Maybe this is the world of adults.
Since last time, Harry had made it clear to everyone that he had to get Dumbledore's portrait's consent before satisfying everyone's curiosity.
However, everyone's reactions were strange.
None of them seemed willing to let Dumbledore's portrait know about this.
After that incident, everyone seemed to have given up the idea of asking further questions, which made Harry feel a little funny for some reason.
The former members of the Order of the Phoenix became like children who were afraid of being scolded by their teachers. Even their habit of eavesdropping disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.
"I never thought that this would quench everyone's curiosity and easily solve the problems we encountered." Ron couldn't help but sigh.
To be honest, Ron and Hermione were both shocked by Harry's decision at first, but after seeing that the matter could be resolved so easily, they couldn't help but admire Harry's decision from the bottom of their hearts.
No one likes to live under the surveillance of others.
After returning to the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix some time ago, I found that it was no different from a prison.
This was the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, a very safe shelter, not Azkaban Prison. It was not a pleasant thing to have to be on guard against one's own people every day. The feeling of worrying about being monitored when talking in private was really terrible, and it always made the three of them feel uncomfortable.
The situation is much better now than before. At least I don’t have to be on guard against other people anymore.
"This is probably what Albert said about bullying the weak and fearing the strong!"
Harry took out the Golden Snitch from his pocket and fiddled with it in his hand, with a hint of self-mockery in his helpless tone, "Before, I was a little bit skeptical, but now..."
"Harry!"
Hermione looked up in surprise. She could clearly hear Harry's disappointment and loneliness.
Harry was disappointed by the Order's attempt to force him to reveal the secret.
What probably made Harry feel most disappointed was that his godfather, Sirius, was also among that group of people.
"Don't look at me like that. Those are Albert's exact words, but you have to admit that he actually makes a lot of sense."
Harry removed his fingers and let the Snitch fly freely around the room.
"Dumbledore just passed away not long ago, and his words are still deeply rooted in people's hearts. I guess in a few years, they will no longer have such influence."
Harry kept his eyes fixed on the Golden Snitch, ignoring the strange looks from Hermione and Ron.
"Dumbledore is dead, and they are not the first to want to know the secret."
"Who's the first one?" Ron asked with wide eyes.
"Professor McGonagall."
"You didn't tell her?"
"No, she's a little angry." Harry shrugged and said, "I suggested that she ask Albert, but I don't think Albert would tell them."
Hermione suddenly understood why Harry said that he only bullies the weak and fears the strong.
She trembled her lips slightly and asked tentatively, "What are your plans next? Will you continue to practice the Fiery Curse?"
"We have to determine... who has that thing."
Harry picked up the wand on the table and cast a protective spell around him to make sure no one could eavesdrop on their conversation.
Even though Harry "successfully" convinced others to put aside their curiosity for the time being, he still did not forget to remain vigilant at all times.
It wasn't that he didn't trust the members of the Order of the Phoenix, but he wasn't stupid enough to think he could let down his guard just by convincing everyone.
Hermione and Ron felt ashamed when they saw Harry's actions. They really ignored it.
"Although Albert believes that the Hufflepuff cup may have been placed in Strange's family vault, the crazy woman has completely disappeared since she followed Draco Malfoy to invade Hogwarts and kill Dumbledore."
After sealing the window and door with a disrupting spell, Harry put down his wand and caught the golden snitch floating in front of him again.
"If we can't disguise ourselves as Bellatrix through the polyjuice potion, I'm afraid we'll have to find other ways to get into Gringotts. And it won't be easy for the three of us to break into Strange's vault. It's more likely that we'll get lost and get trapped underground."
"It's not easy at all. Don't forget, we only have one chance, and we have to succeed in a short time. I think it's necessary to make sure that the cup or the crown is not in the Yaxley family's vault before breaking into Gringotts."
In Hermione's opinion, invading Gringotts and stealing items was an extremely crazy thing to do. She doubted that the three of them would find it difficult to make effective progress without Albert's help.
In fact, they didn't even know which number to go to in Strange's family vault, and they had to get the goblin's help.
"Don't worry, Hermione. We have at least a year, or even longer, to plan for Gringotts." Ron seemed to see Hermione's uneasiness and whispered to comfort her, "Don't forget, Quirrell successfully broke into Gringotts and stole the Philosopher's Stone before."
"That's You-Know-Who. Quirrell doesn't have that ability," Harry corrected.
"Harry, I think you need to master the Imperius Curse," Ron said suddenly.
"That's the Unforgivable Curse."
Hermione frowned and reminded, she was well aware of the horror of these spells and was disgusted by people using these dark magics.
"I know, but it's undeniably practical." Ron ignored Hermione's gaze and continued, "Perhaps, we will need to use it to control goblins. You know, we need the help of goblins, but from what I learned from Bill, goblins are not a group of easy to deal with. Even if you try to exchange the Sword of Gryffindor for their help, you may be betrayed shamefully, because in the eyes of goblins, the Sword of Gryffindor belongs to goblins, and wizards are just shameful thieves."
"As for the goblins, maybe we can solve them one by one later. With the sword of Gryffindor, I believe we can temporarily convince those guys to cooperate with us." Harry nodded at Hermione who took out her notebook and continued, "The key is to figure out where the golden cup is. Although I think Albert's prediction should be very accurate, it is also necessary to conduct a round of investigation before taking action."
"When the time comes, Hermione and I will take turns accompanying you. We can then practice breaking free from the control of the Imperius Curse." Ron suddenly said, "Fred and his friends have practiced breaking free from the control of the Imperius Curse more than once."
"Well, it looks like my workload of practicing spells will increase." Harry sighed, "But it's best not to let other people know, lest they make a fuss about it."
"Can we talk about Yaxley now?" Hermione knew she was unlikely to be able to stop him, so she changed the subject.
"It's not easy to catch Corban Yaxley. He's now the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement." Ron offered his suggestion. "I still think we should ask Albert for help directly. He's more cautious than us. He must have a way to find out where the Hufflepuff cup is hidden."
"We can't rely entirely on Albert." Harry shook his head. "Otherwise, Dumbledore would have given the task of finding the Horcrux to Albert instead of me. I think he must have had a reason for doing that."
Harry never minded asking Albert for help, but he would not pass his responsibilities on to others.
After hearing Phineas say in the headmaster's office last time that Snape put the fake Gryffindor sword in the Yaxley family vault, Harry felt that he should not ignore Yaxley. After all, the mysterious man also trusted him.
"It's not easy to deal with Yaxley quietly." Hermione took out a newspaper about Yaxley and spread it on the table: "Yaxley is also an ancient family. The manors of ancient families usually have some ancient magic protection. It is difficult for us to ambush him at his house without alerting him, and we don't even know where the Yaxley family is."
"Can we intercept him on the way to the Ministry of Magic?" Ron briefly stated his proposal. "I heard from Dad that they needed to Apparate to the vicinity of the Ministry of Magic and then go to the Ministry through a special entrance. If Yaxley didn't pass the privilege, along with the fireplace in his office, he must have to take the same route. We can use Harry's invisibility cloak to sneak attack him, then feed him some truth serum and torture him to get the necessary information. If the Hufflepuff gold cup is really in his vault, we can also borrow some hair from him, and then use the polyjuice potion to disguise ourselves as him to enter the vault."
"No, we don't need the Polyjuice Potion," Harry said suddenly. "We can just use the Imperius Curse to control Yaxley, and then have him pretend to put a treasure into his vault. Then we can easily follow him to Yaxley's vault."
"Something?" Ron muttered. "We don't have anything like that, unless you'd like to hand over the Sword of Gryffindor."
"How about the Ravenclaw Diadem?"
Harry put a photo on the table and said, "Spend some money to ask Albert to make a new one. I believe that with his level, he can definitely make a good fake."
"This presupposes that our plan can proceed smoothly, and that the Hufflepuff gold cup must also happen to be in the Yaxley family vault. This probably requires luck and probability. In addition, I think there is a high possibility that the Death Eaters abuse their power, such as opening the fireplaces in his home and the office of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."
Hermione drank a sip of intelligence potion, began to find loopholes in Ron's plan, and wrote down the plan with a quill.
"Perhaps, we should find someone from the Floo Network Administration to ask for details, and then use the Oblivion Charm to make him forget that part of his memory. We can also practice with this at the same time."
"Hermione, the more complicated the plan, the more likely it is to have loopholes." Harry didn't think this was a good idea.
Ron shook Hermione's communication bookmark and said, "So, we should ask Albert for help. I think it shouldn't be difficult to ask him to help us deal with Yaxley."
"Forget it. There's no need to rush now anyway. Let's take it step by step and master the Fiery Fire Curse first." Harry really didn't want to trouble Albert for this matter. He actually doubted whether the other party would agree to help him.
"If that doesn't work, then find the Yaxleys first and set fire to their house. That will definitely force that guy out." Ron gave them a bad idea. Ever since Charlie's death, the Westleys have been very hostile to the Death Eaters.
"Ron, this is not funny!"
"For all the shit that Yaxley did, he deserved to die a hundred times over," Ron said unhappily. "Don't forget about those Muggle wizards who were thrown into Azkaban and died miserably."
"I plan to visit the shelter in the next few days. I heard that there is another shelter besides those expelled students." Harry coughed lightly, trying to divert the attention of the two to avoid an unpleasant conflict between them.
"I thought you regretted it the last time you went there." Ron was a little surprised by Harry's decision.
"We have to go anyway. How can we convince everyone to stand on our side?" Harry noticed the surprised looks from Hermione and Ron, and explained, "You don't have to look at me like that. Since I have to fight the You-Know-Who, I naturally need to be fully prepared. Albert once said that it would be a big battle, so he suggested that I choose Hogwarts as the venue. By then, the dark wizards and dark creatures recruited by the You-Know-Who will surely participate. How can the Order of the Phoenix and the Defense Society, with just a few people, stop the You-Know-Who and his minions?"
"Harry, you never told us this." Hermione frowned.
"I remember I mentioned that."
"Will there really be a big melee?"
"That's not the point, Ron." Hermione took a deep breath and asked, "So, you plan to let the Order of the Phoenix teach the refugees Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"They are not refugees," Harry corrected. "They are just a group of people who are oppressed by dark wizards. I believe that as long as someone is willing to take the lead, they will be willing to stand up and resist."
"But I heard the situation over there is very bad." Hermione said suddenly.
"That's not something you would say." Ron looked at Hermione in surprise.
"I'll ask Sirius and Lupin to go with me." Harry said self-deprecatingly, "A lot of people think that I should stand up and lead everyone to resist the mysterious man. Now that I have stood up, I hope that the title of savior can be of some use!"
Harry knew that he had to do something. Although he never considered himself a competent leader, Harry knew that his title of savior still had value.
"Harry, you're becoming more and more like our leader," Ron said, reaching out and gently tapping Harry's shoulder.
"No, I'm not. I'm just a mascot. Albert is the leader. Although we don't want to admit it, we do need his wisdom and his predictions, just like Dumbledore did back then." Harry's mind was clear. He knew very well what he should do. "It's best to get in touch with Albert first and see if he has any good suggestions. Then we can take action."
"I'll leave this to you, Hermione." Harry said to the girl beside him, "If possible, please ask me if there are any tips for practicing the Fiery Curse."
"Okay, but I still think you'd better not get your hopes up too high."
Hermione knew very well that it was not easy to get others to muster up the courage to resist the mysterious man, otherwise Harry would not be needed at all, and Albert would have done it himself.