Harry Potter: I started signing in from Diagon Alley

For Eric, Fudge really didn't know what expression he should use to face him.

He was ambivalent about Eric.

On the one hand, he knew that Eric might help him further his career and find Sirius.

On the other hand, if possible, he is certainly not willing to accept a deal similar to Eric's blackmail.

So after receiving the letter from Eric some time ago, Fudge has been playing dead.

Because it was just as Eric said, the Ministry of Magic couldn't find Sirius at all.

Up to now, there are rumors that Sirius has sneaked into Hogwarts, but the Ministry of Magic still has not received any news.

This is literally slapping the Ministry of Magic in the face.

Fudge let the Aurors under him start a frantic search.

Hoping to find even a little trace of Sirius.

Unfortunately, no is no.

The Halloween deadline Eric had given had passed.

As time went by, Fudge was desperate, the balance in his heart was broken, and he gradually tilted in Eric's direction.

Now I learned that Eric did this kind of thing in public again in the dueling club.

Fudge knew that he couldn't escape, so he could only come to Hogwarts with Burns, the Director of Magical Law Enforcement.

His arrival also means that he will agree to Eric's conditions.

After the simple greetings, Fudge stuck to Eric's side, and said in a low voice at a volume that only the two of them could hear clearly: "I accept, tell me your terms."

"Don't worry, Minister, the good show is yet to come." Eric laughed.

Chapter 117 The mark on the hand

Fudge asked in confusion: "A good show? What a good show? All I want to know now is where Blake is."

Eric said: "When you come back from the Christmas break, you'll have Blake himself, I promise you."

Fudge said, "Why wait until after Christmas?"

Eric and Ron's confinement was scheduled for the first day after the Christmas holidays.

Fudge was about to say something to Eric when Amelia Bones from behind interrupted him.

As Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Burns is the backbone of the Ministry of Magic.

She is a middle-aged witch who acts relatively fairly. In the original book, she once protected Harry from being expelled from school, and was unfortunately killed by Voldemort.

The entire Burns family was Dumbledore's supporter.

Amelia Burns' older brother Edgar was a founding member of the Order of the Phoenix.

Her niece, Susan Burns, is in Harry's class and a Hufflepuff student.

As soon as Amelie Bornes arrived at the scene, her Aurors consciously spread out to control the scene.

The students had all been evacuated at this time, leaving only Eric and a group of professors.

"Minister, we have a brief understanding of what happened, and now we are going to test his wand with a flashback spell." Amelia Borns walked over and said.

Fudge could only step aside and chat with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's expression was relaxed, and Eric didn't mean to worry at all.

Amelia Bornes had a serious expression, and an experienced Auror followed behind her.

Eric gave his own wand, the Auror's wand, and used the Levitation Charm to catch Eric's wand in the air.

Seeing this, Amelia Borns also took out her wand.

Under the eyes of everyone, Amelia Borns' flashback spell started to activate.

A faint golden light diffused from the head of her wand and slowly covered Eric's wand.

As soon as the golden light appeared, the spells that Eric had used in the recent period flashed one by one.

The results of the inspection are displayed quickly.

Amelia Bornes announced in surprise: "No... on his wand, there is no spell that can kill Clement from the beginning to the end."

The result caused an uproar and mixed reactions.

Most of the people who exclaimed were those who had just witnessed Clement's death.

As for Lupine and Dumbledore, they breathed a sigh of relief.

Rita Skeeter's expression was excited, the camera's shutter sounded crazily, and the snapshot was smoking.

Fudge said next to him: "This proves that Eric was not the murderer of Clement, and we should announce this to everyone."

Amelia Borns said: "No, Minister, we can't be sure, we just ruled out the possibility that he used this wand to commit murder."

Fudge asked anxiously: "Isn't this already telling the truth? Could he still kill another student in public with his bare hands?"

Dumbledore glanced at Fudge, and Fudge hurriedly looked away from Dumbledore.

Dumbledore said: "I believe Director Burns' judgment, minister, we shouldn't interfere with her work too much, but it's a pity that the Dueling Club has to be suspended first."

"Okay, okay..." Fudge said helplessly.

At this time, Snape's voice came from the side: "Principal, you should see this..."

Everyone looked together, only to see Snape slowly pacing into the auditorium with a gloomy expression.

He was not alone, there was a corpse floating behind him.

Snape controlled the corpse with the Levitation Charm and slowly lowered it to the ground.

Seeing the appearance of another corpse, Fudge and Burns were both startled.

Dumbledore asked, "What's going on?"

Snape said slowly: "An outsider should have taken advantage of this duel club to sneak into the castle and fled in fear of crime. I found him in a basement of the castle dungeon. He tried to resist, and it became like this gone."

Fudge asked in surprise, "Is he dead?"

Snape sneered: "If judged by the standard of normal biological survival, it is true."

Burns and several Aurors stepped forward, took the corpse, and began to examine it carefully.

Burns asked, "Where's his wand?"

"Here." Snape handed over the corpse's wand.

Burns and the Auror didn't talk nonsense, and resumed checking the intruder's wand.

After a while, Bones said in an unbelievable tone: "The Imperius Curse... On this wand, the Imperius Curse was detected."

Fudge was sweating profusely, and two people died at Hogwarts at once, and his head was about to grow big: "Can you be sure that this person used the Imperius Curse? Is it possible that someone else forged it?"

Fudge meant something, and Snape gave him a cold look.

This was clearly an accusation that Snape might have falsified evidence.

Amelia Bornes said: "Impossible, the Imperius Curse detected on this wand was used at least a day ago, and the time of death of this person is indeed just as Professor Snape said, just now died."

"Is that possible..." Fudge continued.

Knowing what he wanted to say, Amelie Borns interrupted: "There is no such possibility, Minister, after the test of the flashback spell and the comparison of magic power, this wand indeed belonged to the deceased, and during this period, no other Someone has used this wand."

"Okay..." Fudge said bitterly, "So what's going on? Who is this person, and why did he appear at Hogwarts?"

This question caused everyone to fall into silence. Dumbledore's eyes wandered, not knowing what he was thinking.

Amelie Bornes thought for a while and said, "We don't know yet, Minister, but I think the appearance of this person has at least temporarily cleared Eric's suspicion. Now if evidence can be found to prove that Clay If Mentor was indeed controlled by the Imperius Curse during his lifetime, Eric would be completely innocent."

This sentence completely pushed Fudge back.

Fudge looked at Amelia Borns angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

The Ministry of Magic has a clear division of responsibilities, and he is the Minister, but there is no way to get past the Director of Law Enforcement in this kind of matter.

As if he had expected this result a long time ago, Eric's expression did not change at all.

Eric, who had been watching with a smile, suddenly said, "Minister, why don't you take a look at his arm? Maybe there will be surprises."

arm?

Everyone looked at Eric suddenly, and after he reminded them, they looked at the arm of the corpse unconsciously.

The arms of the corpse were covered by the sleeves of the robe at this time, and it was unclear why.

Amelie Bornes nodded, and an Auror stepped forward and pulled the sleeves away, exposing the two forearms of the corpse.

Then everyone was shocked.

On the forearm of the right hand of the corpse, a skull similar to the Dark Mark was revealed, exactly the same as the one that appeared on the dueling field just now!

The same skull, the same color, and the same triangle appear on top of the skull.

Seeing this mark appear, everyone present looked nervous.

Snape quietly pressed the position of the Dark Mark on his left hand. For some reason, his left hand started to ache.

Chapter 118 The rain is coming

Grindelwald's mark!

Seeing the mark on the arm of the deceased, Fudge gasped and looked at Eric instinctively.

Only to find that Eric didn't even look at him, but just made a slightly surprised look.

Only then did Fudge realize what he was doing and quickly covered it up, his heart already filled with turmoil.

It's the mark Eric showed him at the Leaky Cauldron, and it's here again.

The same mark was also displayed on Clement's body before.

Fudge had a vague feeling that the rain was about to come.

The wizarding world... seems to be changing.