Harry Potter’s Book of Sin

The Merlin Medal represents honor.

For wizards who do not value honor, it is just a relatively rare collection; but for wizards who regard fame and achievement as life, it represents at least the recognition of the entire European magic world.

The Merlin Medal will not bring the most direct benefits to the recipients, but with this medal, it will be much easier to seek benefits.

Maca picked up the small medal from the box held by Akinbard and buckled it gently on his chest. The streamer on the surface of the medal lingered in front of his chest, as if he himself appeared even more upright. .

The youngest holder of the Merlin Medal in history was quietly born at such a private luncheon.

After all, the medal on the front of Maca is actually closely related to Voldemort.It represents not only Maca's achievements and honor, but also Maca's will to draw a clear line with Voldemort.

At this moment, a group of wizards kept whispering to each other, they were weighing the gains and losses of their current positions, and carefully considering the path they would choose next.

Among them, the lonely family must first consider the safety of themselves and their families, but more important members of the power need to consider the development trend of their forces.

Until now, the intention of Dumbledore's private banquet has been clearly revealed.

After he and Maca successively repelled Voldemort's offensive, and after the fact that "Voldemort is not invincible" was made public at the audiovisual conference hosted by Maca, Dumbledore obviously wanted to take advantage of the victory and reshuffle the current power composition.

This is a direction and a necessity.

But of course Dumbledore and Maca understood that this was not an overnight event. Today's luncheon was just the beginning.

It didn't take long for the luncheon to finally end in panic.

Under Dumbledore's introduction, Maca became familiar with many of today's famous wizards.

No matter which side the wizards are currently on, in the magical world where interests are intricate, the enemies of the present may not necessarily be the friends of the future.

In this regard, Maca couldn't understand more.

Watching the so-called "celebs" leave one by one, Maca stood beside Dumbledore, quietly thinking about every step he had to take next.

"Dumbledore, McLean..."

A voice rang behind them, and Dumbledore and Maca turned around at the same time and nodded at the man with a smile.

"Kakaroff," Dumbledore said with a smile, "I wonder if what happened today is what you want to see?"

"At least it can be a lot of peace of mind, right?" Maca followed.

Karkaroff stared at the old and young in front of him with a sullen face, and suddenly took a deep breath-if the two wizards had been standing together, Voldemort would never have the slightest hope of victory.

He watched Dumbledore and Maca back and forth for a while, and finally took a small metal tube from his arms and handed it to them.

"I still said that, don't forget what you promised me!"

After Maca reached out to take it, Karkaroff turned around decisively and hurried away towards the school gate.

"Maca, do you remember what I said in the letter?" The two stood silently for a while, and Dumbledore suddenly spoke.

"Of course," Maca nodded, "If the professor wants to take a walk, I can accompany you at any time."

In the past two years, Maca's figure has been raised a lot, but he is much worse than the tall Dumbledore.

With this momentum, Maca estimated that he would not grow as tall as Dumbledore in his life, but in Dumbledore's eyes, Maca was growing continuously.

Dumbledore and Maca walked in the garden on the side of the castle. Seeing the flowers and colorful surroundings, their moods seemed to become much clearer.

"How are you feeling today?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.

"Not bad," Maca said with a shrug, "but generally speaking, I prefer to stay in a room facing a lot of magic books instead of a big black head."

"Right! Many people want freedom, but sometimes what they want may not be easy to get." Dumbledore shrugged.

The two of them strolled in the garden, and they talked in different ways, and they looked like they were enjoying themselves.

Speaking of it, the conversations between the two seem to seldom involve business matters, especially during this kind of walks, most of which are casual chats and say some specious things.

But in fact, for both of them, what they need most is to relax.

Both are very purposeful people, and they have already decided what to do and think about.It is precisely because the two know this to each other, they rarely interfere with each other's intentions.

Until the end, Dumbledore looked at Maca and asked, "Are you ready?"

Macayan raised the metal tube in his hand and said helplessly: "To be honest, I really don't want to...but it's all now, and it's too late to regret it."

"Then you can figure it out by yourself!" Dumbledore smiled, and then simply turned and headed for the castle.

...

"McLean."

As soon as he returned to the Black House, Maca was stopped by Sirius.

"I think you have to look at this..."

Maca followed Sirius to the reception room, and a letter was immediately squeezed into his hand.

"A letter from the Ministry of Magic?"

As he said, he unfolded the letter and read it carefully, then nodded clearly.

"Maca, didn't you mean..." Harry hesitated, sitting aside a little uneasy.

"This is my negligence." Maca said calmly.

This letter was familiar to Maca, because he had received something similar.

Specifically, this is a notification document:

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Dear Mr. Potter:

According to relevant information, there are signs of dementor activity in the Muggle family home you belong to.

In response, the Division (Department of Magical Law Enforcement) dispatched Auror to conduct an on-site investigation and discovered five corpses of magical creatures suspected of dementors.

Therefore, you have been included in the list of suspects who have colluded with the Dementors to defect and invade the Muggle crowd. Given the seriousness of the case, we regret to inform you that you will be tried at the Ministry of Magic at 9 am on August 12th.

Pierce Sinkenis

Ministry of Magic, Magic Law Enforcement Department, Auror Office.

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"Harry can't go!" Sirius resolutely said, "The Ministry of Magic has obviously had a problem, and now Fudge is also—"

"No," Maca retorted, "Harry must go!"

"Do you understand what you're talking about!" Sirius grabbed Maca's arm and shouted loudly, "You should know the most about the current situation of the Ministry of Magic! Have you forgotten Snape's secret report?"

"For this reason, Harry should go more." Maca said without changing his expression. "If you want him to be like you, hiding here and unable to go out, then you should keep him!"

"Sirius, Maca is right." Lupin frowned, looking worried.

After Maca finished speaking, he stopped paying attention to the silent Sirius, but turned his head and looked at Harry.

"Harry, let me tell you one thing first-according to Snape's secret report that the British Ministry of Magic has been infiltrated by Voldemort's forces-he had buried his own people in it a long time ago. To be more precise, the current Ministry of Magic is indeed very dangerous."

"I..." Harry looked at Sirius and clasped his hands subconsciously.

"You don't need to worry about what Sirius says," Maca said calmly, "I have already said that if you don't go, you must stay here forever; if you go, I will prepare a mission for you..."

"Now, Harry, you make your own decision about this-go or not?"

After throwing the test to Harry, Maca turned and left the reception room. He knew that Harry needed some time to think about it.

In the corridor outside the reception room, Hermione suddenly chased him out and stopped him.

"Maca! You just said... was your negligence?" Hermione said unbelievably.

"Yeah! Can't I be negligent?" Maca turned her head and smiled at her.

Hermione pursed her thin lips and argued, "I don't think that was your negligence!"

"Don't think I'm too perfect, people always make mistakes, don't they?" Maca shook his head casually.

Hermione curled her lips disapprovingly, pointed at Maca and said, "Do you think I haven't seen you when you made a mistake?"

"Ok?"

When Maca heard the words, he couldn't help being stunned-the first thing he thought of was the time Luna was injured, but for Hermione, what impressed her most was that moment far away at the end of the first grade.

At that time, Maca's expression was enough to make Hermione remember her for the rest of her life.

"Okay, okay! I admit that you guessed well this time..." Maca said softly, then smiled and beckoned to her, "Go to the study with me first. Let's go there and talk."

...

Even though Harry had not slept well lately at night, and occasionally thought about some issues that seemed far away from him, he finally felt happy for the first time in the entire summer vacation.

Life here is still very easy. Everyone gathers together and has a dependency on each other.

But today, he was lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling blurred by the night, and he couldn't help thinking of the terrible things about to be tried by the Ministry of Magic.

Has the Ministry of Magic been controlled by Voldemort?Or is he on the way to control?Even Maca said it was dangerous, wouldn't it be...

Thinking of this, fear pierced his heart like countless sharp needles.

These sudden things were so terrible, he didn't dare to say it out loud, even to Ron and Hermione.

As for the two of them, even though Harry saw them murmuring together at dinner before, and from time to time cast worried glances at him, he did not mention anything about it, just like him.

"What...what should I do?"