"That's a good idea, Harry. I also think the DA meeting should continue." Ron immediately agreed, "We have to learn some useful Defense Against the Dark Arts skills. What we learn in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is far from enough."
"All right."
After hesitating for a moment, Harry finally nodded in agreement.
"But I'm afraid you'll have to help me. I'm worried I can't handle it alone."
"Hermione is good at this." Ron added after noticing the look Hermione was giving him, "Of course, I'll help too."
"We just need to maintain the D.A. gathering from last semester, but we can't teach them separately this time." Hermione was not worried about the gathering. "I'll help you sort out the content and process when the time comes."
"I'll leave it to you."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief. If he were alone, he really didn't know what to do.
"That's right."
Ron seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "We'd better hurry up, the time is almost up."
"What's coming?" Harry asked puzzled.
"Don't you know?" Ron seemed very surprised.
"Know what?"
Harry and Hermione looked at Ron in confusion, waiting for him to tell them the answer.
"You'll know soon. There must be a big surprise." Ron said mysteriously.
After the three of them returned to the Gryffindor common room, Ron asked Harry and Hermione to take a seat, and he hurried back to the dormitory to get the radio.
"Oh, you mean the radio?"
When Hermione saw the radio, she guessed what Ron was talking about as a surprise.
Since the Ministry of Magic jointly launched Defense Against the Dark Arts training, the radio channel has been used to broadcast Defense Against the Dark Arts knowledge, home precautions and safety tips to British wizards at 8 o'clock every night.
"It's not the program you think it is. It's a more hidden radio station."
Ron pulled a Knut from his pocket, carefully examined the contents, then pulled out his wand, tapped the radio, and whispered the Arabic letters below the Galleon.
"Is this... a magic coin?"
Hermione recognized the Nat and looked up at Ron in surprise.
"Fred and George thought your magic coin idea was a good one and would not arouse suspicion. They gave us this radio." Ron grinned. "Of course, I thought it would be easy to clip in..."
At this moment, the voice from the radio interrupted Ron.
"Welcome to Wizard's Watch..."
"Wizard Lookout?" Harry looked at Ron in confusion. He knew that Sirius had broadcast on the Wizard Lookout before, so it didn't seem surprising to hear it now.
Ron shushed the two of them, signaling Harry and Hermione to continue listening to the radio.
"… Unfortunately, the wizarding world is not as peaceful as everyone imagines. According to the latest prediction we received from the master of prophecy Mr. Albert Anderson, the environment in the British wizarding world will become worse in the next few years, especially for wizards born in Muggle families. The situation will become more difficult. I suggest that everyone can study the "Self-Defense Guide" specially compiled by Mr. Anderson when they have time, so as to better improve their self-protection ability."
"I dare say that Self-Defense Guide is definitely the hottest-selling book this year." Ginny sat down next to him holding the brand new Self-Defense Guide. "But, Snape... Anyway... I feel like Snape doesn't like it very much, and Colin got into trouble because of arguing with Snape."
"Rather than letting Snape be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, I think Dumbledore should invite Albert to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor." Ron muttered, "Let Albert teach us the Self-Defense Guide. I dare say that the defense against the dark arts level of all Hogwarts students will be greatly improved."
"I don't think it's possible, given the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's curse..." Harry also fell silent after seeing Hermione making a hushing gesture to them.
"… There is no need to complain about the Ministry of Magic. The mess left by the former Minister Fudge is really hard to clean up. I believe everyone can see that Minister Scrimgeour has tried very hard, but he still cannot change the current situation. To be honest, if the source of danger, You-Know-Who, is not eliminated, the situation will hardly improve."
"However, there is also good news. Our prophet believes that Harry Potter will bring us peace in the near future..."
“Ahem.”
Harry felt awkward hearing this.
"I think he's right," Ginny whispered.
"… There is no need to question the truth of the prophecy, because Mr. Anderson helped the Ministry of Magic successfully break the conspiracy of the mysterious man not long ago, and used this to severely damage those minions of the mysterious man. Because of this incident, the Malfoy family is currently offering a high reward for Mr. Anderson's life. Fortunately, Mr. Anderson seems to have foreseen this incident and is currently staying abroad. He is very safe, so please don't worry."
"I thought that guy had returned home." Ron was a little surprised and explained to others, "Everyone thought that he was the one who set the fire at Malfoy's house."
"Everyone?" Ginny asked confused.
"Sirius and the rest of the Order of the Phoenix think so." Ron told what he knew and guessed, "I think Fred and George must know Albert's whereabouts, but they won't tell."
"There must be a reason."
"You should remember the fire that burned down Malfoy Manor!" Ron said in a low voice, "It is said that the devil's fire is a very dangerous black magic. The members of the Order of the Phoenix believe that only a few people have the ability to control the fire from spreading outside Malfoy Manor and directly burning the surrounding area."
"Albert is one of them?"
Hermione had discussed this matter with Harry and Ron, but she still didn't want to believe that Albert would do that.
If Albert really wanted revenge on the Malfoys, there must be other ways.
"I think with Albert's personality, even if he returns to England, he probably won't let anyone know." Harry has always felt that the Malfoy family must have had their brains caught in the door, so they spent Galleons to offer a bounty on Albert's life.
On the radio, Sirius was still sharing the current situation with everyone, and reminding everyone that if they wanted to support Harry, they should do it secretly to ensure the personal safety of themselves and their families.
"This was proposed by Fred and George," Ron suddenly interrupted. "They feel that if we openly support Harry, we'll be retaliated against by the Death Eaters, which would be a blow to those who support Harry and the result would be more trouble than gain. It would be better to let everyone support Harry secretly and then keep in touch privately through other means, just like the Anti-Toad Club back then."
"It seems that they are being targeted by the Death Eaters just because they are Albert's good friends." Ginny said suddenly, "The shops in Diagon Alley have been temporarily closed at the end of August, and now Fred and George have gone into hiding."
"What if the goods in the Defense Against the Dark Arts shop are sold out?" Harry asked puzzledly.
"It seems that my father will be responsible for passing it on." Ginny said, "As for the business of the store, it seems that they plan to use Owl Mail Order."
"It looks like someone is helping them distribute mail-order magazines."
As she spoke, Hermione got a copy of the "Fun Home" mail-order magazine from somewhere.
"This..." Ron scratched his hair awkwardly.
He actually helped distribute this stuff; Fred and George gave him and Ginny some Galleons to help distribute the Fun Home mail-order magazine.
After noticing the embarrassment on Ron's face, Harry probably guessed where these magazines came from, so he changed the subject and asked, "Hermione, do you know how to store the Felix Felicis separately? I mean, if you turn the Felix Felicis into pills like Albert did, the bottle of Felix Felicis that Professor Slughorn gave me can be used 24 times."
24 times!
Harry was excited just thinking about it. Even if he couldn't use it all, he could share it with others.
"I'm sorry Harry, I don't have any solution for now. Maybe you can ask Sirius, they might have a solution." Hermione shook her head to indicate that she was powerless to do anything about it.
"Okay, I will."
Harry decided to use the two-way mirror to contact Sirius tonight.
The broadcast on the radio was still going on. This time it was Lupin who was explaining to people how to use a series of simple spells such as the Stunning Spell and the Disarming Spell to protect themselves. Half an hour passed by like this.
"It feels similar to the previous broadcasts... but it's much better than those from the Ministry of Magic." Hermione changed her words after noticing the look Harry was giving her.
"At least a lot of the content in it is useful, it's just that a lot of things overlap with what's in the Self-Defense Guide," Ron commented.
"You're right." Harry looked at Ron. "But what about the last Defense Against the Dark Arts package?"
"Oh, that one you're talking about, seems to be the result of research by Fred, George and other members of the Order of the Phoenix. I'm not sure about the details." Ron looked at Ginny and asked, "Do you know?"
"It seems to be a very detailed protection plan, which is said to help them escape."
"Why isn't it more popular?" Hermione was puzzled.
"If everyone knows about it, it will be easily leaked. If the Death Eaters know about it, it will not be easy to take effect. Therefore, they plan to leave these to Harry's supporters. After all, they are more likely to be targeted by dark wizards." Ginny continued, "I also heard that they may cooperate with Luna's father and contact him by sending manuscripts to The Quibbler. I don't know the details, and Fred and George didn't say anything."
Harry, Hermione, and Ron looked at each other, obviously unable to understand how they planned to use The Quibbler to stay in touch.
"Harry, I found you."
Katie walked over here quickly and handed the parchment in her hand to Harry. "You must be the captain, right? When are you going to hold the selection?"
"It's not decided yet," Harry said, taking the parchment. "But I don't think you need to participate in the selection..."
"Don't do that." Katie interrupted directly, "When Charlie is the captain, he will try his best to be fair even if there are substitutes. If the captain always lets his good friends play, it is very likely to ruin the good team."
Ron next to him suddenly felt very embarrassed.
"By the way, Angelina Book contacted me and it seems that she has become a substitute chaser for the Holyhead Harpies." Katie told everyone the good news.
“That’s great.”
Everyone is happy for Angelina's success.
"I think this path is not bad." Ginny didn't really want to work in the Ministry of Magic in the future. That kind of life was too boring.
"I think it's a good idea too. If there weren't so many troubles, I might consider joining a Quidditch team after graduation." Harry also likes Quidditch.
"What's written on the parchment?" Hermione asked after Katie walked away.
Harry unfolded the parchment in his hand and immediately recognized Dumbledore's handwriting:
Dear Harry,
I plan to start giving you private lessons this Saturday. Please come to my office at 8pm. I hope you have a great first day of school.
Yours faithfully
Albus Dumbledore
PS: I like sour soda.