It was said to be the first battle because after Dumbledore left, the entire Order of the Phoenix had shrunk their forces and many activities had stopped.
Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters were not in a hurry to expose themselves either. They were currently focused on infiltrating the Ministry of Magic and did not seem to be in a hurry to occupy the magic world. Other than capturing the Azkaban Sorcerer Prison and rescuing a group of elite Death Eaters, they did not make any other moves on the surface.
Even the frequent disasters and attacks that had occurred around the world since last year had decreased by a lot.
The Ministry of Magic was still as clueless as before.
All the Auras were sent outside, but not a single Death Eater could be found.
Of course, many of the high-ranking officials of the Auras and the Ministry of Magic had already become Lord Voldemort's men, so this result was not surprising.
Just like that, the current situation in the magic world maintained a strange peace, seemingly no different from before Dumbledore left.
The mainstream media was mourning Dumbledore, and most of the articles were talking about this matter.
But in reality, the war had already begun quietly, and the first battle tonight was the prologue.
On the lawn of the Dursley's house, everyone smiled at Harry and greeted him.
Tonight's plan was similar to what Elwyn had planned. Because of the traces on Harry's body and the dense magic around the house, they would use the compound decoction to disguise themselves as Harry, fly out with a flying broom, and appear again when they were safe. This way, Lord Voldemort would not know where they had gone.
Everyone participating in tonight's operation was absolutely safe and reliable, and all of them were trustworthy.
Without Elwyn's reminder, Sirius had already excluded all the unreliable fellows, such as the Mondungues Fletch …
This fellow had been imprisoned in Azkaban for stealing Yin Corpses. Luckily, he was released by Rufus Scrimgeour before Lord Voldemort conquered Azkaban.
But this did not mean that he was trustworthy. After Dumbledore left, it was unknown how useful the Mondungues would be to the Order of the Phoenix.
His level of reliability was very low. Although he was also afraid of Sirius, this kind of deterrence was obviously not enough for a guy like him.
It was fine to order him to do some things that he was good at, but it was impossible to ask him to participate in battles or do important things.
Elwyn supported Sirius's decision to not let the Mondungues participate in tonight's operation. Even if the Order of the Phoenix was understaffed, even if mad-eyed Moody thought that he could bring him along, if Elwyn needed things such as the bodies of house-elves, poisonous seeds, or species prohibited from trade, he would look for the Mondungues.
However, Elwyn was not interested in fighting alongside the Mondungues. He did not want to die yet …
In the Dursley's garden, everyone came forward to greet Harry. Elwyn felt that he had grown a lot taller than a few months ago.
It was not a balanced growth like Elwyn's, but a sudden jump, which made him look a little malnourished.
But he was in a good mood. There was a smile on his face, and his right hand was still holding Hedwig's cage.
Seeing Elwyn, Hedwig called out softly as a greeting.
"I didn't expect so many of you to come!" Harry said happily, shaking hands with Sirius, and then could not help but hug him.
"Don't be careless, Harry. Tonight's transfer mission is very dangerous. In my opinion, even if you double the number of guards, it will not be much." Sirius said, carefully looking at Harry, as if trying to see if there was any change in him compared to before the summer vacation. "You may not know, but the plan has changed, we …"
"Don't say that here, Sirius," Mad Eye said gruffly. The mad-eyed man said gruffly. He was carrying two huge, bulging bags, and his magic eye was scanning the darkening sky, the houses, and the garden at a dizzying speed. "Let's take cover first, and then we'll talk to this kid in detail. Right, do we need to verify that this is the real Harry Potter? Although he looks like that kid, if we bring back a fake Death Eater … "
"Don't worry, Mad Eye, I can confirm that he is the real Harry Potter." Sirius said with a smile. "I won't be wrong even if I close my eyes."
They followed Harry into the kitchen. Everyone laughed and chatted as they sat on the chairs, on the shiny kitchen table, or leaned against the spotless utensils. This place was simply too clean. Even after leaving, Harry's Aunt Penny did not forget to tidy up the house.
Elwyn looked around. This place was almost exactly the same as the first time he came here.
He still remembered that he was sitting on the sofa not far away, listening to Mr. Dursley's silly joke about the Japanese golfer.
That day, he came to visit the Dursleys for the first time.
Then, he saw the pitiful Harry and the house-elf Dobby upstairs.
Of course, there was also the first magic that Elwyn had seen in his life: Dudley grew a pig's tail.
"Would you like something to drink?" Harry asked, smiling at everyone.
Sirius, thin and tired, had the unique arrogance of the Blake family; Elwyn, with a smile on his face, exuded an air of calm elegance; Hermione, with her thick hair braided into a long braid at the back of her head; Ron, thin and tall; Fred and George, with identical grins; Bill, with long hair; Weasley, kind and bald, with glasses a little askew; Mad-Eye, battle-hardened and one-legged, with his bright blue magic eye darting back and forth in its socket; Tonks, with her short hair a striking shade of pink; Lupin, more haggard and thinner, but still in good shape; Hibiscus Chinensis, beautiful and slender, with long silver-white hair; Hagrid, with his shaggy hair and bushy beard, hunched over as if he was afraid to hit his head on the ceiling. Harry was overjoyed at the sight. He really liked them all!
"Look, Harry, guess what?" Tonks sat on top of the washing machine.
She waved her left hand ostentatiously at Harry: a ring glinted.
She had already shown off to Elwyn and Hermione when they met up just now.
"You're married?" Harry exclaimed, looking at her and then at Lupin.
"I'm sorry, Harry. We didn't tell you."
"Yeah, even Elwyn and I just found out. I heard that the two of them went out for a stroll and came back with their respective rings." Hermione said.
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