Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Kevin and Harry went to Dumbledore's office to wait.

However, Dumbledore and Fudge seemed to have something to talk about, so they didn't come back immediately and instead sent the two of them over first.

Kevin went to play with Fox as soon as he came in.

However, Fox seemed a little shy; upon seeing Kevin, he immediately turned into a ball of fire and disappeared.

This made Kevin a little disappointed, considering how close he used to be with Fox.

He just accidentally plucked a hair from Fox's tail.

twice.

This misunderstanding seemed to have created a slight rift between them.

Since Dumbledore hadn't spoken, Harry sat quietly after entering, watching Kevin wander around the headmaster's office like he was shopping in a supermarket.

At this moment, Kevin walked to the cabinet he remembered and started knocking and banging on it, trying to pull out the Pensieve.

Besides wanting Harry to get to know Barty Jr., Kevin himself was also quite curious about what it would feel like to enter a memory.

Kevin walked to the cabinet on the right side of the office, pressed a button, and the cabinet door opened automatically, revealing a stone pool emitting white light.

Harry was also drawn to the sight and looked at the pool with curiosity.

There were some faint white threads floating inside.

"What is this Kevin?" Harry asked, puzzled.

"I don't know, we'll find out soon enough."

Kevin and Harry curiously peeked out; something seemed to be appearing in the pool.

But they couldn't see it clearly, so they both slowly bent down to try and get a better look.

Then, in the next moment, their consciousnesses were drawn into the pool by an indescribable suction force.

As the scene rapidly descends, they fall into a circular courtroom.

In the center of the courtroom was a cylindrical cage that could be raised and lowered, with many sharp spikes inside to restrict the movement of the prisoners inside.

The cage was surrounded by various documents and papers, and a round table extended around it was filled with people dressed as officials, as well as juries and reporters.

Dumbledore and Moody were among them; they landed next to Dumbledore, while Moody sat behind him.

"Where is this, Professor?"

Harry was startled by what he had just witnessed and couldn't help but shout when he saw Dumbledore.

However, Dumbledore ignored him.

"Useless Harry, this seems to be a memory."

Kevin reached out and passed right through Dumbledore's body, without Dumbledore reacting at all.

Then he pointed to the main seat in the courtroom, where old Barty, who should have been dead, was sitting perfectly intact.

Although Harry was still confused about the situation, he realized that he and Kevin had been pulled into this memory because of watching the strange pool.

Before Harry could ask anything, the circular cage in the middle emitted the sounds of gears turning and chains rattling.

A familiar figure slowly rose from the bottom of the cage.

It was Igor Kakarov, the principal of Durmstrang School.

He was wearing a tattered prison uniform with black stripes and a white background, and his disheveled appearance was exactly like the disheveled look he had when he first met Sirius last year.

"Igor Karkalov, you have requested to provide strong evidence to this organization in order to obtain an opportunity for release from Azkaban."

At this moment, Old Barty, who was sitting in the main seat, spoke up.

This memory is from the Ministry of Magic's purge of Voldemort's remaining followers after Voldemort's downfall.

The vast majority of Death Eaters were sent to Azkaban for life imprisonment.

Some Death Eaters also lied, claiming they were under the control of the Imperius Curse, hoping to gain forgiveness.

These Death Eaters either turn to the light and provide evidence or intelligence about the crimes of other Death Eaters, or they gain release by paying a certain price based on the influence of their families.

Karkarov was the former.

He provided the court with a list of Death Eaters.

Karkaroff was the first to name a Death Eater named Evan Rozier, but he was already dead, so the testimony was invalid.

The second testimony implicated a Death Eater spy from the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic, Augustus Lukwood. The testimony was valid, but not extensive.

The third was Severus Snape, but Dumbledore stood up to defend him, saying that Snape had already become a spy for them before Voldemort's downfall, had been released, and his testimony was invalid.

However, Karkaroff insisted that Snape remained loyal to the Dark Lord.

Harry couldn't help but look at Kevin, but Kevin didn't react at all, as if he didn't care at all.

The fourth was Batty Crouch II, one of the murderers who participated in the kidnapping and tortured the Longbottoms with the Crucifixion.

Harry then spotted Barty in a suit and tie in the crowd and immediately recognized him as the person from his nightmare.

Amidst gasps from the crowd, Barty Jr. was taken to prison, and the memory ended there.

Harry and Kevin were ejected from their memories and staggered back a few steps.

When I came to my senses, I found Dumbledore already standing next to the Pensieve.

"Kevin, Fox told me you've been causing trouble in the office again."

"Although I don't mind, there are still quite a few dangerous things here."

Dumbledore looked at Kevin and Harry and said calmly.

"No, that bird was just settling a personal score. Harry found this pool."

Kevin shook his head in denial without blushing or flustered, while Harry looked at Kevin in disbelief.

No, buddy?

Dumbledore rolled his eyes, ignoring Kevin's antics.

"This is the Pensieve, which can help us relive a memory."

"What you just saw was a recollection of the trial of Karkarov more than a decade ago."

Dumbledore then explained to the two of them the use and function of the Pensieve.

Harry was once again convinced that what he had just experienced was a memory.

"Professor, what happened to Batty Crouch II? Was he released from Azkaban?"

Harry voiced his confusion, because the memory clearly ended with Barty being locked up, so why did it still appear in his dream?

"No, he died a year after he was imprisoned in Azkaban."

Why are you asking this?

Dumbledore looked at Harry with a puzzled expression.

"Because he was the stranger in my dream, kneeling before Voldemort along with Wormtail."

"Voldemort sent him to get close to me. They... they want to accomplish something through me..."

Harry frowned, recalling the nightmare.

Dumbledore frowned after hearing this.

He always knew that Voldemort was not dead and would return sooner or later.

He even suspected that everything that happened this year might have been orchestrated by Voldemort.

Harry would have those dreams frequently because they weren't dreams at all; they were Voldemort's perspective.

But if it really is Voldemort's perspective, then why would Barty Jr., who has already died, reappear?

Considering Barty's death, there might be some connection between them.

Just as Dumbledore was pondering, Harry asked a question that concerned him even more.

"Professor, could those dreams I'm having be real events...? Could they be from Voldemort's perspective...?"

Although Harry was asking, he seemed to have a pretty good idea of ​​what was going on.

At first, he thought it was just some aftereffect of the scars Voldemort had left him, but gradually he stopped thinking that way.

These nightmares he had might have been from Voldemort's perspective.

Every time he had a nightmare, the scar on his forehead would ache, and he could sense that he might have some kind of connection with Voldemort.

But he didn't understand how this connection worked...

Dumbledore looked at Harry, hesitated for a long time, and finally sighed before speaking slowly.

"I don't understand yet, Harry. Barty Jr. was supposed to die in Azkaban, but now he's appearing in your dream..."

"As for whether this dream was from Voldemort's perspective..."

"Harry, do you remember what I told you in your first year, why Voldemort couldn't touch you...?"

Dumbledore's deep eyes looked at Harry.

He felt that perhaps it was time to let Harry know something.