284 Imperius Curse, Veritaserum, Library (5-word chapter)

284 Imperius Curse, Veritaserum, Library (5-word chapter)

Seeing that he was completely exposed, the gloomy-looking Dolohov simply stopped saying anything, and even Gideon, who had not transformed, fell completely silent.

Dumbledore looked at the two men from side to side.

"The Imperius Curse."

he said suddenly.

"This allows you to always have access to the ingredients for making Polyjuice Potion - which is Gideon's hair, or something else on him - without you needing to become Fabian, because he is already Looks exactly like Gideon.”

"You just need to become Gideon, that's enough."

"What a brilliant idea."

Dumbledore's tone was no longer so calm, and there was anger hidden in his words of praise.

"No wonder it's always Gideon who impersonates you, because you need a chance to take the Polyjuice Potion."

"Am I right, Dolokhov?"

Dolokhov's face twisted.

"As expected of the great Dumbledore." He said sarcastically:

"After months of trying, you finally managed to catch me."

"Why bother talking to him for so much?!" Moody said gruffly: "Hurry up, Albus, we still have many things to interrogate him about!"

Dumbledore turned around, looked at the shocked Arthur and Molly who couldn't help sobbing, and said to them: "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that some of the next things you don't want to hear, this is for you. For safety reasons.”

"Of course, Dumbledore." Arthur tried to maintain his composure. He nodded and said, "Let's go out right now. Call me if you need anything."

After saying this, he turned to look at Molly: "Let's go, my dear."

Molly trembled and allowed Arthur to help her walk out the door. Before closing the door, she finally couldn't help but ask: "But... Fabian, my brother... ..”

"We will find him," Dumbledore promised.

"Find him?" At this time, Dolokhov laughed cruelly: "He is dead! That idiot Fabian is dead! Do you want to know how he begged us for mercy before he died... ..."

Moody suddenly raised his wand. After a spell, Dolohov's mouth was blocked and he could no longer speak.

"Don't listen to him, Molly." Dumbledore comforted the increasingly trembling Molly: "He is just bluffing. We will find Fabian. Trust me, you won't have to wait too long. ."

Finally, Molly followed Arthur and left the room.

Without waiting for Dumbledore's instructions, Moody took out a small bottle of clear liquid from his pocket.

"Do you know what this is?"

He waved the small bottle in front of Dolohov and showed a ferocious smile.

"Excellent truth serum, specially prepared in advance for this capture plan."

"Although this cannot be used as evidence at trial, it is still enough if it is just used to extract the secrets from your mouth."

Dolohov resisted fiercely, but it was to no avail. After Moody used the petrification spell on him, Dolohov was finally forced to open his mouth and took the Veritaserum.

After casting the curse on him, Moody nodded to Dumbledore, who had been watching the scene silently.

"He's yours, hurry up."

Then Moody stepped aside, still pointing the wand back and forth at the two of them vigilantly.

Dumbledore stepped forward, staring at Dolohov.

Now Dolokhov's eyes were dull, his cheeks were slack, and he looked confused.

"Can you hear me?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

Dolokhov's eyelids blinked several times.

"I can hear you," he whispered.

"I want you to tell us," Dumbledore said in a gentle tone: "Were you present when Voldemort attacked the goblin family in Nottingham?"

Moody frowned and glanced at Dumbledore, but he did not say anything to stop him. He just continued to be wary of Dolohov and Gideon, who had his head lowered beside him.

Dolokhov took a deep, shaky breath, and spoke in a flat, emotionless tone.

"Yes, I was there."

"What is your purpose?" Dumbledore continued to ask.

"We are looking for a book, which is said to be a book left behind by the Goblin King Legnak I. It contains the secrets of the goblins casting silverware," Dolohov said.

"Why is Voldemort looking for this book?"

"Isn't this obvious? In order to explore the secrets of magic, those damn misers always hide it and refuse to tell it. In this case, it's better for us to get it with our own hands!"

Dolohov showed a cruel smile: "I killed all those damn goblins with my own hands, and it felt as good as torturing stupid Muggles."

The two sober people in the room didn't react at all.

"What about Egypt?" Dumbledore continued to ask calmly: "Why did Bellatrix and Rodolphus appear there? They went to those ancient tombs specifically for Dorcas. Did you win?"

Dolokhov took a deep breath.

"I don't know about this matter," he said, "I just heard Bellatrix bragging that the mission she got was related to the [Curse]."

"Where is Dorcas?" Dumbledore asked, "Do you have any news about her?"

"It was only once at the beginning, but the master told us not to pay any attention to it." Dolohov said: "After that, the master never mentioned their affairs again."

"I wish they could die there together and not one of them come back."

There was a brief silence.

Dumbledore turned to look at Moody.

Moody's frown deepened.

"Are you inquiring about the mysterious man's plan?" he asked: "What's going on with Dorcas?"

"We have lost contact with Dorcas since she notified us of the Bellatrix couple's whereabouts." Dumbledore said calmly: "And I suspect Dolohov has not told the whole truth. ."

"Dorcas will be fine. She will always find a way to save herself." Moody said: "In addition, there is nothing wrong with this bottle of truth serum. I prepared it in advance specifically for this arrest plan."

"Of course I believe you, Alastor." Dumbledore said: "It's just that the loyal Death Eater in front of us does not seem to have the full trust of Voldemort. What he tells is the truth."

"Isn't this a very common thing?" Moody said solemnly: "Otherwise, we would have wiped out all those damn Death Eaters."

"Okay, hurry up and hurry up, Albus."

Dumbledore nodded slightly and then asked.

"Then tell me, Dolohov."

"Where is Fabian now?"

Dolokhov lowered his head and said, "I don't know."

Moody immediately looked at Dumbledore.

But Dumbledore only frowned slightly and did not stop asking questions.

"Is Fabian dead?"

"I do not know."

"What is your purpose of hiding in Hogwarts?"

"I do not know."

"Is it to investigate what happened at the end of last semester? To find out why the Acromantula did not act according to your plan?"

"I do not know."

"Or is it related to the students who happened to appear in the Forbidden Forest? Most of them happened to appear in your drama program."

"I do not know."

"What about the secret room? What does this have to do with you?"

"I do not know."

The Veritaserum seems to have lost its effectiveness.

After a series of questions, Dolokhov had only one answer left.

【I have no idea. 】

After listening silently for a while, Moody said in a deep voice: "This is impossible. The channels for obtaining Veritaserum are very reliable and there will be no problems."

Dumbledore looked through the half-moon lenses and stared directly at Dolohov, who was no longer speaking.

"Of course I believe you, Alastor," he repeated again.

"It's just that we seem to have encountered a big trouble. Dolohov is just a cover to attract our attention, which makes his behavior so suspicious and so easy for us to discover."

After thinking for a while, Dumbledore changed the question.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked.

This time, Dolohov finally changed his answer.

"I was just following orders."

"Obey?" Dumbledore had a vague premonition, and even Moody's expression became more alert.

"Whose orders?" he asked.

At this time, Gideon, who had been lowering his head, suddenly raised his head.

"Follow my orders."

His tone was no longer full of jumpiness as usual, but became hoarse and low, containing terrible danger.

Gideon glanced at Moody, and then looked intently at Dumbledore, whose face was filled with anger.

"Are you asking me what my purpose is?"

"My purpose has been achieved."

"You finally left Hogwarts, which gave me plenty of time."

Gideon suddenly let out a sad smile, as if he was mocking the two of them.

Dumbledore quickly took out his wand, and Moody also read the spell loudly: "Collapse!"

Gideon's smile stopped abruptly, and his head immediately tilted to one side.

But at this moment, Dolokhov's body suddenly twisted into a ball and disappeared before their eyes in the blink of an eye.

"Damn, it's a portkey. This must be approved by the Ministry of Magic in advance!"

Moody roared angrily: "How could he have expected such a thing? Only a few of us know the arrest plan! And those damn idiots at the Ministry of Magic, how come they can't even prevent this loophole?!"

"I have to say, I have no doubt that Voldemort has placed people in the Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore stood up and looked down at Gideon, who was unconscious.

"It's not difficult to imagine now that all this has been within Voldemort's plan. It was him who placed the door key on Dolohov in advance."

"Plan?" Moody frowned: "What plan?"

"The plan is to make them suspicious and then lure me out this way..."

Before Dumbledore could finish speaking, there was a sudden knock on the door of the house.

"Dumbledore? Dumbledore?"

The person outside the door shouted: "I'm Arthur? What happened just now?"

The door was suddenly opened by Moody. Arthur quickly stopped knocking and his fist stopped in mid-air.

Molly hid behind him nervously, still holding the wand in her hand.

"Can you tell me where you put the Floo powder?"

Dumbledore said: "I'm afraid I'll have to borrow your fireplace."

the other side.

In the Hogwarts library.

Lily and Snape were working on their homework with their heads down, but they were disturbed by Karan who kept walking back and forth, making them unable to calm down.

"What are you looking for?"

Lily slapped the quill on the table in dissatisfaction. She took the books that Karan had turned over one by one and found that they were all related to transfiguration.

"You are still studying transfiguration. Aren't the advanced textbooks not enough for you?"

Snape on the side simply put his homework aside and said, "But at least we know what gift to give you for Christmas. I believe you will not refuse books related to transfiguration."

"I'm just looking for something." Karan said without raising his head, placing a large handful of books in front of the two of them.

"It just so happens that you can help me look for it and see if there are any other ways to transform people."

"Transformation?" Lily blinked, confused by Karan's serious attitude.

"Don't we already know? Polyjuice Potion is enough."

"There is also superb transformation." Snape added on the side: "As long as a wizard's magic is strong enough, he can transform himself into someone else through transformation."

When talking about this, Snape also whispered to Lily quietly: "I suspect that this is the purpose of Callan's research on transfiguration, at least one of them."

"You look too high on me."

Karan interrupted unceremoniously: "This is like successfully casting a perfect illusion spell on yourself. It is almost impossible to do."

After a pause, Karan whispered: "Maybe there are a few wizards who can do this."

"This must include Dumbledore," Lily said, "I heard that he used to be in charge of the Transfiguration course."

"And Grindelwald, and maybe Voldemort..." Karan's voice became softer, preventing the two of them from hearing what was being said.

He ignored the doubtful looks from the two of them and continued: "Besides, the other ways to transform into other people include the natural Disguise Magus."

"But this is very rare, almost non-existent."

"It sounds like the only method is Polyjuice Potion." Lily whispered, still staring at Karan suspiciously: "What on earth are you researching?"

"Professor Fabian." Karan said suddenly.

"Fabian?" Snape frowned: "Are you still doubting him? And you also suspect that he took Polyjuice Potion? Then who is he?"

"This is not important at the moment." Karan shook his head and said, "The premise is that we can find evidence that Fabian took Polyjuice Potion, otherwise nothing can be proven."

"But he doesn't seem to have many opportunities." Lily's words suddenly stopped, and she kept looking at the two of them back and forth: "I remember Karan, you said that Gideon just pretended to be Fabian a few times, and we’ve seen Fabian sneak into the abandoned girls’ bathroom.”

"Yes, that's it." Karan nodded and said: "At that time, Fabian came out not long after he went in, which was exactly the time to drink the polyjuice potion."

"But that's not the point."

Karan narrowed his eyes slightly.

"The key is we have to figure out where he got the Polyjuice Potion."

"It's definitely not mailed in by an owl." Lily said first: "Even we have to get the ingredients from the secret passage in the castle. Even the professor can't do this, otherwise it would be too suspicious - someone will check every item. In a package.”

Snape hesitated for a while and then said: "But don't we already know where we can prepare the potion without being discovered by others?"

Lily turned to look at him: "Are you just the place where Lucius prepares the crazy ingredients?"

Snape nodded, looked at Callan and asked, "Speaking of which, you haven't told us where that place is yet?"

[House of Response? 】

Karan did not answer Snape's question. He shook his head and said: "It's unlikely to be that place, because it has been discovered once because of Lucius's incident. It would be wrong if the same mistake was made twice. That would be too stupid."

"Is it possible that there are other places where potions can be prepared?" Lily asked doubtfully, "But that is the polyjuice potion. It will take at least a month to complete. This is still the minimum time."

"Instead of saying that Fabian has found a place where he can safely prepare the potion, I would rather believe that he has already obtained the complete polyjuice potion. But then the access becomes a problem... Could it be that in the castle Are there other secret passages?”

Snape seemed to have not heard what Lily was saying. His eyes suddenly widened: "Same mistake? Same?"

"Did you say that Lucius did those things under the orders of the mysterious man...could it be Fabian too?"

Only then did Lily realize this serious problem, and she looked at Karan in disbelief.

"It's just a suspicion."

Karan shook his head and said softly: "Just doubt."

There was a brief silence.

"How about we go have dinner."

Lily suggested in a low voice: "Maybe you can just tell the professors about it."

But Karan just shook his head again.

"I'm not sure yet whether these suspicions are correct, and Principal Dumbledore is also..."

He didn't go on.

In the library, there was a sudden sound of wood hitting the floor.

The three of them looked at each other, and then all turned to look in the direction of the door.

Professor Kettleburn was approaching.

Karan opened his mouth, and suddenly he remembered that when he went to pick up the potion ingredients sent to his home, he happened to meet him in Hogsmeade Village.

Professor Kettleburn can leave Hogwarts because he lives in Hogsmeade.

Karan's pupils shrank slightly, and he turned to look at Lily and Snape, who were looking curiously.

When he looked at Professor Kettleburn again, the wand in his hand had been raised and pointed at them.

The faint sound of chanting a mantra sounded.

"The soul is out of the body."

What followed was a whisper that sounded like a soliloquy.

"Now, here's your chance."