Chapter 458 The Weasley Family Dispute

At the busy dinner table at the Weasley family, Percy Weasley suddenly stood up, his face filled with unconcealable pride: "I have important news to tell everyone - I have been promoted!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Weasley family, who were having a heated discussion about joining the Order of the Phoenix, instantly fell into silence.

Everyone put down their dishes and looked at Percy in surprise.

Fred was the first to break the silence, with disbelief written all over his face: You were promoted? They would actually promote you?"

"Why not?" Percy glared at his brother dissatisfied.

"I thought you got into a lot of trouble with Crouch." George also felt puzzled. This fact was so abnormal.

Percy glared at his twin brother with dissatisfaction and said contemptuously: "That's just an excuse they gave themselves. As long as you use your brain, you will know that no one will actively suspect that their boss has a problem, unless he doesn't want to work in the Ministry of Magic. I'm working. Mr. Crouch's investigation has ended. They thought I had good abilities, so they promoted me."

The Weasleys looked at each other in disbelief.

The originally cozy atmosphere in the Weasley's kitchen suddenly became tense.

Mr. Weasley noticed the unusualness behind Percy's promotion. He put down the knife and fork in his hand and looked at his son:

"Percy, what kind of position did they give you?"

Percy straightened his back and said "940" with unconcealable excitement: "I have become Assistant to Minister Fudge in the Office of the Minister of Magic."

For a young man who has just graduated from Hogwarts, this is undoubtedly a dream job.

However, no one in the Weasley family looked happy. They were well aware of the tension between Fudge and Dumbledore, and they also understood the possible risks behind this job.

Now that Percy has become the assistant minister, there is something wrong with this matter.

Mr. Weasley's face became serious, and he stared into Percy's eyes: "This is weird. I suspect that Fudge placed you in his office to use you to spy on our home, or - spy on Dumbledore."

He asked in a deep voice: "You agreed?"

The atmosphere in the kitchen instantly dropped to freezing point, and everyone held their breath, waiting for Percy's answer.

Percy took a deep breath and admitted frankly: "Yes, I agreed."

Mrs. Weasley's face suddenly changed, and she was furious: "Percy, how can you agree to others spying on your family? Don't you understand how much trouble this will cause us? We are a family and should trust each other, and It’s not about suspicion of each other!”

"Why don't you agree?"

A hint of stubbornness and indifference flashed through Percy's eyes. He looked at his father, with resentment in his voice:

"You probably don't know how bad your situation is in the Ministry, right? You don't know how hard it is for me to live in the Ministry of Magic because of you. Whenever people hear my name is Weasley, they use strange words. He looked at me as if there was something stained on me."

His voice gradually became excited, and the emotions that were originally just deliberately brewing have been replaced by real pain and resentment:

"Ever since I entered the Ministry of Magic, I have been struggling desperately to get rid of the influence of your bad reputation. Otherwise, I have no hope of being promoted and can only stay at the bottom. Do you know how desperate that is? ?I work hard to prove myself every day, but your reputation is like an invisible shackle that I can't break free from.

He paused, took a deep breath, and continued: "Fortunately, I am the only one in my family who entered the Ministry of Magic, otherwise more people would blame you for this. You didn't even consider my situation or yourself. Why haven't you been promoted for so many years, let alone why the situation at home is so bad? Have you really never thought about the reason?" 1

He didn't care about Mr. Weasley's gradually distorted face, and followed his emotions to reveal all the pain he had suffered this year.

"Are you done?"

Mr. Weasley's face turned livid. He glared at Percy angrily, stood up suddenly, and slammed the plate in front of him to the ground.

If Mrs. Weasley hadn't caught him in time, he would have rushed up and beaten him.

"Arthur, calm down." She held her husband's arm tightly and kept saying, "And Percy, you too, stop talking.

However, Percy seemed not to hear his mother's words and continued to vent his emotions: "What's wrong with me? I just expressed my heart. You always ask me to consider and sacrifice for my family, but Who has ever considered my feelings? I am also a human being, and I also have my own dreams and pursuits!"

"Percy, you should apologize to your father." Bill suddenly felt that Percy had become very strange, and even the brotherhood between them had cracks at this moment.

Percy did not flinch, and continued to warn Arthur coldly: "Fudge is already doubting you, father. He is considering whether to kick you out of the Ministry of Magic. What will happen to the family if you lose your current job?" ?Fred, George, Ronald and Ginny are all still in school. Have you considered their tuition fees, living expenses, and our family’s expenses? You have no idea how difficult it is for them in school, because they Has a father who is notorious in the Ministry of Magic!"

"Shut up, Percy!"

Bill snapped. He thought Percy's words were too much and planned to stop him from continuing.

"Bill, you haven't experienced it yourself. You don't know how many strange looks you have to endure when you go to school with second-hand books and second-hand robes!"

However, Percy did not shut up and retorted even louder, "Especially in the first year of my freshman year, I was laughed at a lot. Do you know what that feels like? You know we have How much do you want to be able to have brand new books and robes like other people?"

Percy glared at his father angrily: "Don't you know that this will probably make us unable to hold our heads high in front of others?"

The others all stared at Percy dumbfounded, speechless at his words.

Although what Percy said was indeed correct, they had also been ridiculed and looked down upon by others because of their father's reputation.

But how dare he say it like this.

At some point, Mrs. Weisley's cry broke the heavy silence.

Everyone glared at Percy. At this moment, he became the enemy of the whole family.

"I know you all want to join the Order of the Phoenix and pursue that glory and justice."

Speaking of this, Percy's voice became earnest, "But have you really not considered Dumbledore's current situation? He himself is in many difficulties and has constant troubles. Are you not afraid that you still insist on being with him? To be implicated by him and fall into the abyss together? This is simply stupid to the extreme.

He sighed and expressed his opinion: "Everyone thinks that Dumbledore is confused. He knows that the entire magical world is trying to avoid mentioning that name, but he insists on publicizing the return of the mysterious man everywhere. This is not what he is doing. He is an enemy of Fudge alone, but he is on the opposite side of the entire British wizarding community - not many people will support him."

"Percy, Dumbledore had his reasons for doing that. Both Harry and Dumbledore saw the return of the mysterious man with their own eyes, and they won't lie." Mrs. Weasley looked at her son with pleading eyes, hoping that Percy would not continue to make trouble. .

A trace of ridicule and disdain flashed across Percy's face: "Mother, of course I am willing to believe Dumbledore. But without evidence, who will believe us?"

He sneered, "The only evidence is their one-sided words, but this alone cannot convince anyone... Especially in this era when no one is willing to face the return of the Dark Lord, people are more willing to believe that Dumbledore is an old fool. It’s, it’s not trustworthy anymore.”

"Mr. Levin Green, are you all familiar with him?" Percy suddenly brought up this topic. "He has long predicted that the mysterious man will come back. He has told us privately that in the next few years, the entire magical world will be in chaos."

Fred raised his eyebrows and said jokingly: "Oh, that Levin Green? I remember that you always admired him and wanted to follow him?

"Yes, didn't you also say that he is the future leader of the magic world?" George also said.

Percy glared at them: "I'm talking about business now. Have you seen Mr. Green stand up and announce that the mysterious man is back?"

He looked around and continued: "I have read the interview report with him. He used words like 'speculation', 'suspect', and 'I believe' throughout the whole process, but he did not clearly say that the mysterious man had returned. Because he knew very well how stupid and dangerous it was to spread such news without conclusive evidence.

Having said this, Percy sneered:

"Deputy Director Gianna, who has a good relationship with Levin, has now been promoted to the Director of the Legal Enforcement Department. She and her allies are in charge of half of the Ministry of Magic. But even so, they dare not admit it publicly. News of the mysterious man's return. Because they knew how much panic and chaos it would cause.

He shook his head: "Dumbledore not only preached the return of Voldemort, but also put forward such stupid suggestions: canceling the dementors and wooing the giants... This is simply adding chaos to the wizarding world! If you really want to solve all the troubles and threats, he should propose to kill all the vicious prisoners in Azkaban and make the people disappear from the UK completely! Instead of making stupid suggestions that are simply unrealistic and impossible to succeed, he should Everyone is causing trouble."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Weasley couldn't bear it any longer.

"Have you finished?" He threw the object in his hand towards Percy, "I really misjudged you! Who do you think you are? How dare you comment on Dumbledore like this?!"

"I just expressed my opinion."

Percy looked at his father without flinching,

"If you insist on betraying the Ministry of Magic and joining that illegal organization, then I have nothing to say. But please remember one thing: from this moment on, I will no longer belong to this family!"

Percy nimbly dodged the object thrown by Mr. Weasley in anger, and it hit the wall with a muffled thud.

He turned around expressionlessly and walked upstairs with heavy steps to pack his luggage.

In the room upstairs, Percy quickly packed his things, and clothes, books, and personal belongings disappeared into his suitcase one by one.

Finally, he stood in the center of the room, took a deep breath, and the magic of Apparition instantly enveloped him.

With a burst of twisted air and a flash of light, Percy's figure disappeared into the room.

In the hall downstairs, Mrs. Weasley had just realized that something was wrong with the movement upstairs.

She hurried upstairs and opened the door to Percy's room, only to see that the room was empty, and even the air had a hint of desolation.

"He's gone." Mrs. Weasley murmured to herself, her voice filled with unspeakable loss and pain, and she was about to collapse at any moment.

Tears welled up in her eyes again.

Mr. Weasley heard the noise and came over. When he saw the empty room, his expression became even more gloomy.

"Let him go! Just pretend I don't have this son!"

"No, Arthur, you can't do this." Mrs. Weasley finally couldn't help crying, "I want to go find him and have a good talk with him.

She turned and walked toward the door [she could probably guess where Percy King was going.

In fact, there aren't many places Percy can go now. .