The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 431
What had Moody been up to since he'd been Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts?
For students in fourth grade and above, their first Defense Against the Dark Arts class is exactly the same, all three Unforgivable Curses.This is something that is expressly forbidden by the Ministry of Magic.

After that class, Moody used the Imperius Curse on the students to practice resisting the spell.

A professor dared to cast the Unforgivable Curse on his students, no matter how you think about it, normal people can't do it.But everyone thinks that Moody is crazy, and his nickname is also Mad-Eye, so everyone takes it for granted that Moody is crazy again.

In daily life, Mu always carries a small flagon with him, for fear that others will harm him, but he never prepares food by himself.Is this because he is afraid that someone will harm him, or is he not afraid?
Thinking about it now, isn't it because of Moody's madness that these strange behaviors are ignored by everyone!
Moody's madness has instead become his best protection.No matter what outrageous things Moody has done, everyone will just attribute everything to his madness, and will not have any suspicion of him.

But why did Dumbledore say he was too normal?

"Ada, do you know why there are so many scars on Alastor's body?" Dumbledore asked, "Even lost an eye and a leg."

I don't know, how could this be known, and no one has written a biography of Moody.

In Ada's view, the wounds on Moody's body can only show that he fought bravely and that he captured many dark wizards with his own hands.Other than that, there's nothing else to say. You can't say that Moody is too good!

"That's because, even in the process of catching the Death Eaters, Alastor still doesn't know how to use the Unforgivable Curse. He wants to bring the opponent to justice rather than kill him." Dumbledore said, "That's why those vicious Death Eaters left him with so many scars."

Black wizards, or Death Eaters, are feared because they will use black magic in the process of fighting, unscrupulous, and the three unforgivable curses are their compulsory courses.

Facing the Death Curse that touches and touches death, Aurors paid a heavy price in the process of capturing the Death Eaters.At this time Barty Crouch appeared, and he allowed the Aurors to use the Unforgivable Curse, an eye for an eye, blood for blood.

Aurors are very happy, they don't care if the Unforgivable Curse is black magic, Crouch's order can greatly reduce their Internet access.

And Moody is an outlier among Aurors. He never uses the Unforgivable Curse against an enemy, even if the Auror has given permission.Moody always relies on his superb magic skills to capture the enemy alive as much as possible.

But at Hogwarts, in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, Moody, who never used the Unforgivable Curses, not only demonstrated them one by one, but also used the Imperius Curse on the students.

Moreover, Moody's proficiency in the Unforgivable Curse is very high, which can be called handy.

Human beings can independently control their emotions, body movements, and facial expressions, but some subtle expressions or habitual movements will always be revealed inadvertently.

Moody sometimes seemed to Ada to enjoy the process of manipulating students with the Imperius Curse.

"Of course, we can't doubt Alastor just because we didn't use the Unforgivable Curse before, because people will always change." Dumbledore said, "He showed the Unforgivable Curse to the students, which can also be regarded as A misunderstanding of what I said. After all, he is crazy, and it is normal to be extreme."

Dumbledore's "self-justification" seems to have circled the problem back to Moody's crazy behavior.But Ada knew that the principal was not trying to excuse Moody, but was explaining the issue from Moody's point of view.

With reason and evidence, madness really seems to be the best disguise in the world, because everyone will tacitly find good excuses for you and find reasonable explanations for all your abnormal behaviors.

"Professor, since when did you feel that there was something wrong with Professor Moody?" Ada asked, "Or, what made you feel that something was wrong."

Dumbledore sighed, and he said: "I have known Alastor for many years, and I know some of his habits, but none of them made me suspicious. The only thing that puzzled me was that Alastor seemed to be He distanced himself from me, and he always tried to avoid being alone with me."

Life is seventy years old, and at the age of Dumbledore and Moody, even in the wizarding world, there are not many friends left.Two old friends, in the same castle, one of them is always trying to avoid the other, which is really confusing and somewhat unreasonable.

"At first I thought I had given Alastor too many tasks. He had to monitor Karkaroff, find out the hidden conspiracy, and protect Harry..."

Dumbledore continued to speak for Moody, but was interrupted by Ada.

"He also has to monitor Professor Snape. This is the first time I've seen Professor Snape so weak in front of others." Ada added.

"Yeah, I still need to monitor Severus, Severus, whom I trust very much." Dumbledore continued, "I was wondering if I was asking too much, after all, he has retired for many years .”

Suspicion is not a good word, but suspicion does make people more vigilant, and it was from then on that Dumbledore began to pay attention to Moody's every word, deed, and every move.

"Since the beginning of school, Alastor still looks like the crazy Mad-Eye, but I know that Alastor is not really crazy, on the contrary he is very sober." Dumbledore said, "So, I wondered if someone 'Replacing' Alastor, he is afraid of being discovered by me, so he will reduce his contact with me?"

Ada suddenly thought of something, and she said excitedly: "The day before school started, Moody was attacked at home. Mr. Weasley said about it! I also had doubts about this, but the Ministry of Magic seems to think that It’s Moody’s self-directed performance again.”

"Yes, Arthur mentioned this, and I also asked Alastor. He evasively said that he was just two little thieves." Dumbledore said, "I just invited him on the front foot, and he just invited him on the back foot." Being attacked by two little thieves, is it such a coincidence?"

What happened in the 94-95 school year can almost be summed up as a coincidence.

The carnival of the Death Eaters at the World Cup camp, the sudden appearance of the Dark Mark, Harry's wand in Winky's hand, Moody who was suspected of being attacked, and Bertha Jorkins and Barty Crouch who went missing one after another .

So many coincidences have come together, can this still be a coincidence?

Ada deduced it carefully in her heart, and she felt that the matter seemed to have come to a conclusion.

Polyjuice Potion, someone must have used Polyjuice Potion to impersonate Alastor Moody, just as Snape's private stash had lost some woodsnake skin.

It was he who made Harry the fourth warrior, who attacked the real Moody before school started, and who released the Dark Mark!
Just who is this person, the unaccounted for Barty Crouch?

No, Barty Sr. and Moody had appeared together more than once.Even if there are accomplices, there is no need to make two sets of compound soup, because the more people there are, the easier it is to show one's feet.

Ada thought of the man who should have died long ago, Barty Crouch II.It made sense now that the man behind the scenes was Barty Crouch Jr., and he did all of this.

In the World Cup box, Barty Jr. was sitting in the empty seat next to Shining!

It was he who stole Harry's wand in the box, it was he who cast the Dark Mark.That's why old Batty was trying so hard to delay time, and he didn't hesitate to frame Harry Potter.

However, how dare Old Batty give Shining a "clothes" afterwards? Isn't he afraid that Shining will tell the secret of their father and son?Did he trust the house-elves' loyalty so much?
Now that the matter has been deduced to this point, it doesn't really matter what old Barty thinks of the house elves. What needs to be done now is to control Barty Crouch Jr., and then find the missing Barty Crouch Jr.

As long as the father and son are caught, all problems will be solved, and their conspiracy will surface.

"Professor, what should we do next?" Ada said excitedly, "Should we continue to wait for the evidence? I think this is enough."

Dumbledore raised a hand to tell Ada to be calm and not impulsive.

He said: "We will do nothing in the future, and we will stand still."

(End of this chapter)