Vol 2 Chapter 798: Argument and confession

There was an immediate commotion in the kitchen.
"We are old too!" Fred and George cried together.
"If Harry allows to know, why can't I?" This was Ron's cry.
"Mom, I want to listen!" Ginny was lamenting.
"No!" Mrs. Weasley roared, and she stood up, her eyes rounded. "I absolutely forbid--"
"Molly, you can't stop Fred and George," Mr. Weasley said wearily. "They are old enough."
"They are still students."
"But legally they are adults now," Mr. Weasley continued in the same tired voice.
Mrs. Weasley's face flushed. "I—oh, well, Fred and George stay, but Ron—"
"Harry and Fanlin will tell me and Hermione everything you say!" Ron said eagerly.
"Yes—Is it?" he added uncertainly, looking at Harry.
For a moment, Harry thought about telling Ron that he wouldn't say a word, so Ron could experience what it was like to be in the dark, and then see if he liked it.
But this despicable idea disappeared the moment they looked at each other.
"Of course I will," Harry said. Ron cheered.
"Very good!" Mrs. Weasley called.
"Very good! Ginny-go to bed!"
Ginny refused to leave quietly. They could hear her arguing against her mother in various ways when they were downstairs, and Mrs. Blacks (the old lady on the wall, Sirius’s mother) deafening screams when they arrived in the lobby Joined this farce.
Lupin hurried to the portrait to restore calm. Then when he came back, closed the kitchen door, and sat back in the chair in front of the table, Sirius began to speak.
"Oh, Harry... what do you want to know?"
Harry took a deep breath and asked the question that had been bothering him for a month.
"Where is Voldemort?" He asked deliberately, ignoring the new round of trembling and withdrawal caused by this name. "What is he doing now? I tried my best to follow the Muggle news, but nothing seemed to happen, there was no bizarre death or anything else."
"It can only be said that there have been no bizarre deaths so far," Sirius said. "In any case, we can't know all of them...but we know a lot..."
"In every way, it is more than Fudge thinks we have," Lupin added.
"Then why would he stop killing?" Harry asked. He knew that Voldemort had murdered more than one person last year alone.
"That's because he doesn't want to be noticed," Sirius said. "It's also very dangerous for him now. His recovery is not as perfect as he thought, you know. He messed up things."
"Or rather, you messed up his business." Lupin gave a satisfied smile.
"How do you say?" Harry asked in confusion.
"You survived unexpectedly!" Sirius said. "No one except his Death Eater followers knew that he recovered. But you survived and became a witness."
"And the person he doesn't want to be alarmed at the moment is Dumbledore," Lupin said, "but you immediately let Dumbledore know about it."
"Does this help?" Harry asked.
"Are you kidding?" Bill said lightly. "Everyone knows that Dumbledore is the only wizard that man is afraid of!"
Fanlin frowned. To the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore is the highest, which is not a good thing.
"It's not like that." Fanlin said suddenly, "Dumbledore's threat at Hogwarts is only at Hogwarts. This does not mean Voldemort is afraid."
"What are you talking about?" Bill said incredulously.
"I have felt his magic. I mean, Voldemort's magic. I don't think that can be a reason to be taken lightly. Harry should rely on himself instead of giving it all to Dumbledore."
"Have you felt his magic? Why don't I know this?" Sirius said in surprise.
"Otherwise how do you think I came back? Apparition? Voldemort is very good at blocking spaces."
"So, you are under Voldemort's hands..."
"You should know the true strength of Dumbledore, Sirius." Fanlin said in a deep voice, "Through this, Voldemort's recovery period does not take that long, and he still has..."
"Vampire..." Sirius suddenly thought of the target he was tracking, the vampires who were frantically collecting the ruins of dark magic.
"What the is going on?" Harry asked angrily.
"We are dealing with things." Fanlin said, "Voldemort's plan, all..."
"All?"
"Okay, first of all, he will rebuild his army," Fanlin said. "In the past, he commanded a large number of members; the wizards and witches who followed him by intimidation or delusion Loyal Death Eaters, and a large number of different dark creatures. You also heard him trying to re-recruit the giants, yes, they were once a group of that man. Voldemort is not sure only relying on his dozen Death Eaters Can replace the Ministry of Magic."
"So you try to prevent him from gaining more followers?"
"Do our best," Sirius said.
"how to do?"
"Very well, the main job is to determine how many people really want to return to Voldemort, and then monitor them," Fanlin said. "However, this strategy has proved to be very alert, to be precise, it is very suspicious."
"Why?" Harry asked puzzledly.
"Because of the attitude of the Ministry of Magic," Tonks said, "Look at that Connelly Fudge panicked after hearing that'that man' came back. Harry! Yes, he won't change his position at all. He absolutely refuses to believe what has happened."
"But why?" Harry said disappointedly. "Why is he so stupid? If Dumbledore—"
"Oh, good, you have the point of the problem," Mr. Weasley said with a twisted smile, "Dumbledore..."
"Fudge is afraid of Dumbledore, you know," Tonks said sadly.
"Fear of Dumbledore," Harry called hastily.
"Fear of Dumbledore replacing him," Van Lin said bluntly. "Fudge believes Dumbledore is plotting to overthrow him. He thinks Dumbledore wants to get the position of Minister of Magic."
"But Dumbledore didn't want to—"
"Of course he didn't want to," Mr. Weasley said. "He never thought about being Minister of Magic. Even when the old Minister Bagnold retired, many people recommended Dumbledore to succeed him. Fudge later took over. Power, but he will never forget how loved Dumbledore is, even though Dumbledore has never coveted this position."
"The deeper meaning is that Fudge knows that Dumbledore is a much smarter and stronger wizard than him, and he always consulted Dumbledore in his early years when he took over the Ministry of Magic," Lupin said. "But now it seems that he is beginning to be obsessed with power, and is self-conscious. He likes the current position of Minister of Magic, and he believes more and more that he is a smart man, and Dumbledore is just a trouble-loving man."
"How can he think that?" Harry exclaimed angrily. "How can he think that Dumbledore is causing trouble-or I am causing trouble?"
"Because of accepting the fact that Voldemort has returned, it means that the Ministry of Magic will encounter a major problem that it has not dealt with since its establishment fourteen years ago," Sirius said painfully. "Fudge just doesn't want to face it. Those who deceive themselves and think that Dumbledore is lying to him must be more comfortable."
"Also, you should know this, Harry." Fanlin had never been serious. "A Ministry of Magic has never been able to accommodate two powers."
"You see the problem now," Lupin said. "When the Ministry of Magic insists that there is no threat from Voldemort, it is difficult to convince people that he has returned, especially if people really don't want to believe it in the first place. To make matters worse, the Ministry of Magic ordered the Daily Prophet not to report any news from Dumbledore, so most wizarding groups were completely unaware of anything that happened. If S’ spells, they are easy targets."
"But you are warning people, aren't you?" Harry looked at Fanlin, Mr. Weasley, Sirius, Bill, Mondungus, Lupin and Tonks, and asked, "You are not letting people know about Voldemort. Is coming back?"
"As you can see, this is a very difficult thing." Fanlin said bluntly, "We have no credibility at all. To be precise, Voldemort's power is far more terrifying than you think."
"Yes," Sirius nodded. "Although I have been cleansed of my grievances, I am only an Auror who has lost the right to speak at the Ministry of Magic, right?" Sirius said helplessly.
"And I, I am an unwelcome guest in most clubs," Lupin said. "Werewolves have always been a dangerous profession."
"Tonks and Arthur are worse than I am. If they are silent, they will lose their jobs at the Ministry of Magic," said Sirius. "But it is very important for us to put a spy in the Ministry of Magic. Importantly, I bet that Voldemort will infiltrate them, but the bad thing is that the marks on my body are too obvious."
"Even though we have tried our best to persuade two people," Mr. Weasley said, "Tonks is here, she is one--but she was too young when the order of the Phoenix was assembled last time, and there were Auror members with us. Side is a huge advantage-Kingsley Shackleport is also our real wealth; he is the Auror in charge of Fudge's safety, so we can grasp part of Fudge's movements."
"But if none of you releases news that Voldemort has returned—" Harry said.
"Who said that we didn't release the news?" Sirius said. "Why do you think Dumbledore is in this trouble?"
"What do you mean?" Harry asked.
"They want to humiliate Dumbledore," Lupin said. "Did you not read the Daily Prophet last week? They reported that Dumbledore had been voted to remove the chairman of the International Magic League because of him. Too old and has lost control, but that's not true; he was removed from the Wizarding Department after giving a speech announcing the return of Voldemort. They downgraded his wizard level from a wizard—that's a wizard His highest honor-and they are now discussing the withdrawal of his Merlin Medal."
"But Dumbledore said that as long as he is not removed from the chocolate frog collection card, he doesn't care what they do." Fred said with a smile.
"It's not a funny thing," Mr. Weasley said sharply. "If he continues to defy the Ministry of Magic like this, he may be spending the rest of his life in Azkaban, and the last thing we can do One thing, it can only be where Dumbledore is locked. If that person knows that Dumbledore is back on the battlefield, he will act cautiously. If Dumbledore leaves the battlefield,-oh, that person will be unscrupulous. ."
"But if Voldemort wants to recruit more Death Eaters, the news of his return will inevitably leak, isn't it?" Harry asked disappointedly.
"Voldemort won't break in in broad daylight, Harry!" Fanlin said, shaking his head. "He deceived, cursed, and blackmailed them. He is an expert in confidential work. In any case, recruiting followers is very important. Interesting things. He is also making plans. These plans can make his actions, in fact, silent, and he is paying attention to this at the moment, such as those vampires, if it were not for some accidental reason, we would not even Know that such ancient creatures participate, and..."
Fanlin didn't continue speaking, this was obviously beyond the scope.
"What will he do next except those followers?" Harry asked quickly. He thought he saw Sirius exchange eyes quickly with Lupin before answering.
"Replenish supplies through secret means," Sirius said, "like a weapon or something older. Some things he didn't have last time."
"Before he gets stronger?"
"Yes."
"For example, what kind of weapon?" Harry said, "Is it something worse than the Avadaso Curse—?"
"Enough!" Mrs. Weasley said in the shadow by the door. After sending Ginny upstairs, Harry didn't notice that she had returned ~EbookFREE.me~ Her arms crossed and she looked very annoyed.
"Now I want you to go to bed. All of you." She looked at Fred, George, Ron and He added, "Including you, Fanlin!"
"You can't order us—" Fred began to protest.
"Look at me." Mrs. Weasley growled. She stared at Sirius tremblingly. "You have told Harry enough. It will be more straightforward for you to bring Harry into the Phoenix Order organization any more."
"Why not?" Harry said quickly, "I want to join, I want to join, I want to fight!"
"No." It was not Mrs. Weasley who spoke this time, but Lupin. "The Phoenix Order is composed of formal wizards who are over the legal age, and Fanlin is licensed by Dumbledore. In fact, his abilities are obvious to all. As an adult wizard, Fanlin is not inferior.
Lupin added when Fred and George wanted to speak. "It's dangerous to get involved without any idea, any of you... I think Molly is right, Sirius. We have said enough..."