Chapter 258: Voldemort's Original Name

Although Mr. Weasley was discharged from the hospital, he was still sitting in a wheelchair.

His body was still wrapped in thick bandages.

Mrs. Weasley pushed him through the door, and Ron and several other Weasley children followed behind.

"Mr. Weasley, congratulations on your discharge."

Seeing them arrive, the three of John stood up one after another to greet them at the door.

"Oh, John, Hermione, you two are here."

Seeing them, Mr. Weasley smiled at them.

The group of them sat down in the kitchen again, and the Weasley children also greeted John and Hermione one after another.

"Harry, hurry up and write a letter to Sirius, telling him to come back. Since John and Hermione are here too, I'll make a big meal tonight to celebrate Arthur's discharge."

Mrs. Weasley looked very happy. After settling Mr. Weasley at the table, she clapped her hands and smiled.

"No problem!"

Harry nodded immediately. It just so happened that he also wanted to find Sirius to come back, because they had to go to school tomorrow, so they could get together again today.

"By the way, ask Sirius to bring Remus, Kingsley, and Tonks along too."

Mr. Weasley on the side also added with a chuckle.

Anyway, it was a celebratory dinner, so of course, the more people they could pull in, the better; it would be livelier.

Soon Mrs. Weasley went out again, saying she was going to buy ingredients.

She told the children to take good care of their father.

John had been watching silently, and seeing that the pleasantries were over, he asked about the main business.

"Mr. Weasley, there is something I would like to understand from you."

"In fact, yesterday I visited Mr. Claude's house, and then I learned from Mrs. Claude..."

"Recently, there have been many personnel changes at the grassroots level in the Ministry of Magic. Do you know about this?"

Hearing John's question, Mr. Weasley's hand holding the teacup paused, and he looked at John suspiciously.

"Grassroots changes?"

Before this, he really hadn't noticed such a thing.

After all, after Voldemort returned, because he was too close to Dumbledore, his treatment in the Ministry of Magic had plummeted.

It wasn't a demotion, but some colleagues who used to have good relationships with him no longer maintained relationships with him, and his popularity plummeted.

He was no longer as sensitive to some movements in the Ministry.

"Yes, it is said that some old colleagues suddenly resigned, and then new colleagues immediately took their places."

"And the promotion of these new colleagues has been very rapid."

Seeing that Mr. Weasley seemed to be unaware, John continued to explain.

As Mr. Weasley, who had been in the workplace for many years, heard this, how could he not understand John's meaning?

"You think these people are not right, don't you?" Mr. Weasley put down his teacup and asked with a slight frown.

"Yes, I think we can put these people on the investigation list first."

"Including the direct leaders who promoted them, we also need to pay attention."

"In this way, regarding some movements of the Ministry of Magic, we can better distinguish whether it is that idiot Fudge who is courting death, or Voldemort's minions who are making trouble."

Mr. Weasley was silent for a moment, his fingertips tapping the rim of the cup unconsciously.

"It is indeed worth being vigilant."

"When I return to the Ministry, I will start an investigation."

"By the way, I will contact Claude to ask for detailed information."

Seeing that these words had attracted Mr. Weasley's attention, John felt relieved.

Because Mrs. Claude was just an ordinary woman and her position in the Ministry of Magic was also an ordinary staff member, what she said might not carry much weight.

That was why John specifically asked Mr. Weasley to convey it, so as not to be ignored as nonsense.

Regarding Voldemort's infiltration, they might not be able to stop it completely, but at least they could set up a line of defense in advance.

Afterward, this matter would naturally be left to Mr. Weasley to push forward; after all, his connections and experience in the Ministry of Magic were far superior to others.

Just as the two were discussing, the children on the side couldn't get a word in.

They didn't expect that John, who was the youngest, could discuss the undercurrents of the Ministry of Magic with Mr. Weasley so calmly and sophisticatedly.

Hermione curled her beautiful eyebrows, obviously very proud.

Time soon reached the afternoon.

The Order of the Phoenix was indeed much livelier.

Except for Kingsley and Tonks, who were working at the Ministry of Magic, the other members of the Order of the Phoenix had all returned.

Sirius, who hadn't been seen for a long time, still looked energetic. It seemed that he was doing quite well living alone outside.

After he returned, he first hugged Harry tightly, then his eyes swept over John and he came to his side.

He hooked John's shoulder and came to the corner of the room, asking in a low voice.

"I heard you found another Horcrux of Voldemort at school?"

"Hmm? How did you know?"

John was stunned when he heard Sirius's words and asked back.

Dumbledore did not fully disclose the Horcrux matter to the members of the Order of the Phoenix, just to avoid someone unfortunately falling into the hands of the Death Eaters and having their memories extracted by Legilimency, exposing their progress or purpose.

But because he and Dumbledore had returned to the Order of the Phoenix to specifically investigate the pendant box before, Sirius and Professor Lupin were now also among those who knew about the Horcruxes.

"Of course Dumbledore told me."

"Now, besides occasionally acting as babysitters for you kids, Remus and I have other work, which is to help Dumbledore investigate Voldemort's past and screen for clues about the Horcruxes."

"After all, only a few of us in the Order of the Phoenix know about the existence of the Horcruxes now, so the two of us asked Dumbledore for this task to help Dumbledore share the burden."

Sirius blinked and smiled, saying in a low voice.

It was just that John held a skeptical attitude toward Sirius...

"No, can you do it?"

"Hey, what do you mean, kid? Looking down on me?"

"Indeed."

"???"

Sirius immediately became angry from embarrassment, grabbed John's cheeks, and rubbed them.

Although John was skeptical about Sirius's ability, having two more people investigating the Horcruxes together was indeed better than just Dumbledore alone.

If nothing else, Dumbledore at least had two people he could order around, so he didn't have to do everything himself.

It was indeed a kind of sharing.

John rubbed his hot cheeks and said to Sirius speechlessly.

"Then what is your progress now?"

Sirius put his hand on John's shoulder, changed to a serious expression, and said slowly.

"Hmm, we are focusing on investigating Voldemort's former residence."

"Riddle Manor located in Little Hangleton."

Hearing the unfamiliar term, John immediately became interested.

"Riddle Manor?" John grabbed the point and asked.

"Yeah, you wouldn't still not know Voldemort's original name, would you?"

"His original name is Tom Riddle. It was more than a decade after he graduated from Hogwarts and disappeared that he returned under the name of Voldemort."

John really didn't know before and had always thought that Voldemort was his name.

"So what exactly is Voldemort's past like?" John continued to ask.

Since seeing Neville's parents at St. Mungo's, John had become increasingly active in resisting Voldemort, unlike before when he was just slacking off and waiting for the protagonist to develop the plot.

However, Sirius shrugged and said.

"I can't explain this clearly either. You'd better wait until you return to school tomorrow and go ask Dumbledore yourself." ===== CHAPTER 259 =====