Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

McGonagall and Snape did not exchange much pleasantries with Weasley.

Both of them stretched out their wands and waved them, and the dust in the air was coated with a layer of golden light.

The dust and mist continued to arrange themselves and regroup, soon forming the image of the old wizard they had seen after Dumbledore had cast the Tracing Spell.

McGonagall said with a serious face, "After tracking, it was found that the wizard Harry saw before leaving St. Mungo's was this one. He is not a professor at Hogwarts. Do you have any impression of this wizard?"

"Harry left St. Mungo's?"

Except for Ron, everyone else was shocked and frowned.

They had just left St. Mungo's and met Harry, who was standing at the window to see them off. How come he disappeared in a moment?

Molly asked worriedly, "Was Harry kidnapped by this wizard? Is his life in danger?"

Compared to the bewildered expressions on the faces of the Weasley family after seeing this wizard, Ron's pupils suddenly contracted, and he obviously recognized something.

But he was a little hesitant. Once he told this person's identity and their experiences together, he would probably have to face another round of mixed doubles beating at home.

He had a hard time hiding this from the professor and his family!
"This person...I, I..."

Ron didn't know how to answer for a moment and hesitated.

Snape didn't have time to provide psychological counseling to the little brat. His snake-like eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said in a cold voice:

"Mr. Weasley, everything you say and do from now on will be recorded by us. If you fail to report it and it causes Harry to be in danger or even die, we will send this report to the Magic Court and let the Ministry of Magic make a ruling."

Upon hearing that Harry might be in danger or die, Ron said anxiously:
"Impossible! This wizard is very friendly to us. He won't hurt Harry! If he wanted to hurt Harry, he would have countless ways to do it. Why wait until now?"

Professor McGonagall said seriously, "Do you know this wizard? Who is he and where did you see him?"

When it comes to Harry's safety, Ron couldn't think of a way to fool him, so he told the truth:
"We met in Hogsmeade, when we were walking down a street and ran into Death Eaters lying in wait at the corner of an alley.

We found that the Death Eaters were weak to the Patronus Charm. As long as the Patronus Charm was cast on the Death Eaters, they would instantly lose their ability to fight, so we wanted to eliminate this Death Eater."

Ron was afraid of being scolded by his parents and professors, so he hurriedly said, "But I have been persuading Harry not to do this. We are weak and students, and we can't deal with Death Eaters.

I had already persuaded Harry to calm down, but at this moment, the wizard Cassio appeared.

We had only meant to put up warning signs at the crossing, and if Hogsmeade hadn't been cleared so quickly, they would still be there.

Cassio saw us setting up warning signs and asked us what dangers lay ahead. We mentioned the Death Eaters, and he said he wanted to help us. He could join us and fight the Death Eaters together with us..."

As Ron described, McGonagall and Snape's faces grew darker.

When wizard Cassio first met Harry and Ron, he showed very noble character, no wonder he was able to win Harry's trust.

Ron once caught the look in Cassio's eyes when he was staring at Harry - it was an almost greedy look, as if he wanted to eat Harry alive.

But later Cassio behaved very gracefully. When they wanted to part with him, Cassio did not insist, so he did not care about it and thought he had seen it wrong.

Even now, Ron didn't believe that Cassio would hurt Harry.

If Cassio really wanted to deal with Harry, why did he wait until Harry came to St. Mungo's to recuperate?
They could have captured Harry in the chaotic Hogsmeade village. It would have been easier to do it then and he wouldn't have been discovered so quickly.

The others thought it made some sense and nodded, asking McGonagall and Snape if there was any misunderstanding.
A guess flashed through McGonagall's mind. The only reason Cassio could tolerate this until now and not attack was that he had other tasks in Hogsmeade.

Snape obviously thought of this as well, and sneered, "What if Cassio is a Death Eater?"

"He had other tasks to complete in Hogsmeade at the time, so he couldn't attack Harry first. He could only take action after the battle in Hogsmeade was over."

Molly asked anxiously: "What should we do now?"

Mag calmed down instead, "Once we know his identity, it will be easier for us to find him."

She looked at Ron, a little hesitant. Before she could speak, Snape said:

"I need the memories of Cassio in your mind. The extraction process may damage your memory. Perhaps you will forget Cassio, the battle of Hogsmeade, or some other insignificant things. But it is also possible that nothing will happen."

After listening to him, McGonagall had already made up her mind and said calmly, "No, Snape, we can't do this."

"Ron is still young and has no means to protect his memory. If we forcibly extract his memory, his body will most likely resist us in order to protect him, causing great harm to his body."

Snape said coldly: "Only by extracting his memory can we get more clues about Cassio and open the Sage's Eye of the Ministry of Magic to conduct a follow-up investigation."

"No, in addition to extracting his memory, we have another method - Legilimency. We can use Legilimency to read his memory, and then import the memory images we see into the crystal ball."

Snape said coldly, "I do not know Legilimency."

In fact, he could, but he didn't want to use it on Ron. He preferred the simple and convenient method of extracting memories.

"Then I'll do it." Mag said quickly.

Legilimency is a kind of mental magic and a high-level magic.

Although the magical talent requirements for wizards are not as strict as the Patronus Charm, only a small number of high-level wizards can cast it.

By looking directly at the target and concentrating their mind, the caster can invade the target's brain and extract and analyze the target's memories, emotions, and thoughts.

Those who are proficient in Legilimency can also manipulate or tamper with the memories of others.

Back then, Voldemort made all wizards tremble in fear, and none of his Death Eaters dared to lie to him, all because of Legilimency.

With this magic, Voldemort could see through almost all lies and control the minds of Death Eaters.

The only way to deal with Legilimency is to use Occlumency - to block out your thoughts and feelings.

Ron didn't even see how Professor McGonagall performed the spell; she didn't even raise her wand.

After Professor McGonagall had said this, she looked Ron straight in the eyes.

"Ron, look at me and relax your body and mind. I came to you just to get some clues, and there is no other intention.

I need to know all your impressions of Cassio, Ron, please think carefully about how you met Cassio, how he treated you and Harry, what magic he used to deal with the Death Eaters... "Facing Professor McGonagall, Ron believed from the bottom of his heart that the professor would not hurt him.

So he followed the professor's words, trying to relax himself and constantly recalling all the memories between him and Cassio.

At the beginning, he was still able to control the memories in his mind and insert some scattered and disordered thoughts from time to time.

But then, he felt that the memories in his mind seemed to keep going down uncontrollably, the meeting with Cassio, the fight against the Death Eaters together, the separation from Cassio, and the last time he saw the pair of eyes looking at them.

Ron felt his body become extremely tense, his thoughts racing uncontrollably, many details he had forgotten all appearing at this moment.

What he didn't know was that when Professor McGonagall read his memory, his face suddenly turned pale and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

After all the memories about Cassio in his mind were read by Mag, Mag stopped Legilimency.

Ron suddenly pulled himself out of the suffocating feeling, his chest heaving violently as he greedily swallowed the air like a drowning man grabbing a piece of driftwood.

McGonagall nodded to Snape, and the two quickly left the Burrow.

After they left, Ron seemed to have lifted a heavy burden from his shoulders, and his legs collapsed to the ground.

The other Weasleys hurried to help him up.

"Ron, are you okay?"

"Ron, how are you feeling?"

"Ron, open your eyes, don't scare me..."

Ron tried hard to open his eyes, but he was too tired.

His physical condition was not good to begin with, and there was still the effect of the black poison in his body. He then underwent a long period of Legilimency, and the new illness mixed with the old one broke out, and Ron fainted again.

Molly wanted to send him to St. Mungo's for a checkup, but her husband stopped her.

"No, dear, St. Mungo's is not necessarily a good place to go right now. Harry's disappearance in St. Mungo's has touched the hearts of many wizards, and too many people have set their sights on St. Mungo's.

I'm worried that Ron might be in danger, so let's go to the pharmacy in Diagon Alley and see a general practitioner."
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The news that "Harry disappeared in St. Mungo's" soon reached Draco's ears.

The Malfoy family is the most ancient noble family with deep roots. They have spies everywhere, including in St. Mungoly.

As soon as Draco returned to Malfoy Manor, he was thrown into the heir course training by his father.

His father supervised his training, and because of this news, he urgently stopped Draco's training and asked him if he knew any clues.

"Do you know who took Harry away?"

Draco's eyes were blank, and he asked back, "Was he taken away by the Death Eaters? Now only the Death Eaters will chase Harry relentlessly."

Lucius's platinum hair was elegantly draped as he looked Draco in the eyes and said slowly, "Perhaps you will have some impression of the wizard who took Harry away?"

Draco shook his head: "No, I don't have any impression, and it's still doubtful whether the Death Eaters can take Harry away."

Lucius said calmly: "Why do you say that? Do you know something?"

Draco frowned, thought about it, and revealed that the ward Harry was in was very special.

"Any wizard who harbored ill will towards Harry would not be able to discover that ward, so the Death Eaters could not break in. There is only one possibility: Harry walked out on his own initiative.

Since no one discovered Harry when he was taken away, it is likely that the person who took him away was someone Harry knew, so he did not struggle... Perhaps the person who took him away was not a Death Eater, but a friend or relative that Harry knew. "

Suddenly, Draco seemed to have thought of something and asked nervously:

“Father, could it be Sirius Black?
Sirius always transformed into a big black dog to visit Harry last semester. Maybe he was the one who took Harry away!"

"Sirius Black?" Lucius read the name slowly, as if he was thinking about something.

But soon, he shook his head.

"Not him. If he really had that much courage, he wouldn't have waited so many years to visit Harry."

"Visiting?" Draco didn't understand. "Didn't he want to kill Harry?"

"He wanted to kill Harry?"

Lucius seemed to have heard a joke, but because the person who said this was his son, he did not make any sarcastic remarks.

"You have never met Sirius, so you don't know what kind of person he is. When I inherited the Malfoy family, I dealt with the Black family.

His brother Regulus is far superior, a true Slytherin, whereas Sirius is just a cranky lunatic and, most importantly, a true Gryffindor."

Lucius said indifferently: "Gryffindor will not betray its allies."

Draco's mind raced very quickly, his face flushed due to his rapid breathing, and he asked hurriedly:
"So Dad, Sirius didn't betray the Potters and let Voldemort kill them?"

Lucius shook his head slightly: "Draco, I don't know."

"But I want to tell you that history is written by the victors. The truth will be covered up. Unless you see it with your own eyes, no one can be sure who the real betrayer is."
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In the tree hole, Harry carefully put his ear close to the wooden board.

But unfortunately, he did not hear the cry of the phoenix again, but instead heard the buzzing sound of beetles flapping their wings outside the bark.

This bothered Harry a little. He was currently unable to drive away the beetles. Although he could use magic, the power of the magic had not changed.

Using the "smash to pieces" or "tear into pieces" skills on a beetle would cause too much noise and easily attract other people's attention.

In case Cassio noticed him...

Harry suddenly reacted and frowned.

For some reason, after arriving in this strange space, his hostility towards Cassio's needs became stronger and stronger, which was not right.

Suddenly, Harry thought of the Sensei spell, took a deep breath, drew out his wand, and cast it on himself. (End of this chapter)