. Let the rain fall on your face.

"There has been a wizarding organization in Europe since the end of World War II." "I remember their logo being some kind of triangle, wellβ€”simple structure," she said. Here's the information you want. ”

"Triangle signs? European organization? After the end of World War II? All sorts of keywords popped up in Anthony's mind, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and the name of a popular organization popped out of his mind.

"Saints!? Followers of Grindelwald? They made plans for this attack? ”

"To my surprise, Your Royal Highness, it seems that you know no less about this world than I do!" A hint of surprise finally flashed across Olos's face.

Anthony took a deep breath and immediately colluded with the information in his head. Attacking Muggle leaders, exposing the wizarding world, and provoking a war between Muggles and wizards is indeed like Grindelwald's handiwork.

No, no, Grindelwald himself may not have been involved, and the Order of Saints was not founded by him.

It was his followers, who founded the organization after the defeat of Grindelwald. So everything makes sense.

But the question is, how could the girl in front of him know so much? Even if she had been in contact with Moriarty - Anthony didn't believe a Muggle would know more than he could?

Did he watch seven or eight movies for nothing? Vaguely, Anthony sensed something was wrong, but he couldn't find the answers to those questions.

"Remember our game." Olos reached out and flicked the rain off her face,

"A breath of life." Then, put back on his hood and walked towards the bottom of the tower.

"Saints!" Anthony sighed. Holding an umbrella, he saw the whole of Hogwarts in the rain for the first time, magnificent and majestic, full of traces of time.

He stood there in silence for a long time, knowing that his nose was sour again, before Anthony left. When he returned to the lounge, the cold had returned.

It should be said that he didn't have a good idea, and after the wind and rain on the rooftop, his nose was blocked again. Hermione talked about him for a while, but still took out a pick-me-up.

After drinking the potion, he felt much better, except for the constant steam in his ears, which looked a little funny.

It didn't work out that Harry's ears were steaming, and it didn't make him look weird.