Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry

Chapter 187. The Gate of Trials
Perhaps it was Dumbledore's assurance that had worked, but this time Fudge listened and did not go to Dudley overnight.

Instead, wait until the next morning, bringing the Aurors to the door early in the morning.

"When are there more of these here?"

Fudge looked at the tall gate of the outer wall of the castle, lost in thought.

He had been to Godric's Hollow more than once, and he had also been to the Potters' old house after the Potters died.

Since that incident more than ten years ago, this is definitely the most desolate place in Godric's Hollow.

But now not only Potter's old house has been repaired, but there is also an extra luxurious building.

When did this happen?
"I heard it was built with the help of the Carlo family." A Ministry of Magic staff standing beside Fudge explained.

The friendship between the Carlo family and Dudley was almost an open secret among the upper echelons of the wizarding circles in England.

The gate of this outer wall can only be described in one word.

That is 'big', which can be described as a hill.

The gates of other courtyards (manors) of ordinary people use large iron gates with railings, such as Malfoy Manor. People standing outside the gate can see the inside of the garden through the gate, but the gate of the castle garden is different. , It is more appropriate to describe it as a mountain gate or a wall.

Because this thing is solid and airtight.

In other words, standing outside the gate can't see the situation inside at all.

It seems to have drawn a "[-]th line" to isolate the other side of the door from the world.

But the crux of the problem is that such a large door has no door handle and key opening, which is incredible.

Yes, not only the gate of the castle, but also the gate of the garden outside the castle has no door handle.

It's just that autonomous identification is not used here.

'How can I contact Mr. Dursley? ' has become the problem facing Fudge and his party now.

Owl delivery?It's not impossible, but the problem is that they will deliver the letter after they arrive at the door.
You can't force the door open with magic, right?

He came to see if Harry Potter was okay, not to break into the house.

Even if you use magic, you have to have a place to open it. There is not even a keyhole, and the lockpicking spell is definitely useless.

Fudge was only accompanied by ordinary Aurors, and the office director, Rufus Scrimgeour, did not come here. If it was him, there should be other ways, but his mission is to capture Sirius, and it was just a coincidence that he met Fudge yesterday. Just together.

Looking at the huge gate like a hill, Fudge suddenly had an illusion. The circles of patterns on the gate seemed like countless doors overlapping each other. Could it be that this door seemed to be pushed?

Fudge pushed the door hard, but remained motionless.

'How could I have such a ridiculous idea. ' Fudge shook his head and laughed dumbfoundedly.

Normal humans don't even think about pushing this kind of door, unless it's possible for giants.

"What are you doing at someone's door?"

Just when several people were debating whether to let an owl in, a cold and stern voice sounded behind them.

When Fudge and the others turned around, they saw Draco holding a staff of civilization in one hand and looking at them vigilantly.

He went to Diagon Alley to buy materials according to Dudley's request after a day's morning exercise.

"Lucius' son, Draco Malfoy?"

Fudge looked at each other in surprise.

He has a little friendship with Lucius, so naturally he also knows Draco.

"You are...Minister of Magic? Mr. Fudge?" Draco paused for a moment, then widened his eyes, and said with an exaggerated and delighted expression.

In fact, he recognized Fudge immediately, but he still had to pretend to look at it for a while, and then his attitude gradually changed.

Well, most people enjoy this kind of process.

Of course, this does not prevent him from thinking that the other party is an idiot.

"Why are you here?"

Draco's attitude made Fudge very useful, and his attitude was much more friendly.

"Oh, Draco, I'm here for Harry, Harry Potter."

Fudge simply explained to him: "Dumbledore said he was here, so... is he there?"

"Harry? Of course he is."

Draco stepped forward, looked at the gate and at Fudge, rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you go in?"

"Go in?" Fudge looked and blinked.

He didn't understand what Draco meant by going in.

The gate is tightly shut, are they allowed to enter through the wall?
"Oh, I suppose it must be your first time here."

Draco made a dazed look, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised to outline a perfect arc, just revealing the upper and lower rows of eight teeth.

"Yes."

Fudge suddenly had the illusion of facing the second generation of Lucius, but he was not as aggressive as Lucius' aristocrat at all, but gave people the illusion of being a polite gentleman.

Well, more gentlemanly looking than his father, Lucius.

"Do you have the key?"

"It's useless, this door doesn't need a key."

"No key needed? What do you mean?"

Draco didn't answer Fudge in a hurry, but walked slowly to the door, patted the closed door, a dull voice came, there was no doubt that it was solid, only his voice sounded slowly.

"If you want to pass here, the ordinary method is the key and the magic spell that won't work. You don't need any of these."

"Brother D named it the Gate of Trials."

"The door of trials?"

"That's right, only those who pass the test can enter, and the method of the test is also very simple."

Draco knocked on the door with his cane.

"Just push it away."

So simple?
"I tried pushing it and it couldn't open."

Fudge said quickly, it's not that he didn't try to push the door just now, and he didn't respond at all.

"I think it's because you didn't use enough strength. This door is very heavy."

Hearing Draco's explanation, Fudge immediately signaled the Auror who came with him to go up with his eyes.

The Auror knew it and immediately walked to the gate. He wanted to perform well in front of Fudge, so he pushed hard towards the gate.

motionless
The Auror was a little embarrassed, and then mustered all his strength to push again.

still motionless
Seeing the Auror go out of his way to breastfeed, his face flushed, Fudge cast doubtful eyes on Draco.

"It's not strong enough. Didn't this Mr. Auror eat breakfast?"

In terms of poisonous mouth, Draco is not inferior to his father at all, and he is deeply inspired by Snape.

"You go too." Fudge couldn't help but beckon another Auror to help.

The two worked hard together.

Still nothing happens.

Just when Fudge felt that Malfoy was playing tricks on him, the gate finally reacted slightly.

Before Fudge could speak, the two Aurors exhausted their strength and returned to their original positions.

'Is it really pushed? '

Fudge was shocked.

(End of this chapter)