After HP shared the dream, Lao Fu was conquered by me

"Why?" Several people listened attentively.

"Well, it's hard to explain. I don't think you can understand it for now. However, I will try to explain it in a simple way. In short, this is a very complicated matter.

The mysterious man's influence is so widespread that everyone is sure whether the people around them are good or bad. It is almost a mess. Such a situation makes good people show their best virtues and bad people reveal their worst nature.

At first, Crouch's principles were probably sound, I think, and he rose quickly through the Ministry, and he began to take some very strong measures against Voldemort's supporters.

The Aurors were given some new powers, for example, they had the power to kill, not just arrest, and I wasn't the only one who was handed over to the Dementors without trial.

Crouch met violence with violence, he allowed the use of unforgivable curses on suspects, and in my opinion he became as cruel and ruthless as many people in the dark arts.

You know, he also has his own supporters. Many people think that he is right to handle things in this way, and many wizards are clamoring for him to become Minister of Magic.

After Voldemort's disappearance, it seemed only a matter of time before Crouch became the First Lord. However, at this moment, a very unfortunate incident occurred..."

Sirius gave a cruel smile. "Crouch's own son has been captured with a group of Death Eaters who managed to talk their way out of Azkaban. Apparently, they're searching for Voldemort, hoping to bring him back."

"Crouch's son was caught?" Hermione asked in surprise.

Lamia suddenly focused her attention. The rumored little Barty was now in Hogwarts.

"Yeah," said Sirius, throwing the chicken bone aside and sitting down on the ground again. He picked up the bread next to him and tore it in half.

"As you can imagine, this is a real blow to old Batistuta. He should spend more time with his family, right? He should leave work early from time to time... and get to know his son better."

He devoured the bread.

"Is his son a Death Eater?" said Harry.

"I don't know," said Sirius, continuing to stuff his bread into his mouth. "I was in Azkaban when he was imprisoned there, and I only found out about this after I got out.

I'd stake my life on the fact that the boy was captured with Death Eaters, but he might just be in the wrong place at the wrong time, just like the house-elf."

"Did Crouch exonerate his son?" Hermione whispered.

Sirius gave a strange laugh, very much like the bark of a dog.

"Crouch defending his son? Hermione, I thought you knew him well enough! He'd throw aside anything that threatened his reputation. His whole life was devoted to becoming Minister for Magic.

You saw him expel a loyal house-elf because that house-elf associated him with the Dark Mark - can't you see what kind of man he is?

The extent of Crouch's paternal love was shown by having his son put on trial, which, according to various accounts, gave Crouch an excuse to demonstrate how much he hated the boy, and he subsequently sent him to Azkaban."

"He gave his son to the Dementors?" Harry asked quietly.

Lamia suddenly recalled little Barty disguised as Moody. He often cursed, maybe he was cursing his father.

"That's right," said Sirius, and the amusement was no longer on his face, "I saw the Dementors bring him in, and I watched them through the bars of the cell door.

He couldn't have been more than nineteen. They put him in the cell next to mine, and in the evening he screamed for his mother.

But after a few days, he was silent, and eventually they were all silent, except for the occasional scream in their sleep."

For a moment, the depressed look in Sirius's eyes became particularly solemn, as if the shutters behind his eyes had suddenly closed.

"So he's still in Azkaban?" asked Harry.

"Not anymore," Sirius said calmly. "He's not there anymore. He died a year after they brought him in."

"he died?"

"Impossible." Lamia's sudden voice made everyone look at her.

"I mean, why did he die?"

"Haha, he wasn't the only one who died," said Sirius bitterly, "most people there went crazy, and many of them finally went on hunger strike, having lost the will to live.

You can tell when a person is dead because the Dementors can sense it and they get very excited when it happens, and the boy was very sick when he came.

Crouch was an important official of the Ministry of Magic. He and his wife were allowed to visit their dying son. That was the last time I saw Barty Crouch. He half-supported and half-armed his wife as they walked past my cell.

His wife died quickly, apparently. She was consumed by grief, as the boy had been. Crouch never came to claim his son's body, so the Dementors buried him outside the fortress. I watched them do it."

Sirius glanced at Lamia after he finished speaking, then threw the bread he was holding to his mouth aside, grabbed the bottle of pumpkin juice and drank it all in one gulp.

"So, just when poor Crouch thought he had it all, he lost it all." He wiped his lips with the back of his hand and continued, "One moment he was a hero, full of confidence, going to be Minister for Magic, and the next moment his son was dead, his wife was dead, his family's reputation was tarnished, and, as I heard after I escaped, his prestige in the public eye had plummeted.

After the boy died, people began to sympathize more with the son and asked questions: Why would a child from a good family go down such a bad path?

The conclusion was that his father had never cared much for him. Thus, Cornelius Fudge took the top job and Crouch was transferred to the Department of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic.

Then there was a long silence.

Harry thought of the way Crouch's eyes had bulged outward as he looked down at his disobedient house-elf in the woods on the day of the Quidditch World Cup.

No wonder Crouch had such an extreme reaction when Winky was caught under the Dark Mark; it must have reminded him of his son, the scandal in the past, and his own disastrous experience in the Ministry of Magic.

"Moody said Crouch was obsessed with catching dark wizards," Harry told Sirius.

"Yes, I heard it's become a hobby of his," Sirius nodded and said, "My opinion is that he still thinks that if he catches one more Death Eater, he can win back public support."

"He even snuck in here and searched Snape's office!" said Ron smugly, looking at Hermione.