On the fifth day after the New Year, Ryan and the others, accompanied by Lupine, headed to the Burrow after breakfast. The Ministry of Magic would arrange a one-time Floo network connection tomorrow so that students could return to school quickly and safely.
"Oh, you are finally here, come in quickly!" As soon as they entered the garden of the Burrow, Mrs. Weasley came out to greet them, and then welcomed them into the house: "I just happened to be here during breakfast.
I ordered a lot of snacks, do you want some?"
"Thank you, but no need. We already had breakfast before coming here." Hermione politely declined Mrs. Weasley's kindness. After that, Lupine stayed down below to talk to Mrs. Weasley, while Ryan and the others went upstairs to look for her.
Harry and the others.
Arriving at the stairs on the third floor, Hermione turned directly to find Ginny, while Ryan continued up to the fifth floor and came to the door of Ron's house. After knocking on the door, the door opened. It was Harry who opened the door, and Ron
En looked like he was writing something on the edge of the table before, and now he was holding a quill in his hand and turned to look in the direction of the door.
"Ha, you are finally here." After Ryan walked into the door, Harry and Ron stepped forward to hug him respectively, and then Ron continued. "I thought you and Hermione wouldn't come over this Christmas.
.”
"Since I promised, I will definitely come." Ryan said after sitting on the edge of the bed. "By the way, you two don't seem very happy. What exactly did you encounter during this holiday? Can you tell me?"
"That's right." Harry and Ron looked at each other and nodded slightly at the same time. Then Harry said, "I told Mr. Weasley about the news I heard in the corridor before, but he thought I was a little nervous.
.He thinks that the conversation between Snape and Malfoy was a pretense of helping in order to find out what Malfoy was doing. I should trust Professor Dumbledore's judgment and trust Snape."
"What about Sirius?" Ryan asked Harry's godfather's point of view.
"Sirius definitely supports Harry's view." Ron said next to him. "But this doesn't make much sense, because Sirius thought Snape was a dark wizard and a Death Eater from the beginning, and the magic guard in the castle
After his level increases, he won't be able to do anything inside the school."
"It sounds bad. It means we need to fight alone in this regard. But Harry, you don't have to worry." Ryan said, raising his head and looking at Harry's face standing in the center of the room. "I can give it to you."
I will provide you with the best possible help in this matter, such as some alchemy tools that can be used in the castle."
"Thank you very much, buddy." Ron came over and patted Ryan on the shoulder. "This may cost you a lot of money, because there is a lot of defensive magic in Hogwarts Castle, and some types of alchemy.
If you want to use the props, the material cost will be sky-high.”
"This -" Harry seemed a little at a loss. He was a little bit embarrassed that Ryan was unwilling to go out and help him. But after hearing what Ron said, he immediately realized that Ryan actually had a lot to help him. What he just said
The idea is very inappropriate. After all, Ryan has a lot of work for the Order of the Phoenix this semester and doesn't have much time to do other things. It is a very big favor to spend a lot of money to provide him with alchemy tools now.
"You don't have to take this to heart." Ryan put on a proud look. "You have to know that as a good alchemist, you will never be short of worldly money."
"That sounds really enviable." Ron said with a smile. "By the way, thank you for the Christmas gift you gave me this year. This kind of wizard robe that can clean itself and has basic defense is really amazing. I
A wizard's robe like this costs 10 Galleons at Fred and George's."
"Me too, thank you for the wizard robe you gave me." Harry said, "By the way, Rufus Scrimgeour came here to see me before and told me a lot of things."
"For example-" Ryan asked in a drawl.
"He first told me that Umbridge regretted what she did last year and chose to self-exile in Northern Europe." At this point, Harry had a smile on his face. It seemed that he was very satisfied with Umbridge's departure. But
His expression soon returned to calm. "He first showed his kindness to me like this, and then he believed that I had an obligation to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic."
"Obligation?" Ryan frowned after hearing this word. "You know I have read a lot of books, and there are Muggle books that specifically talk about obligations. It says that obligations and rights should correspond. I just want to know about magic.
What rights can the ministry give you?”
"Nothing, just that he can help me introduce some big shots in the Ministry of Magic." Harry was a little angry, "I just tried to tell him that I didn't like some of the things the Ministry of Magic did, such as imprisoning Stan Sampark.
But he immediately changed his expression and thought that I was only 16 years old and didn't understand many things. He told me that the situation was dangerous and certain measures were necessary."
"Another politician whose butt determines his brain, and his brain is about the same as his butt." Ryan sighed. If it were Slughorn, he would definitely be willing to accept this opportunity to meet a big shot, but Harry is an upright person and can't stand this.
One set. "Actually, the Death Eaters in the periphery are not difficult to find or catch. However, as the Minister of Magic, he is not willing to offend those pure-blood families who are the cornerstone of the Ministry of Magic at this time."
Glancing at Harry and Ron, who had indignant expressions on their faces, Ryan then said in a calm tone: "Of course, I can understand avoiding internal strife during wartime, and I can understand wanting to do something to boost morale. But in this situation
I really don’t understand why he insists on arresting a few innocent people as scapegoats. There are obviously many truly evil dark wizards in Diagon Alley, so it wouldn’t be difficult to catch a few of them to make up for it.”
"Yeah, I also think it would be much better to put those dark wizards who have hurt people in Knockturn Alley into Azkaban. So I refused his invitation. He said that I was a Dumbledore through and through.
"Human." Harry spread his hands and said. "Then the two of us broke up, but I still felt a little guilty. After all, he still drove Umbridge away."
"You don't have to feel guilty." Ryan looked at Harry. Although Harry was sometimes naive and emotional in many ways, he was an upright and kind person. This is why Ryan was willing to make friends with him.
reason.
He whispered to Harry and Ron. "I know the reason why Umbridge didn't come back, but it involves Lupin, so I hope you can keep it a secret."
After watching Harry and the others nod solemnly, Ryan said: "The thing is like this -" Ryan then whispered about how Umbridge tried to kill a good person and took credit for his work, but was killed in reverse, but he didn't.
Talking about his treatment of werewolves, because Lupine thought that even if it was made public, he would have to wait until all the werewolves on the plantation had been treated.
"I knew that the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge would not suddenly become good people, just like the proverb goes: The fox will turn gray, but it will never become good." Ron listened to Ryan's story.
said it first.
"But this is also a good thing." Harry smiled and said. "Now I can be a Dumbledore through and through."