The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 376 The Weak Can Be Bullied

Go and find out what my family does! Tell me the truth. I am a gangster, who can I tell to?

Ada's temper erupted like a volcano. Before she finished speaking, the flames suddenly shot up and began to spread rapidly. Some of the flames flew into the air and rushed directly to the wizards who had fallen unconscious, as if they wanted to burn them to death.

Everyone in the Ministry of Magic waved their wands to stop the flames from invading. A few skilled people quickly Disapparated and took their unconscious colleague away from the encirclement of the flames.

"Calm down, please calm down!" Many officials of the Ministry of Magic shouted loudly, hoping that Ada could stop the fire. Some of these officials seemed to know Ada, and they also shouted loudly: "Ms. Drizzt, stop it!"

The originally red flame gradually turned blue, and no grass grew where the flame passed. The Ministry of Magic could only retreat again and again, waving their wands and shouting to calm down.

"That's the explanation you want, Mr. Barty Crouch." Ada said softly, "Are you satisfied?"

Her voice was not loud, but it was extremely penetrating, drowning out the voices of everyone present, and penetrating into the hearts of everyone present like the whisper of a devil.

The flame gradually turned blue and seemed fierce, but in fact it was only driving away the people in the Ministry of Magic. It did not choose to kill indiscriminately, otherwise, countless people would have died by now.

Of course, if you run really too slowly, that’s a different story.

Grindelwald was right. Killing is the last resort. Reading books to gain knowledge is to enable you to talk to others calmly. Studying magic is to enable others to listen to you calmly.

Look at this moment, these people are begging Ada to calm down and want to listen to what Ada has to say, unlike just now when she argued with reason but no one listened and no one believed her. Using force to suppress them but not harming their lives shows her kindness. In a way, Ada has succeeded.

When gods fight, mortals suffer. Most of the Ministry of Magic staff present did not think that the Dark Mark was created by Harry Potter, and after hearing Hermione's words, they all looked in the direction of Hermione's finger.

If it weren't for Barty Crouch's inexplicable stubbornness, the matter would have been resolved by now. You attacked Harry Potter, and Dumbledore didn't come to the Ministry of Magic to ask for an explanation, so you should be happy. Why did you ask for an explanation from him? You have stirred up a hornet's nest!
Most of the Ministry of Magic staff were blaming Barty Crouch in their hearts at this moment. If they hadn't noticed that Drizzt on the opposite side was not very murderous, the people on the field would have run away by now, and there would be no need for them to be buried with Barty Crouch.

Mr. Weasley stood in front of Ada and advised: "Calm down and stop the fire. Ada, what you are doing now will not solve any problems!"

"I don't intend to solve the problem, I just want to solve the person who raised the problem." Ada said in a deep voice, "Mr. Weasley, you still don't understand. Last year, the Dementors attacked Harry Potter, and this year it is the turn of the officials of the Ministry of Magic to attack and frame Harry Potter. What are they going to do next?"

A hat was thrown down directly. Ada's comparison of Dementors and Ministry of Magic employees was an accusation. No matter what the truth of these two incidents was, Ada's hat was thrown down and the Ministry of Magic could not take it off.

Once this gets out, the Ministry of Magic will be filled with rotten eggs and vegetable leaves!
The Ministry of Magic staff on the field cried out in their hearts that they were wronged, how could they be linked to the Dementors. Besides, we really didn't intend to attack Harry Potter, it was an accidental injury, and we didn't intend to frame him, what was going on!
Following the principle of whoever caused the trouble should solve it, the staff looked at Barty Crouch. Crouch's hair was no longer neat and tidy, and it was a little burnt, and blue flames kept rushing towards him.

Even under Mr. Weasley's persuasion, Ada's flames had slowed down their pace of invasion. There was no more flame in front of others, but the flames around Barty Crouch were still continuous.

"Ada, don't be angry. Our top priority is to solve the problem." Mr. Weasley continued, "to find the person who cast the Dark Mark."

That being said, everyone present knew that this person could not be found. Barty Crouch had wasted too much time by harassing Harry and the other two. If he was not a fool, he would have disappeared by now.

Lupin also persuaded Ada to put away her magic first. If the Ministry of Magic still maintained this attitude, it would not be too late to set fire later.

The flame gradually grew weaker and returned to Ada's side, crawling at her feet, extremely docile, completely different from the one that had just chased everyone in the Ministry of Magic into a panic.

The staff of the Ministry of Magic finally put down their worries. It is better to be alive and get paid than to get a pension. As for whether the Ministry of Magic will cause trouble for this little witch named Drizzt, whoever wants to go can go, but I won't go!

What's more, even if he really died here today, it is hard to say whether he could receive the pension. In the end, it would definitely be a dispute between the top leaders of Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic, and it's possible that this group of people would be thrown out to take the blame.

The disheveled Barty Crouch experienced the smoke and fire. He panted heavily and said nothing, but his eyes were fixed on the woods not far away.

Several wizards from the Ministry of Magic, holding their wands, went into the woods that Hermione had pointed to. A look of nervousness flashed across Barty Crouch's face.

After a while, a shout was heard from the woods. The man said, "It's done! We caught him! There's someone here! He's unconscious!"

"You caught someone?" Barty Crouch shouted, in a tone of complete disbelief. "Who? Who?"

Everyone concentrated and held their breath, trying to see who the fool was who had not run away for so long. They heard the sound of branches breaking, the rustling of fallen leaves, and then the crunching sound of footsteps.

Mr. Amos Diggory came out from behind the bushes. In his arms was a small, limp body, a house-elf. Mr. Diggory placed the elf at Barty Crouch's feet and stepped aside. Everyone looked at Barty Crouch, and Sirius laughed loudly again. For several seconds, Crouch stood motionless, as if frozen.

"This, is impossible, impossible." Barty Crouch said paused. He seemed unable to accept that his house-elf appeared here. This reaction was a bit excessive.

"It's embarrassing, but there was no one else there except this house-elf," said Mr. Diggory. "She had the tool of the crime in her hand, a wand."

Amos Diggory took the wand from Winky's hand and cast a flashback spell, and a very scary, snake-spitting skeleton appeared from where the two wands met.

Obviously, the Dark Mark in the sky was created by Winky's wand. As for whether the Dark Mark was really created by Winky, who cares?
"Ah — that's mine!" said Harry suddenly, without thinking.

Everyone in the open space turned to look at Harry. Ada even wanted to punch Harry hard. You, a wizard, actually lost your wand. Why don’t you just lose yourself too!
"Excuse me, what did you say?" said Mr. Diggory incredulously. "I'm sure you can't make the Dark Mark, but you said this wand was yours, didn't you?"

"That's my wand!" said Harry. "I lost it by accident!"

Diggory woke up the house-elf Winky and asked her about the situation. But the house-elf looked obviously abnormal, her breathing was interrupted by strong sobs from time to time, and she looked terrified.

"I...I...I didn't, sir!" Shanshan said gaspingly, "I don't know how to change, sir!" Shanshan's voice was shrill, and tears flowed like a stream.

Ada always prided herself on having a heart of stone, but seeing this scene and Shanshan's pitiful appearance, Ada couldn't bear to watch any further.

But how could these magic officials let Winky go? Mr. Diggory kept questioning the house-elf. It seemed that Mr. Diggory not only wanted Winky to plead guilty, but also wanted to implicate Barty Crouch.

"It's not her!" Hermione, who was kind-hearted, said loudly, "Winky speaks in a shrill voice, but the voice when she chanted the spell just now was much rougher. It should be the voice of an adult man!"

Harry and Ron also said that the voice was definitely not that of a house-elf, but of a human.

But no one would care about the testimony of Hermione, Harry and Ron. No one took the testimony of the three students seriously. Weakness is the original sin, and the weak can be bullied.

Mr. Diggory was still loudly questioning the house-elf, his twinkling eyes rolling in fear and screaming "It's not me, it's not me, I'm a good elf".

"That's enough, Amos!" Mr. Weasley couldn't bear it any longer. "Winky is just a house-elf, how could she know that spell? Besides, wasn't she in a coma when you found her?"

"Perhaps Diggory is suggesting," said Barty Crouch, with cold anger in every syllable, "that it is I who regularly teach my servants to make the Dark Mark?"

The atmosphere in the open space became more oppressive, and everyone was silent. Everyone believed that Barty Crouch would not do this, just as they believed that Harry Potter would not do this.

Barty Crouch roared at Mr. Diggory. Mr. Diggory's behavior just now almost made it clear that it was Barty Crouch who taught Winky how to create the Dark Mark. Otherwise, how could a house-elf know this kind of magic?
"How long are you going to keep arguing?" Ada stood up. "First you put the blame on Harry, and now you want the house-elf to take the blame?"

Mr. Weasley walked over to the house-elf, leaned over and asked kindly, "Winky, where did you pick up your wand?"

But the elf was so frightened that she shrank back in fear, thinking that the soft-spoken Mr. Weasley was a bad guy who yelled at her. Winky replied tremblingly: "There, sir... in the woods, sir..."

The truth has come out. The person who created the Dark Mark took Harry's wand, then Disapparated away, leaving Harry's wand behind.

As for why Winky appeared there and why she picked up Harry's wand, well... only Winky herself knew. Maybe Barty Crouch might also know.

There were so many wizards standing in the open space, most of them were officials from the Ministry of Magic, but not one of them was willing to step forward to take responsibility. Instead, they pushed all the blame onto the innocent, weak house-elves.

This is the Ministry of Magic, these are the people in power in the wizarding world, how ridiculous!

Winky was punished with a piece of "clothing", and Barty Crouch gave a plausible reason: Winky disobeyed his master's orders.

Looking at the indifferent wizard in the open space and the helplessly crying house-elf Winky, it was still the end of summer, but Ada felt a chill running through her bones.

(End of this chapter)