[HP] Magic didn't give up on you

When Eli and Regulus came out of the cramped space under the stairs, they were still putting the finishing touches on the discussion just now.

"Put a loyalty spell on you and Sirius' house." Eli frowned and told him, "Choose a good secret keeper, exclude you and Sirius, preferably someone who is relatively safe... …perhaps Professor Dumbledore?"

"How is that possible." Regulus shook his head, not thinking it was a good suggestion, "The Loyalty Curse is a profound and ancient magic that involves touching the soul, and one person can only act as the keeper of a secret. There must be more important things that need to be kept secret than helping me solve this small problem that can only happen."

"Don't say things that are life-threatening so lightly." Eli glanced at him, "You are the one Sirius saved after all his efforts. In theory, half of the ownership of your life now belongs to him. , don't always put on a look of indifference to life and death, Sirius hasn't agreed yet."

He doesn't value life any more.Regulus muttered something, Eli raised his eyebrows, and said noncommittally: "The kind of indifference refers specifically to myself, and the two of you are really similar in this respect. Alright, go back and find a good one." It’s better not to know your identity for the secret keeper, so that even if something happens to the secret keeper, the whole line won’t collapse.”

Regulus paused, hesitated a little, and turned to look at him.

"Do you think he'll say it?" he asked in a low voice, careful not to say Snape's name in public.

Without hesitation at all, Eli said calmly and simply: "If you ask me, my answer is probably not."

What?Regulus was startled, and then stopped, he was quite surprised.

"So you just...?" he asked, puzzled by what he saw as the swords were drawn.

Eli smiled faintly and shook his head.

"It had nothing to do with my actions," he said. "Things started to change after you showed up and confessed. I knew him on the Hogwarts Express in my first year. I think I know he is What kind of person—stubborn, extreme, with strong and sharp armor against foreign enemies, but unable to hold a heart with warmth. If he really feels that you regard him as a friend from the bottom of his heart, then he He will try not to harm you, he has this subjective consciousness... The wild dog will bark at all those who show contempt for it, but if you share your bread with it, then it will not bite you next time. It doesn't have the luxury of you bringing it home to live with, but it knows you're a nice guy who doesn't look down on it, and that's about it."

Regulus was stunned by his evaluation, but after thinking about it, he didn't refute Eli's statement, but was even more confused by Eli's actions.

"Then why don't you communicate with him properly? You can definitely do it." He asked softly, "You are deliberately provoking him, and you are actively giving up this friendship...Why?"

Eli stopped suddenly and turned to look at him.

"Because a Death Eater is useful to me, I want to continue to maintain this friendship secretly, you think so?" He asked softly, his voice was a little weird, "I know he is in such a group, always threatening The life of my companion, stained with the blood of the people I cherish, has gone down a dark and evil road without turning back, and I still have to because he is useful to me, maybe when my life is in danger. Put me down, so I'm going to maintain friendship with one of my enemies for my own benefit, pretending to turn a blind eye to those heroic spirits who stand in the middle and sacrifice for justice? He drew a clear line, will I be able to calmly face those compatriots who sacrificed their lives and devoted themselves to fighting?"

Regulus was stunned, his face quickly paled.

"I'm sorry," he said quickly, "I didn't mean that, I didn't… didn't really realize…"

"I didn't realize what it's like to be a real Death Eater." Eli smiled lightly and shook his head.

"Every choice we make, we will part ways with some people. This is not a matter of personal will, and what we have to do is to always make our own choices. Of course, things are not set in stone, It's like we have you again, Sean, it's a good thing, I'm happy...whether it's being the speaker of the Order of the Phoenix, getting a shocking secret, or being Eli Smith, with his old good Friends reunited."

They walked out of the shadowy corner under the stairs side by side, and Regulus exhaled lightly and slowly.

"What a tough road to go," he said softly. "You made a great choice, Eli."

"Actually, I have no choice." Eli shook his head and twitched the corners of his lips lightly, "The family I grew up in, the books I read, the people I met, and the experiences I have every day, all forged and gathered together Me now. I have no hesitation about what I'm doing, it's all about making more people actually live in the sun in the future. There is not enough sun in the UK, and I don't want my children to have to be in the sun Growing up under the hood, I really..."

He paused for a few seconds, then shook his head.

"Fear makes people weak," he muttered softly. "Forget it, let's not talk about it, we need to start cleaning up the aftermath - Muggle weapons can catch wizards by surprise, don't they? A non-destructive weapon, I think the first battle effect is good, but the appearance is too hasty, now it is completely indistinguishable from the enemy, I should at least try to transform it with magic, and also need to improve our armor... ...Or maybe a spell is more effective? Need to continue researching... Damn, why are Death Eaters here to hang around? Do they really think they can break into the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix? I must say, from my hand Looking at the weapons I hold, even if Voldemort himself came, the weapons in my hands would be..."

"As someone who knows a little bit about him, I think I need to remind you." Regulus frowned, thought for a while, and whispered in Eli's ear.Eli's ears twitched slightly, showing a focused expression of willingness to hear more.

"The Dark Lord is not a man who would condone mass unauthorized actions by his subordinates." He whispered softly to Eli, "He is a... ruthless but shrewd man, just like when the Order of the Phoenix did not come out publicly. It seems that the Death Eaters have been acting in the dark. For him, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​definitely not a place suitable for his subordinates to come and harass him. If he decides to come here, then he must have enough confidence... But he wasn't here today, you know what I mean?"

Eli frowned slightly, silent in thought.After a while, he raised his eyebrows silently and responded softly.

"Looks like I'm going to see if anything happened to our allies," he said, barely moving his lips.

The Daily Prophet was the last place Eli arrived.

With his status in the Order of the Phoenix and his current energy in the magic world, it would actually be nerve-wracking to visit alone.So he made a little preparation before going, and found some reasonable reasons-it is not difficult to find things that are not important and cannot be omitted.

He has people who support him in other places, Arthur, Edgar, Moody, Joan from the Ministry of Magic, Catherine from the Wizard Weekly magazine, and members of the Order of the Phoenix hidden in various small organizations. The Wizengamot has Dumbledore was in charge, so he didn't need to check... After groping all the way to the end, Eli returned to Diagon Alley, walked into the lobby of the Daily Prophet, looked at the employees working in an orderly manner, and frowned slightly in his heart.

Everything looks normal here, and it doesn't look like it was attacked by Voldemort and Death Eaters.It would be great if all this could be an unnecessary worry, but as he pushed open the door of the editor's office and sat in front of Barnabas Guffey, Eli soon realized that, unfortunately, it wasn't. Not their figments of the imagination.

Barnabas Guffy stood by the window, looking out of the window with his back turned to him.Eli didn't urge him until Barnabas Guffey turned around and sat opposite him.

"May I ask why you are here? Mr. Smith." He said in a businesslike manner, "I have heard the reason for your visit, and it seems that it is not worth the busy Mr. Spokesperson to make this trip in person. Anyone from the Order of the Phoenix will come. It will be all right."

Eli smiled, and he didn't get annoyed by the revelation of his intentions. He said in a natural tone: "The Death Eaters tried to attack the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix in the afternoon, but the mysterious man himself disappeared. We suspect that he has another purpose, so we came to confirm. .”

Barnabas Guffy narrowed his eyes silently.

"You didn't say that in other places." He said, his tone was affirmative. Obviously, the Order of the Phoenix is ​​not the only one that has its own news channels. Handy.

"Smart people always feel contemptuous and insulted when they are deceived by others." Eli bent the corner of his lower lip and responded calmly, "I don't want to make things self-defeating. This is not the original intention of the Order of the Phoenix. We just want to confirm whether the Alliance Still safe and secure, not trying to fool our allies, which we have no intention of doing."

Barnabas Guffy looked at him for a long time.

Then he said in a slow voice: "This morning, mysterious people and Death Eaters attacked the Daily Prophet, took a sum of money from here, and threatened the Daily Prophet to continue providing funding. They are targeting you The mysterious man attached great importance to the weapons he obtained from Muggles, and he wanted to investigate clearly. The Daily Prophet promised not to overreport the Death Eater attack, and I had no other choice under the circumstances at the time. But I know you have other newspapers and magazines that you cooperate with, the school newspaper you founded at Hogwarts, and the magic TV screen that hangs out... Just do it, and don’t tell me too important secrets from now on .The Daily Prophet society shrinks market share...Your opportunity is here, act fast.”

Eli was slightly startled, put away the smile on his face, stared at him for a while, and asked him, "Why?"

What made the savvy editor-in-chief, who is addicted to money, make such a decision?He was threatened by Voldemort, but he didn't give in. He was even more determined than before. Before that, Eli never expected him not to bounce back in such a situation.

Barnabas Guffy smiled lightly.

"Don't question my IQ, Smith." He said calmly, in a low voice, "mysterious man regards a person like me as a dog that can be enslaved—but I am a human being, and I work hard for wealth, fame, status , not to crawl at someone’s feet and beg for mercy. So what if he is a born devil? If I can only be a slave in the world he created, then that world should not exist, and I will always be there for that world Can't come and try my best."

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