Chapter 135 Milos Lind's Plan
When Milos Lynde Apparated with Dumbledore into his living room, Darke Royer, who had just spent a wonderful Valentine's Day with his wife, was packing his luggage for a vacation.
"Huh? What are you doing here?" Darke, who had heard the noise and rushed over with his wand in hand, turned to Dumbledore, but glanced at Milos who was standing straight at the side. He emphasized, "It's time for the vacation I applied for."
"It's like this. There was a sudden attack on campus. Although Headmaster Dumbledore has already conducted a preliminary investigation, he feels that sending a specialist to investigate might yield more results." Milos, who was dressed neatly, took a step forward. He adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses and began to explain to Dark, who was already wearing a floral shirt.
"Impossible!" Aidan still listens to his direct superior, his father, but Dark will not easily change his decision even if the Dark Lord comes.
"I have read your previous report, Investigator Royeia. Even after a few days, you can still see so many things from those erased traces. This is very admirable." Dumbledore said.
"Don't talk nonsense." Darke was unmoved and waved his hand to interrupt Dumbledore's nice words. "The Ministry of Magic has plenty of investigators, and the tropical island is not always waiting for me."
"Don't be like this, Dark, you know the unwritten rules of the ministry now. No dark creatures, no Aurors, and not every investigator can be sent there. We can only rely on you, an outsourced person." Milos sighed softly, a hint of helplessness emerging on his warm and thin face.
Dark glanced at Milos, who always had a worried look on his face, and snorted coldly.
What ability? He did find out some things, but the report that Milos finally gave to Fudge was a pile of mud.
He did write another report carefully, but wasn't that specially provided to Abate who was looking forward to his grandson?
Did Milos also give it to Dumbledore?
Hey, man, if you are not just two-faced, you must be a ghost with a thousand faces.
Dark secretly complained. He knew that Milos came here in person to ask him to pass, but he had the right to refuse any inhumane mission before the holiday.
unless……
"Oh, Milos, why are you here?" A cool and pleasant female voice came, and a slender figure walked over. She was wearing a slim-fitting solid-color long dress, and her black hair was softly scattered behind her head. "This is - Principal Dumbledore, right? It's nice to meet you. Aidan was taken care of by you in school."
Unless his Manna asks him to do so...
Then, Dark watched helplessly as his beautiful and charming wife Manna glared at him murderously, "Why didn't you even serve tea, Dark? Is this how you treat your guests?"
"What good can come from Milos's coming? We're going to the beach!" Dark argued, his deep blue eyes wrinkled in grievance.
"Ahem," Milos clenched his fist and coughed twice to show his presence. He turned his gaze from Darke to the beautiful Manna, "We are inviting Darke to Hogwarts. Something happened and he is the most suitable person right now."
Manna raised her eyebrows, walked a few steps to Dark who was still holding the clothes, and glanced at him unhappily, "You don't care about your own son, right? Dark, the island can't be escaped, and you only have one son."
She spoke in a cold and sarcastic voice, and her words sounded crisp and pleasant. It was obvious that Dark was becoming more and more dazed as he listened.
Milos' eyelids twitched as he watched from the side. No matter how many times he would be surprised by Darke, he still calmly gave Dumbledore a reassuring look, and then slowly suggested:
"Manna's track record as an investigator is also excellent. How about we do it this time? As for the delayed train tickets and trip, give me the receipts later and I will file a reimbursement report for you."
Dark instantly heard the compensatory meaning in Milos' words. While raising the level of the journey infinitely in his mind, he agreed before Manna, who was obviously tempted by Milos' proposal, could speak.
"The reason I didn't agree to Milos immediately was because I was waiting for him to say this." Dark saw that Manna's face looked better and flattered her carefully.
Tsk.
Milos' eyelids twitched again. He had a good relationship with his wife Carolina, and he had met all kinds of people in social events. But a middle-aged man of the same age as him could be as rogue as a young boy... well, it felt quite weird.
Carolina had high praise for the Royea couple, and she also liked Aidan, whose personality was exactly like Dark's.
Madam, even if Manna was your best roommate in school, you should still think twice about choosing a son-in-law.
Milos suppressed the thoughts that always came to his mind every time he saw Dark, and looked at Dumbledore who had come to see him early this morning. He said politely, "I think it's OK, Headmaster Dumbledore. I hope this investigation will yield some results."
Dumbledore was about to speak when Dark, who had just put on a robe, interrupted, "Are we going to take the Hogwarts Express now? You have arranged the train, right?"
"No, Agent Royeia, I will Apparate and take you there," Dumbledore paused, "We found a new victim this morning, and we have been maintaining the scene after the doctor confirmed that no immediate treatment was needed."
"No wonder you're in such a hurry." Dark muttered. He tucked his robe casually, not caring about the floral shirt sticking out at the edge, and turned around to carefully help Manna tidy up her clothes.
"Headmaster Dumbledore, I still need to confirm," Milos held the sealed envelope in his pocket in front of Dumbledore, "Are you sure you want to deliver this investigation petition directly to the court as a member of the Wizengamot?"
"Of course, Captain Linde." Dumbledore lowered his eyes and looked at the envelope. A gleam appeared in his deep eyes, but it quickly disappeared. At the same time, Dark's voice rang out.
"Oh! So this is the right way!" Dark shouted, and then immediately received a ruthless elbow hit in the abdomen by his wife, "Be polite!", his Manna whispered.
"Hiss..." Dark took a breath, and finally restrained his complaining face a little, but he still complained, "They have already investigated the petition. Even if the Ministry doesn't send people, the court will definitely send people. Why do they have to catch me?"
The court and the ministry are said to be independent, but when it comes to getting things done, how can they be separated?
Milos smiled but didn't respond. He put the letter away, nodded to Dumbledore, said a brief goodbye to the Royalea couple, and walked out.
He now had to find someone to deliver Dumbledore's petition for investigation to the Wizengamot. Although the permission came one step behind the action this time, at least it would allow Darke's investigation to be arranged in a formal manner.
It was foreseeable that once Dumbledore's letter went past Fudge and reached the court directly, what happened in the school could no longer be hidden.
Milos could understand Fudge's previous choice to conceal the truth. First of all, the students who were attacked at the beginning were all Muggle-born. Oh, don't get me wrong, neither Fudge nor he believed in the bloodline theory, but their Muggle-born origin meant that these students had no background in the wizarding world, which meant that the situation was completely controllable.
Since it is controllable, we can add some selfishness. It is normal for a wizard with a great reputation and a school with a particularly high degree of independence to be feared by those in power. Milos had to admit that Fudge's conflicted attitude of always being forced to execute orders was very good.
He looks like a good guy, which makes people feel that no one should blame him for anything wrong. Instead, they look to see if there are other people behind him.
But who could have thought that the heir on campus would attack Abate's grandson, and the unconscious girl today seemed to be highly valued by Dumbledore, which finally gave Milos the opportunity to tear off the Ministry of Magic's peaceful disguise.
First there was the petition from the person in charge of Hogwarts, and then there was the petition from the relatives of the victims. Both of them are members of the Wizengamot. I believe that this time the waves should surge very naturally.
Milos didn't think that this would split the wizarding world of Country Y. He was just curious whether the Ministry of Magic of Country Y was as stagnant as it appeared.
Peace is not a bad thing, but suppressing things before the threat is eliminated is not a good thing.
Only when the waves surge can he grasp the information he needs in the gaps between the storms.
When Voldemort was at the height of his power, he chose to seek refuge in Country M and avoided the purge that followed. Even now, even though Voldemort has been defeated, as long as the dust has not settled, he will still maintain the fear and evaluation of Voldemort that he had when he was a student.
The slogan is just a piece of Voldemort's jewelry, and power is his dress.
The Death Eaters were first attracted by the exquisite jewelry that was circulated in a small circle, and then they were completely absorbed by the dazzling dresses. They didn't even notice that the jewelry they had originally bought had been abandoned.
When the "pure-blood supremacist" Death Eaters began to recruit half-bloods like him, Milos immediately concluded that the Death Eaters would not exist for long. He felt that the things that connected this group of people were too clear and too vague.
The bottom line is that the Dark Lord was too strong, and this powerful Dark Lord obviously had an extraordinary pursuit of power and strength.
Milos didn't think that such a conceited person could be a good leader, so he simply took refuge. Even when he returned to the wizarding world of Country Y, he left a way out for his family.
Milos's anxiety appeared along with the appearance of Harry Potter. Although Dumbledore kept some information secret, Aryan at school was able to tell him that the boy was unusual.
But how could an ordinary little wizard be unusual? What kind of unusual situation made the little wizard unusual?
Since then, Milos has been looking for an opportunity to confirm whether his idea that "the magical world in Country Y is no longer peaceful" is correct.
In fact, he had already been making a hedging plan last year, but Milos is no longer the young student who no one paid attention to more than a decade ago. At his position, even if he retires, he has to do so with good reasons and in a way that no one can find fault with. That is called leaving room for maneuver.
Of course, risk aversion is the first goal. We can only try to make it look better, and forget about the rest if we can't force it.
Deserters and lackeys both have bad reputations. If he has to choose, Milos can only choose the former. He still values his life and reputation. Besides, the lives of a whole family are at stake behind him.
It is not easy to climb to this position now, but intangible things are not as important as life.
I'm a little worried about Ariane facing the incident at school...