Study Days at Hogwarts

Chapter 1442 Wishful Thinking

I don’t know what Yaxley was thinking, but he didn’t choose to bury the matter completely afterwards. Instead, he had the body taken away, and he revealed the specific location of the Defense Association headquarters to the Ministry of Magic, so that the new Minister of Magic, Pierce Send professionals from the Ministry of Magic to search the village and try to decipher its secrets.

When the employees of the Ministry of Magic learned about the incident, the attack on the Defense Association headquarters naturally couldn't be concealed. Not everyone can keep it secret. It is human nature to gossip.

The Order of the Phoenix, which had secretly placed personnel in the Ministry of Magic, also learned the news immediately.

Mrs. Weasley almost fainted.

 After a short discussion, Moody's made a series of emergency arrangements in an attempt to obtain more information and clarify the whereabouts of the defense association members.

“Judging from the traces of battle at the scene and the large amount of blood remaining on the ground, a very tragic battle indeed took place in that village.”

Kingsley hurried back to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters and immediately shared with everyone the first-hand news he had just received.

 “Have you contacted Fred and George?”

 The conference room fell into a deadly silence, giving Kingsley a bad premonition.

"We have used all the contact methods, but we still can't contact Fred and George." Mrs. Weasley looked like she might collapse at any time. She had already lost one son and could not bear the cruel fact of losing two sons again.

 “Where is Albert?” asked Kingsley.

"We can't contact Albert either." Hermione shook her head.

“It’s impossible for Albert to have no reaction for such an important matter, or should I say…”

“No, with Albert’s foresight, he might have been at the scene of the tragic battle that took place last night.”

Patsy looked at the worried family and comforted softly: "With Albert here, even if he is really attacked by a mysterious man, he will definitely be able to lead others to escape safely. Don't forget, that village is his stronghold." , it is impossible to encounter a sneak attack without preparation."

"So, I think it's pointless for you to discuss this matter here." Sirius interrupted at an inappropriate time: "With Albert's character, it would be great if he didn't sneak attack the Death Eaters, but you are actually worried that Voldemort can A sneak attack on him?"

Everyone suspected that Sirius had some misunderstanding about Albert?

 Albert is indeed very powerful, but he is still a human being after all.

"I think Sirius is right." Harry noticed that everyone was looking at him and expressed his judgment, "They should have moved to a new stronghold. With Albert's unpredictable character, it is almost impossible for him to Sneak attack, not to mention that Albert was almost never at a disadvantage in his confrontation with Voldemort."

"But why didn't they contact us?" Ron asked everyone's doubts.

This is the main reason why everyone is worried. If the Defense Association successfully evacuated, why didn't they take the initiative to contact the Order of the Phoenix?

 “Perhaps, they are sleeping.”

Ginny winked and said something witty, hoping to lighten the atmosphere. She was willing to trust Harry's judgment.

“You may have forgotten that it’s only eight o’clock in the morning, and they may have been busy until very late last night before going to rest. It doesn’t seem strange that they didn’t receive the message from you, right?”

Hermione continued Ginny's words, feeling that others were overreacting.

"With Albert's strength and the members of the Defense Association, he may not be able to defeat Voldemort and his Death Eaters." Hermione paused and put forward the most important basis, "Today's Daily Prophet "There is no report at all that they are dead." Hermione looked at Kingsley and asked, "The Ministry of Magic probably didn't find the bodies of the members of the Defense Association, right?"

"No." Kingsley also calmed down and nodded: "You are right. With Voldemort's behavior, if he really kills Albert, he will definitely let the entire British wizarding world know about it through newspapers. Knowing that he killed Albert would effectively undermine everyone's confidence."

"That's it, so there's no need to make a fuss at all." Sirius had great confidence in Albert and was not worried at all that he would be in danger.

“I’m actually more curious, how did the mysterious man find the headquarters of the Defense Association?”

"Probably it was pried out from the mouth of the captured association member. It is not difficult to do it with Voldemort's ability?" Moody, who had been silent since just now, suddenly interjected.

“No, I think the probability is not high.” Sirius shook his head.

"Why?"

"I heard Fred and George say that even the internal members of the Defense Association do not necessarily know the specific location of the association's headquarters. When they go out, they are usually helped by the house elf Dobby, who will use Apparition to go to a forbidden place first. Apparition shelter, and then leave from that shelter." Harry did not forget to explain to everyone, "House elves are not restricted by the wizard's anti-Apparition magic. The magic of the two sides does not seem to be the same system. Specifically, I don’t know the reason either.”

 After everyone's attention was transferred, the atmosphere in the conference room was not as solemn as before.

However, members of the Order of the Phoenix still come in and out from time to time, bringing them all kinds of useful news.

But as Hermione said, the Ministry of Magic did not find the bodies of the Defense Society members, and people from the Ministry of Magic also believed that there were other secret strongholds in the village, saying that Death Eaters planned to use people from the Ministry of Magic as bait.

 It’s just that the big fish they wanted to catch never got hooked.

  The anxious atmosphere at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters did not end abruptly until 2:30 that afternoon. They finally contacted Fred and George and learned that all members of the Defense Association had been transferred to the new Defense Association headquarters.

 “…that’s probably what happened!”

 Looking at Fred and George who were yawning and slowly talking about last night's battle, everyone was stunned.

Who made the battle last night so thrilling?

“So, that lot of blood was left by the dead Death Eaters?” Ron stammered.

"The first batch should be all fakes. I didn't expect that guy Voldemort would also learn bad things and actually use such despicable methods, using a bunch of fakes as bait to lure us into taking the bait." Fred yawned again. , added, "However, after those guys were beaten to the ground by us, they were directly involved in the Death Eaters' sneak attack and died miserably."

"To be honest, it was quite dangerous at the time." George recalled the battle last night, still a little scared, "Later, after Albert killed the fake Voldemort, he realized something was wrong and reacted immediately, otherwise That wave of sneak attacks and bombings might seriously damage the entire association."

 “Then what are you doing now?”

"Last night, everyone held a banquet after we were safe to celebrate that we had foiled the mysterious man's conspiracy. As a result, we didn't sleep all night." After saying that, Fred covered his yawn again and said: "Okay, I want to go back It’s time to take a nap.”

Everyone was a bit dumbfounded and even wanted to beat them up. I was scared for them just now, but in the end...

"I didn't expect that Ginny really got it right. They didn't reply to the message but they just didn't wake up." Ron felt that the whole thing was too magical, but he didn't expect that it was just wishful thinking on their part from beginning to end.

 (End of this chapter)