Volume 7: A World with Bad Consequences Chapter 473 Trouble
The seats where Slughorn and Dandy were sitting were just right, and it was obviously arranged by Slughorn.
The bedroom door was located just behind him, and only Slughorn himself could see the finger sticking out from the crack in the door making a gesture to him, and then an invisible edge appeared at the tip of the finger!
Slughorn looked away from the door, and instead stared at Dandy, trying to gain his attention further by saying something.
However, the former Auror showed great alertness. Slughorn's words just now made him hesitate to continue to offend and check the bedroom, but he still turned back every once in a while to check the blind spot that he could not observe and was the only possible problem.
Perhaps many pure-bloods have forgotten, but Dandy has always remembered that Slughorn was not only Voldemort's former dean, but he was also Dumbledore's professor for two or three years before he joined the British school.
And Dandy is one of the very few pure-bloods who is not suspicious of Slughorn, but is wary of him!
The moment he turned his head, Slughorn's pupils constricted and he began to fall backwards!
“Buzz!”
A subtle tremor sounded in the office. After seeing the magic wand sticking out from the crack in the door, Dandy reacted very quickly and slid down from the chair like a loach. In almost the next second, he hid behind the back of the chair!
But just as he was nervous and had almost concluded that this was a sneak attack against him by Slughorn and most likely outsiders from the Wizarding Horizon, he drew out his wand and prepared to fight back, when a bright green light suddenly shot past him!
The breath of death made Dandy feel terrified!
Then there was a muffled sound, accompanied by the sound of a chair falling to the ground and a person's body rolling on the ground!
Then, Dandy, who was lying on the ground, saw Slughorn lying on his side with his eyes still open!
Wasn't this attack directed at him?
Want to get rid of Slughorn!
In an instant, Dandy made up .
Without stopping, he turned around and cast an explosion spell in the direction of the wand extending towards the bedroom door. However, there was no mistake , but there was no explosion at all, as if some force had erased his spell!
Dandy quickly searched for all the information about the Wizarding Horizon in his mind, and among the people led by Dumbledore, there was only one person who had the ability to directly erase magic!
"Jon Green!"
He shouted sharply.
Jon, who was hiding behind the door, no longer concealed himself. With a calm expression, he waved his stick and kicked the door open!
No spell was sounded, but the green light filled with the breath of death made Dandy roll on the ground, and he raised his wand to fight back at John!
John dodged the death curse that was launched at him by simply turning his head. He did not chant any spells or swing his staff. After seeing Dandy rolling out from the cover of the chair, an invisible sharp blade immediately burst out from his fingertips!
He deliberately restrained the power of this invisible sword, and Dandy had no way to avoid it. Snape invented this magic with an extremely fast casting speed, and there was not much room for people to dodge. John was now casting the spell without a wand and silently, making it even more difficult for people to react!
"Bang!"
There was a solid sound, like glass breaking, and the armor spell that had been maintained on Dandy even in the Department of Mysteries was broken!
Jon cursed him in his heart as a pervert. He had guessed that this person would most likely keep the Armor Spell on to protect himself all the time, and now it turned out to be correct.
At this time, Dandy no longer thought about whether he could survive. Just a few spells were enough to make him realize the gap between himself and John.
Slughorn has been killed, and he is unlikely to escape death either. He doesn't know how John managed to sneak into the Department of Mysteries so quietly, but what Dandy knows is that he must make a big noise, a noise loud enough for everyone else in the Department of Mysteries to hear, so that John can't continue to hide here, otherwise he will be a great threat to the entire Ministry of Magic!
So, after the Shield Charm was broken, Dandy raised his wand, but the tip of the wand was not pointed at John himself, but at the door of the director's office!
Given the distance between Jon and him now, there was no time to stop him from casting the spell!
"thunderbolt……"
But just when he was halfway through chanting the spell, a red light hit his body!
Dandy stared with his eyes wide open. Before his body completely stiffened and turned petrified, he saw Slughorn, who had been lying on the ground and should have been dead, climb up from the ground with a grunt, holding his wand.
"So I'm telling you, you have to be careful when dealing with these cunning people."
Slughorn grumbled as he dusted off his robes.
John also came over and snatched the wand from Dandy's hand, then cast two petrification spells and a binding spell on him for safety.
"It's a good thing you have Plan No. 2, teacher. Otherwise, if we are caught, we won't be able to hide here any longer. These Death Eaters are really disgusting. The idiots are the idiots, and the smart ones are just like monkeys."
Dandy had no way of responding to Jon's words, which were not sure whether they were praise or humiliation. He could only stare at them, as if he wanted to kill these two bastards, Slughorn and Jon, with his eyes.
"Did my silent killing curse hit you?"
Jon didn't bother with Dandy first, but instead became concerned about Slughorn's situation.
Slughorn shook his head and pulled out a piece of wood with charred holes in it from under his robes .
"I took precautions. Besides, haven't we tried it with rats before? The killing curse you cast silently is not powerful enough to kill people directly."
"That's also a killing curse, so it's better to avoid it if you can."
After hearing their conversation, if Dandy still didn't realize that he was being fooled, then he would have wasted his brain.
But he can't do anything now, not even suicide.
Besides, even if he could bite his tongue or bang his head against the wall, he had Slughorn, the top potion master, and Jon, the bug that could turn into a phoenix. As long as he had a breath left, he couldn't die even if he wanted to!
"Okay, hurry up, let's not waste time. If he stays in my office for too long, those people outside might get suspicious."
As Slughorn spoke, he took out a small glass bottle that he had prepared long ago from the drawer. Inside was the truth serum that he had made himself.
By this time, Jon had dragged Dandy to the corner and pinched his mouth open.
The master and disciple worked together to drip three drops of truth serum into his mouth. This was the normal amount for interrogation. If it was a little more, it would cause problems for Dandy's mental state. He would be needed later, so they tried their best not to let him suffer any obvious trauma.
After pouring the truth serum into his mouth, Jon and Slughorn stared at the time and waited for a full three minutes for the potion to take full effect and remove all the spells on Dandy.
Jon nodded to Slughorn and asked Dandy.
"What is the mission Voldemort has given you?"
Soon, Dandy, who had become dazed, responded.
"Secure the Department of Mysteries and keep no one else out, and then..."
It can be seen that his own will is resisting vigorously, as if there is something he doesn't want to and dare not say!
However, Jon grabbed his neck without any hesitation and stopped his body from moving.
"And then what!"
"Then...then watch the time hall...there is an inconspicuous door there. Be careful not to let anyone open it..."
Jon and Slughorn both held their breath, knowing that they had asked the key question.
"Why can't it be opened? What's behind the door? What's the method to open that door?"
This series of three questions caused Dandy's body to produce endless resistance, but in the end he was unable to resist the effect of the truth serum.
"Because, because, behind that is the master's ...secret of eternal life. How to open that door, master, master, no one has told me..."
Hearing this, Jon couldn't help but frown. It was useless to know what secrets were hidden behind the door. What he needed was to find a way to get in and see what was inside with his own eyes!
But now it is obvious that Dandy does not know about the problem of opening the door. With Voldemort No. 2's extremely cautious character, he will not tell others such a secret that concerns his biggest secret.
Just as Jon and Slughorn frowned, Dandy opened his mouth again and said something.
"When I first came to the Department of Mysteries and took over here... I heard the Unspoken Man who stayed here before say... He had been studying the door in the Hall of Time that he didn't know how to open... And the way to open the door is something in the Hall of Time..."
Jon looked up suddenly and stared into Dandy's eyes.
"Where is the Silent Man now!"
"I... I was afraid that the master's secret would be leaked, so I found an opportunity in private... to kill him..."
Slughorn couldn't help but clench his fists. This man was too loyal to Voldemort and too cautious.
But Jon took a deep breath and didn't give up yet.
"What else did you learn from him?"
"I, I only know this much. As a servant, I shouldn't know too much about my master's secrets..."
The office fell into silence.
Jon and Slughorn didn't know what to say, but Jon soon came to his senses. He grabbed Dandy's body and pulled him up again.
"Anyway, teacher, these are better than nothing. At least we know the problem is behind that door, and the way to open the door is in the Time Hall. Now check this guy and make sure there is nothing left on him, then help him reinstall the armor charm and modify his memory."
Slughorn also knew that the longer they delayed, the greater the risk of being discovered. No one knew whether this wizard named Dandy had made any arrangements for the other pure-bloods outside, and if they found that he had not come out of the director's office for a long time, would anyone want to come in to check on the situation?
So Slughorn used the Imperius Curse directly on Dandy, controlling him and making him cast an Shield Charm on himself. Then he cancelled the Imperius Curse on him and used the Oblivion Charm to reweave his memory of today's conversation in his mind.
Afterwards, Jon returned to the bedroom to hide, while Slughorn continued to sit behind the office. At this time, Dandy slowly regained his consciousness.
He looked at Slughorn who was looking at him strangely, blinked and asked.
"What did you say, Mr. Director?"
"I say, Chrison, did you not get enough rest last night? I just started talking and I noticed that you seemed to be thinking about something, and your expression was wandering somewhere."
Hearing him say this, Dandy's heart tightened at first, then he quickly checked his body, but did not find any problems. Even the Iron Armor Spell was still maintained, and the method of releasing it was obviously his own work.
After completing this inspection, he felt a little relieved, but still felt that something was wrong with him today, so he stared into Slughorn's eyes, wanting to end this conversation with him quickly.
"So what do you think, Mr. Director?"
"You make me feel disrespected." Slughorn waved his hand coldly at him. "I was somewhat tempted, but I'd better communicate these things with Parkinson and others."
Dandy thought that his behavior just now made Slughorn unhappy. Although he didn't care about it in his heart, he still apologized.
"I'm really sorry, Mr. Director. I'll apologize to you when I have the chance."
Slughorn seemed to have lost the idea of communicating with him and waved his hand.
"Come on, let's go. Don't you have something else to do?"
Dandy did not stay any longer. He stood up, apologized again, and then pushed the door and left the director's office.
And after he left and Slughorn made sure that the door was locked from the inside, Jon came out again.
Slughorn's expression was not fake, even though Dandy had left, it was still very ugly.
"We only have two days at most. Although I don't know what Dumbledore wants to do that day, if we can't find..."
Jon interrupted him by shaking his head.
"No, professor. At least we now know the way to open the door in the Time Hall. If it doesn't work in the end, we can use some more brutal methods at worst."
Having said this, Jon paused.
"Let me try in the Time Hall first, but it would be too conspicuous to stay in there openly. Teacher, you need to help me divert their attention."
