"Sirius!"
Harry had finally found someone to rely on and shouted excitedly. He instinctively tried to rush over, but the moment he moved, the wand pressed to his temple dug in harder, making him wince in pain!
"Don't move unless you don't care about your life!"
Delix's low voice brimmed with menace.
Thump!
"When I was still at the Ministry, I would never have allowed Aurors under my command to be so despicable and shameless!"
Moody limped forward, forcing his way between Remus and Sirius, who stood shoulder to shoulder with their wands raised. His face, covered in grotesque scars and bearing a chunk-missing nose, twisted as he swept his gaze over the Aurors rapidly gathering before Delix and Harry. The blue magical eye in his socket spun wildly.
He slammed his cane heavily against the floor, and Mad-Eye Moody roared,
"Since when have Ministry of Magic Aurors started acting like Dark Wizards, using a child as a shield?!"
The pressure of the legendary Auror made the younger Aurors hesitate, uncertainty showing on their faces.
"I'm sorry, Alastor!"
Delix remained unmoved. Breathing slightly heavily, he said coldly,
"I don't see any child here. Ministry of Magic Aurors have come to apprehend a murder suspect!"
"What?!"
Harry had been startled by Moody's appearance, but he had only just realized that the man before him should be the real Mad-Eye Moody, not Vitia Criona's impostor.
And the forceful words shouted by the gray-haired Auror restraining him made Harry turn pale with shock.
"A murder suspect? No, you must have made a mistake. I didn't do anything!"
"Oh, that's not for you to decide, Mr. Potter!"
Delix bared his teeth in a fierce smile as he looked toward Sirius, whose face was filled with murderous intent, and the others who had rushed here