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The expressions of Batty and Peter became extremely serious.

Bertha Jorkins realized something, and her hand went to her waist, but the speed of the two people on the opposite side was faster than her. As soon as Jorkins moved his arm, he was held down, and then a hard object pressed against her waist.

"Calm down, Bertha, let's go out and talk." Batty's expression was very cold, but it was this expression that made Jorkins shudder.

"Don't think about making small moves," Peter also reacted, stood up from the edge of the bar, walked behind Jorkins, and pressed his hands on her shoulders, "There are two of us, you only have one...Trust me, We have a lot to explain to you."

The bartender sensed the anomaly and was about to intervene—it wasn't because he had such a high moral character, but because this bar was the venue of their gang, and he had an obligation to maintain order. But Peter quickly took out his wand and pointed at him:

"Confused the public!"

The bartender's expression became confused, allowing Peter and Batty to lead Jorkins away from the bar.

Outside the bar is a quiet street with no pedestrians on the road. Peter and Batty easily confiscated Jorkins' wand and took her to an abandoned bunker.

"So Jorkins, what are you doing here?" Batty asked the question he was most concerned about. He really didn't understand why he met such an acquaintance from the UK in this remote and small country in the Balkan Peninsula.

Of course Peter knew Bertha Jorkins. She was two grades higher than them at Hogwarts, so she could be considered her senior sister. In the British wizarding world, as long as you graduated from Hogwarts, you can get in touch with most of the employees of the Ministry of Magic. This is my senior, and that one was a senior when I was in school, everyone can be acquaintances.

"I'm just here on my own vacation..." Jorkins replied tremblingly, her intuition told her that her situation didn't seem very good.

Peter was well aware of the temperament of this senior, so he made a difficult decision. Bertha is a gossip and socially awkward person who is notoriously brainless and has a bad relationship with her classmates. After graduation she worked for the Ministry of Magic. Was driven from department to department and ended up in the Department of Magical Sports and Sports. If she was let go like this, it is estimated that half a month later the entire British wizarding world would know that Peter and Batty had appeared in Albania.

Reminiscent of the legend of Voldemort hiding in Albania... Hey, the next thing is the endless siege of the Aurors.

Jorkins was flustered now, but soon the recklessness in her character emerged.

There is no doubt that Bertha Jorkins is a reckless person. Many times she is reckless like a honey badger. She doesn't consider the disparity in strength between the two sides at all, and she doesn't use her brain when doing things.

In the original world line, after she broke the biggest secret of old Barty Crouch at the Crouch's house, she chose not to pretend to be a fool and get the matter out of the way, but chose to talk to old Barty on the spot. Crouch confronted.

This is simply the worst of the worst!

That was Crouch's home court, not to mention the difference in combat power between her and Crouch himself, the house elf Winky was enough to subdue Jorkins. It's hard to understand how she thinks and makes such a decision.

Now, facing two adult wizards and having his wand confiscated, Jorkins was unexpectedly courageous.

"I would like to ask, why did you two appear here?" Several veins burst out on her face.

Peter and Batty looked at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"So you're really here for vacation?" Peter was still in disbelief. Where is Albania? The fabled hideout of the Dark Lord, how did you come here for a holiday?

Going to Antarctica is more reliable than coming to Albania for vacation!

It would be nice to go skiing in Switzerland and visit temples in Greece, but why not come to the jungle of Albania to have fun?

There is also a reason why Jorkins chose Albania as a vacation destination—of course it was not to find Voldemort's whereabouts. She is not that great, but she feels that Albania has something in common with herself: loneliness.

Albania seems to be abandoned by the whole world. The Eastern European camp headed by the Soviet Union hates it. The European and American countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain do not accept it. Even the hand of friendship extended by the country on the other side of the Eurasian continent, It was also cut off by itself. There are more than 200 countries and regions on the earth, and Albania has fallen out with them all, which is a true sense of hatred.

Bertha Jorkins is similar, she has no friends since her school days, and when she grows up to join the Ministry of Magic, she is kicked from one department to another like a rubber ball. After learning of the situation in Albania by accident, Bertha Jorkins had a wonderful resonance with this mysterious country.

This country is exactly like my situation. So she came here for vacation. A lonely person, traveling to a lonely country for a lonely holiday — lonely because no one even bothered to come after her when she disappeared.

After talking to Jorkins for a while, Peter and Barty truly believed that she was here for vacation.

After a dead silence, Barty put his wand on Jorkins' forehead.

"Wait, little Barty—" Jorkins came back to his senses, remembering that she was the one who was captured. She instinctively wanted to beg for mercy, but it was too late.

"Forget everything!"

Batty casts her an Oblivion Charm.

Jorkins' expression became confused.

"Go!" Batty pulled Peter's sleeve, and the two quickly disappeared into the night.

After the two of them left for a while, Jorkins' expression gradually returned to normal.

"Where am I? I remember going to Greece for vacation?" She looked at the surrounding environment in a daze, then snapped her fingers and disappeared from here.

No one at the Ministry saw Jorkins again for several months. Her colleagues didn't take it to heart at first—their work went a lot better without Jorkins. However, her absence from work was too long, so long that even the carefree director Bagman couldn't bear it. He sent people to look for it, and finally found Jorkins who was on vacation on a beach in Greece.

She thought she was on vacation!

Jorkins has become famous so far, leaving his own mark in the history of the Ministry of Magic, a very lucky one.

After sending Jorkins away, Peter and Batty went straight into the dense jungle behind the town.

This drilling is three days. The hardships involved are only understood by the two of them.

The dense trees completely cover the dark sky. There is no sun all year round, and there is no sunshine here. It is as isolated as this country. Perhaps only when the leaves are all gone, will there be a few rays of sunlight shining on the ground. Sadly, it's July.

After three days of trekking, the two have gone deep into the jungle. The deeper they went, the more they believed that Voldemort was hiding in this dense forest.

creak! There was a sound of bones breaking under Peter's feet, which made Peter stop. He bent down and picked up a crushed skull from the ground.

"Snake's skull." Batty appeared from behind him, panting.

"There are more and more animal remains... and it's too quiet here... Batty, I think we're getting there, cheer up."

The two walked forward dozens of steps, the surrounding trees became thinner, and a collapsed stone house appeared in their field of vision.

The stone house has completely collapsed, and the stones are covered with moss and vines. Not far from the stone house, there is an old tree that looks like it is about to die, and there is a deep tree hole in the trunk.

The change in tree density caught the attention of the two, but before they could say anything, there was a rustling sound behind them.

Something seemed to be sliding on the withered leaves.

The two turned their heads and saw a giant snake at least twelve feet long had appeared behind them, as if it was going to attack them in the next second.

At this moment, there was a hissing and snoring sound from the ruins of the stone house. The giant snake stopped immediately and coiled up in front of them.

"I think it is necessary to introduce my new friend Nagini to you." A sharp voice sounded from the source of the snoring just now. This voice was as cold as a cold wind, which made both Peter and Batty involuntarily I shuddered.

Soon, they saw the source of the sound. A snake with white stripes on a black background swam out of the collapsed stone house.

"Wormtail...and Barty...it's been a long time..." The snake didn't stop until it crawled in front of the two, spit out the black core, and stared at the two with a pair of scarlet snake pupils, it was amazing Yes, this snake can speak human words.

Facing the snake, Batty's and Peter's bodies trembled involuntarily. Peter stammered: "I didn't expect the master to be here, and I didn't expect the master to recognize me after so many years..."

This snake is Voldemort's "host". After becoming a remnant soul, he can choose to possess himself with life, and snakes have always been his first choice for possession.

Voldemort showed an obvious look of disdain: "I can smell the stench of rats on you from miles away."

After finishing speaking, he didn't bother to talk to Peter, and turned to look at Batty.

"Familiar face." He said softly, "I was free for a short time, back to that place...Hogwarts, where I spent a school year...a wonderful time, where it seems to be frozen in time It’s the same as in the long river, nothing has changed, it’s still the same—rotten.”

In evaluating Hogwarts, Voldemort paused, as if to catch his breath.

"Hogwarts is becoming more and more stiff and rotten in the hands of that old stubborn. The little wizards there are not as good as the next generation, and even the idiot I possess can be a professor, heh!" It can be seen that Voldemort is very fond of Dumbledore's Hogwarts is full of disdain and disgust.

"During that time, I got a few messages about my loyal servants—Barty, I know you were very sad when you died in Azkaban. You are a rare death eater I thought your death was my biggest regret—” His voice suddenly became high-pitched and cold, “So, now you can tell me how you escaped from Azkaban Is it?"

Barty shuddered, and then began to retell the story that Barty Crouch Sr. had told Dumbledore. Voldemort coiled quietly in front of them, listening to Barty's narration.

"Great maternal love." After listening, Voldemort said in an emotionless voice, "Using the Imperius Curse to control my son for more than ten years, only old Crouch can do it."

Both Peter and Batty lowered their heads without saying a word.

"Is there anything else you want to say, Barty?"

"My loyalty to you has not changed." Batty said in a low voice with his head lowered.

The snake possessed by Voldemort nodded, and said to Batty: "You can break free from the control of the Imperius Curse, which naturally proves your loyalty."

Then he looked at Peter again and asked Peter to tell his story.

"So it was Batty who raided the convoy escorting you and rescued you?" According to Peter, he chose to remain anonymous after Voldemort lost power, waiting for the opportunity. But he was still seen through his identity, which attracted the pursuit of Sirius. In the end, he was captured by a little wizard and sent to the Ministry of Magic.

Batty, who read the news in the newspaper, planned seriously, and finally managed to rescue Peter.

The two first hid for a while, and then sneaked into Albania after the limelight passed, looking for signs of Voldemort.

Voldemort was silent for a moment, before finally uttering a word: "Very well."

"You are already my most loyal servants. I have been lurking in this dense forest every day and night, waiting for the arrival of my Death Eaters, but they have disappointed me. It is also because I think too much... the last Loyal people have entered Azkaban~lightnovelpub.net~ and the rest are greedy for life and fear of death, they wish to draw a line with the evil Dark Lord, how could they come to me?"

Both of them lowered their heads and muttered softly: "I am loyal to my master—"

"Barty, of course you are loyal to me, but Wormtail, don't say you are loyal, you are just a coward. If you have any other place to go, you will never come to me..."

Peter twitched, as if he wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know what to say.

"Of course, no matter how cowardly Wormtail is, he is infinitely stronger than those traitors!" When referring to the remaining Death Eaters, Voldemort's tone was full of hatred. He knew that some of his subordinates became the guests of the Minister of Magic, some succeeded in cleansing themselves and started a new life, what's more, they even became the principal of the magic school! These people, without exception, are all traitors!

After venting his anger, Voldemort looked at the two of them and said to them, "I have a task for you to complete."

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