Well, it was indeed "settled"! Lockhart felt his eyes widen.

Seeing that he was getting more and more outrageous, Crouch quickly stopped his wild thoughts: "Don't think too much, she is carrying my grandson."

Lockhart's mind didn't turn around for a while: "Yes, regardless of aesthetics, there is... grandson?"

"Yes, my grandson, I have asked St Mungo's doctor to cast a scout spell to see it. It is a boy. It is expected to give birth in 8 and a half months... What's the matter?"

Seeing Lockhart's strange expression, Crouch couldn't help but ask one more question.

"...It's nothing, I just want to understand something." Lockhart replied obediently, "I just want to ask one more question, is Ms. Umbridge voluntary?"

"Of course." Crouch sneered, "she just wished, for her, to give her a child of "Holy 28 pure blood", what else can she complain about

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"Yes." The last question in Lockhart's mind was also solved.

At this moment, he suddenly understood the reason why Barty was so emotional.

P.S. Sunday py time

"Zhongli, come to play Yuanshen? 》 With the help of the system, Ma En opened a game hall.

Although this junk game hall can only play one game of Genshin Impact, the business has been very hot since its opening.

Zhong Li: "Today, Kachi has opened up the child Shen He, and I plan to die."

Hutao: "Do you know the money from 0?"

Zhong Li: \"Today, Shen He's full life will be paid for by the son."

Young Master: "Wanda International is really strong! I bought all the consumption today!"

Ke Qing: "Zhongli is actually the emperor? It doesn't matter if I am strong or not, the emperor must be full

4I" mouth!

- Dou: "Don't open Thor Zhouben yet? I want to kill her! Also, can you get a Miss Hina skin?"

Xiaogong: "Our rice wife's thunder **** pupil is so underworld!"

Extinguisher: \"My brother actually joins the abyss! When will Dain enter?

pond? Paimon: "You don't care about Brother Kong!" "

Ying: "No hurry, I'm brushing materials for Mr. Yun, no, let's freeze the sea! Who designed the golden beast! It's harder to fight than in reality!"

Xinhai: "Uuuuu, I am mentally retarded in the game..."

Shadow: "Don't mention it, I'm also mentally retarded..."

Wendy: "I'm so envious of you having money to play Genshin Impact..."

Chapter two hundred and thirty-eight, smooth cause and effect

Soon, Crouch's Death Eater son was not dead, and news of his escape after attacking his father made the newspapers. As for the impact it caused... I can only say the word "public outcry", Rita Skeeter used it correctly for the first time.

This is not only a scandal, but also involves the high-level officials of the Ministry of Magic. At the same time, it also contains various secrets of the pure-blood family. There are so many elements that make the majority of wizards happy, and the result is naturally caused by British wizards. Hot discussion.

Lockhart glanced at the newspaper and found that most of the events were published on it, from the incident when Crouch sent his son for trial to the time when he shielded his son to escape from prison.

The only hidden content in the newspaper was the "deal" between Crouch and Umbridge, which was the last bit of dignity left for the "Holy Twenty-Eight Pure Blood" family.

Gemma Farley has complained to the newspaper more than once, saying that Fudge is too petty, but he exposed all the Crouch family's bottom for political disputes, and he didn't even know how to stay a line.

"He did this to reduce the prestige of all pure-blood families among wizards." Gemma directly told Lockhart what he was thinking, "We have decided to let Crouch retire, and he himself agreed. But Fudge is still unrelenting, he really doesn't have the aristocratic demeanor."

"Aristocratic demeanor?" Lockhart hadn't heard the word for a long time. "Fujicic is a standard politician. It's the norm to beat a lion for fear of not dying."

"Yeah, it's really going downhill to let such a person take the top oo." Gemma added another sentence.

Lockhart found that she had never paid attention to what the truth was all along,

There was never any discussion of Crouch's ignominious role in the incident, and she didn't even mention whether it was right or wrong.

Maybe this is the so-called aristocratic style, right? Lockhart thought.

Since there is no truth in the newspapers, Lockhart can only try to deduce it from the known conditions. He believed that what he had guessed was very close, if not the whole truth.

First up is Umbridge—

This woman really can't judge her with common sense. If an ordinary woman is used by Crouch as a reproductive tool like this, she will probably be furious, thinking that her personality has been insulted, and propose this proposal people broke up.

But Umbridge didn't. When Crouch asked her tentatively if she wanted to be part of a true pureblood family, she agreed without hesitation, and didn't seem to care whether the other party was at all. Who.

She only knows that if she is pregnant with the blood of the Crouch family, then she will completely become a pure blood wizard from heart to body, or the noble "Holy Twenty-Eight Pure Blood"

No one will question her self-proclaimed "pure blood" status, because the child in her womb is the best proof.

On the other hand, Barty Crouch's determination to maintain the family heritage is beyond Lockhart's thinking.

Although the quality of Umbridge's fertility tool is not very good, and her "pure blood" is just talk, everyone actually knows that her father is actually the sweeper who used to work at the Ministry of Magic.

But it doesn't really matter - as long as the Crouchs admit she's pure blood, then she's really pure blood.

And this **** takes the glory of the pure blood family more seriously than the general pure blood, which is also a good thing. And Crouch's own son is also unable to expose the relationship now, so Crouch is too lazy to pick and choose.

Anyway, his son was cast under the Imperius Curse, and he wouldn't care whether the other person who played the opposite role was a drifter or not.

And Crouch did succeed - during the month that Umbridge lived in Hogsmeade, she was ostensibly there to supervise Lockhart's work, but in fact the real job was to work with Barty Jr. o Crouch "continues the family blood"

According to Crouch, during that time, Winky, the house-elf, also often took her young master in the Invisibility Cloak and reappeared to Hogsmeade, where he secretly bred with Umbridge.

- After more than a month, with Umbridge's hard work, she successfully became pregnant with the offspring of the Crouch family, and according to the special diagnosis of Dr. St. Mungo's, it was definitely a male, old Crouch Qi also let go of a worry because of this.

No wonder he suddenly regained his desire for power - it turns out that the family has descendants, Lockhart sighed in his heart.

It's just that the only thing old Crouch didn't expect was that his son would suddenly lose control, and he didn't know why he hadn't broken free of the Imperius Curse for so many years, but one day he suddenly broke free.

Having learned and deduced this information, the truth has surfaced for Lockhart—he now understands why Barty Crouch Jr suddenly got out of control.

To tell the truth, Lockhart asked himself, if he saw a pink female toad stripped close to him, and then declared that he was going to "suck and extract sperm", I am afraid that he would be insane.

Presumably because of his own reasons, Umbridge has always been depressed in the political arena and had to be at the mercy of others. At the same time, because of her obsession with "pure blood", she was spotted by Crouch and became the carrier of the blood of the Crouch family.

His seemingly unrelated actions have caused so much damage to the "future"

Influence, this is simply a matter of natural law and unpleasant retribution.

It was only then that Lockhart realized that he, like everyone else, would need to finish the road alone.

How things will play out next, Lockhart can already imagine a little Barty Crouch must have regained his sense of self, and used the busiest few months of the Ministry of Magic to attack his father and flee, and then certainly As Trelawney prophesied, Voldemort will be found again, and he will be resurrected to start the second Voldemort Rebellion.

Old Crouch's political life can be said to have ended after his son escaped, and now the only thing he cares about is the grandson in Umbridge's belly. Although he still has some power in the Ministry of Magic, Lockhart does not expect it to have much effect.

For Lockhart, the most important thing is to protect himself, his position, and his political achievements.

After Crouch's influence faded, it was impossible for Fudge not to take action against the International Affairs Division, and his political achievements were likely to be taken away by the henchmen he had stuffed in.

Lockhart must not allow this to happen.

Recommend Gemma. "He suddenly said to his subordinate and current girlfriend, "I plan to talk to Dumbledore, Fudge, and your father separately.

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of Gemma's mouth: "I'm glad you made this decision. It's been a long time since you said this, Gilderoy."

P.So today, ten cuts were double-passed

This author is completely guaranteed, and is a male author with a girlish heart. If you are interested in the subject matter, you can go and see it.

"Miss Orange, start with a love development game"

Su Youzi, a traveler, is a second-year student at the private Huiqunyuan College.

Human crumbs.

At the age of seventeen, she finally awakened to the game system of raising "soft" to become "rice", which can become stronger by being a beautiful girl.

Sakura Mai: Yuzu sister is really the most attractive existence in the world.

Saotome Xuena: There should be at least one time in a person's life when he forgets himself for someone.

Nine Tigers: She likes me like I like dogs.

Su Youzi: Believe me, Xuena... I really only have a deal with them.

Chapter two hundred and thirty nine

If anyone were to ask Lockhart who the most respected wizard was, he would have no hesitation in answering "Albus o Dumbledore"

But if someone asked him one more question about who he most wanted to be, Lockhart might not answer so happily.

A great man is called a great man because he has done things that are unimaginable to ordinary people, and in order to achieve such great achievements, what he needs is the experience and ability that ordinary people do not have.

The problem is here—people with extraordinary abilities and experience experience hardships that ordinary people can never endure.

Lockhart respects Dumbledore, but that doesn't mean he thinks he should be like Dumbledore, especially when he's not strong enough

Barty Crouch Jr.'s escape brought a sense of urgency to Lockhart - not just for personal safety, but crucially for his political readiness, and if Voldemort came to him now If he causes trouble, then he really has nothing good to do.

And to be honest, Barty Crouch Jr's ability is really much higher than Peter Pettigrew.

He is bold and careful, and he has all the basic wizarding abilities. In addition to casting the Unforgivable Charm in court to prove his extraordinary attainments in spells, he steals the skin of the African tree snake from Snape's collection room. It shows that he made the compound decoction by himself, and potions are also not bad.

There is also another piece of evidence, that is, he received 12 "Owl (.W.Ls wizarding certificates when he was a student at Hogwarts, and even took Muggle studies and divination classes - you know, even He Mindu only took 0.

If these can only prove that his theoretical knowledge is rich, and the actual combat may not be excellent, then the Moody he disguised as even deceived Dumbledore is a perfect proof of his actual combat ability - this is not Bella, Duo What a simple war madman like Lokhov can do.

If his abilities in spells, potions, and combat are already tricky, his ability to gather intelligence and use it is equally important.

Just with the intelligence in the mind of a low-level Ministry of Magic staff, he could formulate a detailed plan for Voldemort to capture Harry Potter, and successfully succeeded without Dumbledore, so many in the middle may cause accidents The errors were also corrected by him, and this executive power should not be underestimated.

Of course, what worries Lockhart the most is Barty Crouch Jr.'s proficiency in politics.

He came from a pure-blood family and received his father's strict elite education. It can be said that he knows all the ways in politics. When he made plans for Voldemort to capture Potter, he considered all aspects.

Lockhart had reason to suspect that the political decisions Voldemort made after his resurrection were actually the "legacy" left by Barty Jr. Otherwise, the man who acted on his own impulses and only read a book on The King would not have a nose. Like someone who knows how to use politics to resolve disputes.

Only those who have systematically received political education can understand how to use the "general trend" to achieve their own goals. Lockhart is very convinced of this.

In the end, the key to making Barty Jr. a confidant of Lockhart is that he is shameless enough. Lockhart even feels that the thickness of this person's face is almost half his own.

Barty can pretend to be innocent and betray in court to avoid punishment, even if the evidence is conclusive, in order to win the pity of his father and the jury

Mercy, this kind of thing is really not something that ordinary shameless people can do. You see, Bella, for the sake of dignity, isn't she holding her neck hard?

If old Barty Crouch knew that his son was so "excellent", I'm afraid it would not be very gratifying. He cultivated an excellent heir, but in the end, Voldemort was cheap because he ignored his son's mental health.

Just like all "tiger fathers" and "tiger mothers", Barty Crouch's education for his son is very strict. It can be said that Barty grew up under the high-pressure education of his father since he was a child.

Although he also learned a lot of knowledge and governance skills because of this, and even gained a lot of knowledge and connections through the status of the Crouch family, these did not help him become a sound person.

Because he has neither the motivation to study nor the means to relieve stress, in the process of growing up, he is destined to be only confused, hesitant and dissatisfied, just like being forced by his parents to study hard for college in a small town. The same as the writers.

And unlike those educated youths whose parents are not highly educated, and who study hard for a while can quickly enjoy a sense of accomplishment beyond their parents, Barty's father is a man who is proficient in many languages, has superb political skills and is well-informed. Man, no matter how hard he studies, he will not be able to break free from the shadow of his father for a while

Although his mother is still considerate, but it is Old Barty who makes decisions in this family, and Old Barty's strength cannot be detached for a long time. After being in this oppressive environment for too long, people will naturally find ways to transfer their stress to other things.

For example, classmates, small animals, and all the groups and creatures that are vulnerable to him, little Barty gradually became a **** in this way.

He doesn't thank his father for his abilities, he just thinks old Barty gave him

He has brought pain to himself, and he will "draw inferences from one case", under the guidance of Hobbes's theory, he will turn everyone in the world into a "powerful party" and a "dominated party"

People like Barty Jr. are not an exception. As far as Lockhart knows, there are Brian Blackwell and Kron Garner on the Muggle side, and related cases abroad such as the United States and China are not. Most of them are caused by improper family education.

And when the psychopath has reached this point, Barty can be said to be hopeless. He will eventually "recognize the thief as his father", and it is inevitable that he will regard Voldemort as his real father.

Obviously, Voldemort wouldn't hate this little guy who was getting more and more evil in nature, and it could even be said that he admired it. He was probably not so trusting of Barty Jr when he treated Bella and Snape.

For example, about Voldemort's father-slaying, few people knew about it, even Bellatrix didn't know about it, she still thought Voldemort was a pure-blood wizard.

But Barty Crouch Jr knew that Voldemort was a half-blood, and this alone could show that he received far more trust than others.

Barty Jr. not only knew that Voldemort was a half-blood wizard, he even knew that he had killed his father, the old Riddle.

However, this did not make Barty Jr. realize his mistake. Instead, he worshipped Voldemort even more because of this, and he also set an example with this behavior, and planned to try it himself someday.

All things considered, although Lockhart thinks Barty Jr. is justifiable, he doesn't sympathize with him. And as long as he meets Barty Jr., he will wash his memory out of his head on the spot, not even giving the Ministry of Magic a chance to send him to Azkaban.

Because from now on, Azkaban is no longer safe, and sending people there will only be helping Voldemort, and Lockhart would rather put a hundred Pettigrew on Voldemort.

Beside Old Demon, he was unwilling to let a little Barty pass by.

Gemma thought that Lockhart's purpose was to retain power, but what Lockhart didn't tell her was that what he really wanted to deal with was Barty Jr.

If dealing with Voldemort was the task of Dumbledore and Harry, then Barty Crouch Jr. was Lockhart's task.