"So, Percy really was the spy you secretly planted in the Ministry of Magic?"
Ever since they had grown suspicious about Percy, the Weasley Twins had found time to ask Albert about it.
"More or less. We were helping each other out."
Albert glanced at Fred and George and could more or less guess why they had come to see him.
"Percy is highly ambitious. He longs for success—you both know that. He wants to climb higher and change his fate. It's a very realistic concern."
"Back when we were still at school, he came to me. I gave him some career advice and offered him some help. In return, he helped me gather information from the Ministry of Magic. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement."
Albert made a shushing gesture at the complicated-looking Weasley Twins. "Of course, this sort of thing can't be revealed to anyone. It concerns Percy's personal safety, after all."
"No wonder that guy didn't side with the Death Eaters," Fred couldn't help grumbling. "Come to think of it, when he fell out with the family back then, could that have been..."
"Half true, half false," Albert said, shaking his head. "I'm not entirely sure about the details either."
"That really does sound like something he'd do—making sure he got all the benefits!" George mocked himself. "No matter who won in the end, he'd be able to face it calmly."
"No, he probably still preferred for us to defeat Lord Voldemort in the end. No one wants to live in such a terrible environment." Albert paused and looked toward the doorway. Penelope was standing there with her arms folded, seemingly wanting to say something to him.
"Can you contact him?"
After Fred and George left the office one after the other, Penelope suddenly asked.
"It seems