Chapter 1806: The Alliance Begins to Form
Beauxbatons is still so beautiful, the weather is sunny and the wind is beautiful, and even because the campus is full of flowers and trees, even the air in the nose has such a clear fragrance.
However, Fleur, who has returned to this nostalgic place again, is not happy at all at the moment.
"Miss Lovegood, everyone is worried about you...... Wake up! If you keep sleeping like this, I'll ...... I...... I don't know if I'm supposed to say 'I'm sorry' to you. β
She looked at Luna, who was lying motionless on the bed, and stared at it for a long time, before moving her gaze to the window next to her. At a glance, the sun was shining and cloudless, but it couldn't dispel the gloom in her heart at all.
As of now, Luna had been in a coma for several days, and Hermione asked Mr. Blois to come over and see Luna several times. But no matter how many times she examined, she came to only one conclusion - she suffered a very strong mental shock.
According to Mr. Blois, if Luna hadn't had the ring with the rough gem of the Philosopher's Stone absorbing some of the impact for her, it would have been more than just unconscious.
As for when she will wake up...... Mr. Blois wasn't too sure about this, but he judged that Luna would be able to wake up unharmed.
"Tuk-tuk."
Suddenly, two knocks were heard at the door, interrupting Fleur's memories.
"Come in!"
Before he could finish speaking, the door was opened from the outside, and a figure walked in gently.
"Miss Granger, are you here?" Fleur stood up and said, "The first meeting of the Resistance Alliance is over?" How's it going? β
Hermione, who had come in through the door, shook her head casually.
"It's okay! Since the Brandt family in Germany voluntarily announced their membership in the Alliance, and Durmstrand publicly lent us the key to the ghoul, an important collection of their academy, there has been no opposition. β
She said as she sat down on the edge of Luna's bed.
"However, the most important thing is that the number of forces participating in the alliance has not increased much, except for a few countries located on the periphery of Britain and directly threatened by Helpo, other forces are still hesitating. The first alliance meeting held at the Belgian Ministry of Magic just now was somewhat deserted, and not many dared to take the initiative to speak. β
However, although the results were not good, Hermione was not too disappointed. After all, she didn't understand the difficulty of this choice.
"I know that everyone is carrying the life and death of many people on their backs, and who would dare to risk that head unless it is absolutely necessary?" Hermione smiled and said, "You know what? After the meeting, Madame Maxim and I, as well as Mr. Butler, received a thick stack of letters from various sources, and many of the delegates, who had not spoken at the meeting, secretly offered material and human support...... Of course, none of the letters were signed. β
When Fleur heard this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly thoughtfully.
She has also been working at the French Ministry of Magic for quite some time now, and she can naturally make a rough guess and judgment about things like this.
Obviously, in fact, the vast majority of forces understand the importance of resisting Helmo, and what they are afraid of is being the first bird and being targeted by Helbo.
It's certainly not a given, but what if? What if Helbo was going to cut himself? No one dares to gamble at such a time, because if you lose, the whole force will ...... And even the whole country may be as finished as the UK.
In fact, with Fleur's understanding of her minister, if it weren't for the Blois family and Beauxbatons' joint advocacy, perhaps even the French Ministry of Magic would have been one of those forces that sent letters in secret.
Thinking so, Fleur glanced over to Hermione again.
"So, those support that is being provided in secretβ"
"Of course I did!" Hermione shrugged her shoulders very naturally and replied briskly, "Why don't we take them if they want to give them away?" You should know that what we lack right now is support. β
Or in other words, the biggest reason why she and Madame Maxim want to establish this "alliance against the Wizards of Helbo" is to "pull sponsorship" for themselves.
War, but it costs money! And when it comes to wizard wars, in addition to powerful wizards, what you want is all kinds of magic materials.
"Fleur," Hermione said after staring at Luna's slightly closed face for a moment, "Luna is going to trouble you here...... Actually, this should have been taken care of by us, but recently I have sent everyone to Cherbourg to set up a port camp to accept the survivors, and it is really difficult to spare the manpower. β
"It's okay, anyway, I was sent by the minister as a helper to Beauxbatons, you don't have to care. What's more, if I have to say it, Luna is also because I-"
"Oh! No," Hermione quickly interrupted, "This has nothing to do with you, Luna herself asked Gabrielle to take her to you that day, who knew it would be like this...... can only say that this is her own doing. β
Having said that, when she looked at Luna, there was still a bit of pity in her eyes.
Luna has always been very low-key when she does her business, so that people may not remember what important things she did when they recall it. But if you think about it carefully, it seems that there is her fleeting figure behind many things.
But she never showed her credit.
"By the way," Hermione thought for a moment, then suddenly, "Luna will say something when she wakes up, remember to write it down carefully, and let us know as soon as possible." What she 'saw' at that time may give us key hints and help! β
With that, Hermione finally got up from her chair and waved her hand casually.
"It's time for me to go, I'm just reading the letter at noon, I haven't eaten yet, I'm a little hungry now. I'll fill my stomach and I'll have to go to Cherbourg in the afternoon to see how the camp is going...... It will be the first point of connection to the UK, and it will depend on it to receive survivors and send follow-up teams, and it will have to be safe enough. β
"Yes, Miss Granger." Fleur immediately bowed her head and said, "Don't worry! I'll take good care of Miss Lovegood, and you can just do things in peace. β
Seeing Hermione coming and leaving in a hurry, Fleur couldn't help but sigh at the same time, but also couldn't help but secretly offer her a blessing in her heart.
But just then, she suddenly heard a faint noise coming from a room upstairs.