Chapter 1231 Guidelines
Both parties are very satisfied with the final result.
After leaving the coffee shop, Albert went directly to the headquarters of the Defense Association. He had just received news from George: Angelina had been found.
After escaping from the Death Eater attack, Angelina has been hiding in the safe house and was just taken to the headquarters of the Defense Association by Dobby not long ago.
“You stay here for now and listen to Albert’s advice before making a decision.”
As soon as he approached the hall, Albert saw Fred passing hot cocoa to Angelina while softly calming her down.
“What are you doing standing here?”
George appeared behind Albert at some point, reached out and patted his shoulder, and then followed his gaze towards the hall.
“I really don’t want to spoil the fun and go in and disturb their world.” Albert joked with a smile.
Fred walked out of the hall after hearing the noise, looked at Albert and George standing in the corridor, raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "When did you arrive."
“Just now, I heard you said that you would stay here for now.”
With that said, Albert and George walked into the hall together and looked at Angelina, who was sitting on the sofa, looking pale and in a very bad state of mind.
After all, if a person's nerves are tense and he stays in a dark environment for a day or two, it would be damned if his mental state can be improved.
Noticing the look of help from Fred, Albert said calmly: "I suggest you stay here for the time being. It's safe here. As for your family, I can help you send them a letter and tell them in the letter that you It’s safe now, I’m just hiding for now so they don’t need to worry.”
"What about my Quidditch training?" Angelina was emotional. "I'm still on the team for trial training. What if..."
“There is nothing we can do about it.”
Albert looked at the emotional Angelina and reminded her kindly, "I think you should value your own life safety more than becoming an excellent Quidditch player."
“But, it’s not easy for me...”
Angelina is still emotionally unstable. Becoming a professional Quidditch player has always been her goal. Will this dream be completely shattered in just half a year?
She once suspected that she was targeted by the Death Eaters because she joined the Defense Association, but Claire's disappearance made her realize that this was not the case at all.
“I think you may not have read the newspaper.” Albert said suddenly.
"What?"
Angelina looked at Albert in confusion.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and several people led by Cedric swarmed into the hall.
“Would you like to stay for lunch later?”
Shanna put a plate of fruit on the table and looked at Albert expectantly.
“Well, we’ll eat here for lunch.”
Albert picked up a piece of apple and took a bite. He picked up the newspaper on the table and handed it to Angelina and said, "Damocles is the pharmacist in the newspaper who was tortured by the Cruciatus Curse and was still hospitalized. He is My friend, I advised him a long time ago to leave the UK to avoid the limelight, but he still stayed in the UK... thinking that Death Eaters would do nothing to pure-blood wizards, so he suffered the consequences of his decision to stay."
“Trapped by the Cruciatus Curse and sent to the hospital?”
Many people here understand what Albert means: you need to bear the consequences of your own choices.
These words also remind Angelina that if she does not plan to stay here, once she leaves and is targeted again by Death Eaters, she will have to bear the consequences of being caught by Death Eaters, because they may not be able to rescue her in time.
It's very cold, but it's also very realistic.
It’s hard to say whether Angelina will have the same good luck as last time when she returns to the team and is targeted by Death Eaters again.
"So, the Death Eaters are looking for Mr. Damocles to find you through him?" Fred quickly changed the topic to avoid Albert's words being too cold and hurting Angelina.
"have no idea."
"have no idea?"
Everyone was a little surprised that Albert would say this.
"I think those Death Eaters are crazy." Albert peeled a tangerine for himself and said without saltiness: "Both the mysterious man and the Death Eaters should know very well that we are hiding in the house protected by the Loyalty Curse, even if The possibility of using people as bait is actually not high, after all, the Death Eaters have eaten so many times and they should have learned lessons."
“It seems that the situation is different from what we thought.”
Cedric originally thought that Angelina's situation was the same as his own, but hearing Albert say this, he felt that the whole thing was indeed a bit baffling.
The question now is, for what purpose did the Death Eaters capture Claire, attack Angelina, and torture Damocles?
“I feel like those Death Eaters just want to catch me.” Angelina complained dissatisfiedly. “If I hadn’t apparated away immediately, I would have been caught by the Death Eaters.”
"This matter is indeed a bit weird. I just got news from the Order of the Phoenix that several famous pharmacists' homes were visited by Death Eaters." George gave Fred a look to reassure him. Good Angelina sentiment.
“These people have one characteristic in common…”
“Is it all related to Albert?” Lee Jordan raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, and they are all famous pharmacist masters." George highlighted the key points, took out a piece of parchment from his pocket, and read out a string of names on it: Altida, Damocles and Hetok Da Gervas…”
“I remember they all showed up at your wedding.” George handed a piece of parchment to Albert and continued: “Cedric thinks their target may not be you, otherwise they couldn’t all be pharmacists.”
“This is really unusual, they already have Snape,” said George.
"We have to admit that Snape has a high level of knowledge in potions." Fred agreed, "Moreover, they used the Cruciatus Curse to torture Damocles, and finally used a powerful Oblivion Curse on him. Obviously he doesn’t want his purpose to be exposed.”
“I know who attacked you.” Albert said suddenly.
"who?"
Several people turned their heads and looked over.
"Bellatrix Lestrange." Albert said without hesitation: "You know, that kind of crazy woman is difficult to predict with predictions."
“How do you know?” Angelina asked with her eyes widened.
“This is the result of divination.”
Albert glanced at Angelina and explained: "That crazy woman wants to catch and kill me. Maybe she wants to catch you for the same reason, or she wants to get more information about me from you."
"Of course, the thinking of a madman is always difficult to predict. If I were you, I would not take risks again, especially if you just escaped from them. Sometimes you are not so lucky. "Albert gave his final suggestion, "You can train your black magic defense skills here, and develop a relationship with your boyfriend at the same time..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a whistle came from the hall.
“…Sometimes staying alive is more important than anything else. Only by living can you pursue what you want.” Albert said meaningfully, “We are all young and the future is still very long.”
After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to George: "You first contact Mundungus Fletcher and say that you want to spend galleons to buy useful information from him and ask him to organize the information, and..."
“Buy news?”
Everyone was a little stunned, obviously not expecting Albert to do this.
"Yes, for someone like Mundungus, you need to get some bait to help him increase his enthusiasm. A little Galleons can allow us to get the latest and most useful intelligence, and also allow him to actively collect information for us. Why? Are you happy or not?" Albert signaled everyone to be quiet and continued making arrangements: "Fred is going to contact Kingsley, we also need more information from the Ministry of Magic."
"I thought you would just use divination to find out Bellatrix's purpose." Lee Jordan said with an odd expression.
“Divination is not a panacea. Even if something is divined, it may not be able to give a useful answer.”
Having been a magician for so long, Albert is very aware of the limitations of crystal ball divination, so he has always been careful. After all, the bright future is right in front of him, so why put himself in danger?
After the Smith incident, few people could threaten his life.
Albert had lunch here, and while chatting after the meal, he explained Defense Against Dark Arts to a few people and taught them his own dueling experience.
It only took half an hour for everyone to have a new understanding of the wizard's battle.
“Is this really true?” Angelina asked with confusion on her face, “But why did you...”
"Didn't I mention it to you?" Albert finished her words for her and accepted with a smile, "Because what I'm teaching you so far are the basics, and the basics are actually very important. If you don't learn the basics well, it's useless to learn more advanced ones. .”
“Is this the difference between amateur and professional?” Fred couldn’t help but sigh.
“Can Aurors do what you said?” George asked.
"A few can do it, but the majority of Aurors can only be considered average." Albert simply commented, "Their advantage lies in tacit cooperation, which can improve the combat effectiveness of Aurors."
“But you knocked them all down.”
They have never forgotten the wonderful scene of Albert challenging the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic.
“They underestimated the enemy and paid the price for it.”
“You are always so humble.”
“Sometimes, I think it’s a waste if you don’t become a professor.” Lee Jordan couldn’t help but sigh.
“You should write them down in a book, too,” Shanna suggested.
“The Ministry of Magic is unlikely to allow this content to be published.”
Truman, who has been at the Ministry of Magic for a while, is very aware of the situation there. Books like this will definitely be thrown directly into the restricted book area at Hogwarts, and there is no way it will be circulated in the British wizarding world.
In fact, the Ministry of Magic is slow to teach everyone knowledge about defense against the dark arts, not only because many wizards are not receptive, but also because the Ministry of Magic does not actually want many wizards to master combat skills, which will bring them more trouble. .
Let people teach everyone the defense against dark arts, mostly to appease and win people's hearts.
If it weren't for the Death Eaters who were causing trouble everywhere and making people panic, many senior officials in the Ministry of Magic would not even allow Scrimgeour to do that.
“It is better to block than to divert, and it is better to guide. Correct guidance is the most important.”
"The people at the Ministry of Magic actually know it, but they are unwilling to do it." Truman finished what Albert wanted to say.
“Why?” Angelina asked doubtfully.
“Because it’s very troublesome.”
Cedric was deeply touched during his time working at the Ministry of Magic.
"Many people are unwilling to bear this responsibility, whether it is the Ministry of Magic, adults, or the entire magical world, so when the mysterious man rose to power, the entire magical world became like this." Albert said calmly, "It can only be said that the return of the mysterious man has exposed many problems."
“But the Ministry of Magic is not...”
"The Ministry of Magic can continue to exist because of Dumbledore. They were able to capture so many dark wizards because I provided them with information." Albert motioned for everyone to stay quiet and continued to say shocking words, " Scrimgeour wanted to fight the mysterious man and the Death Eaters because he realized that he was likely to be killed in the line of duty by the mysterious man."
(End of this chapter)