Chapter 1999 Out of the Tray

In order to ensure the safety of teachers and students, almost all the external Floo networks in Beauxbaton School have been disconnected, and Mrs. Maxim also thought that in the second half of her tenure as the principal, she would never see her again. There was a blazing green flame in the fireplace.

Therefore, when she saw bright green flames of ashes suddenly rising from the gilded marble fireplace in her principal's office, she was taken aback, thinking that the enemy was coming!

Yes, the magic link when the Floo network is running is very likely to directly become a guidepost for some powerful wizards - this was reminded by Maca himself long before the fall of Britain.

However, the wizard who came out of the fireplace was a man who was no stranger to Maxim.

"Sirius Black?"

"Yes, ma'am... oh, sorry, this line is a backup line for the Blois family. You know, the fireplace on the other side has actually... not been used for travel for many years, it seems to have stained your carpet , please don't mind too much."

While talking, Sirius stomped his feet, patted the hem of his clothes, and dropped ashes on the carpet in front of the fireplace. Finally, he continued:

"In fact, this route was originally prepared for our asylum transfer."

"The Blois family directly connected a line to my Beauxbaton's principal's office?" Maxim stared at him incredulously, "Why have I never heard of this?"

Sirius, however, just shrugged.

"Then you have to ask Mr. Blois himself," he said, "Well, let's not talk about this anyway, I am here this time because I have something urgent to do, and I think I need to have a good chat with you."

In the French magic world, the Blois family can almost be said to cover the sky with one hand, but that doesn't mean that even Beauxbaton can completely control it. However, considering that there were several wizards who served as Headmaster of Beauxbatons in the history of the Blois family, this incident seemed less surprising again.

However, it seems that right now is not the time to ponder this.

After Sirius said the second half of the sentence, Maxim's expression couldn't help but stagnate a little—she already had some clues about the other party's intentions.

"What are you talking about?" Mrs. Maxim paused, and then said, "If there is anything, just say it in the letter. There is no need to come here in person, right? You should also understand that Beauxbaton's place... may not be so It looks so safe!"

"Maybe!" Sirius shook his head, without restraint, he went straight to the sofa chair beside him and sat down, "It's just that many things can't be explained clearly by letters alone, and it may even be because of wording. There is some ambiguity in the relationship. In fact, not only me, but everyone wants to know more about how Harry and the others are doing now, what they have done, whether they have encountered any troubles, etc... Excuse me In a word, they are always children in our hearts, aren't they? We will be worried after all. "

"Uh, Mr. Potter and they—"

Maxim sat behind the desk, looking at Sirius with a somewhat carefree appearance, but his eyes were shining with wisdom and insight. She knew that this guy was still the same as before, and he was always a person who was not easy to fool.

"lady."

Sure enough, Sirius didn't even let her finish speaking, and immediately said:

"I actually understand very well that you have always been on our side and have always been very kind to us—since Professor Dumbledore asked us to contact you,

You just helped us a lot. But... let me tell the truth! Perhaps what is more unacceptable to us than the terrible reality is concealment. You should know just as well how valuable trustworthy people are in these times of disaster. "

Having said that, he simply took out the letter that Maxim had sent over, spread it out and tossed it lightly, letting it fall on the other party's desk.

"We have also had a lot of secret letters. I dare not say that I fully understand your narrative habits, but the content on it... Madame, please tell me the truth! As for your inability to speak directly to us in the letter?"

"Alas... We didn't want to tell you now." Maxim heard him talking about this, and couldn't help but sighed slightly, "You know, the letters sent from here to your place , all of them passed through the hands of more than one person, including this letter, which is of course the same. And the content of this letter, in fact... was sent to Mr. Lupine after simply changing it according to Mr. Bill Weasley's request .”

"Bill wrote it?"

When Sirius heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and some bad premonitions grew stronger.

"That's right," Madam Maxim nodded slightly, "I just changed his original words using my writing habits, and nothing else was changed."

"In other words, it's Bill who doesn't want to tell us certain things?" Sirius asked thoughtfully, "or to be more precise...doesn't want his parents to know?"

Having said that, he couldn't help but frowned and said:

"So, who's wrong?"

"It's Percy Weasley."

Up to now, any further concealment would just add to the confusion, so Maxim had no choice but to tell the truth. And without waiting for Sirius to continue to ask, she continued:

"Because you are the only one who came, so I will say it bluntly - in a defensive battle in the Weymouth port camp before, in order to allow more people to evacuate safely, he has been on the verge of collapse. Persevered to the end. Then...unfortunately sacrificed."

In fact, it is just two or three sentences, but sometimes the weight of the words makes both the speaker and the listener feel like a weighty burden.

After a moment of silence, Madam Maxim finally said:

"I've already told you the actual situation, but whether or not to tell 'them' and when to tell 'them'... It's up to you to judge now."

Sirius didn't speak. After a long time of contemplation, he finally spoke again:

"I see, thank you for your frankness... So, what about the others? What about the others?"

"Oh, the others are fine." Finally being able to put this heavy topic aside, Maxim couldn't help secretly heaving a sigh of relief, "You should have read everything mentioned in the letter——Miss Granger They once left without saying goodbye, but now they are finally back. And then, everyone seems to be preparing to counterattack back... It is said that they have found several reliable reinforcements from Winchester, and they will continue to fight back. Mr. Blois, who wished to leave his daughter, has also moved. If you want me to say, some time should come soon!"

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