Harry's silence clearly piqued Scrymgeour's interest. He asked, "You're not saying anything. Do you already know what the Snitch is hiding?"
"I don't know." Harry said immediately. He was still thinking about how he could pretend to touch the Snitch without actually touching it.
He turned his head and looked at Elwyn and Hermione anxiously. He wanted to know what they were thinking and if there was any way to stop this.
If only he knew and mastered the Mind Absorbing Spell, he would be able to read Elwyn or Hermione's thoughts.
Without a doubt, Harry's action made Scrymgeour even more interested. He seemed to think that he had guessed correctly.
"Take it," he said softly.
Harry met the Minister's yellow eyes and knew that he had no choice but to obey.
He reached out his hand. Scrymgeour leaned forward again and slowly and carefully placed the Snitch in Harry's palm.
Nothing happened. Harry wrapped his fingers around the Snitch. The Snitch's tired wings flapped a few times and then stopped moving.
For a while, Scrymgeour continued to stare eagerly at the Golden Ball in Harry's hand, as if he was still hoping that it would change.
"Very dramatic," Harry said coldly.
"Looks like it's different from what I thought," Scrymgeour said. He seemed a little annoyed. He straightened up and tugged hard at Dumbledore's will. "I left Elwyn Mason a statue ornament that I bought during my trip. It's very classical Greek and abstract style. I hope he can find artistic inspiration from it."
What, a statue with classical Greek colors and abstract style?! And he hoped that Elwyn could find artistic inspiration from it?!
Elwyn was a little confused. He watched as Scrymgeour took out a strange-shaped statue. It was twisted and he could not tell what it was.
This was probably abstract style, but Elwyn felt that this style was very familiar. He had seen it many times …
This was the style of an evil god!
Then, on the upper part of the small statue, he found the eye. It was the first eyeball monster he had seen.
It was a statue of the Demon God!
It was the statue of the despicable Hilbo who had turned into an evil god!
Just like the Statue of the Evil God in Lord Voldemort's hand, it was an Evil God's waymark.
Almost instantly, Elwyn made his judgment. His expression remained unchanged. Scrimgeour was watching him closely.
"What is this?" he asked. "Why did Dumbledore give you such a strange statue?"
"I'm not sure. Perhaps, as he said in his will, he hoped that I could find artistic inspiration from it." Elwyn said seriously, "Professor Dumbledore has a wide range of interests. His interest is not limited to magic itself. He has a deep understanding of art, and I happen to like art very much, so I have a lot of communication with Professor Dumbledore in this aspect. What's wrong? You can't be thinking that this statue also has a memory of its body and will change miraculously just by holding it in your hand, right? "
"Of course not, but this statue clearly hides some information that I don't know," Scrimgeour said as he stared into Elwyn's eyes. "And you know."
He spoke very slowly, as if he was using all his strength.
Scrimgeour probably treated this as his last hope. He hoped to find some hidden information that would help him fight against Lord Voldemort and win the war. Although their goals were the same, Elwyn could not help him. He could not tell Scrimgeour about the Evil God or the Horcruxes. Moreover, he was sure that once Scrimgeour found out about these things, he would not take any countermeasures in the direction that he wanted. He would only make things worse.
So, he was very sorry …
From the beginning to the end, Elwyn was not like Harry and Ron, who were hostile towards Scrimgeour.
He hoped that he could help him, but there was nothing he could do.
Even if they were protectors, their standpoints and thoughts were not the same.
"I'm sorry, I don't know anything. I think it's just a strange-looking statue. Dumbledore found it interesting during his travels, so he bought it and left it for me." Elwyn said as he avoided Scrimgeour's gaze. "If this was left for me by Professor Dumbledore, can you give it to me now, Mr. Minister?"
"Take it!" Scrimgeour said disappointedly as he pushed the statue into Elwyn's hands.
Almost the instant he touched the Evil God statue, Elwyn felt that it was different. His magic clearly fluctuated. Although the magic aura coming from the statue was very weak, almost non-existent, Elwyn was too familiar with the Evil God's aura, so he could still feel it.
If he had only suspected it before, he was now sure that this was the Evil God's Waymark left behind by the despicable Herbo.
He did not know where Dumbledore found it and gave it to Elwyn.
This was a very important magic item, and it was connected to the Evil God in another dimension.
Although the Evil God that the despicable Herbo had turned into was very weak and did not have much power, and only had a soul left to struggle on, this statue was still connected to it.
An Evil God could only have one waymark. If it wanted to descend from the void into the real world, it had to rely on this waymark.
This was the basic use of the Evil God's waymark. As for other uses, Elwyn still had to research them.
He felt that he might be able to find a way to destroy the Evil God statue in Lord Voldemort's hands.
"Alright, are you done?" Hermione said as she tried to stand up from the sofa.
"I'm not done yet!" Scrimgeour said. "I still want to talk to you. First, apart from this, Dumbledore also left you something, Potter."
"What is it?"
Scrimgeour did not look at the will this time. He said, "It's Gryffindor's sword. He left it to you."
"Where is it?" Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all looking for the ruby hilt.
However, Scrimgeour did not take the sword out of the pouch. The pouch was too small to contain the sword.
Elwyn knew that Scrimgeour would not give the sword to Harry, but they did not need it to destroy other soul vessels. However, this did not mean that they could not use Gryffindor's sword. This sword was different from before. Ever since Elwyn found the scabbard, this sword had powerful offensive spells.
The magic from the Cyclops had given it new strength. The spells on the sword were stronger than most spells, so it was a good choice for self-defense.
"Where did you put the sword?" Harry asked.
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