Elwyn was writing letters to his parents while listening to Mr. Weasley and Sirius chat.
"I still remember Jorkins. When I was at Hogwarts, she was two grades higher than me." Sirius recalled. "A silly guy, especially nosy, but brainless, completely brainless. The combination of these two is really bad …"
"It's really troublesome. She worked here for a while," Mr. Weasley said, frowning. "She's not a bad person, but she's completely useless. As this report says, she causes more trouble than she does."
"Which department is she in now?" Sirius asked.
"She's been in the International Magic Exchange and Cooperation Department for many years, and then, for some reason, Barty …"
Mr. Weasley paused, realizing that he should not mention the name in front of Elwyn now, and hurriedly changed the subject. "She transferred to the Magic Sports Department not long ago. All in all, for so many years, she's been chased from one department to another, and only Ludo Bargmann is willing to have her. Ludo is a good man, and he was the one who helped me get the World Cup tickets. "
"Where is she now?" Elwyn interrupted. "I want to see her."
"Why do you want to see Jorkins?" Sirius frowned. Seeing Elwyn's expression, he immediately understood something and said seriously, "Well, I know you suspect Crouch, and there's nothing wrong with your reasoning just now. But we should focus on solving the curse on your wrist now. After it's broken, I'll help you investigate him, I promise … "
"You won't have the chance to see her now," Mr. Weasley said. "After the incident with the biting cactus, she went abroad for a vacation, and it'll be a few weeks before she comes back. Ludo thinks she needs more fresh air to clear her mind. "
Elwyn's heart skipped a beat. If Bertha Jorkins had set off for a vacation in the forests of Albania, then she would have probably been caught by Lord Voldemort.
Perhaps, he was currently being tortured by the other party.
It was only a matter of time before the Lord Voldemort learned that his most loyal follower was still alive and had successfully escaped from Azkaban.
However, without Peter's help, and without a wizard like Quirrell who was willing to share his body with him, it would be very difficult for Lord Voldemort to come back and save Barty Crouch Jr. Right now, he was just a wandering soul without any power. He couldn't do anything.
Just as Elwyn was thinking, a note flew through the open door and slowly landed in front of Sirius. He opened it suspiciously.
"Dumbledore has finished talking with Foggy. He has permission to enter Azkaban," Sirius said. "He's waiting for us down there."
Elwyn quickly finished writing the letter to his parents. He also wrote one to Professor Lupin, specifically reminding him to pay attention to Barty Crouch's movements.
He handed the letter to Mr. Weasley, said goodbye, and returned to the elevator.
"How do we get to Azkaban?" Elwyn asked curiously. "Do we use Phantom Shift?"
"Like Hogwarts, that place forbids Phantom Shift and any other infiltration spells," Sirius said. "There are many spells cast on Azkaban to prevent criminals from escaping and being found by others. However, the Ministry of Magic keeps a special key to that place."
"Where is Azkaban?"
"No one knows." Sirius said. "Although I've been there for more than ten years and managed to escape, I only know that it's on an island in the North Sea."
He was silent for a moment, then continued, "I was floating in the sea with a piece of wood in my arms. I could only tell the general direction, and it took me a long time to get back to land."
As everyone knew, the history of the wizard prison Azkaban could be traced back to thousands of years ago.
There were so many stories about this famous prison that it could take days and nights to finish. Because it had imprisoned too many dark wizards and gathered a large number of Dementors, it played a very important role in the history of magic and was repeatedly mentioned by people.
After the underground ruins incident, Elwyn had looked up a lot of historical materials about Slytherin himself a few days ago.
Among them, he found a very interesting record.
Unsurprisingly, the founder of Azkaban was most likely Slytherin Salazar himself.
A thousand years ago, he proposed to the Council of Elders at that time to build a prison to imprison dark wizards, and then led the construction of the prison.
Slytherin personally set up a lot of magic on Azkaban, and also provided a large amount of gold coins to maintain the daily operation of the prison.
Of course, these were not the main points. What interested Elwyn was that it was said that after leaving Hogwarts, Slytherin had traveled on the European continent, but it was very likely that he spent his later years in Azkaban.
From the information obtained from the underground ruins, Slytherin left with the body and brain of the God of Nightmares that he had cut into pieces. If he lived in seclusion in Azkaban in his later years, would there be a part of this evil god's body hidden there?
Elwyn touched the locket on his chest. If he had left some relics there, he might be able to find clues to Slytherin's secret treasure key.
Even if he couldn't, maybe he could increase his magic again like last time.
Taking a step back, he was now very interested in creatures like evil gods. According to the evil god he saw in the centaur tribe's illusion, it had many companions.
Elwyn wanted to study these terrifying creatures from the void, and find a way to deal with them. Those evil gods summoned by the ancient warlocks were too powerful, it was not easy to deal with them, but this guy that Slytherin defeated and studied was the best target.
It did not come from the void, and was most likely created by the despicable Hai Erbo himself. Its power was not that strong, and it would not make Elwyn feel powerless.
Elwyn and Sirius took the elevator down, and quickly returned to the main hall.
Now, because it was already past peak hours, there were not many people here.
The golden gate slid open, and Elwyn saw the golden statues in the fountain from afar. No one came in, and they continued down.
"Department of Mystery Affairs," the cold female voice said, and then fell into silence.
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