Perhaps it was Dumbledore's assurance that worked, but this time Fudge listened and did not go to Dudley all night long.
Instead, he waited until the next morning and brought the Aurors to the door early in the morning.
"When did there be more of these here?"
Fudge looked at the tall outer wall gate of the castle and fell into deep thought.
He had been to Godric's Hollow more than once, and he had also been to the Potter family's old home after the unfortunate death of the Potters.
Since that incident more than ten years ago, this place has definitely become the most desolate place in the entire Godric's Hollow.
Now, not only has the old Porter house been repaired, but there is also an additional luxurious building.
When did this all happen?
"I heard that the Carrow family helped build it." A Ministry of Magic staff member standing next to Fudge explained.
The friendship between the Carrow family and Dudley was almost an open secret among the upper echelons of the wizarding world in England.
This exterior door can only be described in one word.
That is 'big', which can be described as a hill.
Most people's villas (manors) have large iron gates with railings, such as Malfoy Manor. People standing outside can see the inside of the garden through the gate, but the gate of this castle garden is different. , it would be more appropriate to describe it as a mountain gate or a wall.
Because this thing is solid and airtight.
In other words, standing outside the gate can't see what's going on inside.
It's as if a '38th line' has been drawn, isolating the other side of the door from the world.
But the crux of the problem is that such a large door has no door handle or key, which is very strange.
Yes, not only the gate of the castle, but also the gate of the garden outside the castle has no door handle.
But autonomous recognition is not used here.
'How to contact Mr. Dursley? 'This has become the problem facing Fudge and his party now.
Owl delivers a message? It's not impossible, but the problem is that they have to arrive at the door before delivering the letter.
You can't force the door open with magic, right?
He came here to see if Harry Potter was okay, not to break into people's houses.
Even if you use magic, there must be a place to open it. If there is not even a keyhole, the unlocking spell will definitely be useless.
Fudge was accompanied only by ordinary Aurors. Rufus Scrimgeour, the director of the office, did not follow him here. If it were him, there should be other ways, but his mission was to capture Sirius. Yesterday, he just happened to meet Fudge. Just together.
Looking at the huge door like a hill, Fudge suddenly had an illusion. The patterns on the door looked like countless overlapping doors. Could it be that this door seemed to be pushed?
Fudge pushed the door hard, but it didn't budge.
'How could I have such a ridiculous idea. Fudge shook his head and laughed.
Normal humans would never be able to push this kind of door, only giants would be able to do so.
"What are you doing in front of someone else's house?"
Just when a few people were wondering whether they should let an owl in, a cold and somewhat stern voice sounded behind them.
When Fudge and others turned around, they saw Draco holding a civilized staff in one hand and looking at them warily.
After finishing his morning training for the day, he went to Diagon Alley to buy materials as Dudley asked.
"Lucius's son, Draco Malfoy?"
Fudge looked at each other in surprise.
He had some friendship with Lucius, and naturally knew Draco.
"Are you the Minister of Magic? Mr. Fudge?" Draco paused for a moment, then widened his eyes and said with an exaggerated and delighted expression.
In fact, he recognized Fudge right away, but he still had to pretend to look at him for a while, and then his attitude gradually changed.
Well, most people enjoy this process.
Of course, this does not prevent him from thinking that the other party is a fool.
"Why are you here?"
Draco's attitude was very helpful to Fudge, and his attitude towards him was much friendlier.
"Oh, Draco, I'm here to see Harry, Harry Potter."
Fudge simply explained to him: "Dumbledore said he was here, so... is he here?"
"Harry? Of course he is."
Draco walked forward, looked at the door and then at Fudge, then rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't you go in?"
"Go in?" Fudge blinked.
He didn't understand what Draco meant by going in.
The door is closed tightly, are they allowed to go in through the wall?
"Oh, I guess this must be your first time here."
Draco looked as if he was stunned, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly to outline a perfect arc, just enough to reveal two rows of eight teeth.
"Yes."
Fudge suddenly had the illusion that he was facing the second generation of Lucius, but he was not as aggressive as Lucius's aristocrat at all, and gave people the illusion of a polite gentleman.
Well, looks more of a gentleman than his father Lucius.
"Do you have the key?"
"It's no use, you don't need a key to this door."
"No key required? What do you mean?"
Draco did not answer Fudge in a hurry, but walked slowly to the door and patted the closed door. A dull voice came out. There was no doubt that it was sincere. His voice sounded slowly.
"If you want to get through here, the ordinary methods that don't work are keys and magic spells. None of these are needed."
"Brother D named it - the Gate of Trial."
"Gate of trial?"
"Yes, only those who pass the trial can enter, and the method of the trial is also very simple."
Draco said and knocked on the door with his stick.
"Just push it away."
So simple?
"I tried and couldn't push it away."
Fudge said quickly. It's not like he didn't try to push the door just now, and there was no reaction at all.
"I think it's because you didn't use enough strength. This door is very heavy."
After hearing Draco's explanation, Fudge immediately motioned with his eyes to the Auror who was following him to come up.
The Auror understood and immediately walked to the door. He wanted to show off in front of Fudge, so he pushed hard at the door.
motionless
The Auror felt a little embarrassed, then summoned all his strength to push again.
Still motionless
Seeing the Auror exerting all his strength to suck the milk, his face turned red from holding back, Fudge cast his doubtful eyes on Draco.
"It's not strong enough. Didn't Mr. Auror eat in the morning?"
When it comes to being venomous, Draco is not inferior to his father at all, and he is the true successor of Snape.
"You go too." Fudge couldn't help but signaled another Auror to help.
The two of them exerted their strength together.
Still nothing happens.
Just when Fudge felt that Malfoy was playing tricks on him, the door finally showed a slight reaction.
Before Fudge could say anything, the two Aurors exhausted their strength and returned to their original positions.
'Really pushing? '
Fudge was shocked.
(End of chapter)
