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As Voldemort's most fanatical supporters, the beliefs of those core Death Eaters are absolutely undeniable. People like Bellacritus can persist for more than ten years. How could it be possible to die of "despair" after only one year?
But it was Mrs. Crouch who was left in Azkaban forever, that mother, who used her dying body to successfully exchange for her son's freedom!
This kind of maternal love is great, but if she finds out that the child she gave her life to save has never repented, will she have no regrets or regrets...
After the Crouches returned home, they held a crude funeral and dug an empty grave in which outsiders thought Mrs. Crouch lay.
And Barty Crouch Jr. was restrained from freedom, ordered to put on an invisibility cloak and stay in the corner of the kitchen, and was even given an Imperius Curse by Mr. Crouch, in order to prevent him from sneaking away and looking for His unforgettable master.
No one other than Winky the house-elf has ever seen him since... except Bertha Jorkins.
That clue has now been sorted out by Harry, and the culprit who made Bertha Jorkins so forgetful is really Barty Crouch.
That was when Jorkins was still under Crouch, and she went to report to her immediate superior one day, and it happened that Crouch was not there, so she stayed and waited for a while.
But during this period, she overheard Shining talking to someone in the kitchen, so she relied on her natural gossip ability to guess the matter roughly.
Of course, Bertha Jorkins is really not very smart. After she knew the truth of the matter, instead of leaving immediately, she went to ask Crouch directly after he came back, so she was naturally thrown off by the other party. The Forgetting Curse completely hurt his brain.
And after that incident, Crouch also severely punished his own elf, and at the same time strictly prohibited Winky from talking to Barty Jr., and at the same time canceled Barty Jr.'s few chances to go out and let him go out. imprisoned at home.
But it turns out that no wall in this world is forever impenetrable... Barty Crouch Jr. still ran away.
Shining didn't have the details of Barty's escape in her mind. She only remembered that Mr. Crouch was invited to a very important reception that day, and then his home was invaded.
When Mr. Crouch came home and woke her up, she didn't even know she had been attacked, she thought she was just lazy and fell asleep, but Barty Crouch Jr. and his invisibility cloak were gone disappeared.
She should have had that memory erased by her attacker... well, just like what Harry is doing now.
After discovering that his son was missing, Mr. Crouch quickly began to think about countermeasures, and he finally came to the conclusion that... Barty Crouch Jr. will definitely look for his former master, Voldemort!
So, he decided to take Shining to live in a nursing home.
After all, Crouch's goal was actually to spy on Harry. He believed that Voldemort and his son would definitely come to Harry, so that he might have a chance to find and catch his son again before others.
And... perhaps better protection of the Boy Who Lived, Harry Granger!
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To be honest, Harry was a bit at a loss as to what to say about Barty Crouch.
He may be an obvious egoist, very greedy for power, especially when he is about to take over as Minister of Magic, and the chaos caused by Voldemort has just subsided. At this time, Crouch is so eager for success that he will commit a lot of arbitrary and arbitrary mistake.
For example, sending Sirius to Azkaban without a detailed trial.
Or during the trial, he personally tried Barty Crouch Jr. and said such cold-blooded words as 'you are not my son'.
But if it is said that all these things are for his own power and status, then that is not necessarily the case. After he was transferred to the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department, he has completely lost hope of being promoted, but isn't he still working hard?
When Fudge took full control of the Ministry of Magic with the help of the pure-blood family, Crouch did not form a gang to fight, and secondly, he did not take the initiative to surrender. Instead, he clearly accepted the reality of being out of work after being excluded. This is not a power desire. people will behave.
Furthermore, if you want to say that he is cold-blooded and disregards family affection, it is true that he has not cared much for his son, but at the same time he can promise his wife to help her complete a serious crime.
And in fact, Crouch has a better way to control Barty Jr., such as casting a super powerful Oblivion Charm...just like he did with Bertha Jorkins.
Even Augusta Longbottom did the same to his grandson Neville, but Barty Crouch did not.
It's not because he can't do it or can't think of it, maybe he just doesn't want to hurt his son.
But actually it doesn't matter anymore, after experiencing so many things, Harry has now learned to calmly face all the secrets he has unearthed.
Around him... No, it should be said that the real world is like this, everyone is complicated, and everyone has multiple faces, which can never be summed up in one word.
For example, Lao Deng, he is a great principal, but he is also a person with a strong desire to control; he cares about almost everyone around him, but at the same time he can use them as a weight for justice.
Therefore, it is never possible to fully recognize a person by only making judgments from a single perspective.
It's just that for the vast majority of people, they don't have much time and energy to explore the good and evil of everyone around them. People only care about those parts that are related to their own interests.
So is Harry~
After leaving Crouch's room, he stopped lamenting the impact of his native family on Barty Crouch Jr., but was thinking about how to use the clues he got to deal with this serious problem!
Barty Crouch Jr., that mysterious Death Eater that Harry has always cared about is definitely him, and Harry has always felt that the other party is more terrifying than the current Voldemort with a low IQ!
So... what would be this person's weakness?
And he is so persistent in wanting to kill Bertha Jorkins, is it really just because the other party knows that he is still alive?
Harry couldn't think of the answers to these questions for the time being, but he believed that this guy would definitely not be invulnerable... as long as he could find the key loophole!
After successfully spying on Shining's memory, Harry quietly borrowed Eliezer from the teacher, and rushed to the alchemy laboratory without anyone noticing.
He rearranged the suitcase and secretly sent Norberta to the Forbidden Forest.
After that, he turned back to the nursing home with Eliezer, and met the mermaid escorting the captives in the pond.
"It's not compound decoction? Eliezer, please take them to the teacher's room."
Harry tested it with the potion of discrimination, but found that the two troublemakers did not use any means of transformation, and couldn't help being a little strange for a while.
But he's short on time now, and he doesn't have time to wonder why one of them looks so much like him, while the other... kind of annoyingly looks like Draco Malfoy.
So Harry simply cast another spell on each of them to ensure that they would never wake up by themselves, and let Eliezer take them away.
These two people must not be known to outsiders, so it is best to ask a teacher to take care of them, and if the LeMays are interested, they can also study them in advance, or use a crystal ball to calculate their origins.
...
At the same time, on the side of the Black Lake arena, Hermione, who was walking fast, had already jumped out of the water with Luna and Gabriel, which also aroused bursts of cheers from the scene.
She came first in the two competitions, and both were overwhelmed by big advantages. At least at the student level, Hermione has completely fulfilled the name of 'invincible'.
What, you said there is Harry on top of her?
Yes, there is indeed a Harry on her~
But nowadays, who would still regard Harry as a student?
Accompanying them were more than twenty mermaids. Led by Mercus, they surrounded Hermione like a guard of honor, singing sharp and high-pitched joyous songs.
Hermione took Luna with one hand and Gabriel with the other, and the three walked slowly to the shore. All the judges stood up at the same time, and the principals of the three schools also gave their own applause.
Akinbad, who had been deflated earlier, now had a sneer on his face as expected.
It took Hermione 55 minutes, which happened to be within the time limit, and brought back two hostages at the same time... This kind of powerful performance that would make everyone scream wildly is cheating in Akinbad's opinion best evidence.
Madam Pomfrey rushed over in panic. She wrapped the girls tightly in three thick blankets, and fed them a hot soup to dispel the cold in their bodies.
Furong also rushed over immediately, and hugged her sister.
"Great! Gabriel...you're all right, great!"
She nervously hugged Gabriel back and forth to check. Although Sirius had made a promise before, she was always a little uneasy in her heart, and now she is completely relieved.
"Thank you! Hermione, thank you so much!" She turned to Hermione excitedly, her beautiful face was full of gratitude.
Fleur didn't like Hermione before, maybe it was because the other party was younger than her, or she got close to Harry, who was a bit annoying, but from this moment on, Fleur really liked Hermione. Min became a friend.
"You should thank the mermaids," Hermione turned and pointed to Mercus and the others, a tall mermaid handed Fleur's wand, "It was they who told me about your retirement, so I brought along the Bree..."
Boo!
However, before Hermione finished speaking, the excited Fleur rushed over and kissed her hard on the cheek.
"In short, I just have to thank you very much!" Furong smiled happily with Hermione in her arms, like a blooming flower.
"Can you stop doing this?" Hermione pushed the overexcited mixed-race Veela helplessly and disgusted.
She is really a little uncomfortable with the French enthusiasm of Furong, and she always feels as if there is a mouthful of sticky phlegm on her face~
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After Hermione made a strong comeback as No.1, a while later, Cedric and Krum, who had already seriously timed out, came back one after another.
Cedric's speed is faster, and he is obviously in good condition... He is covered with the same bubble head spell as Qiu Zhang, and he is really good at playing it.
As for Krum, who fell at the end, he looked a bit embarrassed. Not only was a shark head covered with various scratches, but he also had a bruised nose and a swollen face after transforming back into a human form. Obviously, he was caught underwater. Not lightly stepped on.
But in any case, he finally succeeded in rescuing his hostage.
"Very good! Now that all the warriors have returned, everyone is looking forward to what kind of points they can get!"
Sirius, who had been staying in the center of the Black Lake, suddenly shouted excitedly. At the same time, he drove the horse-shaped water monster and plunged into the water after a burst of prance, which once again caused enthusiastic whistles and cheers from the scene.
Of course, he wasn't trying to be handsome in excitement, but someone reminded him in the water... It's time to exchange identities.
So, when 'Harry' came out of the water again, it was really Harry himself.
"Everyone, please be quiet." Dumbledore used a loud curse to attract the attention of the scene, "Then it's time to score a few warriors, first of all Miss Fleur Delacour."
He gestured to the three people beside him, and gave their scores together with them.
20 points, in a game with a total score of 40 points, this is obviously a failure.
But even so, Fu Rong still felt that the price was too high.
"I should have scored 0." She shook her head reproachfully, her voice hoarse.
After her is Viktor Krum, who has a slightly higher score of 26.
In addition to severe overtime, his use of Transfiguration is incomplete, especially his own state is really not good... Many judges believe that if he did not bring back the hostage in the end, he would not even reach the passing level .
Next is Cedric, who scored 30 points, which is already considered a high score. Although he performed perfectly in all aspects, he came back too late after all.
Among them, Dumbledore and Madam Maxim both gave 8 points, and the other two deducted slightly more.
Finally, Hermione arrived, and the audience held their breath at the same time.
No one doubted that Hermione could get the highest score again, they were all curious... Will Hermione get another jaw-dropping full score like in the previous game!
Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, and Dumbledore all gave their scores one after another, all of them were ten points without exception!
This is inevitable in the eyes of all audiences, because Hermione's performance represents perfection.
She broke through Grindylow's block strongly, and at the same time, after learning that Furong had retired, she took the initiative to bring back Gabrielle. This performance was impeccable.
"Is it time for me to make a decision..." Akinbad, who was at the end, secretly exchanged glances with Cornelius Fudge, who was in the VIP seat, before shooting a firework into the sky with his bare hands.
0 points.
hum!
The scene suddenly became noisy, and many people rubbed their eyes in disbelief, but no matter how they searched, there was only a bare 0 in the sky, and there was no 1 beside it...
"Why is it zero?", "Hermione should have a perfect score!", "Such a score is not fair at all!!"
A group of students began to clamor loudly in dissatisfaction, such as Lee Jordan who was in charge of the commentary, the Weasley brothers, and all the little wizards in the Eagle Academy, etc., all denounced Aginbad with righteous indignation.
The principals of the three schools also showed puzzled expressions at the same time.
"Babajid, why is that?"
Dumbledore looked at Aginbad with a gloomy expression. After the previous episode in the classroom, he knew that the other party must be planning something, but he didn't expect that after he gave him a chance to suppress the incident, he would take the initiative again Pick things up!
"Listen to me... Albus, I will give a reasonable explanation!" Facing Dumbledore's obvious anger, Aginbad took two steps back unconsciously, but still pressed his fingers on his neck and launched cursed loudly.
"Of course there is a reason for me to score this way. Although this Miss Hermione Granger has shown extraordinary strength in the competition, this is not a fair duel! Because in this competition Among them, there is shameful cheating!!"
Akinbad's words made the scene once again noisy. Many students looked at Hermione, or shook their heads, or talked a lot, and even some people—such as a group from the Snake Academy, who had already begun to feel complacent at this time Sneered.
But for the principals of the three schools, what Akinbad just mentioned is simply nonsense.
Cheating?
Come on, isn't cheating just part of the Triwizard Tournament tradition?
The difficulty of this kind of competition is definitely not a joke. Nowadays, even if it is cheating, there are still people who fail. If you are strictly guarded against cheating, which little wizard can successfully pass the test?
'No...that's it? '
Besides looking at each other in blank dismay with the other two principals, Karkaroff also complained in his heart alone.
According to the request of a former colleague, he interrupted and picked and rolled, and left a reminder in haste, but in the end he found out... what the other party wanted to catch was just cheating?
It's as if he received a notice that there was a terrible fifth-level fire dragon making trouble, but when he arrived, he found that it was just a salamander... and it was the kind that was dying~
"Cheating is undoubtedly a disgraceful act, and I can fully prove that Hermione Granger did cheat in the second game just now!" Aginbad did not notice the principal of the three schools. continued his poor performance, "Anyway, you have to be honest now, did you take advantage of Harry Granger as the referee to secretly obtain the content of the competition from him, and that's how you got there so quickly Solved the riddle?!"
"So... you mean, Harry is helping me cheat?" Hermione's expression at the moment was somewhat playful, and she didn't expect the other party to really fall for it~