Chapter 708: The Third Group of Members of the Order of the Cat (Edited)

After Fish and the others returned to the Gryffindor common room, they didn't immediately go to bed but instead sat down and discussed.

"Why do you think Dumbledore is showing us this memory?" Hermione asked suspiciously.

"Isn't it a test to see if we can find any clues in it?" Harry wondered.

"But... I just feel like it's not that simple," Hermione continued, frowning.

"Albus is like that..."

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Fish raised his hands, shook his head helplessly, and said, "He always speaks ambiguously and likes to keep people guessing about what he's thinking... No better than Firenze and the others!"

"But, aside from the clue about the Horcruxes, that memory only tells us about Voldemort's past..." Harry also frowned and said something absurd, "Is... is it important?"

"Maybe it is important!" Hermione, who is very likely to be correct in this assumption, said, "Maybe it's one of the requirements to defeat Voldemort? After all, besides the Horcruxes, we don't exactly know what else he has to sustain his life."

Fish, the only one present who knew that Harry was also one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, stood still for a moment and then looked at the scar on Harry's forehead...

If that assumption was correct, it would explain why Dumbledore had to make Harry look at the memory along with him.

So... is this the solution to the fragment of Voldemort's soul in Harry's head?

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Fish scratched his head, feeling once again that Dumbledore's habit of speaking in riddles was really annoying!

Fish, who couldn't understand it, decisively dismissed the question... At worst, he would ask Dumbledore directly; he wouldn't bother thinking about it!

Hermione and Harry discussed the matter for a while, but they couldn't come up with any more answers, so they bid each other good night and went back to bed.

The next day, Harry was woken up early by Ron, and the two of them gathered to discuss Quidditch tryouts, while Hermione was busy with her homework, which, with eight classes, was almost twice as much as the others, leaving her with little spare time.

So the two of them didn't have time to think about Dumbledore's intentions for them to learn about Voldemort's past.

As for Fish, he was even less likely to bother with it, and instead of bothering Hermione, he took a group of first and second-year students and rushed off to the Forbidden Forest.

This group of students was the third to join the Order of the Cat, and for this reason, Hermione had made a batch of fake Knuts.

These days, the Order of the Cat operates based on the old and the new, and the members are divided into three groups using three types of counterfeit coins: gold, silver, and copper. Normally, the members of the previous group would teach the next one, or the members of the same group would gather and train together.

Occasionally, Fish would take different groups of members to special events.

Of course, it doesn't always have to be a battle; for example, today Fish is taking the new members to the tribe of the Centaurs and letting them fly on Thestrals.

A group of eleven and twelve-year-old wizards followed Fish into the Forbidden Forest, feeling a mix of nervousness and excitement.

Moments later, a huge dark shadow suddenly emerged from the bushes and landed forcefully on the ground, shaking the entire area. Some of the less brave witches fell to the ground with a "plop" as their legs gave way, and some of the young witches opened their mouths and screamed.

"Aaahhh~!"

"Stop screaming! It's just Fluffy, nya!"

Fish shouted while covering his cat ears with his fingers.

"I told you, you're safe with Fish around! Haven't I already told you about Fluffy's presence?"

The little wizards who had fallen and screamed regained their composure, then smiled at Fish with some embarrassment.

But he couldn't blame them, even though they knew there was a three-headed dog in the Forbidden Forest, and some second-year students had seen it from a distance a few times. Even the seventh-year students like Harry and the others were a bit cautious when it came to the real thing.

After thinking for a moment, Fish signaled Fluffy to lie down, and then he sat on its back with some of the more frightened students.

The young wizards were a bit trembling at first, but with Fluffy carrying them through the Forbidden Forest and the admiring glances from their peers, they soon overcame their fears and smiled proudly at the students below.

However, Fish didn't let them indulge for too long, and after a short ride, he moved on to another group, giving them all a taste of what it was like to be a three-headed dog rider.

The young wizards, who had been frightened by Fluffy, eagerly awaited their turn to go up, and they all seemed very sorry and upset when they came down.

But they soon got distracted with other things in the Forbidden Forest, and Fish led them to the Centaurs as planned, and after a good meal with the Centaurs, Fish called Shadow and the others to make the new members of the Cat Order fly through the sky.

At night, when Fish took them back to Hogwarts for dinner, the scared young wizards were somewhat reluctant to leave.

But they knew that the magical creatures of the Forbidden Forest wouldn't have been so friendly without Fish, so although they hesitated to leave, they followed Fish, bid farewell to the magical creatures, and left the Forbidden Forest with them.

"Fish, when is our next special event?"

The young wizards asked on the way back.

"The next time..." Fish tilted his head and decisively replied, "When Fish feels like it, of course!"

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"And practice while you're in the Cat Order, whenever you feel like it, Fish will arrange some friends for you to spar with. Harry and the others can already fight Graphorns!"

It was true that Fish preferred to fight and... watch people fight rather than take them for walks in the Forbidden Forest.

"It's a shame that Bane and the others don't want to fight the 'young ponies,' otherwise Fish would like to see who's better, them or the members of our Cat Order..."

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Fish sighed with regret.

More than being curious about the strength of the Centaurs, Fish wanted to find an opportunity to teach them a lesson.

Of course, the "lesson" was nothing more than a friendly prank. And it was only because of the vague way the Centaurs spoke that Fish felt that way.

Especially since Brandbarden, who had been relatively normal, had grown to speak as ambiguously as his elders, much to Fish's dismay...

It's a shame that Bane doesn't fall into the trap.