Chapter 398：

By donating money, you can be exempted from a certain level of guilt.

For example, when Voldemort fell for the first time, Lucius used his money powers and the Imperius Curse as an excuse to escape the fate of entering Azkaban.

It’s just that after Old Batty took office, he acted vigorously and resolutely, and no one mentioned the atonement.

Now John uses Magic Entertainment City as a temptation to make old Barty shaken.

"It sets a precedent, and it will be difficult to deal with later." Old Barty almost smoked a cigarette and thought carefully.

"Actually, this matter is not without a turn for the better," John saw him struggling and offered advice as a caring friend, "What if they have merit?"

"You mean?"

"Old Goyle and Old Crabbe, they have a good son who numbs Voldemort's sight for me at Hogwarts and delivers Voldemort's news at the same time."

John crossed his fingers and said meaningfully: "This can pay for their sins."

"They need to stay in Azkaban for two years." Old Barty looked up at John, "This is for your sake."

"That's my honor." John smiled and raised his glass.

Changing the sentence from life imprisonment to two years is really a big deal.

Old Batty left with the entertainment city project, and the gift box he left behind was held in John's hand.

"A father who has to be strong throughout his life." John looked at the new clothes that were obviously given to little Barty, and walked to the garden to hand them to little Barty.

Little Barty looked at it coldly, not knowing whether he liked it or not.

The relationship between father and son in the Crouch family cannot be repaired so quickly.

Although he has been whitewashed, little Barty still chooses to work in the garden.

Maybe he hates his father who only has the position of minister from the bottom of his heart.

Only when Batty Sr. resigns one day can Batty Jr. be relieved.

…

Grimmauld Place, Blake's old house.

Sirius growled: "Go back, Kreacher."

Kreacher touched the stairs with his nose and rolled little by little to his small place under the kitchen stove.

This scene made Hermione very unbearable. Harry didn't feel anything. That was the guy who hurt him.

"Sirius," Harry saw his godfather again and rushed to hug him, "Are you okay?"

"It's just that my left rib hurts a little," Sirius hugged his godson and smiled, "I haven't seen him for a month, and you have grown taller."

He greeted Hermione and Ron.

"Dumbledore is inside, and we have received news that Voldemort has appeared abroad."

Unlike Mrs. Weasley, Sirius always felt that Harry could have some adventures.

If Mrs. Weasley heard this, she would probably get angry again.

Harry glanced behind the door. Dumbledore was sitting inside, and Lupine and others were also there.

"I should go to the meeting." Sirius walked in and closed the door.

Ron said strangely: "I seem to have seen Mundungus."

"What's so strange about that? He's from the Order of the Phoenix." Harry disagreed.

Ron said: "He was caught stealing last time. I thought he would be expelled."

"He's in debt," Ron said disdainfully. "He used to like to show off his gold teeth, but they were all pulled out and sold."

"Harry, Ron, let's go see Kreacher." Hermione didn't want to care how much money Mundungus owed.

She felt that she needed to take care of her house elf friends.

Knowing that Hermione was very sympathetic to the house elves, Harry and Harry had no choice but to go there.

Entering the kitchen, they didn't find Kreacher.

After calling twice, he saw Kreacher from under the stove.

Such a bad environment made Hermione very sympathetic.

Harry didn't want to pay much attention to Kreacher, because the elf's words were always very unpleasant.

He took a casual glance and saw a familiar box in the small shop under the stove.

…

Chapter 422 Mundungus’ Theft History

Order of the Phoenix.

"Voldemort has lost the help of the Death Eaters," Moody tapped the floor with his wooden leg, "but we all know his ambitions, and he will look for others."

"Werewolves, giants, banshees..."

"He can also find some new followers."

Moody is already retired, but he still knows Voldemort very well.

Lupine then said: "Voldemort was hit hard at the Ministry of Magic and he almost died."

"Yes, we all know, Moony Face." Sirius interrupted him, not wanting to recall the incident, "But now, he is still outside, and we cannot leave the Order of the Phoenix easily."

"Weasley's magical wall clock always points to fatal danger, which means we may die at any moment."

Tonks said solemnly: "The Ministry of Magic has not given up the search. The new Headmaster of Hogwarts, Professor Slughorn, has applied for Auror protection on campus."

"He also knows how dangerous Voldemort is now," Lu Ping said solemnly. "The loss of Death Eaters has made Voldemort lose the possibility of doing evil everywhere, and it has also made him more dangerous."

A Dark Lord who has no worries is even more terrifying.

The dark-skinned Kingsley looked at Dumbledore and said, "There is bad news circulating. There is something that can fulfill wishes that is hidden in Hogwarts."

"We cannot confirm whether there are still Voldemort's followers among those pure bloods. This news is very detrimental to us."

"Holy Grail." Sirius sat there sideways and said coldly, "That thing really has that ability?"

"I guess so, if you weren't blinded by something."

The familiar sinister tone made Sirius's face darken quickly.

Snape sat at Dumbledore's right hand and said in a long and sinister tone: "You have seen with your own eyes that an old man regained his vitality."

"Really? I'm afraid you haven't seen it. After all, when we were fighting at the Ministry of Magic, you were still shivering in the school holding the cauldron." Sirius immediately sarcastically replied.

Snape looked at him coldly, Sirius was not willing to be outdone.

"The Potions Master, Severus Snape, was tricked by a student's fake death trick." Sirius continued to type, mocking, "I really doubt your ability not to mislead others."

"You dare to question me?" Snape said gloomily, "The lost dog with a broken rib, Sirius Black."

The two of them were so explosive that Tonks couldn't help but rub her arms.

Dumbledore interrupted everything.

"You are wrong, Sirius."

It sounded like he was on Snape's side, but wrong.

Dumbledore said calmly: "John, died once."

"It's impossible, we all know..." Kingsley subconsciously retorted.

"Magic cannot resurrect, yes, we all know that." Dumbledore said calmly, "But he did it. Sirius met him in the Hall of Death, and that arch connects a place that no one knows."

"Is he the same as the mysterious man?" When Tonks said this, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.

They all know that the only person in this century who can have anything to do with this is Voldemort.

Voldemort lost his body in Godric's Hollow and turned into a wandering spirit.

After more than ten years, the rebirth was completed last year.

This is the only possibility they can think of.

Dumbledore skipped this topic. He looked at Kingsley and asked, "What is the international response to the other person?"

"It's very bad," Kingsley shook his head and said, "Ministries of Magic from various countries have come forward to hold accountable, and they pointed to poor supervision."

"Yeah, who could have thought that he would leave there." Dumbledore had some disappointment in his eyes.

Grindelwald.

What else makes Grindelwald worthy of leaving Nurmengard?

"The last place he appeared was the same as Voldemort, Germany."

Kingsley said solemnly: "We can't find out where it is."

"I'll look for some old friends."

Don’t underestimate Dumbledore’s accumulation of contacts over the past century.

From the former Nicolás Flamel to a thief like Mundungus.

They are all members of his network.

Even in foreign countries, there are still his old friends.

This meeting ended on the defense of Hogwarts.

Tonks was appointed by the Ministry of Magic as a member to strengthen the defense of Hogwarts. At the same time, the Order of the Phoenix also needs to be careful on its own.

No one knows when Voldemort will take revenge.

…

End of the meeting.

Kingsley and Tonks left.

Sirius found Dumbledore and said, "He's starting again."

When Dumbledore heard this, he looked at Mundungus in the corner.

Lupine also came over and said helplessly: "He was digging out Kreacher's bed in the kitchen this morning to take out the things and sell them."

Sirius said angrily: "This is not the first time."

"I will talk to him." Dumbledore called Mundungus over.

The image of Mundungus, who was caught stealing something, is very strange.

Half of his head has hair and the other half has no hair.

Half of the face is black and half of the face is white.

Teeth fall out and grow back again and again.

During the time when he came here, he lost another tooth.

"Mundungus, why are you obsessed with stealing Black's property?" Dumbledore was not angry, but asked patiently.

Mundungus spat out a tooth and begged, "I'm going to go crazy if I don't pay back my debt."

He was used as a human experiment subject for various products and spent most of his time in Silver Cross Hospital.

He was going crazy, and these experiments caused him some sequelae.

The skin color is abnormal and the teeth will fall out.

He feels that his brain is not normal recently, maybe it is the sequelae of the daydream curse.

This time he tried to steal something that Kreacher had hidden. He struggled with Kreacher and was captured by Sirius.

Dumbledore was about to say something when he saw Harry running over in a hurry.

"Sirius, what is this?"

He ran in and asked with a golden locket in his hand, followed by Hermione and Ron chasing after him.

Sirius looked over when he heard the call, saw the thing, and said casually: "It's just a broken box. Did you find it from Kreacher's junk pile?"