Chapter 306 She Has Betrayed!

"Yes, Grindelwald once broke the Imperius Curse, and he tried to recruit me."

The office fell into silence, and Allison, who never got up, just lit a cigarette lightly.

After exhaling a puff of smoke, he said in an emotionless tone: "Then are you still trustworthy, my comrade?"

As the smoke gradually dispersed, Marshall did not show any panic or anger after being suspected. She moved closer with an expressionless expression.

"For a better world, my creed has never changed."

Allison looked at her quietly for a moment, and finally stood up. He stretched out a hand: "For a better world."

"For a better world." The two held hands together.

Maybe it was a back-and-forth test, or maybe it was a tacit understanding. At least after this episode, the two of them could talk as before.

"So back to our previous topic, did you get any news from Grindelwald?" Allison asked.

Marshall's brows tightened: "According to the laziness he showed, the first step is to regain the high ground of public opinion. Obviously, we are no longer a primitive society, and fists will naturally work, but people still need to be won over."

"Yeah." Allison nodded without expressing his opinion.

Marshall continued: "Including the current methods, Grindelwald also formulated a series of operations to regain the right to speak. First, to weaken the prestige of our escort. Second, he seemed to be contacting his former subordinates at the time."

"Subordinates?" Allison narrowed his eyes. "The professors in Nurmengard have always been under our supervision. Even the new principal, Vita Rozier, has shown kindness to the official staff. . Although we don’t believe it, one thing that can be confirmed is that during the period when Grindelwald was absconding, they stayed in Nurmengard Castle and did not go out. Our people will check their whereabouts every day, at least Those in Nurmengard showed nothing amiss.”

Marshall nodded: "Keep supervision, but what cannot be ignored is that Grindelwald must have other forces. I personally saw him receive several wizards I have never seen before."

"Yeah." Allison agreed.

"And the most important thing is that I heard Grindelwald and those people discussing the plan without hesitation. The other party's goal is to weaken the Guardians and the International Federation of Wizards."

"International Federation of Wizards..." Allison thought for a while, "The current president is a fence-sitter. Before taking action against Grindelwald, we sent someone to test him, but the other party didn't say anything at the time."

Marshall continued what he said: "It is understandable that the president's term is about to end, and it is not a wise choice to antagonize any party now. He is well aware of the strength of our guard, and he is also aware of Grindelwald's actions decades ago. The method is very clear. I guess that the old fox may have guessed that we would not be able to successfully arrest Grindelwald."

"That's it, he will only follow the temporary trend. After Grindelwald escaped, he did nothing except cooperate with us in issuing a wanted order - to be precise, that was the resolution passed by the International Federation of Wizards. He abstained from voting at the time." Allison said, "In this case, let's first exclude this old fox sitting on the wall. If we win, he will be ours, and if Grindelwald wins, he will be Grindelwald's. The problem is, Grindel Wo should also know something about that old fox, why would he target the International Federation of Wizards?"

Marshall reminded: "There will be a change of leadership soon, and Grindelwald may have to make a fuss about this."

"No," Allison shook his head, "We have contacted all the five candidates with the highest voices. If they want to gain the support of the jurors of the assembly, they will not fall to Grindelwald. After all, one-third The above jurors are all related to us and cannot become president, and a mere candidate cannot provide much help to Grindelwald."

He looked at Marshall and asked sincerely: "Cyril, you were in control of the general direction of the escort before, and you have at least had contact with Grindelwald. Do you think Grindelwald's next action goal may be What is it?"

Marshall lowered his eyes: "Now that you have considered it, it proves that what Grindelwald revealed to me is probably false news. Maybe he wants to distract us so that we can secretly complete other goals, and those we only want to do." If you can take precautions in advance, you can take advantage of them at the first sight.”

"Do you have any guesses, Cyril?"

Marshall pondered for a moment and said: "I think Grindelwald's goal is probably to infiltrate the Guards, infiltrate the International Federation of Wizards and secretly integrate the forces. Unfortunately, I didn't get anything useful during the time I was controlled. information."

"No, the news you brought back is still useful," Allison said sincerely, "Moreover, Grindelwald did not calculate that you were still alive. This is his biggest flaw. Cyril, we will hold a speech in a few days , then you will be needed to expose Grindelwald’s conspiracy.”

"This is my job," Marshall said.

Allison looked hesitant and apologetic, as if he didn't know how to organize his next words.

Marshall saw it, and she said, "Please just tell me."

Allison sighed: "That was the result of a discussion together, Cyril, we may need you to take veritaserum in public at the speech..."

There was some anger in Marshall's eyes, but she hid it well.

Taking veritaserum in public is a way to treat criminals.

She took a deep breath and finally nodded calmly: "I am willing to do this for the reputation of the Guards."

Allison looked moved and apologetic: "Cyril..."

"Needless to say, Allison, I and the escort team share weal and woe!"

In such an atmosphere, after discussing some details of the speech meeting, the conversation came to an end.

Shortly after Marshall walked out of the office, the black-robed wizard emerged from the shadows.

"She didn't make any move before, and she didn't even touch the wand." The black-robed wizard said.

Allison, who had always been sincere, had long since regained his calm and sharp expression. He took out a cigarette and did not smoke it, but just sniffed it back and forth.

"Do you think our dear Cyril Marshall is still our comrade in arms?"

The black-robed wizard shook his head: "I'm not sure, but it seems yes at the moment."

Allison's eyes showed a chill: "Marshall has betrayed..."

"Why do you say that."

The corners of Allison's mouth raised slightly, but there was ice in his eyes that could not be melted away: "Marshall has never been an idiot. How could she not understand the important point now?"

"No matter what methods Grindelwald uses, no matter how the prestige of the Guardians declines, as long as Newt Scamander's testimony does not change, there is no possibility for Grindelwald to stand up."

Allison smiled coldly: "Professor Scamander is not the young boy who just came out of Hogwarts decades ago. He now has prestige and speaks with force. If we don't deal with him, Grindelwald will There is no way to regain the advantage of public opinion. Marshall could not have thought of this, but she did not remind me."

The black-robed wizard was silent for a moment. He felt that he had been dead for too long. With his empty head, he seemed unable to deal with today's smart people.

After thinking hard, he finally said: "But, Dumbledore is one of ours, and Newt Scamander stays at Hogwarts without worrying about being controlled."

Allison did not look back at the black-robed wizard. He said calmly: "First of all, Dumbledore is not one of ours. He has his own ideas. It's just that we used some methods to make him temporarily stand on the same side as us. He It's just that he is hostile to Grindelwald. Secondly, there is no need to worry about Professor Scamander's personal safety, but Professor Scamander is very affectionate..."

The black-robed wizard suddenly realized: "So, you mean, Grindelwald will do something to Professor Scamander's family? Wait, then we are going to protect Mrs. Scamander now?"

Allison sighed inaudibly. If possible, he really didn't want to cooperate with this idiot.

"Mrs. Scamander has been protected for a long time. Have you forgotten the history of decades ago?"

The black-robed wizard frowned: "That Muggle? He's just a Muggle..."

Allison suddenly didn't want to talk. When did this idiot still maintain his stupid blood prejudice? Is this a matter of blood?

He took a deep breath: "Our people are already on the way to find the Muggle. I need your help to ensure that the Muggle who is dying of old age will not be controlled by Grindelwald to blackmail Professor Scamander. .”

Although the black-robed wizard looked down on Muggles, he was still very happy to cooperate and help. He nodded and asked doubtfully: "Because Marshall didn't remind you of this, can you judge that she has betrayed?"

Allison took a breath and finally said in a deep voice: "Of course."

Because Marshall is not an idiot like you!

…

The undercurrents outside the campus have not affected the daily lives of Hogwarts students, or in other words, those things are too far away from them.

In their spare time, the students will discuss the Wizards United Guards, which has recently lost its reputation, and will argue over whether Grindelwald is innocent, but other than that, their lives are still going on smoothly.

After Sean was chased and beaten by Mrs. Pince's feather duster yesterday, he was unwilling to borrow the Invisibility Cloak from Harry at night and sneaked into the library again.

Unfortunately, after spending most of the night, except for the content he had read in the book "Fatal Contract", he could no longer find any information related to the blood alliance.

Sean, who had not slept enough, was called out by his roommate early the next morning. Today was Sunday, and it was also the first day that third-year students could visit Hogsmeade.

The students handed the forms signed by their parents to Professor McGonagall and headed towards the fork to Hogsmeade, where Filch would check them again and catch every student without a form.

"You missed breakfast, but I left one for you." Daisy, who was always considerate, took out a packaged sandwich from her arms and handed it to Sean.

"Thank you so much. I thought I was going to Hogsmeade to fill my stomach with snacks." Sean thanked him and took the sandwich, then opened it and ate it on the way.

Daisy was only in her second year, so she couldn't go to Hogsmeade. When the road forked, she had to go back to Hogwarts. After agreeing to bring her a large bag of Honeydukes candies, Xiao Baihua reluctantly said goodbye to the two of them.

Hermione on the side was holding a booklet and looking at it, which was a travel guide to Hogsmeade.

As the largest and only pure wizarding village in the UK, most of the residents of Hogsmeade are aborigines, and many of the buildings are left by previous generations of Hogwarts faculty. Professor McGonagall is in Hogsmeade. There is a residence.

Of course, what attracts students is not the ordinary residential buildings that can be seen everywhere. Magic equipment stores Devis and Bans stores, Honeydukes candy store with a wide range of candy categories, Three Broomsticks where you can have a cup of butterbeer, and the so-called [All The Screaming Shack, Britain's Most Haunted Place, is a popular hangout for students.

Of course, couples occasionally like to go to Mrs. Puddifu's Teahouse for dates. I heard that the decoration there is old and tacky, so no one likes to go there. It is a good place for young couples who like privacy.

As for the naughty boys, such as the Weasley twins, Harry and his gang, their first choice is Zuko's Magic Joke Shop.

However, Sean's first choice is the Pig's Head Bar, which very few students go to.

He was very interested in Dumbledore's younger brother, Aberforth Dumbledore, and planned to observe him first.

Sean proposed to let Hermione go to other places with a few friends first. After all, the Pig's Head Bar was not a good place worth visiting.

However, Hermione was very interested in the Hog's Head pub.

"It was mentioned in "Magical Places of Interest" that that bar is the headquarters of the 1st!" The girl's eyes were shining.

Sean, who failed to get rid of Hermione, could only shrug, and the two of them walked towards the corner of Hogsmeade, a sparsely populated village.

Exit the post office on Central Avenue and turn into a small road next to it. There is a small bar at the intersection. The tattered wooden sign hung on a rusty bracket on the door, with a severed pig's head drawn on it, and blood stains soaked into the white cloth wrapping it.

"Oh - it doesn't look good..." Daisy didn't like bloody things very much. She frowned and looked at the pig head, and took half a step back.

I have to say that this place is really not a good place to go, but Sean, who knew the situation here, was not afraid and pushed open the wooden door of the bar quickly.

This is a very small and dark room, which exudes a strong smell of mutton. The sunlight outside can only shine through the stained bay window, and through the candle ends on the rough wooden table. The light emitted showed that the surface that looked like mud was actually a stone surface where centuries of dirt had accumulated.

The Pig Head Bar is very quiet. There are a large group of customers with their faces covered. They drink in small sips and rarely talk to the people around them.

After Sean walked in, the weird guests only glanced up, then quickly lowered their heads and continued drinking.

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