After recovering the 'Dark Mark Incident' on the night of the Quidditch Finals, both Dumbledore and Amosta fell silent for a while.

The human heart is such a wonderful thing that you can never really see a person's heart.

Barty Crouch has always been known in the British wizarding community for his hard-nosed attitude towards crime and the dark arts, and during the war years, it was he who first proposed a tooth for a tooth and an eye for an eye on the Death Eaters, giving the Aurors the right to kill without asking for a death attack in exceptional circumstances.

He has a strong desire for power, and he has never been secretive about wanting to become the Minister of Magic, and if it weren't for the scandal back then, the current Minister of Magic would not have been Connelly Fudge's turn.

But is such a cold-blooded and ruthless creature of power, who actually defy the law in order to save his son?

Dumbledore showed him the memories of Barty Crouch Jr.'s identity being exposed and being tried, and Barty Sr.'s unforgettable resentment towards his Death Eater son in the Inquisition was not false, but who would have thought that he would secretly do such a thing in the face of the world's condemnation?

"How do you think Barty Sr. got Barty Crouch Jr. out of Azkaban, Amosta?"

Dumbledore asked slowly, staring at the candelabra fished from the ceiling for a long time.

That's a good question indeed!

"It's hard to say—"

Amosta spread his palms and rubbed his face, looking a little tired,

"Barty Crouch Jr. did not have a chance to do anything during the period between the exposure of his identity and the completion of his trial by the Wizengamot, although he did not experience it himself, but I think there must have been countless pairs of eyes watching Barty Sr.'s every move at that time, and he did not have the opportunity to drop his son.

Barty Sr. personally presided over his son's trial and announced that Barty Crouch Jr. would be imprisoned forever in Azkaban.

According to the Wizengamot's process, after the trial, several Aurors would personally escort Barty Crouch Jr. to Azkaban through the Mysteries Division's portkey. Unless he convinces the Aurors at the same time, this is unlikely, so he will only wait for an opportunity after Barty Crouch Jr. is officially imprisoned in Azkaban. ”

Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then nodded,

"I agree with you, Amosta, Barty probably took advantage of his visitation, and no one would stop an official who had lost his bid for the Minister of Magic from visiting the child he was once proud of."

Speculation is the only truth that can provide the two of them, and the specific details may not be known until Barty Crouch and his son have been interrogated, or the loyal elves of the Crouch family.

Although it doesn't really make much sense to dwell on this kind of thing, because the current situation is that Barty Crouch Jr. seems to be really alive, and Barty Sr. is most likely in the hands of Voldemort.

Both Dumbledore and Amosta deliberately avoided discussing Barty Sr.'s current situation, and they both knew very well that Barty Sr. was already a bad man. It's not that he's dead now, but according to the speculation of two people, Voldemort will probably have Barty Crouch appear in his resurrection ceremony, and then, in public, slaughter a high-ranking Ministry of Magic official who once carried out a policy of extermination of the Death Eaters, and use him to sacrifice the flag and reforge his majesty.

However, if he could, Amosta would still like to find out how Old Barty had deceived the Dementors, and that the Dementor creature probably wouldn't have negotiated any terms with Old Barty.

"About Twilight, Headmaster Dumbledore—"

At Barty Crouch Sr.'s house, Amosta offered to return Twilight to the Crouch family, but this was actually a casual temptation, in order to confirm the suspicion that the person who appeared in front of him was not Barty Crouch.

If it was really Old Barty, then he would definitely not let the elf he had driven out himself come back. Of course, even a fake Barty Crouch will most likely not let a pokemon who knows everything about his disguised identity come back to him, and that will only be causing trouble for himself.

At the time, Amosta was just hoping to talk to the person in front of him about more topics and verify his guesses, but to his surprise, the pretender in front of him immediately became emotionally turbulent when he heard him mention the elf, and finally accepted his offer.

And this immediately made Amosta realize that the pretender in front of him had a close relationship with the Crouch family.

However, this made it a bit difficult for Amosta to ride the tiger.

"I understand your concern, Amosta, but since you've made a promise, let this poor little elf return to the Crouch family, I think, it's in line with its wishes--"

Dumbledore said calmly,

"From what I know of Tom, he would not have noticed this poor little creature at all, and Barty Crouch Jr. was probably the little elf who cared for him during his fourteen years of private imprisonment, and he had a deep affection for this little elf, and maybe it was the one who finally saved the sad father and son of Barty Sr. and Barty Crouch Jr."

Amosta raised an eyebrow, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Twinkle--"

After Amosta's slightly mellow voice shouted, an elf appeared in the headmaster's office with a thud.

Compared to two weeks ago, the elf, who had been loyal to the Crouch family, looked even more emaciated. The blouse and skirt it wore were covered in soup and stains, and were burned to pieces by the flames, making it look like a scavenger living in a garbage dump.

And what makes people angry and funny is that Twilight actually contracted a bad habit. It had a bottle of butterbeer in its hand that had reached the bottom, and it was clear that this was not the first bottle of wine it had drunk.

It took about a dozen seconds for Twinkle to realize where she was. It appeared in front of the two top decision-makers of Hogwarts, and it was still holding the wine bottle in its hand, and it subconsciously stood up to find a place to hide its wine bottle, but in front of the two leading wizards in the world, where could it hide the wine bottle, and the alcohol it ingested made it dizzy, and it couldn't stand still.

So, after a moment of struggle, it slammed to the ground again, and the bottle in its hand was out of its grasp, and it rolled to the side, and the only thing left in the bottle was a trickle of wine on the office carpet, forming a conspicuous stain.

"Great Mr. Dumbledore, Mr. Blaine, Twinkle. Twinkle"

Twinkle was terrified, horror written all over her dirty face. No matter how much it misses Mr. Crouch, it now belongs to Hogwarts after all, and it actually got drunk when its master summoned it, which is not at all the same as the image of a house-elf in its mind!

"Twinkle--Twinkle did her job--"

Sparkle blinked her eyes vigorously, but tears of fear still came from the corners of her eyes, which had many small brown lumps.

"Twilight can clean up, Mr. Dumbledore, Mr. Blaine, please don't-don't take Twilight--"

For a house-elf, it is shameful enough to be fired by the owner once, and if it is fired twice in a row, then it can be said that it is a house-elf with serious problems, and no wizard will ever want to use it again.

What is the point of survival for house-elves that are not used by wizards?

Afraid of making Shiny's lips blue, the whole person trembled, and in order to forgive its sins, it subconsciously went to wipe the wine stains on the carpet!

"Leave that alone, Twilight—"

Amosta left his seat and pulled Sparkle, who was prostrate on the floor to wipe the wine stains, and then he crouched down and looked directly into the sparkling eyes, which seemed to flow with purple clouds that made the elf lose his mind for a moment, and even forgot the fear of being swept away again.

"There's good news for you, Twilight,"

Amosta smiled and said,

"You can go home--"

(End of chapter)