After saying goodbye to Dumbledore, Roy and Cedric could only force down their amazement and unease and head together to the Special Operations Office on the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest. Tonks, who had slipped away early, had already been waiting there for quite some time.
"What happened?"
Seeing Roy and Cedric arrive, Tonks, who had not been allowed to go to the school gates, immediately came over and grabbed them, asking what had caused that enormous explosion.
"Tiago's dead."
"What?! Seriously?"
Tonks was both shocked and delighted. As far as she was concerned, a bastard like Tiago had already lived far too long. Without giving it any further thought, she felt nothing but pleasant surprise, and even pressed Roy for more details.
"Did he die horribly?"
"Horribly? Good question. I suppose he did, but also didn't. He used some evil blood magic to blow himself up and injured quite a few Aurors. Some even lost arms and legs in the blast. But he didn't get off lightly either. After the explosion, he was completely wrecked, and when he tried to keep fighting, Professor Jobana finished him off with a single Killing Curse."
"What!"
Tonks's career ambition was to become an Auror. After hearing that the Ministry of Magic's Auror force had suffered such terrible losses, even her usual sunny disposition gave way to fresh concerns about her career prospects.
"Don't overthink it. What we do could get us killed too. All the documents and evidence connected to this operation are either here or at Aisling's house. We'd better deal with them quickly. I don't want dozens of Aurors showing up and dragging me away in cuffs while I'm eating one day."
Tonks came back to her senses. At Roy's instructions, she smiled and began gathering the paper documents and