Chapter 1038 Unnecessary Defense

There is a piano at 12 Grimmauld Place, but no one usually plays it. Hermione occasionally plays it and teaches James how to play the piano.

But today, the little guy's attention was attracted by the small animal that Uncle Ron caught. It was a Golden Snidget. It had just hatched from the egg not long ago. It couldn't fly yet. When Ron picked it up, it was

He was dying and almost eaten by a crow.

After the meal, Ginny was responsible for clearing the table, while Harry and Ron returned to the study. The two of them closed the door and chatted, each pouring a glass of firewhiskey.

"I've seen every zombie on the Zombie Trail and visited every wizard who has ever participated in a horror tour, but I can't find the shadow of Peter Pedro." Ron said after taking a sip of whiskey. "Later

I found a clue, have you heard of the Death Swamp?"

"Where did you get the clue?" Harry asked suspiciously.

"You know, coincidence." Ron said with a strange expression, "Sometimes clues just pop out by themselves."

"Okay, then what?"

"I met a female ghost there, and she told me that in the castle outside the swamp, someone once lived there for a while. It was a fortification built by a Muggle four hundred years ago, but it was very unnecessary.

, because it is not on a major traffic road and has no value in occupying it. Apart from the fact that it is in a very good location and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, I went in and searched it."

Ron placed a large stack of photos on the table.

"Living people can't live in it, but I heard that Peter Pedillo turned into a zombie. He doesn't need to eat or sleep, right?"

Harry looked at those photos. This was indeed an uninhabitable environment. It was dark, wet, and cold inside, which reminded him of the cave where the Horcruxes were stored.

Gryffindor's dormitory usually has five poster beds, but Sirius, James, Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew shared a dormitory, as if one person was missing.

"Pete made a lot of mistakes, but he didn't end up like this." Harry said with some sympathy.

"Then what do you want to do?"

"When you find him, burn him and bury his ashes." Harry put down the photos.

"Using the Fire Curse is the best." Ron looked at the fire whiskey in front of him. "Not only can he be cremated, but the Horcrux he carries can also be destroyed."

"That means we have to learn dark arts."

"I don't think there's anything wrong with learning black magic." Ron put the cup on the table and sunk into the chair. "Although the magic blade cut off George's ear invisibly."

"That was an accident."

"George doesn't think so. Snape is indeed quite annoying, but I don't think he can compare to Calvin."

"Because of the investigation he initiated into the Office for the Misuse of Magic?" Harry asked.

"He wanted to kill my father." Ron said indifferently, "I heard that he gave a wonderful speech at the conference today."

"You've changed, Ron."

"What changes?"

"You've become less averse to the dark arts."

Ron laughed.

"Kingsley taught us to look at things from a 'middle' perspective. Now I think there is nothing wrong with the dark arts themselves, but the people who use the power. In the past we only learned Defense Against the Dark Arts in school, now we are not discussing how

Use black magic?"

Harry sighed silently and drank the whiskey in the quilt in one gulp.

"I know this makes you unhappy. Do you regret not killing Peter Pedro at the Screaming Shack? Harry."

"You know you still ask?"

"If you were given a chance, would you do it?" Ron said bewitchingly, "Go back to the moment he turned into a mouse and kill him so that he can't go back to his master."

"Stop it," Harry said sharply.

"Without him, the Dark Lord would not be resurrected, Fred would not die, Sirius would not have to die, and many people would not have to die."

"We should focus on the werewolf problem, Ron."

"What else do you want to do? Kill them of course, or do you think locking them up in Azkaban is the end of it? If Dementors were still the guards before, it would indeed be a living hell, but Kingsley changed the guards to

Now that you've become an Auror, it's like a sanatorium. At least you don't have to worry about where your next meal will be and where you'll live."

"What’s wrong with you?"

"Kingsley asked me to participate in this operation, so what is my identity?" Ron poured himself another glass of whiskey. "I'm not like you Harry, who has a vault of gold galleons and a big house in London.

."

"You want to come back as an Auror?"

"I don't know, maybe I can go to the Wand Registration Board. They are recalling second-hand wands to prevent them from being bought by non-humans, and then a goblin riot like Chipping Crowley breaks out." Ron drank the wine in one gulp.

Not long after the mysterious man died, everything was rebelling."

"What do you want to say?" Harry asked warily.

"We thought life would get better after You-Know-Who died, but in fact countless bad things still happened. Why Harry?" Ron asked with some pain, "Why did the two pretty boys from the Malfoy family join the Death Eaters?

Can I get away with it while my dad is being investigated?"

"Mr. Weasley is fine."

"But he's suspended. Why is there a Floo connection between the Burrow and Borgin'bork?"

"Your father said he was following Dumbledore's orders."

"Dumbledore is dead, so there is no proof of his death. Do you think he is lying to us?"

"I don't know, Ron." Harry said expressionlessly, "But I know he is a good father and a man who is responsible for his family."

"Yes, that is his advantage, but he is not that successful in his career."

"Are you worried about money?"

"It's even worse, because I'm beginning to understand why Patsy is so eager to draw a line between himself and his family." Ron said a little dull, "He has too many enemies in the ministry."

"Are you feeling stressed about this operation?" Harry asked.

"What if I mess up?" Ron trembled. "What if the wizarding world is exposed because of my poor performance?"

"Don't worry, Ron, there will be other ways."

"What else can I do?" Ron asked.

Harry opened his mouth, but did not say what he had said to Hermione in the kitchen.

"Look, you're lying too." Ron grabbed his red hair in pain, "If I mess up, if I mess up..."

"Remember the Quidditch game in sixth grade? Luna wore a hat as big as a real lion to cheer us on."

"Yes, I remember that you added Felixir to my pumpkin juice."

"I didn't add it." Harry said, "You think I did, but actually I didn't. I exchanged the tube of Felixir for Slughorn's confession."

"I know, why are you bringing this up?"

"Do you still need the Felixir, Ron? I still have it here."

"How did you get it?"

"No matter what, I am the director of the Legal Enforcement Department, and I still have a lot of gold coins."

"Okay, please give it to me!"

Harry stood up and walked to the lounge nearby, which had been transformed into his studio. There were some things in it that were not suitable for James to touch. Then he took a bottle from the medicine cabinet and placed it on the blue crystal

Liquid in bottle.

"Drink it and you will have good luck Ron." Harry returned to the study and added two drops to Ron's wine, and Ron drank it immediately without hesitation.

"how do you feel?"

"Awesome." Ron said dreamily, then fell to the ground with a smile.

"What's going on?" Hearing movement in the study, Hermione opened the door and looked inside.

"He fell asleep." Harry put the bottle of potion into his pocket. "The next few days will be particularly difficult. There will be no games broadcast after the full moon until next month. Let Ron have a good rest today.

."

As soon as Harry finished speaking, Ron snored thunderously.

"He didn't even take a shower!" Hermione said angrily. "Do you have any other guest rooms?"

"Of course, Mr. Weasley and Molly's room was still vacant before."

"I'm so sorry Harry..."

"Don't worry, this is your home." Harry interrupted Hermione, "Just think this is still the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix."

"Are you okay, Harry?" Hermione asked worriedly.

Harry thought for a moment and nodded.

"I never asked, what are you going to do with Sirius and Regulus' room?"
To be continued...