Chapter 1318 Nagging
“Okay, that’s it for this party. 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.
Only when we are excited and passionate can we have the motivation to make progress.
Having said that, the Defense Association had grown unknowingly, and the number of members was more than he expected, already exceeding forty.
“When will we start fighting back?” someone asked, raising his hand.
Albert followed the voice and found that the person asking the question was Hannah Abbott of Hufflepuff.
This girl has recently been helping to manage the students at the shelter and has done a very good job. After careful consideration, Cedric felt that she should receive more formal training in defense against dark arts, so he recommended to Albert that she should come and follow everyone. Practice Defense Against the Dark Arts. Anyway, Hannah is already an adult, no longer troubled by traces, and she has also passed the Apparition exam.
“Many people think that someone should step forward and lead everyone to resist the mysterious man.”
Many members echoed it, and the meaning was obvious.
The victory after victory has made most members of the defense association full of confidence and can't wait to show off their talents.
"Then what?"
Albert asked expressionlessly, "Were you targeted by Death Eaters and betrayed?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the scene suddenly fell into a dead silence, and then completely exploded.
There were whispers all around, and everyone looked at Albert in surprise, obviously not understanding why he said that.
“I have to tell you something very cruel.”
Albert raised his hand and made a quiet gesture. After the surrounding voices gradually quieted down, he continued: "Don't look at it. Everyone expects someone to stand up and lead everyone to resist the mysterious man, but those words are just lies. Lies, I never deny that people long for peace, but most people do not have the courage to stand up and fight for this peace for themselves. They more hope that a savior can come and save them from the sea of suffering."
"I can understand that you want to lead everyone to fight against the mysterious man, but what most people need is actually a savior, a savior who can bring them peace, but they may not be eager to fight for that peace personally, because that Too dangerous."
"Don't forget, this is a cruel wizard war, not a school game. War always requires death. Everyone has only one life. I don't want you to be fooled here. He lost his life inexplicably in a cruel war."
Looking at the astonished members, Albert kindly reminded: "Everyone, please don't forget how the wizards in the British wizarding world treated Harry Potter, the savior, in the past few years. If you have a hot head, you will make people look like fools and be deceived."
"I never deny that there are still many people in the British magical 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: "You Do you know what verbal support is?”
Everyone looked at each other, but no one answered for a while.
“Let me give you an example.” Albert suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Lee Jordan and said to Fred beside him, “This guy actually wants to kidnap your girlfriend and beat him up!”
Everyone looked stunned.
"Yes, I support Fred beating up Lee Jordan." Albert spread his hands and said, "It's ridiculous like this."
“Can’t you give another example?” Lee Jordan couldn’t help but rolled his eyes at Albert.
There was a burst of joyful laughter all around.
"Actually, I never expected to get more support from other people from the beginning, because I am very aware of the situation in the British wizarding community." Albert raised his hand to suppress his laughter, "Human nature cannot stand the test. , if Death Eaters want someone to betray us, all they have to do is capture his family and threaten him with their lives. For the safety of their families, most people will choose to betray us 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 dark wizards cannot be trusted at all. They will still hold his family as a rope and continue to treat each other like dogs. "
Many people couldn't help but frown when they heard the words, as if they were judging how credible Albert's words were.
"I think you all know the famous savior Harry Potter." Albert gave another example of an acquaintance: "Harry's father, James Potter, trusted his good friend Pettigrew too much back then. Peter declined Dumbledore's offer to become the Secret Keeper, but he never expected that Peter Pettigrew would have been threatened by a mysterious man and was forced to become a Death Eater undercover spy for the Order of the Phoenix. You also know the result. Well, the Potters asked Peter Pettigrew to be their secret keeper, and they were betrayed and lost their lives for this."
As a good friend of the Potters, Peter Pettigrew didn't care about his friendship with the Potters at all. He could betray his friends without any qualms. Do you still think that other people would really not betray in that situation? "
“No, believe me, they are 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 be aware of the list you just signed here. I cast a strong contract magic on it. As long as someone If you betray us, everyone will notice it immediately."
“Can’t it be cracked?”
“Sure, but I won’t give them a chance.”
Many people are starting to think about why Albert is telling everyone this. Obviously something has happened, or something bad is going to happen, so everyone needs to be mentally prepared.
Because they all knew that Albert had never been a nagging person.
"Okay, maybe this still can't convince you, but I have never wanted to convince you. I believe that you all have your own judgment as adults. What I want to say now is another shelter, another one for others. A temporary shelter for persecuted wizards.”
Albert actually hated nagging these things, but he found that the members of the Defense Association were already a little impetuous because of their successive victories. He needed to calm down and recognize some people or a group of people before they did something stupid. The current situation.
“Did something really happen?”
Cedric exchanged glances with the others and continued to listen quietly to what Albert had finished.
"Harry went there not long ago, trying to persuade them to cheer up," Albert's lips curved up with a sarcastic smile: "As many of you said, people hope that someone will come forward, Leading everyone to resist the mysterious man, Harry Potter did exactly that. He was the most vivid flag, but there were very few responders, or none at all."
Many people’s eyes widened in surprise, and they suddenly understood why Albert had spent so much time talking to them.
As Muggle wizards who have been persecuted, most people do not have the courage to stand up against the mysterious man. Do you still expect those who are still safe to stand up bravely and risk their families and lives?
Maybe there are, but they are definitely in the minority.
"This is a war, a cruel war, so I hope you will recognize the reality. Currently, among the wizards in the entire British magical world, only we standing here, the Order of the Phoenix, and even a very small number of wizards have such courage. Stand up and resist." Albert said, raising his voice.
"I never lied to you, there is no point in doing so. If you don't believe it, look at Scrimgeour's fate. In order to protect the Aurors, he once took the initiative to duel with the mysterious man, hoping to save the Aurors and make them resist. The important power of the mysterious man, but look at what those Aurors did. They betrayed Scrimgeour's expectations and became the lackeys and minions of the mysterious man.
There is no doubt that the Aurors recently followed Umbridge to Hogwarts to bully the professors there, forcing Professor McGonagall to drink Veritaserum in an attempt to obtain the home addresses of expelled students from her mouth. "
Everyone was dumbfounded by what Albert said, but they did hear similar news from the wizard lookout station radio not long ago.
At that time, none of them thought much about it, but they just didn’t expect that it would be like that.
"Have even Aurors taken refuge in the mysterious man?" Many people stared in disbelief. "Didn't you say that many Death Eaters died in their hands?"
"Yes, but that was an order given by Scrimgeour, and he is already dead. Before his death, he took away all the hatred and saved most people." Albert said coldly, "So, don't hold too much hope. What an unrealistic fantasy.”
"What we have to do now is to unite all the people who can be united and prepare for the upcoming decisive battle." Albert looked at the confused people and said loudly, "Although in my prediction, the victorious The balance has long been tilted in our favor, but we still cannot relax until we defeat the mysterious man and win, because our enemy is equally powerful."
“Then from now on, shall we just practice spells and train combat skills?” Dean asked doubtfully.
"Yes, that is what you need to do most at the moment." Albert nodded and said, "As for the 'supporters' from the outside world, we will lend a hand if we can help. If you want to risk your own life, If you take risks, then I think there is no need. We never hesitate to help others, but we need to put our own safety as the first priority."
Warm applause suddenly broke out.
Many people even came over to give Albert a big hug.
No one will think that is nonsense.
The members who can stand here are all adults and have their own judgment. They know very well why Albert, who has never liked talking nonsense, took the time to tell them so many things.
They all knew that Albert was teaching them important self-protection 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 for you to talk so much.” Fred said with a smile and lightly hit Albert’s shoulder.
"I just hope they can calm down and don't do stupid things in a hurry and lose their lives in vain." Albert warned, "Today's Defense Association has been targeted by Death Eaters. If not Be careful, sooner or later someone will be unlucky because of this, and if that happens, it will seriously affect everyone's morale."
In the near future, morale is important as people fight against the mysterious man and his minions.
“Then should we stop our recent practice?” George asked with raised eyebrows. In the past few days, they had been practicing the Patronus Charm with dementors in groups.
“How is the effect?” Albert did not answer, but asked.
"good."
"good?"
“As you said, not everyone can summon their own patron saint when facing a dementor.” George nodded.
“Approximately how many people have succeeded.” Albert asked directly.
“About one-third.” There was a little embarrassment on Fred’s face.
In fact, even they find it difficult to successfully summon their own patron saint 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 dementors."
“Time? There’s no time for you to mess around.”
“How come, we just...
"What have you done recently, don't you think about it?" Albert interrupted angrily, "People from the Order of the Phoenix don't cause trouble as often as you do. If the Death Eaters don't target you, they can still go there. Who to follow?”
"That Slytherin brat took the initiative to cooperate, so we can't refuse!" Fred tried to argue, "As you know, his whole family was killed by a dark wizard, and that child wanted to seek revenge from the dark wizard. "
“This is no reason for you to use underage wizards to hang up the search team.”
Several people present were a little embarrassed, but it was undeniable that their combat experience had grown rapidly, and the group of dark wizards in the search team had a lot to do with it.
“You probably didn’t let him kill anyone!”
"No." George shook his head and said: "We just let him beat each other hard to vent. The hatred in his heart has been reduced a lot recently. He is now working hard to practice spells. I think he will become a good friend of ours in the future. helper."
“Let’s calm down for a while. It’s time to stop training the Dementors. Don’t step into other people’s traps.”
"We are not fools, how could we be ambushed so easily?" Lee Jordan felt that Albert's worries were completely unnecessary. Every time they went out to find dementors to practice the Patronus Charm, they would pick out the lone dementors. If you start, you won't give the dark wizards time to react. Even if there are dark wizards, they can't be their opponents. From the wands placed in the cabinet, you can know that they have achieved great results. The price of the wands on the market is uncertain. The price will go up because of this!
"What if they can't find you and choose to attack Muggles indiscriminately? Will you help then or not?" Albert reminded: "Remember, they are dark wizards and they can do anything unscrupulous, so Don't push them into a hurry, lest they go crazy and use other methods to force you out. Also, we have an action next."
“What action?”
"Hogwarts is about to start school, and it is expected that Death Eaters and Dementors will go back to search the train. At that time, we will go over and teach them a lesson. By the way, we will give confidence to those members who are going to the Defense Association, and then guide them to reorganize Dumbledore’s Army.”
"So, you are going to lead us to cause trouble yourself?" The Weasley brothers couldn't help but widen their eyes with expressions of disbelief.
(End of this chapter)