456 Aftermath
Mrs. Prince was shocked by the next day's Daily Prophet, which truthfully reported the fire dragons that appeared in the competition camp, as well as the large group of terrifying dementors.
"I'm fine, Mom, I'm really fine."
Snape nervously pushed away Mrs. Prince. He was wearing long socks to prevent the scars on his ankles from being exposed.
"Meadows protected us very well. She didn't let us have any accidents."
"Thank God!" After saying this, Mrs. Prince left the bedroom and hurried to thank Meadows.
The newspaper she was clutching tightly remained.
Karan picked up the newspaper and found that in addition to the accident report, there were two more wanted posters - Hela and Arthur.
Just at this time, Meadows, who had been busy all night, also walked in. She said with a tired look: "Have you all read the newspaper? Arthur is definitely not innocent. He has been missing since the game. Traces, that fire dragon was definitely summoned deliberately by him, just to cause trouble on the last day."
"Do you know which side he belongs to?" Karan asked quickly.
"Who else?" Meadows immediately replied: "Of course it's Grindelwald! Only he can control the fire dragon. The first generation Dark Lord has the ability to communicate with magical animals. Isn't the horned water snake also a Are you a traitor?"
"By the way, in order to increase Grindelwald's threat, the Ministry of Magic also blamed him for the Dementors' rebellion."
"Why?!" Karan immediately retorted: "Why can't it be a mysterious man? He might also be the new master of the Dementors!"
Meadows sighed, shook her head and said: "Because the Ministry of Magic needs to do this, this is their mistake in itself. If the reason is blamed on the mystery, it only shows that the British Ministry of Magic is too incompetent. But Grindelwald It's different. He affects Europe and even the entire wizarding world. The price of his bad deeds will be borne by the entire wizarding community. This is beneficial to the British Ministry of Magic, and it coincides with the holding of the Wizarding Duel Cup. The idea behind the competition is to unite wizards from all over the world."
After seeing the indignation on Callan's face, Meadows continued: "Although I don't agree with this approach, you have to admit that Abraxas Malfoy's escape is related to Grindelwald. Then It involves Azkaban and the dementors in it, including the dementors guarding Abraxas. This just happens to be another piece of evidence against Grindelwald."
"Stupid Ministry of Magic!" Karan scolded directly: "They should not ignore the threat of the mysterious man because of Grindelwald. These two people are equally terrifying. No one knows what their plan is."
In the world of Seven Hundred Horcruxes, Karan has completely recognized the threat of Voldemort. After realizing Haierbo's control, he destroyed all the Horcruxes without hesitation and turned to target Deng. On the Forbidden One of Breedo.
Once he succeeds, no one will be able to successfully stop him.
Meadows frowned and stared at Karan. She didn't understand where Karan's anger came from.
But Karan murmured in a low voice: "Fortunately, there is Principal Dumbledore..."
Snape never interrupted, but at this moment he couldn't help but ask: "What does this have to do with Principal Dumbledore?"
Meadows suddenly thought of more: "You and the principal were alone to express your anger?"
Karan did not deny this, he nodded directly and said: "I talked a lot with the principal, just before the vacation, when I was staying in the school hospital. But the principal only told me part of the plan, not all. Of course, things have not changed so far. I don’t think the principal is wrong, even I didn’t expect to meet the God of Death again, it can read the thoughts in my mind.”
Once the God of Death knows all the secrets, Karan will not be able to avoid Li Huo's prophecy no matter what.
He and Meadows looked at each other cryptically. Meadows also knew part of the plan, but she knew much less than Callan.
"By the way, speaking of Death,"
Karan suddenly asked: "Why did Hela's wanted list appear in the newspaper?"
As a servant of the God of Death, this Hela appeared inexplicably, and she only targeted Karan. Logically speaking, she would not be known to the Ministry of Magic.
Karan didn't know the reason why Hela appeared on the wanted list in the newspaper.
"Headmaster Dumbledore."
Meadows replied directly: "Last night I asked Seth to go find Principal Dumbledore. I wrote down all the process on the letter paper. This should be the result of his communication with the minister. I don't know the specific process. I don’t know, but why aren’t you willing to come forward?”
"Because of Death."
Karan answered more simply: "Once those two Dark Lords know that I am being targeted by Death, do you think they will ignore it?"
"Whether it's eternal life or resurrection, whether it's true or false, it will definitely make them tempted."
"When the time comes, it won't be just this little fight that attacks me."
Karan's answer was sufficient. Even in the magical world, not many wizards would believe in the existence of Death.
If they didn't understand Callan well enough, Snape and Lily would just regard this as nonsense, at least Steve would definitely not believe it.
In the next few days, the Daily Prophet continued to report various unexpected news, including Harold Mincham, the newly appointed Minister of Magic.
He strongly supported allowing more Dementors to be stationed in Azkaban, but not long after he took office, he caused such a big mess and even let the Dementors escape the control of the Ministry of Magic.
This caused the Ministry of Magic to become a mess, and Azkaban almost got out of control. Fortunately, Moody led the Aurors to get there in time, which is probably why Dumbledore informed him in advance.
All in all, it was impossible for the Ministry of Magic to let the dementors guard Azkaban anymore, and when the Aurors arrived there, almost all the dementors had escaped, as if they had also been notified in advance.
This has greatly increased the burden on the Ministry of Magic, and there is insufficient manpower. It is rumored that Harold Mincham is communicating with the Ministers of Magic in other countries to discuss whether Aurors stationed in other countries should be sent to the UK to assist.
Karan was also deeply troubled by this. Whether it was Grindelwald or Voldemort, the dementors were recruited more than 20 years earlier, and the direction of this war became increasingly confusing.
Arthur and Hela were missing. The fire dragons and dementors that attacked the camp were blocked by Adam's ancient magic and had to retreat. They don't know where they are now.
Lily came back after a trip home. Her injuries were far less serious than Snape's. After applying some white essence on her feet, there wasn't even a scar left. The Evans couple couldn't see anything. .
On this day, Mrs. Prince made an appointment to go to Diagon Alley with others. Meadows happened to be busy with something else. Although she did not get a serious job in the Ministry of Magic, she thought it was enough to deal with the Order of the Phoenix. She has her hands full.
There were three people behind the counter instead. Lily and Snape were playing wizard chess, and Karan crossed his legs and read today's Daily Prophet.
"Any news?"
Lily asked casually, commanding the chess pieces to smash the opponent to pieces.
"The dementors are completely out of control."
Karan stared at a report and said: "The newspaper said that several Muggle villages were attacked by Dementors. The local Muggles just thought it was smog, and everyone had their memories wiped out. This is a For manual work, the Ministry of Magic still has too few manpower.”
Snape silently countered Lily's attack. He analyzed in a low voice: "This sounds like something only a mysterious person would do. Will Grindelwald only bother with Britain?"
"I don't know either." Karan narrowed his eyes and said, "They all have a common enemy - Dumbledore. In order to cause trouble for him, either of these two people may conquer the Dementors."
"By the way." Lily finally raised her head and asked, "If Arthur is Grindelwald's subordinate, have you figured out why he had to attack you?"
Karan sighed: "I don't know even more about this matter - but I do have a suspicion that Grindelwald should have strong prophecy ability, otherwise he would not know that I have used Ravenclaw's diadem. , it is said that he has also demonstrated this powerful prophetic ability before, in Père Lachaise Cemetery."
"And what happened last semester, whether it was Bok, Abraxas, or the Horned Water Snake, it was as if they knew all our action plans in advance. Successfully winning the crown is the best proof."
"As for the reason why Grindelwald targeted me - either he doesn't know the spell to use the crown and wants to get the method from me, or it has something to do with his prophecy ability."
The three of them were silent for a while, and then Snape asked: "What about the mysterious man? Didn't you guess that the Dementors might also be the subordinates of the mysterious man? Why would he target you?"
Snape was referring to the large group of dementors that suddenly appeared in the woods of the camp. The time when those dementors appeared was too coincidental.
"The mysterious man..." Karan thought carefully for a while: "He has more reasons to target me. I am probably the first wizard besides Dumbledore to escape from him twice."
Snape and Lily don't count. Although they also appeared in the world of fire, their whereabouts were not known to Voldemort from the beginning, but were involved by Burke.
Lily sighed: "It sounds really dangerous."
Karan nodded silently. His current situation was indeed much more dangerous than that of little Harry - not only Voldemort, but also Grindelwald, Death, and the threat of Antioch.
No one here is simple, not to mention that Voldemort may not have even made a Horcrux, and his soul is still intact.
The cautious-thinking Voldemort and the madman are two completely different concepts.
This is much more dangerous than Karan expected.
"It would be great if the wizard who first came into contact with the Snorlax was Dumbledore..."
An idea suddenly came to Karan's mind.
With Dumbledore's abilities, he will definitely be able to avoid the disaster that happened to Ariana, and his parents will be able to live the rest of their lives in peace.
As for Grindelwald, and later Voldemort, Dumbledore can also have enough time to prepare.
But I don’t know what will happen to Karan in that world.
Maybe you're lucky enough to still be a wizard.
It is also possible that he would starve to death before reaching the age of 11, still as a Muggle.
"You are indeed here!"
A person suddenly walked in from outside the house - it was James. He looked at Lily happily.
Sirius followed him with a lazy expression, and next to him was Regulus who was chattering away.
Both Callan and Lily were stunned, and Snape quickly asked in a disgusted tone: "Potter...what are you doing here?!"
James glanced sideways at Snape: "Can't I come and buy something?"
"No!" Snape stood up. He vaguely protected Lily behind him and said angrily: "Get out! You are not welcome here!"
The two men had never been friendly since their meeting on the train, and Snape's rescue of James from the werewolf only intensified the conflict between the two.
That made both men sick.
Not to mention James suddenly pursuing Lily.
Karan blinked and looked curiously at Sirius and Regulus on the other side. Regulus didn't even have time to say hello, and his expression became more and more anxious: "How could you...you How could you really run away from home! Your parents didn't do anything to you, I thought it was just a quarrel——"
"No more." Sirius interrupted lightly: "I've had enough. I can't live with them. If you're worried, you can come with me."
Regulus suppressed his blush and couldn't say a word.
Karan waved to him and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Regulus slumped helplessly in front of the counter. He glanced at James and Sirius who were selecting Gobstones. Snape followed them step by step, taunting them constantly.
"Because of the Wizard's Duel Cup."
Regulus sighed and said, "Originally, our family was going to watch the game, but Sirius secretly drove out the family's Rolls-Royce. This made our parents feel very embarrassed. They discriminated against Muggles. He didn't want to admit that he had Muggle items, so he didn't watch the game and had a big quarrel. The final result was that Sirius had to run away from home. James originally planned to ask him to live at home, but Sirius planned to come Try Hogsmeade, where Andromeda lives."
It turned out that the Rolls-Royce belonged to the Black family. At that time, Karan was still wondering why the pure-blood family was willing to drive out the Muggle car openly.
At this time, Sirius and James also picked out the Gobstone suits, and Snape settled the price in a stiff tone.
But James did not leave directly.
He ignored Snape's eyes that were about to burst into flames, deliberately shook his head, and asked in a deep tone: "So... do you have time for a date, Lily?"
Lily looked at James' frivolous look. To be honest, if it hadn't been for saving her in the Black Sun World, she wouldn't even want to talk to such a person. It was too deliberate.
Plus what Penny had said to her over the holidays...
"no!"
Lily refused very solemnly: "I won't date you!"
She was so serious that even Sirius couldn't bear to see James in embarrassment.
Snape breathed a silent sigh of relief, and Regulus was frightened and covered his mouth.
James was stunned, his face turned red inexplicably.
"oh oh......"
He stammered, unable to even form a complete sentence.
He left Gobstone's shop dejectedly. Sirius patted his shoulder silently, but James didn't react at all.
In the end, Regulus only dared to say goodbye to Snape and Karan, and did not dare to look at Lily, who was inexplicably serious.
After all three of them walked away, Karan said in surprise: "You are so cruel, Lily, even I feel hurt."
Snape snorted: "That's what you should do, Potter doesn't know his identity."
But at the same time, Snape also became vaguely uneasy.
It was as if he saw the shadow of his future in James.
Lily's seriousness did not last long. She seemed to be deflated and her shoulders slumped.
But in the end, she said with firm eyes: "This is much better than rejecting him again and again. I don't like him at all. At most, I can only be grateful, and I can even call him less annoying."
"But in any case, it's not like."
[It’s not a sense of security either. 】
Lily said silently in her heart.
Karan shrugged his shoulders indifferently and continued reading the unfinished copy of the Daily Prophet.
Snape resumed playing wizard chess with Lily, but his mind was not on the destroyed chess pieces.
After understanding Lily's heart better, he didn't know whether he should be sad or happy.