"How is that possible!" Mr. Rosmerta suddenly shouted loudly.

However, he soon discovered that such noise would be bad in the bar, so he quickly lowered his voice: "This is simply unbelievable..."

Mr. Rosmerta continued, "...I have heard of many wizards who ended up getting bad, but those of James Porter also got bad, which I never expected... If you told me when they were in school they would end up in Azka class, I would definitely say you were drinking too much!"

"But that's the truth!" Slughorn muttered:

"Rosmerta, maybe you still remember what happened before Principal Grindelwald came to Hogwarts..."

"Merlin's beard!" Mr. Rosmerta seemed to be frightened, and he quickly lowered his voice again, "Mr. Slughorn, you can't just say anything about it at that time... You must have drunk too much! At that time, this bar was still calling a broom..."

Matthew couldn't help but thank Hermione's gadgets more and more, especially the "button stealing device"-

The conversation between Slughorn and Rosmerta was getting smaller and smaller; Matthew even suspected that Miss Elaine Shafik, who was beside them, might not be able to hear the conversation between them clearly...

But because the "button stealing device" was stuck to the back of Slughorn's chair and had certain amplification functions, Matthew could barely hear it clearly.

"No...I'm not drunk..." Slughorn retorted: "Before President Grindelwald came to Hogwarts, many people opposed him... and, the one who really led those opponents was Albus Dumbledore, the dean of the Gryffindor College and the teacher of the Transformation Class at Hogwarts..."

"...... Later... Dumbledore failed and he was sent to prison, but his will to resist remained in Hogwarts... especially at Gryffindor College..."

"You mean..." Mr. Rosmerta's voice became a little trembling, "James Porter and others... were locked up in Azkaban... because..."

"...Yes, James Porter and others, at that time, conspired to overthrow Principal Grindelwald's rule and planned to rescue Albus Dumbledore from the Newmongad Tower where he was imprisoned..." Slughorn suddenly smiled, "A group of innocent children, undoubtedly, they failed in the end..."

"... Someone betrayed them, but before they were arrested, a spy hiding in Hogwarts warned them... they all ran away, and Porter was very familiar with Hogwarts' secret passage... Hogwarts later claimed that they violated school rules and fired them all..."

"Tons tons!"

It was the sound of drinking again, and Matthew suspected that Slughorn's face must have been flushed.

Then, Slughorn's voice sounded again: "But they are just adult students after all, and have not even graduated from Hogwarts; they are not opponents of those well-trained Aurors... but they performed really well and avoided the Ministry of Magic for several years... but they were still caught in the end..."

"... There is only one person who always gets away with it!" Slughorn's voice suddenly became a little more proud:

"Lily Evans! You should remember that charming girl."

"Of course," Mr. Rosmerta seemed to nod, "I remember James Porter and Severus Snape, who often fought because of her..."

"…Yes, beautiful, smart, and sensible..." Slughorn added, "It's a pity that he went astray in the end..."

"...I was very optimistic about her at the beginning, but it turned out that I didn't miss it in the end!"

"So... what is the connection between Porter and the others and Azkaban's fugitive?" Mr. Rosmerta continued to ask, his voice suddenly changed: "Can those fugitives... be it..."

"That's right..." Slughorn said mysteriously, "Don't tell me about this news. Even in the Ministry of Magic, few people knew their identities, because the incident in which they conspired to overthrow Principal Grindelwald at Hogwarts was strictly kept secret... The Ministry of Magic's Aurors stationed in Azkaban, Gadvin Robaz and I have always had a good relationship, and he secretly told me..."

"Of course! Sure!" Mr. Rosmerta seemed to nod.

Mr. Rosmerta seemed to be muttering to himself: "That is to say... the Ministry of Magic sent so many Aurors and so many dementors to defend Hogwarts... because...Potter, Black and Pediru...they want to..."

"There is no doubt about this!" Slughorn continued, "they escaped from Azkaban, obviously trying to continue the terrible plan fifteen years ago...and this can prove that they discovered something in Hogwarts fifteen years ago!"

"Merlin's beard...Merlin's beard...Merlin's beard..."

Mr. Rosmerta seemed to be frightened and muttered there, "These things are so terrible! Professor Slughorn, don't say it again!"

"I only know so much," Slughorn said indifferently.

...

Mr. Rosmerta seemed to have walked away, and as a small bar owner, he obviously dared not continue to discuss these matters.

And Matthew was still digesting what Slughorn had just said in his mind.

There is no doubt that there is a lot of information.

But soon, Slughorn's voice came from his little ears: "Little Elaine, sorry for neglecting you. I'm just talking to Rosmerta..."

"...By the way, you said before, you wrote a letter to your mother and found out the people your father contacted last..."

"Yes." Elaine Shafik's innocent voice came from childhood: "Before my father was locked up in Azkaban, he seemed to have had two people with him many times, one was Mr. Lucius Malfoy... and the other, my father never said his name..."

"So..." Slughorn said gently, "Then... where did the person who cannot even mention the name send him a letter?"

Matthew quickly pricked up his ears, and another key message was coming...

"I know this," said Miss Shafik, "he's in Hogsmeade!"

Matthew's face suddenly changed.

The soft little ear in my hand fell to the ground without holding it firmly.
Chapter completed!