Chapter 1303 Giving and Reward
Looking at Albert, who was drowned by the crowd in the blink of an eye, Fred and the others listened to the complaints coming from the room not far away, with unconcealed gloating on their faces. Albert should have come in person a long time ago Experienced it.
“Do you think Albert can deal with them?”
Cedric looked at the crowded crowd in the room and asked his companions in a low voice. To be honest, he hopes that Albert can really solve the problem so that everyone's life will not be so difficult.
"It's difficult. To put it bluntly, this matter is about money, but the problem is that we don't have money." Shanna is very dissatisfied and doesn't like the group of guys in the room who don't have any self-awareness. She said they should let them fend for themselves. Self-destruction, why do you have to do such a thankless thing?
“Anyway, don’t expect us to donate any more galleons.” George directly blocked the donation: “Our few galleons were not conjured out of thin air.”
“Those guys are like three-year-old children. They only complain all day long and don’t know how to be grateful at all.” Fred had never felt that someone was so disgusting.
It is already very troublesome for them just to maintain the normal operation of the Defense Association. After all, the materials in the Defense Association also need someone to pay for them.
“Perhaps, they have lived like dogs for more than ten years.” Lee Jordan sneered venomously. He also didn't understand what Albert was doing with this place. It was impossible for them to help everyone. He believed that Albert knew this and had expected it to be like this.
That’s why he didn’t want to come here.
“At least Albert saved them.”
Cedric admired Albert very much. He saved these people, otherwise many Muggle-born students would have been captured in Azkaban. No one dares to bet that they can come out of Azkaban alive.
Cedric knew very well how much pressure Albert was under.
Most of the members of the Defense Association felt that what Albert did was completely thankless. They thought that he should run the Defense Association well and slowly expand the number of members of the association. The entire association was very united and ignored these white-eyed wolves at all. Don't waste your limited energy on them.
Yes, everyone is upset about it.
They even told Albert about this through Shanna, and I believe Albert himself knows this very well:
They can only provide limited help to everyone, which is not really satisfactory. Even if it does save the lives of many people, few will truly be grateful to them, because they will only remember that someone caused them to live a hard life.
"At least they are alive, that's enough. I think this is probably Albert's greatest mercy!" Shanna looked at the figure who was listening carefully and trying to help everyone solve the problem.
“After all, as long as people are alive, there is still hope.”
"I never thought they would be able to escape capture, especially without the ability to use magic."
“If we were really thrown into Azkaban, how many people would survive?”
If you could really mix in with Muggles, there wouldn't be so many people here.
In the final analysis, they and Kingsley came here to seek refuge because they had no better choice. They had been told about the situation here from the beginning, but those people never wanted to work hard to change on their own. They complained all day long and hoped that Someone can help them improve their difficult environment. They are like crying children drinking milk. This is why everyone hates them so much because they are no longer children. They also have magic wands in their hands and can use magic to do something.
“Anderson is a really great guy.”
Ted Tonks had to admit this. Maybe it was inappropriate to say that he saved the people here, but most people should thank him.
However, Albert did not care about the apparent lack of gratitude among those children. This was one of the reasons why Ted admired him. He only saw this kind of character in Dumbledore.
"I believe Anderson will become as great a person as Dumbledore in the future." Ted said firmly.
“He already is!” Zannah corrected.
Ted looked at the noisy room, nodded and said, "You're right, he already is."
Everyone did not stay to watch the show, but went directly to Ted's room to prevent someone from being unable to control their disgust and throwing curses into the room.
Ted was different from other escapees. He was entrusted by the Order of the Phoenix to take care of the students. He was not here to suffer with them. He was naturally prepared. He lived in a magic tent himself.
Although it is strange to set up a tent in a room, living in a tent is undoubtedly much more comfortable than other people.
However, Ted did not let other students know about this, otherwise those children with an unbalanced mentality would explode on the spot, and God knows what extraordinary things they would do.
“Do you think Albert will succeed?”
“I’m afraid it’s difficult.”
“He will, that guy never does anything he’s not sure about.”
About half an hour later, there was a knock on the door, and Albert came over to ask them to go to the party.
“Can this solve the problem?” Cedric couldn’t help but ask.
“What are you going to do, add another Galleons to them?” Shanna raised her eyebrows slightly, she was curious about what solution Albert had found.
"I heard from Hannah that they are planning to reorganize Dumbledore's Army (DA), and I think this is good." Albert led everyone into an empty room, where Hannah was waiting for them.
“Find a place to sit.”
Just when everyone was confused, Albert waved his magic wand, conjuring several cardboard boxes out of thin air, and then turned the cardboard boxes into benches before beckoning them to sit down and talk.
The DA party officially started after Zannah closed the door and the Weasley twins lit the magic candlestick.
Albert waved his magic wand again and conjured several drinks out of thin air on the table. After taking a sip from the butterbeer, he said unhurriedly, "It's difficult to change everyone's minds in one breath, and Doing that will only make them feel bad, and may even cause them to have rebellious thoughts such as who do you think you are and why should I listen to you?"
"People are just bad, let them suffer a lot, and they will naturally understand Albert's good intentions." Lee Jordan noticed that everyone was looking at him, shrugged and said, "Don't look at me like that, this is Kenny's words Si’s original words.”
“We didn’t say otherwise.” The Weasley brothers looked at each other and couldn’t help laughing.
Hanna was the only one present who looked a little unnatural.
“We need an example.” Albert cleared his throat and said, “An example for everyone to follow.”
“You mean to recruit members of the Defense Association (DA).” Cedric raised his eyebrows.
“Dumbledore’s Army,” Hannah corrected.
“There’s no need to care about the name, it’s just a symbol.” Albert interrupted a few people who were hesitant to speak, and continued: “Hannah, how many people are clearly willing to join DA now?
“Probably seven in total including me.” Hannah was a little curious about what Albert was going to do.
"First of all, you need to clean three rooms. One is your gathering place, which is here. The other two rooms are for you to rest." Albert explained, "A comfortable environment and delicious food are conducive to Your unity.”
“There are only flour and potatoes here.” Hannah said helplessly.
"As for food, I will let Dobby the house elf teach you how to cook various foods. Meat and eggs will also be provided in small amounts, but don't expect too much."
"no problem."
Hanna was relieved to see that Albert was really solving the problem.
“So, are you planning to use the benefits of the Defense Association to attract everyone to join?” George also realized what Albert was planning to do.
“Can this really be successful?”
"I just hope to use this to change their incorrect thinking. It is too difficult to convince them directly. Some things must be understood by themselves." Albert looked at Hannah and said: "When they find out that they will follow us If they live a better life, they will definitely be willing to follow our footsteps and move forward.”
"Are you sure they won't treat it like an explosion?" Fred frowned and reminded, "Won't there be a huge conflict because of your different treatment?"
"They spent the galleons in their own pockets and asked Mr. Tonks to help buy it." Albert said without thinking, "It's obviously okay for me to spend money to eat better."
“There’s no shortage of loudmouths anywhere,” George reminded.
“Yes, so DA members need to find some token money, and we will solve the rest. Of course, and it won’t cost many Galleons.” Albert said calmly.
“Does that make sense?” Hannah asked, confused.
"Of course, you will cherish the things you spend money on instead of wasting them carelessly." Albert looked at Hannah who looked a little stunned and said, "If you can do this job well, I believe you will definitely be good at management in the future. It is a rare opportunity to be able to leave others behind because they have no experience. I hope you can cherish it."
After speaking, Albert glanced at Shanna, who looked away awkwardly.
"I will."
Hanna was stunned for a moment, knowing that this was more difficult than becoming a prefect, but it was also a very rare training opportunity for her.
"The next thing is about the DA gathering." Albert said to Hannah: "First go and find those few members who are willing to join the DA!"
Although Hannah didn’t know what Albert was planning to do, she still went out and summoned several other DA members.
Everyone was curious about what Albert was going to say alone, but they all felt that it was definitely not a bad thing.
After all, they all support Harry Potter and are willing to join the DA.
As for whether the DA is the Defense Association or Dumbledore's Army, there seems to be no difference. Anyway, the purpose is to support Harry and resist the mysterious man.
They are also willing to believe that Albert will provide some extra help to their loyal supporters.
Life here is indeed a bit bad.
(End of this chapter)