Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Chapter 362 The cold Barty Crouch

"Who could it be?" Harry asked nervously, "What could be the reason? Why did you attack Barty Crouch?"

"I don't know." Sirius Black shook his head helplessly, then picked up another piece of bread and chewed it slowly.

Sirius Black seemed to be really hungry, as all the chicken drumsticks and hams he had eaten before were not enough to fill his stomach.

"But I'm sure that Barty Crouch's illness is definitely not normal." After Sirius Black finished eating the bread, he wiped his mouth with his hand, and then looked at Harry——

"Barty Crouch is a very upright person. To be precise, he is a bit too upright." Sirius continued.

"What?" Harry asked in surprise, "Do you know Barty Crouch?"

"Of course." Sirius said, "The maximum number of adult wizards in the British wizarding world did not exceed fifteen thousand. It is a very small group, and they are both members of the so-called 'twenty-eight pure-blood families', the Black family and the There are often contacts between the Crouch family. I remember that when I was a child, Barty Crouch often followed his father, Bodor Crouch, to visit our old Black house. At that time, he was just a newly graduated magician. He was an intern at the Ministry of Education, but even since then he has shown an extremely strong desire for power."

"No wonder Percy admires him so much." Ron excused with a smile, "It's almost as if Barty Crouch is Percy's biological father."

"Not to mention the Azkaban he sent me to." Sirius added, his expression suddenly darkened and suddenly became quite scary, just like the first time Harry saw him. It was the same as that night, when Harry still believed that Sirius was a murderer.

"Huh?" Harry seemed frightened by Sirius Black's expression.

"What?" Even Ron felt a little unbelievable.

"Haha." Sirius sneered and then continued, "As I said, Barty Crouch is a very upright guy, a little too upright but also extremely power-hungry. This quality is not common in normal times, but in this situation In that era, when the entire British wizarding world was darkly ruled by Voldemort, forget it, even if I tell you, you wouldn’t understand, you are still too young.”

"Tell me about it." Ron raised his eyebrows, with a hint of irritation in his tone, "Just give it a try and see if we can understand."

"Okay, I'll give it a try..." A smile flashed across Sirius' thin face. He walked to the other end of the cave, then turned back and said, "Now imagine that when Voldemort was powerful, you You don't know who is his supporter and who is not, who is working for him and who is not. You know he can control people so tightly that they do terrible things involuntarily. You do it for yourself and your family. Feel scared with your friends. Every week there is bad news, someone is dead, someone is missing, someone is being tortured... The Ministry of Magic is in chaos, they don't know what to do, and they are trying every possible means to hide it Muggles, and at the same time, Muggles were dying. There was terror everywhere... tension... chaos... that was the situation."

"Well, times like this always bring out the best in good people and expose the worst in bad people. In the beginning, Crouch's principles were probably good -"

"I'm not sure. He quickly rose up the ranks in the ministry and began to take some very tough measures against Voldemort's supporters. Aurors gained some new powers. For example, they had the power to kill, not just Mere capture. I'm not the only one who was handed over directly to the Dementors without trial. Crouch met violence with violence, and he allowed the Unforgivable Curse to be used on suspects. In my opinion, he became Like many people in the dark arts, he is cruel and ruthless. Did you know that he also has his supporters - many people think that he is right to handle things this way, and many wizards clamor for him to become Minister of Magic. After Voldemort disappeared, It seemed to be only a matter of time before Crouch became the number one leader. However, at this moment, a very unfortunate thing happened..."

Sirius smiled coldly, as if he had no sympathy for the misfortune that happened to the man who sent him to Azkaban Prison with his own hands.

"Crouch's biological son was caught. He was with a group of Death Eaters who escaped from Azkaban with smooth talk. It seems that they are looking for Voldemort and want to make him come back again." Sirius Black said.

"So Barty Crouch's son is a Death Eater?" Harry asked in surprise.

"I don't know." Sirius shook his head and said, "I was also there when he was imprisoned in Azkaban. I only found out about these things after I came out. When the boy was arrested, he was with him in Azkaban. The guys we were with were Death Eaters, I'd bet my life on that - but maybe he just wasn't supposed to be in that place at that time."

"Did Crouch excuse his son?" Ron asked puzzledly.

Sirius let out a strange laugh, much like a dog barking.

"Crouch excuses his son? Anything that threatens his reputation, he must put aside. His entire life is dedicated to the cause of becoming Minister of Magic. Crouch's fatherly love is at best This only manifested itself in putting his son on trial, which according to various rumors actually gave Crouch an excuse to show off how much he hated the boy... before he sent his son to Azkaban. .”

"He gave his son to the Dementors?" Harry asked softly.

"That's right." Sirius said, and now he didn't look amused at all. "I saw the dementors bringing him in, and I watched them through the iron bars of the cell door. At best, he was He was nineteen years old. They put him in a cell next to mine. In the evening, he screamed for his mother. But after a few days, he was silent... and finally they were silent... ...only occasionally screams in his sleep..."

For a moment, the depressed look in Sirius' eyes became extremely serious, as if the blinds behind his eyes had suddenly closed.

Harry looked at Sirius Black with some distress, understanding that Sirius was recalling the painful memories of when he was imprisoned in Azkaban.

Then there was a long silence.

"By the way, Professor Moody said that Crouch was obsessed with catching dark wizards all day long." Harry added.

"Yeah, I heard it became a hobby of his." Sirius nodded and said, "My opinion is that he still thinks that as long as he catches one more Death Eater, he can regain public support. , especially after what happened at the World Cup."

"So, Harry." Sirius said solemnly, "After Barty Crouch recovers from his illness, you can try to contact him. There is definitely a conspiracy in your participation. I suspect it is because of Barty Crouch." Crouch was so paranoid that he wanted to capture the Death Eaters, so he might have discovered something unusual, which might have something to do with why Harry entered the competition."

"But if that's the case, why didn't they just kill Barty Crouch?" Ron asked in confusion, "Since we can make him sick, I think it would be easier to just cast the killing curse, right? "

"No, Ron, you think about things too simply." Sirius Black shook his head and said, "Killing Barty Crouch will definitely attract Dumbledore's attention. Magic, especially dark magic, It’ll leave a trail.”

"And..." Sirius Black frowned and looked at Ron, "And not everyone can use the Death Curse... Some people's magical cultivation may not even be enough to support him using the Death Curse once... I doubt it. ...The mysterious man sent one of our 'old friends'...to perform the task..."

"You mean?" Ron's face instantly turned pale.

"Yeah." Sirius nodded, and then said, "I suspect that Peter Pettigrew has returned to Hogwarts. After all, compared to being familiar with Harry and Hogwarts, the mysterious man can now use There is no Death Eater like Peter Pettigrew."

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