MTL - In This Hogwarts Without a Savior-Chapter 432 430. The Dursleys

   Chapter 432 430. The Dursleys

  Jon stared at the Daily Prophet, thinking about it.

   "Did Snape deliberately leave this for us to see?"

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

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

  Jon nodded. These things in the newspapers are really not a big problem. They are just some clumsy political means by Voldemort to appease the British wizarding world after the failure of the Triwizard Tournament.

   Compared with the other him before, this is not a star and a half.

  But 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 lonely and insists on some bloodbath.

   They took a quick enough time to check every room in Snape's house, but they found nothing weird anywhere.

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

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

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

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

"So what did the higher-ups ask us to come here to look for? Didn't Aurors come over and search three days ago? Except for some useless potions, there is nothing here, and now we are asked to come here on a special trip, what are we going to do? ?”

   What responded to him was a stern female voice.

   "Now that we have arrived here, you only asked me. Why didn't you ask me clearly in front of him about the mission I received from Batty together with you?"

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

   "It's not that you don't know. Since returning from that game, Crouch has become weird. He has never shown a good face to anyone, and he doesn't even pretend. Who dares to ask more questions."

   "Since you don't have the guts, don't be so long-winded. Start looking now. After searching this house completely, we can go back and return."

Jon and Lily looked at each other under the invisibility cloak. Among these people in the British wizarding world, Aurors were basically all mixed blood, and no one dared to call little Barty by his name directly. The two who came to Snape's house Individuals are obviously higher status "thugs" than Aurors, that is, they can only be Death Eaters!

   Lily quickly set her sights on the living room again. The position they were in was very ingenious, and it happened that the position of the fireplace could be seen through the opened bedroom door.

   While the two grumbled, they searched the room that Jon and Lily had searched thoroughly but found nothing. In the end, a witch in a black leather jacket suddenly stared at the fireplace that was still full of ashes!

   "Come here! Selwyn, come and see this!"

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

   This is the easiest problem to find. When Jon and the others came here, the ashes hadn't cooled completely, and they still retain residual heat, which is obviously left in a while.

   There are also those woods in the fireplace that are half burned and then extinguished. The length of cooling time is easy to tell.

   "Someone came here today!"

  The expression on Selwyn's face became serious. He looked around vigilantly and suspiciously, and then stood up the wand that 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 move, and wanted to deal with the two Death Eaters before they reported the anomaly here, Lily suddenly grabbed it. the arm that held his wand.

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

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

   "You go back first, and bring the people from the Department of Transportation over from the Ministry, and ask them to check whether there is any trace of Floo powder being used in this fireplace recently, and if so, where is it!"

  After hearing this, Lily retracted the hand holding Jon, and then stretched out her own hand, the one holding the wand.

   Just as the wizard named Selwyn was about to use Apparition to leave the room, a fallen chair under 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, the Iron Armor Curse on Selwyn's body showed no sign of being triggered, and he was bound and fell to the ground directly!

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

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

"Avada Kedavra."

  Hitted by the death curse, the witch had no chance of surviving, so she kept a terrified expression on her face, and fell straight to the ground.

  Selwyn, who had been bound by the rope of the Transfiguration technique, 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 already lifted the invisibility cloak first.

"Avada Kedavra!"

Green light shone in the room again, but unlike the witch in the leather jacket before, Jon had already prepared for such a counterattack as expected. While tearing off the invisibility cloak, he was also A broken wooden board that looked like a table was raised in front of him. Selwyn's Death Curse hit the wooden board, leaving only a scorched black hole, and there was no way to cause more damage.

After blocking the death curse, Jon immediately dropped the wooden plank in his hand, and then rushed to Selwyn's side with a brisk walk, stretched out his left hand wearing the ring, and the activated universal curse was instantly erased He kept the Iron Armor Curse on him all the time, and at the same time, the tip of the magic wand held in his right hand began to shine red light!

  The next moment, the petrification curse hit Selwyn, who was struggling desperately and wanted to wave his wand to counter 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 started a fierce resistance, 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 it is impossible to discover that the person whose memory is being peeped has learned Occlumency, or should not learn it.

   Otherwise, when one day, their master wants to check their memories on a whim, but is blocked by Occlusion, then they should be wary of their intention to learn this magic.

   A strand of memory was pulled out, and at the same time Lily glanced at the corpse of the witch in the leather jacket, and said to Jon calmly.

"The death curse should be used sparingly, and at most it should be regarded as a means that has to be used. Even if you can control the hostility in your heart, this level of black magic will still affect you in a subtle way, and it is difficult for you as the person involved to detect it. It's here."

  She has exhausted all the memories she needs. While talking, she also tapped a fragment of a teacup with the wand in her hand.

   "If you want to kill someone, there are actually many ways, and there is no need to use this kind of side-effect magic."

   The second after her voice fell, the fragment of the teacup turned into a short blade under the effect of the transformation technique!

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

  Blood splashed out!

  Jon couldn't help but twitched his eyes. He wasn't sure if the Death Curse had a subtle effect on his consciousness, but the **** scene in front of him probably wouldn't be affected by ordinary people.

   After solving the two Death Eaters, Lily didn't want to stay here any longer, she took Jon and left Snape's house.

   Jon didn't ask puzzled until he walked out of the spider's end alley.

"Why don't we catch them both directly? If the British Ministry of Magic reacts quickly, it is estimated that they will be aware of their deaths within two hours at most. By then, we will send people to investigate, and we will definitely be able to track down Floo. The source of the fan, and then find Knockturn Alley based on this, maybe we can get the information that Snape has fled back to England based on this."

"There is no way for Death Eaters to have their memories changed so easily without being discovered." Lily explained to Jon softly, "They will have special screening internally, the same as in the Order of the Phoenix. People have to be checked for the integrity of their memory, and they are also tested by the Imperius Curse. This kind of test is not necessarily 100% accurate, but if a problem is found, it will not go wrong. So it is useless for us to catch them. When they came to Snape's house, it was already doomed that the British Ministry of Magic would find out where Snape was."

  Jon touched his chin and nodded.

   "Doesn't that mean that if they keep following the clues to Wangkwandang Lane, as long as they find that the owner of the potion shop has a memory problem, 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 here, at least we have earned two lives."

  Jon continued to nod approvingly. Lily was more decisive than he imagined.

  They did not leave the city directly with Apparition, but followed the dirty stinking river to analyze the situation in front of them.

   "These two Death Eaters suddenly came to search at this time. Could this coincidence be related to Snape? Did he deliberately disclose some information to the British Ministry of Magic, and then let them 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 Snape really revealed the information to the Ministry of Magic, then it is unlikely that he We will look for this person. The second location information he told us, he said that Voldemort would discover his importance sooner or later, and the purpose of the two Death Eaters coming here just now is not without such a coincidence."

  Jon turned his head and glanced at Lily.

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

   Lily didn't make a sound immediately, she just quietly looked at the gray building where she was, not knowing what she was thinking.

   It was not until a long time later that she spoke again.

   "Since we have all returned to England, then Jon, would you like to do me a favor?"

   "Dudley! Hurry up, your mom has delicious sausage and steak ready!"

  Vernon, whose neck was almost drowning his jaw, shouted loudly towards the direction of the stairs.

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

  A boy who looked very similar to Vernon and was also obese was staring at the dining table while going downstairs with small eyes.

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

  The stature of the father and son was completely opposite. The skinny Penny brought the salad from the kitchen to the dining table while comforting her son.

   "Don't worry, baby, I've already prepared everything. Tonight we can have delicious roasted pork knuckles. For lunch, let's use these things to pad our stomachs."

   Dudley sat down on the dining table reluctantly. He looked in a bad mood, holding a fork in his hand, and poked the steak with a look of disgust.

   Right at this moment, the doorbell of the Dursleys' house suddenly rang.

   "Open the door! Babes, I have work to do!"

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

   "Okay, okay, let me see who is interrupting this beautiful lunch time."

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

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

   "Hello, sir, is this the Dursleys' house?"

  (end of this chapter)