Barty and Peter's expressions became extremely serious.
Bertha Jorkins realized something, and she moved her hands towards her waist, but the two people opposite her were faster than her. As soon as Jorkins moved his arm, he was held down, and then something hard pressed against her.
her waist.
"Calm down, Bertha, let's go out and talk." Barty's expression was very cold, but this expression made Jorkins shudder.
"Don't try to make any small moves," Peter also responded. He stood up from the edge of the bar, walked behind Jorkins, and put his hands on her shoulders. "There are two of us, and you only have one...trust me."
, we have a lot to explain to you."
The bartender noticed the anomaly and was about to intervene - this was not because of his high moral integrity, but because this bar was a place for their gang, and he had the obligation to maintain order. But Peter quickly took out his wand,
A little bit towards him:
"Confuse the public!"
The bartender's expression became confused, and he allowed Peter and Barty to take Jorkins out of the bar.
Outside the bar, there was a quiet street with no pedestrians on the road. Peter and Barty easily confiscated Jorkins' wand and took her to an abandoned bunker.
"So Jorkins, what are you doing here?" Barty asked the question he was most concerned about. He really couldn't understand why he met such an acquaintance from the UK in this remote small country in the Balkan Peninsula.
Of course Peter knows Bertha Jorkins. She is two years ahead of them at Hogwarts, so she can be considered his senior. In the British wizarding world, as long as you graduate from Hogwarts, you can be with him.
Most of the employees of the Ministry of Magic have a good relationship. This one is one's senior, and that one was a prefect when one was in school. Everyone can be acquaintances.
"I'm just here for my own vacation..." Jorkins replied tremblingly, her intuition telling her that her situation didn't seem to be good.
Peter knew the character of this senior sister very well, so he was in trouble. Bertha was a gossip and socially awkward person. She was famous for her lack of brains and had a very bad relationship with her classmates. After graduation, she worked at
The Ministry of Magic. She was driven from one department to another, and finally stayed in the Department of Magical Games and Sports. If she were let back like this, the entire British wizarding world would probably know that Peter and Barty had appeared in Albania in half a month.
Thinking back to the legend of Voldemort hiding in Albania...hey, what follows is endless encirclement and suppression by Aurors.
Jorkins was in a panic now, but soon the recklessness in her character emerged.
There is no doubt that Bertha Jorkins is a reckless person. Many times, she is as reckless as a honey badger. She does not consider the huge disparity in strength between the two parties and does not use her brain at all.
In the original world line, after she discovered Barty Crouch Sr.'s biggest secret at the Crouch house, she chose not to pretend to be stupid and get over the matter, but to confront Barty Crouch Sr. on the spot.
·Crouch Confrontation.
This is simply the worst of the worst!
That was Crouch's home court. Not to mention the difference in combat power between her and Crouch himself, the house elf Sparkle alone was enough to subdue Jorkins. It was hard to understand what she was thinking and actually made such a decision.
Now, facing two adult wizards and having his wand confiscated, Jorkins was filled with energy and unexpectedly became brave.
"I want to ask, why are you two here?" Several blue veins appeared on her face.
Peter and Barty looked at each other, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"So you really came here for vacation?" Peter was still a little unbelievable. Where is Albania? The legendary hiding place of the Dark Lord. How could you think of coming here for vacation?
Going to Antarctica is more reliable than vacationing in Albania!
It would be great to go skiing in Switzerland or visit the temples in Greece, but why do you have to come to the Albanian jungle to have fun?
There is a reason why Jorkins chose Albania as a vacation destination - of course it is not to find the whereabouts of Voldemort, she is not that great, but she feels that Albania and herself have something in common: loneliness.
The country of Albania seems to have been abandoned by the entire world. The Eastern European camp headed by the Soviet Union hates it. The European and American countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain do not accept it. Even the country on the other side of the Eurasian continent extends a hand of friendship.
It was also cut off by itself. There are more than 200 countries and regions on the earth, and Albania actually fell out with them all. It is a true hatred of humans and dogs.
Bertha Jorkins was similar. She had no friends since she was a student. When she grew up, she joined the Ministry of Magic and was kicked from one department to another like a ball. After accidentally learning about the situation in Albania
, Bertha Jorkins had a strange resonance with this mysterious country.
This country is really similar to my situation. So she came here for vacation. A lonely person went to a lonely country to spend a lonely vacation - very lonely, because no one even thought of looking for her after she disappeared.
she.
After communicating with Jorkins for a while, Peter and Barty truly believed that she was here for vacation.
After a period of dead silence, Barty put his wand on Jorkins' forehead.
"Wait, little Barty -" Jorkins came back to her senses and remembered that she was the one who was captured. She instinctively wanted to beg for mercy, but it was too late.
"Everything is forgotten!"
Barty gave her a forgetting spell.
Jorkins' expression became confused.
"Let's go!" Barty pulled Peter's sleeve, and the two quickly disappeared into the night.
A moment after the two of them left, Jorkins' expression gradually returned to normal.
"Where am I? I remember going to Greece for vacation?" She looked at the surroundings in confusion, then snapped her fingers and disappeared from here.
In the following months, no one from the Ministry of Magic saw Jorkins again. At first, her colleagues did not take it to heart - their work went much more smoothly without Jorkins. However,
Her absence from work was so long that even the usually careless director Bagman couldn't bear it. He sent people to search for her, and finally found Jorkins on a beach in Greece who was on vacation.
She thought she was on vacation!
Jorkins became famous in one battle and left his own mark in the history of the Ministry of Magic, which was a very lucky one.
After sending Jorkins away, Peter and Barty went directly into the dense jungle behind the town.
This drill lasts for three days. Only the two of them understand the hardships involved.
The dense trees completely cover the dark sky. There is no daylight here all year round, and there is no sunshine. It is as isolated from the world as this country. Perhaps only when the leaves fall, a few rays of sunshine will shine on the ground. It is a pity.
Yes, it's July now.
After three days of arduous trek, the two of them had gone deep into the dense forest. The deeper they went, the more they believed that Voldemort was hiding in this dense forest.
Creak! There was a sound of bones breaking under Peter's feet, which made Peter stop. He bent down and picked up a crushed skull from the ground.
"Snake's skull." Barty appeared from behind him and said breathlessly.
"There are more and more animal remains...and it's too quiet here...Barty, I think we're almost there, cheer up."
The two of them walked forward for dozens of steps. The surrounding trees became sparse, and a collapsed stone house appeared in their sight.
The stone house has completely collapsed, and the stones are covered with moss and vines. Not far from the stone house, there is an old tree that looks like it is dying, with a deep tree hole in the trunk.
The change in the density of trees caught the attention of the two, but before they could say anything, there was a rustling sound behind them.
It seemed like something was sliding on the withered leaves.
The two turned around and saw a giant snake at least twelve feet long appearing behind them, and it seemed that it was about to attack them in the next second.
At this time, a hissing and grunting sound came from the ruins of the stone house. The giant snake stopped immediately and coiled up in front of them.
"I think it is necessary to introduce you to my new friend Nagini." A sharp voice sounded from the source of the snoring just now. This voice was as cold and biting as the cold wind, making both Peter and Barty involuntarily tremble.
Shivered.
Soon, they saw the source of the sound. A black snake with white stripes swam out from the collapsed stone house.
"Wormtail...and Barty...it's been such a long time..." The snake didn't stop until it crawled in front of the two of them, spitting out its black core, and stared at the two of them with a pair of scarlet snake eyes.
Amazingly, this snake can actually speak human words.
Facing the snake, Barty and Peter's bodies trembled involuntarily. Peter stammered: "I didn't expect the master to be here, nor did I expect that after so many years... the master could still recognize me.
Come……"
This snake is Voldemort's "host". After becoming a remnant soul, he can choose to be possessed by life, and snakes have always been his first choice for possession.
Voldemort showed an obvious look of disdain: "I could smell the stench of rats on you from a few miles away."
After saying that, he didn't bother to talk to Peter, and instead looked at Barty.
"Familiar faces." He said softly, "I once gained a short period of freedom and returned to that place... Hogwarts, where I spent a school year... the wonderful time seemed to be frozen there.
It's the same as in the long river of time, nothing has changed, it's still the same - rancid."
When commenting on Hogwarts, Voldemort paused, as if to take a breath.
"Hogwarts is becoming more and more rigid and rotten in the hands of that old stubborn. The young wizards there are getting worse from generation to generation. Even the idiot I possessed can be a professor, ha!" It can be seen that Voldemort is obsessed with
Dumbledore's Hogwarts was full of disdain and disgust.
"During that time, I got several news about my loyal servants - Barty, I know it was very sad when you died in Azkaban. You are one of the Death Eaters
A rare person with brains, I once thought that your death was my biggest regret-" His voice suddenly became high-pitched and cold, "So, now you can tell me how you came out of Azkaban.
Did you escape?"
Barty trembled, and then began to retell the story that Barty Crouch Sr. told Dumbledore. Voldemort hovered quietly in front of them, listening to Barty's narration.
"Great maternal love." After listening, Voldemort said in an emotionless voice, "Controlling his own son with the Imperius Curse for more than ten years, only the old Crouch can do it."
Peter and Barty both lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Is there anything else you want to say, Barty?"
"My loyalty to you has not changed yet." Batty lowered his head and said in a low voice.
The snake possessed by Voldemort nodded and said to Barty: "You can break free from the control of the Imperius Curse, which naturally proves your loyalty."
Then he looked at Peter again and asked Peter to tell his story again.
"So Barty raided the convoy escorting you and rescued you?" According to Peter, he chose to stay anonymous after Voldemort lost power and wait for the opportunity. However, his identity was still seen through, which led to Sirius' pursuit.
.Finally captured by a young wizard and delivered to the Ministry of Magic.
Barty, who saw the news in the newspaper, planned carefully and finally found ways to rescue Peter.
The two hid for a while, then waited for the limelight to pass before sneaking into Albania to search for Voldemort.
Voldemort was silent for a moment, and finally squeezed out one word: "Very good."
"You are already my most loyal servants. Every day and night I lurk in this dense forest, waiting for the arrival of my Death Eaters, but they have all disappointed me. It is also because I think too much...
The most loyal people have entered Azkaban, and the rest are all those who are greedy for life and afraid of death. They are eager to draw a clear line with the evil Dark Lord, so how can they come to me?"
Both of them lowered their heads and murmured softly: "I am loyal to my master——"
"Barty, of course you are loyal to me, but Wormtail, don't say you are loyal, you are just cowardly. If you had other places to go, you would never come to me...
"
Peter twitched, as if he wanted to defend himself, but didn't know what to say.
"Of course, no matter how timid Wormtail is, he is countless times stronger than those traitors!" When referring to the remaining Death Eaters, Voldemort's tone was filled with hatred. He knew that some of his subordinates had become guests of the Minister of Magic.
, some successfully cleaned themselves up and started a new life, and some even became the principals of magic schools! These people, without exception, are all traitors!
After venting his anger, Voldemort looked at the two of them and said to them: "I have a task that I need you to complete."
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