By the afternoon, the rumors within Hogwarts were getting more and more outrageous.
Because Dumbledore really left with the Aurors.
Even if Professor McGonagall, who was left in charge of the overall situation, announced that Dumbledore was only going to help the Ministry of Magic investigate the case, in the eyes of the children at the school, it was obvious that the matter could not be that simple.
In fact, not to mention the students of the school, even John, who is the real driving force behind the scenes, is a little confused about the situation.
Although his incarnation did summon the phoenix when he broke into Gringotts.
But anyone with a brain knows that this matter cannot be related to Dumbledore.
So he thought that the Ministry of Magic would at most send a few people over to ask about the situation.
In the end, Fudge actually brought a large group of Aurors and took Dumbledore away?
This was completely beyond his expectation - he would never have imagined that his shadow form would be regarded as the Obscurial by the Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore, and would contact the long-dead Aurelius. together.
Of course it's not that John doesn't know about the Obscurial. After all, he also watched the Fantastic Beasts series in his previous life.
It's just that the performance of the Obscurial in the movie is somewhat different from the actual situation.
So it was difficult for John to connect the two for a while.
Especially in his subconscious mind, Aurelius must have died decades ago. He never imagined that Scrimgeour would be so big-headed as to compare himself with a person who lived decades ago. Connected together.
But from Scrimgeour's perspective, there's really nothing wrong with this association.
After all, the Dumbledore brothers lived so long, it didn't seem impossible for their junior to live longer - even if the other person was just an Obscurus who theoretically shouldn't live a long life.
Dumbledore also guessed Scrimgeour's thoughts and knew that the other party would not give up without knowing the truth, so he compromised and chose to take everyone from the Ministry of Magic to Aurelius's grave.
That's right, after Dumbledore left school, he went not to the Ministry of Magic, but to Godric's Hollow, where Aurelius's grave is located.
Godric's Hollow is a beautiful and unobtrusive small village in southwest England.
However, this village is a semi-wizard settlement - that is, a mixed village of wizards and non-wizards.
And this village, which cannot be found on the map at all, is quite famous in the wizarding world.
Because this is the birthplace of Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts.
It is also where the wizard goldsmith Bowman Wright created the first Golden Snitch.
In addition, this is also the resting place of many members of the ancient wizarding family - just in the open space behind the village chapel.
There are many celebrities among them, such as Harry's parents, Dumbledore's mother and sister.
Naturally, this also includes Dumbledore's nephew Aurelius.
When Dumbledore and everyone from the Ministry of Magic arrived at Godric's Hollow, Aberforth and another group of Aurors also arrived at the same time. After seeing Dumbledore, Aberforth snorted coldly and was too lazy to answer. This brother.
Although they are biological brothers, due to a series of reasons such as their sister, the relationship between the two parties has always been quite bad, even though the two have long since reached the age of being buried in the coffin.
"Sorry, Aberforth, I will give you an explanation afterwards!" Dumbledore sighed and then looked at Scrimgeour and Fudge.
He knew that it would be impossible to dispel the doubts of these two people, especially Scrimgeour, without disturbing his nephew's sleep today.
The director of the Auror Office was different from Fudge, a politician. The other person was a resolute and extremely stubborn guy with tough methods. He had always disagreed with some of Dumbledore's actions in many aspects.
But he is indeed a "criminal police" character who is upright and conscientious.
This is why Dumbledore compromised.
But a compromise is a compromise, and if the Ministry of Magic cannot give him an explanation after confirmation, then the matter will never be over.
Although Lao Deng doesn't like trouble, it doesn't mean that anyone can provoke him.
It was obvious that Dumbledore was really angry about this incident today.
Scrimgeour actually knows this, but his character is to never look back until he hits the wall.
Both sides can be considered a joke.
After hearing Dumbledore's words, Aberforth was still very dissatisfied, but he also understood the seriousness of the matter - he also read the newspaper every day.
Just disturbing his son's sleep really made him very annoyed.
Immediately, he snorted again and took the lead towards Aurelius' tomb.
Soon, under his leadership, everyone found the tombstone with Aurelius' name written on it.
"My child, I'm sorry that today, decades later, I still need to disturb your sleep!" Aberforth said sadly, looking at his son's tombstone.
After the decisive battle between Dumbledore and Grindelwald, Aurelius, as the Obscurus, was actually very weak.
So he finally chose to live with his father, and died within a few years.
He also didn't expect that he would still be accused of being blamed decades later.
"Aberforth, start early and finish early. I believe Aurelius won't mind too much!" Dumbledore said.
Aberforth still snorted coldly, not wanting to talk to his brother.
Unlike ordinary people's graves, they generally need to be filled with soil.
The tombs of wizards can be opened with just a spell.
So Aberforth just took out his wand and waved it in the air, and the tomb opened automatically, revealing the coffin inside.
The two Aurors on the side wanted to open the coffin, but were stopped by Aberforth.
"Don't disturb my son's sleep, Scrimgeour, don't you want to know if my son is really dead? Then do it yourself!" Aberforth stared at Scrimgeour fiercely and said.
"Okay!" Faced with Aberforth's anger, Scrimgeour did not refuse and nodded decisively, then stepped forward and opened the coffin with Aberforth.
As the coffin was opened, the rancid smell coming from inside made Scrimgeour instinctively frown.
But neither Aberforth nor Scrimgeour used magic to block the smell.
After the coffin was opened, there was a pair of dead bones inside - after all, Aurelius had been dead for decades, and without deliberate embalming, he had naturally turned into white bones.
"Verified!" Scrimgeour took out his wand and waved it lightly, and the phantom image of Aurelius appeared on the bones in the coffin.
The Auror-specific retrospection spell can only recall the situation a few days ago at most. Aurelius has been dead for decades, so the retrospection spell is useless here.
So Scrimgeour used the Auror-specific autopsy spell, which allows the corpse or corpse remains to show its original appearance before birth (I made it up), which is similar to the appearance restoration technology in the ordinary world.
Looking at the appearance of Aurelius on the skeleton, Scrimgeour couldn't help but sigh, it was him who was right.
It seems he was wrong!
He immediately shook his head at Fudge, who had been hiding away since the coffin was opened.
Just when he wanted to apologize to the Dumbledore brothers and take responsibility for this matter.
Fudge on the side put forward an idea that no one present had ever thought of before.
"Albus, Aberforth, I would like to ask, did Aurelius leave any heirs during his lifetime?" Fudge asked.
"Asshole, what do you want? You won't stop until Aurelius can't sleep, right?" Aberforth immediately cursed after hearing Fudge's question.
On the other hand, Dumbledore's face showed a trace of thought.
But just as they were quarreling on the ground, there was a flash of light in the sky that no one could detect.
