Ron's words left Harry and Hermione speechless. They had never thought about it in this way, but it did make some sense. He did know something about the shelter.
"What do you do with that?"
Harry asked, a little confused, as he saw Ron casually stuffing the box by the fireplace into his bag.
Looking at Ron's attitude, people who didn't know the situation might think he was planning to move out of the place.
"There's Floo powder in there. I'm sure the fireplace here can be connected to other fireplaces through the Floo network." Ron pointed at the fireplace and said, "If we fail to find them and are exposed by the outer warning magic, they might use the fireplace to summon a bunch of dark wizards to surround us, just like what happened to Sirius and Lupin last time."
"It seems that we are lucky." Harry said, gently stroking the badge on his chest.
"I have erased their memories."
Hermione stood up again and motioned for Harry and Ron to move the two men to their seats, pretending they were asleep.
"They don't know we've been here. If other dark wizards come to replace them, they will probably just think they are asleep."
Harry looked at the two unconscious dark wizards and suddenly asked, "If it was Albert, how would he deal with these dark wizards?"
"Probably..." Hermione hesitated for a moment and said, "Let them forget that they are wizards, and then send them to a Muggle prison. However, I'm afraid we can't do that now."
"That's a good idea. At least it will stop those dark wizards from harming people." Harry agreed with Albert's approach. If he didn't choose to kill them, locking them up was undoubtedly the best way.
Harry didn't want to kill anyone, but dark wizards were enemies after all, and it was not possible to just let them go out of his wits. So he agreed with Albert's point of view, at least he had to prevent the enemy from continuing to hurt others.
After dealing with the tail, the three of them quietly left through the back door, ready to determine what the third red dot was.
Before they dealt with the two people in the room, they would still suspect that it was their accomplice, but now they suspected that it might be a dark creature like a Boggart hiding in someone else's house.
However, we still have to take some time to go over and confirm so that they can do their own things after they confirm that it is safe here.
When the three of them passed through the park, they found that the obelisk that was originally engraved with names had now become a statue of the Potter family of three. The Potters were leaning against each other, and Lily was holding the baby Harry in her arms.
There is also a golden sign next to it, which reads:
October 31, 1981
Lily and James Potter died in this village
Their son Harry was the only wizard to survive the Killing Curse.
We honor the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Porter.
And warn against the violence that has torn their families apart.
The golden plate was covered with various words, which were the traces left by the wizards who came to pay homage to the "Boy Who Lived".
"Let's go and check the situation first."
Harry turned his gaze away from the statues of the Potters and walked towards the direction of the detection pocket watch.
Hermione and Ron looked at each other uneasily, then quickly quickened their pace to catch up.
During this time, Harry said he saw an abandoned house and said it was his home.
"Harry, are you sure there is a house there?" Hermione and Ron followed Harry's gaze but saw nothing.
Harry turned to look at his companions and asked confusedly, "Didn't you see it?"
"No." Ron shook his head.
"I know, it's the Fidelius Charm," Hermione said suddenly.
"I almost forgot, the house was under a Fidelius Charm, and the Secret-Keeper was Peter Pettigrew," Harry nodded. "But he's dead now."
"So, now everyone who knows the secret becomes the secret keeper." Hermione reached out and grabbed Harry's hand and said, "You are also the secret keeper there now."
"Oh, I almost forgot about that. The house is right over there." Harry pointed to Hermione. "Unfortunately, it's been badly damaged and completely abandoned."
After telling Hermione the location, Harry pointed out the location of the house to Ron.
However, they did not choose to stay there, but planned to continue looking for the red dot on the detection pocket watch.
However, someone seemed to have seen through their disguises of the Disillusionment Charm and was standing not far away, watching them and waving at them.
"That man saw us!"
Hermione tightly grasped the wand in her hand and reminded Harry and Ron anxiously that it was absolutely abnormal that the other party could see through them when they were hiding.
"That man is definitely not a Muggle." Ron had already raised his wand.
"Bathilda Bagshot." Harry suddenly had a bad feeling. He moved his eyes to the detection pocket watch in his hand and then looked at the old woman in front of him.
"Harry, we should leave immediately." Hermione pulled Harry's arm and said.
"Perhaps, she was under the Imperius Curse of the Death Eaters." Ron looked at the old man in front of him and whispered, "But I think we should be able to subdue her."
"Don't be silly, Ron. The Imperius Curse can't be detected by a detection watch." Hermione looked at the detection watch in her hand. She was sure that the red dot was pointing to Bathilda Bagshot in front of her.
"Let's take a look at the situation first. If there is any danger, we will leave immediately." Harry took the detection pocket watch, glanced at the red dot on it, and followed Bathilda.
After passing several houses, the three followed Bathilda into the path and came to the door of her house. It was obvious that her garden had been abandoned for some time.
Bathilda opened the door with the key and invited the three people into the house.
As Harry walked over, he smelled a strange odor. Hermione and Ron beside him also frowned. They both held their wands nervously, alert to possible attacks from all around.
"Bathilda?" Harry asked, removing his Invisibility Cloak.
"Let's go inside first," Bathilda said to the three of them.
"Harry!" Hermione shook her head at Harry, "We shouldn't take any risks. This looks like a trap."
"Hermione is right, we shouldn't go in there."
Ron agreed with Hermione's opinion. It was not that he was timid, but the red dot on the detection pocket watch was right in front of him. It should be said that it was pointing to the old man in front of him, not his house.
And standing at the door, they smelled an unpleasant odor, the smell of corruption... In short, Ron didn't want to go in.
"I know this is rude, but do you mind if we just chat outside?" Harry asked tentatively.
"You are Harry Potter."
Bathilda did not answer, but turned her head to look at Harry who had taken off his invisibility cloak.
"No, I'm not."
Harry met Bathilda's cloudy eyes, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart became even stronger. He took a step back and reached out to pull Hermione and Ron.
Both of them heard what Harry said and turned to look. They didn't know what Harry had discovered, but their previous tacit understanding made them raise their wands and point them at Bathilda.
"Back off, get out of here," Harry said, trembling his lips.
The next moment, Hermione took the two of them away, leaving very quickly and efficiently.
A beam of green light swept past the direction where they had just disappeared and hit the old man at the door.
"It was indeed a trap. I seemed to..." Ron gasped and covered his chest with the hand holding the wand. He seemed to have seen Voldemort just now.
"Hermione, do it again."
Harry's mind echoed with Voldemort's furious roar.
The next moment, the uncomfortable feeling of Apparition came back.
Harry gasped and took out the invisibility cloak and put it on himself, then used Apparition again and disappeared with the two of them.
"Can we please stop Apparating? I feel like vomiting." Ron couldn't help but dry-heave. He still couldn't adapt to the high-intensity Apparition.
"The guy's following us, heading to 12 Grimmauld Place," said Harry.
"Why not go back to the Order of the Phoenix headquarters?" Ron felt that the headquarters was safer.
"No, to Albert's shelter."
Hermione didn't give Ron and Harry time to react. She grabbed them and took them directly to the shelter that Albert had specially prepared for them.
“It’s really dirty here.”
Ron was led by Hermione into an abandoned building and couldn't help complaining, "Are you sure this is a shelter?"
"There is a room here that is protected by the Fidelius Charm." Hermione took out the note and handed it to Harry and Ron.
"Why don't you go back to the Order headquarters?"
Ron looked at Harry and Hermione in confusion.
"I was worried there might be Death Eaters blocking us at the door," Hermione explained.
"right."
Harry also didn't want to take any risks. If he hadn't left decisively just now, he would have been blocked by Voldemort. He could still feel Voldemort's anger.
Hermione was right.
Voldemort was indeed planning to do that, and if they Apparated directly to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, they would probably be blocked at the door by Death Eaters.
Ever since Voldemort and the Death Eaters were beaten up by Albert through Scrimgeour, their brains have obviously become smarter than before.
If Albert hadn't given Harry a special boost, he might have failed halfway.