At this moment, in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, in the bedrooms of Harry and Ron, the broadcast from the wizard watch station is playing.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting side by side on the edge of the bed, listening to the radio and whispering about the “big things” that happened recently.
At first, they were reluctant to believe that Hogwarts expelled all Muggle wizards in one go, but this has happened, and it has been confirmed by Professor McGonagall, no matter how shocked they are, it will not help.
What’s more, from the establishment of the Muggle-born Registration Committee by the Ministry of Magic to the old Bat Snape becoming the new headmaster of Hogwarts, they all had expectations of what happened now.
Voldemort finally got his wish and drove all Muggle students out of Hogwarts.
“Ginny, are you planning to go to Hogwarts next semester?”
Harry, who was fiddling with the Snitch, seemed to remember something, and turned his head to ask the red-haired girl sitting beside him.
He knew the current situation of the Weasley family. If Ginny continued to go to Hogwarts to study now, he would be in the trap of himself, but he was still an outsider, and he couldn’t say much about certain things.
“It’s not decided yet, but I think I’ll probably suspend school first.” Ginny looked at Harry casually and asked, “Do you also think it’s not safe for me to go to Hogwarts now?”
“Well, I don’t recommend you to take risks. Both Voldemort and Death Eaters have the habit of taking hostages and threatening others.” Harry noticed Ginny’s gaze, looked away and continued, “They will definitely Do that.”
“This is a very wise choice.” Hermione agreed with Harry’s words: “If Ginny goes to Hogwarts to study, she will probably be caught by Death Eaters on the Hogwarts Express. Now, the Death Eaters have already targeted your family, and they certainly don’t mind taking hostages and threatening you to compromise.”
“Why is it on the Hogwarts Express?” Ron asked puzzled.
“Going directly to Hogwarts to arrest people is likely to cause panic in the wizarding world.” Hermione said with a strange expression, “They will probably bring dementors to check the train before the students enter Hogwarts, and see See if we go back to school.”
“Sounds silly,” Harry murmured, “who would be stupid enough to throw himself into a trap?”
“No, that’s just routine.” Hermione explained, “Even if they knew there would be no result, they would do that. After all, Ron, I, and you are all on their blacklist together, and they will borrow This is to check whether the students on the train have certificates of wizarding blood, so as to screen out a group of Muggle wizards.”
“At this time, will there really be Muggle-born students who go to school foolishly?” Ron was very puzzled by this.
“There will always be one or two, don’t forget, Mom doesn’t want us to drop out of Hogwarts either.” Ginny reminded.
Everyone was silent. What Ginny said was really not a joke. Before Bill and Fleur got married, Mrs. Weasley had always insisted that they should not drop out of school and should continue to return to Hogwarts to study.
What an innocent and lovely idea.
However, that is undoubtedly a rather ridiculous thing.
“She should have recognized the reality by now, but the price is a bit high.” Ron sighed softly.
The wedding of Bill and Fleur completely shattered Mrs. Weasley’s last illusion and left very serious sequelae.
Until now, people hate the wedding that brought disaster to them. The newlyweds who were supposed to be blessed have become objects of disgust and contempt for many victims’ families.
Harry felt guilty for this, he thought Voldemort and the Death Eaters came because of him.
“Don’t apologize to Harry, it wasn’t your fault.” Seeing the change in the expression on Harry’s face, Ron reached out and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, “Don’t forget, my family has always been the biggest pure-blood traitor family, and Fred and George are also on the Death Eaters blacklist.”
“It would be great if everyone would listen to Albert’s advice more.” Hermione’s soft sigh caused everyone present to fall into silence.
After the incident, people have selectively ignored it, and the disaster was completely avoidable in the first place.
Especially Albert, who is a master of prophecy, has reminded them more than once that they should be careful.
However, the disaster happened after all, no matter how you look at it, it is the result of their own choice.
The people who caused all this choose to ignore this, and they don’t have the courage to bear the terrible consequences.
“Yeah!”
There was a lot of bitterness in Bill’s voice, “Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world.”
“Bill!”
Everyone was shocked and turned their heads to look outside the door. Bill was standing outside with a gloomy face.
“It is indeed our own fault. Fred and George have told me more than once. If we had just held a small wedding quietly at that time, so many things would not have happened.” Bill still regrets so much , they had the opportunity to correct this wrong, but they paid a huge price for it.
Not only did Charlie die, but Fleur’s parents also died, and many of her relatives were brutally murdered at the wedding. The Weasley family almost became the enemies of the Delacour family, and it may be difficult for the two sides to have any further contact.
This incident became Fleur’s eternal pain, and Fleur’s younger sister, Gabriel, was also traumatized by the loss of her parents and relatives, and was taken back to France by her cousin Louise for treatment.
“Bill, what’s the matter?”
Hermione sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and quickly changed the subject.
“Anderson is leading the construction of a safe area similar to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, intending to house those Muggle students who have been expelled, and we also…”
“Why isn’t the Order of the Phoenix taking the lead?” Ron asked with raised eyebrows.
“Actually, it doesn’t matter whoever takes the lead. There is no need to care about such trivial matters. We all work together, and we have all gone to help.”
Bill didn’t care about this little thing, but after he noticed Ron’s probing gaze, he explained casually, “If you insist, this plan was first formulated and perfected by Anderson.”
“However, no one cares about this kind of thing, we just want to give those temporarily expelled Hogwarts students a safe place to stay.”
“I’m just a little curious.” Ron said with a dry cough.
“There is a deadline for construction over there, and we need manpower to complete the shelter as soon as possible. Everyone has gone to help.” Bill explained to Harry and the others, “So, I will stay at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, and by the way Time for you to teach.”
“Defense Against the Dark Arts?”
Harry was looking forward to it. He hadn’t taken Bill’s class yet, so he didn’t know how Bill’s defense against the dark arts was.
“No.” Bill shook his head and said, “Let’s talk about it later, let’s go eat first, Furong has already made dinner, she should be serving it to mom and dad.”
Because of guilt and self-blame, the Weasleys have yet to get out of the shadows in their hearts and regain their strength.
Nowadays, they often hug each other and cry. They are all miserable people who have lost their loved ones, and no one will blame others anymore.
The dinner was very ordinary, boiled potatoes.
In fact, before Mrs. Weasley recovered, their food was relatively simple. Although Hermione can cook, the taste is also “very ordinary”, so she usually just helps out.
“How’s the situation over there?”
Harry was eating a potato with the skin on, and casually picked up a topic to prevent the atmosphere in the hall from being too stiff.
“It should be done soon, just repair the damaged places a little bit, plug the windows and holes, and simply clean up a few floors.” Bill has also been there once or twice, and it is much bigger than their place.
“Same here?” Ginny asked.
“To be honest, the conditions there are much worse than here. It’s like a refugee area. Fred and George also said that.” Bill shrugged. It’s a good place to stay. Everyone also donated some things to them, mostly flour and potatoes, so that they can barely have a meal, and they won’t be hungry. I heard from George that they plan to let those children grow some by themselves Mushrooms and vegetables improve the diet, and meat is probably not a consideration.”
“What a tragedy!”
Fu Rong took a bite of the sausage and sighed softly.
You can already imagine the miserable lives of those students.
“It would be nice to have something to eat.” Bill shook his head and said, “Of course, they can also find ways to improve their food. Anyway, from the beginning, they didn’t intend to restrict their freedom of coming and going.”
“Can’t they conjure delicious food out of thin air?” Ron asked puzzled, “I remember my mother can always conjure delicious food out of thin air.”
“No one can conjure food out of thin air. You probably forgot that food is the first of the five exceptions to the ‘Gamp’s Basic Law of Transformation’.” Hermione reminded.
“So it’s impossible to conjure delicious food out of thin air?” Harry asked, “How did Mrs. Weasley do it?”
“If you know where the food is, you can use magic to bring it,” explained Fleur, who had learned from Mrs. Weasley how to cook Bill’s favorite food.
“If you plan to be outside for a long time, you’d better learn how to cook food so that you won’t be hungry.” Bill stopped Ron, who was about to say something, and waved his wand to conjure a book out of thin air , Passed the book to Hermione across the table: “George asked me to give it to you, but I think Albert prepared it for you.”
“The Encyclopedia of Wild Edible Fungi.” Hermione read the title softly after taking the book.
“So, we’ll have to pick mushrooms for a living?” Ron’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“If you can’t get food, at least you can get some mushrooms to satisfy your hunger, remember to bring some seasonings.”
“Maybe, you can cook more food, and then we will use magic to summon the food.”
Ron felt that it was unreliable to let them cook their own food, especially wild mushrooms, many of which were inedible.
Harry ate potatoes silently. He actually knew the hardships of going out, but sometimes he didn’t have a good choice.
“Can I go over there and have a look?” Harry suddenly asked, “After the harness on my body disappears, I want to go over there to see the fleeing students.”
“That’s not a problem, I think they will definitely welcome you.” Bill lowered his voice and said, “Sirius and Kingsley plan to absorb some wizards from there into the Order of the Phoenix.”
“Underage wizard?” Hermione asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
“Of course after they grow up, maybe in another year or two, no one knows when this war will end.” Bill shook his head and explained, “Those children will eventually grow up, if they still have the courage to follow If the mysterious people fight, we will welcome them to join us.”
“Is Albert planning to do that too?” Harry asked suddenly. He felt that might be the main reason why Albert was willing to help them.
“The Defense Association is indeed planning to absorb a group. As for their plans, Fred and George didn’t say much, but I think they really have this intention.”
Bill actually thought of this too, but they really need more fresh blood to join them in fighting the mysterious man and the Death Eaters.
Moreover, they will not force those children, everything is free, they can choose to join or not, just like they can choose to stay.
“After a while, Lupine will find time to give them lessons and improve their defense against the dark arts. It’s still too slow to learn from that “Self-Defense Guide” alone.”
“Why don’t the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Association directly absorb other adult wizards who resist the mysterious man?” The main force of the people!”
“Anderson thinks that most adult wizards, that is, those who have been working for several years or even a long time, are not reliable.” Bill used Albert’s words to answer Hermione’s question.
“Why does Anderson think that adult wizards are unreliable?” Ginny was also puzzled, not understanding why Albert trusted those students living in Hogwarts more.
“Probably…selfish!” Bill smiled wryly.
Harry fell silent.
Everyone worships the lightning scar on his forehead and regards him as the savior, don’t they just hope that he can defeat the mysterious man.
“Under normal circumstances, adults are more selfish. In fact, they are not really willing to believe in Albert. It’s just a choice in desperation. Otherwise, they wouldn’t end up like this.” Bill laughed at himself. “Also, sometimes your kindness may not be able to get a thank you from the other party.”
A long silence fell in the hall.
“So, Anderson didn’t want to ignore them all the time, and planned to directly adopt a large-scale screening. If they really want to believe in us and are willing to contribute to the fight against the mysterious person, we will be willing to lend a hand, and if we don’t want to do it. After preparing them for a safe haven, just let them go.”
It’s hard for them to say anything about this, because the fact is like this.
“It can only be said that Anderson sees it very clearly. It is obviously unrealistic to expect everyone to fight against the mysterious man together.” Bill sighed and said to Harry, “However, we alone want to fight against the mysterious man.” It is far from enough to be with his minions, we should try our best to unite those forces that can be united.”
“I know what to do.”
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