The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Voldemort roared, "Unforgivable! I need to regain my strength as soon as possible! As soon as possible!"

At this point, Harry woke up from his dream.

After hearing Harry's report, Scott was certain of the whereabouts of Slytherin's locket.

It seems that the locket has indeed fallen into Medea's hands.

If the portrait of former headmaster Phineas Black truly shows loyalty to Medea, as Scott suspects, then gaining access to Black's house wouldn't be difficult for her, provided she finds the clue to the locket.

Regardless of how Medea obtained the locket, Scott was well aware that Voldemort was now at a disadvantage, and of course, Voldemort himself was even more aware of this.

This is also why Harry felt incredibly angry and anxious in his dream.

Scott believed that, faced with Medea's oppression, Voldemort, in order to regain his power, might take desperate measures.

In this way, he will certainly not be like the "original work," waiting to be resurrected by the three-way battle that will not start until the second half of the year.

"Oh! Today's daily report is still on this topic!"

Eddie's voice brought Scott back to his senses.

“Those goblins still want to keep a firm grip on the wizards’ treasury,” Eddie scoffed. “The Ministry of Magic has taken a tougher stance this time.”

Scott turned and glanced at the Daily Prophet in his hand.

The newspaper's front page headline, in enormous font, read: "Ministry of Magic Takes Over Gringotts, Goblins Protest!"

Chapter 337 The Powerful Force of Prophecy

"The Ministry of Magic did not directly take over Gringotts."

Across the long table, Dylan, who had already finished reading the newspaper, said.

“Gringotts is all over the world,” Keira, sitting next to Dylan, said. “The British Ministry of Magic has only decided to oversee Gringotts’ security.”

"Oh, that damn Daily Prophet, it always lies with its headlines!" Eddie finished reading the report in a huff.

"Let me see." Scott reached for the newspaper and glanced at it.

The report's content is exactly as Dylan and Kayla described.

[...In order to ensure the safety of the property of British wizards, the Ministry of Magic dispatched a team of Aurors to Gringotts Bank in England.]

These experienced senior Aurors will be responsible for overseeing security at Gringotts Bank...

“Even so, the goblins are still not happy,” Eddie said. “Goblins are greedy creatures, and they probably already consider everything in Gringotts to be their own property.”

“This has happened more than once, and there will probably be far fewer wizards who would entrust their assets to Gringotts Bank in the future,” Roger said with a smile.

"What exactly was stolen yesterday still hasn't been published in the newspaper," Scott said, putting down the newspaper.

“Yesterday’s paper said that what was opened was the Lestrange family’s underground vault,” Milton began. “The Lestrange family members are now imprisoned in Azkaban.”

“No wonder.” Eddie shrugged. “They’re not responsible for the robbery of the underground vault yet.”

For the students of Hogwarts, even the big news of Gringotts Bank being breached was just something to talk about over tea.

Aside from the news published in the newspapers, they had no access to any further information.

But Scott wanted to know more.

After the morning classes ended, he met with Rimbaud in the Forbidden Forest and asked Rimbaud to send ravens to gather more intelligence.

“Both Gringotts Bank and the Ministry of Magic should be brought under surveillance,” he said to Rimbaud. “I have a feeling that something big is about to happen in the British wizarding world.”

Rimbaud asked curiously, "What is it?"

Scott simply shook his head. "I don't know, but things are bound to change."

“Alright, I’ll get the crows to do their best.” Rimbaud agreed to Scott’s request.

As Rimbaud began leading the crows to gather information, traveling between London and Hogwarts almost daily, Scott saw them more often.

Through its efforts, Scott successfully obtained a lot of information that was hidden from the public.

First, it has been confirmed that the missing item from the Lestrange family's underground vault is indeed the Hufflepuff Cup.

In order to verify the missing items, the Ministry of Magic not only checked the inventory of items kept in Gringotts vault, but also sent people to Azkaban to question the brothers Rodolphus Lestrange and Rabastan Lestrange, who were imprisoned there, as well as Rodolphus's wife Bellatrix Lestrange.

Because of Bellatrix Lestrange's frenzied shouting upon hearing the news, the Ministry of Magic now knows that the missing cup was entrusted to Lestrange by the Dark Lord.

At the Ministry of Magic, Rimbaud also observed a strange phenomenon.

As a minister, Fouché became increasingly taciturn.

Meanwhile, some members of the secretariat in the minister's office would hold secret meetings with people from other departments behind the minister's back.

Fudge was furious about this.

Rimbaud said, "His face would turn as dark as a cloud."

However, he did not explicitly prohibit this behavior.

"The Secretariat of the Minister's Office?"

When Scott heard the news, he had a feeling that he knew it was true.

“Milton’s father, Mr. Grevis, is the head of the Secretariat, isn’t he?” he asked softly.

“Mr. Grevis?” Rimbaud tilted his head. “I don’t know Milton’s father, but there is indeed a Mr. Grevis there.”

Keep up the good work.

Scott reached out and touched Rimbaud's feathers.

“Medea will process the Horcruxes she obtained as soon as possible and won’t be able to attend to the Ministry of Magic for the time being.” He instructed, “Now, try to get me a list of those who will attend the secret meeting; they should all be Medea’s people.”

“No problem,” Rimbaud agreed.

The days that followed passed uneventfully, with Scott continuing his intense studies in a manner no different from the previous semester.

Even on weekends, his schedule is packed, except for the days when Ravenclaw plays Quidditch.

The news of the Gringotts Bank robbery gradually faded away over time.

In the first week of February, Professor Black suddenly began to miss Defense Against the Dark Arts classes, leaving only teaching assistant Lupin as the sole teacher in the classroom.

Lupin did not specify where Blake had gone, and the students began to discuss it.

Scott, however, had already guessed the reason.

The day after Black disappeared, Scott received a letter from Dumbledore.

In the letter, the old principal asked Scott to come to his office.

Scott rushed to the headmaster's office and found Harry inside.

"Good afternoon, Scott." Dumbledore, sitting behind his desk, beckoned to Scott. "Come and sit down. Would you like something to drink?"

"Black tea, no sugar, please."

Scott, who was already quite familiar with the headmaster's office, sat down on the stool next to Harry.

"Ok."

Dumbledore snapped his fingers with a smile, and a steaming cup of black tea appeared in front of Scott.

"Scott, my guess was right!"

At this moment, Harry said to Scott with some excitement, "Kreacher really did know the truth about Regulus's disappearance!"

Scott lowered his head and took a sip of tea. "Professor Black's missing brother, is he still alive?"

“I don’t know,” Harry said. “Sirius didn’t tell me the result. He just said he got some information and he was very excited.”

“So now, where is Professor Blake?” Scott asked again.

“Let me tell you,” Dumbledore began. “Sirius contacted me; it was indeed a major discovery.”

He said with a sigh, "Who would have thought that such a great secret was kept in the mind of a house-elf?"

Scott put down his teacup and looked at Dumbledore with some confusion. "Professor, it seems I don't need to hear about this?"

“I need your help, Scott.” Dumbledore smiled kindly at him. “Please listen.”

Scott hesitated for a moment, but then nodded.

"It concerns Voldemort's Horcruxes," Dumbledore said softly.

"Hornets?" Harry was confused.

Because he didn't destroy Riddle's diary as in the "original story," he wasn't entirely clear on the concept of Horcruxes.

Dumbledore patiently explained to him the evil principles and functions of Horcruxes.

Harry quickly realized, "That diary that controls Ginny..."

Dumbledore nodded. "That's one of the Horcruxes too."

As he spoke, he looked at Scott, “Scott did arithmetic divination on this, and the result of that divination told us that, whether by choice or by accident, Voldemort created a total of 7 Horcruxes.”

Harry frowned deeply upon hearing this. "So, we have to destroy all his Horcruxes to defeat him?"

"That's how it is in theory."

Dumbledore muttered something and moved on from the topic.

"Is the relic left behind by Regulus a Horcrux?" Harry asked again.

"I'm afraid that's the case." Dumbledore nodded slightly. "Unfortunately, it has already been stolen."

Harry exclaimed, "Could it be Voldemort? I've dreamt about him..."

"Harry?"

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore immediately looked at Harry, a glint of wisdom flashing in his azure eyes.

“Tell me, what did you dream about?” he asked softly.

“That was just a dream,” Harry said, sounding somewhat resistant. “It doesn’t mean anything.”

Dumbledore said meaningfully, "No, actually wizarding dreams can represent a lot of things, especially for you, Harry."

"Me?" Harry was completely bewildered.

Dumbledore didn't explain, but at his request, Harry recounted his dream.