Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

At this time, the Honeydukes store had been cleared of all customers, leaving only the manager and the clerk standing nervously in the lobby.

Seeing Lin Xia coming, the store manager's eyes lit up, and he quickly pointed at Lin Xia and said, "It was this outstanding student who discovered it. Our store is innocent!

If she hadn't recorded it for me, I wouldn't have known that we had purchased this kind of candy. I can guarantee that we have never been in cahoots with the evil world!"

Hearing the store manager's shout, a person walked out from another container.

It's Professor McGonagall.

In order to solve the problem of the broom, she came to Hogsmeade several times. This time, not long after she returned to Hogwarts, she received an urgent reminder from Hogsmeade.

Because pollutants were suspected to have been found there, the emergency alert level was very high. Hogwarts took it very seriously and asked all the professors who were still in school to rush to Hogsmeade.

Professors Snape and McGonagall were the first to arrive and had a preliminary understanding of what had happened.

The two also saw "flash firework explosion bombs" that were suspected to be pollutants. The appearance of this candy was very deceptive, and it was locked in a special transparent display window.

That transparent display window may look ordinary, but it is actually a magical item that can cover up the smell of pollutants!
The odor emitted by pollutants is very obvious. Once exposed, it will quickly cause a disaster and it is basically impossible to hide it for long.

But with the help of this magical transparent window, the smell can be concealed for at least a month.

However, this magical object can only be ignored by ordinary wizards. If it is replaced by any high-level wizard, the shielding effect of the magical object will not work.

Professor McGonagall nodded at Lin Xia and said, "When I received the report from Honeydukes that the suspected contaminant was discovered by an outstanding female student at Hogwarts, I thought of you. Tell me how you discovered it."

Lin Xia glanced at the store manager and other employees.

Professor Snape immediately said: "Nonessential personnel please leave here first."

The store manager and the employees looked at each other, especially the manager who wanted to stay and just urged the employees to leave quickly.

But Snape followed behind them, staring at the manager with his cold eyes without blinking.

The store manager had no choice but to leave the store as well.

As soon as they were out of the shop, Snape slammed the door in their faces.

Outside the door, the store manager and the clerk were startled by the loud sound of the door closing.

The store manager couldn't help but mutter, "Whose store is this?"

Inside the door, Snape cast several anti-eavesdropping spells around it. McGonagall, for some reason, cast another defensive spell.

Mag said cautiously, "Just in case."

Lin Xia recounted what happened, and she concealed the fact that it was Harry who brought them there.

The invisibility cloak is the legendary Deathly Hallows, which even high-level wizards cannot detect. As long as Harry doesn't reveal his tracks, no one will know that he has ever been to Hogsmeade.

As for the voice calling Harry that he heard from the candy, Lin Xia had already thought about it on the way here, and she respected Harry's wishes.

Harry didn't want to tell the professor, and she wouldn't tell anyone about it.

In fact, if she hadn't noticed something was wrong and found a loophole in Harry's words, she would have realized that he didn't discover the glitter fireworks and exploding candy by accident, but was looking for it on purpose.

Otherwise, Harry wanted to keep them in the dark.

After covering up Harry, Lin Xia said that they came to that place by accident and found these very beautiful candies.

Snape said coldly: "You are just ordinary little wizards, and they are the clerks of Honeydukes. They often deal with candies and are very familiar with this place.

Even they didn't notice anything wrong, so how come you found the way to hide these candies?

Lin Xia, the explanation of 'I found it by accident' doesn't convince me."

Lin Xia said calmly: "To be precise, we didn't find them by accident. I was the first to discover these candies and then led the way to them.

I spotted the candy right away, and wondered why no one else could find it. As for Hermione and Ron, they only found this place under my guidance."

Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows and asked in a very serious tone, "You mean, the shielding spell here has no effect on you."

Lin Xia said calmly: "It should be, I saw Candy at first sight, and soon realized that something was wrong with Candy, so I looked away.

But except for me, the other wizards just stared at the candy and didn't move, and asked me to wake them up one by one."

Snape looked at her suspiciously. "Even I lose my focus for a while when I see flash fireworks and explosions, but these candies don't work on you?"

Lin Xia corrected him, "It's not that it doesn't work, Professor. I lost consciousness for a while, but I regained my sanity very quickly."

It was unknown what Mag had thought of, but she said with understanding: "Snape, Lin Xia is completely resistant to the evil god's whispering, and ordinary whispering has no effect on her.

Although there are many evil gods' whispers attached to these candies, after being isolated by the strange object of the window, only a few can attract people's attention. This should not pose a threat to Lin Xia. "

"Bang! Bang!"

There was a sudden knock on the door outside, and Professor Flitwick shouted, "McGonagall, Snape! It's me, I'm here with the other professors!"

Professor Flitwick paused, then shouted, "The Aurors from the Ministry of Magic are here too, and they've brought the test disk with them."

Mag looked at Lin Xia and said quickly, "You don't need to answer any questions the Aurors ask you from now on. I have a general understanding of the situation at the scene and I also know how you found out. I will answer for you.

Lin Xia, please remember to be careful with your words and actions and don't reveal too much information, especially about your special physique.

Completely resist the evil god's whispers and don't let them know. Remember this, Lin Xia."

Mag repeatedly warned.

Lin Xia nodded at her.

At this time, Snape had already arrived at the door and opened it.

A large amount of snow and wind rushed in through the gap in the door, and everyone immediately felt the cold.

A group of people walked into the store one by one, including professors from the school, Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, and the manager and clerk of Honeydukes.

Because there were so many people coming and they were all crowded in the living room, Lin Xia actually felt a sense of crowding.

The head Auror at the Ministry of Magic is Rufus Alley.

When Lin Xia held a paper press conference at the Ministry of Magic, it was Ali's team who was responsible for protecting her safety.

Later, he was forced by Lin Xia to attack the descending creature. To be honest, the initial communication was not pleasant. Everyone was in a very tense state and the tone of their conversation was somewhat tit-for-tat.

But no matter what, Lin Xia and he both stood on their respective positions to safeguard their own interests.

When they met again this time, Lin Xia took the initiative to greet Ali: "Hello, Auror Ali, long time no see!
Are you okay after the last battle with the descending creatures? You looked very weak and seriously injured at that time."

Ali's face changed slightly. Why did he bring up that incident?

Now that the incident was mentioned, he felt extremely aggrieved. His purpose in going there was clearly to take advantage of the chaos to transfer the A-level artifact "The Howling Bells" to the Death Eaters!
As a result, he was inexplicably involved in a confrontation with Bellatrix, and both of them were injured, and he was almost beaten to death by her.

But in the end, no benefits were gained.

He was evaluated for his combat performance within the Ministry of Magic: his merits and demerits offset each other, amounting to nothing!

Although his bravery played a role in turning the tide to some extent, the Howling Bell was mainly used to deal with the Adventers, and he also took out the Howling Bell secretly.

No matter how Ali explained, he had anticipated something was wrong and that's why he took out the Howling Bell. But after all, he did not inform the Ministry of Magic when he took it away, and the Ministry of Magic could not find any record of it, so this incident was classified as "stealing a rare object."

If he hadn't stepped forward and resisted the Adventers, he would probably not be able to stay in the Ministry of Magic now, but would have to face the investigation of the Ministry's Special Disaster Committee!
Although Eli still stayed in the Ministry of Magic and his position was Deputy Minister, he had been very cautious in the past few months. Even though the Death Eaters had summoned him several times, he did not go.

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I’m afraid of being caught!

At this time, Lin Xia told him about the incident directly when they met for the first time since that incident, and Ali's expression instantly became very ugly.

He thought back to the previous period of anxiety.

But Ali still had to be polite. He was an adult and didn't care about children. He didn't answer Lin Xia's question, but looked at Professor McGonagall and asked questioningly:
"I remember that Dumbledore had erased her memory of that incident. Why does she still remember it?"

Without McGonagall's answer, Lin Xia could answer: "I was the host of that paper conference and made many outstanding contributions. Even the Minister of Magic could not ignore my contribution, so he did not erase my memory."

Ali also knew that Lin Xia had a special identity, so he just asked casually and didn't think of causing trouble for her through this matter.

He said grimly, "Where is the suspected contaminant? I'll go get it tested now."

Snape said indifferently: "I'll take you there."

Ali took a few steps forward, then suddenly turned to the other Aurors and said, "You don't need to follow us. When we do the test, don't have too many wizards watching, lest the test gets out of control and we all get infected."

The Auror stopped immediately.

Although no contaminants were seen, the Aurors still had a lot to do.

They took out various detection objects from the Traceless Retractable Ring and checked whether other places in the Honeydukes store were also contaminated.

When the Aurors were taking action, McGonagall walked up to Lin Xia and asked in confusion, "Does the Auror captain have any problem with you? He doesn't seem to be friendly to you."

Lin Xia smiled and said, "There is a little misunderstanding between us, but it's not a big problem."

Professor Flitwick also came over and said, "McGonagall, what's going on? Is the grade of that contaminant very high? Will it pose a threat to Hogsmeade?"

Mag said with a serious expression: "No, on the contrary, the grade is not high and it will not pose a threat to anyone at present.

But it is highly contagious, and once it spreads, the entire Hogsmeade village and Hogwarts will be affected.

Flitwick, we have to find a way to destroy this batch of pollutants as soon as possible!"

The results of the Ministry of Magic's tests have not come out yet, but based on her experience, McGonagall has determined that the "flash firework explosion bomb" is definitely a contaminant.

It is precisely because it has been contaminated by the characteristics of the evil god's world that it is so deceptive.

Lin Xia originally thought that she could not contribute. After all, her current identity was just a young wizard with great research talent, and she had not shown her strong strength to the outside world.

But who would have thought that during the discussion, the professor suddenly turned his eyes to her.

Professor McGonagall said with a scorching gaze, "You are completely resistant to the evil god's whispers. It is most appropriate for you to carry out the destruction of the center. Destroying the pollutants will also bring you some benefits."

Lin Xia's expression changed: "What do you mean, professor?"

On the other side, Snape and Ali came to the "Flash Fireworks Exploding Candy".

When he was outside, Ali felt that there was some force preventing him from entering.

But this power was weak against high-level wizards, so he broke it easily.

Then he saw the batch of glittering fireworks and exploding candies.

Ali was distracted for a moment, but soon his eyes regained clarity and he frowned, "There's no need to test, this must be a contaminant.

How could a mere candy be so deceptive? Even I was a little confused. "

Snape said coldly: "We need the Ministry of Magic to bear witness. Hogwarts was the first to discover this contaminant. At the same time, the Ministry of Magic needs to assess its harmfulness and make it public to warn others.

Hogsmeade was discovered by Hogwarts in time because it was close to Hogwarts, but many places were also stocking candy in preparation for Christmas, so it was hard to guarantee that other places would not be dropped with flashing fireworks and exploding candy. "

Ali said without thinking: "Okay, I'll do the test now."

He took out a strange object from the ring. It was a large plate covered with dense lines and mechanisms.

This test disc was invented by Nicolas Flamel.

Because the raw materials used were very precious, only three were made and no more were produced.

This test disc can effectively identify the registration of pollutants and also reveal the properties of the pollutants.

But because contamination is rare in the wizarding world, the test plates are often shelved.

The Ministry of Magic has only used this test disk three times this year.

Just place the test plate under the candy, then remove the transparent window, start the test plate, and the light will continuously flash from the plate onto the candy for testing.

The detection process takes from one minute to one hour or even longer, depending on the level of the pollutant. The stronger the pollutant, the slower the detection.

From the perspective of usage, the test disc is not omnipotent. It can only test pollutants that are immobile and less harmful.

If there are more harmful and mobile pollutants, the light of the test disk will not be able to shine stably on the pollutants, and it is very likely to be damaged by the pollutants during the test.

When the test disk was started, Snape cast several anti-eavesdropping spells around him and said in a cold voice:
"What on earth were they thinking, putting contaminants in candy, are they trying to ruin all the children?" (End of this chapter)