Homecoming from Hogwarts

The sealing magic on the lock is somewhat special. It is not the style of a wizard. It looks like the magic of goblins and elves. However, this still cannot stop Amosta from prying, and the seal on the lock is frozen lightly. After using magic to seal off the flow of sound around him, Amosta slowly opened the box.

Looking down at the space inside the box, Amosta's expression changed subtly, and he fell into silence for a period of time.

Just as Amosta sensed, the space inside the box was abnormal and had been expanded by magic. It did not contain any treasure that could be connected to the city, but a room.

The wooden stairs lead directly to the bottom of the box several meters deep. The four sides of the room are depressingly light gray, and the interior furnishings of the room with an area of ​​less than twenty square meters are very simple - a simple oil lamp is placed on a desk, and a hanging A few hangers for shirts and jeans, a bed and a toilet were all the furniture in the room that looked like a solitary confinement cell.

but--

There is a chain with blood stains on the surface fastened to the bedpost of the camp bed below. This is probably to ensure that the imprisoned person can reach any place inside the room. This iron chain is very long.

The clothes hanging on the hangers all looked like young people's styles, and the sizes were not something Barty could wear, especially the little wizard's school uniform that had been ironed without a trace of wrinkles.

Amosta blinked and suddenly remembered the half-torn family photo he saw when he entered.

Five minutes later, Amosta returned to the living room, and when he looked at Barty Crouch on the sofa again, his mood had become very heavy.

"You've been gone long enough, Amosta, are you feeling sick?"

Batty's face was still pale. He stared at Amosta, who sat back beside him, with a suspicious light in his cold eyes.

"what--"

Amosta leaned on the soft back of the sofa and curled his lips.

"It does feel a little uncomfortable. Muggle breakfast is no longer to my liking."

"Speaking of which, Amosta, why did you ask Weatherby to write to me and insist on coming to visit?"

Batty was obviously a little impatient. He looked at Amosta with a sinister face.

"I think the reason why you went through so much trouble is not just to help an elf who was kicked out return to his master, right?"

"What do you mean, Buddy, we are friends, aren't we?"

Amostal smiled happily, seemingly unaware of the indifference and vigilance in Bati's tone.

"After I found out that my old friend had a health problem that was so severe that he had to give up his job and need to rest at home, I should have come to visit him, right? Oh, of course——"

Before Barty could get angry, Amosta changed his tone. At the same time, the smile on his face disappeared and his unfocused eyes became focused. The heavy aura he deliberately exuded also shocked Barty. For a moment, he almost wanted to take out his wand and jump away from Amosta.

"The reason why I came to you is actually related to the confidentiality of the competition project, Barty——"

Amosta said in a deep voice,

"Just a few days ago, when I was chatting with a colleague, I unexpectedly learned that he already knew the content of the second event of the competition. He told me that it was an employee of the Ministry of Magic who took the initiative to chat with him. The one who started this—"

Amosta had displeasure written all over his face;

"We agreed to keep it strictly confidential, didn't we, Barty? We can't let some of the bad habits from past Triwizard Tournaments appear in this one.

How much effort we have put into the Contest project, but look at it, there are still nearly three months until the second project of the Contest, and leaks are already flying everywhere. I have reason to suspect that some employees of the Ministry of Magic They even use their access to inside information to make huge sums of money in the gambling market where the fairies are the dealers! "

Amosta's question made Barty stunned. He really didn't expect that Amosta's visit was actually about leaking secrets about the championship.

"This is not a problem with the Department of International Magical Cooperation, Amosta!"

Old Batty counterattacked subconsciously,

"I have given orders to all officials involved in the planning of the competition. They are not allowed to leak the content of the competition. The problem does not lie with me!"

"Oh?" Amosta asked on the line, "Can I understand, Barty, that you think the problem lies with Ludo?"    "We all know Ludo's style, Amosta! "

Barty said forcefully.

"I'm not an Auror from the Ministry of Magic or a hitman from the Law Enforcement Squad, Barty. It's not my responsibility to investigate the truth—"

Amosta stood up, waved his arms and walked impatiently in front of Bati.

"The reality is that the Ministry of Magic is leaking key information like the Sieve! I don't know if Beauxbatons and Durmstrang have managed to get the specific content of the second test and brainstormed a solution, and Dumbledore and I foolishly expected the Hogwarts warriors to be able to handle the challenge with their own ingenuity.

If you follow my idea, you should ask all employees involved in the planning to sign a confidentiality contract. Of course, it may be too late now. So, let's see if we change the content of the second competition to ensure the fairness of the competition! "

Barty had been suppressing his impatience and listened to Amosta's nagging. However, when he heard that Amosta Bryan wanted to change the content of the game, his eyebrows jumped suddenly and he subconsciously stood up. ,

"The content of the game cannot be changed, Amosta!"

"Why, Barty?" Amosta narrowed his eyes.

"We have broken so many rules in this competition!"

In just a few seconds, Barty had already thought of an explanation,

"We limited the age of warriors participating in the competition, we allowed Hogwarts to have two warriors, and we also broadcast the competition throughout the European wizarding community. Every change here has caused huge criticism, Amosta, if We are going to change the predetermined content of the game, so what will people say? Moreover, I think you must not have forgotten that we have already given the tips for the second game to the four warriors."

Barty's statement seemed to really convince Amosta. He lowered his head and seemed to be hesitating.

"Okay, about the game leaks, Amosta—"

Batty struck while the iron was hot and said,

"I will write a letter to young Weatherby and ask him to ask all employees involved in planning the game to sign a magic contract to ensure that the content of the game will not be further leaked. I will also ask Ludo. He was asked to do this!”

"But what's the use, Barty?"

Amosta sighed heavily,

"The news has been leaked out a long time ago. I believe many people have already heard about it."

"Can't it at least ensure the safety of the third event, Amosta?"

After hesitating for a moment, Batty lowered his voice and said,

"If you feel that the leak of the information is unfair to the Hogwarts warriors, Amosta, then it is up to you to personally give guidance to the two Hogwarts warriors, especially the little girl. I think she is very good. Maybe we can win the final victory in the competition.”

(End of this chapter)