Chapter 873: The End of the Strife
Harry's story was over, but there was still one crucial point left unsaid.
That's Barty Crouch Jr., who died at the hands of Professor Blaine, but if you say that, you have to explain why Professor Bryan is there.
Both Remus and Sirius skimmed towards Amosta, knowing that he intervened in the game as that Fleur's sister, and that Harry saw it all, but throughout the narrative, Amosta did nothing and ignored Voldemort's resurrection!
There must still be some key information that hasn't been revealed.
But in the current scene, they are not sure whether it is suitable to ask.
"As you can see, Fudge and the attitude of magic—"
In the public ward, where the needle could be heard, Dumbledore spoke again,
"Although we had expected this, the Ministry of Magic's inaction has undoubtedly changed the whole situation, we cannot sit idly by, we must preemptively stop Voldemort's actions, Minerva--"
Dumbledore's eyes burned, and he looked first at Professor McGonagall,
"Could you please go to Hagrid's and let him wait for me in my office, I have something for him to do."
Professor McGonagall glanced at Harry, Ron, and Hermione on the hospital bed, then nodded, and walked away with hurried steps.
"Sirius, I need you to go now. You go and tell Arabella Feig, Mongtons Fletsch—the old-timers, you can take them to your ancestral house first, and then I'll go and talk to them personally. ”
Sirius glanced at Amosta, hoping to get the clarification of his doubts from Amosta's mouth first.
"You go first, Sirius, and we'll talk when the time is right."
Amosta said.
Sirius nodded, he looked at Harry a little reluctantly, now that he wanted to be by his godson's side, Harry had the same thought in his eyes.
"I'll be back soon—"
But war was imminent, and preparing earlier meant fewer sacrifices, and Sirius knew which was more important.
He was also about to leave, but as soon as he took a step and shrank back, he hesitated,
"What about the Longbottoms?"
At this moment, the school hospital seems to be the command post of the battlefield, Dumbledore is giving orders to everyone, the tense and solemn atmosphere is infecting everyone, Hermione, who is squatting on the hospital bed, listens carefully to Dumbledore's orders, and instinctively tries to analyze what he wants to do, but when she hears the names of the Longbottoms, she trembles and blinks.
This is really an unfortunate thing, they have been in a mess for more than ten years because of the fight against Voldemort, and finally regain consciousness, only to run into Voldemort's return.
Hermione thought Dumbledore would avoid the Longbottoms. They've made so much sacrifice, but—
"You bring the news to Frank and Alice and let them make their own decisions, and I also want you to inform Arthur and Kingsley, they are well-informed, and sooner or later they will get the news, and some people in the ministry that you think are reliable, can be brought in-"
It wasn't an easy task, and Sirius would certainly have a hard time in the ministry in the future, but he just nodded slightly, didn't complain, and turned to leave.
To Harry's surprise, he thought that Dumbledore would also give Remus a little command, and Dumbledore himself did so, but he looked at Remus visibly hesitated, and then his gaze skipped over to Professor Snape,
"Severus,"
Dumbledore whispered,
"You know what I'm going to tell you to do, if you're okay. If you're ready."
"No problem." Snape said.
His face was paler than usual, his cold black eyes flashed with a strange light, and he didn't linger long, facing outward, ready to follow Sirius, but he was grabbed by the wrist by a man - it was Professor Blaine.
The cold that washed through the public hospital room for a moment made Harry, Ron, and Hermione subconsciously hold their breath.
Dumbledore didn't seem surprised, he just moved his beard helplessly, and Snape was equally calm.
"Ready to sacrifice everything, Headmaster Dumbledore?"
Amosta looked at Dumbledore, the cold and sarcastic smile on his lips at the moment resembling Snape's time when he had buried Harry.
Dumbledore's eyes fell,
"The only person I want and have the right to die is myself, Amosta, and I don't want to see any of our people die."
Amosta was about to say something, but Professor Snape was one step ahead of him, and he looked at the young man in front of him who once needed his shelter, but had inadvertently grown into a towering tree, and the corners of his mouth moved, revealing a wisp of gentleness that almost made Harry think he was hallucinating.
"It's my choice, Amosta."
"Your choice?"
Amosta's gaze was calm and resolute, and he looked at Dumbledore
"With all due respect, I don't see the need for this choice, Dumbledore, your solution is to gather a group of noble men to take Voldemort against them, but IMHO, this is undoubtedly what the enemy is good at competing with them, thankless, and in my opinion, the Ministry of Magic should be put to the front, which in itself is what they should do."
"But you've seen Connelly's attitude, haven't you, Amosta?"
Dumbledore said tiredly.
"Then let him go."
Amosta said coldly,
"War means sacrifice, and it's the Ministry of Magic, not the Order of the Phoenix, that bears the responsibility."
"It's dangerous to try to manipulate politics, Amosta."
Although he didn't want to see the argument with Amosta happen, Dumbledore didn't give an inch, "Especially at a time like this, your thoughts will draw the entire wizarding world into the vortex of war faster." ”
"War is never accidental, it is never an accident that people like Dumbledore and Voldemort appear and can become bigger, which shows that today's British wizarding world needs war, the contradictions between pure-blood families and half-blood and Muggle-born wizards are becoming more and more acute, and the entire social system urgently needs to be changed, if this is ignored, even if this Voldemort is finished, sooner or later the next Voldemort will appear."
Harry listened to the argument between Professor Dumbledore and Professor Blaine, the tension was almost terrifying, and Hermione looked at Professor Blaine with a sparkle in her brown eyes, she could understand what Professor Blaine was talking about. In her heart, she agrees more with Professor Bryan's view.
Ron's heart was pounding as well. But unlike Harry, he had a faint panic that seemed to come from blood, what was going on with Professor Bryan relative to the pure-blood family?
Although Ron was never proud of his pure-blood, he still felt some unease and fear as he listened to all this.
"I have to do this, Amosta--"
Snape opened his mouth to interrupt the argument between the two men, and he gripped Amosta's wrist tightly with his backhand.
"You know why. This is my salvation., I'm still alive, and that's all that's left."
There was a long silence, Amosta and Severus looked at each other, Amosta's expression was ugly, he didn't want Severus to do such a thankless job at all.
"There's a letter here—"
Amosta took the letter out of his pocket and handed it to Severus, who was visibly stunned when he saw it again, and then Severus handed it to Dumbledore, who did not stop him.
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows as well, and he silently returned the letter to Amosta, but did not say anything.
"It's a surprise, Amosta--" Snape whispered, "but you know very well that you can't trust him completely. He will change his position at any time. ”
Severus still left, and as he said, it was his choice.
Since he didn't change Amosta's decision to step into the quagmire on his own, Amosta couldn't change Severus's decision either.
(End of chapter)