Before long, Sirius led everyone in clearing out an attic, turning it into the Emergency Office for Saving Ron and Hermione's Endangered Love.
As for the people inside the office...
They could also be described as quite...
Kasen roughly looked around.
"Wait, what? Aside from Grindelwald, Severus, and the two people actually involved, everyone else is here?"
"Well... we're just here to join in the fun. Besides, Ron is our younger brother," the Weasley twins said somewhat awkwardly.
"And you?" Kasen turned his gaze toward Cedric.
Cedric scratched his head.
"Professor, you know me. Ron is still my junior, after all."
Kasen then looked at Harry and Neville.
The two of them immediately began explaining as well.
"Professor, you know us. Ron is basically our biological brother from another mother... ehm.. and another father, too.. ug.. what am I saying.."
Then there was Ginny...
All right, there was nothing to say about that one. They really were siblings, and even shared the same parents.
"I see how it is now. All of you are somehow related to Ron. You've brought the whole family along." Kasen nodded with emotion.
"Is that really how you use 'brought the whole family along'?" Harry asked in confusion.
"Shut up, Harry!"
Seeing that the entire attic had finally fallen silent, Dumbledore grew slightly excited as well. He pulled out his wand and drew a horizontal mirror in midair, within which appeared a floor plan of the entirety of Grimmauld Place.
"We all know why we've gathered here today, correct? Is there anyone who doesn't?" Dumbledore asked.
Hagrid slowly raised his hand.
"I don't."
".....Then why are you here?" Dumbledore asked.
"I saw all of you coming up here, so I followed. Thought there might be something fun going on," Hagrid said blankly.
"Fair enough. In that case, Hagrid, you can leave now. Go to France and buy me a bottle of soy sauce. Thank you."
Dumbledore looked at Hagrid's enormous frame and realised there really was no useful role for him in this whole performance, so he simply sent him away.
Hagrid left the attic looking aggrieved, planning to set off early. If he bought the soy sauce in France quickly enough, he should still make it back in time for dinner.
"Anyone else unclear about why we've gathered here?" Dumbledore continued.
Down on the first floor, Ron and Hermione were reading and chatting when they saw Hagrid thump his way downstairs.
Then more and more adults began coming down...
"Are they having a party upstairs without us?" Hermione asked curiously.
"Why don't we ask the magical Hagrid?" Ron offered a highly constructive suggestion.
"Good idea!"
The two immediately agreed and walked over to Hagrid.
"Hagrid, where did you just come down from?"
"The attic. Dumbledore and Kasen seem to be having a meeting up there," Hagrid answered without even thinking.
After all, Dumbledore had never explained exactly what the meeting was about, whether it was important, or whether it needed to be kept secret.
He had only told Hagrid to go to France and buy soy sauce.
Anyway...
It wasn't important.
If it had been important information that needed to remain confidential, Dumbledore would have said so beforehand.
At that point, Hagrid would absolutely keep his mouth shut!
Absolutely keep his mouth shut! Like ALWAYS!!!
Meanwhile, Hermione and Ron immediately reached the same conclusion as well. After exchanging a glance, the two of them headed straight upstairs.
Sure enough, they soon found the entrance to the attic...
All right, it wasn't exactly something they had to find.
They had both helped Sirius clean up the old house before, so locating the attic was ridiculously easy.
And finding the attic wasn't the only thing that was... easy.
There was something even easier...
For example, the attic of the Black family home was obviously not very soundproof, and there were no soundproofing charms either.
Which meant...
"Yes, exactly. When the time comes, I'll first use various excuses to send Kasen, Severus, Sirius, Lupin, and the other adults away. Cedric, the twins, yes, you count too. I'll send all of you away."
"By then, the Black family home will be severely understaffed, with all the other adults gone. Naturally, I'll have to remain behind to oversee things. At that point, I can ask Ron and Hermione to go handle something for me together. Perfectly reasonable and completely convincing."
Ron and Hermione exchanged a look.
Both of them were completely bewildered.
They had clearly heard Dumbledore's voice.
But...
Why?
They had gone through all this trouble just to set something like this up?
And why did it feel like the entire thing was specifically targeting the two of them?
Fortunately, before either of them could think any further, Dumbledore's voice sounded again.
"At that point, Sirius, Lupin, Tonks, the three of you can play Death Eaters. Ambush Hermione and Ron along the route they have to take either while leaving or returning, and continuously create various dangers for them."
"What about me?" Kasen's voice asked.
"Kasen, you'll remain invisible nearby. If anything goes wrong, immediately interrupt them. After all, you never know what sort of ridiculous Dark Magic these young wizards might have developed behind our backs in places we can't see."
"Sirius and the others naturally know how far they can go. What I'm worried about is Ron or Hermione suddenly pulling out some Dark Magic none of us expected. That would defeat the whole purpose," Dumbledore said faintly.
"No problem."
Professor Kasen accepted this extremely difficult-sounding task without even thinking.
"So Professor Kasen can instantly stop spells cast by both of us at the same time?" Ron asked Hermione in bewilderment.
"It's been a long time since we've seen Professor Kasen fight, but Professor Dumbledore is comfortable giving him this task, and Professor Kasen accepted it immediately. So he probably does have that level of ability," Hermione analysed.
"True. That's Professor Kasen, after all. Eh? Wait. If it's Professor Kasen, does that mean we can go all out and try some flashy tricks on him?" Ron suddenly had a bold idea.
"Shut up and keep listening!" Hermione frowned.
"O... K~" Ron said, raising an eyebrow.
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