Chapter 1,226

"Come here, Hagrid!" Teddy reminded loudly. The comb glowed bright blue, and Hagrid only had time to stretch out his index finger and put it on it. Then, there was a sudden tightening under their navels, as if there was an invisible hook and rope pulling them flying. They spun completely out of control and were pushed into the void, their fingers seemed to be stuck on Harry and Hagrid moved away from Mr. Jones.

This was Harry's worst portkey journey. Perhaps because his body was too weak, Harry felt that his internal organs were all mixed together.

About a second later, Harry's feet hit the hard ground with a bang. Then, Harry's knees went weak and he knelt on his hands in the backyard of the Burrow. Hagrid also fell heavily. On the ground, he struggled to stand up on his feet.

Harry tossed the dull comb aside and stood unsteadily, then heard a scream and saw Mrs. Weasley and Ginny running down the back steps.

"Harry? Is it really Harry? What happened? Where are the others?" Mrs. Weasley cried.

"What do you mean? No one else came back?" Harry replied breathlessly. But the answer was written clearly on Mrs. Weasley's pale face.

"The Death Eaters were waiting for us there, and they even knew the exact time I left." Harry told Mrs. Weasley, "Kingsley went to clean up first, but they were still surrounded not long after we set off. ..They knew it was tonight...I don't know what happened to the others, four Death Eaters were chasing us, we had to run away, and then Voldemort caught up with us..."

Harry himself could hear the self-justification in his words. He was asking Mrs. Weasley to understand why he knew nothing about her son's condition, but...

"Thank God, you're okay," Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry, but Harry felt that he didn't deserve such treatment at all. Now the lives of the Weasley children are still uncertain, Ron, Fred, And George...

"Do you have any brandy, Molly?" Hagrid asked, trembling slightly. "Just think of it as a cure... I think I need some..."

Hagrid's wounds were almost impossible to treat, and the half-giant's physique made Ted helpless against Hagrid.

Fortunately, this physique is strong enough that Hagrid can still survive after falling from such a high place and walk like a normal person...

Mrs. Weasley could have used magic to fetch the wine, but she turned and walked quickly towards the sloping house. Harry knew that she did not want anyone to see her face. There was no doubt that Mrs. Weasley was worried about her children. Just like facing a Boggart, Mrs. Weasley was afraid of facing a cold corpse.

Harry looked at Ginny and asked silently about the current situation. Ginny understood immediately. She said: "Ron and James should have come back first, but they missed the door key. The key came back, but they No," she pointed to a rusty oil can on the ground. "And that one," she pointed to a sneaker, "that should be father and Fred's, they should be the second to come back. You and Hagrid are the third."

Ginny looked at her watch, "If all goes well George and Lupine should be here in a minute."

Mrs. Weasley came out with a bottle of brandy and handed it to Hagrid. He pulled the cork and drank it in one gulp, trying to numb himself with the alcohol.

"Mother!" Ginny called suddenly, pointing a few feet away. There was a flash of blue light in the darkness: it grew larger and brighter, and Lupin and George whirled down from the center.

Harry immediately realized something was wrong. Lupine was holding George up, who was unconscious and his face was covered in blood. Harry ran over and grabbed George's legs, and together with Lupin they carried George into the house, through the kitchen, and into the living room, where they laid him on the sofa.

The light illuminated George's head, Ginny gasped, and Harry felt his stomach lurch: George had lost an ear. The face and neck on the wound side were dripping with blood.

Mrs. Weasley rolled her son over, and Lupine grabbed Harry by the upper arm and dragged him, almost roughly, out of the room and into the kitchen, where Hagrid was still trying to get his bulk out of the back door. Squeeze into the room.

"Hey!" Hagrid shouted angrily, "Let him go! Let Harry go!"

Lupine ignored him, his eyes were a little red.

"What was that creature in the corner when Harry Potter first visited my office at Hogwarts?" Lupine asked loudly, shaking Harry slightly. "answer me!"

"There's... a Grindylow in the cupboard, isn't there?" Harry said hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Lupine let go of Harry and fell backwards against the kitchen cupboard.

"What are you doing, Remus?" Hagrid growled.

"I'm sorry, Harry, but I have to do this," Lupine replied succinctly. "We have been betrayed. Voldemort knows that we are going to move you tonight, and the only people who can reveal this information to him are those directly involved in this incident." Action people. You can also be impersonated."

"But why didn't you check on me?" Hagrid gasped, still struggling with the back door.

"You are half giant," Lupine said calmly, looking up at Hagrid. "The compound potion can only be used by humans."

"It couldn't be the Order that told Voldemort we were moving tonight," said Harry. The thought was too horrible for him, he didn't believe anyone could do such a thing. "Voldemort caught up with me last, and he didn't know which one was me at first. If he knew the whole plan, he would have known from the beginning that it was me who was following Hagrid."

"Voldemort caught up with you?" Lupin asked sharply. "What happened? How did you escape?"

Harry told Lupin how the Death Eaters had recognized him as they were chasing them, how they had given up, how they had summoned Voldemort, and how Voldemort had appeared just as he and Hagrid were about to reach the shelter of the spies' parents.

"They recognized you? But how did they do it? What did you do?"

"I..." Harry tried to remember, the whole journey was full of panic and confusion, "I saw Stan Shunpike... you know, the conductor on the Knight Bus, I tried to disarm him... He didn't know what he was doing, did he? He must have been under the Imperius Curse!"

Lupin looked terrified.

"Harry, the era of 'Expelliarmus' is over! These people want to catch you and kill you! Even if you are not ready to kill, at least use a Stunning Charm!" Lupin said in disbelief, "Disarming won't do anything, right? They will kill you..."

"But, we were hundreds of feet high! Stan Shunpike is no longer the same person, and if I use a Stunning Charm on him, he will fall to his death, which is no different from me using Avada Kedavra directly! Two years ago, the 'Expelliarmus' saved me from Voldemort!" Harry retorted immediately.

Lupin's words reminded him of Zacharias Smith, the always contemptuous man in Hufflepuff House, who laughed at Harry for teaching Dumbledore's Army the 'Expelliarmus' Charm.

"Yes, Harry," Lupin restrained himself painfully, "and many Death Eaters witnessed it happen! Forgive me, but this action is unusual and was carried out under great threat of death. It would be suicidal to use it again in front of Death Eaters who witnessed or heard your last action!"

"So you think I should kill Stan Shunpike?" Harry asked angrily.

"Of course not," Lupin said, "but Death Eaters... most of them, to be honest... want you to attack back! Expelliarmus is a useful spell, Harry, but Death Eaters seem to think it is your signature move, I strongly urge you not to let it become like that! And, most importantly, if it was Valin, he would do it, he would not hesitate..."

The latter words made Harry feel a little vague.

Lupin made Harry feel like a fool, and there was still a seed of rebellion buried in him.

"That's Valin, and that's the difference between me and him. I won't kill people just because they get in my way, and I don't think Valin would do that either." Harry said, "That's what Voldemort would do."

Lupin didn't refute it again.

Hagrid finally managed to squeeze through the door, he staggered to the chair and sat down; then... the chair collapsed.

...Too real, but no one cared what happened to Hagrid now.

Harry ignored Hagrid's curse and apology, and turned to Lupin again. "Is George all right?"

All the frustration Lupin felt when facing Harry was swept away by this question. "I think so, although his ears can't grow back, and it can't be cured by spells, but it shouldn't have much impact..."

Suddenly there was a chaotic sound outside, Lupin rushed to the back door, Harry jumped over Hagrid's legs and ran to the backyard. A man appeared in the backyard in a mess, Harry ran closer and recognized it as Kingsley, but he didn't look very good, and his body was covered with blood.

Harry ran out quickly, but then Harry stopped again, Kingsley was pointing his wand at them.

"What did Dumbledore say to the two of us last!" Kingsley pointed his wand at Lupin.

"Harry is our best hope. Believe in him." Lupin answered calmly. Kingsley turned his wand towards Harry, but Lupin stopped him. "It was him, I checked!"

"All right, all right!" Kingsley's voice became weak, and he stuffed his wand back under his cloak. "But someone betrayed us! They knew, they knew it was tonight!"

"It seemed so," Lupin responded, "but obviously they didn't figure out there were seven Harrys."

"That's the consolation!" Kingsley roared. "Who else came back?"

"Only Harry, Hagrid, George and me."

"What happened to you?" Lupin asked Kingsley. "Before, Vanlin arranged for you to attract a wave of firepower..."

"Oh, yes, of course, that's what I did, so I was chased by seven Death Eaters, including two vampires. They found out that I was alone, and then I injured three and may have killed one," Kingsley said incessantly, "and I also saw the mysterious man. He joined the pursuit of me halfway. Fortunately, he disappeared quickly. Otherwise, I don't think I can come back to see you. And, Remus, I found him..."

"Flying," Harry replied. "And it's not magical, it's purely relying on the flesh. I saw him too. He was chasing Hagrid and me."

"So he left to chase you!" Kingsley shouted. "I'm still wondering why he disappeared, but what made him change his target?"

"Harry was a little too friendly to Stan Thumper," Lupine said calmly.

"Stan Sampac?" Kingsley thought for a moment, "I have an impression of this name. A poor unlucky guy. Obviously, there was a large-scale prison break later. Since Azkaban stopped using it, It wasn't a surprise after that, and then, as expected, the Ministry of Magic covered it up. When I cast the spell on Travers, his hood fell down. He must have been one of them. What's wrong, Remus? Where is George? I received your call for help before, and this thing Fanlin gave me can help you locate it easily."

"He lost an ear," Lupine said.

Kingsley frowned.

"Snape did it," Lupine added.

"Snape?" Harry called. "You didn't tell me..."

"His hood fell off during the chase. And the Shadowless Curse has always been Snape's specialty. Apart from him, only Fanlin and you can use this spell. In fact, I really wish I could Saying that I had my revenge on him, but after George was injured I could only protect him from falling off the broom and he bled a lot."

A silence fell over the three men, and they looked up at the sky. There was no sign of anything moving, and the stars looked at them. They continued to shine and were indifferent, even though there were people flying around, they remained unobstructed.

Where is Ron? Where are Fred and Mr. Weasley? Where are Bill, Fleur, James, Mad-Eye and Mundungus?

And most importantly, Fan Lin, Hermione and Sirius, none of them came back...

"Harry, come here and help me!" Hagrid shouted hoarsely from the doorway, where he was stuck again.

Happy that he now had something to do, Harry pushed Hagrid inside and walked back through the deserted kitchen to the living room, where Mrs. Weasley and Ginny were still tending to George. Mrs. Weasley had stopped the bleeding, and by the light, Harry could see a clear hole where George's ears used to be.

"How is he?"

Mrs. Weasley looked around and said, "I can't make it grow back, not if it's been damaged by dark magic. But things could have been a lot worse... at least he's still alive."

"Yeah," Harry said. "Thank God."

"I think I heard something in the backyard?" Ginny asked.

"It's Kingsley. He came back. He also met Voldemort. Fortunately, Kingsley escaped from him." Harry said in a deep voice, looking at George's face.

He is very familiar with Shenfeng's shadowless spell, making neat cuts, which is difficult for the blade to achieve.

This damn spell...

He had used it on Malfoy, but now, Harry wanted to throw the spell on Snape even more. (To be continued)