Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry.

Perhaps it was Dumbledore's assurance that had worked, but this time Fudge listened and did not go to Dudley overnight.

Instead, wait until the next morning, bringing the Aurors to the door early in the morning.

"When are there more of these here?"

Fudge looked at the tall gate of the outer wall of the castle, lost in thought.

He had been to Godric's Hollow more than once, and he had also been to the Potters' old house after the Potters died.

Since that incident more than ten years ago, this is definitely the most desolate place in Godric's Hollow.

But now not only Potter's old house has been repaired, but there is also an extra luxurious building.

When did this happen?

"I heard it was built with the help of the Carlo family." A Ministry of Magic staff standing beside Fudge explained.

The friendship between the Carlo family and Dudley was almost an open secret among the upper echelons of the wizarding circles in England.

The gate of this outer wall can only be described in one word.

That is 'big', which can be described as a hill.

The gates of other courtyards (manors) of ordinary people use large iron gates with railings, such as Malfoy Manor. People standing outside the gate can see the inside of the garden through the gate, but the gate of the castle garden is different. , It is more appropriate to describe it as a mountain gate or a wall.

Because this thing is solid and airtight.

In other words, standing outside the gate can't see the situation inside at all.

It seems to have drawn a "[-]th line" to isolate the other side of the door from the world.

But the crux of the problem is that such a large door has no door handle and key opening, which is incredible.

Yes, not only the gate of the castle, but also the gate of the garden outside the castle has no door handle.

It's just that autonomous identification is not used here.

'How can I contact Mr. Dursley? ' has become the problem facing Fudge and his party now.

Owl delivery?It's not impossible, but the problem is that they will deliver the letter after they arrive at the door.

You can't force the door open with magic, right?

He came to see if Harry Potter was okay, not to break into the house.

Even if you use magic, you have to have a place to open it. There is not even a keyhole, and the lockpicking spell is definitely useless.

Fudge was only accompanied by ordinary Aurors, and the office director, Rufus Scrimgeour, did not come here. If it was him, there should be other ways, but his mission is to capture Sirius, and it was just a coincidence that he met Fudge yesterday. Just together.

Looking at the huge gate like a hill, Fudge suddenly had an illusion. The circles of patterns on the gate seemed like countless doors overlapping each other. Could it be that this door seemed to be pushed?

Fudge pushed the door hard, but remained motionless.

'How could I have such a ridiculous idea. ' Fudge shook his head and laughed dumbfoundedly.

Normal humans don't even think about pushing this kind of door, unless it's possible for giants.

"What are you doing at someone's door?"

Just when several people were debating whether to let an owl in, a cold and stern voice sounded behind them.

When Fudge and the others turned around, they saw Draco holding a staff of civilization in one hand and looking at them vigilantly.

He went to Diagon Alley to buy materials according to Dudley's request after a day's morning exercise.

"Lucius' son, Draco Malfoy?"

Fudge looked at each other in surprise.

He has a little friendship with Lucius, so naturally he also knows Draco.

"You are...Minister of Magic? Mr. Fudge?" Draco paused for a moment, then widened his eyes, and said with an exaggerated and delighted expression.

In fact, he recognized Fudge immediately, but he still had to pretend to look at it for a while, and then his attitude gradually changed.

Well, most people enjoy this kind of process.

Of course, this does not prevent him from thinking that the other party is an idiot.

"Why are you here?"

Draco's attitude made Fudge very useful, and his attitude was much more friendly.

"Oh, Draco, I'm here for Harry, Harry Potter."

Fudge simply explained to him: "Dumbledore said he was here, so... is he there?"

"Harry? Of course he is."

Draco stepped forward, looked at the gate and at Fudge, rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you go in?"

"Go in?" Fudge looked and blinked.

He didn't understand what Draco meant by going in.

The gate is tightly shut, are they allowed to enter through the wall?

"Oh, I suppose it must be your first time here."

Draco made a dazed look, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised to outline a perfect arc, just revealing the upper and lower rows of eight teeth.

"Yes."

Fudge suddenly had the illusion of facing the second generation of Lucius, but he was not as aggressive as Lucius' aristocrat at all, but gave people the illusion of being a polite gentleman.

Well, more gentlemanly looking than his father, Lucius.

"Do you have the key?"

"It's useless, this door doesn't need a key."

"No key needed? What do you mean?"

Draco didn't answer Fudge in a hurry, but walked slowly to the door, patted the closed door, a dull voice came, there was no doubt that it was solid, only his voice sounded slowly.

"If you want to pass here, the ordinary method is the key and the magic spell that won't work. You don't need any of these."

"Brother D named it the Gate of Trials."

"The door of trials?"

"That's right, only those who pass the test can enter, and the method of the test is also very simple."

Draco knocked on the door with his cane.

"Just push it away."

So simple?

"I tried pushing it and it couldn't open."

Fudge said quickly, it's not that he didn't try to push the door just now, and he didn't respond at all.

"I think it's because you didn't use enough strength. This door is very heavy."

Hearing Draco's explanation, Fudge immediately signaled the Auror who came with him to go up with his eyes.

The Auror knew it and immediately walked to the gate. He wanted to perform well in front of Fudge, so he pushed hard towards the gate.

motionless

The Auror was a little embarrassed, and then mustered all his strength to push again.

still motionless

Seeing the Auror go out of his way to breastfeed, his face flushed, Fudge cast doubtful eyes on Draco.

"It's not strong enough. Didn't this Mr. Auror eat breakfast?"

In terms of poisonous mouth, Draco is not inferior to his father at all, and he is deeply inspired by Snape.

"You go too." Fudge couldn't help but beckon another Auror to help.

The two worked hard together.

Still nothing happens.

Just when Fudge felt that Malfoy was playing tricks on him, the gate finally reacted slightly.

Before Fudge could speak, the two Aurors exhausted their strength and returned to their original positions.

'Is it really pushed? '

Fudge was shocked.

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Seeing Draco's half-smile expression, Fudge lost face, and signaled to his entourage.

"Come on together."

As a result, several wizards worked hard together, and the door was finally slowly pushed open a small opening.

Well, it wasn't Fudge's illusion, the circles of patterns were indeed countless overlapping doors, and what they pushed open was only the smallest one among the countless doors.

"Try harder, it's almost open."

Seeing that the door was pushed open a gap, Draco stood aside and said cheerfully.

In fact, it stands to reason that even if Fudge and his party didn't push the door open, Draco would have to push the door if he wanted to go in.

But this guy played a trick and asked Fudge and the others to push the door for him, so he saved some effort.

With the unremitting efforts of everyone, Fudge and the others finally managed to squeeze in through the small door.

With a bang, the stone door slowly closed.

"Why would Mr. Dursley use such a door?"

Looking at the slowly closing door, everyone had lingering fears on their faces, it was too much effort.

Because of safety.

The existence of the Gate of Trials abolished the magic skill most commonly used by wizards—the Unlocking Curse.

Even if you find it here, you won't be able to get in in a short time.

Moreover, the symbols on the door of trials were defensive measures set up by Dudley. Unless they were violently removed, if they wanted to pass through the door of trials, they had to push honestly and with all their strength.

Of course, violent demolition is not so easy. The entire gate of trials is made of fluorapatite, one of the hardest biological minerals in the world.

"To test the ability of the visitor."

Draco began to introduce the gate of trials like a professional commentator.

"The gate of trials has been enchanted and can only be opened with pure strength. It is divided into seven levels in total. Each gate requires twice as much force as the previous gate."

Draco pointed to the smallest stone gate in the middle, the smallest stone gate they just passed: "The place we just passed is the first gate, and it is also the easiest one, which requires about 500KG of thrust."

"Test strength?"

After listening to Draco's introduction, Fudge blurted out this sentence without thinking.

'It's ability! !Only a mindless vulgar person like you would think that. '

Draco felt contempt for Fudge in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but simply explained a few words.

It does take a lot of strength to push open the door, but don't you know how to use magic as a wizard?

Isn't it a test of ability to use magic to solve the problem in front of you?

Can't you break the magic that has been cast?

And it's not that there is no spell that increases one's own strength, even though few wizards would learn it alone, it still exists, doesn't it?

You see, didn't Draco come in without any effort.

So the brain is a good thing, but not everyone has it.

"Why didn't you tell us sooner."

Hearing that magic could be used, one of the Aurors grumbled.

"You know the spell I said?"