Since the Wizard Watchtower suddenly broke astonishing news, the number of wizards rushing to Hogsmeade overnight had surged. Most of them, however, had not come to lend Harry a hand, but to take their children away before a battle erupted at Hogwarts.
Unfortunately, they were too late.
Hogwarts had already been protected by a powerful defensive ward. Ordinary methods could not get anyone inside, so they could only try their luck in Hogsmeade.
After all, Lee Jordan had clearly mentioned on the broadcast that Hogwarts' students had all been evacuated. And where would the school evacuate them to?
Naturally, Hogsmeade Village, since it was closest to the school.
However, perhaps deliberately, Albert had not had the house-elves send the students to Hogsmeade Village. Instead, he had sent them to the former headquarters of the Defense Association, leaving the families who had come for their children frantic as they tried to learn their children's whereabouts from the Aurors.
But the Aurors did not know either, and they were busy now. They had neither the time nor the patience to deal with this group of families who had come to make trouble.
They had originally thought they had been assigned a decent task, but now they felt nothing but irritation. Those family members were truly too noisy and caused them no end of trouble.
Many Aurors suspected Kingsley had set them up, but there was nothing much they could fault in his arrangements.
It was indeed more appropriate for Aurors to receive and guide the wizards who had volunteered to join them in resisting Voldemort. After all, Aurors were clearly more experienced in such matters.
"How many are willing to join?"
Having finished establishing Hogsmeade's temporary defenses, Gawain Robards finally found the time to ask his deputy.
"Thirteen," Williamson said with a