Days wandering around Hogwarts

Chapter 358 Undercover
"Why are you doing this?"

"I see you're so tired."

Dumbledore froze, not even noticing that the quill in his hand had fallen onto the table.

He had imagined that Grindelwald helping Black was part of a conspiracy, and perhaps Grindelwald really owed the Black family a favor in the past, but he had never thought that this would be the reason.

In the island villa, Grindelwald stood by the window, quietly watching the snowflakes falling outside.

On the desk behind him, the third line of words on the parchment did not appear for a long time.

Grindelwald waited for a while, then went back to his desk and wrote, "I promised Black that I would help him find a wife. Do you have any good candidates?"

After he finished writing, he put the parchment aside, took a stack of parchment on the desk, and continued writing.

At the same time, hidden somewhere in Malfoy Manor, the Death Eaters were having dinner.

Narcissa Malfoy looked very unhappy. She missed her son. She didn't know how Draco spent Christmas this year and whether he received a Christmas present. It was a special favor from the Dark Lord that she gave the present to her son.

Lucius Malfoy's face became even gloomier. It was for no other reason than that these people ate their own food, drank their own water, wore their own clothes, and he was the one who brought them back from Azkaban, yet he didn't hear a single good word from them.

At this time, August Rookwood, who was sitting opposite Lucius, raised his glass to him, which made Lucius look a little better.

August Rookwood was once a Silent Man of the Ministry of Magic. Silent Men never talk about their work, and he didn't talk much either. If he hadn't been betrayed, no one would have known that he was an undercover agent who passed on intelligence from the Ministry of Magic to Voldemort.

At the end of dinner, he said to Narcissa, "Thank you, Madam Malfoy, for the wonderful dinner."

Narcissa smiled a little and replied, "I'm glad you enjoyed your meal."

After she finished speaking, she looked at everyone else. Everyone, including her sister Bellatrix Lestrange, was picking their teeth and chatting. No one showed any gratitude, let alone helped to clear the table.

In comparison, Narcissa's cousin was much more sensible. When the party at the Hog's Head Inn was over, Black helped Aberforth clear the cups and plates on the table.

Harry and his friends were going back to Hogwarts Castle, with Black and Harry following behind.

Harry was very curious about this godfather who suddenly appeared. They talked a lot tonight and got to know each other a little better.

When they reached the back door of the castle, Black whispered, "Harry, I need your help with something."

Harry said immediately, "No problem, what is it?"

Black said seriously, "I remember that Sybill Trelawney lives in the castle. When you see her, can you help me ask if she is free? I want to invite her to the Dancing Grass Restaurant for dinner. It's on the third floor."

He still remembered that day in the box of the Dancing Grass Restaurant, Otto Spinola told him before leaving that Trelawney knew information about the murder of the Potters, so he wanted to find out.

Harry agreed without thinking too much.

But Lupin next to him suddenly turned his head with a weird smile on his face.

He tried desperately to recall in his mind whether Black and Trelawney had any intersection in the past, and whether Black had mentioned Trelawney again.

However, nothing was gained. It was as if the two people were living in two different worlds, at least on the surface.

But when Harry's father and mother started dating, there was no sign at all. It is very easy to keep such things secret, and there are many examples.

So Lupin no longer reminisced about the past, what would happen in the future was more important.

He pretended to ask casually: "Are you familiar with Professor Trelawney?"

Blake shook his head and said, "Not really. I just have some questions I want to ask her."

"I see." Lupin continued, "I saw that the first thing you did after regaining your freedom was to look for her. I thought you two were very familiar with each other."

Harry didn't understand what Lupin meant, but asked Black, "Do you want Professor Trelawney to do a divination for you?" In Harry's eyes, whether it was Jack or Vernon, when they asked someone for help, they always started with a meal, so Black invited Professor Trelawney to dinner to ask her to do some divination for him.

Black realized that Lupin had something else in mind and immediately said, "Yes, yes, I went to her to ask her something about divination."

Hermione listened and whispered, "I think she is..."

Before she finished speaking, she saw Lupin signaling her with his eyes not to say anything more, so she shut up obediently.

After Harry and the others walked across the bridge back to the castle, Blake pulled Lupin and said, "Come on, go to my house and tell me about your treatment."

While Harry received the mission, Voldemort gave missions to the Death Eaters.

Just as Narcissa finished clearing the table, Voldemort appeared at the end of the long table, looking at his men expressionlessly.

The Death Eaters were very excited, they finally got to meet the Dark Lord.

Voldemort looked at Bellatrix and asked softly, "Bella, how do you feel now?"

Bellatrix immediately said excitedly: "Master, I am fine now, I can serve you at any time!"

Voldemort nodded with satisfaction and then questioned all the Death Eaters.

August Rookwood, who was closest to him, was the last one to ask. After Rookwood said he had no problem, Voldemort said, "August, I have an important task for you. This task is very dangerous and may lead to you being arrested by the Aurors again."

Rookwood said expressionlessly, "Please give your orders."

His expression remained like this, and Voldemort and the other Death Eaters did not find him rude.

Voldemort said, "Go to Farbottom Castle, where Charles Smith has opened a company. Go and see him."

"Tell him that you were wronged."

Rookwood asked, "Master, will Smith believe it?"

Voldemort said: "He certainly doesn't believe it, but that's not important. What's important is how he will react, whether to keep you or call the Aurors."

Rookwood said, “I see.”

Voldemort continued: "If he keeps you here, you don't have to do anything extra. Just do whatever he tells you to do."

"There is only one thing you need to do. Find out what his company does and don't do anything unnecessary before I personally give the order."

Rookwood said he understood.

The other Death Eaters looked at him enviously. As soon as he came out, he was entrusted with an important task by the Dark Lord. If this wasn't his confidant, who else could be?
Voldemort looked at the other Death Eaters and said, "The Ministry of Magic will do its utmost to hunt you down in the coming period. I will assign you a mission outside of the UK."

Half an hour later, the Death Eaters who had just been released from Azkaban set out on a journey to find the Church of Necessary Evil and 103,000 magic books.

Rookwood Apparated and used the Portkey again, and after a trip around Europe he returned to the island villa.

Grindelwald just went downstairs to make coffee. When he saw the person coming, he said, "Are you back for a free meal?"

Jack changed back to his original form, shook his head and said, "Narcissa's cooking is so disgusting that I almost feel sorry for Voldemort."

He picked up a teacup and put a trace of memory into it.

Grindelwald boiled the water, took the cup of memory and went to the basement outside the house, where the real August Rookwood lay.

The memory of the escape from Azkaban entered Rookwood's head under Grindelwald's control, and when he woke up, he would feel that he had escaped directly from Azkaban.

(End of this chapter)