Chapter 56: The Witch Shadow Empire
On Christmas morning, when Hermione opened the door, she was surprised to see Andrew and Cho standing outside the door.
Andrew and Autumn are wearing the same style of clothes, and there is also a cute, black and white, round, and cute dango printed on it...
They had snowflakes on their heads and their faces were flushed with cold, "Hey, Hermione, Merry Christmas." Cho said. Autumn looks more beautiful, the appearance of an invincible young and beautiful girl, a little more charming and mature.
They went back to the house with Hermione, Hermione's father was a dentist, Hermione's house was nicely furnished, and her parents were very hospitable to Cho and Andrew Lee.
"We just came back from China," Andrew said vividly before he could speak, taking off his coat,
"China?" asked Hermione's father curiously, "Is it the Far East?" Oh, now you don't know how hot the Far East is, and many gentlemen and ladies who come to my clinic like nothing more than to talk about China."
"How did you get there, did you make a plane, or did you do a train to Central Europe, did your parents feel comfortable that you traveled so far?" asked Hermione's mother in surprise.
Qiu happily glanced at Andrew, who was undressing, the two of them had their own things, but Qiu still squeezed out a few days from a trip to South Africa to accompany her boyfriend. Autumn pretended to be mysterious, "You know what kind of students we and Hermione are, I mean, you probably don't know much about us, after all, you are Muggles, and we ----" Autumn looked at Hermione, who was sitting next to hermione, and Hermione smiled, "You don't know wizards, we travel in the most common way wizards".
"Oh my God, I forgot, you're wizards. Ha, Hermione never wanted to show anything about wizards at home, although she knew that Hermione must have been good in school, but sometimes it was always difficult to understand, those about witches, uh, you know, those magical bad witches and all that, always misleading people and misunderstandings about wizards. Mr. Granger said with a smile.
"Dad, underage wizards can't do magic casually, it's a rule of the Ministry of Magic!" Hermione snuggled up to her mother and explained.
"Well, too, if it's like in the movies, it's easy to cause confusion if you let a child master such a dangerous skill and use it around," asked Mr. Granger.
"Mr. Granger, if you're really curious about that, head to Diagon Alley, where you can get into Diagon Alley with Hermione's status, and there's a lot of interesting things to see. Andrew said, "It's just that there are a lot of people there, and it's better to be accompanied by a wizard, otherwise it's easy to make jokes." β
"Diagon Alley, of course, I've been there a few times, twice to be exact, the one Hermione went to school, and I'm impressed, impressed! Those magical magic props, the streets of a medieval town, but with moving posters, and..."
"Your dad is such an enlightened Muggle, he is so curious and receptive to the wizarding world. Leaving Hermione's house, Andrew said.
"Yes, my father's wish since childhood was to become a great astronaut, but unfortunately he became a dentist by mistake, but he has always been interested in science fiction movies, until there is a witch in the family, and he has become obsessed with the legends of wizards, vampires, and Vikings..." Hermione said with a smile.
"Well, if you have time, you can invite Mr. Granger to my house, where you can cast your magic, you know, I have a lot of wizards in my house. "Earl Lee's family employs a lot of retired Aurors.
"Are we going to Ginny Weasley's house now?" Cho asked.
Hermione frowned, and Andrew nodded. Despite Andrew's intervention, Mr. Weasley did not escape Nagini's harm.
"Hermione, you're not skilled in moving with the Autumn Phantom, take my hand, I'll take you. Cho and Hermione took Andrew's hand, and with a pop, the three disappeared into the alley.
Sirius has left the school since Professor Umbridge became a special investigator at Hogwarts. Although Animagus is very rare and Sirius is still unregistered, a figure like him is constantly dangling in front of Professor Umbridge, and it is too dangerous.
In desperation, Sirius had no choice but to return to his home.
At this time, Blake's old house, which was the temporary headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, looked out of place in the surrounding Christmas-like streets, like a withered walking corpse. After the three of them appeared, the old mansion was squeezed out of the middle of the two apartments. A very rough wreath of braids is the only Christmas decoration.
"It must have been made up by Fred and George, and if Ginny had made it, it would have looked a hundred times better than this. Hermione knocked on the door and commented on the garland on the door.
It was Ron who opened the door, he looked nervous, his scarlet hair was messy, but he was still a little surprised to see good Hermione. Ron brought the three into the living room, almost all of the Weasleys were there, and Harry Potter was there.
"How's Mr. Weasley?" asked Hermione.
"It's almost fine," said Ginny, still cheerfully, "but the doctor just won't let him go." Andrew, dad said, you seem to have warned him in advance to prepare him. β
"Hmm. But it doesn't seem to have helped. Andrew nodded.
"Daddy is that kind of person," Ginny laughed as he looked at Mr. Weasley's picture on the table, "and Daddy volunteered." Even though he knew that there was danger, he insisted on doing things for the Order of the Phoenix. β
"It's been a great year," Fred said, pointing to a large pile of presents, as George apparitioned at the foot of the bed.
"Merry Christmas," said George, "Andrew, Hermione, Autumn." When did you get here?"
"Just now. Cho said, the voice was a little unnatural.
"Hey, man. Fred put his arm around Andrew's shoulder and said, "We've heard from my father, and we owe you a debt." β
"Owe me secondary, the key is that the Dark Lord owes you ......," Andrew said lightly.
The twins looked at each other in surprise, "You mean, we have to find a way to get revenge on the Dark Lord?"
"Perhaps... It takes a little courage... No wizard has ever dared...," Andrew said slowly, word for word.
"! There's nothing we twins wouldn't dare to do, why don't we find a way to get the Dark Lord to eat our nasal blood sugar and let him die of a nosebleed?" said Fred, gritting his teeth.
"yes, no one has ever thought of seeking revenge on the Dark Lord, it's so exciting to think about..."George seemed to have no idea what Fred was saying, completely immersed in his own fantasies.
"What revenge to advertise to the two children ... Not a good thing... And now you are.... Sent to death... Forget it. Andrew continued in a tone like Professor Snape.
"What!" the twins both came to their senses, "Andrew, you're right, even Albus Dumbledore can't kill him, we two..."
"I know... Of course you're brave... It takes a little bit of training... Training. β
"Yes, training, we need a teacher who can help us learn advanced magic and defeat the Dark Lord... But is there such a wizard? Dumbledore can't do it, after all. β
Andrew smiled, enough was enough. As long as the seeds are planted in the hearts of the twins, they will find themselves sooner or later, because as they say, there are too few qualified wizards.
They made their way to the kitchen, and Sirius came out with a large turkey from the grocer, "Oops, Hermione, you're here." β
"yes. Hermione said. Mrs. Weasley walked in as well, "Hermione," Mrs. Weasley said enthusiastically, not hearing anything unusual at all, "You've finally arrived, Ginny has been nagging you all this time, how is Christmas?"
"Oh, Mrs. Weasley, how was it going?" said Hermione, laughing.
"I'm not bad either," Mrs. Weasley turned to look at Cho and Andrew beside Hermione, "This is Andrew Lee, it's an excellent little wizard, I heard Arthur say it, thank you so much!" Andrew nodded a little awkwardly, he was still not used to this atmosphere. Infernal hell, eons of eons.
"Come on, let's eat this turkey. Mrs. Weasley led the group back to the living room.
After eating Christmas lunch, they decide to see Mr. Weasley again, led by Mad-Eye and Lupin. Mundungus was just in time to eat Christmas pudding and jelly cake, because the subway wasn't running on Christmas Day, and Sirius didn't know where to get a car, but Andrew saw that the lock was broken.
They soon arrived at St. Mungo, where there were few vehicles along the way, except for a few wizards who had gone to the hospital to walk quietly down the silent streets. They quietly got out of the car and slipped to the window of the mannummy in the green nylon skirt, and then went through the glass one by one.
The waiting room was in a festive mood: bright crystal bubbles turned red and gold, flickering like giant Christmas balls. Holly hung from every doorway, and a Christmas tree magically covered with snow and ice sparkled in every corner, with a twinkling Venus at the top of the tree.
They found Mr. Weasley leaning on the bed with a leftover turkey set on his lap and a sheep-like look on his face.
"How's it going, Arthur?" asked Mrs. Weasley after everyone had greeted him and given gifts.
"Yay. Mr. Weasley was enthusiastic, "If the doctor hadn't insisted that I stay for a few days, I think we should all be at home for Christmas now." β
Mr. Weasley said lightly, and began to dismantle the pile, "Have you had a good day? What gifts did you get?oh, Harryβthis is amazingβ" He opened the fuse and screwdriver Harry had given him.
"Hey, Andrew, thanks to you, if it wasn't for your early warning, things could have been much worse. Mr. Weasley said, "Well, is there a next step?"
"Well, of course. Andrew looked around at the curious Weasley children and replied, "But now you should rest and have a happy, relaxing Christmas."
At this time, everyone glanced at each other and walked out quietly. Suddenly, only Andrew and Mr. Weas-Royce were left in the room.
In the end, Mr. Weasley didn't continue to talk to Andrew about it, but instead brought out the new gadgets he had recently found from Muggles and asked Harry to teach him how to use them.
After saying goodbye to the Weasleys and sending Hermione home, Andrew returned to his home after saying goodbye to Cho with a long kiss.
After a few brief words with the former Auror through the magical enchantment, Andrew went up to the third floor through a mechanical lift, where Count Lee's study was located.
Lord Albus Dumbled, Professor Severus Snape are in the room!
"Oh, Lord Chancellor, Professor, when did you arrive, and how was Christmas?" Andrew said.
"Not bad, I received a new wizard hat. Dumbledore smiled as he pointed to a new purple wizard's hat on his head with the stars constantly flickering.
"Very pretty, Professor?" Andrew said to Snape, "I think you have your own fun, like a drink at the Leaky Cauldron?"
"I didn't have that time, and I just happened to be out of stock, so I took a moment to replenish it. Professor Snape said with a tense face.
"Oh, okay. That's your freedom, it's your pleasure, and no one else has the right to judge. As for me," Andrew smiled at his father, "I went on a trip to the Far East with my girlfriend early in the morning and only came back today".
After Andrew sat down, Earl Lee first said, "I think you know." About the failure of the snake we hunted Voldemort. Although the project failed, we got a very unexpected reward. β
The Headmaster's eyes lit up, Snape's eyes were still so empty, maybe he kept his brain occlusion at all times.
"Supposedly we are fully prepared, and the person in charge of the attack is a veteran of the former Aurors, who has killed several Death Eaters, and it is no problem to kill a brute. But he actually missed. β
According to him, the snake seemed to be protected by some kind of dark magic. Ordinary deadly spells don't seem to work. β
"Including Avada's life?" the Headmaster leaned forward.
"I'm afraid so. Broken bones, requires, blades, fires..."
The headmaster nodded.
"The failure of the hunt has alerted the Dark Lord, although he has not yet determined who is behind the scenes, but the Dark Lord has become more cautious, he knows that he is being targeted, which makes us have fewer chances with us," Earl Lee glanced at Snape and continued, "Now he has begun to suspect that he may be a ghost in the Neth." β
"Well, that means he already knows?" Snape's face turned pale, but he still couldn't tell what he was thinking.
"Not as serious as you say, Lee. Professor Dumbledore said mildly, "He doesn't quite understand it yet, but he only vaguely perceives it." It's not clear yet, is it?"
"Anyway, it's always right to be careful, keep your brain in Occlumency at all times, Severus, if you want to see him, keep it all the time, remember. Earl Lee said solemnly to Snape, who nodded.
"But that still doesn't work," Andrew suddenly interjected, "I can see that the professor is using Occlumency now, can't the Dark Lord sense it?"
"You mean?"
"If Voldemort is really suspicious, he doesn't need any evidence at all, does he?" Andrew sneered, "I think it's best not to continue this undercover plan in the future, it's a complete waste of time." β
Albus, Earl Lee, and Snape all looked at Andrew.
"This plan has helped us a lot...", the headmaster said slowly, as if he wanted to delay until the appropriate answer came automatically.
"Of course, I don't deny it. But we are now too dependent on this plan. We can't just think about what we can do to change the world. That was a fluke. Andrew replied.
"I feel like the information that I provide is sometimes really important. Professor Snape said.
"Of course, Professor, I don't deny that your news is important. I'm just saying that we can't pin all our hopes of ruining the Dark Lord on some key news that we don't know if it's going to happen. To coincide, to win. β
"What?" asked the Headmaster, confused.
It is a Chinese idiom, that is, to use "positive" soldiers to resist the enemy army, and use "strange" soldiers to win victory. But I think Andrew is trying to emphasize the 'positive'!" explained Earl Lee.
"Yes, whether we have extra strength or not, or whether we have arranged a backhand and a surprise soldier, the premise is that we can confront the Dark Lord head-on. And now that the Dark Lord is growing stronger, coupled with the Drinkward and Tang organizations, we may find it difficult to achieve even the most basic stalemate. Blindly praying for miracles is too optimistic. β