Chapter 686 Voldemort's Suspicion

No one thought that the prophecy would be so fragile. It was smashed to pieces just by falling down a step.

This included Harry, who had always thought that the thing was quite sturdy, otherwise he would not have put it in his pocket.

He sat on the ground, staring blankly at the place where the prophecy was broken.

A milky white figure with eyes that seemed to be magnified many times rose into the air.

Harry always felt that it looked familiar. Why did that pair of iconic bulging eyes look so much like Professor Trelawney of the Divination Class... If she added a pair of glasses, they would be almost exactly the same.

Then, the figure spoke, making a murmur-like voice,

"At the moment of deciding the outcome, there will be a new..."

The figure's voice was too soft, and Harry only heard this, and the rest of the words were drowned out by the collisions, shouts and screams around him.

At the same time, he was dragged to another place by someone.

"Get out of the way..." Harry heard Sirius's anxious voice.

Soon he knew why.

Two consecutive spells of different colors fell on the place where he was sitting before. If Sirius hadn't pulled him away in time, he might have been finished.

"Thank you." Harry stood up quickly.

"Don't be in a daze." Sirius stared at Bellatrix in the distance with a serious face, and reminded him without turning his head.

Bellatrix also saw the scene of the crystal ball being broken.

"No!" She screamed, casting spells on Harry like crazy.

Voldemort asked to bring the crystal ball back intact, but now everything was messed up, which made Bellatrix unacceptable. She just wanted to kill Harry now... Maybe this would make up for it.

Bellatrix, who was casting spells frantically, didn't notice that a ball of dragon flame had appeared above her head.

A Death Eater next to her quickly pulled her and dragged her to the nearest door without saying anything, and fled the room.

Before the door was closed, everyone could still hear Bellatrix's heart-wrenching roar, "I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him... Master, I've tried my best, don't punish me!"

And their escape also caused a series of chain reactions.

The Death Eaters instantly lost the courage to continue fighting, and they all fled in a hurry. Those who were strong or lucky all fled the room at the first time, and the rest were blocked by Sirius and Lupin who reacted.

...

"Haha, I'm so lucky, I got the jackpot."

Sirius came over with a Death Eater.

It was Antonin Dolohov who tortured Moody just now. This was really a jackpot.

Sirius seemed to have used a full-body binding spell. He was now stiff and staring at everyone fiercely.

But no one present cared.

"I think we should keep him and let Alastor deal with him when he wakes up." Lupin said.

He also held a tall Death Eater in his hand.

"It's McNeill," Kingsley said. "He's from the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. I should have expected that he would join the Death Eaters."

At this point, the battle was basically over.

After realizing that they could no longer escape, the remaining Death Eaters almost scrambled to throw away their wands and surrender.

Two minutes later, Fluffy staggered back to Kyle and fell to the ground with a plop, shaking off a large amount of dust and gravel.

Although the three-headed dog could ignore most spells, it couldn't stand it if multiple wizards cast spells at the same time.

Just now, there were more than a dozen Death Eaters here, and Mr. Weasley and Lupin couldn't keep an eye on so many people.

Fluffy's body was covered with burnt marks, and there was a long and narrow wound on the leftmost head, and the blood dripped onto the ground.

"Thank you for your hard work, Fluffy." Kyle touched its chin, and the other two heads immediately came over when they saw this. The three heads refused to give in and almost fought.

Norbert also fell back to the ground. Probably because he could fly and had long-range attack capabilities, his situation was better than Fluffy's, and he seemed to be a little bit unsatisfied.

"It's amazing..." Lupin looked up and couldn't help saying, "I never thought that I would see a three-headed dog and a dragon in the Ministry of Magic.

"And what I can't understand even more is that they are so... docile. "

Subconsciously, Lupin wanted to smooth the charred fur on the three-headed dog, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, a huge head turned around and roared at him.

Lupin immediately retracted his hand in embarrassment. He decided to take back what he had just said. This big guy is not docile at all... at least not to people other than Kyle.

Others also gathered around.

Harry found the cat in the crowd, walked over and bowed sincerely: "Thank you..."

The first time Bellatrix used the killing curse on him, it was the cat that kicked him and he dodged it... Harry was so familiar with that touch.

The cat nodded gently, as a response.

Then Harry turned his head to look at the three-headed dog and the dragon. He always felt that this combination was a bit familiar.

"This... Could it be Fluffy raised by Hagrid?" Harry asked tentatively.

The three-headed dog is not a common magical animal. So far, he has only seen it once in the first grade.

That was Hagrid's, and later the headmaster used it to guard the Philosopher's Stone... But in his impression, the three-headed dog was much smaller than the one in front of him.

"Yes, it's Fluffy." Kyle said, "Just in case, I just went to the Forbidden Forest to borrow it some time ago."

Kyle patted Fluffy's chin again, and then opened the box.

"Okay, go back, I'll prepare a big meal for you tomorrow."

Fluffy immediately began to drool, and Norbert next to him glanced at him with disdain and got back into the box first.

It's too narrow here, it's uncomfortable to stay here, or it's more spacious in the box.

Kingsley stared at Kyle's box without blinking, and after the two big guys went in, he suddenly asked: "What is your relationship with Mr. Newt Scamander."

"He is my enlightenment teacher in magical animals." Kyle said.

"Are you on good terms?" Kingsley asked.

"Yeah, not bad." Kyle nodded.

Kingsley smacked his lips. No wonder he always felt that this box was strangely familiar. It seemed that there would be one more person on the list of Aurors' focus in the future.

It was not that he did not trust Kyle. Even Dumbledore believed in him unconditionally, so he was no exception.

But the problem was that this matter had nothing to do with trust... Let's put it this way, even if it was Dumbledore himself, the Aurors would not let him run around with a dragon.

Not to mention that there were more than just dragons in Kyle's box. Whether it was a cat-leopard or a three-headed dog, they were all extremely dangerous 5X-level magical animals. Any one of them running out could cause great panic.

He was already betting his future career on helping to conceal it now.

"Oh, don't get me wrong." Kyle cleared his throat and said, "I borrowed these. The three-headed dog came from the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, and the cat-leopard belonged to Newt. I will return them when the time comes."

"Oh..." Kingsley responded expressionlessly.

"Okay, let's get out of here." Mr. Weasley said, looking around, "Where are the injured people?"

"They're here too." Kyle patted the box, "Don't worry, it's safe."

Everyone turned their heads together and showed a complicated expression.

Mr. Weasley's mouth moved, and he believed Kyle's words.

To some extent, the box is indeed very safe...if you can accept being neighbors with the dragon and the three-headed dog.

"What about these Death Eaters?" Kyle asked, "Why don't you put them in the box too? It's easier this way."

"Uh, no need, leave it to me." Kingsley said hurriedly.

Seemingly worried that these Death Eaters would eventually become snacks, he quickly conjured up a long rope and tied all the Death Eaters whose wands were confiscated together.

Then he waved his wand again and easily dragged the Death Eaters forward.

Kyle didn't say anything when he saw this.

Several people came to the nearest door. Sirius and Lupin walked in front with wands and pushed the door open carefully.

Fortunately, the Death Eaters who escaped before were not waiting outside.

However, everyone did not take it lightly. Sirius and Lupin still walked in front to explore the way, and Kyle also asked Cat Panther to go with them.

After several people walked for a while, Mr. Weasley couldn't help asking: "Kyle, shouldn't you still be in Hogwarts? How come you are here?"

"Oh, Fred and George noticed that Harry was skipping school on the Thestrals. They told me, and I went to find Professor Dumbledore... He brought me here."

"We were discovered?" Harry asked in surprise.

"Is there any problem with this? Most people just can't see the Thestrals, not the people riding on them?"

Kyle said, "And if you are willing to wait a little longer, Dumbledore will go and tell you that Sirius is safe."

Harry lowered his head in shame.

Sirius, who was walking in front, seemed to want to say something, but before he could open his mouth, he was stopped by Lupin, who shook his head and motioned Sirius not to say anything.

Harry was indeed too impulsive this time.

He rushed into the Ministry of Magic without any preparation, which put everyone in a passive position and forced them to jump into the trap of the Death Eaters.

Fortunately, Kyle arrived in time and everyone was safe.

But if Kyle hadn't come... More than 20 Death Eaters were not something they could deal with. At that time, it was only a matter of time before they were completely wiped out.

Lupin was scared when he thought about it now.

So this kind of thing must never happen again.

"I'm sorry." Harry lowered his head and said sincerely: "I will never do this next time."

"You'd better remember what I said today." Lupin said without turning his head.

"Okay, Remus." Seeing that the situation was a bit awkward, Mr. Weasley came out to smooth things over in time and said, "After all, Sirius is Harry's only relative, and it is also the family affection he has longed for for more than ten years... This is a trap carefully prepared for him by the cunning You-Know-Who.

"You-Know-Who's tricks are hard to guard against. Sometimes even we will be fooled, let alone the inexperienced Harry."

Lupin sighed.

That's the truth, but some things still have to be said.

"Oh, right." Mr. Weasley changed the subject but: "Kyle, you just said that Dumbledore brought you here?"

"Well, Phoenix took us from Hogwarts directly to the Ministry of Magic." Kyle said.

"Merlin, what was Dumbledore thinking about bringing students to such a dangerous place..." At this point, Mr. Weasley paused and subconsciously glanced at the box in Kyle's hand.

Well, strictly speaking, Kyle should be much more dangerous than the Death Eaters now.

He didn't dwell on the issue anymore and asked instead: "What about Dumbledore? Why didn't he come with you just now?"

"Yes..." At this time, Sirius, who was walking at the front, couldn't help but complain: "If he had been there just now, Bellatrix would never have been able to escape. That crazy woman is too dangerous."

Mr. Weasley nodded too.

If Dumbledore was here, he would be able to reveal Malfoy's true identity himself... He had seen it just now. The platinum-blond hair that could not be covered by the mask or hood, it was obvious that the other person was Malfoy.

"Well," Kyle said calmly, "Professor Dumbledore should still be fighting Voldemort outside the Department of Mysteries right now."

In unison, everyone stopped.

"What did you say?" Sirius almost screamed: "The mysterious man is also in the Ministry of Magic?"

"Yes, I happened to bump into him when I came here." Kyle said, "Professor Dumbledore and Voldemort, us and the Death Eaters, it's fair, right?"

Harry felt even more guilty, but no one paid attention to him at this time. No one said anything, and they continued to move forward after a while.

Only this time, everyone's faces were much more serious.

The return trip went smoothly, and they did not encounter any Death Eaters blocking their way. It seemed that they had run away and did not choose to stay in the Department of Mysteries.

Lupine had a good memory and quickly led everyone back to the black rotunda at the outermost part. As long as they left here, they would reach the corridor leading to the elevator.

But Lupine and Sirius stopped at the same time.

If it is true as Kyle said, outside this room is the battlefield between Dumbledore and Voldemort, is it really okay for them to go out now? Will it distract Dumbledore...

But before they could think any more, a door on the right suddenly opened, and the corridor leading to the elevator appeared.

Everyone was startled, but soon they found that the corridor was empty, neither Dumbledore nor Voldemort was missing.

Sirius, Lupine and Kingsley walked out cautiously and suddenly gasped.

This corridor seemed to have been bombarded countless times with blasting spells. The walls on both sides were almost shattered, the ground was covered with fallen stones, and there was a big hole in the ceiling.

This time, they completely believed Kyle's words.

Fortunately, the lift was not damaged and Mr. Weasley stepped forward to give it a try.

"It can still be used." He turned around and said, being the first to walk in.

Then, Harry, Kyle, Sirius, and Lupine also entered the elevator.

Kingsley decided to stay here. These captured Death Eaters needed to be supervised, or it would be safer here.

The adults unanimously decided to send Kyle and Harry out of the Ministry of Magic as soon as possible. Sirius hit the button in the main hall hard, "Hurry up, damn, can this thing be faster!"

The elevator rattled upwards and stopped at the main hall amid Sirius' urging.

But when they came out, they saw Dumbledore and Voldemort confronting each other at first sight.

"Oh, no!" Sirius said angrily: "Why are they here? If I had known, I should have let them stay in the Department of Mysteries with Kingsley."

Kyle looked over from behind Lupin.

At this time, the battle seemed to have entered the intermission period.

Dumbledore and Voldemort stood on their own sides. The originally magnificent main hall was also damaged and became a mess. Even the statue on the magic fountain in the middle was smashed.

Not far from them lay half of the centaur statue, and further away was a pointed ear and the head of the wizard.

The Death Eaters who had escaped before were now kneeling in front of Voldemort.

"Bella, you messed up again, didn't you?" Voldemort stared at Dumbledore with his cold red eyes, "After months of preparation...my Death Eaters have once again let me down. …”

"Master, I'm sorry, I didn't know..." Bellatrix cried, slowly crawling to Voldemort's feet, "Please, don't punish me..."

"Stop talking, Bella." Voldemort still didn't take his eyes off Dumbledore, "This is the third time you've let me down, and you know what? Someone came back earlier than you.

"Although he is cowardly, he brought me some interesting news... You seem to be deliberately attacking Harry Potter who is holding the Prophecy Ball.

"And the one named Kyle is very affectionate to you... Even the three beasts deliberately didn't attack you."

"No, that's not the case!" Bellatrix roared, with a look of horror on her face, "Master, you know that I am your most loyal slave, past and present."

"I used to believe this too, but now, what you have done makes me have to doubt..."

Voldemort's voice was so frightening that Bellatrix was so frightened that she fell to the ground, trembling uncontrollably.

"No, Master, I don't..."

While they were talking, Dumbledore watched quietly from the side without any intention of interrupting them.

Almost everyone in the magic world knows that Bellatrix is ​​the craziest Death Eater. Now she is suspected by Voldemort. This is really interesting.

And I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Dumbledore always feels that this scene is familiar... until he heard Kyle’s name, and then he suddenly realized it.

Kyle, it’s okay.

But he couldn’t figure it out. This alienation plan was too obvious. Even if Voldemort was suspicious by nature, he shouldn’t believe it so quickly.

Or are they acting for themselves?