"That's a good idea, Harry. I think the gatherings should continue too," Ron immediately agreed. "We need to learn some useful Defence Against the Dark Arts skills. What they teach us in Defence Against the Dark Arts is nowhere near enough."
"All right."
After hesitating for a moment, Harry finally nodded in agreement.
"But you'll probably have to help me. I'm worried I won't be able to handle it all by myself."
"Hermione's good at this sort of thing." Noticing Hermione's look, Ron quickly added, "Of course, I'll help too."
"We only need to keep last term's gatherings going. It's just that we won't be able to teach separately this time." Hermione was not worried about the gathering itself. "I'll help you organize the material and plan out how it'll go."
"Thanks."
Harry breathed a sigh of relief. If he had to do it alone, he truly would not have known what to do.
"Oh, right."
Ron seemed to recall something and suddenly said, "We'd better hurry. It's almost time."
"Almost time for what?" Harry asked in confusion.
"You don't know?" Ron looked extremely surprised.
"Know what?"
Harry and Hermione both looked at Ron curiously, waiting for him to give them the answer.
"You'll find out soon enough. It'll definitely be a big surprise," Ron said mysteriously.
When the three returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, Ron told Harry and Hermione to save them seats, then hurried back to the dormitory to fetch the radio.
"Oh, you mean the broadcast?"
The moment Hermione saw the radio, she guessed what surprise Ron had meant.
Ever since the Ministry of Magic had jointly launched Defense Against the Dark Arts training, it had used radio channels every evening at eight to teach British wizards Defense Against the Dark Arts knowledge, home safety precautions,