Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 914 The Split Ministry of Magic

In the evening, after class, Snape did not choose to live in the school as usual, but returned to his home in Spider End Lane.

"You are finally back, Severus..." Narcissa Malfoy sat on a sofa sobbing, and Lucius was beside her, his face pale.

After seeing Snape, they immediately got up and walked over.

Since the news of Dumbledore's death spread throughout the wizarding world, the Death Eaters responsible for surveillance have disappeared. They have once again won the Dark Lord's trust and are free to go anywhere.

Voldemort even came to visit himself and praised Draco's bravery and wisdom.

But Lucius and Narcissa felt cold all over. They both knew that being praised by the Dark Lord was not actually a good thing.

But they can't care about that now, they have more important things.

"How's it going, Severus." Lucius looked nervous, "Is there any news about Draco?"

"You came back suddenly at this time, you must have succeeded...right?" Narcissa also looked at Snape hopefully.

"Something happened..." Snape hesitated, but looking at the two people's increasingly dim eyes, he still sighed.

"Okay, listen, Draco's right here with me."

Narcissa grabbed her chest and let out a moan of joy. Her whole body suddenly relaxed and she fell to the ground.

Lucius on the side did not help his wife, because his current situation was similar. The only thing better than Narcissa was that he could still stand.

"Thanks Merlin." Lucius Malfoy smiled for the only time in months.

"Thank you…Severus, thank you."

"No need to thank me." Snape shook his head, "Like I just said, something went wrong."

"What do you mean?" Lucius became nervous again, "Draco, what's wrong with him?"

"He's fine, it has nothing to do with this." Snape thought for a moment, as if he was considering what to say next.

"In fact, I did have the idea of ​​saving Draco, but it was just an idea..."

"You should know that if you kill Dumbledore openly in school, neither Hogwarts nor the Ministry of Magic will let him go. It is almost impossible to save him."

"But you still did it, Severus." Narcissa's tone was full of gratitude, "The most correct decision we have ever made was to let you be Draco's godfather."

"That's not what I did." Snape shook his head, "Or maybe I didn't have time to do anything. Draco showed up in my office by himself."

"What?" Lucius was stunned for a moment, "You mean, Draco escaped on his own?"

"Lucius, did the Dark Lord's Cruciatus Curse make you insane?"

Snape walked to the table and sat down, "After Draco had his wand confiscated, he not only easily defeated Flitwick, who was in charge of guarding it, but he was also able to perfectly avoid the ubiquitous portraits in the castle and come to my office. .

"Do you think this is possible?"

"Absolutely impossible." Lucius said without hesitation.

Not to mention Draco, he couldn't even do it.

There are only a few wizards in the entire magical world who can defeat Professor Flitwick without making any noise.

Duel Champion is not a title that can be bought with Galleons. Even if he was facing the Dark Lord, the goblin professor could fight him with a few moves.

Could it be that the Dark Lord took action...

impossible!

As soon as this idea came up, Lucius killed it. Will the Dark Lord help Draco? This was even more unbelievable than his own escape, it was simply impossible.

"Then who helped Draco."

"If I knew, I wouldn't talk so much nonsense to you." Snape glanced at Lucius.

"This..." Lucius was a little embarrassed.

"Leave him alone, Severus." Narcissa had recovered some strength and stood up from the ground, "Can you tell us what happened?"

"When I was attending the funeral, I suddenly realized that the magic arranged in the private storage room had been artificially touched, so I hurried over."

Snape recalled what happened a few days ago and said: "When I opened the door to the storage room, I saw Draco lying on the table, but there was no one around except him.

"Including the magic I arranged is also intact, as if someone touched it deliberately to attract my attention."

Snape's face was gloomy. Such uncontrollable things happened one after another, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Does Draco know anything?" Narcissa asked, "Maybe he saw it."

"He doesn't know anything." Snape shook his head and said, "When he woke up, he didn't even realize that he had changed positions."

"Could it be that there are others in Hogwarts..." Narcissa hesitated for a moment, but still did not say the next words.

She wanted to say that there might be a second undercover Death Eater in Hogwarts, but thinking about it carefully, if it was so easy to get into that school, the Dark Lord wouldn't take Snape so seriously.

And given their personalities, they would not take risks to help another Death Eater.

But other than that explanation, she couldn't think of anyone who would help Draco.

Since Draco killed Dumbledore, almost all wizards wanted to kill him, and only people like them would help.

"I have been looking into this matter for the past few days, but I have never gotten any clues."

Snape ignored Narcissa's changing expression and continued: "I am here just to tell you that Draco is still alive, so don't worry too much.

"Concentrate on your work from now on. Your current situation is not much better than Draco's."

"I know..." Narcissa said softly, "Severus, can you bring Draco..."

"Impossible." Snape interrupted her directly.

"We want to meet him."

"Then I advise you not to think so."

Snape said unceremoniously: "The Aurors and the professors at Hogwarts have never given up looking for Malfoy. I have already taken a big risk when I came out this time. I have been checked at least three times before and after." ”

"And given the current situation, Draco is safest with me."

"That's... okay then."

"Thank you, Severus."

Narcissa and Lucius looked at each other.

They had doubted the authenticity of Snape's words. Before seeing Draco in person, all the words he said might be false.

But they had no other choice. Whether it was out of trust or self-comfort, they could only choose to believe Snape.

"What are we going to do now?" Lucius asked.

"Of course I will continue to work for the Dark Lord." Snape gave him a cold look, "Do you still need me to teach you?

"Lucius, the Dark Lord has been tolerant enough to you. If Draco hadn't helped you get a chance this time, you would have suffered more than just the Cruciatus Curse."

"Of course, of course we know." The blood that had just recovered on Lucius's face disappeared in an instant.

He looked a little struggling, and seemed to have a lot to say, but these all turned into a sigh.

"I understand. I will cooperate with Rodolphus. When we capture Hogwarts, we should be able to see Draco."

"That's natural." Snape raised his head and glanced at him quickly, "As long as those **** Aurors withdraw from Hogwarts, I can also find a way to send Draco out. "

Lucius's eyes suddenly lit up.

"What, you have a way?" Snape looked at him with interest.

"Of course I don't," Lucius said, "but if it's Aurors, I think they won't be in the mood to protect the school soon."

"Oh, what do you mean?"

"The Dark Lord is already very impatient with that Bones and is ready to replace him with a more obedient minister."

Narcissa helped explain: "Once the Ministry of Magic is taken down, the entire British wizarding world will basically be controlled by the Dark Lord. We will have a lot of time to target Hogwarts."

She looked a lot more relaxed, and even a little excited. "By then, Draco won't have to hide, he will be a hero."

"I hope so," said Snape. Late at night, after Lucius and Narcissa left, he was the only one left in the house.

No one who is addicted to potions likes an environment that is too bright, and Snape is no exception. There is only one dim oil lamp in his home.

Snape sat there, not knowing what he was thinking. The light of the oil lamp illuminated half of his face, while the other half was hidden in the darkness.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Aurors, Snape returned to Hogwarts early the next morning before breakfast, and brought many Cornish elves with him.

After all, the reason why he left school was to look for teaching aids, so naturally he couldn't go back empty-handed. He bought these along the way.

The school is still the same, with a gloomy atmosphere. The professors are attending classes and grading homework as usual, but there are fewer and fewer students.

During breakfast, Snape quietly hid some food to take back to Draco Malfoy.

He didn't lie to Lucius and Narcissa that the other party was really in his storage room.

But just because Hogwarts is calm doesn't mean it's the same outside the school.

Since Dumbledore's death, Death Eaters, like vixens in spring, have woken up from the dark corners and taken to the streets.

The flames of war were brought to light, just like the carnival after the Quidditch World Cup.

In the following period, the Ministry of Magic received two attacks one after another. Although they were fended off by Amelia Bones and Scrimgeour with the Aurors, this did not mean that everything was fine.

After the second attack, the Director of the Disasters Department of the Ministry of Magic publicly announced his support for Voldemort's control of the Ministry of Magic.

The angry Scrimgeour wanted to kill him as a traitor, but unexpectedly, the Department of Magical Sports and Sports and the Department of Legal Enforcement also jumped out one after another.

What's even more surprising is that they have a large number of supporters.

Amelia Bones' face was extremely gloomy. She remembered that since Dumbledore's funeral, there had been frequent staff transfers in the Ministry of Magic.

But she didn't care. Dumbledore was dead, there were many people who were afraid of the Dark Lord, and had moved abroad. She couldn't ask everyone to stay here, and she couldn't control them.

So her focus has always been on Aurors and Strikers, and she doesn't pay too much attention to other positions.

I didn’t expect that…

"Minister, are you trying to remove us from our posts? Oh, and Scrimgeour...do you want to kill us?"

Bartok, Director of the Disaster Department, stood opposite Amelia and seemed to be a representative, but what was strange was that his expression looked slightly dull.

"You have to think clearly, the Death Eaters are not far away yet."

"Damn it, you threatened me..." Scrimgeour snapped.

"It's not a threat." Bartok said dullly: "It's just a different philosophy. After all, we didn't attack you while the Death Eaters were attacking. We are still from the Ministry of Magic."

"What difference does it make?" Scrimgeour's face turned an ugly purple.

"Of course." Bartok said, "The difference is who attacks his colleagues first."

"I don't care," Scrimgeour said. "Do you Death Eaters care about reputation?"

"After all, we are going to take over the Ministry of Magic in the future, and it is not good to have a bad reputation." Bartok gave a stiff smile.

It's not like he didn't think so.

In fact, when Scrimgeour led the Aurors to fight the Death Eaters just now, he was already preparing to betray him.

But before he could take action, he was discovered.

When they were discussing when to take action, Chris, the Director of the Department for the Management and Control of Magical Creatures, suddenly appeared, just in time to disrupt their plan.

Moreover, the other party ran very fast, giving him no time to kill and silence him.

Because of this, Bartok...or the Death Eaters who controlled Bartok could only choose a backup plan and jumped out.

"Stop dreaming!" Amelia Bones stood up and glanced at everyone on the opposite side, "As long as I am here, you will never succeed."

After a long period of recruiting troops, the Ministry of Magic's combat power has now expanded to a considerable scale.

Amelia Bones glanced at the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department opposite, secretly glad that she had transferred the command of the Strikers from the Enforcement Department to the Minister's Office a long time ago in order to make it easier to fight the Death Eaters.

At that time, the new director should not have been controlled by the Death Eaters. Although he was not very willing, he did not insist on it, and the transfer was completed smoothly.

Thinking about it now, if the command of the Strikers had been in the hands of the Death Eaters, they would have been annihilated long ago without any reason.

"Bones, I advise you to surrender to the Dark Lord." Bartok continued to persuade: "At that time, you can continue to be your Minister of Magic without any influence. Isn't that good?"

"You are like a leech that has been stepped on. It is disgusting." Bones glared at him, not polite at all, "Do you dare to come out of the gutter and tell me this in person!"

"What a pity, Bones." Bartok stopped talking and just stood there, staring at Bones.

The huge Ministry of Magic was instantly divided into two camps.

The Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, the Department of Legal Enforcement, and the Department of Magical Sports and Sports became the Death Eaters (most of whom were probably controlled by the Imperius Curse).

Correspondingly, they are the Department of International Magical Cooperation, the Department of Management and Control of Magical Creatures, and the Department of Magical Transportation.

Exactly half and half.

It is worth mentioning that Barty Crouch, the person who was pushed out by Fudge as a stepping stone after the Sirius incident was reversed, is still there.

Or rather he was always there.

Since he was transferred to the Department of Magical Transportation, there has been no news for a long time. He is not dissatisfied with Fudge's behavior, nor does he have any thoughts of making a comeback. He just goes to get off work on time every day and keeps such a low profile that everyone almost gives him up. Forgot.

This time, he stood opposite the Death Eaters again.

On the surface, it seems that with the two additional existences of the Minister and the Director of the Auror Office, the Ministry of Magic has an advantage.

But ever since the Ministry of Magic began to split, it meant they had lost.

Scrimgeour was furious and kept stroking the wand in his hand. He wanted to get rid of all these people, but the minister stopped him.

Bones didn't dare to bet. She didn't know if the Death Eaters would take the opportunity to come back if the two sides really fought.

It is not difficult to kill them, but what if Voldemort becomes angry and shows up in person.

At least now that the Aurors and Strikers are still in her hands, this situation is more beneficial to them, and in this way, it may also buy them some breathing time.

Two consecutive attacks were a big drain on the strikers and Aurors.

Of course, these people must be eliminated, but not now.

Just using means, Bones doesn't think he will lose to a few Death Eaters, and the Ministry of Magic will get back on track sooner or later.

…

The two sides looked at each other in the foyer, neither giving in. Chris stood in the middle with a solemn expression.

He was glad that he had taken some small measures to guard against undercover agents in advance, and only then discovered Bartok and others at the critical moment.

Moreover, he also thought about a group of Death Eaters who appeared in the village of Saint Catchpol two days ago. If he hadn't reacted quickly and with the help of some friends, he might have been controlled by the Imperius Curse. It's opposite.

No, if he was controlled and there was no one else in the Ministry of Magic who could discover Bartok's conspiracy in time, this negotiation might not be necessary.

He rubbed his forehead a little irritably.

In addition to him, Arthur, Molly, Kingsley, Charlie and other members of the Order of the Phoenix have also been attacked, and they have now moved back to No. 12 Grimmauld Place.

Because Arthur discovered that the protective magic around the house still existed, Dumbledore seemed to have changed the identity of the secret keeper in advance.

After they moved in, they discussed who the new secret keeper would be.

Charlie thinks it's Kyle.

The reason is that Kyle is very close to Dumbledore, and he was also the first person to rush over after his accident. If Dumbledore moves quickly enough, he can completely transfer the identity of the Secret Keeper.

However, Molly and Arthur preferred Minerva McGonagall. They believed that the principal had a calm personality and was more reliable.

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(End of chapter)