From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 337 Bait
"Look who this is?" Fred said in an exaggerated and dramatic tone. "The famous--"

His brother George added: "Dark wizard killer! Auror Percy!"

"Don't do that." Percy stopped them with a tired look, "I'm on duty."

"What cruel words!" Fred cried, no doubt pretending, in the voice of a wife who has been alone in her house because her husband is always busy with official business. "In this happy and peaceful moment, he actually said--"

"He is on duty!" George said sadly, "His two handsome brothers prepared a Christmas dinner for him alone..."

"We know you must be starving!" Ron was holding a large plate filled with the feast the twins had brought from the kitchen. "They are all top-notch dishes, and they also come with the fine old mead that Professor Dumbledore ordered from the Three Broomsticks! It is said that he ordered eight hundred barrels at one time!"

"Let's have a drink first!" Harry's dance partner Ginny was also standing here, because after the first dance, Harry took the initiative to meet up with his good friends.

Percy was deeply touched by his brothers and sisters' concern and even felt like crying, but the creepy feeling on his back reminded him that Moody's magic eye was staring at him.

Percy closed his eyes in pain, and shook his head in the face of his brother and sister's regretful gazes: "No... I can't eat... because Article 9 of the Auror Code states that any food and alcohol cannot be trusted, especially at banquets..."

"Will we poison you?" Fred shouted in dissatisfaction, "We are your brothers!" After Ginny stepped on him, he added, "And your sister!"

"But some Death Eaters and Dark Wizards will!" Moody, who had been silent before and just rolled his eyes, spoke up. "They might sneak into the kitchen, or use Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as students. This castle is full of little wizards who have no sense of security. I guess I can knock down a dozen little wizards with just one spell. It's too easy to find some personal belongings from you..."

The Weasley brothers and sisters couldn't help but take a step back, because Moody's scarred head was really scary.

Only Harry did not move, because he had already met Moody once at 12 Grimmauld Place and even had a fight with him.

"Why did the Ministry of Magic send you to Hogwarts?" Harry asked with great interest. "We remember that you were going to track down dark wizards and Death Eaters?"

Percy looked at Moody, whose eyes were rolling around, and shook his head again. His face looked pale and tired. "I can't tell you... This is... top secret."

"This is not a top secret." Moody sneered. "Because Fudge felt that the werewolves have been restless recently, especially your former professor, Remus Lupin, so he transferred us back from Malfoy's manor! He just couldn't bear to give up the little power in his hands! But he turned a blind eye to the dangers that could truly shake the security of the wizarding world!"

Moody's artificial leg thumped against the ground, and his eyes, which had been rolling around, were fixed on Harry's face.

"You're in danger! Harry! Be extremely vigilant!" Moody warned him.

"Yeah," said Ron. "Who doesn't know that? When his name came out of the Goblet of Fire, I felt that Harry's life was in danger. I guess someone wanted him to die in the dragon's mouth, but fortunately my buddy has good flying skills, otherwise he would be dead now!"

Moody's fake eye quickly glanced at Ron, and he said in a threatening tone: "The dragon is just an open threat! The real dark wizard will do whatever it takes to hurt you!"

Ron shrank his neck, not ready to argue with this old man who looked like he was not someone to be trifled with.

"I heard that Snape will be your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor this year? He's an old friend too!" Moody's thin lips showed an ugly smile, "If it were me, your Defense Against the Dark Arts wouldn't be so simple... at least I'd let you all experience the power of the Unforgivable Curse..."

"Moody..." Percy said nervously, "They are still students... and this is Hogwarts, Dumbledore won't let them get hurt!"

"Yes, yes." Moody turned to his apprentice, but his magic eyes were still fixed on Harry and his friends. "Dumbledore protects them too well. If they leave the castle, I doubt they will see the sun the next day..."

Percy laughed nervously: "Where do so many dark wizards come from now? You are too suspicious..."

"As someone who killed a dark wizard with his own hands, I thought your nerves had become tough and sensitive! Think about the Dark Mark in the Quidditch World Cup final, can you still say that?" Moody growled in a low voice, looking like he was about to take action.

"…Even if the You-Know-Who really does something, it's not their turn to worry about it." Percy's expression changed, and the Weasley children all saw their mother's shadow. "Aren't we here to maintain peace in the wizarding world?"

Moody showed a rare sincere smile on his face: "Not too bad! Not too bad!"

As a nickname for Voldemort, the three words "Your Secret Man" undoubtedly ignited the fire in Harry's heart. He stepped forward and whispered, "Do you have any news about Voldemort? Does he have any conspiracy? Or, Malfoy?"

"That's not your place to ask, Harry," said Percy seriously.

"Don't say that, Percy." Moody gave an ugly smile. "If you ask who we can trust in this school? Apart from Dumbledore, it's only Harry. There are many Death Eaters in this castle, and I happen to know one or two... but they all hide very well and don't want their true identities to be exposed to everyone..."

"There are Death Eaters in the school?" Ron drew back, and before his expression had time to turn to surprise, he had already calmed down. "Oh! I forgot about Malfoy's father... This is really strange... When people become powerful, they forget what they have done... So who else could it be except this Lucius Malfoy?"

"...your Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Moody smiled sinisterly, "Although Dumbledore trusts him, I will not ignore it... I will not forget what he has done..." "Professor Snape is on our side." Although Harry was annoyed by Snape's behavior of always going to Mrs. White, he also understood that such a person would never betray his love again.

Seeing the genuine surprise on Moody's face, Harry quickly added, "I believe in Professor Dumbledore's judgment..."

"...Well, besides these two, there is another Death Eater in Hogwarts Castle." Moody did not continue to dwell on this issue, but continued to throw out the confidential information of the Ministry of Magic, "I think he is the most likely to throw your name into the Goblet of Fire."

"Another one? That means three Death Eaters or former Death Eaters?" Ron's tone represented the others around him. "I wouldn't be surprised if there were two more in the castle now."

"Karkaroff." Moody ignored Ron and spoke softly to Harry, "He was also a Death Eater in his past. After Voldemort's fall, he betrayed many of his former companions in order to survive... Although it is unlikely that he will work for the dark wizard group again, no one can deny the suspicion of him... As the headmaster of Durmstrang, this identity can do a lot of things..."

"Voldemort will not let traitors go." Harry shook his head. He didn't think Karkaroff would be the one to throw his name into the Goblet of Fire.

"Yes, yes." Moody's remaining eye shone with joy. "You know more about Voldemort than I thought, Harry."

That's because he has been in my mind for more than ten years, but Harry didn't say this because he knew very well what he could say and what he couldn't say.

"But Voldemort is likely to use him and control him with magic..." Moody smiled, but there was only cold murderous intent in his smile. "That is a very powerful spell. In order to distinguish who is truly obeying Voldemort and who is serving him under the control of the spell, the Ministry of Magic spent a lot of effort..."

"The Imperius Curse..." Harry understood what Moody was hinting at. "Is it possible that Karkaroff has been under the Imperius Curse?"

During the one and a half years of training by Sirius and Snape, he not only learned many dueling skills, but also learned some common dark magic.

Snape had taught him the knowledge about the three unforgivable things, and even wanted him to experience them himself. But when Sirius heard about it, he immediately rushed to Snape's office, and it took a while for the matter to be resolved.

Finally, under the mediation of Dumbledore, they temporarily gave up the practice of deducting points from each other's college students. Of course, Snape was also warned not to teach Harry the Dark Arts.

Therefore, the knowledge about the Unforgivable Curses had always been deep in Harry's memory. Only with Moody's hint could he guess the evil spell of the Imperius Curse at once.

"No, I'm not sure yet." Moody stopped smiling and instead put on a serious expression. His change in expression made the people in front of him relax, because compared to Moody's serious expression, he was more terrifying when he smiled.

"But I think there is a very high possibility... because as the headmaster of Durmstrang, he can cause a lot of trouble in the Triwizard Tournament." Moody continued, "If you have the opportunity to test him, then go ahead and do it. I will watch you..."

"But..." Percy shouted anxiously, "That should be our mission! Harry and the others shouldn't be involved..."

"This is a war, Weasley!" Moody stared at Percy with both his real and fake eyes. "No one in this castle, and no one in the wizarding world, can escape unscathed! The war started by Voldemort will never end unless one side is completely destroyed!"

"What do you need me to do?" Harry asked calmly. "I don't know how to test him..."

"That's not important." Moody turned around and looked at him. "Whatever method is used, as long as he reveals his true colors... I guess they will definitely drop their disguise in front of you, because--"

"I am Voldemort's greatest threat?" Harry continued. He already knew why Voldemort went to Godric's Hollow more than ten years ago to find a child who had just celebrated his first birthday.

"Potter...you know more than I thought, which means Dumbledore trusts you..." Moody's tone was solemn, "Let's be frank, I don't trust every Death Eater in the castle, but the two of us are limited in manpower after all, and we have to deal with that old fool Fudge," he pointed at himself and Percy, "so it is very necessary to find some trustworthy people...I think the Death Eaters in the castle will focus their attention mainly on you. If you take the initiative, you may be able to disrupt their formation."

"And it is to our advantage to place the battlefield in Hogwarts Castle. The greatest white wizard of the contemporary era is here. In any case, the Death Eaters cannot fight us head-on in Hogwarts Castle. Therefore, we only need to crush their conspiracy to thwart Voldemort's plan!" Moody's voice made the laughter and music at the party go away, as if there were only the two of them in this space.

Harry heard the unquestionable determination in Moody's voice, but he said quietly, "And Ivy..."

"Yes, and there is the ancient wizard from a hundred years ago... I don't understand what's going on with him, so it's better to stay away from him. Besides, he's a Slytherin, right?" Moody shook his head. "...Okay, Potter, maybe you don't want to, but just think of me as an old man who has been tortured by the war for a long time and is too nervous. You will be well protected here, but the threat of Voldemort will never be eliminated..."

He had no idea that Voldemort had created the Horcruxes.

Harry was acutely aware of this.

Although it was unclear why Dumbledore did not tell him the truth, Harry decided to agree to his request. He didn't have a good impression of Karkaroff anyway. Even if something really happened, Ivy had the Philosopher's Stone to bring herself back to life.

However, this might add another debt to Dad's Moon Face Magic Unlimited Company.

Harry couldn't help but smile as he remembered his recent encounter with the stag and the black dog in the Forbidden Forest.

"I promise you, Mr. Moody." Harry said softly. He was determined to do his part to protect his parents, no matter how insignificant it was, he would try. Moreover, he didn't think Karkaroff was really under the Imperius Curse, otherwise how could Ivy and Dumbledore not see it?
(End of this chapter)