Mr. Weasley's Doubts

"This means one thing: the Death Eaters of today do not have wands, or rather, they cannot use magic."

"Moreover, their hunting methods are also very poor, after all, they live by the sea."

"So much so that they could only eat rats."

"And Dolohov's thigh bone suggests that he is likely dead. After all, Harry, you mentioned in your dream that he was about to be chosen as another sacrifice, just like Quirrell, Fenrir Greyback, and Macnair."

"The fact that he used his leg bone as a weapon also shows that the Death Eaters are now even lacking in tools."

"They've never left the magical world, yet they've stooped so low as to use the corpses of their companions." Mr. Weasley laughed until tears streamed down his face.

"I can't even forget the bones that were broken and then polished by stones."

"It was an even greater surprise to discover that it came from Dolohov."

"Unfortunately, Klein used the bone to make a table leg. His parents, wife, and children were all killed by Dolohov," Mr. Weasley mumbled, taking a bite of pie after calming down.

"Yes, it's a real shame," Mrs. Weasley said through gritted teeth.

Harry shuddered.

He knew how the other four Death Eaters who killed Mrs. Weasley's two brothers died.

This kind of behavior is probably not uncommon.

After all, Harry had investigated and found that nearly a hundred Death Eaters (some of whom were not marked with the Dark Mark) had been captured and imprisoned in Azkaban.

Except for a few who were released because they hadn't done anything wrong, or because there was no evidence of wrongdoing, and because of the help of Galleons.

Not counting Little Crouch., who was arrested in recent years.

In the end, only seven Death Eaters remained: Antonin Dolohov, the Mulciber and Son, Bellatrix Lestrange and her husband and brother-in-law, Travers.

Exactly seven!

Voldemort thought seven was the most magical number, found it very annoying.

However, this also shows how terrifying these Death Eaters are.

They were deliberately placed closer to the Dementors, yet they have survived to this day.

Instead of becoming a cold number like those hundreds of Death Eaters.

"But it's still a little strange," Mr. Weasley added after everyone had calmed down from their joy.

"What's strange?"

"Could there be traces of someone gnawing on Dolohov's thigh bone?" Fred and George speculated casually, as if they were eager to stir up trouble.

"Stop talking, I feel a little nauseous." Ron, who was gnawing on a chicken leg, hesitated whether he should take another bite.

However, Fred and George ignored him and became even more excited.

"George, could it be the whereabouts of the other bones from the strange Dolohov?"

"We can't use 'strange' here; we should call it 'curious'."

"We are all Dad's sons. Maybe Dad will make the same mistakes as me."

"I think" on the other hand.

Bill, Charlie, and Percy, three high school whizzes, are discussing whether Death Eaters are truly incapable of using magic.

"I think the Death Eaters are definitely unable to use magic anymore."

"After all, bones are excellent materials for Dark Magic, and those of Dark Wizard like Dolohov are among the rarest," Bill stated first.

"Azkaban disappeared in January, which is almost six months ago."

"They probably just think these bones are more important to them as weapons." Charlie nodded, but then shook his head.

"You may have forgotten one thing: Azkaban has no shortage of wizard bones."

"There are graves everywhere in the prison."

"They probably used some kind of magic to overcome the lack of a wand, and used those bones for some kind of evil ritual."

"And all Dark Magic rituals have some negative effects; playing with bones is just the mildest one."

"I still remember passing by Knockturn Alley, where an old witch who always carried a dish of dead people's fingernails and whose tongue was covered in moss greeted me."

"I later found out that she used to be a very nice person and was a doctor at St. Mungo's's."

"But because of his son's death, he turned his attention to Dark Magic rituals, which is why it turned out that way."

"So I think those Death Eaters were all changed by Dark Magic rituals."

"And they've been in Azkaban for so many years, and unlike Sirius, they don't know they're actually innocent. They've gone mad even if they weren't." Percy offered his opinion to his two brothers.

Harry and Ginny, on the other hand, resumed their sweet romance.

Ding ding ding!

Mr. Weasley tapped the cup with the side of his fork.

Everyone turned their attention to this.

"What I find strangest are those rats."

There are actually no rats on that island.

"Or rather, it hadn't been discovered before."

"The Dementors on the island do not eat animals."

"That's why Sirius was able to turn into a dog and escape Azkaban."

"But creatures the size of rats cannot survive because of the Dementors' passive effects—coldness and fear."

"This is the conclusion reached by Care of Magical Creatures who conducted experiments on mice to study Dementors." Mr. Weasley frowned.

"Maybe it's underground?"

"Because of the existence of Dementors, they hid underground."

"Those Dementors may have disappeared along with that island."

"This caused the rats that had been hiding underground to crawl to the surface, where they were discovered by the Death Eaters and used as food," Bill suggested.

"Could the rat bones have fallen into the sea from somewhere else?"

"After all, there are some deserted islands in the North Sea."

"Could the bite marks, which look like they're from a human, be from an animal with similar tooth marks?" Ron, as usual, offered a disheartening suggestion, completely lacking in common sense.

Harry, at least, found Mrs. Weasley's observation somewhat disappointing.

It seemed like he was about to make the same expression as Ron, making him unable to eat dinner that night.

However, Mr. Weasley's words came at just the right time, saving Ron.

"Impossible, the rat bones and human bones appeared out of nowhere."

"In the sea that Dumbledore had planned, we isolated everything else, except the seawater."

Ron, who escaped unscathed, seemed completely oblivious to what had happened.

Instead, she pouted in disappointment, "What? I finally came up with this idea."

Mrs. Weasley's deadly glare was about to lash out at Ron again.

Harry quickly stood up and looked at Mr. Weasley. "Have you ever considered the possibility that your isolation is what led the Death Eaters to start eating rats?"

"I've got it again!" Ron suddenly shouted.

Mrs. Weasley turned her head. Ron, oblivious to the fact that he seemed closest to death, said instead, "Why don't we just poison it in that isolated area of the sea?"