war and peace

"It's me," Sirius said with a smile, and took off his scarf. "There's been a lot of things going on recently, and it's hard to get here before dark. Fortunately, you are still here." He blew warm air on his palm, "The weather is really bad, it's only October..."

Harry had no choice but to persuade himself to forget about Malfoy and Chester.Now he's out of the loop.When Sirius came, all the methods he had just thought of were useless.

But Sirius obviously ran into those four people outside, because he asked directly: "Why is Malfoy with your professor? You know, he is a..." There was a lot of voices in the bar, and he lowered his voice: " ...a real Death Eater."

Harry recounted what had just happened to him.Sirius brightened a little when he heard that the man he didn't know was an Auror: "Boggs Chester? I've heard of this man." He said thoughtfully, "He a year ago He entered the Auror Department and heard that his wrist is very tough, and he has caught many dark wizards, otherwise he would not have been promoted so quickly. To be honest, he is probably the most powerful Auror after Mad-Eye Well..." But he seems not interested in the invitation of the Order of the Phoenix, what a waste of a great talent!Just now, it seemed that he had a good relationship with the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts?Is this what attracts like?None of them took Dumbledore at all.

But this thing sounds even weirder, doesn't it?thought Harry.The Dark Lord gets very close to an Auror...

But what Sirius said next got his attention back. "That's why I'm here," Sirius told him, looking around cautiously, careful not to be overheard. "Although I signed your application form, you must and Your friends act together. If the mysterious man doesn't move, it doesn't mean you are safe."

Harry couldn't help but cast a glance at Tom, who was sipping leisurely from his glass of butterbeer, as if he wasn't the one Sirius had said to beware of.My good godfather, do you know that you are telling Voldemort to watch out for him?Harry groaned inwardly, but nodded.Hermione was staring at him with a look of extreme concern, which moved Harry at the same time as a bit ridiculous.The genuine Dark Lord was sitting next to them, if he had to do it a few hundred times, wouldn't it be enough?

"If that's the case, what have you been up to lately?" In order to get rid of the embarrassment, Harry casually found a new topic.The Order didn't know what the Death Eaters were doing, but they couldn't sit still, so what protection did they do?

"You know, after the last time, Dumbledore sent several people to protect you in turn. I wanted to go too," Sirius shrugged regretfully, with disapproval in his eyes, "but Dumbledore seems to think that I More suitable for liaison work."

"Dumbledore sent someone?" Harry repeated. "While I was on Privet Drive?"

"Yeah... If you want me to say, the old Squib lady he sent there is not very reliable." Sirius was obviously very dissatisfied with this matter, "The last time was definitely his serious mistake. Should have done."

Harry, who knew the whole story, tried his best to pretend to be extremely shocked. "Are you talking about Mrs. Figg near me? She always likes to call me over for tea."

Sirius didn't seem surprised that Harry guessed who it was right away. "A wizard must have a hard time among magic-hating Muggles, especially if he can't use his own wand... She's the only one who talks to you, Harry?"

Harry lowered his head slightly.Sirius looked at him distressedly, and held his hand on the table: "I went to see it, Harry... your aunt's family is really..." He showed a gritted expression. "If I had known that the situation was as bad as this, I would not have agreed to Dumbledore to use the house as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix...No one can stop me from taking care of my godson...not even Dumbledore..."

Hermione looked at the two of them holding hands, tears welling up in her eyes.Tom stared at Sirius silently, with no expression on his face.

"Thank you, Sirius, I'm already very happy to have someone who thinks of me this way." Harry paused, as a warm hand under the table held his other hand, palms pressed together, Fingers crossed.He didn't know why he suddenly felt that the cloud brought by his aunt's house had dissipated, and his mood became brighter: "Besides, I will spend the rest of this summer vacation in Professor Roald's manor, it couldn't be more perfect. By the way," he hastily brought up the subject, then frowned and stared at Sirius, "you just said what kind of headquarters?" It has been more than two years since he returned to the magic world, and now he has come into contact with Phoenix No wonder he was anxious about the name of the company.

Sirius seemed to want to make some comments about Harry's summer vacation, and there was a flash of regret on his face when he heard Harry's question, but it disappeared quickly. "The Order of the Phoenix," he said bluntly, "is led by Dumbledore, an organization established to fight against the Death Eaters." He looked carefully at Harry's face, "Dumbledore is not willing to Talking about it in front of you - he thinks you are still young, and this kind of topic is too heavy."

"You don't seem to think so?" Harry visibly caught Sirius' relief after his initial leak.

"Sooner or later you have to face all of this," Sirius said succinctly. "Then it's better to prepare from now on. I think you are completely competent. Your performance makes me look at twelve or thirteen-year-old children with admiration."

Harry didn't know what to say, so he gave a short dry laugh.That's because he's not that old at all.He is a person who has come back from bloody storms and intrigues. Even if he grew up in a situation where everyone treats him as a child, he cannot be a real child.Harry tightened his fingers under the table, feeling Tom's hand shake him back.I hope this time, he can change history, he can make the tragedy like his parents no longer happen before his eyes...

Sirius seemed to think that enough was enough for this time.He let go of Harry's hand, and patted him on the shoulder instead: "It's hard to see each other once, and we won't talk about these things anymore." His expression suddenly became a little excited, "I saw the Quidditch boutique There's a new broom set out and it looks very nice, what do you think, Harry?"

Before Harry could react, Hermione exclaimed in a low voice, "Firebolt?"

Sirius laughed. "Harry, didn't you tell me that neither of your friends were interested in Quidditch?" His reaction was an obvious tacit consent to Hermione's words.

"That's right, it's probably because the Firebolt is so famous..." Harry saw his godfather so happily preparing a gift for him, and couldn't bear to tell him the truth. "It's pretty good, I already have one."

Sirius' smile froze on his face.That would cost a lot of money, and who would spend it for Harry? "If it's convenient, can you tell me who it is?"

Harry and Hermione both turned to stare at Tom.The meaning of this action is very obvious.

He seemed to underestimate the child.The person in front of him is standing upright, and there is a kind of light in his eyes, is he determined to win?Or never say never?Sirius restrained his expression slightly, and couldn't help but look at Tom seriously.

Let's talk about the other side.Professor Roald and Boggs Chester brought out three brooms, and they were talking in low voices as they walked.This made Lucius Malfoy, who was behind him, bewildered. Was his guess wrong?Xiaolong's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is most likely the Dark Lord himself, so how could the master get so close to the Auror?

Yes, Lucius Malfoy was here to show his loyalty.

At the first Death Eater gathering, he was pointed out by the Dark Lord that he had lost one of the things he had been told to keep safe.But he really hid it very carefully. He could only think of one possibility of the loss, that is, whoever took the book, and somehow the Dark Lord found out about it.In fact, he was very skeptical. Few people could do this kind of thing, and only he and the Dark Lord himself knew that he kept the things. Then, it was very likely that the Dark Lord took it away... But why did he do this?Just to teach yourself a lesson in public?Punish him for not going to him for the past ten years?

The second Death Eater meeting was even more tragic.Nott and the others plan to capture Harry Potter and sacrifice it to their masters to prove their loyalty and usefulness. How furious he was when he knew that Goyle and Crabbe had joined the operation without his knowledge!Think he's fallen out of favor and turned the other way?When he knew it, he threw a set of his favorite oriental ceramic tea set to the ground.As a result, his house elf actually sneaked out to inform, causing Nott and his actions to fail.Although he was secretly pleased with the result, it didn't mean that the Dark Lord's anger was something he could bear.When he came out, he had already made preparations to hand over Dobby to avoid the disaster, but he never thought that his arrangement would be useless.The Dark Lord seemed to value the boy's life more than the failure of his operation.

He has not received any summons since then.However, the Dark Lord must have ordered it.Some of the Death Eaters who had lied or sold the list to escape prison had disappeared, and he knew it was the ones who hadn't been at the two meetings.

The first to bear the brunt was Igor Karkarov, the headmaster of Durmstrang. He did not return to school after the summer vacation, and people realized that he was nowhere to be found. He most likely heard about it. escape.To be honest, he didn't like the yellow-toothed Karkaroff either, but when he thought of what would happen to Karkaroff once he was found, he felt chills on the back of his neck.Nobody wants to learn the Dark Lord's ways, not all Death Eaters.

Then, Labestan Lestrange went to apply for the vacancy left by Karkaroff.If the Dark Lord hadn't intervened, just imagine, how did this Death Eater who had never taught and never been to Germany get the approval of the Durmstrang School Board?

And Sissy's cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.She actually left the wizarding world and became a group president in the Muggle world.She herself hated Muggles extremely, and it would be impossible to say that she wanted to make money by herself.So, besides the Dark Lord, who else could command her?There was also her husband, Rodolphs Lestrange, who had disappeared from the wizarding world for a year, and when there was news of him again, it turned out that he had entered the British House of Commons and became a member of Parliament!

Compared with these, those Death Eaters who were originally in the Ministry of Magic have some positions transferred, which is also a matter of course.

Annoyingly, one of these people should have had his own!The Malfoy family is an aristocrat passed down from generation to generation, with pure blood and abundant funds-what exactly caused the Dark Lord's dissatisfaction?In order to figure it out, he almost didn't think about eating or drinking.He saw that the Dark Lord became more calm and powerful, he saw a corner of the Dark Lord's huge and ambitious plan, and he could even see the glory of overlooking the world and the turbulent rush after the Dark Lord succeeded. Benefits... And there are the Dark Lord, Nott, the Lestrange family, and maybe even some Death Eaters that he didn't notice... But without him, how could he be reconciled!

He tried to summon the Dark Lord, but nothing happened, and the Dark Lord obviously didn't want to see him.Fortunately, he has been paying attention to Professor Roald that Xiaolong said, and he still remembers the aura when he first met him in the bookstore.Not only that, but this person also has extremely powerful magical powers.During the summer vacation, he even learned that this man named Roald had inherited the title left by Slytherin.He immediately looked through the genealogies of his own family and other pure-blood families, as well as those ancient books, and spent more than a month searching carefully... Finally, he was sure that he did not find the surname Roald at all.It's weird, it's unusual...

Rold...Lord...

A layer of cold sweat immediately broke out on the head of the person who thought this way.He grabbed the pen and paper, quickly wrote down the two names, and then tapped them with his wand, and the letters immediately arranged themselves into various combinations.After an all-night experiment, he fell straight on the carved armchair, with only one sentence written on the parchment in front of him.

The Dark Lord is invincible.