After Albert returned to the suitcase, Yin Zebeier was keenly aware of the subtle changes in her husband. She reached out and grabbed Albert's hand, and asked softly: "What's wrong, dear, what happened?"
"I ran into a little trouble." Albert said lightly.
"A small trouble?" Yin Zebeier raised his eyebrows slightly, "I don't think it's a small trouble."
She knew her husband too well. If he really encountered a small trouble, he would probably throw it to others to solve.
"My dear, you are still as attentive as always."
Albert reached out and hugged Yin Zebel, kissed her forehead, and comforted her, "Don't worry, it's not a big deal, I will be back soon. By the way, prepare paella for me for dinner."
As he spoke, he looked over Yin Zebel's shoulder and looked at Katrina who was pretending to read a newspaper, "Please take good care of your sister for me."
"I will. When you come back, remember to bring me some pearls. They may come in handy when I brew the potion."
Katrina put down the newspaper and said to Albert with a smile.
"It depends."
Albert helped Yin Zebel sit on the sofa, and put the parchment given by Mrs. Daisy and Mrs. Mary on the table. After greeting Mrs. McDougal, he went to make preparations.
"I hate this." Yin Zebel looked at Albert's back as he disappeared at the door and muttered softly, "He always likes to go out on adventures. This is not good."
"He is more cautious than anyone else, so don't worry. What you should do now is to give birth to the baby first, instead of worrying about other things, my dear sister." After eating an apple, Katrina brought the plate to Yin Zebel and said with a smile, "Here, you eat an apple too. The next few months will be the growth period of the baby in your belly. You need to exercise properly and nourish your body at the same time."
“I hope this bad time will end soon.”
"You should know that someone doesn't necessarily want these bad times to end soon." Katrina ate another piece of apple.
Yes, Katrina was right. Albert really didn't want this era to end like this. An era of chaos is also an era full of opportunities.
After arming himself to the teeth, Albert hurried to the headquarters of the "Defense Association" to meet up with others.
Fred, George, Lee Jordan and Sana were also fully armed and ready to go with Albert to rescue Cedric.
"Tell me, what's going on? I don't think Segrik would be targeted by the Death Eaters all of a sudden!" Albert glanced at the four people who were relieved to see him, and cast a probing look at Sana.
"Half an hour ago, we received an alert from Cedric and learned from Truman that Cedric was suspected to be missing. We suspect that when Cedric was recruiting members, he encountered an unlucky guy who was controlled by the Death Eaters using the Imperius Curse. After the Defense Association's matter was exposed, he was captured by the Death Eaters."
Shanna quickly told Albert about the current situation. Cedric couldn't have sounded the alarm for no reason. Something must have happened.
"Surely you can find a way to find Cedric?"
"Well, there is a way."
Albert took out a crystal ball from his traceless stretch bag and divined Cedric's specific situation.
Of course Cedric wanted to save her, but he would never act rashly to avoid being ambushed. Ever since the Ministry of Magic started to plot, the entire wizarding world has become sinister.
After the mist in the crystal ball dissipated, everyone soon saw the results they wanted to know from the crystal ball. Cedric was indeed attacked by several dark wizards. He was now locked in a hall somewhere. He looked dying and seemed to be tortured by the Cruciatus Curse.
The four of them didn't look very good.
"Is there any way to find Cedric's location?" George asked.
"I hope he has the pocket watch I prepared for you!" After putting away the crystal ball, Albert took out a special map of Britain from the traceless stretch bag.
"I think we should have it, we all carry it with us at all times!"
"That's good. There's a spell on that thing. I can locate the approximate location of the pocket watch when necessary."
Albert recited a spell and tapped the map of Britain with his wand. Several red dots appeared on the map, and Cedric's location was marked on the map of Britain.
"That pocket watch can actually be used like this?"
Shanna looked at her pocket watch with some surprise. She originally thought it was just a dark magic detector.
"There are many functions hidden in it. I have never told anyone else, in case it falls into the hands of Death Eaters one day and they know the effects of the pocket watch."
"Why is our name not on the map?" George asked in confusion, staring at the map.
"A strong shielding spell has been cast here to ensure that the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters cannot use spells to lock our location," Albert explained.
"Shall we go save Cedric now?"
"No, we need to confirm how many people are there first, so as not to be ambushed when we get there."
Albert took out a piece of parchment, outlined Cedric's location on it, and used a footprint spell on it to see how many people were around.
Generally speaking, Death Eaters would choose remote places as temporary bases to avoid being targeted by the Ministry of Magic.
The reason is actually very simple, the same as Albert's choice.
Remote places, coupled with shielding spells, can usually block tracking by the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, 80% of the people around Cedric are Death Eaters and their minions.
"Thirteen people. I think that should be the temporary base of those guys." Lee Jordan carefully counted the ink dots on the map and looked up at Albert. "The number of enemies is twice as many as ours."
"It's twelve. You included Cedric in that," George corrected.
“It’s not too bad.”
"Isn't this too bad?" Sana suddenly looked up at Albert.
"At least Cedric's alive."
"Perhaps, your advice worked."
George thought of Albert's instructions, and he suddenly understood why Albert asked them to do that. Saving their lives was the most important thing, and leaking the secret was not a problem at all.
After all, there are two headquarters, both of which are protected by the Fidelius Curse, so there is no need to worry about leaks. As for being controlled by the Imperius Curse, there is even less to worry about.
"Life is more important. If you are not stupid, you will not kill people directly."
Albert waved his wand and conjured up four pairs of earplugs out of thin air. "I'll have you plug your ears later. Remember to do it immediately."
"Why don't I have one?"
Shanna was a little dissatisfied. She had realized that Albert intended to keep her at the headquarters.
"We need to keep a backup. If the situation gets bad, we can use the other two-way mirror for emergency communication that I left in the safe house. It can contact Dumbledore immediately." Noticing the dissatisfaction on Shanna's face, Albert reached out and patted her shoulder. "Although I don't think that thing will come in handy, I need someone to stay behind just in case. This is also a very difficult task. By the way, help me keep an eye on the area to prevent reinforcements from arriving during the operation without us knowing anything."
"All right!"
Shanna reluctantly nodded and agreed to her task.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After saying that, Albert led a few people out of the deserted village and appeared in a wilderness.
"here it is?"
The three of them were a little confused and obviously didn't understand why Albert brought them here.
"Don't stay around the base, it's easy to find your approximate location, especially with the door key, it's easy for someone to lock your location." Albert explained while casting the Disillusionment Charm and the Shielding Charm on them. Then, he took out his pocket watch from his pocket, tapped it a few times, and motioned for them to grab the pocket watch chain, and then he disappeared by the pocket watch chain.
After they regained their footing, they found themselves in the wilderness, with a very remote Muggle village in front of them.
"I think we can suggest that the Ministry of Magic check all the abandoned villages in the UK. Maybe we can find a lot of hidden dark wizards." George muttered. This kind of place is indeed not easy to detect.
"There are Dementors here."
Albert raised his wand and alerted his surroundings. Feeling the freezing fog floating in the sky, he frowned and reminded, "It seems that we may have run into the lair of those guys."
"What should we do now? Should we change the plan?" George knew very well that no matter how powerful the Disillusionment Spell was, it would be meaningless in front of the Dementors.
If there were a large number of Dementors active in the place they were about to go to, it would mean that their original plan to sneak in quietly and eliminate the enemy by surprise attack might be ruined.
When the enemy's number is three times theirs, a strong attack is definitely not a good option. After all, they are here to rescue people, not to annihilate the enemy.
"If we act according to the original plan, I don't believe anyone would be willing to stay with the Dementors." Albert made a calm judgment. Even the Death Eaters would not be willing to stay too close to the Dementors for a long time.
The three of them had no objection. If an accident really happened, at most the sneak attack would turn into a strong attack. They trusted Albert's strength very much.
The four of them cautiously moved towards the village ahead. Albert checked the enemy's position through his pocket watch. The original residents of the village were probably killed.
It was not difficult for them to find the hiding place of those people because those guys did not hide themselves. The lights were on in the largest and most comfortable house in the village, and screams of pain and the laughter and curses of those dark wizards could be heard in the room.
Albert raised his hand to stop the three people. He didn't intend to sneak in. God knew whether the enemy had noticed their arrival when they broke into the village, whether they had prepared any traps to ambush them, and the fact that he didn't see any Dementors in the village was also one of the reasons that made Albert alert.