At dusk, in the Hogwarts kitchen, the house elves were busy coming and going around the long table, preparing sumptuous dinners for the students of Hogwarts.
Suddenly, there was a harsh and incoherent noise from a corner of the kitchen, startling the house elves who were already extremely busy.
Several house elves were so frightened that they almost flew away from the food they were carrying.
The plate of stewed potatoes that almost fell to the floor actually stopped in mid-air, as if someone had pressed the pause button, and then returned to the plate in the hands of the house elf like a replay.
"Sorry, I scared you."
A gentle voice sounded in the kitchen, and the house elves who were so busy stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look in the direction of the sound.
"Mr. Anderson!"
I don’t know which house elf recognized the owner of the voice and called out Albert’s name first. The other house elves also showed happy smiles on their faces.
When they put down what they were doing and gathered around here, they noticed Hermione and Dobby beside Albert. Immediately, there was unconcealed disgust and disgust on their faces, and they avoided the two of them, as if they
There is some terrible infectious disease on his body.
However, two house elves still brought black tea and pies to Albert.
"Thank you for your hospitality, I won't disturb your work." Albert picked up the pie brought by a house elf, thanked them with a smile, and left with Hermione and Dobby.
kitchen to avoid causing unnecessary trouble to busy house elves.
"They seem to like you very much, how do you do it, I mean how do you make them like you."
Hermione looked at the closed kitchen door, turned her head enviously towards Albert holding the pie, and curiously asked the secret of Albert's popularity.
The treatment she and Albert enjoyed really made Hermione feel inexplicably sad. Sometimes she would wonder if she had really done something wrong?
"As long as you respect them, they will naturally like you. Give...a piece of pie and don't think too much about it." Albert shared the pie he had just taken from the plate to Hermione and Dobby.
"thank you, sir."
Dobby hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take the pie from Albert, took a bite happily, and did not forget to express his gratitude to Albert.
"It's that simple, you just need to treat them like normal people, but many people can't do that." Albert handed the remaining pie to Hermione and warned:
"Don't do things they hate, even if sometimes what you think is right may not be right for others. After all, many things are relative."
Hermione stupidly took the pie and looked at Albert who waved to her, not knowing what to say.
"Okay, I should go back. I think you are hungry too. Go and eat quickly. Your friends should be waiting for your good news." Albert stretched out his hand towards Dobby and asked the house elf to
Leaving Hogwarts with.
"goodbye."
Hermione looked at where the house elf had disappeared with Albert, and fell into a brief silence again. She looked down at the pie in her hand, put it in her mouth and took a bite, not knowing what she was thinking.
After finishing the pie, Hermione returned directly along the passage to the hall.
As soon as she entered the hall, it didn't take much effort for Hermione to find Harry and Ron, who were enjoying dinner and talking in low voices.
When Hermione walked over, she found that her ears were buzzing. Harry and Ron had obviously cast an earplug listening spell. Hermione untied the spell and heard the two talking about Lavender. Ron seemed to be interested in this paragraph.
Feeling emotionally confused.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Hermione sat down on the empty seat next to Harry, glanced at Ron with a scumbag look, and said calmly, "How long have you been dating before you plan to dump him?"
"Hermione, when did you come back?" Harry asked in surprise.
"I didn't say I wanted to dump her, I just think she's a little too clingy." Ron said hesitantly, "Like an octopus."
"Just now, Albert sent me back. Things at home have been settled." Hermione lowered her voice and said, "A lot of things happened in the meantime. Thanks to the help of Albert and Kingsley,
The matter was finally resolved smoothly.”
"You don't mind telling us!"
Harry was curious about what happened while Hermione was home on leave.
"This is not the right place. We have to find another place to talk." Hermione had no intention of saying it here. Even using earplugs to listen to the spells was not safe, and she did not want Harry to abuse these spells.
"Let's go to the Room of Requirement, where no one will bother us," Ron suggested.
After the three of them had a simple dinner, they hurried to the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor. It was obviously safer to discuss private matters there, at least without worrying about being overheard.
However, what puzzled Harry was that there was someone in the Room of Requirement, and they couldn't get in.
"Someone is using it, let's find another place!"
Harry frowned and looked at the closed Room of Requirement, then led Hermione and Ron to a nearby empty classroom.
After confirming that no one was around and using earplugs to listen to the spell, Hermione briefly told the two of them what had happened since she returned home.
From the three time clues left by Cassandra before she died, to the mysterious man using a spell to locate her family and setting up a trap with the intention of killing Albert, to Albert realizing something was wrong at the first time,
Successfully rescued Hermione's family and successfully escaped the pursuit of the mysterious man. Finally, with the help of the Order of the Phoenix, the family was sent away from the UK at the airport.
"That guy is really powerful. If he were an ordinary person, he would have stepped directly into the trap of the mysterious man." Harry couldn't help but sigh after hearing Hermione's story.
It is not difficult to see the danger of the whole thing from Hermione's words. If Albert is not decisive enough, not only Hermione's family will be in danger, but even Hermione may be in danger.
"Isn't the point of this matter that Hermione's family was almost innocently affected and lost their lives by Albert?" Ron muttered softly.
He actually felt that Hermione's family was very unlucky, as they almost lost their lives inexplicably.
"Albert didn't mean it, and this matter is related to me asking him for help." Hermione never blamed Albert for this, even if her family really lost their lives because of it.
She knew very well that if she followed Harry to fight against the mysterious man, she might encounter similar troubles sooner or later. It was enough to solve the problem. She never had too many extravagant hopes.
"Can……"
Ron hesitated to speak, but finally shut up obediently.
"I heard from Kingsley that he will send your uncle's family away next summer and hide them to avoid being visited by Death Eaters," Hermione said to Harry.
"My family can't all hide, they still need to work." Ron also frowned, because he also thought about the situation in his own family.
The Death Eaters undoubtedly hate the Weasley family. Fred and George followed Albert to fight against the mysterious man. He also followed Harry to fight against the mysterious man. No, it should be said that except for the traitors Percy and Ginny, their family
They are all fighting against the mysterious man.
Definitely on the blacklist.
Oh, my God, Ron really couldn't imagine how terrible things would happen once the mysterious man targeted their home.
Or, they would torture his family, try to interrogate Harry's whereabouts, or take them hostage and let the Order of the Phoenix rush to rescue them. The bad future made Ron's face even more ugly.
"Don't worry Ron, Kingsley said the Ministry of Magic has other plans for your family."
"But what if the Ministry of Magic collapses? Didn't Albert predict the collapse of the Ministry of Magic?" Ron said gloomily.
"Probably find a house protected by the Loyalty Charm to hide in!" Hermione comforted softly, "Sirius doesn't mind if they use the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. At least it's safe there for the time being."
"Why is the mysterious man so eager to get rid of Albert?" Harry asked the doubts in his heart. This incident was abnormal no matter how you looked at it. The mysterious man actually laid a trap himself to hunt down Albert.
"I don't know for sure, but I think Albert probably made him feel threatened." Hermione thought for a while and analyzed: "Albert's divination is very accurate, and basically all the divination results come true, and, he
I am still so powerful. If we really join forces with the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix to attack the mysterious man, the situation will probably be very unfavorable to them. In fact, the recent cases are the best proof that the Death Eaters have suffered heavy losses."
"Actually, sometimes, I think Albert is more suitable to be a savior than me." Harry laughed at himself, "He can definitely do better than me. You also know that that guy can do almost anything."
"Harry!" Hermione looked at her friend worriedly.
"Albert successfully united the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix to work together to fight against the mysterious man. This was something that even Dumbledore couldn't do, but Albert accomplished it easily." Harry said with a bitter smile.
He felt that it was completely reasonable for the mysterious man to want to kill Albert. Maybe Albert was higher on the mysterious man's blacklist than he was.
"Don't think about Harry like that, Albert also thinks you are the real savior." Hermione comforted softly, "He also said that there are many things that you would be more suitable to do than him and Dumbledore."
"A lot of things?"
Harry looked at Hermione in confusion, but soon understood the meaning of the other party's words. The search for Horcruxes needed to be kept secret, and Albert and Dumbledore undoubtedly received special attention from Voldemort. Once their actions were exposed, they would
It was completely over, and he was undoubtedly more suitable to complete this task. At least compared to the first two, Voldemort was obviously more willing to watch their every move.
"Is this a benefit of being too weak?"
There was an unconcealed bitterness in Harry's voice. It would be great if he could become better, if only he could be on Albert's level... Unfortunately, his so-called savior is only an insignificant person.
Underage wizard.
Therefore, Scrimgeour never regarded him as a so-called savior, but as a sign that could affect the reputation of the Ministry of Magic.
After the brief conversation, the three of them returned directly to the common room. As soon as Ron entered the common room, he was pestered by Lavender. The two were performing a wrestling-style kiss on the sofa. Ron obviously enjoyed this experience.
It made their friends quite embarrassed.
At this moment, Ginny walked quickly towards this side. After she glanced at the hypocritical Ron, she handed a piece of parchment to Harry.
"Harry, Professor Dumbledore asked me to leave this to you."
"Thank you, Ginny...Dumbledore is going to teach me again!" Harry said to Hermione in a low voice. He unfolded the parchment and quickly scanned the contents on it.
"By the way Harry, when is the next Da gathering? We all can't wait." Ginny asked.
"Well... I have something to do recently. I promised to go over to help with the Wizarding Card Club, and there is also Quidditch training. I can't spare any time. The next gathering will probably have to wait until after the Christmas vacation." That's not the case.
Harry didn't want to hold a big party, but he was really too busy recently.
"Otherwise, I'll let Sai..."
Just when Harry was about to ask Cedric to host it for everyone, his toes were stepped on by Hermione, causing him to swallow the words in his mouth again.
"Hermione, why are you stepping on me?"
After Ginny left, Harry stretched out his hand to rub the toes stepped on by Hermione and couldn't help but complain.
"Albert hopes that you can gather popularity through the DA party and gain more supporters and support from students." Hermione reminded seriously: "If you leave the DA party to Cedric, what's the point?
, most of the meaning of the party is lost.”
"I thought this party was mainly to teach everyone about defense against the dark arts." Ron broke away from Lavender at some point and asked in surprise.
Although he also knew about this, Hermione's words were indeed a bit unexpected.
"Although it does sound a bit like that, that's what Albert really planned. He thinks you need some loyal supporters." Hermione looked at Harry and Ron and said seriously, "Teaching everyone Defense Against the Dark Arts is just
By the way."
"Do I need it?" Harry muttered.
To be honest, Harry didn't really like this, but Albert obviously thought it was really possible for him to experience what happened last semester again.
"Albert hopes to use the party to gather everyone around you and support you in your fight against the mysterious man." Hermione thought that Albert's actions made sense. "It's not comfortable to fight alone, Harry. You need allies, no.
It should be said that we, and even the Order of the Phoenix, need allies."
"But... I really don't have time recently. If I reject the Wizard Card Club."
Harry actually doesn't play wizard cards very much, and he doesn't like this game very much, because playing this game requires not only carefulness, but also some brains.
"No Harry, we promised." Hermione refused directly.
Luna didn't know how to run the Wizard Card Club at all. If she didn't help, the Wizard Card Club might disappear, and she had promised Albert a long time ago that she would help.