"You really aren't going?"
Cedric, who was ready to go to Hogwarts, couldn't help but go to Albert's office before leaving.
"No, I have other things to do."
Albert casually picked up a piece of parchment from the desk, waved it in front of Cedric, and reminded him, "Harry is the protagonist this time, so I won't steal Harry's limelight."
Cedric quickly snatched the parchment from Albert's hand, stared at the contents for a while, frowned and asked, "What is this?"
"Information about the Death Eaters." Albert said honestly.
"All of them?" Cedric asked in surprise.
"Yes, all of them. Fifty-four in total."
"The number of Death Eaters has increased again." Cedric muttered. "How did you get them?"
Although most Death Eaters are already known to everyone, such a detailed list is still incredible.
"I have my own channels." Albert didn't intend to elaborate.
"Forget it."
Cedric suspected Albert of planting spies among the Death Eaters.
“When you go to Hogwarts this time, don’t provoke those students, lest they think we are going to cause trouble in Hogwarts and start making trouble.” Albert did not forget to remind them.
"Aren't we planning to cause trouble at Hogwarts?" Cedric had a strange expression on his face.
"It's not the right time yet." Albert did not deny that he was going to make trouble, and shrugged, "They are impatient and tend to mess things up."
"I bet they don't want to be treated like children," Cedric warned.
"Just be clear about it." Albert was very confident in Cedric, and he reminded him specifically, mainly because Dumbledore had just contacted him two days ago.
Dumbledore didn't want the DA to mess up Hogwarts and give the Death Eaters an excuse to hurt the students.
The idea is indeed good, but it is a bit unreliable.
Even though Snape became the headmaster of Hogwarts, it was almost impossible to maintain the original peace after Voldemort took control of Hogwarts.
What's more, Hogwarts is the location of the final battle. Without professional training, the students who stay behind will only suffer more deaths.
He was actually very curious about how Dumbledore, who had always protected the students of Hogwarts, would react if he learned that dozens of students had died in the battle after defeating Voldemort and winning the final victory.
Do you think it's a necessary sacrifice, or...
Unfortunately, he probably won't have that opportunity.
Albert believed that those well-trained students would not lose dozens of people in the final decisive battle.
"Don't make excuses for being lazy. I'm leaving first." Cedric rolled his eyes. After making sure that Albert didn't want to go, he didn't intend to force him.
With the help of the house-elf Dobby, Cedric Apparated directly out of the Defense Society headquarters and went to the safe house to meet Harry, Hermione and Ron.
"It seems that you never intended to give up from the beginning?"
Shanna knew that Dumbledore's portrait had come to see Albert, and she also knew what they talked about around the students of Hogwarts.
Dumbledore really didn't want Albert to drag the students of Hogwarts into the water, but Harry needed more helpers. The few people in the Order of the Phoenix would not be enough to fill the gap. You have to know that in the final battle in the novel, more than fifty people on Harry's side died, not to mention that they have been fanned into a stronger version by his butterfly.
"It's obvious." Albert curled his lips and said, "The professors at Hogwarts may not be reliable at critical moments. It is foolish to put your hopes on others. Look at the Hufflepuff girl who was kidnapped on the train last time. If she had the ability to protect herself or had resisted, I believe many students would be willing to lend a hand."
"So, that's why you always say that we should learn to protect ourselves?" Sana raised her eyebrows slightly. Although she also felt that Albert was right, her intuition told her that this was probably just an excuse.
"Besides, Dumbledore is dead." Albert looked at the empty picture frame. "The dead should not interfere in the world of the living."
In Albert's opinion, the current Dumbledore can no longer keep up with the version.
He didn't even know that due to Albert, the difficulty of completing the "Defeat Voldemort" copy had been greatly increased. If everyone's level was not improved as much as possible, it would be hard to say what would happen next.
So, Albert decided to follow his own plan.
Of course, he also knew that this was a common problem among most geniuses: overconfidence.
But he does have the capital to be confident.
In fact, Albert also knew that Dumbledore was going to use him. After all, it was Dumbledore who left the Elder Wand to him, and that Elder Wand almost became Albert's greatest confidence in defeating the mysterious man.
Fortunately, both sides stood together in dealing with the mysterious man, so when necessary, Albert did not mind becoming the blade that pierced Voldemort's heart, after all, the reward paid by Dumbledore was quite generous.
After all, I am too young and not as shrewd as those guys who have lived for a century.
There was nothing that could be done about Dumbledore forcing him from being a spectator to being a chess player.
Although Albert was very reluctant to play chess with Voldemort to buy time for Harry Potter, he had been well prepared and had his own advantages. If he failed, he could just overturn the chessboard and splash it directly on the faces of Voldemort and Dumbledore.
After all, his bottom line is much lower than Dumbledore's, which can sometimes be considered an advantage.
Turning his attention back to the latest list of Death Eaters in his hand, Albert planned to find a new spy.
As for whether the other party is willing to act as his spy and pass on information to him, all we can say is that Death Eaters have no human rights.
Of course Cedric didn't know that Albert was working hard to defeat the mysterious man. He had just met the Savior Trio in the safe house.
Noticing that Hermione looked around as if looking for something, Cedric smiled and explained to the three of them: "Albert threw this matter directly to me."
"I thought he would go there in person." Hermione was a little disappointed.
"After all, Harry is the protagonist this time. These are his original words. But I think that guy just likes to be lazy. He always likes to throw his work to others under the pretext of training others' abilities." Cedric saw the house-elf who came back into the room and said to Harry and the other two, "Okay, we should set off."
As he spoke, he began to cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself, and Harry and the other two beside him also cast the Disillusionment Charm on themselves.
After the four of them looked at each other, they suddenly couldn't help laughing.
It can be seen that they were all deeply influenced by Albert.
After a moment of discomfort from Apparition, the three of them appeared in an empty room near the Room of Requirement. Dobby had just come over to check and found that there was no one there.
As soon as he arrived at Hogwarts, Harry immediately took out the Marauder's Map to make sure the surroundings were safe.
"let's go!"
Cedric called the others to go to the Room of Requirement, as the time agreed with Neville was approaching.
However, to their surprise, Filch was sitting at the door of the Room of Requirement, reading a newspaper. There was a pot of tea and some desserts on the table, and he looked quite comfortable.
"What's going on? Why is Filch here?"
When Harry saw Filch blocking the door of the Room of Requirement, he suddenly had a bad feeling.
Could it be that Snape has already known about Dumbledore's Army, so the old bat let Filch block him here
"How about we take down Filch?" Ron suggested, pulling out his wand.
"It's better not to. Doing so will only alert Filch." Harry turned his head and looked at Cedric. "You should be able to contact Neville."
"No need, I'm coming."
A voice suddenly sounded behind the four people.
The four of them turned their heads at the same time and saw Neville walking towards them with a piece of parchment in his hand, smiling and waving to greet them.
"Neville, how did you know we were here?"
Harry was very surprised that Neville could see through the Disillusionment Charm on four people.
"No, I can't see you, but Albert asked the house elf to bring me this thing." Neville shook the parchment in his hand and said, "Although it's not as good as yours, it's enough to prevent us from being caught by the Death Eaters."
"What's the situation now? Has the news of your reorganization of Dumbledore's Army leaked out?" Cedric asked with a frown.
"I don't know what's going on." Neville shook his head, "Besides, I don't think it should be so easy to leak the secret."
"Gryffindors don't have many secrets," Ron reminded. "It's a little hard to get them to keep secrets."
"Okay Ron." Harry signaled Ron to be quiet, then turned to Neville and asked, "What are you going to do, give up the DA meeting?"
"That's not a problem for us." Neville showed a confident smile. "After Snape asked Filch to block the Room of Requirement, we found other exits."
As he spoke, Neville actually led Harry and the others into the Room of Requirement from another place.
"Is this also the entrance to the Room of Requirement?" The four of them were very surprised.
"No, this is just a random exit somewhere. Of course, an exit can sometimes be used as an entrance." Neville took out a gold coin and shook it. "There are always more solutions than problems. Let Filch wait there."
Looking at Neville's back, Harry was surprised to find that Neville was no longer the timid boy he used to be.
"Look who's here!" Neville shouted to those who were whispering to each other.
"Harry!"
"Ron!"
"Hermione!"
The room instantly became lively, and the four were immediately surrounded by a large group of people, who came forward to greet them enthusiastically.
"Okay, be quiet!" Neville shouted. "I know you have a lot of questions, so why don't you just listen to what Harry has to say?"
The noise around them gradually died down, and everyone stared at Harry, wanting to hear what he would say.
"I'm glad to see you all today, and I'm glad that more people can stand up against the You-Know-Who." Harry tried hard to recall the manuscript Hermione prepared for him, but he just couldn't remember it now, so he simply threw it away and talked about his own affairs: "I know you have a lot of confusion and don't understand why I don't stand up and lead everyone to resist, but hide and disappear like a coward."
Harry looked around at the others and said with trembling lips: "That's because I have more important things to do."
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, but if you find out, you might lose your life." Harry raised his finger to make a hushing gesture, but people began to murmur, suspecting that Harry was joking.
"I don't know if anyone has told you that according to that damn prophecy, I will have a fatal battle with the mysterious man." Harry tried to change the subject: "Albert predicted it a long time ago. He told me that this unprecedented and irreplaceable decisive battle will break out in Hogwarts."
Everyone couldn't help swallowing.
"So, you are preparing for the final battle." Neville frowned.
"Yes, it's not easy to defeat... the Noseless Monster. I need to make a lot of preparations for the final battle, which is why I need to disappear." Harry said softly, "But don't worry, according to Albert's prediction, I won in the end."
"We will help you." Neville stepped forward and said, "Together we will fight against the no... nose monster. For this purpose, we have reorganized Dumbledore's Army."
"I'm glad, but you can't do it now. Dark wizards are very dangerous. They won't joke with you. There's no point in dying in vain." Harry looked at Cedric and said, "But I believe Cedric will teach you. He is an expert in this area."
After saying that, Harry patted Cedric on the shoulder and motioned for him to say a few words to everyone.
"I don't dare to call myself an expert, Albert is." Cedric stood next to Harry, looked at everyone and said, "I know you are not lacking in courage, but war is cruel, and it is really meaningless to die in vain. Fortunately, there is still enough time to train you so that you can have the ability to protect yourself. Regardless of whether you decide to participate in that war in the future, there is no harm in learning some self-protection methods."
"Why doesn't Mr. Anderson come to teach us?" someone couldn't help but ask.
"I know you want to learn powerful fighting skills from Albert." Cedric was not angry. He raised his hand to signal everyone to keep quiet. "But don't be in a hurry. You need to lay a solid foundation first, which is exactly what you lack now."
"Okay, time is precious, let's get started now." Cedric clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, then conjured up a blackboard and began to explain to everyone the spells they needed to master step by step.
Ron's face fell as he listened to what Cedric said.
"So, our defense against the dark arts isn't much better than anyone else's?"
The three of them had received training from Moody, but now he told them that they were actually no different from anyone else.
"Not quite the same." Hermione whispered, "Students trained according to Albert's method will not be too bad in combat, but they may be a bit rigid."