A day at Hogwarts.

Chapter 371: Do a job before leaving

It was raining heavily in the village of Ottery St. Catchpole. Outside the village, in a place unknown to Muggles, a crooked building at least four stories high stood quietly. The water drops falling from the eaves seemed to cover the house with a veil.

The green light emitted by the burning Floo powder penetrated through the gaps in the curtains and was captured by the eyes on the other side of the rain curtain.

After a quarter of an hour, the room was quiet. It seemed that the hostess of the house had brought all her belongings with her this time and would not come back to get anything halfway.

A wet black shadow leaped up from the grass in the distance and ran towards the Burrow at a speed that ordinary wizards could hardly achieve.

He jumped into the garden, and a goblin ran to the ground because the soil was full of water. He stepped into the mud and slipped and fell on the muddy grass.

The intruder immediately got up and ran straight to the chicken coop in the corner of the garden.

After a burst of crowing, all the chickens had their necks twisted and were taken away along with the two eggs.

It was raining all over the British Isles. In a house, Fenrir Greyback's face was as dark as the weather outside.

There was a copy of the Daily Prophet on the dining table. The second edition was reporting on the latest developments in werewolf potion. All this news was revealed by Slughorn to the newspaper editor Cuffy.

Today's news reported a recent drug withdrawal experiment, which proved that forgetting to take the medicine for a month after taking it for a period of time is not a big problem. You will not turn into a werewolf on the full moon night, but you will just feel a little dizzy.

This is good news for the werewolves, as they are all afraid that all their efforts will be wasted if they are unable to take the medicine one day.

But Greyback couldn't be happy. He was now in great danger - he was almost starving to death.

The door opened and a wet young man came in, holding a chicken in his hand and said excitedly to Greyback: "I got some chickens and two eggs!"

Werewolves like to eat meat when they are not transformed. If they don't eat it for a day, they will have symptoms similar to withdrawal reactions. It is best to eat red meat.

But now Greyback couldn't eat red meat, so he was lucky to have chicken.

He hesitated for a moment, then said to the young werewolf who was preparing a roast chicken in the kitchen: "Ramsey, let's go get a sheep tomorrow."

Ramsey replied, "But I don't know how to kill a sheep."

Greyback said, "Just cut it open."

Ramsey thought so too, it was good enough to have something to eat.

Greyback sighed. Life was not easy.

Werewolves have always been discriminated against and oppressed by the wizarding world. Under such heavy pressure, many werewolves developed a desire to retaliate against society, so Greyback organized these werewolves.

Greyback remembered the first time he took Ramsey to work.

"Sir, Madam, you don't want your child to be bitten by me, do you?"

Greyback still remembered that he tried his best to smile politely, but the wizard couple whose wands were taken away by Ramsey were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and the lady hugged her three-year-old child tightly.

That day, they moved all the valuables out of the wizard's house, even the egg tarts freshly baked in the oven were not left out.

Greyback watched from a distance when Ramsey first went on his own. Near St. Mungo's Hospital, Ramsey dragged a wizard into an alley, pinned him against a wall, and took all the wizard's money.

Other werewolves are more polite. They will break into the wizard's house and leave a letter. If the wizard does not pay money and report to the Auror, the child should be careful.

As the leader, Greyback's subordinates would hand over a certain amount of Galleons every month, so he never had to worry about not having a well-done steak to eat.

However, all this changed in just a few months.

First, it was announced on the day the Dancing Grass Restaurant opened that the werewolf healing potion was basically successful.

It is difficult to lead a team when people's morale is low. Now many werewolves have no interest in robbery or extortion, and they spend all day asking about the treatment of werewolves.

Then many wizarding families updated their protective measures, many thieves were caught, and several werewolves who tried to deliver blackmail letters were caught by Aurors, which led to the Ministry of Magic paying more attention to the werewolf problem. A while ago, the Ministry of Magic stated in the Daily Prophet that it would rectify public security, and then the content of the internal meeting was leaked. Greyback and other werewolves were the primary targets.

Most of the werewolves in the gang scattered immediately after hearing the news, trying every possible way to hide.

As a result, now there were no werewolves to pay tribute to Greyback, and he had no habit of saving money, so he suddenly had no way to make a living.

Fortunately, there is Ramsey. Because he has a lot of cases to deal with, he can only work with Greyback.

Lunch was ready, a chicken for two people to share, and some potatoes, which barely filled their stomachs.

"This can't go on!" Greyback said angrily. "If we don't do something, the Aurors will come to our door!"

Ramsey also said worriedly: "Yes, I'm afraid someone will betray us."

This is no secret to other werewolves. If anyone is caught, he will definitely give it up in order to reduce his punishment.

Greyback frowned as he ate while thinking about what to do, but for a moment he could not think of a solution.

Ramsey said: "Why don't we leave the UK and go to Canada, the US or Australia to avoid the limelight first."

Greyback was a little moved, hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "This is the only way."

He had been chased by Aurors several times before and had escaped each time, but he was not sure if he could escape next time.

"But we have no money," Greyback said helplessly. "Without money we can't go anywhere."

Ramsey was also helpless. They didn't know how to Apparate and they didn't have enough money even for the travel expenses.

"Let's do something before we go!" Ramsey's eyes flashed with a fierce light, "We will kidnap a wizard and ask for some money. When we get the money, we will use the flying broom to go to Iceland first, and then go to Canada from there."

Greyback nodded. That was one way.

Seeing that he agreed, Ramsey continued, "Now the students of Hogwarts go to Hogsmeade twice a month. This is a good opportunity. There are always students running outside the village."

"No!" Greyback immediately rejected this idea. "At that time, professors from Hogwarts will also go to Hogsmeade. It would be terrible if we ran into them."

The reason why he has been in the underworld for so many years and is still alive is that he relies on being cautious and eliminating all unfavorable factors.

Ramsey thought he had a point.

Greyback continued, "I've heard that wizards in Farbottom Castle are paid very well. Why don't we kidnap one of the wizards there?"

"We shouldn't be too greedy when the time comes. We should just ask for one month's salary from him to intimidate him not to report to the Aurors, so that we can walk long enough to get to Iceland."

Ramsey thought it made sense. If the kidnapped wizard felt that the money was not much and was threatened, he would most likely not report the case to the Aurors.

The two of them acted as soon as they said they would. In the afternoon, Greyback and Ramsey went their separate ways, stole broomsticks from other wizards' homes, and then met outside Farbottom Castle.

The rain was much lighter at night, but it was very cold in Hogsmeade and it was uncomfortable to get wet.

Farbatten Castle was brightly lit, and the surroundings were pitch black.

The two werewolves decided to observe the comings and goings of people for the next two days before taking action, so they hid in the dark.

Just then, a man in a black cloak walked out of the castle and headed towards Hogsmeade.

Greyback acted decisively, realizing that the opportunity was only just beginning and he called on Ramsey to charge forward.

Grindelwald: ???
(End of this chapter)