Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

Seeing Krum say this, Dumbledore was very surprised.

His eyes flicked back and forth between Krum and Mike's faces, as if trying to see through their lies.

Being stared at by a Legilimency spell master really made Mike feel a lot of pressure, and he unconsciously started the brain blockade.

However, Dumbledore didn't seem to intend to use Legilimency on the two of their students. After looking at them, Dumbledore smiled and said:

"I'm very glad that you can make friends at Hogwarts. This is exactly my original intention of resuming the Triwizard Tournament. Then Mike, you can stay with Krum. Also, I am sorry that Hagrid offended you just now Principal, he didn't mean it, he was just a little reckless."

Hearing this, Krum nodded with a blank expression.

While Mike breathed a sigh of relief, he also took a deep look at Krum.

Judging from Krum's attitude when Karkaroff was beaten by Hagrid just now, the relationship between him and Karkaroff is not as good as others think.

Krum, at least, doesn't have much respect for Karkaroff.

This is not surprising. First of all, Karkarov's identity as a coward and a traitor is basically known to everyone. Such a person is really not respectable.

Secondly, Karkaroff and Krum's three views are not in harmony.

Although Krum is a pure blood, he doesn't have any idea of ​​the supremacy of pure blood, otherwise he wouldn't like Hermione either.

But Karkaroff is different. Although he has got rid of his identity as a Death Eater now, he is still a pure-blood in his bones, and he is still the most stubborn kind.

Mike couldn't believe that the relationship between these two people could be better.

Perhaps the reason why Karkaroff is so kind to Krum is simply because Krum's status as a Quidditch star can make him popular.

While Dumbledore was talking to Mike and others, Karkaroff at the foot of the wall stood up when he saw Hagrid leave the ward.

"Dumbledore! That damned half-giant! You have to fire him, he dared to attack the headmaster of a magic school!"

"I'm sorry, Hagrid is indeed too impulsive, but I don't think it's necessary to fire him yet."

"What did you say? You have to expel him. Didn't you see when he attacked me just now? I swear, he must have violent tendencies! It is irresponsible for students to let such a person stay in Hogwarts !" Karkaroff roared with a blushing face, "If you don't fire him, I'll go to the Ministry of Magic to complain and let them put that damned half-giant in Azkaban!"

Hearing this, the corner of Mike's mouth curled into a sarcastic smile.

Karkaroff said earlier that the Ministry of Magic is full of all kinds of corruption and shady scenes. Now he has to rely on the Ministry of Magic to defend his rights?

Since you think law enforcement and the government are a bunch of scumbags, why don't you take care of this yourself?

Mike thought so, and the sarcasm on his face became stronger.

Facing Karkaroff's nonsense, Dumbledore was also quite speechless. He frowned tightly and said impatiently:

"Perhaps you should talk to Hagrid face to face about this matter. Well, I'll call Hagrid here now. He should be very interested in talking to you about this matter."

"No! Don't call him here! I don't want to see that guy again in my life!"

Now Mike laughed directly, Karkaroff's current appearance is really funny.

Dumbledore also shook his head, and turned his head to continue asking about Krum's situation at that time, but at this moment, there was a shrill cry from the corridor outside the ward.

"No! Mr. Crouch is dead!"

It was Bagman's voice, and everyone in the ward changed their faces drastically upon hearing that, even Karkaroff was no exception.

The referee and player of the Triwizard Tournament died after a fight. Even though Karkaroff's brain was not very clever, he realized the seriousness of this matter.

Not to mention that Crouch has another identity besides the referee of the semi-finals,

That is a powerful official of the Ministry of Magic. The sudden death of such a person will shake the entire Ministry of Magic of the country.

"Victor! Are you sure he attacked you first?"

Facing Karkaroff's anxious inquiry, Krum replied without thinking:

"Of course, I used a piece of armor for the whole process!"

"Can you guarantee it?"

"I could swear on my wand!"

"Huh! Then it's all right!" Kakalo breathed a sigh of relief, "That guy is entirely to blame, don't worry Victor, I will take care of everything!"

After Karkaroff finished speaking, he planned to continue talking with Dumbledore about it, but when he turned his head, he found that Mike and Dumbledore had already left the ward.

The special ward not far away was already full of people at the moment, everyone gathered around a white hospital bed, and Crouch was lying on the bed.

Crouch looked really bad at the moment, he looked like he had been wandering outside for many days, the knees of his robe were torn, bloodstained, his face was covered with scars, his beard was unshaven, and his complexion was gray.

Mrs. Pomfleur has not given up on Crouch's rescue. She led several students to use all kinds of spells and weird potions on Crouch. Not far away, Dempsey Lido and the others watched all this nervously.

"Hopeless."

After the sweaty Mrs. Pomfleur uttered these three words, Dumbledore's brows furrowed even tighter, and his eyes narrowed, looking extraordinarily terrifying.

The eyes of Bagman beside him were shining, and a joyful smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

This look of joy was quickly suppressed by him, and he put on an exaggerated expression of grief.

Although it was only for a short moment, Mike saw all this scene.

"Ludo, what's going on here?"

"Woo, I don't know. Not long after I came in, Mr. Crouch started talking nonsense." Bagman cried, "Then he suddenly yelled, and he couldn't breathe! Oh ! My poor fellow! How did you go there?"

Dumbledore looked at Madam Pomfleur with questioning eyes, and the other party nodded, proving that Bagman did not speak.

"What is he yelling about?"

"Mr. Crouch kept saying that he wanted to see you, and that he was sorry for you, for a man named Bertha and his son. In the end he said...and said...the mysterious man is coming back!" A short girl Clutching his chest, he said in shock, "He must be talking nonsense, principal? Didn't the mysterious man die a long time ago?"

"You don't have to be afraid, my dear." Dumbledore comforted, "I will protect you even if he comes back."

Dumbledore's consolation obviously didn't have the desired effect. The girl just nodded when she heard the words, then lowered her head and said nothing, her face still had a look of fear.

Dumbledore sighed secretly when he saw this. The damage Voldemort caused to the wizarding world in the country was so great that even after more than ten years, people still fear him deeply.

At this time, Mike next to him was thinking about another thing.

In the original book, Mr. Crouch also had an accident, but what is different from now is that Mr. Crouch did not lose, but went crazy.

And it was his dutiful son, Barty Crouch Jr., who drove Mr. Crouch mad.

Mr. Crouch may have discovered the identity of Barty Jr. as an undercover agent, or it was just that Barty Jr. couldn't bear the hatred for his old father, so Barty Jr. arrested Crouch and tortured him severely a meal.

But Mr. Crouch escaped in the end, and traveled to Hogwarts to report.

Mike has reasons to believe that what happened to Mr. Crouch this time is still done by Barty Jr., but this time Barty Jr. is not pretending to be Moody. Mike has been looking for Mr. Barty for a long time. Batty, and judging from Ludo Bagman's smile just now, there is a high probability that Ludo Bagman is Batty Jr. pretending to be.

Thinking of this, Mike's eyes became extremely sharp. He looked at Dumbledore and said in a loud voice:

"Professor Dumbledore, I don't think Mr. Crouch's death was an accident, and the person who killed him was Ludo Bagman!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the ward showed surprise expressions, and Bagman even yelled.

"It's not me! Don't frame good people?"

Bagman wanted to say something more, but Dumbledore stopped him with a wave of his hand.

"Why do you think that?" said Dumbledore.

"Just now, when Mrs. Pamphler announced the death of Mr. Crouch, I found Mr. Bagman smiling!" Mike said firmly, "And Mr. Bagman entered Mr. Crouch's room with his front foot, and Mr. Crouch with his back foot. Mr. Qi started to go crazy, and finally died directly. Don't you think such a coincidence is strange?"

Hearing that the eyes of everyone in the ward looking at Bagman changed, the little girls standing beside Bagman screamed and ran away from Bagman.

Bagman stood at a loss in a large space that was suddenly vacated, opened his mouth to explain something, but couldn't say anything.

"Is that so, Bagman?"

Dumbledore squinted his eyes and stepped forward. It could be seen from his changed address that he was really angry at the moment.

"I definitely didn't laugh! I don't know anything about Mr. Crouch's death! It must be Townley who is slandering..."

"You are lying!"

Bagman was interrupted by Mike directly in the middle of his words.

"Principal Dumbledore, I know you are a master of Legilimency. I can let you check my memory. I did see a smile on Bagman's face just now!"

Now the eyes of the people around them all changed when they looked at Mike, and those who didn't really believe what Mike said in their hearts now fully believe it.

You must know that no one wants to be flipped through their memories at will. Since Mike can say such a thing, it is impossible for him to be lying for so long.

"You don't need to prove yourself with such behavior, Mike, I believe you."

Dumbledore finished speaking to Mike with a kind face, then turned his head and put on a serious expression and said to Bagman:

"Tell me, Bagman, what's the matter?"

Bagman looked around, and there were suspicious eyes all around him. Seeing this, Bagman's face suddenly became gloomy. After a while, he talked, and said helplessly:

"Well, I admit that I did laugh just now, but Mr. Crouch was definitely not killed by me!"

"Then why are you laughing?"

Faced with Dumbledore's questioning, Bagman hesitated to speak, and finally said:

"Because I owed him a lot of money. It was at the Quidditch World Cup. I played a unique game on the bank, but at that time Krum actually pulled the cross and lost the game, which caused me to owe him a lot of money. A lot of money, and Crouch is one of my creditors.

You can ask the Weasley brothers about this matter, they are also my creditors.

He bet a lot at that time, and I couldn't get his bonus at all. During that time, I kept avoiding their creditors, but in the end I was found by them. Fortunately, we finally negotiated to let me pay in installments, otherwise you may not see me now.

But now that Crouch is dead, his wife and children are already dead, and there is no one in the family, so naturally I don't have to pay back the money I owe him.

Tell me, can I not laugh when encountering such a thing? "

The people around nodded in unison. They were indeed very happy to encounter such a thing, but they looked at Bagman with even more disdain.

Because a villain who gloats like Bagman is just as bad.

Mike frowned. He was almost certain that Bagman was Barty Crouch Jr., but now Bagman gave reasonable reasons, which made him doubt his guess again. .

"Can you trust me now, Dumbledore?"

"I'm sorry, Bagman." Dumbledore said blankly, "The authenticity of what you said has yet to be verified, and it can't explain why Crouch died as soon as you entered the ward. So I Now your freedom must be temporarily restricted, please cooperate with me and the Ministry of Magic to investigate."

Bagman's face changed back and forth from black to blue, but in the end he still lowered his head and said:

"Alright then! You have the final say!"

Dumbledore nodded, turned around and said to the rest of the ward:

"Everyone leave, I have notified the Ministry of Magic to deal with this matter, presumably they will come here soon, so you don't have to worry too much. Mike, you can go first. Of course, if you want to see If you look at Krum, you can go and spend more time with him."

Mike didn't have time to accompany Krum, he agreed and left with the group without looking back.

And just as Mike walked into the auditorium, a large group of Aurors in uniform came from the foyer.

The students in the auditorium who didn't know what happened all stared at the Aurors curiously, but the Aurors ignored them and went straight to the infirmary.

The neglected classmates, you look at me, I look at you, everyone's eyes are full of curiosity.