In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Jon stared at the Daily Prophet and said thoughtfully.

"Did Snape leave this to us on purpose?"

Lily had put away the newspaper and continued to search the room.

"Whether he did it on purpose or not, it doesn't matter."

Jon nodded. The things in the newspaper were indeed not a big problem. They were just some clumsy political tactics used by Voldemort to appease the British wizarding community after the failure of the Triwizard Tournament.

Compared with the other him before, this is not even a bit worse.

However, Voldemort's own prestige is still there, so even if he does nothing, Britain will not be in chaos, unless he is unwilling to be alone and insists on some big bloodbath.

They spent enough time to check every room in Snape's house, but found nothing strange anywhere.

Just as Lily began to apparate all over the room starting from the bedroom, a series of airborne sonic booms suddenly sounded in the living room!

Jon and Lily reacted very quickly. The invisibility cloak was in Jon's hands. Without hesitation, they immediately put the invisibility cloak on the two of them and hid in a secluded corner together.

Just when their figures were hidden, a series of footsteps came from the living room.

It was a wizard with a long face like a horse. He pushed open the door that was originally ajar, glanced at the empty bedroom, and after finding nothing, turned back and complained to someone in the living room.

"So what exactly did the higher ups ask us to come here to look for? Didn't an Auror come here to search it three days ago? Except for some useless potions, there is nothing here. Now we are asked to come here on a special trip. What are we going to do? ?”

A cold female voice responded to him.

"You're asking me now that we're here. Why didn't you ask me clearly in front of him about the mission I received from Barty with you?"

The long-faced wizard turned and returned to the living room.

"It's not like you don't know. Ever since he returned from that game, Crouch has become weird. He has never shown a good face to anyone. He doesn't even pretend anymore. No one dares to ask more questions."

"Since you don't have the guts, then don't be nagging and start looking now. After searching this house completely, we can go back and resume our lives."

Jon and Lily looked at each other under the invisibility cloak. Among the people in the British wizarding world, Aurors were basically all mixed-bloods, and no one dared to call Barty Jr. by his name directly. The two people who came to Snape's house The individual is obviously a "thug" with a higher status than the Auror, that is, he can only be a Death Eater!

Lily quickly focused her attention on the living room again. The position they were in was very clever. They could just see the fireplace through the opened bedroom door.

The two grumbled while searching the room that Jon and Lily had searched completely but found nothing. Finally, a witch wearing a black leather jacket suddenly stared at the fireplace that was still full of ashes!

"Come here! Selwyn, come see this!"

The long-faced wizard named Selwyn soon came to the witch's side, and together they saw the ashes in the fireplace.

This is the easiest problem to discover. When Jon and the others came here, the ashes had not cooled down yet, and they still retained residual heat. It was obvious that they had been left in recent times.

There is also wood in the fireplace that goes out after being burned halfway. The length of cooling time can be easily distinguished.

"Someone was here today!"

The expression on Selwyn's face became solemn. He looked around with vigilant and suspicious observation, and then raised the wand he had been holding in his hand in front of him.

Jon also held his wand under the invisibility cloak. Just when he was about to make a move and wanted to kill the two Death Eaters before they reported the anomaly here, Lily suddenly grabbed The arm holding his wand.

Jon raised his head, and Lily shook her head at him, apparently signaling him not to act rashly yet.

Soon the two Death Eaters checked the entire house again. They did not find Lily and Jon, but they did not relax their vigilance either.

"Go back first and bring the people from the Department of Transportation over from the ministry and ask them to check whether there are any traces of Floo powder being used in this fireplace recently. If so, where is the location?"

After hearing this, Lily withdrew her hand that was holding Jon down, and then stretched out her own hand, the hand holding the wand.

Just when the wizard named Selwyn was about to use Apparition to leave the room, a fallen chair at his feet suddenly turned into a rope as thick as a baby's fist and bound his feet!

Because it was not a lethal spell, Selwyn's armor spell showed no signs of being triggered, and he was directly restrained and fell to the ground!

The witch in the leather jacket also reacted quickly, but Lily's silent casting made it impossible for her to identify the direction of the enemy.

It wasn't until a spell sounded that she locked onto the target instantly, but when she looked over, there was only a patch of green filling her field of vision!

"Avada Kedavra."

After being hit by the death curse, the witch no longer had any possibility of survival. She still kept a frightened expression on her face and fell straight to the ground.

Selwyn, who had been tied up with the rope of transfiguration, raised his upper body from the ground with a ferocious expression, and pointed the wand in his hand in the direction where Jon and Lily had lifted the invisibility cloak first.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Green light shined in the room again, but unlike the leather-jacketed witch before, Jon had already prepared for such a counterattack as expected. While he was pulling off the invisibility cloak, he was also He held up a broken wooden board that looked like a tabletop in front of him. Selwyn's death curse hit the wooden board, leaving only a scorched black hole and no way to cause more damage.

After blocking the death curse, Jon immediately dropped the wooden board in his hand, and then rushed to Selwyn's side with a quick step. He stretched out his left hand with the ring on it, and the universal curse that had been activated was instantly erased. He kept the iron armor spell on his body, and at the same time, the tip of the wand held in his right hand began to shine with red light!

The next moment, the petrification spell hit Selwyn, who was struggling desperately and wanted to wave his wand to fight back against Jon. His body immediately became stiff, and only those vicious eyes stared at Jon.

Lily also came over at this time. She pointed her wand at Selwyn's head, and soon she forcibly pulled out the silver memories from the Death Eater's mind!

Selwyn obviously began to resist violently, but not everyone can master the magic of Occlumency, especially under Voldemort, or they can learn to weave false memories like Jon and Slughorn. To such an extent that no one can discover that the person whose memory is being spied on has learned Occlumency, or else they should not learn it.

Otherwise, if one day, their master suddenly wants to check their memories on a whim, but is blocked by Occlumency, then they will be wary of their intention to learn this magic.

Wisps of memories were pulled out, and at the same time Lily glanced at the body of the leather jacket witch and said calmly to Jon.

"Use the death curse sparingly, and treat it as a necessary means at most. Even if you can control the anger in your heart, this level of black magic will still affect you in a subtle way, and it will be difficult for you as the person involved to detect it. Arrived."

She had already collected all the memories she needed. While speaking, she also used the wand in her hand to tap a fragment of a teacup beside her.

"If you want to kill people, there are actually many ways. There is no need to use magic with such side effects."

The second she finished speaking, the teacup fragment turned into a short blade under the influence of transformation!

Selwyn's bloodshot eyes were full of fear, and then the short blade fell from the air and plunged straight into his chest!

Blood spurts out!

Jon couldn't help but twitch his eyes. He was not sure whether the Death Curse had a subtle impact on his consciousness, but the bloody scene in front of him would probably be hard for most people not to be affected by it.

After dealing with the two Death Eaters, Lily didn't want to stay here anymore. She took Jon and left Snape's house.

It wasn't until he completely walked out of Spider End Alley that Jon asked in confusion.

"Why don't we just catch them both? If the British Ministry of Magic reacts quickly like this, it is estimated that they will be aware of their deaths in two hours at most. When the time comes, they will send people to investigate, and they will definitely be able to trace the floo. Find the source of the powder, and then use this to find Knockturn Alley. Maybe we can use this to get the information that Snape has escaped back to the UK."

"There is no way for Death Eaters to have their memories changed so easily without being discovered." Lily explained softly to Jon, "They will have special screening internally, just like those in the Order of the Phoenix. Every time they return from a mission, People have to check the integrity of their memories, and they are also tested for the Imperius Curse. This test may not be 100% accurate, but if a problem is found, it will not go wrong. So it is useless for us to catch them, When they arrived at Snape's house, it was already destined that the British Ministry of Magic would discover the traces of Snape."

Jon rubbed his chin and nodded.

"Doesn't this mean that if they keep following the clues in Knockturn Alley, as long as they find that the owner of the potion shop has a problem with his memory, we will also be discovered?"

Lily said flatly.

"So since they will be discovered sooner or later, it is better to kill these two people right here. At least we have earned two lives."

Jon continued to nod with deep understanding. Lily was more decisive than he thought.

They did not disapparate directly from the city, but analyzed the situation in front of them along the dirty, smelly river.

"These two Death Eaters suddenly came to search at this time. Could such a coincidence be related to Snape? What information did he deliberately reveal to the British Ministry of Magic, and then asked them to block us here?"

Lily shook her head.

"From the conversation between the two Death Eaters, it can be heard that the person who gave them the order was Barty Crouch. If it was Snape who revealed the information to the Ministry of Magic, it is unlikely that he We will look for this person. The second location information he told us said that Voldemort would discover his importance sooner or later. The purpose of the two Death Eaters just coming here is not without such a coincidence."

Jon turned to look at Lily.

"Then what should we do now? Professor, do you have any clues about Snape?"

Lily didn't say anything immediately. She just looked at the gray building quietly, not knowing what she was thinking.

It wasn't until a long time later that she spoke again.

"Now that we have returned to the UK, Jon, would you like to do me a favor?"

"Dudley! Come on, your mother has already prepared delicious sausages and steaks!"

Vernon, whose neck was almost up to his chin, shouted loudly in the direction of the stairs.

Soon a violent "dong-dong" sound came from the second floor, as if something heavy was rolling on the wooden floor.

A boy who looked very similar to Vernon and had the same fat figure stared at the dining table as he walked downstairs.

"I told you, I need physical strength!" He yelled dissatisfied, "Roasted elbow! I told my mother, I must eat it in order to defeat my opponent with the most heroic posture in the boxing match! Not these The usual steak and sausage!”

The exact opposite of the figure of father and son, the skinny Penny brought the salad from the kitchen to the dining table and comforted her son at the same time.

"Don't worry, honey, I've already prepared everything. We can eat delicious roasted pork knuckle tonight. Let's use these things to pad our stomachs for lunch."

Dudley reluctantly sat down at the dining table. He seemed to be in a bad mood. He held a fork in his hand and poked at the piece of steak with a look of disgust.

At this moment, the Dursley's doorbell suddenly rang.

"Open the door! Babies, I still have some work to do!"

Vernon looked up at his son and met those little eyes. He could only put down the knife and fork in his hand, stood up and walked towards the door, muttering at the same time.

"Okay, okay, let me see who's interrupting this wonderful lunch hour."

While watching Vernon's movements, Dudley forked over the untouched sausage on his father's plate and bit off half of it in one bite, while looking in the direction of the door.

Vernon opened the door. He didn't see anyone at first. After he lowered his head, he saw a boy with a smile on his face and some bright blond hair waving hello to him.

"Hello, sir, is this the Dursley's?"