"Arouse potential?" Snape looked at Felix with inquisitive eyes and hugged his arms. "What are you doing?"

"I'm a security officer , I can’t go out like this, it’s too shameful."

Snape stared at him for a while, and he asked softly, "Next time I go to Diagon Alley to buy medicine ingredients, I won’t see you. Arrest warrant?"

Felix rubbed his chin, "It's really hard to tell...Don't stare at me, okay, I'm joking, the truth is that I have studied magic too much." He explained solemnly. road.

But Snape didn't believe it at all. In the next second, the magic text patterns appeared on Felix's face, and Snape watched this scene in surprise.

"What kind of potion do you want?"

"Of course it is the best one, the one that allows me to fight with people after drinking." Felix smiled Say: "How about a 50% discount because I am your student?"

Snape frowned, "That kind of potion has a lot of side effects."

" I can accept it," Felix said seriously, "Severus, I need it."

After a moment of silence--

"Wait!" Snape waved his sleeve. Said wickedly.

"Thanks, Professor." Felix smiled and waved behind him.

……

"Hermione·Jane·Granger!" Mr. Granger loudly shouted, sticking one's head around to look for the daughter who looked inside was not angry Come.

"Oh, Dad..." Hermione came in from the door, and several other champions and their families in the house watched this scene with interest. She moved in step by step, looking at Mrs. Granger as if for help.

Mrs. Granger waved her hand with an expression of watching the show. "I'm also waiting for your explanation."

"Or, um," Hermione whispered, "I will take you to the campus?"

The Grangers at the same time Staring at her, Hermione stammered to finish: "You must be very curious about this place for your first visit? I have made some preparations, and you must like it..."

"You said 'Preparation' means leaving your parents aside for a long time?"

"I want to take the exam." Hermione whispered.

Mr. Granger looked angry, Mrs. Granger looked at her teasingly, "How did I hear that champion doesn't need to take the exam? It was the friend Harry you've been'helping' told me personally. Are you trying to avoid us?"

Hermione was speechless.

After spending a long time, Hermione barely comforted her father and mother. They first visited the castle and then strolled around the Black Lake. I ran into Harry and Sirius on the road. Sirius tried hard to chat with the Grangers, but the effect was not very good. They couldn't talk about Quiddich, duels, adventures and other topics.

When Sirius vividly described how he solved a Troll, what he got was not admiring eyes and questioning details, but a look of blankness and alertness.

Before the atmosphere dropped to freezing point, Sirius finally found a common topic.

"Don't worry, there is no danger. They are the favorites to win the championship! And there is a safety guard... Felix Haip, you also know? Have you seen it in Leaky Cauldron? Awesome! I know him very well..."

Harry felt very strange, and Hermione kept staring at him angrily while the adults were talking.

He leaned forward quietly, "What's the matter?"

Hermione turned her head to the side and refused to speak to him.

...

"Stunned three silent people? So that person's target was actually the Department of Mysteries?" Fudge asked from behind his desk.

"Yes, he stole all the hourglasses, and most of the energy loss of the crystal glass cover..." said Auror, who was in charge of the investigation. Three silent people who were unfortunately knocked out stood silently behind Auror. , Bowed his head and did not speak.

Fudge turned quill, and for a while, he lifts the head.

"What do you think the purpose of that person is?" He looked towards the three silent people, "Traveling through time? Changing history?"

"Mr. Minister, don't worry, what is he I can't do it either." Saul Crocker said impatiently.

"Why?" Quill in Fudge's hand stopped. "He took so many hourglasses...just hourglasses?"

"Yes!" Sol. Crocker was glad that he understood this, "That person only has an hourglass in his hand, and there is no complete Time-Turner."

"In case he finds a broken Time-Turner from outside, after repairing it— —"

"Impossible, no one can do this! Every scrapped Time-Turner has been repeatedly confirmed by silent people, and there is no magic cultivator at all. We have been working hard for hundreds of years and have not been able to. Success, on the contrary, there are fewer and fewer Time-Turners... it is even more impossible to do it by an outsider."

Fudge looked at him suspiciously.

"It's true," Saul Crocker said, he became more confident. This is his professional field. "One more thing, the energy in the stolen hourglass is very low, I guess that person is also aware At this point, I took the risk to stay all night, wanting to recharge—"

"So what?" Fudge asked impatiently.

"Naturally it failed." Saul Klock spread his hands, "No one can learn this technique in one night. So the energy inside naturally loses..."

"But if the hourglass doesn't work, why did that man take them all away?" Fudge asked with cow-like eyes.

"Mr. Minister, it is not my field to figure out the mind of criminals. I can only make judgments based on my professionalism." Saul Klock Shrugged said. "The only problem is that the Department of Mysteries's security system is not good enough. It's time to upgrade."

"Thank you, Klock," Fudge interrupted his speech, "I will consider it, but you Understand that the funds in the ministry are now tight. If there are new donations, I will consider you immediately."

There was silence in the office.

After a long time, Fudge asked with a very hesitant expression: "Did you see that person?"

Bode and Saul Kroc shook their heads, they looked What I got here was what Felix looked like after using Polyjuice Potion. The two of them looked at Fudge's expressions a little strange now, for fear that he suddenly took out the wand to them.

"What about you, you should have seen something. The time limit for Polyjuice Potion must have passed by then." Fudge asked dullly.

The third silent man said with an embarrassing expression: "I was distracted. That person used a despicable trap..."

Fudge looked down at his testimony , "A fireball falling from the sky, burning debris? Yeah, really mean enough."

"..." The silent man bowed his head and said nothing.

Fudge continued to look through the report. "When I lowered my head, I was sneak attacked. I only saw one pair of feet...a pair of feet?" He lifts the head, "Do you remember what those feet looked like?" What are the characteristics?"

The silent man shook his head, "Sorry, Mr. Minister, I don’t remember clearly."

"I don’t think so," Fudge revealed a little bit. Smile, "At least you can get a vague outline, can't it? For example, are the footsteps brisk, belonging to a youngster?"

……

In the evening, the young wizards happily ate in the auditorium, Wait for the start of the third task.

"Fudge, you brought a lot of people today." Dumbledore said softly.

"I think it is necessary. The Ministry of Magic has just experienced an attack," Fudge whispered, "I must be prepared."

"Ah, so that's how it is ." Dumbledore said softly, with a regretful expression on his face.

"Right," Fudge looked all around. "Why didn't you see Professor Haip?"

"Maybe something has been delayed, right?" Dumbledore laughed.

Fudge glanced around, everyone was eating, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, hesitated for a moment and finally made up his mind, "Dumbledore, I need your help. According to the Auror’s verification, That solo traveler is terrifying powerful, not even worse than the one who can't even mention the name!"

Dumbledore showed a puzzled expression just right.

"Dumbledore, I know we have disputes on some issues—"

"Not a dispute," Dumbledore said.

"You—what?" Fudge not knowing what to do looked at him.

"That's not a controversy, Fudge," Dumbledore said patiently. "Your hesitation will cost us a lot of time—"

"Okay! Dumbledore," Fudge annoyed. Say, "That's a controversy. I have stepped back and sent an Auror squad to the Albanian Forest to investigate. It will soon have results. What I want to say now is another thing!"

He slapped the table sharply, and the fork on the plate jumped around.

Several headmasters from other schools on the seats looked towards this side for unknown reasons, and Fudge made a hastily apologetic gesture. When the others turned their heads, he approached again and whispered: "Dumbledore, what I am discussing with you now is how to deal with a dangerous criminal. He unscrupulously broke into the Department of Mysteries and stole the Time-Turner hourglass and storage. Several decades of energy. My God, what an evil way!"

Dumbledore looked at him calmly, "forgive me to speak bluntly, Fudge, you don’t seem to be in a hurry at all."

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"Of course I am in a hurry! What if he wants to tamper with history, if he is on the side of you know who, what should I do to remind him on the day you know who loses his power?" Fudge's anger became uncontrollable again "You should know what serious consequences will cause!" Dumbledore's expression became serious.

"That's it," Fudge wiped his sweat, and continued: "So I want to ask for your help. Our purpose is the same, and I assure you, as long as you investigate the squad and bring back strong evidence , I will issue a warning to the public."

Dumbledore was slightly silent, "Do you have any clues?"

"Of course," Fudge was overjoyed and couldn't wait to say: "He is in the Ministry of Magic stayed all night, trying to steal energy... He must be exhausted and he was injured by Auror, but unfortunately we could not find his blood on the spot... Anyway, this kind of injury was fundamentally short of time. I couldn’t recover, so I was curious about Professor Haip’s situation. Of course, I didn’t doubt him. I just cooperated with the investigation—"

Dumbledore's expression became more and more serious. At this time, a person walked in from outside the auditorium.

Fudge glared at the man, Felix ruddy complexion, full of energy, showing no signs of injury. He also deliberately changed into a suit, opened the chair and sat in an empty seat not far from them.

Fudge's face flushed.

"It seems that Felix is ​​not the person you are looking for. He is in great condition. This suit reminds me of the dance party half a year ago. If there is music on site, I have no doubt that he is the most popular The one..." Dumbledore folded his fingers and looked at Fudge's face with interest.

"Maybe I'm thinking about it, Dumbledore," Fudge gasping for breath said, his eyes fixed on Felix, and he said unwillingly, "I need to check again."

"You are always welcome in my office, Fudge, but you'd better bring evidence next time." Dumbledore said, his eyes are also on Felix-unlike Fudge, his blue eyes are extremely deep.

"Time..." he whispered.

When the magic ceiling turned from blue to dark purple twilight, Dumbledore stood up at the table, and everyone was quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 points, I will invite everyone to the venue and watch the final event of the competition. Now, please leave the champions with Mr. Bagman first."

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