Chapter 1501 Awakening
Percy, who had just returned to the bedroom to pick up the manuscript and prepare to go to the temporary office, suddenly stopped and looked sideways at the group of people crowded in the corridor outside the conference room. He frowned and asked, "What are you doing here?"
“They were wondering what Albert was discussing with Harry, Hermione and Ron.”
Fleur brought tea and cakes to the group of people waiting outside, and then asked casually: "How long have you been in there?"
“It’s almost half an hour,” George said, glancing at his pocket watch.
"What do you think there is in Gringotts worth risking?"
"have no idea."
Ginny is more concerned about Harry's safety. Although she also knows that some things may be inevitable, she still can't help but worry.
“Don’t expect to overhear any news, Albert can’t let you know.”
Percy felt that instead of crowding here and waiting for the impossible news, he might as well do something more meaningful, such as preparing for the upcoming Battle of Hogwarts.
Now it has obviously reached the most critical moment, but as a result, he, a guy who is not even an Auror, has to complete the manuscript for the pre-war mobilization conference room alone.
No, it should be said that this was originally Kingsley's business, but Kingsley is now traveling abroad to deal with the final battle, so most matters have to be handled by Percy.
“Are you really not curious at all?”
"Just keep this kind of thing in your mind and don't spread it randomly."
"cut!"
Although they have forgiven Percy for his "betrayal", they still find this guy boring.
"You should pay attention to the next decisive battle at Hogwarts." Percy looked at these incompetent guys in front of him with disgust, and said in a reproachful tone: "Or, you are planning to be so rude without preparing anything. To fight in the **** wizarding war?"
Fred and George exchanged glances with each other, then walked up to Percy from both sides, hooked his shoulders firmly, and comforted him with a smile: "You don't have to worry about this."
"Things are not as bad as you think. We have already made arrangements."
The two of them said "you say something, and I say something".
"As long as you practice the spells in the "Self-Defense Guide" carefully, there will be no problem in dealing with the upcoming Battle of Hogwarts."
As he spoke, Fred reached out and took out a piece of folded parchment from his robe pocket and stuffed it directly into Percy's pocket: "You will know after you look at this, and we are not going to deal with the mysterious person. The enemy is not as scary as you think."
“As for what to do, I don’t need to worry about it. Albert will definitely hold a pre-war meeting.”
The Weasley brothers felt that most members of the Order of the Phoenix had no confidence in Albert, but why didn't they want to use their brains to think about it. If they were really unsure, would Albert lead everyone to launch a rash attack?
Percy glared at his unreliable brother, took out the parchment in his pocket and glanced at the contents, then put it away again, then looked up at the closed door with a complicated expression. , turned around and returned to the temporary office. He had no extra time to waste here.
Just as several people were whispering about their guesses, the door of the conference room suddenly opened from the inside.
Albert saw someone outside the door looking at him eagerly. After speaking to remind him, he looked at the enthusiastic Fred and George: "The radio can start, and the shelter... Let's count up the list of people who are willing to participate, and put us Give them all the props hoarded in the warehouse."
"You are really generous." Fred muttered. "I hope Kingsley can get some money from the International Confederation of Wizards, otherwise we will really go bankrupt." "Don't worry, we won't go bankrupt."
Albert didn’t care about this kind of thing at all. He didn’t know whether he really didn’t care about money or whether he thought he wouldn’t lose money.
"When are you going to have the meeting?" Percy said out of nowhere, "I mean the pre-war meeting."
“When will Kingsley come back?” Albert asked.
"Maybe...tomorrow," Percy said. "I'll let them know."
"Then let's do it this time tomorrow." After looking at the time on his pocket watch, Albert closed the door of the conference room with his backhand and asked everyone not to disturb Harry, Ron and Hermione.
"Look, I said there's no need to worry at all, we can definitely catch the mysterious man off guard."
After Albert left, Fred and George both turned to look at Percy and said in unison.
“You guys are really noisy, can’t you go somewhere else?”
The door of the conference room was opened again. Ron leaned out half of his body, looked at the people crowded in the aisle, and complained.
Without waiting for anyone else to answer, he asked again, "By the way, where are the Albertans?"
"He's back, do you have something to do with him?" Ginny asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"No, forget it now that he has gone back." Ron retracted his head and slammed the door of the conference room again.
After closing the office door again and using the spell to isolate the sounds inside and outside, Ron, who had been holding back his complaints since just now, finally couldn't help but complain.
“I feel like that guy doesn’t care if we succeed in destroying Hufflepuff’s cup.”
"Albert obviously thinks we can successfully complete the mission." Hermione glanced at Ron, then turned her gaze back to Harry, who was staring at the parchment in his hand and thinking about it. Seeing that his mood did not change much, she couldn't help but feel relieved. , said to Ron in a reproachful tone: "You are just disappointed because Albert did not help us make a perfect plan."
“I don’t believe he didn’t…”
"There is never a foolproof plan in this world. It is normal for plans to fail to keep up with changes." Hermione interrupted impatiently, "Besides, we cannot place all our hopes on Albert."
In the previous exchange, Albert had been playing the role of a listener, silently listening to them talk about their plan to invade Gringotts. At most, he occasionally raised his own questions to help them improve the entire plan to invade Gringotts. By the way, remind them how to solve those problems when they encounter them.
But he never mentioned the backup plan to them.
For a guy as powerful as Albert, it is not particularly difficult to invade Gringotts or escape from Azkaban. This is why Ron has always believed that Albert has a safer backup plan. .
"His plan may not be suitable for us, and we can't always count on Albert to help us solve all our problems." Harry put down the parchment, raised his head and said to the two close friends beside him: "We may need to bring a broomstick, and finally It’s best to bring a spare wand and don’t forget Gryffindor’s sword. If you want those elves to cooperate with us, you must show sincerity.”
"But, Harry..." Ron seemed to want to say something, but was interrupted again by Harry raising his hand.
"Don't worry that the goblins will take the Sword of Gryffindor as their own. Albert once told me that the sword belongs to Hogwarts and no one can take it away." Harry knew what Ron was worried about. , but he really doesn't care, they are all people who can't live for a few days, and nothing is more important to Harry now than the complete elimination of Voldemort.
As for the goblins, I believe that after Voldemort learned that the Horcruxes stored in the Lestrange family vault were destroyed, the angry Voldemort would definitely not give the goblins good things to eat.
(End of this chapter)