Chapter 112 Summer Vacation Ends

August 19, one day after the Quidditch World Cup.

Sherin put down the Daily Prophet in his hand.

The cover of the Daily Prophet was a shocking black and white photo of the Dark Mark hanging on the treetops, with the title: "Horror Scenes at the Quidditch World Cup".

The article was written by Rita Skeeter, and the wording was very sensational. In the key places, some unconfirmed terrible conjectures such as "It is rumored that..." and "It is said that..." were added.

"The Dark Mark reappeared... The Ministry of Magic panicked... The criminals were not caught... The law and order was lax... The dark wizards were at large... It brought shame to the country... The wizards waiting outside the woods panicked and hoped to be comforted by the Ministry of Magic. Unfortunately, they were greatly disappointed. Shortly after the Dark Mark appeared, a Ministry official appeared and claimed that no one was hurt, but refused to reveal more. Whether his words would be enough to quell the rumor that several bodies were carried out from the woods an hour later remains to be seen."

The second article mentioned the rumor about the Dark Mark and the Crouch family elves. I have to say that Rita Skeeter is really capable. Only a few Ministry officials knew about the incident in the woods, but she wrote it out based on hearsay, and it was almost the same as the real situation.

"It is said that the Dark Mark was sent by a house-elf... There are no elves on the list of Death Eaters in the Ministry of Magic... Coincidentally, the house-elf of the Crouch family was given clothes and dismissed on the same day... As we all know, the son of Barty Crouch Sr. was a Death Eater and committed heinous crimes..."

The third article is a short article, which mentions the disappearance of Meredith Shafik, the eldest daughter of the Shafik family. Although it does not mention the "Shadow of the Dragon", it also criticizes the incompetence of the Ministry of Magic, which caused the last bloodline of an ancient family to suffer.

The fourth article is much more interesting. It mentions the traces of werewolves appearing in this World Cup. They are suspected to be related to the Death Eater riots. As we all know, werewolves were under the command of You-Know-Who in the First Wizarding War. However, strangely, the werewolves attacked the Lestrange family camp this time, killing more than a dozen members of the family who came to watch the World Cup in a brutal way, and the only survivor, Gallup Lestrange, who was still studying at Hogwarts, was bitten and turned into a werewolf.

When Schelling read this, he sneered. Of course, these were Schelling's work. He had not forgotten the attack by Gemma that year.

He strictly followed Lucius's instructions and did not attack those pure-blood families. However, even if he could not do it himself, it did not mean that he could not do anything.

This attack was carefully planned. First, Bathory and Annis took action personally and joined forces to capture some lone werewolves in Knockturn Alley. Bathory was the mortal enemy of werewolves. Even if the werewolves were still in the state of ordinary people, she could easily distinguish the werewolves.

Then, Annis used the unique mind control magic of the female demon to control this group of werewolves to attack the Lestrange camp. Among the werewolves who attacked at night, there were also many elite vampire royals and female demons. They all disguised themselves as werewolves and left werewolf claw marks and traces at the scene - the purpose was to shift the blame to the werewolves.

The werewolves have a close relationship with the Rawl family in the pure-blood family, which is just right to sow discord and make the Rawl family and the Lestrange family suspicious.

The werewolves will also cause the public's resentment because of this atrocity exposed in the news reports, and suppress the arrogance of the Rawl family.

Counting the matter of revenge, it can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Sherin snapped his fingers and summoned Dobby. He knew that Dobby and Winky were acquainted, and he wanted Dobby to bring Winky to him. Dobby has been following Sherin for a long time, and he is getting more and more efficient. He brought Winky to him in a few hours.

Winky was drinking every day to drown his sorrows because of being fired. At this moment, he was still drunk and sat on the ground, still muttering to himself.

"Winky, look into my eyes!" Sherin ordered sternly.

Winky, who was already half drunk, unconsciously met Sherin's eyes. Sherin's pupils were as deep as a bottomless black hole. Winky felt that his whole mind was sucked into the black hole uncontrollably.

"Winky, look into my eyes, you have to answer my questions honestly."

"Look into my eyes... answer the questions..."

"You were originally a house elf of the Crouch family?"

"Yes... I am an elf of the Crouch family, and I have served three generations of Crouch masters..."

"You disobeyed the will of Barty Crouch! You are a bad elf who betrayed your master!"

"No... I am not... I am not..." Winky's voice was filled with painful crying, and his whole body began to tremble.

"Tell me - is Barty Crouch Jr. still alive? Was he the one who released the Dark Mark that night!"

"Ah -" Winky let out a heart-wrenching scream. She grabbed her neck and kept hitting her head against the floor. But the floor had already been softened by a spell, so she was not hurt at all.

"Don't resist my will! You bad elf! It was you - it was you who persuaded old Barty to take his son to the World Cup! It was you who failed to take good care of little Barty and let him escape! It was you who picked it up randomly Wand! You put Crouch under investigation by the Ministry of Magic! You brought disgrace to the Crouch family!"

"Ah - I'm not - I didn't... I swear... I..."

"No resistance! Think of Mrs. Crouch's appearance before she died! Remember her expectations! Remember her expression!"

Sparkling's expression suddenly changed to one of fear and panic, and she shivered even more.

"If you feel scared and ashamed, you are a sinful person. No one will need a bad elf like you anymore... Only I can help you get rid of this guilt, as long as you become my slave! "

"Yes... Twinkle is a sinner... Twinkle is a slave..."

"Remember the name of your new master, I am Sherlyn Malfoy!"

Winky knelt on the ground, crawled to Xie Lin's feet, and said in a trembling voice: "Xie Lin Malfoy... my master... please accept Winky... please accept your humble servant... Winky is willing to follow You, I am willing to die for you, I am willing to do anything for you!”

"Really?" Xie Lin's eyes suddenly became sharp, "Even if I ask you to kill Crouch?"

Twinkle trembled even more, but she still answered, "Yes, my only master, even if it means killing Crouch..." After saying this, the guilt and fear in Twinkle's heart disappeared, and her heart was suddenly filled with Overwhelmed with joy, as if she had been reborn, she looked at Xuelin with a fanatical gaze, wishing that she could immediately catch the old Batty family in front of their master and kill them, so as to express her loyalty.

"Very good, from today on, you are my third servant!"

["Servant" is obtained in a flash! 】

Since Meredith's disappearance, Schelling found that his magic power had skyrocketed, and his mastery of soul magic had become even greater overnight. This can be seen from the fact that he can brainwash two house elves into becoming his servants without any effort.

Xie Lin looked at his hands. The surging magic power was mixed with a faint black energy.

Is this because my evil thoughts are growing? Will he eventually embark on a dark path?

In the past, Schelling would have preferred to be friendly and kind to the elves in order to win their loyalty. Now that he believed in the power of magic even more, he became more like Voldemort in a way.

I just hope I never get to that point...

Xie Lin sighed, and in his mind, the faces of Lucius, Narcissa, Draco, Daphne, Meredith, and Astoria flashed one by one, and the final scene was fixed in "Abatail Volume 3· On the last page of "Soul Chapter", it is written in twisted fonts——

If you want to increase the power of your soul, the fastest and most effective way is to kill the love of your heart with your own hands...

I see, is this the source of Dumbledore’s strength...

Xie Lin wrote a letter to his family, and during the remaining summer vacation days before the start of school, he stayed at Green Manor and would not go back.

He asked Dobby to run errands for him and went to Diagon Alley to buy all the textbooks and potion ingredients needed for the start of school. At the same time, he also ordered a set of special attire and robes for the ball for Xie Lin - yes, Xie Lin decided to participate. Goblet of Fire. Under the guise of the Goblet of Fire Competition, not only could he be exempted from the final exam, but it would also allow him to ask the professors for advice on various advanced magics. From now on, he could also study high-level magic openly.

Harry in the original book was baptized by the Goblet of Fire, and his use of various magic spells and practical combat abilities improved by leaps and bounds. And if you can win the Goblet of Fire in the end, you can increase your reputation again, and it will be an international reputation.

Schelling also put the Galleons he won in the World Cup to good use.

Xie Lin, who lived in the Muggle world in his previous life, is well aware of the profits hidden behind the beauty market. He has long had the idea of ​​getting involved in the field of beauty potions.

The beauty potion market in the UK is currently monopolized by Lady Prepenal of Diagon Alley and the Tugwood family. The former is best known for its wart remover, while the latter is famous for its pimple cure.

Zygmunt Bacchi, the author of "The Book of Potions", also invented a potion called "Beautification Potion". This potion is not a beauty potion in the strict sense. It cannot change the appearance, but can only make the user's appearance more attractive. The effect is also temporary and will be revealed once you stop taking it.

Almost all of the beauty potions mastered by the Tugwood family were handed down more than 30 years ago by Saksha Lisa Tugwood of chocolate frog drawing fame. Her descendants obviously did not inherit her potion talent, and they have not proposed any improvements to the formula for so many years, so the patent rights for the formula were terminated more than ten years ago.

Schelling got in touch with the Tugwood family through Gareth's connections, and used 2,000 galleons to buy all the research notes on beauty potions in their collection - the Tugwood family was eating for these things left in the corner. They are overjoyed that dusty waste paper can be sold for a good price, without any awareness of the value behind this knowledge.

Xie Lin is well aware of the importance of appearance to women, and the biggest natural enemy of women is not sarcoma or pimples, but aging. What Xie Lin wants to develop is a magic potion that will prevent aging of the face. If this succeeds, he believes it will be an unprecedented pioneering work in the business world.

[Obtained the Tugwood family’s potion research notes! 】

During this time, Xie Lin also practiced actual combat with Daphne and Astoria.

Since Meredith was kidnapped, the two girls knew that if they wanted to share the burden for their boyfriends, they would need to be stronger. Therefore, the two sisters have been practicing extremely hard during these days, whether it is in magic theoretical knowledge. , or in the skills of using magic spells, there has been obvious and considerable progress.

In addition, Schelling also told the two sisters about his plans for this semester.

He plans to officially form a student organization to follow him.

He had already thought of a name for the organization, so he decided to call it "Sleeping Dragon Society", which means don't disturb the sleeping dragon, otherwise he will be angry.

The two sisters can use the appeal of the Greengrass family to recruit lower-level students to join the organization, and then select and train the best to create their own power.

In order to avoid attracting Dumbledore's attention, Schelling planned to make Daphne the leader on the surface, while Schelling retreated to the background and acted secretly. The two sisters are deeply devoted to Xie Lin, and they will cooperate unconditionally no matter what plan Xie Lin has.

The three of them also took advantage of the holidays to discuss the plan together, improving and adding various details until the entire plan was completed.

(1) In the original work, Rita did not discover anything about Winky. This matter has nothing to do with the protagonist. Readers can understand the butterfly effect brought about by the protagonist's series of actions, and more and more things that do not follow the original plot will happen one by one.

(2) It does not matter whether Dumbledore killed his sister Ariana. What is important is that he "may" be the one who killed his sister. What causes the soul to agitate and intensify is actually the extreme emotion.

(3) Dumbledore made the painful decision to let go of his feelings for Grindelwald and chose to stand up and drive him into eternal damnation. This was another example of soul agitation.