Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Corin all looked at Elwyn, and then turned their heads to look at the woman in the corner in surprise.
Except for Corin, who didn't know who the Mondungues were, the others knew him very well. They had seen him many times during the holidays.
As far as they knew, Mundungus was a short, fat wizard with a stubble of beard. He had two short, bow-legged legs, long, messy ginger hair, and a pair of swollen, bloodshot eyes. He smoked foul-smelling cigarettes and always reeked of tobacco and alcohol.
No matter how they looked at him, he was completely different from the witch in front of them, who was wrapped in a veil.
If there was a way to turn a short, fat man into such a slim witch, it would be amazing!
"You're kidding, Elwyn, how could he be the Mondungues …" Ron said.
"We can go ask and confirm!" Elwyn said, quickly walking to the side of the witch.
The witch took a step back, but quickly calmed down.
"Go away, kid!" She said rudely, it was a very unpleasant woman's voice.
"Stop pretending, Mondungues, we recognize you!" Elwyn said, "How's the thing I asked you to buy?"
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Oh, if that's the case, then I won't pay. You know, there are follow-up orders …"
"Wait a minute, you can't do that, I spent a lot of money …"
The Mondungues stopped, he saw Elwyn looking at him with a smile.
"Damn, how did you recognize me? I'll mail those things to you in a few days, for now, you guys stay away from me! " The Mondungues said in a panic, looking around, "Listen, I can't be discovered, the bartender here has a very good memory, because of a small matter, he banned me from the Pig's Head Bar twenty years ago, I can't be discovered by him …"
"Heavens, you really are the Mondungues!" Hermione said in astonishment, as if she was stunned!
"Why are you here?" Harry asked. "In this state."
"Of course I'm following you. This is my mission. Do you really think that Dumbledore would let you leave the Hogwarts without any protection?" The Mondungues muttered, reverting to his own voice. "Don't look at me so angrily, Harry. It's not up to me. I still have a lot of business to do, but now I have to come here early in the morning. I can't even smoke, so I can only sit here. As for my current appearance, it's a disguise Tonks prepared for me. Stogy lost Moody's Invisibility Cloak when he was arrested, so we only have one. "
"Stogy Bodmore?" said Ron. "The fellow who looks like he's got a load of straw on his head? He's not from the Order of Phoenix … "
"Shhh, Ron!" Hermione said hurriedly, looking around in horror. "Keep your voice down. You shouldn't have said that word."
They gathered in a circle. Corin looked curious, while the Mondungues, who was sitting in the corner, looked like he was about to faint.
"Stogy was arrested? What the hell is going on? "
"I don't know …" The Mondungues said in a very small voice, as if he had just realized that he had said too much.
"Do you remember? He was supposed to be escorting us at Kings Cross Railway Station, but he didn't show up!" Harry said. "Just because he didn't show up, Moody was furious. He's working for us, isn't he?"
"Yes, at least I thought so. The five of you …" The Mondungues said, but he was quickly interrupted.
"I remember now. The Daily Prophet mentioned this before. It was the newspaper on the first day of Gryffindor's Quidditch team training." Hermione said, narrowing her eyes as she tried to recall. "I saw the report and wanted to tell you about it."
Because of Ron's poor performance that night, the atmosphere became very awkward, and Hermione forgot to mention it.
Over the past month, Ron had participated in four more Quidditch training sessions. The last two times, he was not loudly reprimanded. Angelina thought that his progress was too slow, but at least he was improving, so she could not say anything.
"What did the Daily Prophet say?"
"I remember they said that Stogy tried to break through a level-one security door at one o 'clock in the morning on August 31st. He trespassed into the Ministry of Magic and attempted to rob it. Then, he was caught by the Ministry of Magic guards. Stogy refused to defend himself, so he was convicted of two charges and imprisoned in Azkaban for six months."
"Imprisoned in Azkaban for six months!" Harry was shocked and whispered, "Just because he tried to break through a door?!"
"Don't be silly. It's not just because he tried to break through a door. Think about it. Why did he go to the Ministry of Magic at one o 'clock in the morning? "Hermione said in a low voice," It's definitely not that simple. "
"You must know what's going on, right?" They all looked at the Mondungues.
"Don't stare at me like that. They seem to be guarding something, and that thing is kept at the Ministry of Magic." The Mondungues said quickly, "I don't know what it is exactly. They never let me go there, and I didn't ask about it. As for Stoggy, who knows what kind of crazy thing he did to actually try to break into the secret area of the Ministry of Magic that day. Yes, that's what I heard from the crazy man. I don't know anything else. Please, can you just go away? That waiter might come out at any time. The five of you are too conspicuous here! "
They left the Mondungues and walked back to the bar, still talking about Stogy's arrest.
"From what the Mondungues said, Mad Eye didn't seem to know about it either. They seemed to be shocked by what Stogy did," Elwyn said, "They didn't expect him to be arrested. It's so strange!"
"It's not strange at all. Maybe it's a false charge!" Ron said excitedly.
"Yes, it's possible. The Ministry of Magic suspects that he's in cahoots with Dumbledore." Hermione then analyzed, "So, it's probably true. They lured him to the depths of the Ministry of Magic, and he never tried to sniff the door! Maybe they're making up some excuse to arrest him! "
Elwyn nodded thoughtfully. It was also possible that the Death Eaters tried to enter the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Magic that night, but were discovered by Stogy, who was patrolling, so they deliberately framed him and controlled him to see the power of the Ministry of Magic's defensive magic.
"I'm more concerned about what the Mondungues said just now. They're guarding something, and that thing is kept in the Ministry of Magic," Harry said, "Could this thing be the weapon that Lord Voldemort wants?"
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