"… dad."
Arthur, who was looking outside the entrance of the camp to the hillside next door, suddenly heard a call from behind. The sound was actually not loud, and there were some people working in the camp nearby making noise, but he still heard it all at once.
After all, that was his son's voice, how could he miss it
"Bill...oh, why are you still standing there? Come here and take us in—I ate two pieces of salty cheese without telling Molly before I came out today, and I'm a little thirsty."
Seeing his son standing beside the tent, Arthur waved casually, the smile on his face still brisk and natural as usual.
"Ah...oh."
After hearing what his father said, Bill finally stepped forward quickly, said hello to the guard at the door, and then led Arthur and the rest of the group through the inspection and walked in.
In addition to Arthur, there were Lupin, Tonks and Kingsley who came from the refuge community this time. Bill asked them while accompanying them to the command post tent. The four of them seemed to have come directly from the community. Apparition over there to this place.
"...Sirius went to Genoa. You should also know that Professor McGonagall brought a boatload of students ashore there. I asked Sirius to go and see the situation."
When Bill asked about the others, Lupine mentioned Sirius' whereabouts to him. After Lupine mentioned this, Bill was slightly startled.
"Furong has also been there in the past two days," he said, "Mrs. Maxim asked her to go—Dad, do you know? Mrs. Maxim took over the position of president of the federation some time ago."
"Olim Maxim?" Upon hearing this, Lupine couldn't help but confirm with some surprise.
However, when Lupine turned to discuss this matter with Kingsley, which was by no means a trivial matter, Arthur's attention obviously did not fall on Maxim.
He blinked, then raised his arm and hooked his son's shoulder, whispering:
"'Fleur'? Who is that, sounds like a girl?"
"Uh... She is a graduate of Beauxbatons, the one who participated in the Triwizard Tournament... She has been helping to take care of the injured here during this period. Her name is Fleur Delacour." Bill explained dryly. One sentence.
"Oh... I have an impression. I have met her several times." Arthur nodded immediately, "A very beautiful French girl... get along well with her."
After that, he didn't say anything else, he just smiled and patted Bill on the shoulder - after all, they were father and son, and Bill was still his eldest son. Just a word and a look were enough for him to see something about Bill. Thoughts.
While a few people were talking, everyone had arrived at the entrance of the large tent of the command post located in the center of the camp. So everyone stopped talking for the time being and followed Bill in.
After Bill, the owner, invited Arthur and the others to sit down at the table where meetings were usually held, and poured a pot of black tea that was boiling on the stove, Bill himself sat down.
Although Arthur and his group had not said anything until now, they only chatted a few words. But Bill also knew in his heart that when they came here from the refuge community, they must have something serious to discuss in person.
After all, although the scenery here in Cherbourg is indeed beautiful, it is still one of the frontline camps closest to the disaster, and it is too late for others to hide!
"Dad," Bill couldn't help but said after seeing his father taking a few sips of tea and sticking out his tongue because of the burning, "You came here... because..."
Percy thing! It can only be Percy's fault, right? Although everyone has been trying their best not to talk about and spread this incident since it happened, paper cannot contain the fire after all - Bill knows it very well.
But facing his father, the words came to his lips, but he still couldn't say them out.
However, just when he was in trouble, he saw Arthur hurriedly waving his hand this way while inhaling the air-conditioning to cool down his tongue.
"We'll talk about Percy's matter later when we can go home! I haven't told Molly about this yet... I heard that Ron and Ginny have followed Hermione and Harry there, right? Sooner or later we will have to go back."
"Ah! Yes... Harry and the others are establishing a stronghold over there, with our home as the center." Listening to his father's seemingly relaxed but actually very heavy words, Bill felt a little complicated, so he simply explained The current state of the Burrow as he knew it.
After Arthur heard this, he nodded with some satisfaction.
"This is not easy! This is the first step, it is very important... Being able to use our family may become an honor for our Weasley family in the future!"
Having said this, he turned his head and waved his hands towards Lupine and Kingsley:
"Let's get down to business first... Remus, take out the things and show them to Bill."
"Um."
Lu Ping on the side also nodded, and then took out something from the big pocket of his robe, put it on the table in front of him, and said smoothly:
"During this period, although the few of us no longer have the ability to participate in the front-line battle, we have not wasted our time... This thing, Bill, should be familiar to you. Let's take a look. ! It should be useful."
What Lupine took out of his pocket appeared to be a folded pile of parchment. But soon, when he spread out the stack of paper, Bill immediately realized what it was.
It was a map—or, more accurately, a new Marauder's Map.
"You know, Sirius, Harry's father and I made a map of Hogwarts together to make it easier for us to move around the school... To be honest, we could put that map together at that time. The map was made with a little bit of luck... But this time, we made another one with everyone in the refugee community—referring to Muggle maps, we made a very large one."
As he spoke, he took out his wand and lightly scratched the large piece of parchment that was gradually unfolding. In an instant, large ink marks quickly spread across the paper.
"Is this...the entire map of Britain?" Bill looked at it and said in surprise.
"Yes!" Lupine smiled, "Muggle surveying and mapping are really amazing - it was Arthur's suggestion. Then, you can zoom in and out as needed. But... if you want to use it in today's Britain, Use it to detect enemy movements in real time and detect certain abnormal movements in the UK. Some steps are needed to complete it... In other words, it is only a semi-finished product now."
He pointed at the blank map with only topography and building distribution with his wand, and said so.