Chapter 409： Chaos

In the end, Lupin and Tonks' wedding was scheduled for July 1, and the location was set in an old manor in Fort Combe.

Strictly speaking, this is not a good day. The traditional auspicious day of marriage in the country is after the autumn harvest with sufficient food before Christmas. This is because if a woman conceives at this time, the child can be born in the autumn harvest season with plenty of food, and the survival rate is low. Will greatly increase.

Although modern society no longer has to worry about food, because of tradition, this custom has been retained.

The reason why Lupin and Tonks set the time at this time is entirely because Voldemort will invade the wizarding world in a big way and the war will start again. Of course, this is also to facilitate Harry and the others to participate smoothly. wedding.

After all, if the time is set on July 1, Mike and the others will not need to go home after the holiday at Hogwarts, they can go directly to the wedding scene.

In addition, their choice of wedding location is also very interesting.

Although Castle Combe is called Fort, it is not a castle, but a small town.

It is located in the southern part of the Cotswolds in the country, and is the best-preserved medieval town in the country.

All the buildings in the town maintain the style of the 12th to 15th century, and the environment is beautiful, and the folk customs are simple. Although it is not famous now, it has become one of the best tourist attractions in the country in later generations.

For the reasons mentioned above, the overall style of Castle Combe is very peculiar, just like a small town in a fairy tale.

Of course, that is the result of the renovation and maintenance of the buildings here. Now Fort Combe is still a remote town that is so dilapidated that no one wants to go to it. Most of the buildings inside are dilapidated due to disrepair. There are even fewer than two hundred permanent residents.

Such a remote and backward town now belongs to the kind of place where birds don’t shit.

The manor used by Lupin and Tonks to marry belongs to the Black family. Of course, it has now been given to Lupin by Black for their marriage and future life.

In fact, Blake wanted to give another property of his family in London to Lupin and Tonks, because it was more prosperous and closer to him, but Lupin and Tonks sternly rejected it on the grounds that they In the future, they will live in seclusion. In order to reduce the probability of being discovered by Voldemort and Death Eaters, this remote town is their best destination.

Mike looked very strange when he heard the news, because he knew very well that the place would become a famous tourist attraction, Lupin and their desire to live in seclusion might be frustrated.

Of course, Harry didn't know anything about it.

Everyone maintained a tacit understanding of not letting Harry know everything about the marriage of Lupin and Tonks.

This looks a bit cruel, but it is also impossible.

Harry has not completely mastered Occlumency. If he rashly tells Harry the specific time and place of Lupin and Tonks' marriage, it is equivalent to telling Voldemort, then the marriage scene is likely to become another battlefield.

Harry knew this well, so he wasn't dissatisfied at all, after all, he didn't want to see tragedy happen.

After discussing matters related to the wedding of Lupin and Tonks, Mike and the others got up and went back to the school. At this time, the school was already in a mess.

At this time in previous years, Hogwarts was always full of laughter and laughter. Everyone played in the castle recklessly, and the professors also turned a blind eye to the students' irregularities.

But now Hogwarts Castle is silent. Almost all the students in the college hide in their college’s lounge except for the necessary eating out.

Because Mike and others concealed the fact that Voldemort also appeared during the Night of the Ministry of Magic, many people still naively thought that the Night of the Ministry was just an ordinary terrorist attack organized by Death Eaters.

As for the man who can't even mention his name, he should still be lying in the grave now.

But now that the Daily Prophet’s report came out, they were all panicked. The consequences of the collapse of faith were quite serious. The whole Hogwarts was instantly occupied by the atmosphere of panic. Many students were the first to learn the news. He cried and ran to the professor's office, saying that he was going home now.

Of course, professors do not allow this kind of request.

You must know that at this time, there is no safer place in the wizarding world than Hogwarts. After all, this place is guarded by the strongest white wizard Dumbledore.

If possible, professors and even students should not leave Hogwarts throughout the summer.

Of course, this is impossible. Parents of students will not allow them to do this, especially in this uneasy period, parents always have to see their children with their own eyes to be at ease.

However, no matter what era or group, there are always idiots. Although the professors have tried their best to explain, their refusal to leave school early has caused further panic among the student group.

The students had no choice but to ask their parents for help from the professors. So, in just one morning, Dumbledore’s office was full of red roaring letters, all of which were parents of students. We sent it.

And just when the entire Hogwarts was in panic, there was a group that was particularly comfortable, they were the Slytherins.

Looking at the fearful faces around him, the Slytherin students were so refreshed that they couldn't breathe.

Other people are afraid of Voldemort, they are not afraid.

You must know that Voldemort came from their Slytherin, not to mention that many of their elders were former Death Eaters. In their view, the fierce Voldemort was actually their own.

As soon as they learned of Voldemort's return, the Slytherin students started a carnival. They wandered around Hogwarts Castle recklessly, celebrating the return of Voldemort and intimidating everyone they met. , And even the targets of their intimidation include some professors who are not so powerful.

As several major professors are all busy dealing with the yelling letters, the behavior of the Slytherins was temporarily ignored by the professors.

It’s just that Slytherin obviously didn’t think that the professors’ behavior was deemed by them to be fear of Voldemort, which made them even more aggressively bullying other students. Some excessive Slytherins even blocked Hufflepuff. Come to the gate of the college.

What Mike and others saw when they returned from St. Mungo was such a mess. Hogwarts was empty, and the walls and floors were covered with various patterns painted with green paint. The most common one was It represents the snake pattern of Slytherin College. But this is nothing, because Mike even saw Voldemort's skull logo in some hidden corners!

"God!" Hermione's voice trembled when she saw the green patterns. "How dare they...how dare to do this? How about Filch? Even if a student brought muddy water into the castle in the past, he Will be furious, what's wrong now?"

Mike patted Hermione's back as a comfort, and Harry and Ron were also very angry.

They even began to use clean springs, such as water curses, on those patterns, but unfortunately, these cleaning spells that had obvious effects in the past had no effect on those patterns. Obviously, those Slytherin tyrants used them. The magic ink is waterproof and cursed.

In desperation, the few people had no choice but to continue walking in the direction of the auditorium, and as soon as they arrived at the auditorium, they knew why Filch hadn't cleaned up the **** graffiti.

I saw Filch hanging upside down in the air by a strange force, and around him were five or six senior Slytherin students, some of them were using green ink. The quill was smearing something on Filch's body, and some were laughing.

Filch is in a terrible state at the moment, he can only float in the air motionless and let the students do what they do.

If it weren't for the tears in his eyes, Mike and others would almost think he was dead!

Although Filch is indeed a nasty guy, he even helped to abuse him during Umbridge, but at this time, seeing this tragic situation, Harry and the others did not have any feelings of gloating, and Hermione could not even bear it. Covered his mouth.

And those Slytherins also spotted Mike and the others at the first time. They were all taken aback, as if they were surprised to have people from other colleges wandering outside.

Then it was almost instinctive. They started to approach Mike and the others while smiling, but after getting closer, they finally found the Mike standing in the frontmost position.

The smiles on their faces froze in an instant. Mike's terrible name has spread throughout Hogwarts, even in some circles outside the school. They dare not provoke him.

The tradition of Slytherins is to judge the situation. It can be said that every Slytherin is a human being, except for a certain emotional Malfoy, so the few Slytherins who seem to be very senior almost immediately changed direction. Run towards the outside of the auditorium.

It seemed that it was a shame to walk away like this. Before disappearing into the auditorium, one of the Slytherins even quickly pointed his **** at Mike.

Mike was a little speechless, but Harry and Hermione quickly stepped forward, freeing Filch who was hanging upside down.

At this time, everyone saw Filch’s tragic situation clearly, and saw that his face was flushed from excessive congestion, and the clothes on his body were tattered, and even vaguely he could see the inside through the holes in the clothes. Black bruises.

"Why are they doing this? Are they not in the same group as Filch?"

Harry frowned and asked. In his opinion, Filch and Slytherin were a bunch of bad guys, there was no difference.

"The reason is simple." Mike said indifferently, while taking out some fresh from his package and applying it to Filch's wound, "Because Filch is a dumb gun, and they are pure blood. "

As soon as Ron was said to be good, Harry and Hermione's faces were both confused and incomprehensible.

"Because of this?"

Hermione frowned and said.

"That's right."

"This is unreasonable!"

"No, it's easy to understand." Mike said, "Voldemort's theory of pure blood supremacy will further improve the social status of pure blood, making it easier for them to squeeze mixed blood and Muggle wizards. As a vested interest, It is understandable that some pure blood unconditionally support Voldemort. After all, this is good for them. You must know that due to the passage of time, many ancient pure blood families have fallen, and Voldemort’s actions are likely to make They regained their glory!"

Hermione's expression suddenly became complicated. As a schoolmaster, she easily understood Mike's meaning, while Harry on the side was still bewildered.

It's just that Mike doesn't want to explain to them further at this time. Others don't know, but he is very clear.

Those Slytherin who left just now didn't simply flee. With Slytherin's temperament, they are likely to go back and call someone. So after initially applying some medicine to Filch to keep him alive, Mike looked up and said:

"Well, we should go now."

After saying this, Mike waved his lower arm, allowing Filch to float behind him again and began to walk towards Ravenclaw's lounge.

……

In the Ravenclaw lounge, Mike's return eased the originally tense atmosphere in the lounge. Everyone also walked out of the bedroom and gathered in the lounge to look at the Mike in the center.

As the college where Mike belongs, almost everyone in Ravenclaw has a mysterious confidence in Mike This kind of confidence makes them feel that as long as Mike is there, they will not be harmed in any way. , Even if Voldemort kissed him!

In a sense, Mike's prestige in Ravenclaw College has even reached the level of Professor Dumbledore Flevey.

Of course, this is exactly what Mike wanted, and it is the result of his continuous efforts over the past five years.

After arriving in the Ravenclaw lounge, Mike gave Filch, who was still in a state of confusion, to other classmates for treatment, and he himself learned from the classmates about the changes in Hogwarts this morning.

"How do they... how dare they..."

Hermione said it over and over again, her body trembling constantly, obviously she was angry.

Honestly, Mike thinks she really looks like Professor McGonagall now, which is very funny.

But at this time he obviously wouldn't make such a joke.

So Mike coughed and suppressed the corners of his mouth that had been slightly raised, and said with a serious face:

"It looks like it's time for the da army to work again!"

As soon as he said this, Harry and the others all looked dumbfounded, and the faces of the others around them all showed excited smiles.

They are all members of the Mutual Aid Association. They missed the Night of the Ministry of Magic because of Mike's order. Now they finally have a few to prove themselves in front of Mike!