As Lulu said, throughout July and August, the Hastur Church and the Lawbreakers seemed to have disappeared from the earth and never came out to cause trouble again.
In the opening battle, the Spellbreakers killed nearly twenty wizards, and also lost sixteen of their own. It can be said that both sides suffered losses, mainly because the advantage they relied on the most was completely destroyed by the ambush of Lulu's mercenaries. Nothing left. This did not use war machinery such as helicopters, otherwise it would have been a one-sided massacre.
After the war, the mercenaries were directly erased by wizards from their memories. They only woke up when they got on the train back to London, with a stack of pounds paid by Lulu in their pockets.
The games after the opening ceremony were as cold as winter. In the stands of 100,000 people, only a few real fans of less than 10,000 watched. But by late August, everyone slowly forgot about the semi-finals and finals. After the tragedy at the opening ceremony, the damaged stands were repaired and looked brand new. The stands were once again full of spectators, watching the showdown between the world's strongest Irish team and Bulgaria.
The final was fierce and bloody, but Harry and his friends were not present to watch. After experiencing the opening ceremony, they gradually realized that Voldemort was not just a bad guy in the world, but there were also many dangerous forces threatening the lives of good wizards.
Throughout the summer vacation, Harry, Hermione, and Ron stayed at No. 12 Grimmauld Place, where Black and Lupine taught them various defense against the dark arts and enemy-facing skills.
Bai Lin would occasionally visit the three little ones at Black's house and bring them some information about the Muggle world. After the opening ceremony, both Black and Lupine realized that when this generation of children grew up, the wizarding world might Not much has changed, but the Muggle world has taken off technologically. If we are still immersed in the past beauty of wizarding society, one day, some wizards who have always been "above the top" may become the bottom of the entire earth's civilization.
Bai Lin also had his own "students". When he was discharged from the hospital, the twins and Eddie came to him and wanted to teach Bai Lin the Eastern etiquette. Only then did Bai Lin know that this boy Eddie was also in the arena. He was at the scene of the opening battle, but he didn't notice him. All three of them were "astonished" by Bai Lin's fighting power, and they all wanted to become a real warrior.
Bai Lin rented a small manor full of Riesling in the suburbs of London, and quietly taught these students some more "practical" black magic and the use of Muggle weapons.
Originally, this kind of thing was not allowed by the Ministry of Magic, but on the day of the opening ceremony, Fudge was rescued by Bai Lin and Black. He knew very well and turned a blind eye to their matter. What's more, the Ministry of Magic has been extremely busy in the past two months. While cooperating with the Muggle Prime Minister to arrest fugitives, it also has to appease wizards and their Muggle families, convincing them that the Ministry of Magic can still ensure social security.
However, because the spellbreakers were so destructive, Fudge simply assumed that the Death Eaters who caused dozens of Muggle casualties no longer existed. The dark mark that lit up the sky for most of the night was also forcibly interpreted by the Ministry of Magic as spellbreakers. Their confusion.
This is also consistent with Fudge's style - keeping the minister's throne is the most important thing, and never admits signs of Voldemort's return. Otherwise, a "leader of the resistance to dark wizards" like Dumbledore might overthrow him and replace him.
With the end of the Quidditch World Cup finals, Harry's third-year summer vacation has also come to an end.
In No. 12 Grimmauld Place, Black cleared out the largest restaurant to practice spells for the children. School was about to start in a few days. Harry was seizing the last moment to practice the disarming spell and the stun spell with Hermione. During the sparring session in the restaurant, Black and Lupine stood on both sides as emergency protection.
Ron sat on the bench near the corridor, reading the latest Daily Prophet with relish, and he still muttered: "Oh my God, at the last moment, Viktor Krum caught the Snitch first, But the Bulgarian team still lost the final by 10 points! This was definitely the game of the century, it was so dramatic. I think the Firebolt helped the Irish team a lot..."
"Ron! You've missed two rounds of training. Please don't disturb them. They can't control the power of the stun spell and they will be injured easily!" Black said in the tone of an old father.
"It doesn't matter, Sirius, real battles start under noisy and unexpected circumstances..." Harry stared at Hermione's wand and suddenly ducked, like a football player's fake move, causing Harry to Min couldn't lock the target, and then hit Hermione with "Expelliarmus!"
But Hermione didn't know why she was distracted, and was hit by the red energy on Harry's wand. The wand suddenly came out of her hand, and Lupine behind her quickly caught her to prevent her from falling onto her back.
"Aha! Harry won again, already 4:1, and Hermione, the top student, lost!" Ron jumped off the bench and laughed heartlessly. If Bai Lin were present, he would definitely cover his eyes with his hands and sigh: "You will end up alone..."
Sure enough, Hermione stood up with a very bad look on her face, glared at Ron fiercely and said, "Ron, come and fight me if you can!"
"Haha, I won't, I won't~" Ron stuck out his tongue and ran up the stairs. Hermione chased him angrily, and Harry finally smiled and put away his wand.
Blake patted Harry on the shoulder and said: "Don't force yourself too much. The disarming spell is a very difficult spell to practice. You have already done a good job!"
Lupine also stepped forward and said: "Yes, you are almost overtaking the two of us. Go and relax. You have to go to Diagon Alley tomorrow to buy your new textbooks!"
Harry nodded and chased the two friends who were fighting upstairs. Ron would always tease the house elves who kept cursing or the ghouls hiding upstairs, and then use them to block Hermione's way. .
Seeing that the three of them seemed to be like ordinary children again, Blake whispered with some emotion: "I really don't want them to grow up so quickly and have to go through life and death with those monsters... I can do anything, as long as Can protect him..."
Lupine patted Black's arm and said: "It will get better. Dumbledore is looking for the remaining Horcruxes... But before the final battle, it is not a bad thing to learn more about fighting skills..."
After taking a deep look at Lupine and seeming to agree with Lupine's statement, Black changed his tone and said, "Will he still teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class next semester?"
Lupine shook his head and said, "It's Moody. He has been restless since he retired. He spends all his time looking at everyone as a Death Eater. Dumbledore is going to find something for him to do."
"That old madman~ Haha... By the way, I saw you and that female Auror flirting a bit last time..." Black nudged Lupine with his elbow unkindly, and the two of them seemed to have returned to their student days...
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