At this moment, in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, in Harry and Ron's dormitory, the broadcast from the Wizard's Observation Station was being played.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were sitting side by side on the edge of the bed, listening to the radio and chatting quietly about the "big things" that had happened recently.
At first, they were not willing to believe that Hogwarts had actually expelled all Muggle wizards at once, but this had already happened and was confirmed by Professor McGonagall. No matter how shocked they were, it would not matter.
What's more, from the time when the Ministry of Magic established a new Muggle-born Registration Committee to when the old bat Snape became the new headmaster of Hogwarts, they all expected what was happening now.
Voldemort finally got his wish and kicked all Muggle students out of Hogwarts.
"Ginny, are you planning to go to Hogwarts next term?"
Harry, who was playing with the Golden Snitch casually, seemed to remember something and turned to ask the red-haired girl sitting next to him.
He knew the current situation of Wes Lai's family. If Ginny continued to go to Hogwarts now, it would be a trap for herself, but he was just an outsider after all, and he couldn't say much about certain things.
"I haven't decided yet, but I think I'll probably take a break from school first." Ginny looked at Harry casually and asked, "You also think it's not safe for me to go to Hogwarts now?"
"Well, I don't suggest you take risks. Both Voldemort and Death Eaters have the habit of taking hostages and threatening others." Harry noticed Ginny's gaze and looked away and continued, "They will definitely do that.
."
"This is a very wise choice." Hermione agreed with Harry: "If Ginny goes to school at Hogwarts, she will probably be captured by Death Eaters on the Hogwarts Express.
The Dead Apostles have set their sights on your family, and they will definitely not mind taking a hostage and threatening you to compromise."
"Why on the Hogwarts Express?" Ron asked puzzledly.
"Going directly to Hogwarts to arrest people will easily cause panic in the wizarding world." Hermione said with a weird expression, "They will probably bring the dementors to check the train before the students enter Hogwarts to see how many of us there are.
Do you want to go back to school?"
"Sounds silly," Harry muttered. "Who would be stupid enough to throw themselves into a trap?"
"No, that's just routine." Hermione explained, "Even if they know there will be no results, they will do it. After all, Ron, I, and you are all on their blacklist, and they will also use it to inspect the train.
Do the students on the school hold wizard blood certificates, so as to screen out a group of Muggle wizards?"
"At this time, are there really Muggle-born students going to school stupidly?" Ron felt very puzzled by this.
"There will always be one or two. Don't forget, Mum doesn't want us to drop out of Hogwarts either," Ginny reminded.
Everyone was silent. What Ginny said was indeed 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 study at Hogwarts.
What an innocent and lovely idea.
However, that is undoubtedly a very ridiculous thing.
"She should have realized the reality now, but the price is a bit high." Ron sighed softly.
Bill and Fleur's wedding completely shattered Mrs. Weasley's last fantasy and left very serious sequelae.
To this day, people hate the wedding that brought them disaster. The newlyweds who were supposed to be blessed have become the objects of disgust and contempt for many families of the victims.
Harry felt guilty about this, thinking that Voldemort and the Death Eaters came because of him.
"No need to apologize Harry, it's not your fault." Ron saw the change in expression on Harry's face, reached out and patted his shoulder to comfort him: "Don't forget, my family has always been the largest 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 at that time." Hermione's soft sigh made everyone present fall into silence.
After the incident happened, people have selectively ignored it. The disaster was completely avoidable.
Especially Albert, as a master of prophecy, has reminded them more than once that they should be careful.
However, the disaster did happen after all, and it was the result of their own choices.
The people who caused all this chose to ignore this, and they did not have the courage to bear the terrible consequences.
"yes!"
Bill's voice was full of bitterness, "Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world."
"Bill!"
Everyone was shocked and turned to look outside the door, where a depressed-looking Bill was standing outside.
"It was indeed our own fault. Fred and George actually told me more than once. If we had just quietly held a small wedding, so many things wouldn't have happened." Bill still regrets that they had
There was a chance to correct this mistake, but they paid a huge price for it.
Not only was Charlie dead, Fleur's parents were also dead, and many of her relatives were brutally murdered at the wedding. Wes almost became the enemy of the Delacour family when he came to the house, and it would be difficult for the two parties to have any contact with each other again.
This incident became a permanent pain for Fleur. Fleur's sister Gabriel also suffered from psychological trauma due to the loss of her parents and relatives, and was taken back to France by her cousin Louise for treatment.
"Bill, what's wrong?"
Hermione sensed something was wrong in the atmosphere and quickly changed the subject.
"Anderson is taking the lead in building a safe zone similar to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, intending to use it to house expelled Muggle students. We are also..."
"Why isn't the Order of the Phoenix taking the lead?" Ron asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Actually, it doesn't matter who takes the lead. There is no need to worry about such trivial matters. We all work together and we all went over to help."
Bill didn't care about this trivial matter, but after he noticed Ron's probing look, he casually explained, "If I have to say it, 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."
"I'm just a little curious." Ron said with a dry cough.
"We are in a rush over there and need manpower to complete the shelter as soon as possible. Everyone has gone over to help." Bill explained to the four Harrys, "So, I will stay here at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, and I will give you some time by the way."
Attend class."
"Defense Against the Dark Arts?"
Harry was looking forward to it. He hadn't taken Bill's class yet and didn't know what Bill's defense against the dark arts level was.
"No." Bill shook his head and said, "We'll talk about it later. Let's go eat first. Fleur has already prepared dinner. She should be preparing it for her parents to eat."
Because of guilt and self-blame, the Wesleys have not yet gotten out of their inner shadows and cheered up.
Nowadays, they often hug each other and cry. They are both poor people who have lost their loved ones, and no one will blame the other.
Dinner was very ordinary, boiled potatoes.
In fact, before Mrs. Weasley got back on her feet, their food was relatively simple. Although Hermione could cook, the taste was also "very average", so she usually just helped out.
"How's the situation over there?"
Harry ate a potato with the skin on and casually picked up a topic to avoid the tense atmosphere in the hall.
"It should be done soon. I just need to repair the damaged areas a little, plug up the windows and holes, and simply clean out a few floors." Bill has also been there once or twice, and it is much larger than their place.
"Like 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 the same thing." Bill shrugged and said, "They said they were going to hide from the disaster and have a safe place to stay.
Not bad. Everyone also donated some things to them, mostly flour and potatoes, so that they could barely eat and not go hungry. I heard from George that they also planned to let the children grow some mushrooms and potatoes.
Vegetables improve the diet, but don’t even think about meat.”
"How miserable!"
Fu Rong took a bite of the sausage and sighed softly.
Everyone can already imagine the miserable life of those students.
"It would be good if they can have something to eat." Bill shook his head and said, "Of course, they can also think of ways to improve their food. Anyway, there was no intention to restrict their freedom of coming and going from the beginning."
"Can't they conjure delicious food out of thin air?" Ron asked puzzledly, "I remember my mother could always conjure delicious food out of thin air."
"No one can conjure food out of thin air. You may have forgotten that food is the first of the five exceptions to Gamp's basic law of transformation." Hermione reminded.
"So it's impossible to conjure delicious food out of thin air?" Harry asked, "Then how did Mrs. Weasley do it?"
"If you know where the food is, you can use magic to summon it." Fleur explained that she had learned from Mrs. Weasley how to cook the food Bill liked.
"If you plan to be active outside for a long time, you'd better learn how to cook food so that you won't go hungry." Bill stopped Ron who was about to say something else, waved his wand to conjure a book out of thin air, and turned the book into a book.
The book was handed to Hermione across the table: "George asked me to give this to you, but I think it was specially prepared for you by Albert."
"Encyclopedia of Wild Edible Fungi." Hermione read the title softly after taking the book.
"So, we have to live alone by picking mushrooms from now on?" Ron's eyes widened in disbelief.
"If you can't get food, at least get some mushrooms and remember to bring some seasonings."
"Perhaps, you can cook more food, and then we will directly 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 the potatoes in silence. He actually knew how hard it was to go out, but sometimes he didn't have a good choice.
"Can I go over there and have a look?" Harry suddenly asked, "After the healds on my body disappear, I want to go over there and have a look at the fleeing students."
"That's no problem. I think they will definitely welcome you." Bill lowered his voice and said, "Sirius and Kings are planning to recruit some wizards from there to join the Order of the Phoenix."
"Underage wizard?" Hermione asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"Of course, after they become adults, maybe in a year or two, no one knows when this war will end." Bill shook his head and explained, "Those children will eventually become adults. If they still have the courage to do it with the mysterious man,
If they fight, we will welcome them to join us."
"Is Albert also planning to do that?" Harry suddenly asked. He felt that that might be the main reason why Albert was willing to help them.
"The National Defense Association does plan to recruit a group of people. As for their plans, Fred and George didn't say much, but I think they do have this intention."
Bill actually thought of this, but they really needed 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 to join, just like they can choose to stay or stay.
"After a while, Lupine will find time to give them lessons to improve their black magic defense level. It is still too slow to just rely on self-study from the "Self-Defense Guide"."
"Why don't the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Association directly recruit other adult wizards who resist the mysterious man?" Hermione asked puzzledly, "Compared to the underage wizards, those adult wizards should be the main force against the mysterious man!"
"Anderson believes that most adult wizards, that is, those who have been working for several years or even a long time, are unreliable." Bill used Albert's words to answer Hermione's question.
"Why does Anderson think adult wizards are unreliable?" Ginny was also confused and didn't understand why Albert trusted the students living in Hogwarts more.
"Probably... selfish!" Bill said with a bitter smile.
Harry suddenly 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 Albert. It is just a choice made out of desperation, otherwise they would not have ended up like this." Bill laughed at himself, "Moreover,
Sometimes your kindness may not be able to be exchanged for a thank you from the other party."
There was a long silence in the hall.
"So, Anderson has been reluctant to ignore them and plans to directly carry out large-scale screening. If they really want to believe us and are willing to contribute to the fight against the mysterious man, we will be willing to lend a hand. If not, we will help them prepare.
Once we were in a safe haven, we just let it go."
It's hard for them to say anything about this, because that's the fact.
"It can only be said that Anderson understands very clearly that 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 and his
Minions are not enough, we should try our best to unite those forces that can be united."