After receiving Lupin's letter, Elwyn and Hermione immediately returned to England. It was the third day after Harry was attacked by the Dementors.
Mr. Weasley and Professor Moody went to the airport to welcome them, and they went straight back to 12 Grimmauld Square.
This was now the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Compared to a month ago, it was a completely different scene.
Weasley's family had all moved from the Shack, and in addition, many members of the Order of the Phoenix had also moved here.
From Fred, George, Ron and Ginny, Elwyn and Hermione knew the changes in the past month.
Compared to before they left, the situation in the magic world had not changed much. The incident with Harry should be the biggest one recently.
The public opinion was not in their favor. The Daily Prophet had reported the incident.
The Ministry of Magic was doing its best to suppress Dumbledore, using various methods. Now, except for the headmaster of Hogwarts, he had resigned from all his positions.
In other aspects, Sirius would write a letter from Norway every week. For safety reasons, apart from informing everyone that he was safe and asking them to help take care of Harry, there was nothing else. No one knew what he was busy with.
Lupin's communication with the werewolves was also unknown. He would only come back occasionally.
Every time, he seemed especially tired. Elwyn and Hermione did not see him for a few days after they returned.
In fact, because they were not allowed to join the Order of the Phoenix, Ron and the other three did not know much.
They were not allowed to attend the meeting. Fred and George tried their best to eavesdrop, but the information they obtained was extremely limited.
They did not even know when to pick up Harry or let him stay with the Dursleys.
From them, Elwyn knew that the biggest change was related to Percy.
When Hermione asked where Percy had gone, Elwyn could still remember the reactions of the Weasley siblings at that time.
They exchanged a melancholy, meaningful look, and Ron said nervously, "You two mustn't mention Percy in front of Mom and Dad. When Harry gets here, tell him not to do the same."
"Why?" Hermione looked at him in confusion.
Ron had grown a lot taller this summer, which made his clothes look a size smaller.
"Because every time Percy is mentioned, Dad smashes the things in his hands into pieces, and Mom bursts into tears," Fred said.
"It's terrible," said Ginny sadly.
`At any rate, I think we've got rid of him, 'said George, with an ugly grimace on his face.
"What happened?" asked Hermione.
Elwyn had a rough idea of what was going on. Foggy must have taken the opportunity to rope in Percy, who had turned to the Ministry of Magic without any hesitation.
"It was the first week after the end of the semester, not long after you two left." Ron said, looking at the travel-worn Elwyn and Hermione with a complicated gaze. "We were preparing to join the Order of the Phoenix when Percy came home and told us that he had been promoted."
"How is that possible?" Hermione said in surprise. "Weren't they investigating Percy?"
In the case of Barty Crouch, Percy had committed a serious crime of negligence.
He did not realize that his boss was under the control of the Lord Voldemort, which led to his first job in the Ministry of Magic being very unsuccessful.
Under normal circumstances, Percy's career in the Ministry of Magic had basically come to an end. It had ended in a hurry before it had even begun.
While in Egypt, Bill had also told Elwyn that Lady Weasley wanted him to help Percy find a job within Gringotts.
Elwyn had also thought about letting Percy work for the Hogwarts Magic Newspaper.
After returning this time, he decided to fight back against the newspaper in public.
"We were also surprised." George said, "Because Percy got into a lot of trouble because of the Crouch matter, and then there was an investigation and whatnot. They said that Percy should have realized that Crouch was out of his mind and reported it to his superiors in time. But you know Percy. Crouch let him take charge, and he couldn't wait to do it. "
"Then why did they still promote him?"
"We were wondering about that too." Ron continued, "He came home with a triumphant look on his face, even more triumphant than usual. Just imagine, he told Dad that they gave him a position in Minister Fudge's office. For a person who had just graduated from Hogwarts for a year, this was the best job he could ask for: Assistant Head of Department! I think he probably expected Dad to be very happy. "
"But Dad didn't." Fred said gloomily, "Fudge was furious in the Ministry and forbade anyone from having any contact with Dumbledore. You all know that Dumbledore's reputation in the Ministry has fallen to rock bottom these days."
"Yes, they all think that he spread the news that the mysterious man had returned to deliberately cause trouble," George followed.
"Dad said that Fudge made it clear that anyone who had anything to do with Dumbledore could no longer stay in the Ministry." Fred said, "The problem is that Fudge suspected Dad. He knew that Dad was on good terms with Dumbledore and that we were supporting Dumbledore. Also, Fudge always felt that Dad was a little strange, being so obsessed with Muggle."
Hermione nodded, roughly understanding what was going on. She sat next to Elwyn in silence.
"After Percy announced the news, Dad wondered if Fudge had arranged for Percy to be in the office to use him to monitor our family, and even Dumbledore."
"If I'm not mistaken, Percy wouldn't want to hear this," said Elwyn, who knew Percy very well.
"That's right. After hearing Dad say this, he went crazy with anger. He said a lot of terrible things to Dad." Ron paused for a moment and suddenly let out a hollow laugh. "Hey, he said that ever since he entered the Ministry, he had been struggling desperately to get rid of the bad reputation that Dad and our family had brought him. He also said that Dad had no ambition at all, causing us to live a very poor life. You know, I'm referring to the fact that we don't have much money. Actually, what he said is quite reasonable … "
Ron couldn't go on, because Ginny let out an angry cat's cry.
"Percy has gone too far!" Hermione said in disbelief. "How could he say such a thing!"
"What happened next was even worse!" Fred continued. "He said that Dad was stupid to be associated with Dumbledore. He also said that Dumbledore was going to be in big trouble and that Dad would be in trouble with him."
"Doesn't he know that Lord Voldemort is back?" asked Elwyn.
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