The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 422 The person who should not exist
During the World Cup, Mr. Weasley managed to get the best tickets somehow, and even bought more than a dozen tickets at once, allowing everyone to sit in the same box as the dignitaries of the Ministry of Magic.

When a group of people entered the box, there was no one in the box, only a house elf named Winky was sitting in the last row of seats.At that time, Harry also made a misunderstanding and mistook Winky for Dobby.

It was also from seeing Winky that Hermione realized how low the status of house-elves was, and that's when the idea of ​​the House-Elf Rights Promotion Association was born.

After that, the number of people in the box gradually increased, and the annoying old peacock Lucius Malfoy also appeared.Because they didn't see each other right, they quarreled with the Malfoys and didn't pay attention to the house elf Winky.

"Remember, there was an empty seat next to the house-elf," said Sirius. "She sat in the second-to-last seat in the last row, and the seat inside her was empty."

The twins thought for a while, and Fred said, "That's right, she said she was taking a place for her master, Barty Crouch."

"I also remember that the house elf seemed to be afraid of heights." George also said, "She covered her eyes the whole time, and she didn't dare to look outside."

For a better viewing experience, the location of the World Cup box is naturally the best in the audience.But for those with severe fear of heights, at the height where the box is located, they might as well kill them at ease.

Does Barty Crouch really not know that his own house-elf is afraid of heights?

If you want to understand a person's character, you must pay attention to how he treats his subordinates, not just how he treats his equals.From the way he treats Winky, Barty Crouch's personality can be seen.

Despite Winky's severe fear of heights, covering her eyes the entire time, and trembling when she spoke to Harry, she remained seated, keeping a seat for her Master.

"But Barty Crouch didn't show up, did he?" Sirius let out a loud sneer. "If he wasn't going to come to the game, why did he let his servant stay there? He wouldn't do that." Useless people."

After half a year of busy work and overtime work, the Triwizard Tournament was finally resumed, but Barty Crouch did not appear on the field.It's not in Crouch's character to make someone else's wedding dress.

Sirius went on, "Just one more thing, do you remember the night Harry lost his wand?"

"The memory is still fresh." Ada said through gritted teeth, "I have never seen a wizard who is so careless about his wand!"

Every time I think about it, Ida wants to beat Harry up, how did I know such a guy.Isn't this the same as that candidates don't bring 2B pencils to the examination room, and soldiers don't bring guns to the battlefield?

Had it not been for Lily Potter's magical protection and Dumbledore, Harry's ashes would have been lifted long ago.

Sirius was embarrassed again, it was really embarrassing to lose his wand.

However, Sirius quickly adjusted his mood. He said: "Harry's wand is the wand that emits the Dark Mark. I asked Harry about this, and asked him when he found that his wand was missing."

"What did he say." Ada adjusted her sitting posture to make herself sit more steadily, so as not to fall off the sofa directly after hearing the answer.

"He said he didn't know, and he suspected that he accidentally dropped it in the chaotic darkness." Sirius said, "I have already taught him a lesson, he was too careless."

Barty Crouch's seat was vacated in the box, and Harry's wand conjuring the Dark Mark, Sirius must have thought of the connection between these two things.

After thinking for a while, Ida said, "You mean, Harry's wand might have been lost in the stadium box? No, it should have been stolen, but Harry was so focused on the game that he didn't notice it at all. When did my wand disappear?"

"I think so, Harry's wand probably disappeared while watching the game." Sirius said, "But Harry didn't realize that the wand was gone until he entered the woods."

The situation in the box was indeed chaotic. First, there was a quarrel with the Malfoy family, and then many people entered the box, and then the mascots of both parties appeared on the stage.

The Bulgarian veela, the leprechauns from Ireland who throw a lot of magic gold coins, and the wonderful finals may have kept Harry from noticing what happened to him.

In other words, the person who cast the Dark Mark is probably hiding in the box!
The first person to suspect must be Lucius Malfoy, a Death Eater even though he escaped punishment.But he is not the only one who is suspicious in the box. You must know that Winky was found at the scene of the crime, and she still held Harry's wand in her hand.

Is it really a coincidence that the house elf appeared at the scene of the crime, holding the crime tool in his hand?Or did someone do it on purpose?
Winky's seat was in the last row, near the corner, and there was an empty seat inside her, which was Barty Crouch's seat.

However, the two positions occupied by Shining are the positions with the worst viewing angles in the box, even if she does nothing, no one will take the initiative to choose those two positions.

What's more, Barty Crouch did not appear in the stadium box from the beginning to the end, and there was no need to occupy a seat at all.

Was Barty Crouch so unselfish to be the first to get the worst and least attention?Could it be that the empty seat was actually occupied, but no one realized that there was someone sitting there?
Ada also began to search her memory, recalling the details of the box that night, especially the details related to the vacated seat.

No, nothing came to mind.

From entering the box to leaving the box, Ada didn't feel that there was an extra person coming out of the box.The stadium is noisy, and there are many people in the boxes, so it is easy to hide someone.

Sirius looked terribly gloomy, just as Ada had when she first saw him.

Sirius thumped his leg, and he said unwillingly: "It's dark under the lights! It's dark under the lights! We may really be tricked by Barty Crouch, the old liar!"

He personally sentenced his own son, and refused to collect his son's body, just because his son was a Death Eater.Who would doubt such a person, who would doubt that such a person would save his son who committed a felony from Azkaban?
No one will doubt the vacant seat in the box, because that is Barty Crouch's seat; even if Barty Crouch did not come to the game, the seat is occupied for nothing, still no one will be suspicious, because everyone acquiesces He is busy with work and has no time to watch the game.

The people in the box would not pay too much attention to the vacant seat. Is it because Veela is not good-looking, or is the final not exciting?No one would have thought that there might be someone who was supposed to be dead sitting in that seat.

Only people like Ada whose brain circuits are different from ordinary people can suspect Barty Crouch.

When the lights are dark, it is easy for people to ignore what is happening around them.

Human vision is also deceptive. Everyone in the box thinks that seat is empty. Even if the eyes see some abnormalities afterwards, the feedback and processing results of the brain will be normal.

If Batty Jr. really didn't die, and he really went to watch the World Cup live, then he and his father really teamed up to treat everyone like monkeys!
"There is a question," Fred said suddenly, "All our assumptions now are based on the fact that Barty Jr. is not dead. What if he is really dead?"

A basin of cold water was poured down their heads, and both Ada and Sirius calmed down.

It is still just a hypothetical stage, and their suspicions may not necessarily be true. They need to find a basis for their assumptions.

Without proof, even Dumbledore cannot accuse Barty Crouch for no reason. This is a rule, a law, and a morality.

The most important thing now is to find evidence, to find Barty Crouch who is sick but not at home, he is the center of the whole thing.

Only when the center of the circle is found, the circle can be divided, and the truth can be gradually restored, so that the truth can be revealed.

(End of this chapter)