HP meets at Hogwarts

Chapter 173 Discussion

Chapter 170 Three Discussions

In the castle of the Roland family, Gu Ke brought three cups of tea to Aaron, Dinah, and Ann who were sitting around, bowed slightly, and apparated away.

"Xiao An, can we talk now?" Dinah ignored the earl gray tea in front of her.

Aaron didn't drink tea either. After the tea was served, he just glanced at it lightly, and then turned his gaze to Ann. Obviously, what he wanted to know was the same as Dinah's.

An took a sip of tea, cleared his throat after drinking, sat upright, and put his hands on his knees obediently.

Aaron and Dinah looked at each other, and the expressions on their faces became serious.

Seeing that the expressions of both of them had changed, Ann took another sip of tea, and then she was not so restrained, put her hands on the armchair, and said honestly, "I have something to say, but you are like this, I am nervous .”

"Okay." Dinah said, took a big sip of tea, her expression relaxed a lot, and her movements seemed more casual than before. She bent a smile and looked at Ann.

Aaron also took a big sip of tea following Dana's example, and then undid a button on his collar.

"Well, it's better this way," Ann said, "but I haven't figured out where to start yet? Too many things."

"Xiao An, just say what comes to your mind." Dinah said.Aaron nodded approvingly.

Eyeballs rolled around, and Ann showed a smile, "Let me tell you the good news first, I have someone I like, but due to various reasons, we have been together for a year without telling you. However, I have been with you The news is gradually revealed in your letters, but I don’t know if you have guessed it or not?”

"Finally." Aaron smiled and shook his fist, "I'm still wondering when you will reveal the news, Xiao An, are you afraid that we will disagree? No, no. I'm glad you can get it Gryffindor's first number one in so many years!"

Dinah shook the teacup lightly, and said with a smile, "We have been together for more than half a month during the summer vacation, and I think she is very good. Congratulations, Xiao An!"

Ann stuck out her tongue, grateful and a little embarrassed, "You all know it, just wait for me to say, right?"

Aaron patted Ann on the shoulder, "It's okay, Ann, I can understand being shy about this matter."

"When do we have time to invite her to dinner? Just come to the house?" Aaron continued.

"This?" An Xiaoxiao scratched her head, "I'm afraid it won't work now. Although I told you, I don't think what I want to say next can support you getting too close to her now."

Aaron and Dinah looked at each other, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes.

"Why is that, Ann?" Aaron asked.

Dinah looked at Xiao An, and instead of asking Aaron, she showed a thoughtful expression.

"Phew—I'd better just say it directly. If you two don't understand something, ask." Ann put the tea cup in his hand on the table and said, "I know that Uncle Aaron, you joined the Order of the Phoenix."

Aaron froze for a moment, and then showed a clear smile, "Xiao An, I know you will know sooner or later. However, at this point..." He put his left hand on the table and turned the teacup, "I hope it will be later .”

"It's at this point in time that I'm going to say it." Ann said seriously, looking at Aaron and Dinah, "Uncle Aaron, Aunt Dinah, you two are the most important people to me."

"I have been an adult for almost a year. I want to protect you in the days to come, not accept protection. Moreover, I have the ability to protect you in the days to come."

Aaron and Dinah smiled and touched Ann's head. Ann let them touch her head and pinch her face, and sighed that Xiao An had indeed grown up.

When the two sat down again, Ann spoke again, "Dumbledore passed away, and now the situation in the entire wizarding world is even more serious. The Ministry of Magic is now controlled by Scrimgeour, but he is not very effective in hunting down Death Eaters." Gao, the successful capture of three Death Eaters in March was led by the Order of the Phoenix, and it was done in cooperation with the Order of the Phoenix."

Aaron opened his eyes wide, and asked in surprise, "Xiao An? How did you know? It wasn't written in the Daily Prophet. Even in the Order of the Phoenix, this is a..."

"I'll explain this at the end." Ann said, looking at Dinah again, reached out and took out the prepared documents from the school bag on the seat next to her, "Dinah, this is the document I didn't tell you when I was dealing with Indian affairs before. One thing you said, but I already dealt with it last Christmas, and here are the numbers for the first quarter of this year."

Dinah took the document and opened it directly to the last page, where the data comparison of the first quarter was written.

An didn't talk nonsense anymore, but said directly, "The data in the first quarter of this year doubled compared to the fourth quarter of last year, because of Garavasinghe. I wrote in detail in the second document The ins and outs of things."

Aaron, who was listening on the sidelines, stood up in surprise this time, "Double? What happened here?" He probably knew the economic size of the Roland family, and the annual trade volume between the Roland family's Far East and the United Kingdom. The data is quite big, with such a big change in one quarter, something big must have happened.

Aaron, who was born in a family of great wizards, also knew how deep a family's economic interests and related entanglements were. Thinking of the possible dangers involved, he couldn't help but look at Dinah with some complaints.

Dinah didn't look at Aaron, but turned to look at Ann seriously, which made Ann feel a little strange.

"Dinah? You don't want to read the second file?" Ann asked, she felt that Dinah was too calm.

"Don't worry about it," Dinah took a sip of tea, "Xiao An, I heard Galava's report. He praised you very much for handling this matter. He said that you inherited your grandfather's style. He thinks The Roland family will be managed better under your hands. You are well-chosen and ruthless when you discover, deal with, upgrade the size of the Chinese market, and counterattack India by expanding the Chinese wizarding world."

Ann and Aaron opened their eyes wide at the same time, Ann seemed to be shocked, "Dinah, what do you mean?"

Dinah smiled gently, "This is a family tradition..."

In an instant, Ann suddenly understood a big question that she had been puzzling over before, that is, why did Garavasinghe start greedy only in 1993?And although the actions were very secretive afterwards, the amount was a bit unscrupulous.

Moreover, there is another point, she also wondered before, if she really dared to greed so much, then why Garavasinghe's counterattack was so small, almost none, it was quite a lot of money.Afterwards, she was diluted by the Order of the Phoenix incident, and she forgot about this question. Now that Dinah said it, she figured it out.

"But Ann," Dinah waved for Aaron to sit down and talk, "I thought I'd need to bring this up front because it's a big one. But it turns out that's not what you're finally going to tell us. of."

Dinah pursed her lips, and then asked, "So can I speculate that what you're going to talk to us about next is a bigger issue than this?"

Aaron moved the stool closer to Ann and frowned at Ann.

"Yes," Ann nodded, "I want to drop out of Hogwarts next school year."

Aaron looked at Dinah, Dinah shook her head, signaled Aaron not to ask, and let Xiaoan continue talking.

"Because, the rise of the mysterious man is certain. For a promise, for myself, for the future, and for my parents." Ann said affirmatively, "I have already joined the Order of the Phoenix."

"But, I've never heard of—" Aaron was anxious.

"Yes, I haven't heard of it. That's because I communicated directly with Dumbledore himself." Ann said as he took out a wooden seal from his pocket and placed it on the table, "I am the president of the Order of the Phoenix now. .”

For a while, the study room was completely silent.Aaron opened his mouth and looked at the seal on the table. The wooden seal looked ordinary, but the simplified but special phoenix on it was the symbol of the Order of the Phoenix, and this symbol was known to no one except the newly appointed inner members.

Dinah looked at Ann, and said after a while, "As expected of Xiao An, she is amazing."

"I know that this news really shocks you. But I also know that you two will definitely not leave England in this dark period that is coming soon. Uncle Aaron, why did you join the Order of the Phoenix? I learned from Dumbledore It's very clear that I read my parents' letters there. I don't want to stop you. I support you."

"The Roland family was hit hard by the influence of Grindelwald in Europe and the mysterious people in England. My parents were brutally killed because they refused to reveal the secrets in the mysterious office."

"Aunt Dinah, you plan to let me leave the UK and transfer most of the Roland family's assets abroad. I also know my plan to stay in the UK."

"But no." An Suo finished all he knew in one breath, "Because of you, I came to the wizarding world and learned about magic. I spent so many years very easily and met so many people. Now I have the ability to protect you , have the ability to do something, if I really want to be an ostrich like I used to think, I can't do it."

"I want to stay and protect you." Ann said firmly, "At present, I have the ability to do so."

After Ann finished speaking, she looked at Aaron and Dinah as if seeking encouragement.

Dinah first curled her mouth, smiled and gave Ann a hug, and An also hugged Dinah tightly, "Xiao An, when you took advantage of the Roland family's business network and the loopholes in the Muggle government's laws, you were persecuted for the British wizarding community. When I fled England without a trace with the wizard who wanted to escape, I probably guessed that such a day would come."

"What? The small advertisement of the ancient runes in the "Daily Prophet" was Xiao An's idea? Was it done by your Roland family?" Aaron said in surprise, but after a while he thought of another question, "Xiao An , so Skool is yours? You also designed the joint arrest operation between the Order of the Phoenix and the Ministry of Magic? The large-scale increase of the Order of the Phoenix? And the layered secrecy regulations?"

Ann nodded a little embarrassedly, "Yes, ah, but Dumbledore also taught me a lot. I learned a lot from him last year, such as Occlumency, the use of silent spells, and many others. .”

"I don't dare to underestimate Xiaoan now." Dinah touched Ann's hair again, "I haven't told you yet, using the complex and ever-changing economic environment in the Far East as a test, but the Roland family The traditional patriarchal test. I always thought that, Xiao An, it would take another one or two years after you discovered and understood the problem before you could deal with it. But I didn't expect it far."

"I dealt with this problem for three years, but I still missed a large amount of accounts. Only the original accounts and magic calculations of Gringotts, Xiao An, how did you deal with the data of nearly ten years in silence? "

"I don't just use magic!" Ann said a little proudly, "I also use computers and accounting software. In fact, I think I can also use the Internet in the future, and the efficiency will be better."

"But, Xiao An, I have seen Skool." Aaron said, "I don't believe it, but, why is Dumbledore?"

"Because of a promise, he and I promised not to tell anyone." Ann said, "As for Skul, I have items with advanced transformation techniques made by goblins." Ann explained, "and, we There was an agreement between them, and only I can assist in completing the next task."

"What mission?" Aaron asked immediately, "Is it dangerous?"

Ann smiled, "It's not very dangerous, Uncle Aaron, don't worry too much. The Order of the Phoenix will always be a secret organization, and this will never change, and the president of the Order of the Phoenix will only be a hiding place The people behind the stage."

"Because of some special reasons, only you two and the Gryffindor trio know my identity as Skur." Ann finally said as if he came to a conclusion.

Not only will the true identity involve many accidents, but the last secret weapon, the "vacuum", must never be exposed to the public.

For the final victory, in order to protect as many people as possible.

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