Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 1316: nagging
"Okay, this party is over, do you have any questions?"
In the training room of the Defense Association, Albert, who had just put away his wand and finished the tutorial, looked around at everyone who was still slightly excited, and nodded with satisfaction.
Excited and passionate, everyone has the motivation to make progress.
Speaking of which, the Defense Association has grown unknowingly, and the number of members is more than he expected, with more than forty members.
"When are we going to fight back?" someone asked with a raised hand.
Albert followed the voice and found that it was Hufflepuff's Hannah Abbott who asked the question.
This girl has recently helped manage the students at the shelter, and she has done a very good job. After careful consideration, Cedric felt that she should receive more formal training in defense against the dark arts, so he recommended her to Albert. Come and follow everyone to practice Defense Against the Dark Arts. Anyway, Hannah is already an adult, there is no trace of trouble, and she has passed the Apparition test.
"Many people think that someone should come forward and lead everyone to fight against the mysterious person."
Many members followed suit, and the meaning was obvious.
Victory after victory, most members of the Defense Association are full of confidence, and they can't wait to show their strengths.
"And then?"
Albert asked blankly, "Being targeted by Death Eaters, have you been brutally betrayed?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly fell into a dead silence, and then the pot was completely fried.
There were whispers all around, and everyone looked at Albert in surprise, obviously not understanding why he said that.
"I have to tell everyone a very cruel thing."
Albert raised his hand and made a quiet gesture. After the surrounding voices gradually quieted down, he continued: "Don't look at everyone expecting someone to stand up and lead everyone to resist the mysterious person, but those words It’s just some false lies, I never deny that people long for peace, but most people don’t have the courage to stand up and fight for this peace for themselves, they hope that there is a savior who can save them from the sea of suffering.”
"I can understand that you want to lead everyone to fight against the mysterious person, but what most people need is a savior, a savior who can bring them peace, but they may not be eager to fight for that peace in person , because that is too dangerous.”
"Don't forget, this is a cruel wizard war, not a school play. War always needs dead people, everyone has only one life, I don't want you to be fooled a little bit by others, He lost his life inexplicably in this cruel war.”
Looking at the astonished members, Albert reminded kindly: "Everyone, don't forget how the wizards of the entire British wizarding world treated Harry Potter, the savior, a few years ago." , don’t let people fool you as fools when you get hotheaded.”
"I never deny that there are still many people in the British magic community who continue to support us, but please don't forget that what more people can provide is limited to verbal support." Albert asked everyone present : "Do you know what verbal support is?"
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one answered for a while.
"Let me give you an example." Albert suddenly raised his finger to Lee Jordan, and said to Fred beside him, "This guy actually wants to abduct your girlfriend and beat him up!"
Everyone was stunned.
"Yes, I support Fred beating Lee Jordan." Albert spread his hands, "Like this is ridiculous."
"Can't you change the example?" Lee Jordan couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Albert.
Happy laughter immediately resounded around.
"Actually, I didn't expect to get more support from other people from the very beginning, because I am very aware of the situation in the British magical world." Albert raised his hand to suppress his laughter, "Human nature can't stand As a test, if the Death Eaters want someone to betray us, all they have to do is take his family and threaten him with their lives. For the safety of their families, most people will choose to betray and stab us in the back.
However, the most ridiculous thing is that even if he does that, he can't get his family back, because the words of the black wizard cannot be trusted at all, and they will still hold his family as a rope and continue to treat each other as dogs. handle. "
Many people couldn't help but frown when they heard the words, as if they were judging the credibility of Albert's words.
"I think you all know the famous savior Harry Potter." Albert gave another acquaintance as an example: "Harry's father, James Potter, trusted himself too much back then. Pettigrew, his friend, declined Dumbledore's proposal to be the secret keeper, but he didn't expect that Pettigrew was already forced to become a death eater undercover agent of the Order of the Phoenix because of threats from mysterious people. You also know that the Potters made Pettigrew Peter their secret keeper, and they were betrayed and lost their lives for this."
Peter Pettigrew, who is a good friend of the Potters, didn't care about his friendship with the Potters at all. He can betray his friends without any qualms. Do you think that other people will not be in that situation? Betrayal? "
"No, trust me, they're not as reliable as you think."
"If that can't be trusted, who should we trust?" someone asked.
"Everyone in the Defense Association is trustworthy." Albert explained, "If you haven't forgotten, you should realize that I have cast a strong contract magic on the list I just signed here , as long as someone betrays us, everyone will notice it immediately."
"Can't it be cracked?"
"Sure, but I won't give them a chance."
Many people began to think about why Albert told everyone this. Obviously something happened, or some bad things were about to happen, so everyone should be mentally prepared.
Because they all knew that Albert was never a nagging person.
"Okay, maybe this is not enough to convince you, but I never thought of convincing you. I believe that you who have grown up have your own judgments. Now I want to talk about another shelter, which is another A temporary shelter for other persecuted wizards.”
Albert actually hates nagging about these things, but he found that the members of the Defense Association have become a little impetuous because of successive victories. He needs to calm them down before some people, or a certain group of people do something stupid , recognize the current situation.
"Did something really happen?"
Cedric exchanged glances with the others, and continued to listen quietly to Albert.
"Not long ago, Harry went there to try to persuade them to cheer up," Albert's mouth curled into a mocking smile: "As many of you said, people want someone to come forward He came out to lead everyone to resist the mysterious man, and Harry Potter really did that, he is the most vivid banner, but there are very few responders, it should be said that there are none at all.”
"This is impossible!"
Many people's eyes widened in surprise, and they suddenly understood why Albert had to spend so much time talking to them just now.
As Muggle wizards who have been persecuted, most people do not have the courage to stand up against the mysterious person. Do you still expect those who are still safe to stand up bravely at the risk of their families being destroyed?
Maybe there are, but they are definitely a minority.
"This is a war, a cruel war, so I hope you all recognize the reality. At present, the wizards in the entire British magical world are only us standing here, the Order of the Phoenix, and even a very small number of wizards. That kind of courage to stand up and resist." Albert said, raising his voice.
"I never lied to you, it's meaningless to do that. If you don't believe me, just look at what happened to Scrimgeour. In order to protect the Aurors, he took the initiative to fight the mysterious man, hoping to save the Aurors and let the They became an important force against the You-Know-Who, but look at what those Aurors did. They betrayed Scrimgeour's expectations and became the lackeys and minions of the You-Know-Who.
No doubt, the Aurors recently followed Umbridge to Hogwarts to bully the professor there, forced Professor McGonagall to drink Veritaserum, and tried to get the home address of the expelled student from her mouth . "
Everyone was dumbfounded by Albert's words, but they did hear similar news from the wizard watch station broadcast not long ago.
At that time, none of them thought much about it, but they just didn't expect it to be like that.
"Have Aurors turned to You-Know-Who?" Many people widened their eyes in disbelief, "Didn't you say that many Death Eaters died at their hands?"
"Yes, but that was an order from Scrimgeour, and he was already dead. Before he died, he took away all the hatred and saved most people." Albert said coldly, "So, don't Holding too many unrealistic fantasies."
"What we have to do now is to unite all people who can be united and prepare for the coming decisive battle." Albert looked at the confused people and said loudly, "Although in my prophecy , the balance of victory has already tilted towards us, but we still cannot relax until we defeat the mysterious man and win, because our enemies are equally powerful."
"Should we just practice spells and combat skills from now on?" Dean asked suspiciously.
"Yes, that's what you need to do most now." Albert nodded and said, "As for the 'supporters' outside, we can help if we can. I don’t think it’s necessary to take risks if you don’t want your life to be safe. We are never stingy about helping others, but that requires our own safety to be the first priority.”
The warm applause broke out suddenly.
Many people even came over to give Albert a big hug.
Nobody thinks that's bullshit.
The members who can stand here are already adults and have their own judgment. They know why Albert, who has never liked to talk nonsense, took the time to tell them so many things.
They all know that Albert is teaching them important self-preservation skills, as he said: We never hesitate to lend a helping hand to others, but we will not endanger our own lives in advance.
"It's really hard to say so much for you." Fred said with a smile and lightly tapped Albert's shoulder.
"I just hope they can calm down and don't lose their lives in vain by doing something stupid." Albert warned, "Today's Defense Association has been targeted by Death Eaters , if you are not careful, sooner or later someone will be unlucky, and if that happens, it will seriously affect everyone's morale."
In the near future, when people are fighting against the mysterious man and his minions, morale is very important.
"Shouldn't our recent practice stop?" George raised his eyebrows and asked. They have been looking for dementors in groups to practice the Patronus Charm in recent days.
"What's the effect?" Albert didn't answer, but asked instead.
"It's okay."
"OK?"
"As you said, not everyone can summon their patron saint when facing a dementor." George nodded.
"About how many people succeeded." Albert asked directly.
"About one third." Fred said with a little embarrassment on his face.
In fact, even they have a hard time summoning their Patronus when facing dementors.
"As long as we give us a little more time, we will definitely be able to summon the Patronus when facing the dementor."
"Time? There is no time for you to toss."
"Why, we just...
"What have you guys done recently, don't you have any points in your mind?" Albert interrupted angrily, "People in the Order of the Phoenix don't do things as often as you do. Who else can I follow?"
"That kid from Slytherin offered to cooperate, and we can't refuse!" Fred tried hard to argue, "You also know that his whole family was killed by a dark wizard, and that kid wants to find him." The black wizard's revenge."
"This is not the reason for you to hang the search team with underage wizards."
The few people present were a little embarrassed, but it is undeniable that their battle experience can grow rapidly, thanks to the black wizards of the search team.
"You probably didn't let him kill you!"
"No." George shook his head and said, "We just asked him to give him a good beating and let him vent his anger. We are a good helper."
"Let's stop for a while, the training with dementors should be suspended, don't foolishly step into other people's trap~IndoMTL.com~ You are not fools, how could you fall into an ambush so easily?" Jordan felt that Albert's worries were completely unnecessary. Every time they went out to find the dementors to practice the Patronus Charm, they would pick the dementors who were left alone. They would not give the dark wizards time to react, even if there were It is impossible for the dark wizards to be their opponents. From the magic wands in the cabinet, we can know that they have achieved remarkable results. Maybe the price of magic wands on the market will increase because of this!
"If they can't find you, what if they choose to attack Muggles indiscriminately? Will you help or not?" Albert reminded: "Remember, they are dark wizards, and they will do anything by hook or by crook. Come out, so don't push them into a hurry, lest they go crazy and use other methods to force you out, and we have an action next."
"What action?"
"Hogwarts is about to start school, and it is estimated that there will be Death Eaters and Dementors going back to search the train. At that time, we will go there to teach them a lesson, and by the way, give confidence to those members of the Defense Association, and then guide They re-formed Dumbledore's Army."
"So, you're going to take us to trouble yourself?" The Weiss brothers couldn't help but widen their eyes, showing expressions of disbelief.