Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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The elves kept at home, they usually live in the corner of the kitchen or in the cupboard.

"Did house-elves really have a home of their own?"

"That's what the devil said. I think there should be. After all, thousands of years ago, wizards conquered the home elves through war and occupied their territory at the same time." Aiwen said, pausing for a while, "Well, this place may not be It would be too far away, somewhere in England."

House-elves originated in England, the land occupied by wizards...

Aiwen suddenly thought that if it is still a wizarding area, the search area will be greatly reduced. With the expansion of Muggles, there are not many pure wizarding areas in the UK, such as Hogwarts and Hogsmeade The area, the Diagon Alley area, and...

Since it is called the home of the house-elves, even if it was once a home, will there be many house-elves gathering there? !

Aiwen thinks this is a way of thinking, and he can look for information in this direction.

Another way of thinking, you can follow Hufflepuff's experience to find out that Dodo is Hufflepuff's house-elf who brought the treasure key back to the home of the house elves, and Dodo is her friend. The two must be related. As Hufflepuff One of the four founders of Gewarz and the first principal, Helga?Hufflepuffs have been recorded with far more information than house-elves, so it's possible to guess what.

"We can ask the house-elves who work in the shop, they may know something." George said, "You know, those house-elves are servants of the ancient extinct pure-blood wizard family, know a lot that we don't know The ancient secrets of the house-elves, which are passed down from generation to generation within the house-elves."

"Well, you can try it." Ivan said.

This is also a way of thinking, ask the house elves, they do know a lot.

"By the way, how is the business in the store recently?"

"It's hot, it's really great!" Speaking of business, Fred came alive, "Hogwarts was full when we were on vacation, but Mom insisted that the two of us come back for the holiday, she said everyone was there."

"There's been a lot of people this year, but Charlie's definitely not coming back, those baby dragons can't do without him," said George. "That big fool Percy isn't here either, thank goodness we don't have to share a room with him."

Several people discussed for a while, Fred, George and Ivan studied the details of transferring basic products to Muggles for production, until Mrs. Weasley called them down to eat.In the days that followed, everyone began to help Aiwen search the information to find the so-called "house elf home."

But except for Hermione, everyone else was passionate for 3 minutes and didn't stick to it.

Soon, it will be Christmas Eve.

The Weasleys sat in the living room with their guests. Hermione, Ginny, and Elaine had decorated the room so colorfully and with flowers that it seemed like a piece of paper had exploded. They were very satisfied, but the boys were very happy. Know that the cherub on top of the Christmas tree is actually a garden gnome, not some costume.

The little goblin bit Fred on the ankle while pulling carrots for Christmas dinner, so it was stunned, painted gold, stuffed into a tiny tutu, had tiny wings glued to its back, and replaced The angel that was originally placed on the top of the Christmas tree.

At this moment, it was glaring at them from the top of the tree.

This is simply the ugliest angel ever, with a big bald head like a potato and hairy feet.

Fortunately, neither Hermione, Elaine nor Ginny found this place that destroyed their arrangement.

They were all listening to Mrs Weasley's favorite singer, Celestina?Warbeck's Christmas broadcast, her voice twirling from the big wooden radio.

Fleur seemed to find Celestina very boring, she was talking loudly in the corner.

She told Ivan and Hermione about her wedding arrangements next summer, and about Gabriel.

Fleur told them that Gabriel had grown a lot in the past year and was already a mature girl.

Chapter 1404 Inheritance of Prejudice

But judging from the photos Ivan received, Gabriel is actually about the same size as Elaine...

Based on this inference, Fu Rong's statement should be untenable, because Elaine is definitely not a mature girl.

In addition, Fleur also told them that Gabriel wanted to apply to study at Hogwarts as an exchange student.

But given the current situation, her application was ultimately dropped.

Because Fleur's voice was too loud, Mrs. Weasley gave her a disapproving look.

Frowning, she kept adjusting the volume with her wand, making Celestina sing louder and louder.

"Oh, come and stir my pot of soup."

"If you do it right, I will make a fiery love and accompany you warmly tonight."

Under the cover of a particularly jazzy tune, "A Pot of Hot Love", Fred, George, Ginny, and Elaine played crackling and exploding cards behind the Christmas tree, with constant explosions; Harry, Ron Discussing something at the dinner table with Mr. Weasley, it seemed to be about Muggle radio and television.

And Lupine, he's at the Burrow for Christmas too.

Not seeing him for several months, he looked particularly haggard.

Lupine sat by the fireplace, staring into the depths of the fire, thinking about something, as if he couldn't hear Celestina's voice.

Ivan looked towards Lupin, talked to Hermione, Bill, and Fleur, and came to Lupin's side.

"You look really ugly." Ivan said.

"Yeah, that sucks. You know, I work underground, I can hardly see the sun, and I can't communicate with other people. It will be exposed. I can only sneak out at this time." Lupine smiled Said, but it made him look even more gaunt, with deep shadows under his eyes, a malnourished look.

Ivan knew that Lupine was mixing among the werewolves and acting as a spy for the Order of the Phoenix.

The work is dangerous and, at the same time, hard work.

He hesitated for a moment, then continued to ask, "How is it going?"

"No progress, it's hard to gain their trust. I bear the unmistakable mark of having lived among wizards who shun normal society, living on the fringes of the wizarding world, stealing, eating, and sometimes killing. I saw A few times," Lupine said, "but I got some useful information, you went to the underground world of Knockturn Alley three months ago, didn't you?"

"We were following Malfoy and met Greyback there, did he recognize us?"

"I don't think so, he just thought it was a few lost Hogwarts students, but I knew it was you as soon as I heard it." Lupine said, "Listen, Ivan, I know your strength, but you shouldn't Risky, especially when Harry..."

"I don't need to be looked after either, I'm not a child anymore," said Harry, turning his head this way, joining the conversation between the two, "Malfoy is really suspicious, Remus, we can be sure now , he is a Death Eater, Voldemort has given him a mission, what he must be planning to do..."

He recounted what he had overheard last night and looked at Lupine expectantly.

Lupine was silent for a moment, then asked, "Did you tell Dumbledore?"

"Say it, but Dumbledore told me to leave it alone." Harry said gloomily, "Malfoy and Snape are plotting something right under our noses, but Dumbledore doesn't think it's important."

"The principal has his own plans." Ivan comforted him.

"Yes, but he won't say anything."

"I think that since Dumbledore didn't say anything, it might really not be important, or he thinks it's not time to say it." Lupine said, "I don't know Draco? Malfoy very well, but about Severus, I trust him. I know you don't like to hear that, Harry, but Dumbledore trusts Severus, and that should be enough for us, if you trust Dumbledore's judgment, Then trust Severus."

"But Dumbledore can make mistakes..." Harry argued.

"You are determined to hate Severus, Harry, just as you are determined to hate Draco." Lupine smiled feebly, "I understand, James is your father, Sirius is your godfather, they Having had so many unpleasant things with Severus, you have inherited a prejudice from them. But the truth may not be as you guessed, maybe Dumbledore ordered Severus to ask Draco Yes, maybe Draco couldn't help himself to do something for Voldemort. That's why Dumbledore wasn't so surprised by what you said, and told you to leave it alone."

Harry stopped talking. It had to be said that Lupine was still very rational, much more rational than Sirius.

"Stop talking about it, what's going on with you and Tonks?"

"I have nothing to do with her." There was a trace of panic on Lupine's face, and he was not as confident as before.

"Nothing?" Ivan said, "She looks as haggard as you now."

"She, I just..." Lupine was silent for a while, "Is she all right?"

"I don't know, you should ask her." Ivan said, "I don't think she cares about your identity as a werewolf."

Lupine looked at him in surprise, "You know it all? Yes, I am a werewolf, which is a cursed identity. When I transform, I can't guarantee how much sanity I have left, so , So, I can't..."

"We all think you're normal, no different from anyone else, and Tonks thinks the same way."

Lupine shook his head stubbornly, just as he had just said to Harry.Harry inherited a prejudice from his father James and Sirius, which made him determined to hate Snape; Lupine is also like this, his werewolf identity made him inherit a prejudice and inferiority complex, Make him hide from Tonks.

Only he can figure out this kind of thing, and no one else can help him.

On Christmas Eve, it is really inappropriate to bring up two unpleasant subjects in succession.

At this time, Celestina ended her singing with a long high note.

"Now that you have torn it, give me my heart back!"

Loud applause came from the radio, and Mrs Weasley clapped excitedly too.

"It's over?" Fleur said loudly, "Thank God, it's ugly!"

Hermione stuck out her tongue and sat next to Ivan, thankful to get rid of Fleur.

Fred, George, Ginny, and Elaine also just finished a round of crackling and exploding cards, and when they noticed the sudden silence, Mr. Weasley jumped up and asked loudly, "How about a drink before going to bed? Who wants that?" Eggnog?"

"I'll get it, darling," said Mrs. Weasley.

While she went to get her eggnog, the others stretched and chatted.

Hermione took the opportunity to ask Mr. Weasley about the recent actions in the department, and everyone was very concerned about this.

"I'm very busy now. Scrimgeour hopes to effectively stop the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters, but we can't find anyone at all. They seem to hide and come out to attack from time to time. There is no progress at all. In fact, if this That's all, but of the three people arrested in the past two months, I suspect that none of them are real Death Eaters." He had just finished speaking, and immediately added, "Don't talk about it, children, this is classified. "

Chapter 1405 Rely on Yourself

"What about Stan Thornpark?" Hermione demanded. "You're not keeping him, are you?"

"I'm afraid it's still closed. I know that Dumbledore wanted to appeal directly to Scrimgeour for Thornpike..." said Mr. Weasley. In fact, as long as anyone with a normal IQ knows that he is not, but he should not say these words at this time, I think it is necessary to teach him a little lesson, and the higher authorities also want to appear to be making progress. 'Three people were arrested by mistake' sounds much better, of course, if it really turns into 'three people were caught by mistake and released later', it would be really bad, wouldn't it? However, these are highly classified, don't you Speak out."

"Is there nothing the Ministry can do?" Hermione asked with a sigh.

Mr. Weasley seemed to be thinking, then shook his head, "To be honest, I don't think so. Scrimgeour is counting on Dumbledore now, but Dumbledore has no intention of revealing his plan to the Ministry of Magic."

That's right, neither Horcruxes nor evil gods should be something that the Ministry of Magic and ordinary wizards know about.

So what if they know?Stop Voldemort, stop making trouble, you may be frightened into despair directly.

Ivan feels that what the Ministry of Magic should do now is to try to stabilize the situation so that the situation does not continue to deteriorate.

Scrimgeour is actually pretty good at this point, far better than his predecessor Fudge.

He has taken the correct approach in maintaining law and order, dealing with the relationship with vampires, and win over giants.Although it was true that the wrong person was caught and the bragging Stan Sampak was caught in Azkaban, at least it made other idiots dare not brag about such ignorant things, which played a certain deterrent effect.

Since the news of Voldemort's return was confirmed, Britain, as the core of this upcoming war, has maintained stability. It has not experienced frequent disasters, direct collapse, social unrest or large-scale riots like other countries. This is very rare. of.

Compared to Fudge, Scrimgeour did a lot of work.

But he is not satisfied with this. As a veteran Auror and a powerful minister, he hopes to catch Voldemort;

The wizards are not satisfied with this, and they also hope that the Ministry of Magic can catch Voldemort as soon as possible.

In this way, things became awkward, because he had no ability or possibility to catch Voldemort.

Unrealistic expectations and growing disappointment with him and the Ministry's work.

If this state of affairs continues, it will only be time before Scrimgeour is ousted.

Moreover, Ivan also knew that there was actually not that much time left for Scrimgeour.

When Voldemort finished his preparations and launched a full-scale counterattack, the Ministry of Magic was the first to be dealt with, thereby declaring the official start of the war.

If something happens to Dumbledore, the Ministry of Magic will be over!

The current situation is like this. It is a waste of effort to count on the Ministry of Magic or something, and you still have to rely on yourself.

While Ivan, Hermione, and Mr. Weasley were discussing the current situation of the Ministry of Magic, Harry asked Lupine another question, and he said expectantly, "Remus, you heard that there is a man named Half-Blood Prince people?"

"Mixed blood?" Lupine was a little distracted, he was thinking about what Ivan said just now, about his relationship with Tonks.

"Prince," said Harry, watching him closely for signs of remembering.

"Wizards don't have princes," said Lupine, smiling. "You want to use that title? I thought 'Savior' was enough."

"It has nothing to do with me!" Harry protested, "The Half-Blood Prince is someone who used to be at Hogwarts, and I took the Potions book he used, and he wrote spells all over it, spells he invented , one is Fuchsia..."

"Oh, I have the impression that this spell was once very popular when I was in Hogwarts." Lupine said nostalgicly. In the air, unable to move."

"My dad used it," said Harry. "I saw it in the Pensieve. He used it on Snape."

There was too much understanding in Lupine's smile, and he looked at Harry tolerantly.

"Yeah!" he said, "James used that spell, in fifth year, the time you ran up to me and Sirius with the Floo last term, didn't you? But he wasn't the only one who used it, Harry, as I said, it used to be very popular at Hogwarts, you know, these spells come and go..."

"It sounds like it was invented when you were at school," Harry insisted.

"Not necessarily. Charms, like everything else, have their days and times." He looked at Harry's face, seemed to guess what he was thinking, and said calmly, "Harry, James is pure Blood, I can assure you, you can write and ask Sirius anytime you want, James never asked us to call him 'Prince,' and we never did."

Harry dropped the pretense and asked directly, "Isn't that Sirius too? Or you?"

"Certainly not," said Lupine. "Sirius was a pure-blood too. As for me, do you think I would call myself a prince?"

"Oh!" Harry stared blankly at the fire. "I thought . . . he helped me a lot with Potions, that prince."

"When was that book, Harry?" asked Lupine.

"I don't know, I never checked."

"Perhaps this will help you understand the Prince's time at Hogwarts," said Lupine.

Just then, Mrs. Weasley returned with eggnog, and she poured a tall glass for one of them.

Probably because of the weak alcohol in the eggnog, everyone was high after drinking it.