"What the hell is this place?"

After the three of them examined each other for a while, Harry, who had calmed down a little, finally threw the question at Ron and Hermione.

"Order of the Phoenix." Ron replied without hesitation.

"What is the Order of the Phoenix—"

"It's a secret society," Hermione explained, "originally founded by Dumbledore, some of the people who fought the mystery men last time. The current general manager...... It's maca. ”

"Maca...... Oh, yes! Maca......" Harry stopped walking back and forth, thought for a moment, and then added, "Who's in there?" Sounds like a lot of people! ”

"We've seen about twenty of them," Ron said, "but there's certainly more to it." ”

"And then?" Harry rubbed his face, trying to calm himself down, "Where is Voldemort now?" Why did he send Dementors to attack me? Is everyone else okay? ”

"No, in fact, there have been fewer recent attacks all of a sudden." Hermione shook her head, her long, unkempt hair flicking around what looked like a bundle of dried seaweed.

Ron also whispered, "As for the mystery man...... He hadn't been seen since the audio-visual meeting, and the Death Eaters' activities seemed to be much more secretive......"

"Do you all know that well?" Harry said curiously, "But it doesn't seem like you're allowed to get involved either...... Uh, the Order of the Phoenix meeting to go? ”

"Yes! Most of the adults won't allow it—" Hermione nodded, "but Maca didn't hide it from us...... At the very least, he wouldn't stop us from looking through the Order of the Phoenix's operational report, and he would explain it to me when I asked for some details. ”

"Of course! We still can't get in during the meeting......" Ron spread his hands, but leaned down again, and said mysteriously, "but we can also get a little bit of a rough idea." ”

"How do you know?"

"Fred and George invented the telescopic ear, understand?" Ron said, "That gadget really works. ”

Scaling ......

"Yes, telescopic ears!" Ron beckoned Harry to come closer, "But we'd better not use them, because mom found out - she's furious!" ”

"It's just that even if you hear something, it doesn't really mean much!" Hermione didn't seem to like the prop very much, and she waved her hand, "A lot of missions have action reports at Maca's, and they're much more detailed than they were at the meeting. ”

“…… As in recent times, the main task is to attract more people to the Order of the Phoenix. Hermione added.

"There were also people standing guard," Ron said, "guarding duties or something...... You know. ”

"Guard duty?" Harry thought for a moment and said, "Oh, you mean...... Something to protect me? ”

"I want to ...... That's right, that's right. ”

Ron looked at Harry's reluctant face and didn't know what to say to comfort him.

Harry put away his annoyance, which was about to toss again, and he continued to pace around the room.

"So...... What have you two been up to lately? He asked. You say you've been busy. ”

"It's very busy!" Hermione hurriedly said, "This house has been empty for years, and there's a lot of mess growing in it!" ”

"Ron, Maca, Leni Lena and I, and Miss Witt were here some time ago—we did a thorough cleaning of the house together, and it was only recently that it was almost finished......"

Hermione counted the number of people with her fingers, and finally deliberately accentuated her tone: "Maca is always lazy, and he doesn't listen to what he says!" We're all exhausted, and he slips away every now and then, really...... Ah! ”

"Smack! Syllable! ”

With two screeching bangs, Ron's two twin brothers, Fred and George, suddenly appear in the center of the room.

The little owl and piggy squeaked even more and flew over to stop with Hedwig on the top of the closet.

"You're like that again!" Hermione turned in shock and yelled at the Weasley twins.

……

“…… Now that the situation is certain, it will be much easier to deal with. We don't need to do anything about this for the time being, just wait for them to show their feet. ”

The original reception room had now become the meeting room and command room of the Order of the Phoenix, and after listening to Snape's secret report, Maca spoke calmly as she flipped through the report.

"But wait until they show their feet...... Is this reliable? Tonks, who was sitting on the side, said with a puzzled expression, "Why don't we take the initiative?" ”

Maca smiled, and pointed to the events on the table, "First of all, Voldemort is obviously planning to be steady this time, he is reducing the irregular more harassment, and instead will-"

Hua was only halfway through her sentence when Maca suddenly stopped talking and glanced at the closed door.

"Fred, George, this meeting is a bit special today, you guys put that thing away first!"

Maka's words made Mrs. Weasley angry again, and he had to shake her hand at Mrs. Weasley, signaling her not to rush to reprimand the restless twin brothers.

"Ahem, I'll go on......" Marka cleared her throat and continued, "Actually, to put it bluntly, no organization is monolithic, not even the Order of the Phoenix, hasn't there ever been a situation like Peter Pettigrew?" ”

"This time Voldemort intends to use his wits to create a situation in his favor, which is not a bad thing for us." He explained, "Since he himself has chosen to use the rules of the wizarding world to do things, then whatever he does means that he will also be bound by the rules-"

Speaking of this, Maca knocked on the table and looked around for another week, then emphasized: "Moreover, whether it is recruiting members or negotiating with other forces, we need time, not to mention ......"

He looked at the Weasleys and said, "...... Percy's side, we can't just leave it alone, can we? ”

"Leave that bastard out of business! I'll just be—" "Arthur! ”

At the hearing of Percy's name, Mr. Weasley immediately trembled with anger, and Mrs. Weasley's eyes turned red again. Seeing this, Tonks couldn't help but glare at Maka, and then hurried over to calm Mrs. Weasley.

In fact, Maca didn't really want to talk about it.

But there are some things that can be treated as if they didn't happen without mentioning it, on the contrary, they must always be brought out and put in front of everyone, so as not to cause future regrets because of the deliberate avoidance of the moment.

"Okay, then...... Still have any questions? ”

Maca said, looked at everyone present again, and after seeing that no one raised any objections, she said aloud: "In that case, let's stop today's meeting!" Sirius, I'll go to your room early tomorrow morning to get a new report...... Let's get ready, let's have dinner! ”

With that, he saw that Snape was about to leave silently, and suddenly stopped him.

"Professor Snape!" Maca said, "Are you really not staying for dinner?" ”

"No need." Snape didn't even look back, and was about to head out.

"Oops! Wait, Professor! Maca hurriedly chased after her, "Professor, since you don't want to stay for dinner, then come with me directly!" ”

"What's the matter?" Snape said with a frown.

"There was a woman who came back to Kingsley before, and she said she was looking for you...... Aren't you going to check it out? Maca gestured upstairs.

"Women?" Snape's brow furrowed even tighter, "Who?" ”

"She said her name was Tia, she said she was from the United States, and she graduated from Ilvermorny." Maca shrugged.

"The United States?" Snape thought for a moment, then shook his head again, "Not impressed. ”

"Shall we take a look then?"

Snape came upstairs with a little impatience, and Maca knocked on the bedroom door.

"Who, who's there?"

A slight voice came from the room, and it sounded trembling.

"It's—McLean," said Marka, "don't you want to see Professor Snape?" I brought him ......"

Before Maca could finish speaking, there was a sound of rustling footsteps inside, and then the bedroom door was opened a crack, and a black eye reached the gap and looked out.

When she saw Snape, the door finally opened, and Tia slammed out the door, staring at Snape's face in a daze.

Snape looked Tia up and down suspiciously, his brow furrowing and his face growing irritated.

"Who are you? Why are you looking for me? He didn't seem to know Tia, and he didn't seem to have any affection for the woman.

However, when questioned by Snape, Tia remained silent. She just stared at Snape's face, as if something on Snape's face was catching her attention.

"I'm asking you questions!"

Seeing Tia staring at him like this, he seemed to be even more impatient, and raised his voice and said coldly.

"No...... You...... I ......" Tia was startled by him, opened her mouth, and began to speak incoherently.

"Miss Tia," Marca had to remind her, "haven't you seen Professor Snape now?" Calm down, no one here is going to bully you, you can talk slowly...... What are you looking for Professor Snape? ”

When Kingsley brought her back, Maca was also baffled.

I heard that she had been wandering around the small Huijin area, allegedly lost. But on the day she approached Harry to ask for directions, a Dementor happened to appear, and it was suspicious to look at it.

Coupled with her cowardly and weird personality, it's really hard not to doubt her.

For such a strange woman who suddenly appeared, Maca had no choice but to keep her under her nose so that her behavior could be noticed at any time.

However, the more she observed, the more Maca wondered - what was this woman here for?

“…… You're looking for Professor Snape, what's the matter? Maca asked again in a softer tone.

"No, I don't know ......"

Tia's answer made Maca roll her eyes.