"Damn you Mudblood, can't you get a normal invitation?"
Lucius Malfoy looked at the silver card in his hand carefully, still not knowing what it was for. Even though Severus said that the mudblood's wedding date and location would appear on the silver card, he was still confused.
Fortunately, Lucius invited Severus, his old friend, to his home for dinner, and by the way, he wanted to see if he could get more useful information from his old friend. Otherwise, he would have no idea how to make the next plan.
"Severus is here."
Narcissa knocked on the study door and warned.
“Oh, great.”
Lucius picked up the silver card and walked towards the living room.
"Polyjuice potion, about ten servings. These are all the stock I have left." Snape placed a bottle of slowly bubbling viscous potion in front of Lucius.
"If you need more, I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while."
"Thank you, that's a great help." Lucius said gratefully.
"You're welcome."
Just as Snape finished speaking, he heard footsteps outside the corridor.
The door of the living room was pushed open, and Mr. and Mrs. Rodolphus walked in. They looked at Snape at the dining table, obviously a little surprised.
"Lucius, I think our plan had better be implemented as soon as possible." Bella ignored Snape and said to Malfoy, "I've been to MacDougal's house. She hasn't lived there for a long time."
"So, you plan to burn down her house?" Snape raised a sarcastic smile.
"Who told you?" Bella narrowed her eyes and guessed, "That idiot Avery?"
"Avery is right. If you burn something, it will only alert them." Lucius frowned and reminded them, "That would undoubtedly be a direct reminder to them that I am targeting you. Hide quickly."
"So what?" Bella said disdainfully, "They can only hide away trembling like rats."
"Shivering," Snape repeated softly.
"What's so funny?" Bella looked at Snape angrily.
"That's enough Bella, anger won't solve anything." Lucius said in a stern voice, then looked at Rodolphus.
"Snape obviously knows the enemy better than we do. Perhaps we should listen to his advice." Rodolphus held his wife's shoulders, looked at Snape, then at Lucius, and said softly, "You are more cautious than before."
The word "cautious" was emphasized, as if mocking Lucius's cowardice.
"Is there anyone among you who can take on the entire Auror office alone?" Snape suddenly asked.
"What's the meaning."
"Umbridge originally recruited more than forty Aurors, but he beat them all upside down and hung them on the wall." Snape looked around at the two of them and reminded them, "Even if those forty Aurors were all rubbish, they were still more than forty Aurors."
Everyone in the living room was silent.
"Your enemy is an international dueling champion, not an employee of the Ministry of Magic who can't even use an Shield Charm properly." Snape glanced at Bella and said softly, "Besides, you burned down the MacDougal house, so how could your house be spared?"
"What do you mean?" Rodolphus asked with a frown.
"It means that if you set fire to McDougal's house, Anderson will set fire to your house on the same day. Don't doubt whether he will do that, and don't doubt whether he can find the location of your house. For a fortune teller, finding things is never a difficult task."
"I doubt that Scrimgeour was able to lead the Aurors to find the Dark Lord because of Anderson," Snape said softly. "The failure of your plan to seize the prophecy may also be related to him. How dare you underestimate such a dangerous guy?"
"What's your proposal?" Lucius asked.
"Kill him in one go, don't give him any chances." Snape said seriously, "Besides, his wedding is your only chance, so it's best not to do anything unnecessary before then."
"Do you think we shouldn't go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to catch that woman McDougal?" Bella asked with a slightly raised eyebrow.
"That guy is a very powerful prophet. I doubt that you will be ambushed by Aurors as soon as you step into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries." Snape knew very well how dangerous it was to anger Albert Anderson. He had not forgotten how Peter Pettigrew died, and he did not believe that Umbridge was sent to Azkaban by Harry.
Just because Anderson doesn't kill people himself doesn't mean others don't kill people.
"If other people knew about this, we would definitely become a laughing stock." Bella said with a hint of contempt in her tone.
"Bella, you have never dealt with him, so you don't understand how powerful that guy is. Just like Severus said, if you look down on him because of your status as a mud farmer, you will definitely suffer a great loss." Lucius said softly, "And I have suffered losses more than once, so I learned to be cautious, which helped me escape the last jail time."
If possible, Lucius Malfoy didn't want to deal with Albert at all. Just as Snape said, if he couldn't kill the other party in one breath, he would undoubtedly have made a powerful enemy. What's worse is that the other party is a master of prophecy and can foresee the danger. It is unwise to provoke such a guy. The last time the Dark Lord took action himself, he failed to kill him.
"If you insist on going to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to arrest someone, I will help. Before that, I have something to talk to Severus about." Lucius glared at Bella and signaled her to shut up.
The Rodolphuses left in a rage.
Lucius looked at the two men's backs as they left, shook his head, took out the silver card and asked Snape, "Severus, how much do you know about this thing?"
"This is the invitation sent by Anderson. I know what you want to ask." Snape took the silver card and said, "In fact, I don't know much."
"According to the invited guests, the date and place will appear on it closer to the wedding." Snape handed the silver card to Lucius.
"That's all?"
"Yes, that's all." Snape explained, "I think Anderson has already considered the possibility that those cards will be obtained by others."
"What do you think the chances are of us being ambushed when we go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries?" Lucius asked with a sigh as he put away the silver card.
"I don't know, but you'd better be prepared."
"Thank you, Severus." Lucius reached out and patted Snape's shoulder. "Stay for lunch before you leave."
Snape didn't refuse.
However, the meal was not a pleasant one.
"Are you sure we want to use this stuff?" Bella looked at the compound potion in her hand, her face full of disgust.
"St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is not a shop in Diagon Alley. We will definitely have to spend some time inside. If you just break in, even if there is no ambush, the Aurors will arrive in the first place." Lucius found a reason that was easier to convince Bella.
"Prophecy is not omnipotent, and do you really think that Mudblood can do that?" Bella obviously didn't believe Snape's nonsense.
"I don't remember you being so timid before." The Rodolphus couple were very unhappy with Malfoy's timidity.
"Cowardly, no, this is cautious." Lucius said dissatisfiedly, "It's always right to be cautious. We are going to capture people in order to obtain useful intelligence, not to attack St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, let alone to fight the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic."
A few minutes later, Malfoy and the Rodolphus couple acted together, Malfoy disguised as a patient, and the Rodolphus couple disguised as the patient's family.
They entered St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries smoothly, used the Imperius Curse to control a trainee healer, and went straight to the Department of Magical Maladies and Injuries on the fifth floor.
When the three of them arrived at the director's office of the Curse Injury Department, they found a vacation sign hanging in front of McDougal's office door.
"I warned you." Lucius said after a moment of silence.
"What are you doing here?" a therapist asked, frowning as he looked at the people here.
"we are… "
"Where is McDougal?" Bella had already taken out her wand and pointed it at the female therapist's neck, grabbing her hair and asking.
"Director McDougal... seems to have asked for leave. I heard that her daughter is getting married soon." The witch was shocked by Bella's behavior and said in horror, "Why are you looking for her..."
Before she could finish her words, Lucius knocked her down with a Stunning Spell and then cast a Forgetfulness Spell on her.
"I warned you not to make too much noise." Lucius glared at Bella, "We'd better leave here as soon as possible."
It wasn't long before the abnormality here was discovered.
That night, Scrimgeour announced that he would send a team of Aurors to guard St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to ensure the safety of the hospital.
"I thought you were going to give them a big surprise."
Yin Zebel put down the newspaper and turned his eyes to Albert.
The Death Eaters broke into St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, apparently to capture Mrs. MacDougal. Fortunately, they took her away first, otherwise God knows what would have happened.
"We can't push them too hard." Albert cut open the iced watermelon and handed a piece to Yin Zebel, "Otherwise, they will be too cautious and won't fall into our trap easily."
"Those Aurors are actually willing to help?" Katrina was very surprised.
"Why refuse? This is a good opportunity for Scrimgeour." Albert cut the watermelon into pieces and placed them on the plate.
"What good opportunity?"
Mrs. McDougal, who came out of the study, happened to hear their conversation.
"Mom, look at today's newspaper. Those Death Eaters really went to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries to capture you." Yin Zebel changed the subject.
"What good opportunity did you just say?" Mrs. McDougal asked, not paying attention to the news in the newspaper.
"A good opportunity to strike at the Death Eaters." Albert said softly.
"What are you going to do?" asked Mrs. McDougal.
"I dare say the Death Eaters must have gotten the invitation." Albert took out a silver card and said casually, "The Death Eaters are probably planning to give us a surprise."
"A surprise?" Mrs. MacDougal repeated weakly.
"So, I plan to give them a surprise as well." Albert waved his wand, and a metal book unfolded out of thin air. A map of Britain as big as a table appeared, with many labels on it, marking the specific location of each invitation.
"When the Death Eaters bring people to cause trouble, the Aurors will disguise themselves as guests and wait for them at the wedding. Of course, Scrimgeour will also have people disguise themselves as us and pretend to get married."
"You knew that a long time ago?"
Mrs. MacDougal fell into a brief silence, and she suddenly understood why Albert was on the blacklist of the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters.
"Just in case." Albert took a bite of the iced watermelon and said calmly, "After all, I can predict the future. A long time ago, I predicted that my wedding with Yin Zebel would not be peaceful, so I started preparing a long time ago. The wedding will be held abroad, in a manor protected by the Fidelius Curse. Even the mysterious man cannot break through the protection of the Fidelius Curse and break into the manor to disturb our wedding."
"Then why do you still..." Mrs. MacDougal didn't quite understand why Albert wanted to provoke the mysterious man and the Death Eaters.
"It's not that I want to provoke them, but they can't tolerate me." Albert shook his head, "Because I was born a Muggle, and the halo around me is too dazzling. The pure-blood wizards led by the mysterious man hate me very much and want me to die. You know, many pure-blood wizards believe that pure blood is the best, and I am an intolerable shame to them."
"Since they are enemies who will never give up, I naturally don't mind helping others kill them." Albert's tone was relaxed, but Mrs. McDougal could sense the murderous intent in his tone.
In fact, he was doing just that, with the help of the Aurors.
"Are you sure they will be fooled?" Katrina asked curiously.
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Because they look down on Muggle wizards, and that kind of contempt will send them to hell." Albert said softly, "Of course, it doesn't matter even if the plan fails, I won't suffer any loss anyway."
"They'll definitely hate you more."
"So, I will hide here next." Albert took another big bite of watermelon and said nonchalantly, "The secret keeper here is hiding in another safe house where I am the secret keeper, so it is absolutely safe here. What's more, the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters can't find this place at all. In fact, except for a few of us, no one knows that we are hiding here."
Mrs. McDougal fell into a long silence again. She found that Albert was more prepared than she had expected.
"Besides, the Death Eaters can never beat me. Although I may be boasting a little, my strength is actually very close to Dumbledore's. Most wizards are no match for me." Albert said a more silent fact, "As for the You-Know-Who, if it is really necessary, I will definitely find Dumbledore to fight him alone."
Katrina and Yin Zebel suddenly fell silent, because Albert did the same thing in the last international duel competition.
"So, the International Duel Tournament wasn't an accident?"
"Of course not." Albert reminded, "There are not so many coincidences in this world."
"Does he know, I mean does the You-Know-Who know?"
"You definitely won't know at first, but you may guess it later. After all, the You-Know-Who doesn't need evidence at all." Albert comforted him in a casual tone, "However, the You-Know-Who will not win. The Second Wizarding War will end soon, and he will be completely defeated."
"Depend on Harry Potter," Katrina asked, eyes wide.
"Yes, after all, Harry is the savior."
"I suddenly feel a little sorry for Harry Potter." Katrina whispered.
"You knew this a long time ago?" Mrs. McDougal looked at her eldest daughter who had been eating watermelon silently.
"Yes, Albert is just telling you the truth to reassure you." Yin Zebel put down the watermelon and said calmly.