Chapter 1045 ? We Live in Consequences
No. 12, Grimmauld Place, located in the northwest of London, England, has been very lively these days.
After the Burrow was burned to ashes by the Death Eaters, the homeless Weasley family accepted Sirius' invitation and temporarily moved to live in Black's ancestral house-after confirming that the mysterious person was driven away like this Afterwards, the Order of the Phoenix couldn't help but relax their vigilance and chose this place that theoretically had a little security risk. As an insurance policy, White Wizard Dumbledore chose to live here temporarily in order to protect Harry himself.
Fortunately, after Kreacher was unable to provide services, the Black family got a skillful robot as their nanny. Otherwise, Mrs. Weasley alone would have been unable to afford such heavy housework—otherwise, only those skilled in housework Harry and Ginny and the occasional Tonks who came to help could share some of the burden for Mrs Weasley.
Correspondingly, the birthday that is coming up in a few days is completely different for Harry, and this should be the most lively time he has ever spent in his life.
After entering Hogwarts and before his third year, he spent almost all his life alone at number four Privet Drive to celebrate his birthday, and the Dursleys would give him coat hooks and Old socks and the like, and it wasn't until he met Allen and Fleger that he began to have some normal kid's birthday experiences. It wasn't until the third grade that I met Sirius, and my godfather and godson basically spent their birthdays together. Although I was much happier than when I was a child, it was still very rare for so many people to gather together like this year.
But in the past few days, in the ancestral home of the Black family, those members of the Order of the Phoenix kept coming and going, so Harry kept hearing about the Phoenixes who were arrested and treated in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds Harry only felt a heavy weight in his heart when he heard the news of the club members, and he was overwhelmed by unspeakable sadness and guilt.
This morning Harry plodded into the basement kitchen, surrounded by rough stone walls, with a fireplace at the far end, tin cans hanging from the ceiling, and a table that could seat many people and lots of chairs. Mr. Weasley's family were already sitting on it.
Looking at the smiling faces that beckoned him to a seat, Harry avoided them and lowered his head, only feeling that the corners of his eyes were a little sour. The Burrow that had brought him home all these years had been burned to the ground, Mr. Weasley The family can only temporarily live here with Sirius - and all this is for him.
"Be careful, Harry." George moved a chair in front of Harry, avoiding the fate of Harry's knee colliding with the chair.
"Oh, thank you George..." Harry couldn't help but glance at the dark hole on the side of George's head. Thanks to Mrs. Weasley's meticulous care, George's wound has become smooth and smooth, but Harry still Not used to it, although the twin brothers made a lot of jokes about it, "Sorry..."
"You don't have to tell him once a day... and now people won't get us wrong." Fred waved his wand. "George, you shouldn't stop me. We're not exactly alike, and that's a lot less fun."
George pressed the wand in Fred's hand: "If you do this, I think Angelina might cut off my other ear."
Harry's heart also sank suddenly. He remembered seeing Fred gesturing to his ear in front of the mirror these days. Before, he thought he just loved George, but now he realized that the other party wanted to look after George. It looks like, let's give it to my ears...
Arthur Weasley, who had completely healed from the injuries caused by the torture curse, turned around flexibly: "This is not funny,
Fred. Arthur just stared at his twin sons for a long time, thinking that this son might really do such a stupid thing. "If you mention it again, I will tell your mother about it and let Molly deal with you." "
Fred whispered nervously and perfunctorily: "I was wrong about Dad."
It didn't take long before both sides of the dining table were full of people. As the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix, members of the Order of the Phoenix often came to eat because of the research. Sirius leaned on the chair absently and watched Lupine will be in the small dining room. In the kitchen, help Molly and Tonks bring their breakfast to the table.
"Ginny, help me send this to Dumbledore. He must be thinking about something again... Don't disturb him, just put it in the room." Molly filled a lot of toffee finger cakes and put them on the table Served on a plate, this is a treat similar to a chocolate sponge cake, but with a toffee-filled interior that's crispier.
Ginny, who was across the table, took it, "He seems to be in a bad state of mind recently... Tonks is the same, I never thought she loved reading so much..."
"Ginny is sorry to trouble you, just put it on the table..." Dumbledore's voice came, and he walked into the basement, "I'm sorry, Molly, these days I often let down your delicious food."
"You should rest more, you look too tired... But it's just right for Albus, Minister Len Harris is not willing to accommodate..." Kingsley Shaker's deep voice sounded, "But They didn't suffer, they just had their freedom restricted in prison."
"Because of Wizard TV this time, everyone knows the ins and outs of this operation clearly... The Ministry of Magic can't do favoritism for our Order of the Phoenix..." Lupine frowned, "Our operation this time is indeed Breaking the Statute of Secrecy, making the Ministry passive in front of the International Confederation of Wizards..."
"Pure-blood families...including some relatives of my own Shaker family..." Kingsley rubbed his forehead: "After Alan Harris defeated the mysterious man so forcefully, internal opinions also split. Some people think that Harris is already unstoppable and intends to surrender. They think that if Harris cannot be stopped from teaching, it is better to directly support his actions, try to catch up with this reform as soon as possible, minimize losses and ensure their status. Some people are hysterical in desperation, you see what they say in the magazine, in this situation where Harris has just defeated You-Know-Who and his reputation is just right, trying to use the umbrella to buy Hogsmeade is to squeeze the wealth of wizards Such a harmless reason to attack..."
"They supported me first, then I failed, then some people tried to put their expectations on Tom, and now Tom has failed... They don't know how to stop Harris's reform now, but they are not convinced... Dumbledore sighed, "It's not just a protective umbrella...I just received a message from the centaurs, saying that a wizard told them that the reform of Hogwarts would affect their survival and asked me about my situation...Those pure-blood families seem to be It is to create more trouble for Allen by inciting the confrontation between those non-human races and Hogwarts."
"Most people in the Order of the Phoenix can have their sentences reduced, except for Mad-Eye, who will actually squat for a while..." Sirius' voice sounded abruptly.
For a moment, everyone stopped eating and looked at Sirius.
"Harris invited me to work in the Ministry of Magic, and I took this opportunity to propose this condition, so that those members of the Order of the Phoenix who were arrested can get a reduced sentence." Sirius spread his hands and said relaxedly, "But Mad-Eye's mouth is too smelly and they don't want to .”
Harry just felt that the bacon in his mouth was hard to swallow. How could a freedom-loving person like Sirius stand the restrictions of the Ministry of Magic.
"It's okay Harry, I'm going to the Department of Management and Control of Mythical Creatures managed by Josephine Harris... Coincidentally, I just chose the centaur office..." Sirius looked at the depressed Harry, and said freely , "No centaur will use this service so the work is very idle. In fact, according to the usual practice, if anyone in the Ministry of Magic is sent to this department, then he is not far from dismissal..."
"But Sirius, I don't think there is any coincidence in Harris now..." Kingsley shook his head, "And they allow the pure blood to attack them on the issue of money collection... I am worried that these pure blood families will be more powerful by then. To make my reputation even worse, I heard some students I have taught secretly tell me that Harris is actually investigating some trivial criminal evidence of those families... I don't understand why they both use these Stuff rips."
"Uh, cough..." Ron interrupted everyone with a strange sound. He frowned and spat out the chicken in his mouth: "Um...Mom, this piece of chicken is still raw with blood."
The indecent appearance of her brother made Ginny lean towards Harry in disgust.
"What you eat should belong to me." Bill still had a few hideous scars on his face, and he switched his untouched plate with Ron's, "Raw meat will be more juicy and delicious, I like it very much recently." Bill keenly noticed that Harry was holding the table knife in his hand tightly, and said nonchalantly, "The wolfbane potion developed by the Umbrella Company is very effective, I will not become a werewolf, except that I just changed my diet No big deal other than taste."
"And Harry, the problem of the Burrow is actually the responsibility of me and Fred. The fireworks specially made by the two of us for the mysterious man annoyed him." George was a little annoyed by Harry's mother-in-law, so Also took the opportunity to persuade once.
"No one really left us because of this. This is something worth celebrating. In addition, in fact, if the therapists at St. Mungo's Hospital were not too careful, Professor McGonagall, I think she could have been discharged early..." Arthur He raised his glass to Harry.
"Harry, what is the purpose of living?" Dumbledore's kind voice came out of his mouth gently, noticing Harry's confused eyes, he smiled, "What I want to express is... I am Say, if I keep looking back, I won’t be able to see what’s ahead, it’s the consequences that made us who we are today, and we live in the consequences, understand?”