With a sharp creaking sound, the tightly closed door of the auditorium was pushed open a crack. Dawlish followed Filch through the half-open door and noticed the strange atmosphere at the start-of-term dinner.
Snape, sitting in the professor's chair, frowned at the newcomer, not understanding why an Auror would appear in Hogwarts.
However, Snape stood up amid the students' whispers and called Dawlish to the small room next to the hall.
Dawlish also hurried to catch up. The strange looks from the students in the auditorium made him feel extremely uncomfortable.
"The Daily Prophet plans to interview Hogwarts students?"
Snape stared at the Auror in front of him and repeated what the other person said expressionlessly.
"Since when does an interview with the Daily Prophet require permission from the Ministry of Magic?" Professor McGonagall, who walked into the room, sneered sharply.
She was in a bad mood.
Because Hagrid told her that a girl was forcibly taken away by Death Eaters when the train just arrived at the station.
She really couldn't understand why that silly girl didn't want to follow "Harry Potter" and had to come to Hogwarts to be caught by the Death Eaters again
"Got it. I'll arrange for several students to be interviewed by reporters from the Daily Prophet." Snape guessed what they wanted to do and nodded in agreement.
"Let me take care of this." Professor McGonagall took the initiative to step forward to take on this task. These small matters were usually handled by the deputy minister.
"No, Alecto can handle it."
Snape didn't give Professor McGonagall a chance and went straight back to the hall to continue the unfinished banquet, leaving Professor McGonagall quite angry.
After the opening dinner, Snape, who had just returned to the principal's office, received an urgent notice to attend an emergency meeting.
It was a rare situation. After all, he was mainly responsible for Hogwarts, and he didn't quite understand why an emergency meeting was needed for a simple attack
After rushing to attend the impromptu meeting, Snape did not see the Dark Lord. There was only a group of Death Eaters talking loudly around the conference table.
"Severus, please take a seat first. The Dark Lord will be here soon." Yaxley saw Snape standing at the door of the hall and motioned for him to take a seat first.
"What the hell are you doing?" Snape asked with a frown.
"It was just an accident."
As he spoke, Yaxley suddenly stood up from his seat and bowed slightly in respect to the figure that appeared behind Snape.
The originally noisy auditorium suddenly became quiet, and all the Death Eaters stood up from their seats.
Sensing the change in the atmosphere around him, Snape took the initiative to step aside and bowed slightly to Voldemort in salute.
After Voldemort walked to the main seat and sat down, he directly asked Snape beside him, "How is Hogwarts going?"
"As you wish, most of the students are under control. However, there are still a small number of children from wizarding families who choose to drop out of school." After meeting Voldemort's scarlet eyes, Snape took the initiative to step back and look away, suggesting, "I think that small number should be a rare few stubborn elements. It's best to teach them a profound lesson."
"Pierce."
Voldemort looked towards the current Minister of Magic.
"Master, I will take care of this matter as soon as I return."
Pius Thicknesse looks nothing like a Minister of Magic and is nothing more than a lackey.
"I heard that Harry Potter attacked the people who were searching the train this afternoon." Voldemort tilted his head to Yaxley. This was the main reason why he rushed back to England from abroad tonight.
"Yes, Master. They said they saw at least ten Harry Potters in total." Yaxley did not dare to look directly into the Dark Lord's glasses. He lowered his head uneasily and said, "They came very suddenly. The person in charge of searching the train..."
"You know I'm not asking that," Voldemort interrupted unhappily.
"We cannot rule out the possibility that Harry Potter intends to use this to expand his influence in order to..." Yaxley glanced at Voldemort furtively and lowered his voice, "... to lead everyone in rebellion against their master."
Voldemort did not comment on this, and turned to look at his other right-hand man, "Severus, do you seem to have any unique insights?"
"Master, I think those Harry Potters are most likely fake." Snape expressed his guess expressionlessly after noticing Voldemort's gaze.
"Fake?"
A trace of barely perceptible annoyance flashed across Yaxley's face. Snape's words almost denied his guess and simply called him an idiot in public.
"The Order of the Phoenix doesn't have a so-called symbol. If there is one, it's a phoenix, not a griffin. As far as I know, that's the patronus of Albert Anderson." Snape glanced at Yaxley, who had a grim expression, and continued, "Moreover, I heard that it was the emblem of the Defense Association, which means that the attacker is a member of the Defense Association. Recently, I also heard that the activities of the Defense Association are very ordinary. This is most likely a conspiracy by Albert Anderson."
After Snape noticed the Dark Lord's bad mood, he paused for a moment, and after confirming that the Dark Lord was not angry, he continued to tell the information he knew.
"As far as I know, the Mudblood formed the Defense Association when Dumbledore was still alive. He seemed to have anticipated this day, so he planned to use it to rebel against his master."
After listening to Snape's analysis, Voldemort, who had not paid much attention to Britain recently, quickly figured out the situation in Britain.
That insidious Mudblood pushed the Ministry of Magic into the spotlight last time, and this time he plans to push Harry Potter into the spotlight
This is indeed like what he would do, but the only thing that puzzled Voldemort was that Harry Potter was not Scrimgeour, and he did not have the power that the Ministry of Magic had at the time. Could it be that the Mudblood wanted to use the Order of the Phoenix
Voldemort denied this possibility.
Since losing Dumbledore, the Order of the Phoenix has become a second-rate organization, and there is no power to fight against them.
Even Voldemort couldn't figure out what Albert was trying to do for a moment.
However, the more confused he was, the more fearful Voldemort became. He believed that the other party would not waste his efforts and must be plotting some terrible conspiracy. Voldemort instinctively felt that the situation was not good.
"Try to find Harry Potter. If necessary, I allow you to kill him on the spot." Voldemort's words caused quite a stir in the Death Eaters' hearts. They had never expected that the Dark Lord would allow them to kill Harry Potter.
"Compared to Harry Potter, that damn Mudblood is more difficult to deal with. I have to admit that I underestimated him before." Voldemort's eyes flashed dangerously.
Especially after the last battle with Albert in the waters of Azkaban, Voldemort became more and more determined to get rid of Albert, even surpassing Harry Potter without realizing it.
Deep in Voldemort's heart, he would never allow another person like Dumbledore to appear, especially since the Mudblood in front of him was even more terrifying than Dumbledore. He never forgot that the other party was only twenty years old, far from reaching his peak, and had endless potential in the future.
This made Voldemort even more eager to obtain the legendary invincible wand. As long as he had that invincible wand, he would be confident that he could completely destroy the Mudblood the next time he saw him.
It’s not that Voldemort was afraid of Albert Anderson, but that the Death Eaters really couldn’t withstand his harm.
Voldemort may not care about the lives of the Death Eaters, but if the Death Eaters suffer heavy losses, even he will be troubled. No matter how powerful he is, he needs someone to help control the Ministry of Magic.
"Master, perhaps I have a chance to find the location of that mudblood, or the location of the Defense Association headquarters."
With Voldemort's permission, Yaxley told him about his recent arrangements.
"Since I discovered that the people from the Defense Association like to rob our people, I asked them to carry some items with tracking spells on them, so that after their things are stolen by those shameless people, they can follow those spell-cast items to find the location of the other party."
“You did a great job.”
Voldemort looked at Yaxley and was quite satisfied with his right and left hands.
"There is one more thing, Master." Yaxley reported with his chest puffed out. "We have captured old Hopkins' entire family. I think he will surrender soon. As long as we can destroy the shelter left by Scrimgeour and control the families of those Aurors, I believe those Aurors will truly bow their heads and compromise with the Master, and will not dare to continue to be hypocritical.
The Death Eaters looked at Yaxley in surprise. They didn't expect that he could do so many things so quietly.
"Severus, do you have anything to add?" Yaxley raised the corner of his mouth smugly and looked at Snape.
"I suggest that you overestimate that Mudblood as much as possible." Snape hesitated for a moment, and then reminded, "If he was really that easy to kill, he should have died long ago. However, he is still alive..."