Wizardry System - Chapter 73

“So, Mr. Evergreen, I noticed that your face has been a bit weird when I announced the plan,” Cassia said.

“Well, can we trust this person that provided the intel? Can we trust the person with the vanishing cabinet?” Chris asked.

“Of course, this person has been a trusted ally of ours for a very long time. I believe he’s even a friend of your father’s,” Cassia said.

“I’m sorry to be rude, but during our fight against the Dark Lord, we’ve learned to never fully trust the people that provide intel or a hiding place. One day they can be our allies, but as soon as the Dark Lord gets a hold of their family or some other weakness, they’ll turn on us in the blink of an eye. There’s also the Imperius Curse that we have to worry about as well,” Chris said solemnly. Throughout his fight against Voldemort, he has been betrayed numerous times. While some did it for their ŀust for power, most of times, they were forced to do so due to their loved ones being threatened by Voldemort or the Death Eaters.

“So are you saying that you don’t trust us as well?” Cassia asked nonchalantly.

“A bit yes,” Chris said. “Although at this point, my friends and I don’t really have a choice but to trust you don’t we? However, I’m not letting go of the idea that there is a spy in here. If you guys could make a portkey that is not able to be tracked by the Ministry of Magic, it should be possible for a spy to be here as well,”

“Well you are definitely right. Although we do try our best to find any spies, if it was that easy, no one would dare to be a spy. While we do have a person skilled with legilimency, as long as the other person is proficient in occlumency, it will still be a bit difficult to determine who is the spy,&” Cassia said. “So now that I’ve heard your worries, what is your plan? It seems that you didn’t bring it up for no good reason,”

“Well it is related to the mission. Do you happen to have a Metamorphmagi and a polyjuice potion of said Metamorphmagi?”

“Yes we do happen to have a Metamorphmagi and their polyjuice. Who are you planning on changing that person to?” Cassia asked interested in his plan.

“Change that person into Harry and tell everyone tomorrow that the plan is to have Harry have more experience against Death Eaters. If anyone has doubts, just say that he is capable of protecting himself against those groups of Death Eaters since they’re not relatively high leveled and to watch him closely just in case something bad occurs,” Chris said. “As for Harry himself, after you announce that Harry will be going, call him to your office to talk and have the two switch with each other,”

“It’s not the worst plan,” Cassia said. “While there are definitely some flaws, if there is a spy, this can potentially weed them out,”

“Yes and send in a lot more than the 20 ȧduŀts that you were planning on sending in secret by either the disillusionment charm or an invisibility potion and have those people only fight if there is more people than originally stated. If there is no spy, just have them secretly come back,” Chris said.

“Alright, let’s do as you say,” Cassia said. “I’ll take care of the smaller details,”

Chris then told the 8 other students that were going with him. The ones he chose were all relatively stronger in duelling and even if they knew less spells than Hermione or Kristine, they were the most battle-hardened.

“Alright, have a good rest for the rest of the day. You’ll need it for tomorrow,” Cassia said.

“That is the plan,” Chris said with a smile. He left the room leaving Cassia alone.

“Well he certainly does resemble his father a lot,” Cassia said as she was thinking about the past. “Now I feel jealous of Lorraine. Perhaps I should have had a child with Leo, but alas, he left too soon,”

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When Chris went back to his room, he was met with the curious eyes of his friends.

“So what happened? Are we being sent?” Kristine asked.

“I can’t say much since we’re trying to keep a lot of the information secret. You’ll get to know tomorrow. However, what I can say is that the enemy shouldn’t be too difficult to fight and they’ll send much more ȧduŀts than students so there won’t be much danger to students,” Chris said.

“Alright then,” Kristine said disappointed that she couldn’t know whether or not she was going to fight. However, she was relieved that the danger level wasn’t too high.

“Is it really necessary to send us at this moment?” Ron asked. “I mean while it does bring students experience, the risk just outweighs the rewards that this could bring. If something happens and we lose all the students that were sent then the consequences will be dire. Sure, we’ll accept that in major battles, we’ll lose friends, but if we start losing friends in minor battles like this right after escaping the Death Eaters, it will definitely kill some of the motivation we had to fight and will definitely affect our mindset for future major battles,”

“Don’t worry Ron, Mrs. Elk does not seem to be the leader to go in without a plan or else she would have been ousted right away,” Chris said

After reassuring Ron and answering whatever questions he could answer without revealing too much, Chris spent the remainder of the day resting for the battle tomorrow

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