In This Hogwarts Without a Savior

Jon followed Slughorn into the dark door he opened.

As soon as you enter, you can find a large and messy office inside, with more than a dozen wizards sorting out various parchments and files piled everywhere.

The robes they wore were different, but what was unified was that each of them had a badge embroidered on the chest of the robe.

This means that all the people currently in the Department of Mysteries on this level are from pure-blood families.

And Jon also noticed keenly that only a small part of these people's family crests belonged to the twenty-eight sacred families, that is, the ranks of the old-school pure-bloods. Almost all of them were new-school pure-bloods promoted after Voldemort II.

Slughorn led Jon through the large office. During this period, the two did not exchange a word. The fat walrus, who was always smiling, just greeted the purebloods passing by him as he walked.

Then, they came to a door on the wall of the big office, with a metal nameplate on it - [Office of the Deputy Director]

"Before I came here, the Department of Mysteries had never had the position of Deputy Director. It was that gentleman who created it for me."

The words finally seemed like they were meant for Jon.

Jon shrugged secretly, and then said seriously.

"This is a testament to the great affection that my master has for you, Mr. Slughorn."

The fat walrus laughed. To outsiders, he seemed to feel comfortable with Jon's flattery. Only Jon could see the joy in it.

They opened the door and walked into the office. After entering, Slughorn turned sideways and motioned for Jon to walk in first. After Jon entered, he carefully closed the door and finally pressed something unknown. Something, there was a sound of the lock spring springing from the door lock.

After doing this, he turned around and raised his eyebrows at Jon with satisfaction, and then waved his hand. The cabinet on the wall opened automatically, and a box of pineapple preserves flew out from it, and finally landed on the desk.

At the same time, the teapot jumped up on its own and poured two cups of black tea into the teacups that had just been lined up like soldiers.

"Relax, Jon. On the first day I came here, this place became my territory completely. No one will hear what we say here."

After Jon heard what he said, Ge You, who was completely motionless, lay down on the sofa chair, and then threw a candied pineapple into his mouth.

After chewing it twice, he had to drink a whole cup of tea. It was too sweet.

Slughorn sat across from Jon with a smile on his face. He looked at Jon who was staring at another person's face with emotion on his face. This was the first time they had met since they separated that night in the carriage. .

"Now your name is spreading throughout Europe, Jon. You are more famous than me, a teacher."

"If you let them know what kind of things you have been doing these years, teacher, then they will definitely feel that Jon Green is nothing."

Jon's words were serious and obviously not meant as a compliment.

He has experienced many dangers over the years, but Slughorn has always been surrounded by wolves, and he continues to find opportunities to pass important information to Dumbledore, a lot of which is related to the war situation. , all passed through his hands.

Slughorn's old face almost smiled after hearing Jon's words.

"It's better not to say these useless words. Did Dumbledore tell you why he asked you to come here?"

Jon nodded.

Slughorn pressed his back against the back of the chair.

"Actually, at the beginning, I didn't agree with him letting you infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and carry out this secret mission with me. Because I feel that no matter how many things you have done before, in the final analysis, you have not graduated from Hogwarts. , is a student. But after hearing Dumbledore say that you have learned the Animagus and that your transformed form is a phoenix, I have no reason to refuse."

He looked at Jon.

"Did you master it with the ring?"

Facing Slughorn, Jon certainly had nothing to hide. He took off the ring pendant he had been wearing around his neck, and the four blue diamond-shaped gems on it flashed under the light.

"That's right, teacher, I have engraved the Animagus transformation magic on the third stone. You know the first stone, it has the floating spell on it, and the other two stones."

Before Jon could finish speaking, Slughorn waved his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Don't tell me this kind of thing. Just like when I taught you Occlumency, I told you that people should always keep some secrets of their own. I have them too, and so does Dumbledore. You Of course it needs to be.”

Jon didn't refuse his offer.

"Teacher, have you gained anything from being here these days?"

After getting down to business, Slughorn's expression calmed down.

"I came to the Department of Mysteries half a month before you. In fact, before Dumbledore asked me to find a way to transfer to this department, Voldemort had already intended for me to be stationed here."

"Snape's incident will have a great impact in the follow-up. It is related to the current Voldemort. Whether he will choose to use Horcruxes, a highly flawed method, to maintain his immortality. But it is also like Dumbledore's guess. Even though his mind was not as clear as that of his other self, he still considered it a lot and did not directly split his soul again. Instead, he asked me to try to crack the longevity potion that Snape had made for the other Voldemort. "

"However, the inside story of this potion is obviously an extremely closely guarded secret for the other Voldemort. I copied the catalytic potion that Snape made for him, but the potion itself actually has no effect at all. The effect of extending a person's lifespan or immortality, it can only speed up the reaction of a kind of golden gravel."

"That kind of gravel is what you brought back from Snape and gave it to Dumbledore. We don't know where the other Voldemort got this thing from. No one knows whether it is the current Voldemort or Dumbledore. I can't figure out its function. The only clue is that Snape and the other Voldemort himself spent a long time in the Department of Mysteries."

When he said this, the expression on Slughorn's face became serious.

"Voldemort also asked Karkaroff to come to the Department of Mysteries to investigate this matter before, but nothing was found afterwards. So later, after I took the initiative to apply for a transfer and expressed that I wanted to share his worries, he sent me over. At the same time, He also agreed with others in the ministry and submitted a proposal to reorganize the entire Department of Mysteries. Because he felt that the Silent Men in the Department of Mysteries before were all old men who had come into contact with another Voldemort and were not worthy of his trust. , he wanted to replace all the silent people here with his own people, so that’s why the current situation happened.”

"But I believe that when you came here, you should have discovered that all the new employees here have certain problems."

Jon nodded with deep understanding.

"I felt it when I came up in the elevator. The people who came to report in the Department of Mysteries seemed to have been premeditated in advance. They were all familiar with each other, and most of them were purebloods of the new school. Only Very few are old-school purebloods.”

Slughorn said extremely seriously.

"Because these people have actually betrayed the current Voldemort and are looking for another Voldemort who has disappeared before!"

His words made Jon slightly stunned, but he didn't feel how shocked he was.

Because when they and Lily came to England to look for Snape, they had already determined that some Death Eaters had found their other master, otherwise Snape would not be able to get the bottle of golden gravel.

"So Voldemort can't feel it when they hug each other together like this?"

"This is one of the problems." Slughorn said solemnly, "Based on my interactions with Voldemort, it seems that he did not feel the changes in the hearts of pure bloods. But this situation can be explained. There are also some explanations that don't make sense. The explanation is that since he found out that he started to grow old, he has been hiding behind the scenes. Very few purebloods can see him, which naturally lacks channels to understand the outside world. "

"But as far as I know, these people who are planning to betray their current master are acting very boldly. They have won over many people within the Death Eaters, especially the new purebloods who have received the most favors from another Voldemort. Press Logically speaking, with such a big move, even if Voldemort had no intention of dealing with the internal affairs of pure blood, it was unlikely that he would know nothing about it. But the way he acted now, it was as if he didn't know anything about everything. "

Jon also fell into thinking about this for a while. He didn't know as much about the things around Voldemort as Slughorn did, and of course he couldn't think of what the problem was.

Then Slughorn said seriously.

"The current level of the Department of Mysterious Affairs does not have a director. My position is nominally arranged as deputy director, but in fact I exercise the power of the director. And except for me, everyone else is basically in the same group. The person you are pretending to be, this pureblood from the Ollivander family, is also the person they plan to win over. After all, there are big and small among purebloods, such as old-school purebloods, especially Ollivanders. A family like Levander, which has a monopoly on the entire wand industry in the UK, is certainly worth wooing."

Jon said in a deep voice.

"Then doesn't this mean that our next operations in the Department of Mysteries will become more difficult? Now here are another Voldemort's people. They must have received their master's instructions to come here, no matter they Whatever their purpose is, they will pay double attention to the actions of those who have not yet joined them."

Slughorn nodded.

"That's why Dumbledore asked you to come. Next, I will give you the position of assistant director. You will be mainly responsible for coordinating the affairs and information in the various departments of the Department of Mysteries to me, so that you will have the opportunity to enter and exit any room here. room, which is less conspicuous than my status as Deputy Director. At the same time, I will interact with the people they come to contact me. Since I accepted the appointment of the Department of Mysteries, they have been contacted by people, You want me to choose one of the two Voldemorts to be loyal to. Your task is to search between the halls and try to find something similar to the golden gravel."

"During this period, if someone expresses to you that you must choose one of the two Voldemorts, you can drag it on as long as you can. If you can't drag it on, you can agree to them first to numb their guard against you. .”

Jon had no objection to Slughorn's arrangement, he just frowned and asked.

"What if I find the same thing? Professor Dumbledore told me that he wanted me to figure out what this thing is used for."

Slughorn put his hands on his belly and tapped his index finger lightly.

"This is not an easy task. If this thing is really important to the other Voldemort, then it will definitely be much easier for him to let these Death Eaters who have completely sided with him come here than for us."

"I have an idea, teacher."

Jon blinked, and the corners of his mouth suddenly curved and he said.

"Don't they really want to win over you and me? Then why can't we agree to them first, and then as companions, it's normal for us to understand some of their missions in the Department of Mysteries, isn't it?"

Slughorn mused.

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, Jon, but what I'm worried about is, what if joining them requires paying something? I don't think the other Voldemort is the crazy one he is now. He will definitely not trust words easily. promise."

Jon waved his hand.

"Leave this matter to me, teacher. It's only my first day here. Let me find out the situation here first, and then we can decide what to do next."

After that, just like Slughorn said, after all the new purebloods reported to have signed in today, Jon was appointed to the job of assistant to the Deputy Director and stayed in the Deputy Director's office, while the others They are all assigned to various halls.

Regarding Jon's good luck, many people obviously have other speculations.

Because the current Department of Mysteries has not determined that there are only a handful of people who "want to visit the dock", Speke and Slughorn, whom Jon pretends to be, are the two most important people.

The reason why Slughorn now chooses him as the assistant in the deputy director's office is, in the eyes of others, a signal that he does not want to get involved with another Voldemort faction member in the Affairs Department for the time being.

This kind of thinking also provides a good reason for Jon and Slughorn, two people who were originally unrelated to each other, to come into contact with each other.