Chapter 494: The Unfortunate Ivan

"What's going to happen to the vampires trapped by the Ministry?" Ginny asked.

She was particularly pale and still hadn't recovered from the excitement she'd received tonight.

"After the interrogation, they'll probably be put in Azkaban." Sirius said, "The dementors will keep an eye on them, but if they can't drink fresh blood all the time, those vampires won't last long. "

Vampires' power comes from blood; and the stronger the magic of the blood they feed on, the more useful it is to them.

That's why with Caresius and Elaine, who had fed on the powerful blood of the magical dragon, their strength had improved rapidly.

But more importantly, vampires also need blood as nourishment to sustain their lives.

It was hard to imagine that in that hell of Azkaban, the dementors would prepare fresh blood for them as food.

There was a moment of silence and no one wanted to talk about it any further. The idea of a vampire biting into a person's neck and sucking their blood gave everyone goosebumps, but the idea of starving them to death was just as repulsive.

"Ivan, what magic did you use?" Ron asked suddenly. "I saw you and Hermione fall and I freaked out. I didn't expect you to do that stone giant at the last moment. It was amazing, that magic... "

Hearing Ron's words, everyone looked at Ivan with interest and wanted to know the secret of his magic.

In fact, they had never seen such powerful magic before. It was completely beyond imagination.

"Nothing, just a simple Transfiguration!" Ivan simply said, "If they could find a way to provide enough magic, anyone can do it!"

It wasn't appropriate for many people to know about the Philosopher's Stone.

Not that Ivan didn't trust the Weasleys, but the Philosopher's Stone was, after all, too important and involved too many secrets, which had to be kept hidden.

As for the Ministry of Magic, he believed that Dumbledore and Sirius would help him deal with them.

"Provide enough magic?" Ron repeated, hesitantly saying, "Doesn't that mean they need to find a...."

"Well, Ron, there's nothing to argue about that!" Hermione said suddenly, winking at Ron. "If you listen carefully in class and work hard to finish the homework assigned by the professors, sooner or later you'll use this magic like Ivan."

For a few seconds, Ron looked at her in surprise.

How could one make such powerful magic by listening attentively in class and studying hard to finish the homework?

To Ron, the Philosopher's Stone was the key, and only with her help could this magic be used.

Ivan had just said that it required powerful magic, and the Philosopher's Stone should provide it.

He relied on the help of the Philosopher's Stone to fight the vampire, cast powerful spells and make the entire wizarding world remember his name.

Of course, Ivan is very strong and devoted a lot of effort to magic, Ron admitted. But in his opinion, the Philosopher's Stone was the most important thing.

He had seen the power of the Philosopher's Stone, and with it, anyone can unleash powerful magic like Ivan.

As for talent, hard work and skills, they were far less effective than the Philosopher's Stone.

All of this went through Ron's mind, without reaction until Harry couldn't help but kick him under the table.

He realized that this matter was not appropriate to be discussed here, but he had also guessed the answer now.

"Ivan was very good, what happened to the Dark Mark?" This time it was Percy's turn to ask, "Who conjured it? What did you find in the ruins? I saw Mr. Crouch pass by."

It wasn't the first time Ivan, Harry, Ron and Hermione had seen the Dark Mark. The last time they had seen it was at the Temple of the Moon in the Centaur colony, where Ivan had been cursed by Voldemort.

Everyone knew what it meant and the fear it brought.

Only Fred, George and Ginny were still puzzled and Sirius explained quietly.

Harry and Ron told Charlie, Bill and Percy exactly what they had just seen in the ruins.

"Well, Mr. Crouch is absolutely right to get rid of an elf like that!" listening to Crouch's latest practice, Percy said in agreement, "She took an unidentified wand, and spread her master's name, embarrassing him in front of the whole Ministry.... How would that look, if she was brought up in front of the Department of Regulation and Control, I'm a bit.... "

"She didn't do anything - she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time!" Hermione shouted at Percy, who looked very surprised, looking at Hermione in surprise, unsure of what she had just said.

Hermione had always gotten along quite well with Percy, better than any of the others.

"Hermione, a wizard in Mr. Crouch's position can't afford a tame elf who's going to go mad with a wand," said Percy pompously, recovering.

"She hasn't gone mad!" cried Hermione. "She just picked the wand up off the floor!"

They were both red in the face and looked like they intended to keep fighting.

"Well, we shouldn't talk about this topic!" Sirius immediately interrupted everyone. "You should go to bed, especially Ivan, he needs his rest. Everything else can be said tomorrow morning."

Harry and the others seemed to want to continue discussing for a while why the vampires had conjured the Dark Mark.

In any case, it didn't help their attack, but brought more panic.

"Go upstairs and go to bed. It's already very late. We'll sleep for a few more hours and then try to get an early Portkey out of here." Sirius told Ivan, Harry and Hermione, "I spoke to Arthur and the three of you will stay at the Burrow until school starts. During this period, you will not be going anywhere."

A few minutes later, Ivan dragged his tired body back to his room.

After relaxing completely, he felt exhausted and fell heavily on the bed. But not long after, a subtle knock on the door startled him, and Hermione came into his room.

She looked frightened by what happened tonight, and her little face was full of worry.

It had been an eventful night for her, especially at the end, when she decided to slide off Krum's broom.

At that moment, she was completely determined to die with Ivan.

She already had that awareness and made a decision. This matter is not only explained by courage and friendship, but also by other strong feelings.

Without knowing it, Ivan and Hermione had the closest relationship....

When the main building collapsed, Ivan did not know what Hermione was thinking.

He only remembered her holding him tightly, as if she would never let him go.

After this life and death experience, the relationship between the two was definitely going to change in nature; as if a thin veil between them was pushed aside.

Now, Ivan had the opportunity to make his confession to Hermione, and for the two of them to take a step forward with their relationship.

He was always unlucky in this regard and was interrupted at critical moments.

But now the atmosphere in the room seemed conducive.