Chapter 281: Politics and Love

Looking at Harry's faint worries, Yi Fu seemed to guess what he was thinking, and suggested: "Then should we still call it Deng Buliduo's Army? Should we change it to something like the Armed School Protection Group?"

"That's not good," Pan Xi immediately said, "students need a name that sounds very powerful, otherwise it will seriously hit their enthusiasm for participation."

"And Deng Buliduo's Army also implies the meaning of protecting the school, after all, the only thing left of Deng Buliduo is the portrait hanging in the headmaster's office." Lu Na said gently.

Harry felt that Lu Na should be talking about that portrait, but nominally, the portrait sealing Deng Buliduo was also hung near the headmaster's office.

"We have to do a big business this year too, just thinking about it makes my heart surge!" Cui Ge made a strange sound. "Then is there a more detailed plan?"

As of now, although Harry didn't really want to share the secret of the Room of Requirement with Malfoy emotionally, he felt that there was indeed no need to continue hiding it. He explained the situation to the students present roughly, so that they knew there was already an exquisite activity venue.

"What about time?" Ernie asked. "When are we going to train there?"

"Set it at night." Pan Xi suggested. "This is to avoid Quidditch training."

Harry realized that there was also this item in his campus life plan. He really felt sorry, if only the Time-Turner could still be used.

"Then, what about the Auror you mentioned?" Jin Ni said. "Saturday night is Auror teaching, and we take time to practice by ourselves at other times."

"Is it only once a week?" Hanna asked, but she reacted quickly. "Yes, in fact, we can also teach each other at other times and communicate."

"Every Saturday night at six o'clock, I will let Kristoff come over to teach some profound dueling skills." Harry concluded. "And at other times, the Room of Requirement can be opened at six o'clock every night. Any student who wants to practice magic by themselves or communicate with each other can go."

"Harry is very right," Ma Erfu agreed. "We can't let everyone know about the Room of Requirement, we should cover it up. For example, every gathering is opened by one of us personally, and some fancy movements and spells must be added as a cover."

"But, according to the rules of the Room of Requirement, as long as others imitate your movements, they can still open that door," Crabbe scratched his head. "After all, when he imitates, his heart must also be wanting to enter the room for practicing spells."

"You are smartest when you are tearing down my stage, right?" Ma Erfu stepped on him with some dissatisfaction.

"Really amazing, Crabbe." Gao Er said with slight envy. "The boss praised you for being smart."

"Malfoy's meaning might be," Lu Na said, "to cover up the fact that it is the Room of Requirement, and only let people think that it is a room hidden away, dedicated to practicing spells."

Harry regretted a bit. Why didn't he think of this at the beginning? He had to admit that he still needed to learn a lot from Malfoy in terms of being bad.

"By the way, do you remember what Arnold said?" Jin Ni said happily. "Between members of Deng Buliduo's Army, there should be some way to pass messages, so that when one person encounters danger, others can immediately support him."

"For example, tattooing a Phoenix emblem on the arm?" Ernie said tremblingly.

"I can tattoo!" Cui Ge was immediately excited.

"I'll design the emblem!" Lu Na followed closely.

"No, no, no, not to that extent." Harry hurriedly persuaded. "Let's change to a sign that doesn't have permanence. After all, this is just a student school protection movement. When everyone graduates, can it still be called Deng Buliduo's Army?"

"Make it into a ring." Yi Fu suggested. "When someone wants to summon everyone, the ring will heat up and prompt the location, which is very good."

"Then I'll design the style of the ring!" Lu Na's enthusiasm didn't diminish.

Seeing that the children started discussing how to design the ring, Harry hesitated for a moment, and then started writing furiously while ignoring everyone else, taking out his Charms homework.

When he wrote the last letter with satisfaction, he found that the gathering was coming to an end: the snack rack was about to be eaten empty.

"Oh, Harry." Pan Xi said softly. "Can you stay for a while later? I still have some things I need your help with."

Harry looked into her eyes, then looked over at Ma Erfu. He was sitting between Gao Er and Crabbe, dodging gazes. Even though the two "hidden dragons and phoenixes" had spilled pastry crumbs all over his robes, the little blond Young Master did not say a word, and was not even willing to change seats.

"I understand." Harry knew that there were indeed some problems with their relationship, and if Pan Xi pinned her hopes on him—that would undoubtedly be related to external politics.

When everyone finished their gossip and chatted, and said goodbye in turn, Harry just sat in place and smiled, while in his mind he was reviewing his plan over and over again.

"I'm sorry, Draco." After others left, Pan Xi said softly. "I still want to ask Harry to give us some help."

"It doesn't matter." Malfoy smiled a bit reluctantly. After the two big guys left, he seemed a bit lacking in security.

"You should have heard, right?" Pan Xi said. "About Miss Greengrass."

"Yes, Lu Na told me, but because it was Lu Na who said it, I didn't take it to heart." Harry said after deliberation. "So, is it true?"

"My father wants to swallow the industry and connections of the Greengrass family, given that there are only two daughters left in their family—" Malfoy's expression was a bit worried. "He asked me to pursue Daphne or Astoria at school this year."

In front of Pan Xi, Malfoy might not say his true thoughts. Harry felt that he might not really be as reluctant as he appeared on his face.

"This makes Draco feel very difficult," Pan Xi explained for him, "because my parents support pure-blood uniqueness more, so the Parkinson family leans toward Lestrange."

"Pure-blood uniqueness?" This was the first time Harry heard this term.

"Pure-blood uniqueness means that they hope to build a wizarding world with only pure-blood wizards." Pan Xi said. "For this, it is necessary to drive out or even kill all Muggle-borns."

"But if Muggle-borns are forced to live in the Muggle world, and usually have no chance to cast spells, this easily induces Obscurials." Harry shook his head. "This so-called pure-blood sounds like a somewhat naive idea."

"So my father proposed pure-blood nobility." Draco said. "That is to let the wizarding world maintain the status quo, but pure-blood families need to unite to seize power and ensure that pure-blood wizards stand in the ruling class."

"But in this way, because of the inconsistency in political positions between the two families, our feelings have encountered some external difficulties." Pan Xi said with some distress. "I hope to find a plan that can bridge their differences and stand together."

"Then you came to me because, you intend to let the Phoenix Society serve as the factor that promotes the internal unity of the Death Eaters?" Harry understood their thinking, but he didn't like this approach.

"The Phoenix Society almost has no movements." Draco said. "So the Death Eaters inevitably started infighting."

Harry looked at it from a higher angle. He certainly knew that the two sides were actually engaged in a series of battles around the Horcruxes, but the undercurrents of the high level certainly wouldn't let the children feel it, so it was no wonder Pan Xi and Malfoy were still troubled by the conflict between family and love.

"The Phoenix Society can't spare its hands." Harry said. "However, I think Torchwood is enough to compete with Lestrange."

"If you and Pan Xi, plus those pure-blood descendants of Slytherin, can form a voice. Most importantly, your slogan of 'guarding Hogwarts' is easy to make Death Eaters think it was instructed by Snape." Harry decided not to talk about the Horcrux matter first, this card could be kept for later, "And, your demands are actually very simple: just ask adults not to interfere with campus love."

Doing this can weaken Lucius and Bellatrix at the same time, and from a moral point of view, Harry also hopes that the two daughters of the Greengrass family can choose their lives according to their own wishes, rather than being manipulated by other nobles.

"For the Parkinson family, if your feelings with Draco look firm enough." Harry turned to Pan Xi and said, "They might turn to Malfoy. After all, the two propositions are not incompatible. Pure-blood nobility is a compromise of pure-blood uniqueness in the face of reality."

"This is difficult, because the core philosophy of Lestrange is that the Dark Lord is enough to suppress all opposition. As long as they haven't given up resurrecting the Dark Lord, they won't be willing to give up pure-blood uniqueness." Pan Xi said, and suddenly frowned. "Draco, your father proposed that kind of thought, could it be that he is no longer loyal to the Dark Lord?"

"The fact is, many of the Dark Lord's practices are too radical and do not conform to the actual interests of the noble group." In front of Harry, Draco turned the topic to a strange point. "If it weren't for him, we would have gotten along well

"I hope to use this friendship from our student days to explore a more reasonable pure-blood theory that seeks common ground while reserving differences." Ma Erfu said this sentence very sincerely, and Harry felt that perhaps he was being genuine.