Yes, remember what I said before
Even dark wizards usually have their own principles. What needs to be done and what should not be done will be weighed on the balance of interests.
To say that Pansy actually thought things through quite well, she knew that she should use gold galleons to stop Old Tim's mouth. And in order for this old man to keep his word, he also specifically mentioned the other half of the hush money afterwards.
However, there was one very important thing that she accidentally ignored.
"Three Auror gentlemen - that! That is the person you want to arrest. Just now when I found the three of them coming this way, they asked me if there was a back door!"
The moment the three Aurors walked in from the door of the store, Iluli breathed a small sigh of relief. Because she discovered that she had never met any of the three people who came, and now even the excuse she had just thought of for herself might not be used.
But she didn't expect that Old Tim, who had just accepted the hush money, would actually betray her as soon as he turned around.
And just when Pansy was stunned on the spot and the Auror who had just entered the door looked towards her subconsciously, she heard Old Tim speak again quickly:
"Oh, by the way, there's another—"
"Collapse!"
He couldn't let him talk any more. If he even told Pansy, he would really be wiped out. What's more, that was the first friend I made in my entire life, wasn't it
"stop!"
Due to the suddenness of the incident, the Auror's stop was inevitably delayed.
However, you can be slow with your mouth, but you cannot be slow with your hands. The three of them are all trained and tested official Aurors, and their bodies can react even faster than their minds.
It was at the moment when Ilulie waved the wand that Pansy had given her as a gift and released a burst of red fire that the Auror standing at the front cast a silent disarming spell almost at the same time.
The next moment, Iluli was knocked away by a huge impact, and the wand in her hand flew high into the air, landing at the Auror's feet in the blink of an eye.
What followed was a control spell cast by another Auror standing behind.
The combination of daily cooperation training and good judgment ability made Iluli's whole body tied tightly with a magic rope as soon as she hit the wall.
Suddenly, the pain of being hit hard against the wall and the worst situation in front of her made Iluli fall to the ground with her back slightly arched and fell into silence.
Obviously, no matter how resourceful she is, it will be difficult for her to make any excuse when she is betrayed on the spot. And if you still want to make excuses, you might accidentally let the three Aurors guess Pansy's whereabouts.
But when the Aurors saw that Eluli could no longer move, they walked towards her. Out of the corner of her eye, Eluli caught a glimpse of the tip of a wand quietly revealed in the other corner.
"No!"
Iluli glanced over there, and then shouted with unusual determination.
And then she added:
"Let me go! You can't do this to me - I'm just an ordinary person. I've never done anything. You can't use violence to arrest me! You can't listen to that old man's nonsense!"
The series of words that followed were obviously used to divert attention temporarily. Only the first word "no" was what Iluli really wanted to say.
And the person she wanted to convey to was naturally Pansy in the corner who almost wanted to attack the Auror.
"You haven't done anything?" the leading Auror said seriously, "Since you haven't done anything, why did you cast the coma spell? All I can see with my eyes is your guilty conscience!"
Before he finished speaking, the Auror waved his hand again and said:
"No need to say more, take it away! And that... Tsk, why does it smell so bad? Anyway, take it away together - at least before you get rid of suspicion, I'll trouble you to undergo a period of detention and review."
As he was speaking, he heard his colleague on the other side suddenly point to Old Tim behind the counter. It can be seen that the coma spell cast by Iluli was so powerful that he is still completely unconscious!
"He... He should be sent to St. Mungo's for treatment first! Huh, after all, how many honest people can there be in Knockturn Alley? This old man may not be a good bird. He is probably a rusher this time. I only spoke because of the bounty on my head!"
This Auror was obviously very experienced, and he just guessed what Old Tim was actually thinking.
That's right, the reason why this old man decisively chose to report the news, to the point where he even refused to take the other half of the hush money promised by Pansy, was all for the bounty from the Ministry of Magic.
Because he knew that even if he didn't hear the specifics of what happened, as long as the Auror Office of the Ministry of Magic was dispatched to conduct a search, a certain amount of reward would be set for the target of their search.
And compared to the small pile of gold galleons given by Pansy, no matter how small the amount of the bounty was, it would definitely be larger than what Pansy gave.
However, the leading Auror seems to have a very deep understanding of these low-character guys, and he can figure it out just by guessing without even interrogating them.
After a short pause, he continued:
"That's right! Before he wakes up, let's dig out his details and see if there are any previous criminal records. If we can find out something valuable, we can save the reward money for the ministry. When the time comes, when Director Shacklebolt is happy, he might be able to share some of the bounty with us as this month’s bonus!”
To be honest - after all, everyone needs to live, so how many people don't like money? Even the Aurors working for the Ministry of Magic are no exception to this.
But just as the three Aurors were chatting and joking casually while arresting Iluli and the unexpectedly honest sloppy witch Muriel and preparing to take them away, Pansy, who was hiding in the corner with her invisibility cloak, held her hand tightly. of wands.
She naturally heard Eluli's reminder just now, but the restlessness in her chest could not be calmed down.
It was obvious that she was just pretending to be close to Iluli, so why did she feel so uncomfortable and uneasy when she saw the other person shouting loudly to protect her
With an almost uncontrollable mood, Pansy almost wanted to take action several times - if she could get a head start, there might not necessarily be no hope of rescuing Iluli.
After all, they didn't need to fight the Aurors head-on, they just needed to find an opportunity to escape.
But she also understood that her chances of success were not high.
"Yes, taking action at this time is tantamount to throwing yourself into a trap! What's more, if you can escape this disaster first, can't you also find another way to rescue Iluli afterwards? If it doesn't work, go find McClain. Ask him to help, this is also a very feasible way... "
Pansy never dreamed that she would become a true friend with a goblin hybrid. But, of course, having one more friend isn't such a bad thing.
While she was watching the other party being taken away by the Auror, she kept thinking in her mind and used a series of "post-event plans" as an excuse to barely comfort herself.
Not long after, after the Aurors had removed old Tim and closed the store door, Pansy closed her eyes and disapparated with a crackling sound.
…
This morning, before dawn, Maka got up from the bed after just resting for a few hours, and went to the greenhouse for a walk as usual.
To him, it was both a walk and a trip to take care of some of the magical plants he had planted there.
In fact, this habit of his was something Willy made him keep in the past.
And after he went out for a walk and took a few breaths of fresh morning air, he had to continue to be busy due to the many remaining tasks.
It wasn't until the sun rose in the sky and breakfast time began that he temporarily put down the work at hand and walked towards the auditorium.
"Come to think of it, am I just eating and drinking?"
The life after leaving the company gave Maka some spare time - although most of that time was filled little by little by other things.
But since he is no longer a professor at Hogwarts, he still has three meals a day at school, but no one else has any objections.
After so many years since Hogwarts was founded, he is probably the only one.
The moment she stepped into the auditorium, Maka glanced at the Gryffindor table out of habit. As expected, Hermione and Luna had been away from each other lately, and the latter was currently sitting across the dining table in her own house.
After that, Maka looked towards the Slytherin table again.
Soon he saw that Draco had already taken his seat and was eating breakfast by himself. Recently, he has developed the habit of reading newspapers promptly. A copy of the Daily Prophet is placed beside his dinner plate, allowing him to learn about current events in the entire magical world.
However, the figure that had been hanging around him and had never left him all these years had not yet appeared today.
"Can you come back today?"
Maka thought for a moment, then didn't bother Hermione and the others, and just shook her head and walked to the staff table.
Even Maka has no way of knowing the specific current situation of Miss Parkinson. However, what he focuses on is not the details, but the overall direction.
For example, he now hopes to learn more about Haierbo from the witch who turned into a basilisk. Because that way, he would be able to have a more precise control over the entire situation.
As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a burst of hasty footsteps coming from the corridor outside the side door of the auditorium, causing him to turn around suddenly.
"Oh, are you back?"