war and peace

"So, from the beginning to the end, Voldemort issued an unknown attack spell, and was just blocking it at other times?" Moody repeated again, his voice seemed quite unbelievable.

Harry rubbed his forehead, he kept wondering how his scar didn't hurt anymore, it used to hurt so badly that he could pass out every time he was near Voldemort.This is as weird as Voldemort's behavior, logically speaking it shouldn't be? "Hmm," he confirmed again, then added reluctantly, "Looks pretty good at it."

A circle of people sat beside them.Everyone involved in the covering operation safely reached the Burrow, which served as the temporary headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, except for Harry's Hedwig and one of George's ears.

Moody frowned deeply. "It's weird." He analyzed slowly, and the opposite was the magic eye, which was spinning wildly. "None of us noticed Voldemort until Harry saw him. Since the Death Eaters could have ambushed us earlier, Voldemort should have arrived. What was he doing before that?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"This question can be considered later." Finally Lupine took the lead to break the silence. He seemed to be trying to fix his eyes on one point so as not to let it sweep around: "There is a traitor among us. Otherwise, the Death Eaters would not know about us." Transfer Harry today."

Several people, including Arthur Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt and others, nodded. "Someone must have been careless. Someone accidentally disclosed the date to outsiders, so that they can explain that they only know the date but not the whole plan." Fu Rong said, looking at everyone one by one, as if expecting someone to stand up and refute her.

This time the silence was more terrifying than before, the atmosphere silent and suffocating.

"No." Harry put down his hands and looked over one by one.Everyone looked worried, and at this time, he was undoubtedly the one who had the most say.As the most protected object by the Order of the Phoenix and the one most pursued by the Death Eaters, he is undoubtedly the most unlikely one. "I mean, even if someone made a mistake," he said in a higher tone than usual, "it was certainly not on purpose. I trust you all, and I trust that no one would betray me to Voldemort."

Surprisingly, Moody was the first to agree with him this time. "Harry is right." He gave Harry a deep look, then turned to the others. "We have to trust each other and stick together."

Everyone looked at him in surprise.Moody had always been notoriously suspicious and stubborn, but now he believed Harry's completely subjective statement without hesitation.But yes, the current situation is grim, and if you doubt it before you have solid evidence, the result will not be much better.

Only Moody himself knows why.There is no doubt that the internal information of the Order of the Phoenix has leaked.There was no doubt about the fact that only the time had slipped.But this is obviously selective.If it is true that there is a traitor among them, it is absolutely impossible to leak the time of action.

That is, someone deliberately only revealed the time.The man told the Death Eaters, and they set up an ambush, but they split up after not knowing who the real target was.In this way, the man didn't really want Harry to be caught by Voldemort.So what exactly is he trying to do?Looks like something a spy or spy would do...

Furthermore, according to this prediction, the most likely victim this time should be himself: because Voldemort should go after the team led by the most experienced Auror first.That is, a spy who probably anticipated the sacrifice, or planned the sacrifice?

Voldemort, however, acted as if he hadn't seen him until the real Harry was exposed.I don't know if this is also in the prediction of the person who leaked the news to Voldemort?The mission is accomplished, but the process is very strange.What went wrong?Moreover, when did Voldemort regain his appearance, why didn't the Order of the Phoenix receive any news?It seemed that the Death Eaters were no less surprised than they were?

Moody feels the situation is a mess.

Meanwhile, Malfoy Manor.

The Death Eaters stood in a circle in the living room, their heads as low as they could go.They mobilized more than twice as many people as the Order of the Phoenix, yet none of them succeeded.The only good thing is that no one on their side died because of this, although the master probably doesn't value this at all...

Voldemort paced back and forth twice, and finally spoke. "Another failure, huh?" His tone was soft, but there was a hint of sarcasm in it.

No one dared to answer, only the sound of quiet breathing echoed among them.However, Voldemort didn't seize this issue to make a fuss, but immediately changed the subject: "Yaxley."

A man stepped out.Just when everyone thought he was going to get some kind of punishment, Voldemort stated calmly: "You go back to the Ministry of Magic and you don't need to come here anytime soon."

"Yes, master." Yaxley was confused.Is the master asking him to collect more information about the Ministry of Magic?Or do you think they are slow in taking over the Ministry of Magic?

"Nott." Voldemort continued to roll his name, "Go and gather a group of people to patrol in small groups, all over Great Britain. The more remote the location, the better."

"...Yes, Master." Nott took the order.What is this for?In normal times, he might have asked the master about his intentions, but he didn't dare in this kind of atmosphere.The master looks very calm now, who knows if he will be irritated in the next moment?

"Severus, you've done a good job. Now go back to Hogwarts, you're needed for the following things." Voldemort continued, although the content was not what most people wanted to hear.

"Serving Master is what I should do." Severus Snape bowed, and Apparated away.

Voldemort could see he hesitated, but having said so himself, he didn't dare to linger.He didn't speak again until Snape left completely. "Rodolphus, you're with Nott."

A burly Death Eater stepped forward and nodded.

"As for Bella..." Voldemort glanced at the visibly agitated woman, and ordered, "Call your house-elf." He seemed to think for a second, "And the Black family The one, what is it called..."

"Kreacher!" Bellatrix hurriedly filled in for him.Then he came to his senses, "Master, what do you want the house elf to do? Is there anything we can't do for you?"

"You'll know when it's time to know," Voldemort replied curtly, not obliged to satisfy all the curiosity of his subordinates. "Tell them, obey my orders honestly, and then send them over to see me."

Bellatrix fell silent, but she began to gaze at Voldemort with the same fervor as before, so eager that she seemed to be able to see the essence.

"Finally, Lucius," Voldemort strode up to the pale blond man. "Keep an eye on your dungeon, I don't want what happened in Azkaban to happen to us."

Lucius Malfoy promised with trepidation.Standing beside him was Draco Malfoy, who had glanced at him from time to time since seeing Voldemort's face again, his face was frighteningly white.After Voldemort gave old Malfoy his orders, he gave Malfoy a playful look.The latter immediately withdrew his gaze and stared straight at the toe of his shoe.

Just to make sure of this guy's life and death, the Malfoys turned their back on him without hesitation.With such subordinates, what else could he expect them to do?If it were before, he would have gone through it long ago, but now he has more important things to do...

Voldemort flicked his robes and turned to leave.A voice chased after him and called, "Master, what's the matter with your face?" It was still Bellatrix, but her question basically spoke to all Death Eaters.

"It's just the integration of magic power." Voldemort said a reason casually, and the figure disappeared into the air in the next second.

The remaining circle of Death Eaters looked at each other.This is definitely getting stronger, right?The master used to get angry with excitement, but not now, but the calm voice made people feel more oppressed, because the emotions underneath were completely unpredictable.Those who have been given tasks act quickly, while those who don't are thinking about whether they have dissatisfied their masters, and what can they do to restore even a little bit of impression in the minds of their masters...

Harry stayed at the burrow for a few days because Mrs. Weasley insisted on keeping him for Bill and Fleur's wedding.To be honest, he wasn't having a great time.Because he had long decided to drop out of school in the seventh grade to find Horcruxes, he broke up with Ginny at the end of last semester, and now the two met very awkwardly—to be exact, he felt embarrassed, Ginny's Acted as if nothing had happened.The only consolation was to discuss the Horcruxes with Hermione Ron, but Mrs Weasley made that impossible too - after Harry said he was going to find Voldemort, she was committed to making the Horcruxes The three of them were separated, and they were always sent to do different chores.

The day before the Delacours' arrival, three days before Fleur and Bill's wedding, they finally caught a break.Mrs. Weasley asked Harry to help Mr. Weasley clean the chicken coop, but Mr. Weasley piled up a lot of Muggle mechanical parts in the chicken coop that he collected privately, so Harry didn't need to clean it.So he was going to check out Ron's bedroom - Ron had been ordered to tidy up his room - passed the drawing room without seeing Mrs Weasley, and finally managed to climb upstairs unobtrusively.After opening the door, Harry found that Hermione was sitting in the corner flipping a book, and Ron was lying on the bed and dodging.

The three chatted for a while about how they had escaped Mrs. Weasley's espionage - Hermione said Mrs. Weasley forgot she had ordered her to change the sheets for the Delacours yesterday - and then started discussing them Not much work in progress.

Voldemort probably had seven soul shards, one in himself, which means there are six more Horcruxes, and they only know three now.The diary, the Resurrection Stone ring, and Slytherin's gold locket.The first two are ruined, and the third is still uncertain.

Harry wanted to go find the remaining Horcruxes himself, but Hermione and Ron insisted on going with him.Hermione had altered her parents' memories to make them forget that she was a daughter, and had sent them on vacation to Australia.As for Ron, Mr. Weasley and the twin brothers helped him turn a ghoul in the family into his likeness, so that he could fool Mrs. Weasley and the rest of the outside world by saying that he had pox .Harry was moved, he was basically convinced.

Hermione has also made adequate preparations for this, such as the thick black leather tome in her hand.It was one of the books she got from Dumbledore's study with the Flying Charm, which fully described how to make Horcruxes. "The book warns that splitting your soul makes your soul very unstable, and that's just creating a Horcrux!"

It occurred to Harry that Dumbledore had said that Voldemort had gone beyond "ordinary evil".Then he thought of Voldemort's sudden normal appearance, and couldn't help thinking of the question again: "How did Voldemort get his appearance back? The instability of the soul should also include the degradation of appearance?"

"I don't know." Hermione bit her lip. "It's true in the book. Although I haven't seen Voldemort's normal appearance with my own eyes, so many people have seen it... Soul fusion is also possible, but I really don't see Voldemort intending to do that."

"Also, Harry, what do you mean, the reason why you escaped last time was because Voldemort deliberately released water?" Ron couldn't help asking again.

Harry scratched his head irritably, messing up his hair. "I didn't say that, but it looks like it is!"

Ron and Hermione looked at him, not knowing what to say.