O.W.L

After resolving the trouble on the Shafiq side, the house-elves returned to the potion factory, while Eli returned to Hogwarts.

The matter this time was quite clear: it had been a conspiracy by the Death Eaters targeting Alastair Shafiq.

Shafiq Potion Company now covered all of Europe and had even begun expanding into the Americas. Its power was enormous.

Given Shafiq's partnership with Eli, that power was destined not to side with Voldemort. It might even join forces with Eli to oppose him.

Since Voldemort could not defeat Shafiq commercially, he had decided to kill the head of the company outright.

What was worth noting in this incident was the involvement of the Burke Family.

When Alastair discovered that Hicklin had been placed under the Imperius Curse, he protected Hicklin while fighting at the same time.

After Hicklin was rescued, Alastair examined his memories and discovered that the person who had cast the Imperius Curse on him was very likely someone from the Burke Family.

The Burke Family's materials business was also thriving. Before this, someone from Burke Industries had sought out Hicklin under the pretext of wanting to order potions.

But when Hicklin arrived at the agreed location, the other party had brazenly attacked and taken control of him in one move, which had led to everything that followed.

Eli still had no way to deal with the Burke Family. Such an ancient clan, with centuries of inheritance behind it, was the hardest to handle. Even Voldemort had to win them over.

He told Dumbledore about the matter and left him to handle it.

After all, the O.W.L exams were about to begin. If he did poorly, was old Dumbledore going to take responsibility?

Actually, if the headmaster pulled a few strings... Ahem...

He couldn't have thoughts like that.