Chapter 469 467 Department of Mysterious Affairs

Chapter 469 467. Department of Mysteries

Jon followed Slughorn into the dark door he opened.

As soon as you enter, you can find a large and messy office inside, with more than a dozen wizards sorting out various parchments and files piled everywhere.

The robes they wore were different, but what was unified was that each of them had a badge embroidered on the chest of the robe.

This means that all the people currently in the Department of Mysteries on this level are from pure-blood families.

And Jon also noticed keenly that only a small part of these people's family crests belonged to the twenty-eight holy families, that is, the ranks of the old-school pure-bloods. Almost all of them were new-school pure-bloods promoted after Voldemort II.

Slughorn led Jon through the large office. During this period, the two did not exchange a word. The fat walrus, who was always smiling, just greeted the purebloods passing by him as he walked.

Then, they came to a door on the wall of the big office, with a metal nameplate on it - [Office of the Deputy Director]

"Before I came here, the Department of Mysteries had never had the position of Deputy Director. It was that gentleman who created it for me."

The words finally seemed like they were meant for Jon.

Jon shrugged secretly, and then said seriously.

"That is a testament to the great affection that my master has for you, Mr. Slughorn."

The fat walrus laughed. To outsiders, he seemed to feel comfortable with Jon's flattery. Only Jon could see the joy in it.

They opened the door and walked into the office. After entering, Slughorn turned sideways and motioned for Jon to walk in first. After Jon entered, he carefully closed the door and finally pressed something unknown. Something, there was a sound of the lock spring springing from the door lock.

After doing this, he turned around and raised his eyebrows at Jon with satisfaction, and then waved his hand. The cabinet on the wall opened automatically, and a box of pineapple preserves flew out from it, and finally landed on the desk.

At the same time, the teapot jumped up on its own and poured two cups of black tea into the teacups that had just been lined up like soldiers.

"Relax, Jon. On the first day I came here, this place became my territory completely. No one will hear what we say here."

After Jon heard what he said, Ge You, who was completely motionless, lay down on the sofa chair, and then threw a candied pineapple into his mouth.

After chewing it twice, he had to drink a whole cup of tea. It was too sweet.

Slughorn sat across from Jon with a smile on his face. He looked at Jon who was staring at another person's face with emotion on his face. This was the first time they had met since they separated that night in the carriage. .

"Now your name is spreading throughout Europe, Jon. You are more famous than me, a teacher."

"If you let them know what kind of things you have been doing these years, teacher, then they will definitely feel that Jon Green is nothing."

Jon's words were serious and obviously not a compliment.

He has experienced many dangers over the years, but Slughorn has always been surrounded by wolves, and he continues to find opportunities to pass important information to Dumbledore, a lot of which is related to the war situation. , all passed through his hands.

Slughorn's old face almost smiled after hearing Jon's words.

"It's better not to say these useless words. Did Dumbledore tell you why he asked you to come here?"

Jon nodded.

Slughorn pressed his back against the back of the chair.

"Actually, at the beginning, I didn't agree with him letting you infiltrate the Ministry of Magic and carry out this secret mission with me. Because I feel that no matter how many things you have done before, in the final analysis, you have not graduated from Hogwarts. , is a student. But after hearing Dumbledore say that you have learned the Animagus and transformed into a phoenix, I have no reason to refuse."

He looked at Jon.

"Did you master it with the ring?"

Facing Slughorn, Jon certainly had nothing to hide. He took off the ring pendant he had been wearing around his neck, and the four blue diamond-shaped gems on it flashed under the light.

"That's right, teacher, I have engraved the Animagus transformation magic on the third stone. You know the first stone, it has the floating spell on it, and the other two stones."

Before Jon could finish speaking, Slughorn waved his hand to stop him from continuing.

"Don't tell me this kind of thing. Just like when I taught you Occlumency, I told you that people should always keep some secrets of their own. I have them too, and so does Dumbledore. You Of course it needs to be.”

Jon didn't refuse his offer.

"Teacher, have you gained anything from being here these days?"

After getting down to business, Slughorn's expression calmed down.

"I came to the Department of Mysteries half a month before you. In fact, before Dumbledore asked me to find a way to transfer to this department, Voldemort had already intended for me to be stationed here."

"Snape's matter had a great impact in the future. It was related to the current Voldemort. Should he choose to use the Horcrux, a method with great defects, to maintain his immortality? But just as Dumbledore guessed, even if his mind was not as clear as his other self, he still took a lot into consideration. He did not directly split his soul again, but asked me to try to crack the immortality potion that Snape made for the other Voldemort."

"But the inside story of this potion is obviously a very closely guarded secret for the other Voldemort. I copied the kind of accelerator that Snape made for him. The potion itself has no effect of prolonging life or immortality. It can only speed up the reaction of a kind of golden sand. "

"That kind of sand is what you took back from Snape and gave to Dumbledore. We don't know where the other Voldemort got it from. No matter the current Voldemort or Dumbledore, no one can figure out its effect. The only clue is that Snape and the other Voldemort himself had spent a long time in the Department of Mysteries. "

When he said this, Slughorn's expression became serious.

"Voldemort had asked Karkaroff to investigate the matter before, but nothing was found. So after I took the initiative to apply for a transfer and expressed my desire to share his worries, he sent me here, and also agreed to the proposal submitted by other people in the department to reorganize the entire Department of Mysteries. Because he felt that the Unspoken people in the Department of Mysteries were all old people who had been in contact with another Voldemort, and they were not worthy of his trust. He wanted to replace all the Unspoken people here with his own people, so the current situation has come about."

"But I believe that when you came here, you should have discovered that all the new employees here have some problems."

Jon nodded in agreement.

"I felt it when I took the elevator up. These people who reported to the Department of Mysteries seemed to have been premeditated, and they were all familiar with each other, and most of them were new-school purebloods, with only a small number of old-school purebloods."

Slughorn said very seriously.

"Because these people have actually betrayed the current Voldemort, and are looking for another Voldemort who has disappeared before!"

His words made Jon slightly stunned, but he didn't feel very shocked.

Because on the way to England with Lily to find Snape, they had already determined that some of the Death Eaters had found their other master, otherwise Snape would not have been able to get the bottle of golden gravel.

"So they are gathering together like this, and Voldemort can't feel it now?"

"That's one of the problems." Slughorn said solemnly, "From the communication between me and Voldemort, he really doesn't seem to feel the changes in the hearts of the pure-bloods. But this situation can be explained and some can't be explained. It can be explained because since he found that he was getting old, he has been hiding behind the scenes, and few pure-bloods can see him, which naturally lacks channels to understand the outside world."

"But from what I understand, these people who have planned to betray their current master are very bold. They have won over many people in the Death Eaters, especially the new pure-bloods who have received the most favors from the other Voldemort. Logically speaking, with such a big move, even if Voldemort has no intention of dealing with the affairs of the pure-bloods, he is unlikely to know nothing. But now he behaves as if he knows nothing about everything."

Jon also fell into a period of thinking about this. He didn't know as much about the things around Voldemort as Slughorn, so of course he couldn't think of where the problem was.

Then Slughorn said seriously.

"There is no director in this level of the Department of Mysteries. My position is nominally arranged as the deputy director, but in fact I exercise the power of the director. Except for me, everyone else is basically a member of the same group. The person you pretend to be, the pureblood from the Ollivander family, is also someone they intend to win over. After all, there are big and small purebloods. Old-school purebloods, especially the Ollivander family that monopolizes the entire wand industry in the UK, are certainly worth winning over."

Jon said in a deep voice.

"Doesn't this mean that our next actions in the Department of Mysteries will be more difficult? Now there are people from another Voldemort here. They must have come here at the instruction of their master. No matter what their purpose is, they will pay more attention to the actions of those who have not joined them yet."

Slughorn nodded.

"That's why Dumbledore asked you to come. Next, I will give you the position of Assistant Director. You will be mainly responsible for coordinating the affairs and information of each hall in the Department of Mysteries for me. In this way, you will have the opportunity to enter and exit any room here, and your identity will be less conspicuous than that of my deputy director. At the same time, I will talk to the people who came to contact me. Since I accepted the appointment of the Department of Mysteries, they have been contacting me, wanting me to choose one between the two Voldemorts as the object of loyalty. Your task is to search between the various halls and try to find something like the golden sand."

"During this period, if someone also tells you that you must choose between the two Voldemorts, you can delay it if you can. If you can't, you can agree to them first to paralyze their vigilance against you."

Jon had no objection to Slughorn's arrangement, he just frowned and asked.

"What if I find the same thing? Professor Dumbledore told me that he wanted me to figure out what this thing is used for."

Slughorn put his hands on his belly and tapped his index finger lightly.

"This is not an easy task. If this thing is really important to the other Voldemort, then he asked these Death Eaters who have completely stood on his side to come here, and it must be much more convenient for him to do things than us."

"I have an idea, teacher."

Jon blinked, and the corners of his mouth suddenly raised an arc and said.

"Don't they want to win you and me over? Then why can't we agree to them first, and then as companions, it's normal for us to understand some of their missions in the Department of Mysteries, isn't it?"

Slughorn pondered.

"It's not that I haven't thought about it, Jon, but what I'm worried about is that if I have to pay something to join them? I don't think the other Voldemort is the crazy Voldemort he is now, and he certainly won't easily trust verbal promises."

Jon waved his hand.

"Leave it to me, teacher, it's only my first day here. Let me get to know the situation here first, and then we'll decide what to do next."

Afterwards, as Slughorn said, after all the new purebloods who reported to join the department signed in today, Jon was appointed the assistant to the deputy director and stayed in the deputy director's office, while the others were assigned to various halls.

Many people obviously have different guesses about Jon's good luck.

Because the Department of Mysteries has not yet determined that there are only a handful of people who "pay their respects", Spike and Slughorn, who Jon pretends to be, are the two most important people.

The reason why Slughorn chose him as the assistant to the deputy director's office is equivalent to the signal that he does not want to be involved with another Voldemort faction in the Department of Mysteries for the time being in the eyes of others.

This kind of imagination also provides a good reason for Jon and Slughorn, two people who are originally unrelated, to come into contact with each other.