A Midnight Operation, the Prince's Decision / A Midnight Procession, Who's Surrounding Whom?

After everyone returned to the tent, Harry first saw Elder Kong and the Mr. and Mrs. Granger off to rest. Sirius had instructed Kreacher to pack up and move the tents to the vicinity of the China wizards' camp during the competition, so that it would be more convenient to see them off the next day.

Harry and his group didn't rest. While the Ireland were celebrating wildly and the surrounding camps were making a lot of noise, the group discussed their upcoming "willing to take the bait" operation in their tent.

So why is it described as "willing victims"? Isn't it because those former Death Eater were all willing to willingly commit suicide?

If they behave themselves and don't cause any trouble, nothing will happen tonight.

"Uh... Harry, I'm coming..." Just then, Corvus' voice came from outside the tent.

Harry had also asked him to help beforehand, and he arrived quite punctually, but... his voice sounded somewhat troubled.

When the tent flap was lifted, the people inside discovered that three people had crawled in from the outside!

"Wait... Corvus, why did you bring those two along?" Harry frowned as he saw the Delacour sisters following Corvus like tails.

"Harry, I had no choice," Corvus said helplessly, spreading his hands. "You have no idea, ever since I went back during the day, these two sisters have been asking about you, and at night they've been keeping a close watch on me, not letting me leave. With the time we agreed to meet you fast approaching, I had no choice but to bring them along."

"Even so, you could have asked their parents." Sirius was clearly not satisfied with this explanation. "Do you mean... their parents are so comfortable letting them come out with you?"

"Hey, don't even mention it." But as soon as this topic came up, Corvus's expression became even more speechless. "Those two sisters are incredibly precocious; they beat me to the punch and told Mr. Delacour they wanted to come with me to find Harry Potter, and Mr. Delacour agreed..."

"This..." The people in the tent looked at each other in disbelief, thinking to themselves that this father was really quite bold.

"Hey, what exactly do you mean by this? Corvus, what are you talking to them about?"

However, the conversations among the people inside the tent clearly displeased the Delacour sisters.

Phoebe, in particular, always attracted attention because of her looks, but Harry and his group ignored her completely and kept speaking English that she could hardly understand, which made her quite angry.

"You're overthinking it. We didn't say anything, and even if something happened, it has nothing to do with you," Hermione retorted directly in French.

From the moment she first met Phoebe, she had inexplicably disliked her. Now that Fleur had inexplicably come to cause trouble, Hermione was naturally even less inclined to be friendly.

"Hmph, I didn't ask you~" But Phoebe was no pushover either. She completely ignored Hermione's sharp retort, raised her chin proudly, and scanned the tent. In the end, she actually went straight to Sirius.

She already knew from Corvus that Sirius was Harry's godfather and definitely the most influential person present.

Moreover, Phoebe is a serious looks-obsessed person. If she had to choose one person from a group of strangers to initiate a conversation with, her choice would definitely be the most handsome man in the entire tent.

"Sir, could you please tell us who you are...?"

Stupefy.

To everyone's astonishment, Sirius, faced with Phoebe's almost coquettish seduction, expressionlessly drew his wand and cast a sleeping spell on her!

"Honestly, they haven't even graduated from school yet, why are they pretending to be adults in front of me?"

Sirius dismissively scoffed at the overconfident girl in front of him, not even offering to help her up when she collapsed to the ground.

"You... you're ruthless." Seeing this, Corvus, who had always suffered at the hands of the Delacour sisters, was utterly dumbfounded.

Sirius, that's a tough guy!

Chapter 573 Night Operation, The Prince's Decision

The tent, which had been somewhat noisy just moments before, was now completely silent. Many people present hadn't expected Sirius to be so ruthless, so decisively taking care of Phoebe, who had come to cause trouble.

After that, he even turned to Gabrielle, who looked flustered, as if he hadn't had enough.

"Next up is the smaller one..."

"Help... help! I just came with my sister, I have no idea what you're up to!!"

The little girl was clearly terrified, but instead of going to find Corvus who had brought her there, she nervously huddled behind Harry, her little hands trembling as she clutched at the hem of Harry's clothes, using Harry's back to completely hide her head.

"Godfather, don't scare her." Harry chuckled and waved his hand. "These sisters aren't exactly outsiders, just consider them visiting."

"If you think it's okay, then it's fine." Sirius casually put away his wand; he had only been trying to scare him.

He decisively knocked down Phoebe because the girl had dared to provoke him, but Gabrielle was only an eight-year-old child, and Sirius couldn't possibly lay a hand on her.

"Gabrielle, were you scared?" Harry turned to look at the little girl behind him and gave her a reassuring smile.

"Hmm..." Gabrielle nodded like a chick pecking at rice, her bright eyes still showing a hint of fear, and her hands still wouldn't let go of Harry's clothes.

Seeing this, Harry let her be and began to seriously discuss tonight's operation with the others.

"As you all know, Astoria Greengrass previously informed us that those former Death Eater were planning to create chaos tonight, and even torture innocent civilians for their amusement! What we need to do is wipe out those bastards before they make their move!!"

"Harry, I understand your concerns, but if we act from the very beginning, we might not be able to capture everyone at once." After hearing Harry's decision, Sirius shook his head. "Voldemort's Death Eater have many madmen, but even more are opportunists."

Of all those present, if anyone understood the Death Eater best, it would undoubtedly be Sirius.

Therefore, he was quite certain that if Harry started relentlessly pursuing those people as soon as they showed themselves, there would definitely be quite a few who would slip through the net.

The remaining Death Eater were mostly cowardly opportunists. They might have received invitations, but they would likely observe from the crowd first, only rushing over once the parade actually began.

However, Sirius also knew that Harry wouldn't deliberately delay his move in order to capture everyone at once.

Because the Roberts Family are completely innocent, Harry will not allow them to be tortured and abused by Death Eater for the sake of his own plans... not even a little bit!

"In that case, there's only one way..." Harry pondered for a moment, then suddenly said decisively, "We'll use Polyjuice Potion to replace the Roberts Family being controlled by the Death Eater!"

"What?!" *N

Upon hearing this, everyone in the tent was stunned.

Everyone knows what Harry's plan means, but this way, they will be tortured by the Death Eater as 'ordinary people'!

"You might think I'm being reckless, but we only have this one way to both wipe them out and protect the innocent." Harry looked at everyone present with a serious expression. "If you agree to my plan, I will impersonate Mr. Roberts."

"I agree, and I will use the Polyjuice Potion with you!"

Hermione was the first to step forward and speak up; she knew that Harry absolutely needed her support at this moment.

"I'll go too."

Luna Lovegood followed closely behind and spoke calmly. Xenophilius, who was beside her, seemed to want to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

Harry didn't stop the two girls either; the three of them would face all the trials together, and this time was no exception!

The Roberts Family consisted of four people, but now only one remains.

"I..."

"Harry, let me do the last one!" Just as Tonks hesitated to speak, Will suddenly stepped in front of her.

"Will... I remember I said before that you weren't allowed to participate in this operation! Especially now that you're being forced to disguise yourself as an ordinary person and risk your life?!"

Harry refused Will's request without even thinking about it.

Are you kidding me? Will's identity is so special that Harry doesn't even intend to let him risk participating in the operation. How could he possibly allow him to fall into the hands of those bastards?

"But I have to go!" Will argued resolutely. "They are all mine... well, anyway, like you, Harry, I absolutely cannot allow any ordinary person to be harmed unjustly! I want to protect them with my own strength no matter what!!"

As a prince, Will has a duty to protect his people... He doesn't want it to be just empty words, so this time he won't hide in the tent like Harry had planned beforehand. Instead, he'll actively participate in the operation and do his best to protect that family!

"If you insist on doing this... don't complain when the time comes!" Harry read unwavering determination in Will's eyes; the prince had made his decision and would not back down.

Since that's the case, I might as well let him accompany me on this journey.

"Don't worry, I definitely won't!" Will confidently raised his fist at Harry.

"It's settled then! The four of us will go to Mr. Roberts's hut with Dobby, cast a sleeping spell on them, and then have Dobby take them away temporarily." After confirming that Will was the fourth person, Harry quickly finalized the next plan of action.

"Tonks, you and Xenophilius Lovegood disguise yourselves and hide in the crowd. Once these guys have passed, we'll outflank them!"

"Don't worry, they definitely won't recognize me!"

As a natural-born Metamorphmagus, Tonks was quite confident in his disguise skills; while Xenophilius also said that he had quite a few novel gadgets, so hiding for the time being was no problem at all.

"Corvus, you're in charge of setting up the Anti-Apparition Jinx. Make sure none of them escape!"

"No problem~" Corvus patted his chest confidently. This was exactly why Harry had asked him to come. As a young and promising former Auror from France, he was absolutely adept at restricting the movement of prisoners.

"Godfather, you're in charge of giving the signal. If nothing else goes wrong, then once all the Death Eater have gathered, it's time for us to make our move!"

"I won't let these guys get away with this!" Sirius's lips curled into a confident, sinister grin.

"Lastly, it's Lupin's turn. I'll have to keep an eye on these two sisters." Harry nodded to Lupin, who was confirmed to stay behind, then turned to Gabrielle and instructed her in French, "You stay in the tent with Lupin and take good care of your sister. Don't run around no matter what noise you hear. I'll have Corvus take you back after this is all over, understand?"

"Okay, I understand..." Gabrielle nodded timidly, then looked at Harry with concern, "Are you going to do something very dangerous? You must be careful!"

"Thank you for your concern, Gabrielle." Harry smiled and ruffled the little girl's hair.

Ha... tonight, the only ones in danger are those Death Eater!

Chapter 574 Midnight Parade, Who Surrounds Whom?

Late at night, while the entire camp was almost asleep, Harry and his group of five quietly arrived at the Roberts Family's cottage.

"Dobby, now take them away from here, and when the time is right, take them back to the scene of the incident, understand?" After successfully hypnotizing the family of four, Harry solemnly instructed Dobby.

"Don't worry, sir, Dobby will definitely handle it!" The House-elf knew that this was the last time he would accompany Harry for a while, so he was very excited and pounded his chest loudly.

"So... how should we assign roles next?" Hermione asked the four strands of hair of different lengths in front of her after Dobby left.

"Then it's definitely us two as husband and wife, and them two as children, otherwise how else can we divide it?" Harry smiled matter-of-factly, grabbed Mr. Roberts' hair and put it into the Polyjuice Potion he carried with him, then drank it all in one gulp.

The other three obviously felt there was nothing wrong with this allocation, so they all chose their hair and drank the corresponding potion.

After the transformation was complete, and Harry further Transfiguration the clothes of the four, the Roberts, their eldest daughter, and their youngest son were now officially in place.

"Let's go to bed, my lady."

Harry, grinning mischievously, led Hermione to the bedside in the bedroom. She awkwardly pushed him away, but eventually lay down next to him.

Using someone else's identity, especially sleeping in bed with Harry as an adult, Hermione felt a strange, unknown unease stirring within her, a restless feeling that something inside her was constantly stirring.

Mom and Dad are leaving tomorrow, and from then on it will just be Harry and me at home. Then they...

Lost in these random thoughts, Hermione found herself unable to calm down at all.

However, what she didn't know was that Harry, lying beside her, was also lost in his own annoyed thoughts.

Honestly, how come I didn't notice this sooner?

It wasn't until Harry had just become an adult thanks to Polyjuice Potion that he suddenly realized there was such a Potions in the world, called...

Ageing Potion.

Sigh, it feels like I missed out on billions... I really feel bad for Hermione!

The four-person group, disguised as ordinary people, were dozing off alertly in the slightly dilapidated hut until sometime in the middle of the night when a sudden burst of noise shattered the silence of the night.

Mr. Roberts' cottage suddenly cracked open, revealing a large hole in the ceiling. Two walls also collapsed to varying degrees. Before Harry and his friends could even let out a 'panic' scream, they were struck by a series of spells and their bodies were involuntarily lifted into the air.

The Death Eater used Levitation Charm on Harry and the others, followed by several others using Lumos. The pale green orbs of light illuminated the four's 'screaming' faces, immediately eliciting triumphant laughter and drunken shouts from the thugs below.

They manipulated Harry and his friends like puppets, forcing them into all sorts of bizarre poses while they mocked, pointed, and hurled insults at them from below.

Two Death Eater even set the hut on fire by waving their wands.

However, they seemed to know that using the Unforgivable Curses might lead to a thorough investigation by the Ministry of Magic, so they simply used various basic curses and spells on Harry and his companions, without causing them unbearable pain.

Of course, throughout this process, Harry remained vigilant about their actions. If he discovered that any Death Eater dared to cause serious harm to the four of them, he would immediately turn on them and tear them apart!

Fortunately, the Death Eater understood the principle that 'sharing happiness is better than enjoying it alone,' so they only stayed at the hut for a short while before officially starting their midnight demonstration.

The commotion grew louder as it approached the center of the camp, naturally waking many wizards who were still sound asleep. Rubbing their sleepy eyes, they squeezed out of their tents to find a group of 'terrifying' creatures closing in!

They were a group of guys wearing hoodies and masks, completely unrecognizable, huddled together, each pointing their wands upwards, slowly moving forward across the field.

Above these guys, there were four figures constantly 'struggling,' their bodies twisted into various bizarre shapes, sometimes floating low over the burning tent, screaming in terror.

As the parade progressed, in addition to the chaos, many wizards secretly changed into the same clothes as the parade participants, joined their ranks with loud, sinister laughter, and tortured the four 'ordinary people' above them, or casually burned down the tents around them.

"This is outrageous..." Ron muttered softly in the crowd. He saw the youngest 'Muggle kid' spinning like a top in the air, nearly twenty meters high, his head limp and tilting to one side.

The rest of the Weasley family arrived, and Mr. Weasley, along with his three older children, ran towards the oncoming parade. Meanwhile, many Ministry of Magic staff members also gathered around, seemingly trying to stop the parade from proceeding.

However, the procession had already grown to dozens of people, including quite a few idiots who had disguised themselves to join in the fun. The Ministry of Magic officials gestured around them for a long time, but dared not cast a single spell, leaving the four 'Muggle' in mid-air to continue to suffer.

Fortunately, Harry never expected anything from the Ministry of Magic, so there's no reason for him to be disappointed in their performance.

Everything was going according to plan. As the group of reckless fools began their parade, Tonks and Xenophilius had already raised their wands behind them.

As they approached the center of the camp, Corvus secretly cast Anti-Apparition Jinx, sealing off Apparition of nearly a hundred meters.