Leaks Were Inevitable When the Operation Grew Too Large

Manus glanced in Huginn's direction. Fake Craigus seemed to be planning to lie low and avoid attention for a while; even now, he had not contacted any of his other accomplices.

During this time, the only person he had contacted was the real Kreigs, and even that had been through a Two-Way Mirror. It was quite something that he had managed to get his hands on such an Alchemy item, one that had already gone out of production on the market.

Whether because the method of making them had been lost or because they were too costly to produce, these Alchemy items that allowed face-to-face conversations across great distances no longer circulated normally on the market. In any case, not a single shop could guarantee the supply of Two-Way Mirrors anymore.

Every pair of Two-Way Mirrors was a nonrenewable resource in the conventional sense.

Unaware of what Manus was thinking, Dumbledore only felt his conscience take another blow, because strictly speaking... this matter was inseparably connected to him as well.

Some members of the Order of the Phoenix came from the Ministry of Magic. They believed that following those vermin in the Ministry could neither save the Wizarding World nor defeat Voldemort, which was why they had chosen to join the Order of the Phoenix.

Naturally, most of the Ministry's most resolute and capable employees had been among them.

Yet after a brutal battle with heavy casualties, while they had not been entirely wiped out, they had still suffered considerable losses. Some of those who remained were seriously injured, and as a result, the rate of corruption within the Ministry rose drastically.

The most steadfast people were gone, while those whose wills had been less firm—but who had at least not yet yielded to their inner greed—became more likely to