In the early morning, countless owls flapped their wings and swarmed into the castle hall of Hogwarts. After circling over the heads of the students enjoying breakfast, they landed beside the recipients to perform their duties as postmen.
Harry picked up the newspaper dropped by the owl and began to read its contents. Compared to the Daily Prophet once controlled by Fudge, Harry found that he preferred the Daily Prophet under Scrimgeour's control. At least the contents of the newspaper could always make people happy.
A few days ago, the news that the Ministry of Magic once again crushed the You-Know-Who's conspiracy and successfully killed several Death Eaters spread throughout Hogwarts. The only one who was unhappy about this was probably Harry's nemesis in Slytherin: Draco Malfoy.
No wonder Malfoy's face has been so gloomy recently, Bella is his relative.
Harry withdrew his gaze, took a sip of pumpkin juice, looked at today's headlines, and soon discovered a surprising piece of news.
A reporter was beaten by the victim's family due to his aggressive words while interviewing the family of a person who was persecuted by Death Eaters. He is currently in hospital with serious injuries.
The Ministry of Magic expressed regret over the incident and has comforted the victims' families. Minister Scrimgeour claimed that they will not be punished in any way because their loved ones died heroically in the war not long ago.
The Ministry of Magic sternly reminded the general public that Barty Crouch Jr., who was once sympathized by the people, was the culprit who caused the return of the mysterious man. He believed that people should put away their ridiculous sympathy for the Death Eaters and dark wizards.
"puff!"
Harry spat out the pumpkin juice he had just drunk. He was sure that this was intentional. The reporter must have said something extreme, which completely angered the Ministry of Magic, causing Scrimgeour to arrange for him to "interview" the victim's family.
"What's wrong, Harry?"
Hermione, who was flipping through "Advanced Rune Translation", looked up and cast a puzzled look at Harry who was laughing.
"Today's newspaper headline, I dare say Scrimgeour definitely did it on purpose." Harry handed the newspaper to Hermione and asked casually, "How is your investigation going?"
"I have searched many books and even went to the banned books section, but still couldn't find any clues. I suspect that part of the books has been removed by someone."
Hermione suspected that Dumbledore took away all the books containing records of Horcruxes.
"That's quite a problem for me!" muttered Harry.
"Don't worry Harry, Dumbledore will leave you a long time, and I think you need to build a good relationship with Professor Slughorn in advance."
"Do you think I should go to the 'Slug' party?" Harry was a little depressed. It was not that he didn't want to go to the party, but he felt that leaving Ron behind was not a good idea.
"That party wasn't as bad as you thought," Hermione whispered. "In fact, it was quite fun."
"Perhaps, I should try my luck with some Felicis Felix. No, it would be better if Dumbledore could try his luck with Felicis Felix."
Harry actually tried it, and the Felicia Felix can indeed make things go smoothly. However, his intuition did not tell him to go to Professor Slughorn, but to go to Dumbledore, because Harry thought he could ask Albert for divination, or persuade Dumbledore to use the Felicia Felix to go to Professor Slughorn to try his luck.
Later, Harry learned that Dumbledore had actually asked Albert to predict the number of Horcruxes, but they had to get more accurate information to prevent any accidents.
After all, their enemy is Voldemort, and any mistake would make all their efforts go to waste.
Therefore, Harry gave up temporarily. The dosage of Felicis was limited and he dared not waste it casually. He planned to save it for use at the critical moment.
"Can you contact Albert?" Harry turned to Hermione and asked.
"Is this okay?"
"Do you really think that guy doesn't know anything?" said Harry dryly.
"No way." Hermione looked at Ron.
"Fred and George disappeared recently. It is said that the Death Eaters are now keeping an eye on them, trying to find Albert through them. By the way, Bill asked us not to write important things in the letter to prevent it from being intercepted." Ron took the newspaper, read the headlines on it, and changed the subject to ask, "By the way, Harry, when are you going to hold a meeting of the Defense Association?"
"The end of this month!" Harry said without hesitation.
"No Harry, we promised to go to the Wizard Card Club."
Although Albert handed the club over to Luna, Hermione still hoped that the relaxed atmosphere could be maintained.
"I found that there were so many things happening this month." Harry sighed helplessly and took out a quill to write down the contents.
When there are too many things to do, it is easy to forget them if you don’t write them down, or forget the homework for a certain course.
"By the way, Harry, have you heard?" Ron seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "Malfoy seems to have voluntarily quit the Quidditch team."
"That's very unusual," said Harry.
"I think it's normal. After all, his father is a Death Eater. Probably no one would want to deal with the son of a Death Eater." Ron was in a good mood. No one wanted to see Malfoy in trouble more than Weiss.
"Most Death Eaters come from Slytherin. Do you think they really care about these issues?" The reason Harry wanted to find Albert was not only to ask about the Horcruxes, he also wanted him to help with divination to see what Draco Malfoy was up to.
He had an indescribable feeling that Harry suspected Malfoy was a Death Eater, but he didn't think this speculation could convince his two good friends because it really sounded ridiculous.
"I always feel that guy is plotting some terrible conspiracy."
"Okay, Harry, don't worry about Malfoy's conspiracy. When are you going to start the party? Everyone can't wait." Ron turned his gaze to Hermione: "Are you ready?"
"I suggest this weekend," Hermione suggested. "You should be free, right?"
"Okay!" Harry nodded in agreement. "It's only once a month anyway. What do you think we should talk about this month?"
"Choose from the Self-Defense Guide, so that everyone can have a book." Hermione suggested: "We can teach everyone how to use spells to build a safe temporary camp. I remember there is relevant content in the book."
"I think these things may not be of much use to everyone. After all, it's impossible for everyone to have a seamless stretch bag or a tent." Ron kindly reminded. He doubted that most students would not need this part because no one would be stupid enough to wander around, even though Albert once said that Muggle wizards would have a harder time in the future.
"We can use a party to explain it. It never hurts to learn something. After all, we have learned a lot of defensive magic!" Hermione advised.
"A lot. No, we only learned the basics." Ron obviously disagreed with Hermione's words. "In Fred's words, we are little fools who think we are everything we want after only learning the basics. This is why most of the time in the Self-Defense Guide, people are told to run away instead of fighting back."
"Albert deliberately put this part in, there must be his reasons, I think it is necessary to master this part of the skills."
Seeing the two people about to argue, Harry quickly interrupted and said, "I plan to take some time to review the magic I learned before, and review the Patronus Charm by the way. Now that Dementors are everywhere, I think it is necessary to master the Patronus Charm proficiently."
"As for learning how to build a safe camp in the wild, we can wait until next month. At least I need to figure it out first. Otherwise, how can I teach others?"
In fact, Harry felt that what Hermione said made sense. There was nothing redundant in Albert's "Self-Defense Guide" and all the contents were very useful.
The news that Harry was going to hold another DA party spread quickly in the castle like wings. After hearing the news, everyone ran over to greet Harry and asked what kind of magic Harry was going to teach everyone at the party.