Chapter 349： birthday present

"When will these days be..." In the corridor, students were piling up in groups, and Harry was looking at the garden outside with interest.

Because of the damage to the Invisibility Cloak, Harry's mood has been a little low, at least on the surface.

However, Daisy said her brother was so down because he couldn't play Quidditch.

The Ministry of Magic's ban is still going on, and students without outdoor activities are like flowers and plants without water, especially Quidditch fanatics.

I heard that Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, has begun to lose sleep, and he needs to hold the Quaffle in order to sleep peacefully.

Although Sean had always had little interest in Quidditch, that didn't stop him from expressing sympathy for his friends.

"Man, bear with it, this situation won't last long."

Hermione was still flipping through the books that Sean brought out of Ravenclaw's secret room, and she also comforted casually: "Actually, we are fine here, I heard that the outside is more strict, whether it is other magic schools or wizard gathering places. Yes. Over in Corner Alley, the business of Old Tom's bar has plummeted, and there are Aurors and guards patrolling the alley every day - Hagrid got a warrant to go to Diagon Alley to buy supplies last time, and he was inspected three times in half an hour."

Harry drooped his head: "The main reason is that the atmosphere is too depressing, and the time has been chaotic recently. Sometimes I worry that when I wake up, I will suddenly be a year older."

"This situation is unrealistic, disappearing for a year, which is unimaginable for the world - but Sean is a year older, happy birthday." Hermione closed the book and said.

Today is Sean's birthday.

Sean smiled casually: "Thanks, Hermione. But birthdays happen every year, so I don't really care about that."

"Fred and George said they were going to get you a birthday party."

"Those two guys just want to take the opportunity to have some fun. However, I have no objection. It's a good thing to have some fun for everyone. I hope there will be no time confusion today."

Daisy continued, "If you have thirty or forty hours, that's not bad, your birthday will be extended!"

"That sounds good."

Several people were talking, but Sean suddenly felt his magic power fluctuate.

That was the mutated Golden Dawn mark he left in Nurmengard - news from Lupin.

After talking to a few people, Sean quickly left and entered the Room of Requirement. After using the disappearing cabinet to move to Nurmengard, he saw a note.

"There's something big going on, meet and talk about it -- Rams Lupin."

Something big...is it related to the recent time travel accident?

Sean didn't hesitate, he grabbed a handful of Floo powder and stepped into the green flames.

five minutes later.

"Look at this." In the private reception room, Lupin handed over a newspaper.

Sean took the newspaper and saw a black and white photo of the event at a glance, with several wizards in **** uniforms firing spells at another wizard.

That's Newt Scamander.

Sean frowned and looked down.

"Just yesterday, this newspaper received information that Mr Newt Scamander, a renowned wizarding zoologist and professor of the Conservation of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts, was attacked by guards while meeting friends."

"All the facts have shown that the Wizards' United Guard wanted to kill one of the eyewitnesses of the Paris crowd at that time, and the root of all these actions points to the former Nurmengard principal, Gellert Green, who has been wanted by all countries. Devore."

"As we all know, about six months ago, a large number of escorts tried to arrest Grindelwald, and Newt Scamander served as a witness - a witness to the crimes that Grindelwald committed decades ago."

"At the time, everyone thought this matter was right and just. But it didn't take long for a series of scandals about the guards to break out, and all kinds of evidence pointed to the guards trying to frame Grindelwald."

"However, people cannot make a decision without Mr Scamander's testimony being altered or retracted."

"However, just a while ago, we learned that Professor Scamander had been secretly threatened."

A fat old man with white hair appeared on the page with a simple and honest smile.

"Scamander's close friend, Jacob Kowalski, a Muggle from the United States, has long been secretly imprisoned with his wife, and the guards have used this to coerce Mr. Scamander to provide perjury."

"We don't know what happened during this period, but, obviously, in order to ensure that the testimony is always valid, the **** has come to a new conclusion - only the dead will not refute the confession."

"According to our informants, the **** attacked Mr. Scamander and his friends who were traveling to the United States. Their whereabouts are unknown, and their life and death are unknown, and the **** has not sent a spokesperson to explain all this. "

"We are almost certain that Mr. Gellert Grindelwald was framed!"

After reading this report, Sean didn't know what to say for a while.

Professor Scamander was obviously not giving false testimony, he was just following Dumbledore's orders.

Sean originally thought that when Dumbledore and Grindelwald acted together, it would be easy for Grindelwald to revise his confession, after all, as long as Newt's testimony was changed.

But this series of actions, no matter how you look at it, seems to be the handwriting of Grindelwald alone.

He couldn't get in touch with Dumbledore, so he chose to have Newt's testimony "altered" in his own way.

And this seems to confirm what Dumbledore said to himself a few days ago.

Grindelwald, Dumbledore, these two can't go back...

After watching Sean read the newspaper, Lupin added: "As far as I know, as soon as this report came out, a lot of wizards have clearly expressed their dissatisfaction, and they called on the guards to come out and tell the truth of the whole thing, At the same time, a large group of people united to pressure the International Confederation of Wizards - they demanded that the arrest warrant be lifted and that Grindelwald be cleared."

Sean sighed: "Should we be familiar with the forces that jumped out now?"

Lupin nodded: "Most of them are students who have graduated from Nurmengard in the past few decades, and others can be involved with Grindelwald, either explicitly or implicitly. In fact, someone came to me in the morning, They wanted our agency to cooperate with them in pressuring the Ministry of Magic and the Federation, but considering we are still operating in the dark, I turned them down."

"It's right to refuse. In fact, we don't need a small institution that has just raised its head at all..." Sean said, "How is Professor Scamander doing now?"

"It was not clearly stated in the newspaper. I went to find out about it. Professor Scamander should be no big problem. It is a little strange that according to the news recently obtained, the guards chased Professor Scamander to the ancient city. the East."

Lupin considered the words for a while, and finally said doubtfully: "It's not about the escort, it seems that there is another force obstructing it, and that force is blocking the **** most of the time, but it is not strong. Frankly. Speaking of which, although Professor Scamander is very strong, he is running away with an old Muggle gentleman after all, and it is a bit strange that he can survive until now..."

Dongfang... Sean said in a deep voice, "Are they intentionally driving Professor Scamander to the east?"

Lupin nodded: "Actually, that's how I see it. I think that the guards on the surface and the forces in the dark are all 'arching' Professor Scamander to a place, It's like they're waiting until Professor Scamander finds something."

East, Newt... Sean immediately thought of a name.

Kirin, they are looking for Kirin through Newt's hand.

"Lamus, is there any change in the general election of the President of the International Federation of Wizards?" he asked quickly.

Lupin shook his head: "No... It can even be said that the general election is not as big as other things, even though those candidates have already started the final sprint. After half a month, the general election will be held as scheduled, There is no news of an extension so far.”

"However, I heard that the current chairman, Charles Vogel, is under a lot of pressure. He was about to step down, but he encountered the Grindelwald incident. Many people expected him to do more for the federation before he left office. What, you know, the next chairman is going to want his predecessor to take a big buck and get laid off. But the chairman is usually a no-brainer, and I haven't heard anything."

Grindelwald is going to do something in the election of the president of the International Federation of Wizards... This idea popped into Sean's head for the first time.

He never forgot that without the prophecy he was carrying, Grindelwald would not be the headmaster of Nurmengard. He was ready decades ago to let wizards rule the world.

If... if Grindelwald had really accomplished his plan, he would lead the entire wizarding world to war against the Muggle world.

At that time, can Dumbledore really persuade him? Can this student speak up?

Sean rubbed his temples with a headache.

However, it's useless to be troubled here, all he can do is to make Lupin pay more attention to the situation and contact him in a timely manner.

Just as Sean was about to leave, Lupin stopped him.

The latter took out a lot of gift boxes, big and small, and smiled: "Sean, I have to say, sometimes you put too much pressure on yourself. I always think, hold on to the beauty in front of you. , it's something to relax - happy birthday."

Sean was a little surprised, and finally smiled silently.

"Thank you, Laimus, I haven't used an owl for a long time, I almost forgot..."

"It's okay, many people remember it. This one is mine, this is Lily and James', this is Sirius's, this is..."

Lupin put the gift boxes of different sizes in front of Sean, and finally, he took out three boxes.

In the center is a huge transparent box, you can see that it is a birthday cake, and the words "Happy Birthday Sean" written in cream. Next to it is a delicately packaged gift box with a letter on it and a letter at the top. The wrapping paper is a loose handmade box - there are a few big and small faces drawn on it, all of which are all familiar strokes by Sean.

"Your parents asked me to send a gift, oh, it's your sister's, she should miss you very much - by the way, the cake is very big, and there is ice cream in it, I used a Freezing Charm, worried that it would melt . . . appears to be well preserved."

A warm current rose in Sean's heart, he smiled and shook his head and hugged Lupin.

"Thank you, Remus."

"You're welcome, happy birthday."

Sean shared his own birthday cake with his friends that night, and the Wallups apparently thought about it too, and they made enough cake for many to share.

Fred fussed "How did you get such a delicious cake?!" while fighting George, where Ron and Neville were arguing "Muggle world cake with a little sizzle bee candy" Wouldn't it spoil the original flavor?" Daisy, a sweet tooth fanatic, has indulged in the cream.

Shawn received a bunch of gifts, and Hermione laughed and said, "They didn't even let you make a wish!"

Sean smiled and raised his head: "I don't have any wishes...that's fine..."

The happy birthday party went on for a long time, and finally, Sean made an excuse and went out.

Pushing open the wooden door of the Room of Requirement, sure enough, Stephanie was sitting quietly in the small bedroom that belonged to her.

Seeing Sean coming, the girl stood up gracefully and handed over a beautifully bound manuscript.

"Happy birthday to you." Stephanie's voice was less cold, soft and soft, like the comforting breeze at night.

"Thank you, but why don't you come with us?" Sean took the other party's gift.

Stephanie shook her head: "Thank you for your invitation, but I don't have to...and I didn't prepare a gift. This is just a Ravenclaw manuscript, I just sorted it out."

Sean opened the book and grinned. "Can Ravenclaw manuscripts be translated in English like this?"

Stephanie blushed, and she whispered, "Just some trivial comments."

negligible? Just flipping through two pages at random, Sean also knew that Stephanie should have written this manuscript for a long time. It's very meaningful for a hard worker.

"Thank you, I bet you'd be a good teacher if you wanted to." Sean complimented sincerely.

Stephanie lowered her head, her eyes flashed with excitement, she shook her head briskly: "I just like to read."

"Then you should like this..."

Stephanie looked up in surprise, and she saw Sean took out an exquisite gift box.

"You have the same birthday as me?" She heard Sean's gentle voice.

The girl raised her hand slightly, she was a little surprised and a little hesitant, and finally accepted the gift at the urging of Sean.

"Thank you..." The joy in Stephanie's voice could not be concealed.

Then she saw Sean conjuring up a miniature, not-so-beautiful cake with a candle stuck in it.

"I must admit, this is my improvised birthday cake, I hope you won't dislike it," Sean flicked his fingers, and the flames danced happily.

"Make a wish." Sean laughed.

Why is my heart beating so fast... Stephanie thought blankly.