Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1207: Crisis
Chapter 1209 Sense of Crisis
Since the International Confederation of Wizards sent an Auror team into the British magic world, the chaos caused by the dark wizards was quickly eased, but the British Ministry of Magic employees still could not avoid the fate of working overtime from nine to five all day long. Not even on Christmas Day.
Minister Scrimgeour believes that the enemy will not give you time to rest, especially after the situation has eased, and their ministers are becoming more cautious and worried that the enemy is brewing a big conspiracy.
The door to the minister's office was opened from the inside, and Kingsley emerged from the office with Arthur, whispering about why Scrimgeour was looking for them. Minister Scrimgeour hopes to conduct an interview with Harry and use Harry to keep everyone on their toes.
With the help of the International Confederation of Wizards, the British wizarding world has regained its former peace, but the short-lived calm seems to make the tired people forget the cruel fact that Voldemort is still alive. The Dark Lord is still threatening the peace of the entire magical world all the time, but this matter has been deliberately forgotten by everyone.
"Scrimgeour is worried about some big conspiracy being brewed by You-Know-Who." Kingsley felt that Minister Scrimgeour's concerns were right. Voldemort would not give up anyway. If the Ministry of Magic relaxes its vigilance, it is very likely that the next It will usher in the heaviest fatal blow, but there is no way to keep everyone's nerves tense.
“How is the conservation plan going?”
Arthur suddenly asked about the news he heard recently. It is said that the Ministry is quietly building a secret apartment, ready to provide it to the employees of the Ministry of Magic to temporarily settle down, so as to avoid their family members being disturbed and threatened by the dark wizard, thus causing their lives to be threatened. .
As long as the internal staff of the Ministry of Magic are stabilized and the top management is not controlled by the Imperius Curse, the British wizarding world will not be easily infiltrated and collapsed by Death Eaters, and the life of Scrimgeour as a minister can be guaranteed.
"It's not finished yet, it's estimated that we will have to wait for a while before moving in."
Kingsley did not dare to reveal too much information here, to avoid the plan being targeted by the dark wizard, and this apartment could not accommodate too many families, and the people who were allowed to stay obviously needed to be screened.
"It seems that the Minister is not optimistic about the current situation." Arthur took out his pocket watch, glanced at the time on it, and asked Kingsley, "Is it because of Mr. Anderson's prophecy?"
"It's very possible." Kingsley also felt that Scrimgeour would be so wary of warnings from Albert. Scrimgeour trusted Albert, and recently he has been trying to get help from him. When entering the United Kingdom to maintain order, it is undoubtedly the best time to exterminate the Death Eaters.
Unfortunately, the effect is not great.
The wiser Death Eaters hid, no longer showed their faces, and dared not act as arrogantly as before.
As for the idiots who don't listen to persuasion, they are probably dead.
Peace of mind for Scrimgeour is nothing short of good, and according to Albert's predictions, the longer it drags on, the worse it gets.
"Are you coming to the party at noon?" Arthur changed the subject, "Fred and George will also come, and you can also stop by..."
"I will, just to chat with Harry about the interview." Kingsley did not forget the task given to him by Minister Scrimgeour, "Do you think Harry would be willing to be interviewed?"
"I don't know, let's talk about it later." Arthur shook his head, "I support his decision."
The two went to 12 Grimmauld Place together, where they saw Harry who was helping to peel potatoes. He looked a little tired, as if he didn't sleep well last night.
Kingsley spoke directly to Harry about the interview.
"If you don't want to be interviewed by the Daily Prophet, we'll turn it down for you?" Kingsley gave Harry the option directly.
Harry fell into a brief silence after listening to it. He was still a little disgusted with the interview with the Daily Prophet. Harry never forgot how the Daily Prophet hacked himself in the first place. It may continue to happen in the future.
"What do you think the purpose of Scrimgeour is?"
Harry did not directly refuse, but asked Arthur and Kingsley.
"Scrimgeour thinks everyone should be vigilant, after all, Voldemort is just hiding himself, not being wiped out by us. This kind of false peace won't last long." Kingsley helped Harry analyze, "We think Voldemort is What conspiracy is brewing."
"Scrimgeour wants to take advantage of your reputation." Arthur glanced at Kingsley, and it was easy to see from his words that he still wanted Harry to be interviewed.
"He wants everyone to believe that you agree with his policies, so that his policies can be better implemented."
It's not hard for them to guess that Scrimgeour's purpose is nothing more than to use Harry's reputation to strengthen himself.
"It seems that my so-called saviour star is still quite popular." Harry laughed to himself.
"Yes, Scrimgeour does want to take advantage of you, politicians do." Mr. Weasley looked at Harry seriously and said, "Of course, we also all think that it is not time to relax, but many People... are tired. Harry, we support your choice."
"Actually, I think it would be more useful for Scrimgeour to go to Albert to support him." Harry ignored Mr. Weasley's words and changed the subject.
"Mr. Anderson has always been helpful. Scrimgeour's current achievements are mostly due to Albert's credit." Kingsley said with a slightly strange expression, "He also has a lot of credit for Albert's achievements. Attitudes have changed, but Albert obviously sees through the nature of Scrimgeour and has been paying little attention to him, and Scrimgeour has nothing to do about it."
"It's like something Albert would do," Harry chuckled. "Okay. I agree to be interviewed, but I'd like to see it ahead of time, you know newspapers always like to exaggerate."
"Very good, I think Scrimgeour will be very happy." Kingsley breathed a sigh of relief that their mission was complete.
"Isn't it mean!"
George stood outside the door with a warm glass of butterbeer, smiled and raised his glass to Harry and said, "That's all adults, you can actually refuse, I think Kingsley's expression must be very wonderful."
"Yeah, they're mean and dirty, but I'm not a kid anymore, I have my own judgment and won't do those boring things." Harry knew exactly what he was doing.
"Actually, I don't think it's going to do you any good if you come out." Fred handed Harry the Butterbeer and explained with a smile, "Albert always said, never try to convince people when people don't When you want to believe it, even if you tell them the truth out loud in his ear, he will pretend not to hear."
Harry took a sip of his butterbeer and asked curiously, "What should I do in this situation?"
"Do your own thing and ignore him." George shrugged.
"Harry, the mead you asked me to buy, I've got you back, the best oak-aged mead." Sirius put the small oak barrel in front of Harry and asked: "What do you want mead for?"
"Give it away. Dumbledore gave me a task to get some information from Professor Slughorn. I plan to get Professor Slughorn drunk first." Harry did not hide this. As long as you don't let everyone know what the content is, it's not easy to go wrong.
"Need help?" Lupin asked.
"No, this is enough. Slughorn likes to collect things for him. I plan to give him this barrel of mead for his birthday." Harry was actually not very confident about this plan. But his confidence comes from the phlegm and his backup plan.
Sirius saw that Harry was confident about this, and didn't say anything more. Of course he knew where Harry had the elixir, and if he was lucky enough, it would work, so Sirius wasn't worried that Harry's plan would fail.
Originally the big meal should be put in the evening, but everyone has something to do tonight, so we can only make the big meal ahead of schedule.
While enjoying the meal, Kingsley told Arthur about Scrimgeour's conservation plan?
"I know about this, and it is said that Albert will be the keeper of that building." Fred put down his turkey legs and interjected.
"Why not Dumbledore?"
Mrs. Weasley was a little puzzled. The secrecy at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix was Dumbledore. There was no doubt that no one was more suitable to be the secrecy keeper than the headmaster of Hogwarts. After all, even Voldemort was afraid of him.
If he doesn't want to, who can get a secret from his mouth?
"We suspect that You-Know-Who may be secretly plotting against Dumbledore and Scrimgeour." Mad-Eye Moody said without shyness, "so they chose Albert, that guy is also very powerful, and No one knows where he hides."
"That sounds absurd," Ginny grumbled. "Are the Death Eaters daring to target Dumbledore, are they collectively broken?"
"Don't forget what happened a while back, when Voldemort tried to kill Albert through Hermione, and the other two time points obviously correspond to Dumbledore and Scrimgeour." Harry thought that others probably guessed Deng Bad situation for Bledo.
If unfortunately he dies, the so-called secret plan is really over.
"Actually, if you get a few more buildings and everyone hides, the Mysterious Man and the Death Eaters will probably just stare blankly." George diverted the topic, lest the topic turn to something unpleasant.
"Voldemort's reign of terror stems more from his threat to other wizarding families. Once his threat cannot threaten them, everyone will no longer fear him so much, at least not worry that his family will be killed because of it. Threat." Tonks also agrees with Scrimgeour's protection plan, at least they don't have to worry about the family.
"Sounds like Albert's idea, and only he would do such a thing." Harry muttered, he would subconsciously think that Albert made it when he heard any weird stuff now. He knew that the Defense Association had made a lot of so-called "safe houses".
"This is indeed what Albert hinted at Scrimgeour." Fred nodded and explained, "This will help prevent the Ministry of Magic from being completely controlled by You-Know-Who and Death Eaters, and will allow more people to dare to go. Against the Mysterious Man."
"It really has everything to do with him." Harry couldn't help but complain.
If possible, he actually prefers that Albert can help him destroy Voldemort, but this is just a good wish.
Voldemort is ultimately up to him.
"Harry..."
Hermione gave Harry a light kick under the chair.
"Oops, who kicked me just now."
Ron suddenly looked up and looked around, trying to find the culprit who kicked himself.
"Oh, by the way, I want to be able to learn Apparition over the Christmas break, I mean I hope someone can teach us in advance," Harry said to Kingsley, tilting his head.
"I remember you should be able to sign up for Apparition training in sixth grade." Kingsley raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Harry in confusion and asked, "After the Christmas holidays, you should start practicing Apparition. ."
"I know, but I hope that this semester, me, Hermione and Ron make sure to master Apparition." Harry said earnestly, "It's important."
"Harry, you can..."
"Sorry Mrs. Weasley." Harry interrupted with shaking his head, "This is not for being handsome, this matter is very important, and we must prepare in advance for future changes in the situation."
Everyone looked at each other and understood what Harry meant, and finally Kingsley nodded in agreement.
"Remus, it's up to you to teach Harry, Hermione, and Ron!" Kingsley looked at Lupin and asked, "You have teaching experience, and Sirius. By the way, Moody, I I remember that the last few days have been fine, and by the way, teach Harry some Defence Against the Dark Arts skills, and there is no harm in getting a little Auror training."
"You..." Molly was a little angry.
"Molly, sooner or later Harry will have to deal with it," Arthur interrupted, placing a hand on his wife's shoulder and shaking his head.
"But Harry's just a kid." Molly looked at her husband dissatisfied.
"It won't be soon." Sirius said calmly, "Harry is a man, we all know what Harry will face in the future~IndoMTL.com~ He needs to grow up, you will only hurt him like this ."
"Sirius." Lupin frowned, feeling that Sirius' words were too heavy.
"Sorry Mrs Weasley, I don't want to spend my whole life running and hiding," Harry said calmly, "And sometimes running doesn't make sense, after all, it's Voldemort, and he'll definitely do whatever he can. Kill me."
"Cough, there are many benefits to being able to master Apparition in advance, at least you don't need to worry about not being able to learn it by then." George quickly changed the subject, lest the atmosphere at the scene get too stiff: "We were also re-Albert at the time. with the help of the Apparition Lands in advance, much faster than the other students."
"Albert Apparated you?" Kingsley raised his eyebrows slightly, "Looks like that guy never took Ministry of Magic laws seriously."
"As long as you don't know, it's not illegal." George said with a smile.
For some reason, Mr. Weasley suddenly became a little embarrassed, because the words reminded him of the flying Ford.
"Really?" Hermione asked curiously.
"There are always loopholes in the law," Kingsley explained awkwardly.
(end of this chapter)