Ever since the International Confederation of Wizards sent a team of Aurors into the British wizarding world, the chaos originally caused by the dark wizards was quickly alleviated. However, the employees of the British Ministry of Magic still could not avoid the fate of working overtime from 9 am to 5 pm, even on Christmas Day.
Minister Scrimgeour believes that the enemy will not give you time to rest, especially after the situation has eased, their ministers have become more cautious and worried that the enemy is plotting some big conspiracy.
The door of the Minister's office was opened from the inside, and Kings came out with Arthur, talking in a low voice about why Scrimgeour wanted to find them. Minister Scrimgeour hoped to interview Harry and use Harry to keep everyone alert.
With the help of the International Confederation of Wizards, the British wizarding world has regained its former peace. However, the short-lived peace seems to have made the tired people forget the cruel fact that Voldemort is still alive. The Dark Lord is still threatening the peace of the entire wizarding world all the time, but this fact has been deliberately forgotten by everyone.
"Scrimgeour is worried that the You-Know-Who is plotting something big." Kingsley felt that Minister Scrimgeour's concerns were correct. Voldemort would not give up no matter what. If the Ministry of Magic let down its guard, it would most likely face the heaviest and most fatal blow. But it was not a solution to keep everyone on edge.
“How’s the conservation plan going?”
Arthur suddenly asked about the recent news he had heard. It was said that the Ministry was quietly building secret apartments to provide temporary accommodation for Ministry of Magic employees to prevent their families from being disturbed and threatened by dark wizards, which would put their lives in danger.
As long as the internal staff of the Ministry of Magic is stabilized and the senior executives are not controlled by the Imperius Curse, the British wizarding world will not be easily infiltrated by the Death Eaters and collapse, and the life safety of Scrimgeour as the Minister can be guaranteed.
"It's not finished yet. I guess we'll have to wait a while before we can move in."
Kings didn't dare reveal too much information here to avoid his plan being targeted by dark wizards. Moreover, this apartment could not accommodate too many families, and the people who were allowed to move in obviously needed to be screened.
"It seems that the minister is not optimistic about the current situation either." Arthur took out his pocket watch, checked the time, and asked Kings, "Is it because of Mr. Anderson's prediction?"
"Very likely." Kings also felt that Scrimgeour was so vigilant because of Albert's warning. Scrimgeour trusted Albert very much. Recently, he had been trying to get his help. When the Aurors entered Britain to maintain order, it was undoubtedly the best time to wipe out the Death Eaters.
Unfortunately, the effect is not great.
The smarter Death Eaters all hid themselves and no longer showed up outside, and they dared not act recklessly as they did before.
As for the fools who didn't listen to advice, they are probably all dead.
It was a good thing for Scrimgeour that both sides were at peace. According to Albert's prediction, the longer the time dragged on, the worse the situation would be.
"Will you come to the party at noon?" Arthur changed the subject. "Fred and George will also come, and they can also..."
"I will. I'll just talk to Harry about the interview." Kingsley didn't forget the task Minister Scrimgeour had given him. "Do you think Harry would be willing to be interviewed?"
"I don't know. We'll ask when the time comes." Arthur shook his head. "I support his decision."
The two of them went to Number 12 Grimmauld Place, where they saw Harry helping to peel potatoes. He looked a little tired, as if he had not slept well the night before.
Kings came and talked to Harry directly about the interview.
"If you don't want to be interviewed by the Daily Prophet, will we help you turn it down?" Kings came and gave the choice directly to Harry.
Harry fell into a brief silence after listening to this. He still felt a little disgusted with the interview with the Daily Prophet. Harry had never forgotten how the Daily Prophet had slandered him in the past, and such things might continue to happen in the future.
"What do you think Scrimgeour's purpose is?"
Harry didn't refuse directly, but asked Arthur and Kings to come.
"Scrimgeour believes that we should remain vigilant. After all, Voldemort is only hiding himself, rather than being completely eliminated by us. This false peace will not last long." Kings came to help Harry analyze, "We think Voldemort is plotting something."
"Scrimgeour wants to use your reputation." Arthur glanced at Kings. It was not difficult to tell from his words that he still hoped Harry would accept the interview.
"He wants everyone to believe that you agree with his policies so that his policies can be better implemented."
It was not difficult for them to guess Scrimgeour's purpose, which was to use Harry's reputation to consolidate himself.
"It seems that my so-called savior is quite popular." Harry said self-deprecatingly.
"Yes, Scrimgeour does want to use you. All politicians do that." Mr. Weasley looked at Harry seriously and said, "Of course, we all think it's not time to relax yet, but many people... are tired. Harry, we support your choice."
"Actually, I think it would be more effective for Scrimgeour to go find Albert and support him." Harry ignored Mr. Weisley's words and changed the subject.
"Mr. Anderson has been helping all along. Most of Scrimgeour's current achievements are due to Albert." Kingsley said with a slightly strange expression, "His attitude towards Albert has changed because of this, but Albert obviously sees through Scrimgeour's true nature and has never paid much attention to him. Scrimgeour has no good solution for this."
"That's exactly what Albert would do." Harry chuckled. "Okay. I agree to the interview, but I want to see the content of the interview in advance. You know the newspapers always like to exaggerate."
"That's great. I think Scrimgeour will be very happy." Kingslai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Their mission was accomplished.
"Isn't it despicable!"
George stood outside the door holding a glass of warm butter beer. He raised his glass to Harry and said with a smile, "All adults are like this. You can actually refuse. I think Kings's expression will be very interesting."
"Yes, they are mean and dirty, but I am not a child anymore. I have my own judgment and will not do such boring things." Harry knew very well what he was doing.
"Actually, I think it's useless even if you stand up." Fred handed the butterbeer to Harry and explained with a smile: "Albert often said that you should never try to convince others. When people don't want to believe, even if you tell them the truth loudly in their ears, they will pretend not to hear it."
Harry took a sip of butterbeer and asked curiously, "What should we do in this situation?"
"Just do your own thing and ignore him." George shrugged.
"Harry, I've got you the mead you asked me to buy. It's the best oak-aged mead." Sirius placed the small oak barrel in front of Harry and asked, "What do you want the mead for?"
"Send someone away. Dumbledore gave me a task to get some information from Professor Slughorn. I plan to get Professor Slughorn drunk first." Harry did not hide this matter. As long as no one knew what the content was, there would be no problems.
"Need some help?" Lupin asked.
"No, this thing is enough. Slughorn likes to collect gifts for him, and I plan to give him this barrel of mead on his birthday." Harry actually didn't have much confidence in this plan, but his confidence came from the Felicis Felix and his backup plan.
Seeing that Harry was very confident about this, Sirius didn't say anything more. He certainly knew where Harry had the Felicia Felix, and if he was lucky enough, it would definitely work, so Sirius was not worried that Harry's plan would fail.
Originally the dinner was supposed to be held in the evening, but everyone had something to do tonight, so we had to move the sumptuous dinner forward.
While enjoying the meal, Kings came and told Arthur about Scrimgeour's protection plan
"I know about this. It is said that Albert will be the confidential keeper of that building." Fred put down the turkey leg and interrupted.
"Why not Dumbledore?"
Mrs. Weasley was a little puzzled. The secret-keeper of the Order of the Phoenix headquarters was Dumbledore. There was no doubt that no one was more suitable to be the secret-keeper than the headmaster of Hogwarts. After all, even Voldemort was afraid of him.
If he doesn't want to, who can get the secret from him
"We suspect that the You-Know-Who may be secretly plotting against Dumbledore and Scrimgeour," Mad-Eye Moody said bluntly, "so they chose Albert. That guy is also very powerful, and no one knows where he is hiding."
"This sounds ridiculous." Ginny muttered, "How dare the Death Eaters target Dumbledore? Are they all crazy?"
"Don't forget what happened a while ago. Voldemort tried to kill Albert through Hermione, and the other two time points obviously corresponded to Dumbledore and Scrimgeour." Harry felt that others probably also guessed Dumbledore's dire situation.
If unfortunately he died, the so-called confidentiality plan would be ruined.
"In fact, if we build a few more buildings and everyone hides away, the You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters will probably be left with nothing but staring at us." George changed the subject to avoid it straying into something unpleasant.
"Voldemort's reign of terror comes more from the threat he poses to other wizard families. Once he can no longer threaten them, people will no longer be so afraid of him, or at least they won't be worried that their families will be in danger of losing their lives." Tonks also agreed with Scrimgeour's protection plan. At least they didn't have to worry about their families.
"That sounds like Albert's idea. Only he would do such a thing." Harry muttered. Whenever he heard of something weird, he would subconsciously think it was Albert who did it. As far as he knew, the Defense Association had built many so-called "safe houses".
"It was indeed Albert who suggested Scrimgeour to do this." Fred nodded and explained, "This will help prevent the Ministry of Magic from being completely controlled by You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters, and will encourage more people to dare to resist You-Know-Who."
"Everything really is related to him." Harry couldn't help but complain.
If possible, he actually hoped that Albert could help him destroy Voldemort, but this was just a beautiful wish.
After all, it was up to him to deal with Voldemort.
"Harry..."
Hermione gave Harry a light kick under the chair.
"Ouch, who kicked me just now?"
Ron suddenly raised his head and looked around, trying to find the culprit who kicked him.
"Oh, by the way, I hope to learn Apparition during the Christmas holidays. I mean, I hope someone can teach us in advance." Harry tilted his head to Kings.
"I remember that you should be able to sign up for Apparition training in the sixth grade." Kingsley raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Harry in confusion and asked, "After the Christmas holiday, you should start practicing Apparition."
"I know, but I still hope that this semester, Hermione, Ron and I can make sure we master Apparition," Harry said seriously. "This is very important."
"Harry, you can certainly ..."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Weisley." Harry interrupted, shaking his head. "This is not to show off. This matter is very important. We must be prepared in advance to deal with future changes in the situation."
Everyone looked at each other, and understood what Harry meant. Finally, Kings nodded in agreement.
"Lemse, you will teach Harry, Hermione and Ron!" Kings came to Lupin and asked, "You have teaching experience, and so does Sirius. By the way, Moody, I remember I have nothing to do in the past few days, so you can teach Harry some Defense Against the Dark Arts skills. It won't hurt to have some Auror training."
"You..." Molly was a little angry.
"Molly, Harry will have to face it sooner or later," Arthur interrupted, putting a hand on his wife's shoulder and shaking his head.
"But Harry is just a child." Molly looked at her husband dissatisfiedly.
"Soon," Sirius said calmly, "Harry is a man, and we all know what Harry will face in the future. He needs to grow up, and you will only hurt him."
"Sirius." Lupin frowned, feeling that Sirius' words were too harsh.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Weisley. I don't want to spend my whole life on the run and in hiding." Harry said calmly, "Besides, sometimes there's no point in running away. After all, the opponent is Voldemort. He will definitely try his best to kill me."
"Ahem, there are many advantages to being able to master Apparition in advance. At least you don't have to worry about not being able to learn it when the time comes." George quickly changed the subject to avoid making the atmosphere too awkward: "At the beginning, we also familiarized ourselves with Apparition with the help of Albert, and our progress was much faster than other students."
"Albert Apparated with you?" Kingsley raised his eyebrows slightly. "It seems that he never took the laws of the Ministry of Magic seriously."
"As long as you don't know, it's not illegal." George said with a smile.
Somehow, Mr. Wesley suddenly felt a little embarrassed, because this reminded him of the flying Ford car.
"Is that really the case?" Hermione asked curiously.
"There are always loopholes in the law," Kingsley explained awkwardly.