Volume 4: The Sea and the Ship Heading North Chapter 183: Truth Serum
But Jon had no intention of communicating with him at all.
In the wizarding world, there are many ways to get , but most of these methods are beyond the reach of him and Fred at this stage.
However, although the professors separated from them, many useful things were still left in their offices.
Especially in Lily's office.
The cabinet she erected against the wall to store potions was filled to the brim, and each door was specially marked to indicate what potion was stored inside and what effect it had.
Many of these were daily healing potions, which she had obviously left behind on purpose to prevent students who were sailing alone from getting sick and having no way to brew potions to take care of themselves.
Among them are some potions with special effects, and some are even banned drugs that the Ministry of Magic has expressly prohibited from private production and sale.
This time when Jon got off the ship, he brought out a very useful bottle of banned medicine - Veritaserum.
Only three drops are needed to make the person who drinks it tell you everything he knows. Aurors usually use this potion to interrogate extremely serious criminals.
Now such interrogation will fall on them themselves.
Assisted by Fred, he grabbed McNeill's jaw and forced his mouth open.
A great panic rose in the heart of this simple-minded temporary Auror. He resisted fiercely and kept shouting.
"You can't do this! I'm a half-blood! I'm protected by the law of blood! Even if I'm guilty I can only be tried by the Wizengamot! You can't lynch me!"
But his resistance was meaningless. Jon took a small bottle and raised it above McNeill's mouth. Then he carefully tilted the bottle and dripped three drops of truth serum into his mouth.
This potion was very precious and there was only a limited amount of it, so John used it very sparingly.
McNeill clearly felt that he was being fed something, but he had no ability to resist at all. Even if he kept coughing, he could not spit out the truth serum that had slipped into his esophagus.
The medicine soon took effect.
McNeill stopped resisting, his mouth slightly open, breathing heavily, looking like a student waiting for an answer.
Jon and Fred looked at each other, then he raised the magic spell to his throat and asked in a voice that didn't belong to him and sounded even older and hoarse.
"May I have your name?"
"Walton McNeill..."
McNeill's voice was calm but his tone was a little unclear, as if he was talking in his sleep. He was completely different from the person who was shouting just now.
"How can you prove your identity?" Jon continued to ask with narrowed eyes.
"Inside pocket... there's my Auror badge..."
Fred reached out and fumbled, and sure enough, he found a metal plate in the inner pocket of his robe. Not only was McNeill's name engraved on it, but also his identity in the Auror Command - "Temporarily Recruited Auror".
When Jon saw this line of text, his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.
"What is a temporary Auror call-up?"
"The Auror Command... has been seriously short of manpower recently, so they forcibly brought me here... gave me a temporary Auror identity, and asked me to work for them..."
"Why is Auror Command short of people? What are the other Aurors doing?"
"I... don't know... Nott knows, but he doesn't want to tell me..."
"Who is Nott?"
"Nott Scabior... the full-time Auror stationed with me in Azkaban..."
Jon's frown deepened.
"Are you the only two people on this island now?"
"Yes……"
"Do you usually communicate with the Dementors in the castle?"
"Communication... is all handled by Nott..."
"What method did he use? Do you know it?"
"I... just came here... I don't know how to..."
Fred angrily kicked him hard.
"Then what's the point of us catching you!"
"I have no idea……"
Jon pulled him back. Although his brows were still furrowed, he was obviously much calmer than Fred.
"Don't worry. We have to deal with the two Aurors on this island first, otherwise we won't be able to enter the castle safely. Since the information we need is with the Auror named Nott, we will go find him later. Before that, let's get everything we can out of this person first."
Fred withdrew his foot somewhat angrily, while Jon looked at McNeill and continued to ask questions.
"How long have you been on this island? How long will it take for someone to come and relieve you?"
"We... came here five days ago... We have to wait a month before anyone else comes..."
"What is this cabin used for? Why are you here?"
"The Ministry of Magic personnel are located on and off the island... They are also responsible for the operation of the Muggle Repelling Spell and Confusion Spell around the prison... Nott asked me to check whether the magic is working normally..."
"Does that Nott always have the protection of the Shield Charm on him?"
"I have no idea……"
"How strong is he?"
"have no idea……"
"Why don't you know anything?"
"He...doesn't trust me..."
"How long does it usually take for you to come for an inspection?"
"Five minutes..."
Jon finished his questioning and stood up from the ground, his eyes full of thought.
"The key lies in this wizard named Nott." He said to Fred, "This Auror named McNeill is just a temporary worker. This is probably why it was so easy for us to attack him. He has never received any professional Auror training. The other person is the main person in charge of this prison now ."
Fred nodded.
"Nick is still staring at him, shall we go back first?"
"Let's go back now. We have been delayed for more than five minutes. If we delay any longer, it might alert him."
"What about this person?"
Jon looked at McNeill, who raised his wand.
"Falling unconscious."
McNeill's head tilted and he completely lost consciousness.
"Give him another Stunning Spell and leave him here until we have accomplished our goal on this island."
Fred then cast a Stunning Spell to ensure that he slept long enough, and then the two of them put on their Invisibility Cloaks again and started to return along the same route.
When they approached the building, they saw Nick hiding at the edge of the wall.
Nick also saw them and floated over silently.
"How's it going over there?"
"It's been dealt with, but the Auror who's in the house right now is the main thing."
