At this moment, someone pushed the door open.
"My Bill is back..."
The person who came was Arthur Weasley, but Arthur obviously did not expect that there were three strangers in the room. Seeing this, Arthur smiled and asked:
"Bill, are these all your friends?"
Having said that, Arthur still showed a hint of confusion on his face when he looked at the three people in front of him with such a big age difference.
Bill hurried forward and whispered to his father the identities and origins of Wentworth and others.
When Arthur heard that the young man in front of him was actually the leader of the Witch Party, his body trembled slightly, but fortunately, Arthur quickly stabilized his body.
When Bill finished explaining the purpose of Wentworth and the others' visit, Arthur frowned, looking confused.
At this time, Mrs. Weasley had already written the letter. Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but ask:
"Dear, who are you going to send this letter to?"
Mrs. Weasley glanced at her husband, then at Wentworth who was sitting there, and said slowly, "To Dumbledore, of course!"
Mrs. Weasley finished her words, but her eyes were always on Wentworth, wanting to see how Wentworth would react.
However, Wentworth did not react at all, and seemed to not care at all about Mrs. Weasley writing a letter to Dumbledore.
Seeing that Wentworth had no intention of stopping her, Mrs. Weasley finally felt relieved and sent the letter by owl.
But after the owl flew away, the atmosphere suddenly became awkward as they sat together. At this moment, Wentworth looked at Arthur Weasley and asked:
"I heard that Mr. Weasley is now working in the Office for Prohibiting the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts? Actually, in my opinion, some of the current prohibitions in the Ministry of Magic are no longer appropriate. Some Muggle items can also be of great help to the lives of wizards!"
Hearing Wentworth's words, Arthur instantly became interested. He looked at Wentworth in front of him with shining eyes and said hurriedly:
"You think so too, right? I think so too! Many things made by Muggles nowadays can fill the gaps in magic very well!"
Wentworth nodded and continued:
"Muggle technology is advancing with each passing day, but our magic is stagnant! If this continues, it won't be long before our magical world will need to be completely hidden from the Muggle world! However, it won't be hidden actively like it is now, but hidden passively! Just like a rat crossing the street!"
At this point, Wentworth's eyes suddenly became deep. He looked out the window of the Burrow and said slowly, "Weakness and ignorance have never been obstacles to survival. Arrogance is!"
After hearing Wentworth's words, the whole Burrow fell silent, especially Arthur.
Although Arthur liked Muggle items very much, that was only because he thought those items were interesting and practical, but he definitely didn't think as far-sightedly as Wentworth did.
Rozier, who had been sitting aside, was holding the teacup with her hand trembling slightly. Rozier seemed to see again the man who changed her life, sitting next to her, talking to her and describing the grand blueprint for the future.
The silence was broken by an owl hitting the glass. Mrs. Weasley then hurriedly opened the window, let the owl in, and took a letter from it.
After a moment, Arthur Weasley put down the letter in his hand, looked at Wentworth, and said slowly: "We have agreed to what your Witch Party has proposed. Later, Bill will go to find out the news you want to know."
At this point, Arthur looked at Wentworth with a strange expression, and then said:
"Dumbledore also asked us to bring you a message. He has repaid the favor!"
Hearing Arthur's answer, Wentworth smiled somewhat bitterly. Just as Dumbledore himself said, the favor of the Hogwarts headmaster was very valuable, and it was just used up like that. It would be a lie for Wentworth to say that he didn't feel bad.
At this moment, Mrs. Weasley suddenly said, "Wentworth, we, the Weasley family, don't care what deal Dumbledore has with you. We only have one request!"
"You have to keep Bill safe!"
Hearing Mrs. Weasley's words, Wentworth nodded without hesitation, agreed, and said, "Of course, Mrs. Weasley, Bill is working for our Wizarding Party, so we naturally have to ensure his safety!"
After hearing Wentworth's promise, Mrs. Weasley slowly nodded in agreement.
Afterwards, although Arthur repeatedly invited Wentworth to stay for dinner, he was rejected.
So, the Weasleys asked Bill to send Wentworth and others out. When leaving, Wentworth looked at Bill meaningfully, slowly stretched out his hand, and shook hands with Bill.
After sending Wentworth away, Bill just walked in and saw Mrs. Weasley counting the Galleons on the table. Looking at the gold Galleons on the table, Bill couldn't help but sigh:
"The Wu Cui Party is really rich!"
Arthur said hesitantly, "If the Ministry of Magic knew that we had accepted so many Galleons from the Witch Party..."
However, before Arthur could finish his words, Mrs. Weasley glared at him fiercely and said with some dissatisfaction:
"Don't mention the Ministry of Magic. It's just a small salary every month. It doesn't matter to the two of us, but what about the children? Bill is grown up. If Bill gets married next, where are you going to hold his wedding?"
"Besides, Ginny will also enter Hogwarts this year, which means there will be another new expense every year. You never care about these things, but they all fall on my shoulders!"
Fortunately, at this moment, there was a loud commotion outside the door, vaguely mixed with Percy's angry shouts for silence. It was the Weasley children who had gone out shopping and returned.
Their return just saved Arthur from being scolded by Mrs. Weasley. Mrs. Weasley quickly put away the Galleons on the table, and Arthur took the opportunity to open the door and greeted them, shouting:
"Wow, you bought so much stuff! Ron, help your sister carry the things! You only know how to eat!"
Seeing Mrs. Weasley hurriedly putting away the Galleons, and listening to the laughter of his father and his brothers and sisters outside the house, Bill opened his hand, and there was a note in his palm. It was left by Wentworth when he shook hands with Bill before leaving.
Looking at the note in his hand, Bill seemed to be thinking about something.
(End of this chapter)