The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 502 The Tranquility Before the Storm

Ada didn't know how far Scotland was from Versailles. She only knew that the shortest part of the Strait of Dover was more than 30 miles.But it is this short distance of 30 miles that makes the two countries very different like a natural moat.

Ada couldn't remember how many times she had crossed the Straits of Dover. She would land at Calais and then divert to Versailles.

The ferry cut through the waves all the way, parted the sea, and berthed at the passenger port in less than two hours.

After getting off the boat and landing, Ada didn't stop at Calais, and didn't choose to leave by train, but directly used Apparition to hurry.Desperate to return home, she had no intention of admiring the French scenery along the way.

It was just in time for dinner when I returned to Rose Manor, and Ida was greeted with dusted hands and a warm hug.Vader didn't ask Ada why he came back suddenly. This is home, a place where you can come back anytime.

The next day is Christmas, and there are many gifts received, such as clothes, jewelry and so on.As for the most special gift, the twins sent a howling letter from the two brothers.

On Christmas morning, the twins' angry roar lasted a full quarter of an hour, and the deafening roar almost knocked off the roof of the manor.

Feeling that she was dying, Ada changed into her clothes with a blushing face, and walked out of the brick-red building to feed the pigeons in the pigeon loft.

Watching the pigeons keep pecking at the scattered bread crumbs, Ada's red face gradually returned to normal color.

In the idle days after Christmas, feeding the pigeons became the first thing Ada got up every morning.Hearing the cooing of the pigeons and watching them hovering in the sky, Ada's chaotic mood will be calmed down.

The life in Rose Manor was peaceful and peaceful, with no intrigue, no intrigue, and no Voldemort staring at the dark side.Now Ada is like a fisherman who puts away his net, finding a moment of peace amidst the busyness.

In a blink of an eye, the half-month Christmas holiday ended, and Hogwarts lost her female student council president, just like losing the brightest jewel in the crown.

Ada still stayed in Rose Manor, and she also wrote a diary:

Nov. 1996, 1

Happy new year.It's decided, you should love, you should work, that's it!
……

Nov. 1996, 1

Very tired, I don't want to love, and I don't want to work.If you can, please let me be a useless person...

……

Nov. 1996, 1

Grandma asked me what I was going to do next.I didn't answer, because the word idleness made me ashamed to say it.

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In the early morning of this day, Hogwarts had officially started, and Ada appeared in front of the pigeon loft on time with a small bowl full of bread crumbs.

The bread crumbs were sprinkled casually, and the pigeons rushed up in groups.Ada stretched out her finger and counted the number, and she found that the pigeons had new faces, and she didn't know whether they were flying from other places or the young pigeons just out of the nest.

At this time, there were footsteps behind Ada, and Ada pointed to the strange pigeon and said with a smile: "Look, Laura, we have a new friend today, and it is very beautiful."

"It's very beautiful, but I think you won't be in the mood to admire pigeons after reading today's newspaper." Laura said, handing over two newspapers as she spoke.

One is the "Daily Prophet" of the British wizarding world, and the other is a newspaper in France.

He took the newspaper and opened the "Daily Prophet", and ten black and white photos that filled the front page came into view.

Nine wizards and a witch laughed silently or tapped their fingers haughtily on the side of their picture.Each photo has a name and the crime of being imprisoned in Azkaban.

Bellatrix Lestrange, Antonin Dolohov, etc., these ten people are all Death Eaters, they are Voldemort's loyal subordinates, and they are his right-hand men.

Continue to look down, the newspaper says:

The Ministry of Magic announced last night a mass escape from Azkaban.

Minister Cornelius Fudge, in an interview at his office, confirmed that ten felons had escaped last night and that he had informed the Muggle Prime Minister of the danger of the fugitives.

Putting down the "Daily Prophet" and unfolding the local newspaper, it also reported the escape of ten Azkaban felons.But the local newspapers were not as worried as their British counterparts. They believed that these ten people could not threaten the safety of the French magic community.

For a long time, the French wizarding world also scoffed at the remarks of Voldemort's return, thinking that Dumbledore was hysterical.People from the French Ministry of Magic even laughed at Cornelius Fudge in private, calling him useless.

Now that the ten felons have escaped from prison, they are all under Voldemort's subordinates. The French magic circle finally put aside their ridicule and began to take this matter seriously.

But they still underestimated the seriousness of this matter, or they underestimated Voldemort.After all, during the peak period of Voldemort's power, he never touched other countries.

Except for the British mainland, the wizarding circles in other countries know Voldemort's name and the numerous crimes he committed, but they don't know the horror of Voldemort, and they know very little about his ambitions.

In most places, Grindelwald's name is louder than Voldemort, because the horror brought by blood is often the most intuitive and impressive.

After handing the newspaper back to Laura, Ada continued to sprinkle the bread crumbs in the bowl, but at this time she was not in the mood to observe the pigeons.

The importance of these ten fugitives is beyond doubt, and there is another big piece in Voldemort's puzzle to success.Some are like Messi joining Saint-Germain, which is the most important reinforcement for the championship team.

Ada doesn't know how many blank parts are left in this puzzle. The less there are, the more difficulties this war will face.

"Do you want to pack up and go back?" Laura asked, "Does this count as being ordered in a crisis?"

Ada shook her head, and the movements in her hands didn't stop.She said: "It won't help if I go back, and I can't find these people one by one. These people must gather around their masters, waiting for their masters to blow the horn of counterattack."

People say that it is never too late to mend a dead sheep.Ada's final persecution to Dumbledore was to hope that the headmaster would make drastic rectifications instead of minor repairs to the leaky sheepfold.

Now it's not just a matter of losing the sheep, even ferocious wolves have entered the sheepfold. The situation has developed in the worst direction, and no matter how much the sheepfold is repaired, it will not help.

As long as the wolf is in the sheepfold for a day, there is no way to keep a single sheep.

"Then what are you going to do next?" Laura asked, "Continue to feed the pigeons, write in the diary, or chase the little animals in the garden away?"

Ada frowned and asked, "Does my recent behavior look like an annoying brat?"

"It's not like a brat." Laura said, "You are!"

Ada's "That's okay" was forced to swallow before she could say it.She said, "That's not important. By the way, are the roses in the garden all right?"

The reason why Rose Manor is called Rose Manor is because of the roses that bloom all year round in the garden.Ada didn't even need to open the window, as long as she stood by the window, she could see the delicate and invincible roses, and she didn't need to ask such idiotic questions at all.

Laura folded the newspaper in her hand, and said slowly: "The flower garden is only a small place, but there are more and more roses, and it is extremely crowded. Now that there are more flower species other than roses, those roses are starting to move around."

The small bowl in her hand was already empty, and when Ada flipped her hand, the small bowl disappeared.

Ada shook her hands and said meaningfully: "Spring is coming, the season for all things to grow. But the severe cold before the arrival of spring is the cruelest."

"It's very simple, just pull out what needs to be pulled out, prune the branches that need to be pruned, water when it needs to be watered, and fertilize when it needs to be fertilized." Laura said, "You are the master of the flower garden."

Ada put her hands behind her back, pretending to be an expert, and said leisurely: "Yes, I am the owner of the flower garden. I almost forgot about this, and I always think about the bad things in other people's gardens .”

"I've been waiting for this moment for a long time." Laura said, with overwhelming hatred burning in her eyes.

(End of this chapter)