Falsifying history is good business

It turns out that walking cats and dogs is a great way to relax; when the smile disappears from Sirius Black's face, it will soon be transferred to many other faces.

Including but not limited to Lin You, Snape, and even Professor McGonagall. Sirius was the kind of student who needed detention himself, but now he has become a professor who gives students detention; you can imagine how much trouble he will cause.

In just one semester, the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts wanted to stuff the acting Defense Against the Dark Arts professor back into Gryffindor, make him retake credits from the first year, and lock him up for seven consecutive years.

In just one hour, the time passed quickly as I alternated between paying intense attention to the warriors in the maze and lightheartedly teasing Mr. Bigfoot.

Without Barty Crouch Jr.'s interference, the game went smoothly; Cedric, who represented Hogwarts, defeated Krum by a hair's breadth and snatched the trophy. As for Minerva's favorite beautiful sister, she was ultimately not strong enough. Even though she narrowed the gap with the top two with the help of the Seraph Gem, she still failed and was the first to be eliminated from the maze.

At the end of the competition, the leaders of the organizer, the host and the participants all gave speeches that were written as "passionate" but read as "full of innuendo".

The losers are naturally unwilling to accept the outcome. While congratulating the winners, they also make all kinds of excuses for their own failures, and firmly say that they will discuss the outcome five years later - the ratio of time taken up by the two types of speeches is about one to nine.

The winners have to brag more. For example, the British Ministry of Magic almost replaced the victory of the Hogwarts students with the victory of the Ministry of Magic. On the contrary, the serious headmaster of Hogwarts was more humble, with a feeling of "Since the Ministry of Magic has said so much, I won't say anything more."

The easy-going old wizard won the favor of most people, except Lin You, who looked thoughtfully at the white gloves on his hands.

I remember when Gaunt's ring was recovered a few days ago, I broke the soul fragments and curse on it with my own hands, and Dumbledore was not affected; why did he put on gloves again like in the original book?

At the party after the game, Lin You asked directly. Although there were quite a few people in the auditorium, almost no one could clearly hear the conversation between the two great wizards; maybe there was one person who could hear it if he wanted to, but then again, how could a five-year-old kid care about something he couldn't understand at all?
"Yes, most people don't pay attention to it. This pair of gloves is prepared for those who are interested." Dumbledore revealed the latest news, "Two days ago, Tom contacted Severus; it was the first time since his resurrection."

"Snape? This is an extremely risky move given the current situation. What does Mr. Riddle want to gain from Snape?"

"Leaving aside those insignificant but dangerous probings, Tom ostensibly wanted to find out about the Order of the Phoenix's recent actions, but Severus said that what he really wanted to know was about my own situation."

Lin You asked: "Is this Snape's judgment?"

Dumbledore nodded: "I trust Severus' judgment."

"It seems that he has noticed our search for the Horcruxes and is aware that the Gaunt Ring has fallen into your hands."

Dumbledore nodded again, agreeing with Lin You's judgment: "Obviously, the trap of the Resurrection Stone was set for me; Tom knew my weakness very well, and the hiding place for the Gaunt Ring was too conspicuous. Now, he is eager to know whether the trap is effective."

"The person who knows you best is often your opponent. This statement is true for both you and Voldemort. These gloves are prepared for him. Do you want to fish?"

"It's not that easy. Tom is a very tough opponent. He is cruel, cunning, doesn't trust anyone, and questions all information. He is like a poisonous snake hiding in a dark corner. We can't expect to easily fool him with a piece of false information. But if he really believes that I am injured, his next actions will become more daring, and the possibility of exposing flaws will be greater."

Lin You understood the old wizard's cautious and conservative mentality; in fact, considering the close relationship between Voldemort and the Hanged Man, even a true God must pay certain attention to it.

It is always better to be cautious and preventive than to be careless and cause big trouble and then spend time and effort to remedy the situation.

"Don't limit your focus to the Resurrection Stone," Lin You reminded. "Since Voldemort knows that we are searching for Horcruxes, he is likely to go and confirm the safety of other Horcruxes. Now we are worried that the Order of the Phoenix or the Aurors will find the right place one day and run into Voldemort himself."

"It is indeed a cause for concern. Do you have any good ideas?"

"Don't look for me. I'm already too deeply involved in the affairs of the wizarding world, and it's almost touching the bottom line of the Muggle royal family and the government. Rendering the Horcruxes we find harmless is the limit of what we can do right now." Lin You made excuses, but those words were not all lies.

The most important task of the Forresters is to isolate the influence of the wizarding world and maintain the stability of the Muggle world. In the eyes of some "conservatives", disputes among wizards should be resolved among wizards themselves; because magic, a supernatural force, is too uncontrollable, excessive involvement in the "internal affairs" of wizards will bring unnecessary additional risks to the Muggle world.

Lord Goff would certainly not take this argument seriously, but that did not stop him from using it as a shield. However, he also left a back door for Dumbledore.

"Only a few employees like Mr. Lupin enjoy the Forrester family's extra protection."

The experienced headmaster of Hogwarts nodded slightly, understanding everything.

Remus Lupin is Lin You's full representative on the school board. The question is how much serious work can a school board do? Usually, there is not even one formal meeting in a month.

Mr. Werewolf has plenty of free time and can easily work two jobs - although the job at the Order of the Phoenix has basically no salary, who can blame Remus Lupin for liking to do it?
Let him be!

As a result, just two days after Earl Goff allowed his employee to work part-time, something happened to his employee.

"The You-Know-Who attacked Sirius Black. I'm sure he was coming for Black." Lupin, who had escaped, looked pale and frightened, which was consistent with his experience of just escaping the brink of death. "If it weren't for the amulet you gave us, we would have died there."

Lin You took the amulet handed over by Lupin. It was a simple wooden carving. The original space magic on it had been activated and used. At the same time, the surface was bumpy and covered with charred spots as if it had been splashed with concentrated acid - those were the remnants of corrosion from black magic.

"How do you know that Voldemort's target is Sirius and not you? Your current status is much higher than that of a resigned Hogwarts substitute professor, so you can't underestimate yourself." At this moment, only Lin You had the leisure to tease. "No, I am very sure that the You-Know-Who's target is Sirius; because he had the opportunity to kill Sirius directly, but he didn't do it. When he suddenly appeared, none of us had time to react. I was hit by a 'Killing Curse' head-on, while Sirius was only hit by a 'Stuporing Curse'. It can be seen that the You-Know-Who wanted Sirius alive; otherwise, I would not have had time to bring him back and he would have died." Lupin said firmly, insisting on his own judgment.

Mr. Werewolf's words made a certain big black dog unhappy. Regardless of the fact that he had just woken up from the influence of the "stunning spell" and could not even stand steadily, he retorted noisily: "Hey, I tell you, Moony Face, it's not that easy for me to die, and the You-Know-Who is not that powerful either. Think about it, James and the Longbottom couple have escaped from his hands three times!"

Sirius always spoke faster than his brain, and after he finished speaking, he suddenly fell silent.

Those old friends who successfully escaped from Voldemort three times all ended up in a bad way.

"So the key question now is why Voldemort wanted to keep Mr. Black alive?" The two Gryffindors were still feeling sad for their old friend, but Lord Goff suddenly stabbed them, "Let me ask first, Sirius has not become the secret-keeper of the Fidelius Charm recently, right?"

This stab made Mr. Bigfoot become autistic.

So, Lin You was able to wait for Dumbledore's response in a quiet environment; but what he finally waited for was not a response, but Dumbledore himself.

Lin You estimated the time: "You are a little late?"

"Before coming, I had to comfort Harry. He knew the news of Sirius's attack and was worried about him. It took me some time to let him stay at the Black mansion and wait for news."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go back quickly." Sirius didn't want to stay here any longer; although Forrester Manor was neater, more grand and magnificent than the old Black house, the owner of this manor was really annoying.

"Don't be anxious, Sirius." Dumbledore's attitude was completely different. He was eager to stay here for a while so as to drag the owner of the manor into the fight against Voldemort. "Let's first figure out the situation and why Voldemort attacked you."

"What's so strange about this? I've always been against him, we are enemies." Dogs' brains are basically straight-line, and they generally have the IQ of a few-year-old child.

Dumbledore rejected the idea slowly. "But why would he keep you alive? Remus is right. He didn't want to kill you from the beginning. Also, although I hate to say it, he is more likely to target Harry than you."

First, he was stabbed in the heart by the outsider Earl Goff, and then he was severely warned by the old headmaster Dumbledore; after suffering two consecutive critical blows in a short period of time, Sirius felt so aggrieved that he wanted to turn himself into a dog.

He felt that he was more pitiful than the stray dogs on the street.

Perhaps knowing that he could not get any useful information from Sirius, Dumbledore turned to Lupin and asked, "Did you notice anything unusual about Voldemort during the attack? What he said or did, anything unusual."

Lupin frowned, but after thinking hard he came up with nothing.

"The attack happened so fast that I only saw two spells. The Killing Curse was blocked by the amulet, and the Stunning Curse hit Sirius. I activated the teleportation magic on the amulet and took Sirius back to the Earl's manor. During this time, the mysterious man fired a third spell at us, which was also blocked... I'm sorry, professor, I can't see anything unusual about the other party."

"What do you think, Lord Earl?" Dumbledore asked another person.

"From the course of the last war, it seems that Voldemort and the Death Eaters rarely have the habit of taking prisoners. They deliberately left some prisoners alive, so they must want to get something from them. Kidnapping and ransom? That's too low-end, Voldemort shouldn't make money that way; gathering intelligence? After the incident with Pettigrew, I guess the Order of the Phoenix won't let Mr. Black be responsible for keeping any major secrets."

Lin You raised a finger every time he said something, and then denied a guess;
"Perhaps we should think about it from another angle; what Voldemort needs most urgently and what he wants to do most at the moment, which of them are related to Sirius or the Black family."

Dumbledore's cloudy eyes lit up slightly: "Horcrux?"

"It could also be a prophecy." Faced with an unexpected event that had never appeared in the original plot, Lin You did not dare to make a judgment easily, and could only try his best to list various possibilities, "The prophecy that links Harry Potter and Voldemort - Black is Mr. Potter's godfather."

"It is indeed possible." Dumbledore nodded slightly, "Both situations must be taken into consideration."

"Maybe there are more than two, but three - although the possibility is not high." Lin You continued to remind, "Remember what Bellatrix said when she was arrested? Voldemort is looking for the origin of dark magic. As a pure-blood family with a long history, the Black family should have collected a lot of dark magic information. If Voldemort's search for the origin of dark magic does not go smoothly, he may try to search for more clues."

"The origin of dark magic, is there such a thing? Is Voldemort's brain broken?" Sirius sneered; this was a topic that was completely beyond the common sense of the wizarding world and his own level of knowledge, and he easily regarded it as absurd.

Before he spoke, Bigfoot took a look at Moony and found that his friend also looked confused, which made Mr. Bigfoot more confident in his ridicule.

As a result, Sirius found that the old headmaster Dumbledore had a serious expression on his face and did not show any intention of agreeing with what he said; as for the hateful "little devil", he had a half-smile on his face, but it was obvious that he was not making fun of Voldemort.

"What? Is there really such a thing as the source of magic? And it can be found?" Sirius shouted in disbelief.

"In fact, not only does dark magic have a source, white magic also has a clear source." Lin You said slowly, "Do you know why two generations of Dark Lords, from Grindelwald to Tom Riddle, chose to avoid a head-on collision with the Forrester family?"

"Are you trying to show off your family's influence?" Sirius tried to hold the situation together.

"Perhaps you could say that; do you know why the Forresters have been able to accumulate enough power to be proud of?" Lin You whispered softly, "Because in the entire magic world, we are the people closest to the source of magic." (End of this chapter)