Chapter 53 - Level 27 [p8]. Huh? (2/2)
”Yes, Miss Granger. We need to talk to him, so if you can contact him, this will help us a lot.”
”But... what do you want to talk to him about?” She inquired.
Derek looked at her for a long time, before he answered:
”We want to convince him to come back. He is a suspect in multiple crimes. However, I can't divulge the information on these crimes, but believe me when I say that, they are not light acts of lawbreaking.”
Everyone in the house was stunned, while Hermione agitated, said:
”But he is not a bad person and we lived together for the past 3 years. He couldn't have committed any crimes.”
”3 years?”
”Yes!”
”And what about before?”
”Before? What do you mean?”
”Do you know anything about his past? His parents? His home country?”
Now everyone started to have some doubts, but Granger continued, albeit weaker:
”He-e-e is an orphan! An-and he is from Asia and ...”
Markus who was standing in the corner, interrupted:
”Basically you know nothing, young lady.”
”I...”
”Don't you find this suspicious at all? A young boy from a faraway country, suddenly appears so far in Europe and becomes a student of Hogwarts? No past, no parents, no background and yet he somehow was able to get here alone without any help.”
”I... don't know...”
”Please, miss Granger, cooperate with us. You are helping him. If he is not coming back on his own, then he will become a true criminal and will be hunted down like one.”
”Even if I wanted to help you, I don't know how to use the amulet, so I am sorry, but I can't help you.”
”Can we have a look at it? We are from the same country. We might know how it works.”
”Okay?”
*An hour later*
He didn't answer the call.
”As expected. He ignored it.” Harry commented.
Even though Hermione was confused, she still considered Magnus to be her closest friend, so she was quite angered by his words.
”What do you know!”
An argument broke out. Hermione blamed Harry, while he started accusing her in defending a possible criminal. Some may say that this was uncharacteristic of Harry, but Magnus touched his weak spot. Sirius Black. His one and only relative. Moreover, how could have Potter known that Magnus saved Sirius from the life of constant hiding.
In his mind, Magnus was a ”monster” since that eventful night when he crippled Pettigrew, who was unarmed and ready to surrender.
As for Ron, he was the best friend of Harry, so it would be strange if he stood up against him. So, 2 boys argued with one girl.
Strangely, ȧduŀts didn't interfere with this argument and only quietly discussed something with 2 ... Aurors? This was a most questionable part, but thanks to Markus's technologies and Dark's divine powers they fooled them both. Now everyone was sure that Derek and Markus were inspectors from the American Wizarding Government.
However, everyone was interrupted by a sudden vibration of the amulet, lying on the table.
Hermione, forgetting all about the argument, rushed to pick up the amulet. Then she ran to a long mirror prepared beforehand and touched its surface with the amulet. Then she fixed her hand to hold the amulet in constant contact with the mirror.
Soon, in place of her reflection, a young boy appeared, but something was terribly wrong there. The boy was Magnus, yes! Yet, he was full of bleeding wounds all over his body, his clothes were ragged and dirty, his hair was messy and his breathing was rapid.
”Hermione!”
He looked tired and concerned, looking often to his left and right.
”Magnus? What happened to you?”
”My past caught up to me. Those bastards want me dead. They even sent some people to kill me. Although, I still have no idea how they tracked me down. I didn't leave any traces. I didn't use magic or magic artifacts, except for the amulet of contact I have on me. But you hold it so it is impossible for them to track me. Moreover, they attacked me while I was having a shower, so I had to run with whatever I could grab on me. Thank god I still have the amulet and a wand.”
Inspectors exchanged glances, and Markus showed some sign to Derek, who then quietly left the scene, without anyone noticing. In the meantime, Magnus in the mirror, looked left and right as if afraid of something coming. Some loud crashing sounds were heard in the background, so Magnus continued:
”Anyway, I need your help ASAP! Honestly, I didn't expect to be the first to use this artifact and to even use it so soon, but now is not the time to ask questions. These people are true monsters. Report this to the Ministry of Magic and request some help for me. I am in ...”
”Magnus? Magnus?!”
Suddenly, reflection became blurry, while sound grew static, but after a few seconds, everything stabilized.
”One of the retranslators for the signal has been destroyed? Strange, this should be... impossible. They...”
Magnus slowly paused and looked at her. Then as if realization hit him, he paled.
”Hermione!? You ...?”
His whole face was a depiction of how betrayed he felt.
”You helped them? You helped these cold-blooded murderers track me down? Why?! I... thought you were my friend?!”
Magnus with tears streaming down his face was the last thing the mirror has ever shown, because after that it became dull and dark, never to reflect again.
Everyone looked back at the inspectors, finally noticing the absence of the second one, they took out their wands and pointed them at the inspector, named Markus, who only had one thought in his mind:
'Huh? Shouldn't he be the bad guy in this play? How the heck did I become a villain?!'
*No progress*