Chapter 157 155. The worst plan
"Judging from the current situation, the French magic world is generally stable. The interest-seeking faction headed by Minister Amalric is actually very clear about their purpose. It will not give them a lot to rule the entire French magic world according to bloodlines like the UK. To bring more benefits, they just want to use the current position to win the support of those old pure-blood families, that is, use political leanings to defraud money."
"And even those old pure-blood families who really agree with the theory of pure-blood superiority know very well that they do not have enough strength to support them. There is no way for them to implement the same political policy as the UK in France. They have never considered giving Find a master for yourself and choose to obey Voldemort's idea of ceding the supreme power of the French Ministry of Magic."
"They are very greedy for the benefits that the British pure-blood wizards are getting now, but they can only be greedy. Amalric and other profit-seekers are actually an attempt by them. They use them to judge the promotion of pure-blood wizards in the magic world. How big is the resistance to the theory of superiority?"
"The real threat to the current situation is actually most of the half-blood wizards, that is, according to the new pure-blood theory in the policy of the British Ministry of Magic, they should be classified as pure-bloods and enjoy pure-blood benefits."
"They don't hold more power than the traditional pure-blood families, so I really hope that the French magic world can become like the UK, reorganize the social classes, re-divide the power cake, and get a bigger piece than the original one. Even surrendering to the Dark Lord for that isn't a bad thing."
"These half-blood wizards have the largest number of people, but they generally have no access to the real core power of the French Ministry of Magic, so they don't have much impact on the current situation for the time being."
Bill was holding the information in his hand, and was seriously analyzing the situation for Sirius, but Sirius was eating steak without taste, and he didn't seem to be in the mood to listen.
"How is our contact with that woman named Roland?"
"The wizard justice doesn't seem to want to have too much cooperation with us. She doesn't seem to want to get the attention of the Dark Lord because she has too much contact with us. She is preparing to hold a temporary council meeting to pass this The meeting kicked out the minister who just wanted to make money, and then continued to fight against the pure-blood factions in the ministry."
Sirius snorted coldly.
"Does she think that as long as she doesn't have too much to do with us, the Dark Lord won't pay attention to them? Stupid woman."
Facing his boss, Bill was a little helpless.
In fact, the investigation work on the French side was mainly carried out by Arthur Molly, him and Charlie, equal to the entire Weasley family.
But because of Percy's incident on the carriage, even if no one in the Order of the Phoenix doubts the loyalty of the Weasleys, they will take the initiative to avoid suspicion and temporarily put down their work.
So the work in France was handed over to Sirius who rushed over from England, and Bill and Charlie remained under him to continue to be responsible for the investigation and collection of intelligence.
It’s just that Sirius’ character is definitely qualified as a thug, but if he is asked to be a leader, he will not be so competent.
However, the information collection work of the Order of the Phoenix in France has not yet been completed. What Bill reported just now is the result of their arrival in the past few months.
"So what are we going to do here next?" Sirius finished the last piece of steak, then stared at Bill, "Just wait and spend this time with that woman?"
Bill explained to him.
"According to the task given to us by Dumbledore, we need to stay here at least until the end of the parliamentary meeting after Halloween to see if the final result is Roland winning or Minister Amalek staying. This is related to the political direction of the French Ministry of Magic. .”
"That means we will stay here for nearly a month!"
Sirius complained violently, but he didn't say anything more after that. When dealing with such a serious matter, even if he had inner conflicts, at least he wouldn't cause trouble for others.
The report at dinner time was over, Sirius and Bill said good night, and when they were about to go back to the room to rest, Bill suddenly took out another letter from his pocket and handed it to him.
"When I came, an owl delivered a letter from Hogwarts, and the envelope said it was for you."
Sirius took the letter from his hand suspiciously, and then opened the envelope in front of Bill.
The content of the letter is very short, so short that he just glanced at it and read the entire content above.
The next second after reading the letter, he froze in place like a clay sculpture.
After delivering the letter, Bill, who was about to go back to his room to rest, also stopped walking after seeing Sirius' reaction, and he asked puzzledly.
"Did something happen?"
Sirius didn't reply, but his hand holding the parchment became more and more forceful, even his knuckles turned white, and his fingers trembled uncontrollably.
He clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes filled with uncontrollable hatred and fury.
".He was at Hogwarts"
Bill thought that something important happened on the carriage, and he returned to Sirius' side nervously.
"Who's at Hogwarts?"
"A vile! Shameless! Dirty rat!!"
He growled, put the letter in his hand into his pocket, and then stared at Bill with bloodshot eyes.
"Help me prepare the Floo network back to the UK! Want it now!"
Bill frowned.
"Then what about our work here? To whom should the information compiled by Charlie and I be handed over? The three of us are already very nervous."
Sirius walked up and down the living room anxiously, he said loudly.
"I will ask Dumbledore to send someone over when I go back, but I have to go!"
Bill stared at Sirius in silence for a few seconds, finally avoided his gaze, sighed and compromised.
"Okay, I'll get ready."
Dumbledore didn't know about Sirius' return to England until 11 o'clock in the evening.
Although Bill informed him as soon as he was preparing to build the Floo network back to the UK, when Dumbledore received the news, Sirius had already applied to board the carriage in the UK.
Dumbledore wasn't surprised by this.
He knew very well that maybe Lily would not tell this matter, but it was impossible for Lupine, who had a deep relationship with Sirius, not to write to him, and once he knew about it, there was no way he would still be sitting in France. live.
Near midnight, when the students were falling asleep, the carriage stopped in an alley of a city, and then Hagrid, who was sitting in the driver's seat, waved to a black dog on the side of the road. The dog jumped into the carriage and came to Hagrid's side.
The carriage started moving again, and Sirius returned to his own form.
But Sirius' face was not pretty, he responded with a hoarse voice.
"Good evening, Hagrid, I remember the last time we met was five years ago, before I went to Azkaban."
"So what are you going to do at Hogwarts this time? Visit old friends?" Hagrid obviously didn't know what Sirius was doing now.
Sirius took the cup of tea he handed over, with the gloom on his face lingering, he drank the tea in one gulp, and then walked towards the carriage.
"That's right, I'm indeed here to visit an old friend!"
Looking at the back of Sirius pushing open the door and entering the carriage, Hagrid felt a little bewildered, but he didn't go into it too deeply. His main responsibility was to drive the carriage, and others would naturally worry about it.
After Sirius entered the carriage, he knocked on the door of the principal's office without going anywhere else.
Dumbledore was obviously waiting for him here.
"I'm going to stay and catch him with my own hands!" Sirius didn't have any extra nonsense, he straight to the point said his appeal as soon as he entered the door.
What he didn't expect was that Dumbledore didn't dissuade or say anything to him as he imagined, but nodded calmly.
"I have arranged a room for you. You can stay here tonight. I will announce to the students at breakfast time tomorrow that a new guard has arrived on the carriage."
This made Sirius stunned. He looked at Dumbledore and asked tentatively.
"Aren't you angry that I came back from France on my own initiative?"
"You have already appeared here, even if I have any other emotions, it is useless. In this case, it is better to catch the person lurking in the carriage." Dumbledore said softly.
He didn't seem to be very angry, but had arranged everything before Sirius came.
This immediately made Sirius breathe a sigh of relief. He respected Dumbledore very much and regarded the old man as his closest elder, so even if he insisted on returning, he still cared about Dumbledore's attitude very much.
"Bill said that if there are only him and Charlie in France, it will be too busy. You need to send another person there."
Dumbledore shook his head.
"No need, when you returned to England, I already let them both come back, there is no need for anyone to stay in France."
Sirius' expression became more relaxed.
"There is really no need to waste manpower there. Bill just gave me a report five hours ago. The situation in France is stable. There is no need to keep people there."
Dumbledore looked puzzled, and he nodded flatly.
"Go back and rest, tomorrow you have to meet with the students and let them know who you are."
"I just showed up at school without any disguise, won't that mouse be scared away?"
"I will help you fabricate an identity, and then change your appearance."
Sirius felt that Dumbledore was well prepared, and soon he left the principal's office to find the room that had been prepared for him in advance.
And just after he left, Dumbledore silently looked at an old blank parchment on the desk.
After a while, he pulled out his wand, tapped lightly on the paper, and erased the magic existing on it.
Then he called out the name of a portrait on the wall behind him.
"Dalice, please go to Durmstrang."
Among the portraits, an elderly witch with a kind face opened his eyes.
"What do you need me to bring?"
"Tell Gellert that the plan is advanced, and let him get ready as soon as possible."
Dai Lisi then disappeared into the picture frame, and at this time the other headmaster portraits on the wall stopped snoring softly, and they all focused their eyes on Dumbledore.
"Has things reached the worst point?" An old wizard with a goatee asked worriedly.
Dumbledore leaned back in the chair. He looked at the burning candles on the desk, crossed his hands in front of him, and his eyes were deeper than ever before.
"It was much worse than we imagined. He gave me the most powerful counterattack, Phineas. Before that, I didn't even notice it. It wasn't until he started showing me a mocking face. Find out he's been planning to do something all along, but it's too late now."
The old wizard named Phineas cried out in grief.
"It's all my useless great-grandson's fault! He's a disgrace to the Black family!"
"It's not his fault, even if he didn't come back, the matter has reached the point of no return." Dumbledore looked a little tired and narrowed his eyes, "However, in the face of such the worst result, we also It’s not that I’m not prepared”
On the second Wednesday of October, when the students in the carriage came to the cafeteria for breakfast early in the morning, they found that there was an unfamiliar face in the school.
During breakfast time, Dumbledore also introduced this tall and handsome young wizard to everyone.
"Nigelus Dippet, an outstanding wizard, will be in charge of security on the carriage for the rest of this semester."
To put it bluntly, Dumbledore arranged for him to be a security guard. In fact, it would not be impossible for him to be a professor of a class. After all, the four professors in the school basically wear several jobs.
It's just that Sirius is obviously not in the mood to come here to teach. What's more, these semesters have already started, and the work of each professor is clearly assigned, so it is not suitable to transfer part of the work to him.
Although the students were a little curious about the new "security guard", they didn't ask any more questions.
No one forgot that this school year was not peaceful at all. First, Percy rebelled, and then the dementors attacked. The man hiding in the carriage has not been caught yet. There is nothing wrong with having an extra protective force.
Jon was not very surprised at the appearance of this unknown wizard. With the news of the mouse, it would be strange that there was not one more person on the carriage. The purpose of hiding his identity in this way was to prevent the mouse from discovering that it had been exposed. identity.
Now that the **** dog is here, all the Avengers are gathered together on this carriage.
4000, there is another chapter of 4000 in the back, if you can make it out at night, you will post it in the morning, if you can’t make it out, you will make it up tomorrow
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