Chapter 177: Infighting? (I)
Cyris Black ran outside and came back with Western food, three men—no, two men, one boy, talking and eating.
"Harry, how do you feel about Zhang Qiu?" Lockhart said with a smile, "Don't learn to pedal two boats at such a young age." ”
“...... Nothing, just ordinary friends......" Harry said awkwardly.
"Who is Zhang Qiu?" Cyris asked curiously, he was still more concerned about his godson's love life, "Ginny is very good, it's hard to find a pure-blood girl with such a temper to me in the world." ”
Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and Snape burst in, startling several people with a look of rage.
"Dumbledore, old fellow!" Snape's anger almost drowned out the three of them, and he raised his hand to beckon the Patronus, as if to inform the others to come to the meeting, and the Doe Patronus, who was exactly like himself, caught Harry's attention.
"What's the matter, Severus?" Lockhart asked with concern, "I haven't had much activity lately, we're waiting for the Muggles to do a survey and statistics of all of Britain." ”
"Emmeline Vance is dead!" Snape growled.
"What!" Before Lockhart could react, Cyris cried out in horror, "What the hell, didn't she go to help the Muggle Prime Minister with affairs, it's not dangerous!"
"Potter, hurry upstairs after eating, it's none of your business!" Snape saw Harry and chased him away unceremoniously.
"No, I'm in the conference too!" shouted Harry, who had already decided not to take Muggle Studies next semester, and who was not afraid of Snape at all now that he was by his godfather's side.
"Harry, be obedient, you can't handle this. Lockhart also remembered that Emmeline Vance was a middle-aged female member of the Order of the Phoenix, but because she was a peripheral member, she had little to no impression.
"Don't eat! come to the conference room!" Snape walked into the conference room without looking back.
Lockhart then walked into the conference room, and Cyris also felt that it was not good for Harry to participate in the discussion, so he had to talk to Harry outside and ask him to go upstairs obediently, and then walked into the conference room.
Snape just sat there, his face calm and didn't say a word, and Lockhart insisted on waiting for someone to wait until Snape asked. A few minutes later, Lupin and Tonks arrived at the Order of the Phoenix headquarters, then Moody, Montongues, and some of the periphery, DeDalou Dego, Hasgar Jones, etc., and finally even Professor McGonagall and Hagrid came because school had not started, and Kingsley did not arrive because he was protecting the Muggle Prime Minister.
"What's going on, Severus?" asked McGonagall curiously, she rarely attended the meetings of the Order of the Phoenix, and now the dozen or so people seemed to be almost a plenary meeting, and if Voldemort had rushed in with the Death Eaters at this time, it would have been a pot.
"Emmeline Vance is dead, because of that old fellow Dumbledore!" Snape told those who didn't know, "he told me that in order to make the Dark Lord trust me, I could give her information to the Death Eaters." ”
"Emmeline is dead?" Tonks screamed, "what's going on?"
"I followed Dumbledore's instructions and told the Dark Lord about Emmeline's mission, but Emmeline didn't know about it!" Snape yelled, "and she was killed by the Death Eaters!"
There was an uproar in the conference room, this kind of thing made everyone feel insecure, not so much anger, but more panic, if for the safety of the spy, the lives of other members would be sacrificed, who knows if the next one is himself?
"Dumbledore wouldn't do such a thing!" Hagrid said loudly.
"Do you want me to show you the memories," Snape was furious, "I'm afraid you'll think I've forged it when you see it, you stupid big guy who doesn't know how to use your brains!"
"You!" Hagrid stood up and banged his head on the chandelier on the ceiling, making it wobbly.
"What, I'm afraid of you?" Snape drew his wand with a fierce face, "Giant blood doesn't make you immune to magic, dear Hagrid. ”
"Stop!" shouted McGonagall.
"Don't argue, it's a big deal, let's contact Headmaster Dumbledore. Lupin said calmly, then pulled out the Order of the Phoenix note and tried to contact Dumbledore, and Hagrid sat down with anger.
"I don't know if Emmeline knows before you tell the mystery man!" Cyris Black asked loudly, pointing at Snape.
Snape couldn't keep his cool any longer, and he slapped the table vigorously, "Shouldn't Dumbledore be allowed to do this with a note?Members, especially me, it's best not to have contact with other members, ideally I don't even know you!"
"It's unfair to accuse Severus like that, Syrus. Professor McGonagall spoke, "This is definitely a mistake on the part of Dumbledore. ”
"It's best if it's a mistake at work!" Lockhart couldn't calm down, "If it's intentional, this is a naked-naked disregard for human life!"
"How's it going?" asked Snape impatiently, where Lupin was still fiddling with the note, "Is that old fellow going somewhere else he can't be contacted?"
"Looks like ......," Lupin said uneasily, showing the note: there was no response.
Snape grabbed the note and tore it to shreds, rude as it was, but Lupin immediately forgave him - at this point, Dumbledore should have appeared immediately to explain anyway, or the group would have dispersed.
The members of the Order of the Phoenix in the conference room exploded and discussed with each other, some angry and others trying to help Dumbledore explain, and Dumbledore appeared not long after the note broke. I don't know what he just did, but he looked a little haggard again.
Dumbledore was obviously surprised by so many people: "What's the matter? There are so many people, and even me, the secret person, has been called, it's quite dangerous!"
"How did Emmeline Vance die?" questioned Snape.
"What!" Dumbledore's tired face suddenly hardened, and almost instantly, he remembered that he had forgotten something important. He immediately pulled out his note and put it down a few seconds later—Emmeline Vance was indeed dead.
"I'm sorry, everyone......"
"Are you sorry?" Lockhart interrupted, Dumbledore's cousin apparently confirming Snape's claim, "You sold a member to a Death Eater and said sorry?"
"Dumbledore, explain?" Hagrid was still disillusioning.
McGonagall could see that something was wrong: "Is it really your problem?" Mr. Headmaster?"
"Without a doubt, it's my problem. Dumbledore motioned for everyone to be quiet, "I asked Snape to pretend to tell Voldemort the news, but for some reason, I forgot to tell the person concerned to avoid danger. ”
"Forgot?" even Tonks was furious this time, and she stood up despite Lupin's dissuasion and said loudly, "I can't accept this explanation! I'm going to have a baby with Remus soon, and I don't want him to be the second Harry Potter...... As much as I like him, I can't accept that my child has lost his parents!"