[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

"We're going to catch the whistleblower among us as quickly as possible, yes, of course."

Peter repeated it, maintaining his usual uneasy and timid expression, as if he was only a little afraid of the fact that the traitor was among them, rather than guilty conscience or fear.

His acting skills are excellent, and he has successfully fooled everyone—or it can be said that there are very few people who pay special attention to his expression. Everyone seems to have such a consensus that he is born to follow behind his friends, It is impossible to have the guts to rebel and inform.

"But what should we do after we find out the informer?" Peter continued to ask, his voice raised slightly unnaturally, with a kind of deliberately curious, pretending to be relaxed, "Mr. Wouldn't it be like the Death Eaters, who would find them and kill them? I don't think so, Professor Dumbledore is so kind...Eli is not such a person...I think I know something about them .”

"Nice flattering, Wormtail, if Professor Dumbledore was here, he would definitely say that you would make him blush." ​​Sirius commented, and everyone around him laughed in good faith.

"It's a good coincidence that another one of us happens to be sitting here and listening right now." Sirius said, clenched his hand into a fist and raised it in front of Eli - he was imitating the microphones used by Muggles. Among the people, only Eli knew what he meant by this gesture, and felt that it was really difficult to be serious, so he also bent the corners of his lips in coordination.

"Well, although I didn't blush, thank you very much for your affirmation of my character, Peter." Eli said calmly, still looking steady and calm, with confidence in his chest, making everyone who saw him subconsciously calm down After coming down, I feel that no matter what happens, as long as everyone works together, we will never be unable to survive.

After all, they are all walking on the right path of justice. Although the road ahead is bumpy, there is no doubt that they still believe in this.

Although he was heartbroken when he received the news that the Burns family was purged, and he was genuinely hesitant in front of his wife, but sitting in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, facing his companions who needed to draw strength from his attitude, Eli is still calm and firm, without hesitation or confusion, he must be the person with the clearest goals, and he must not let anyone doubt and bewilder what they are doing.

"Yes, we will definitely not directly give Avada Kedavra to the whistleblower. This is the most obvious difference between us and the Death Eaters. The law will justly punish everyone who deserves to be punished. Wizengamot and Az Caban will help us generate the results of the treatment." Eli said, "But of course the results of the treatment are not limited to this, I think some punishments are more serious than facing the dementors for life."

"What punishment?" Peter asked immediately.Almost as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt that his attitude was too urgent, and he tried to shrink himself back restlessly and apprehensively.

Fortunately, other people were equally curious about it, and he didn't seem too obtrusive among them, and they also stared at Eli.

"Tell me." Sirius said with great interest, "I really can't imagine any punishment more serious than being sucked out of the soul by a dementor. Maybe you don't know, bad children will be thrown into the Azkaban, kissed by a dementor, is the ultimate horror story every wizarding child hears as a child. Maybe it's different in the Muggle world?"

"It's not the same, but it really has nothing to do with the cultural differences between wizarding and Muggle societies," Eli said. "In fact, I think the punishment is worse than being kissed by a dementor. That informer is no longer a A hero, he deserves to be suffering this kind of mental torture every second now."

The air was quiet for a few seconds, and everyone present stared at him, as if he suddenly spoke an incomprehensible language of magical creatures.

"Let me smooth out your thoughts a little bit." Sirius broke the silence first, leaned back on the back of the chair, looked up at the ceiling, showing a pensive expression, "You mean, the rebel among us Suffering from betraying us—may I ask, Eli, is your recent experimental research going well? Has there been any accident where the aging agent was accidentally turned into a shrinking agent? Let me confirm a little bit, How old are you mentally?"

"I knew you would say that." Eli shrugged and shook his head, "Okay, don't make such a joke, it's scary, I'm going to be a father in two months, I'm not allowed at this time Any accidents... I know that you may not agree too much, thinking that if a person chooses to inform, then he must be completely bad, but I have some different ideas. I think this informer, regardless of his Whether out of cowardice or shrewdness, he—yet hasn’t—spoken everything to You-Know-Who.”

What?Sirius frowned at him, but Remus, who had been silent at the side, suddenly said: "I seem to be able to follow your train of thought, Eli, you mean... If it is true that a member of the Order of the Phoenix told the mysterious man The movement of the Burns family allowed the Death Eaters to get accurate information and outflank the Burns family. The direction of this betrayal seems a bit too narrow—only the Burns family was victimized, and the internal operation of the Order of the Phoenix Unaffected, is that what you mean? Looks like this traitor has a feud with the Burns family."

"Yes. Theoretically speaking, he has a lot of information that can be leaked to the mysterious person, each of which will have a very bad impact on us. For example, Arthur and I have quietly completely replaced the protection system at the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Forgive me. I didn't inform everyone beforehand...but it never got triggered after the change, no Death Eaters even tried to come over here to make trouble, they don't seem to have much intel about the Order of the Phoenix, and as far as I know, The Burns family is very popular on our side, and no one has ever had conflicts with their family."

"Selective leaking." Remus nodded, concluding from everyone's pensive expressions, "At present, it seems that this person's betrayal is indeed reserved... You think it is out of his inner guilt feel?"

"I can't guarantee this." Eli said calmly, "just like I can't guarantee that everyone sitting here will not lose their lives suddenly because of the betrayal of their companions one day like Edgar did. Things change There are too many, and life is too fragile. We knew that we were walking on the edge of life and death, but including the traitor—we still chose such a path. Noble sacrifices are worthy of praise, but such a fate should be Avoid. So find out the actions of the betrayer as soon as possible. Extraordinary times, extraordinary plans, if what I am going to offend you, I hope you can understand."

"What is it?" Catherine asked.

Eli's eyes were quiet, and he said softly, "Professor Dumbledore and I want to have a private chat with everyone."

A series of secret conversations unfolded quietly and quickly in the next three days.At this moment, those who got the news were stunned, nervous, excited, and almost suffocated in panic.Word then reached every member of the Order of the Phoenix - not all of them were there, obviously, but that certainly didn't make a difference to the outcome.

But for Regulus, who was not there at the time, another special thing happened that day.When he came to Knockturn Alley wearing a cloak, he heard a familiar voice in a potions shop on the side of the road.

When he followed the reputation, the man was receiving two sacks of bulging potion ingredients. Regulus glanced roughly and judged that the total value of these ingredients would not be less than thirty Galleons.

When the other party put away the potion materials and passed him by the side of the road, Regulus said, "It seems that you have indeed obtained what you want now, congratulations."

The man stopped abruptly, and immediately drew out his wand with an extremely quick reaction.But before casting a spell on him, the other party realized who he was, and after a brief pause, he slowly lowered his wand again.

"Are you here?" the other party asked, without calling out his name, both of them knew each other's identities well.

"Come to buy some dangerous experimental supplies." Regulus said, "What about you, the medicinal material specified by that person? It doesn't look like it. The types of things you bought are a bit scattered."

"Personal research needs." The other party said succinctly, unwilling to chat further.

"Do you still have time to do research on these areas of interest?" Regulus asked him, "I heard that you are now a member of "his" confidant, I know this work is still very busy... I thought You won't be interested in such a life, but maybe there will always be something that doesn't go as smoothly as originally imagined. "

The other party didn't speak, and Regulus didn't continue to speak. They walked together along the street of Knockturn Alley for a while in silence. The influence of the mysterious person here is very small, or it is because of the depression of Diagon Alley. The decay has made this place more lively. The streets are full of people covering themselves from head to toe with black cloaks, silent, like ghostly shadows.

"It's too dark here." Regulus said softly, "If you have the opportunity, get more sunshine. Staying in a dark place for a long time will affect your psychology and emotions... My current office is facing the street, and there is a The big windows, when the sun is shining, the sunlight will come in from the outside and fall on my table, everything is bright and bright, and it is warm everywhere, I like it very much.”

"Thank you for your suggestion." The other party said dryly, "You have become like to meddle in your own business."

"It's not a trivial matter." Regulus smiled softly, "You know, I... now I don't have a home. It's a result that I can't control. Anyway, it's not a very pleasant feeling. My friend also Not so many, so I cherish each one now... If you don't deny it, I think you are certainly one of them."

The other party listened to him quietly, without answering in silence.When they stood still at the end of the street, the other party continued to speak.

"It seems that you are doing well now." He said, "You are fine, and I am fine, which is not bad."

"But this world is not good." Regulus said seriously, "There are wars, bloodshed, casualties and fear everywhere, Sev..."

Severus Snape interrupted him and said calmly, "Those have nothing to do with me."

Regulus stopped talking, stared at him for a while, and didn't speak.

There was a brief silence, and Severus Snape turned and left, with a gust of wind as he left, leaving behind an inaudible whisper.

He said: "Be careful with Potter's friend, don't let him know more about you - if one day you suddenly find that a person around you is dead, it's because I need to silence him, and I will solve him for you. "

"I don't need it," Regulus said immediately, turning around to look at Snape's back.

"Don't kill, Severus, don't take on too many sins—you know that? You're not like them."

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