Enemies-Ashore (III) [Chapter 231]

~~Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley~~

“Remind me again why we are not fighting Voldemort and his sycophants?” Agatha groaned in frustration before slumping on the bed, looking somewhat tired and frustrated. “People are more afraid of the so-called Dark Lord than they are of Harry Potter; honestly, I can’t blame them. He is nothing but a rabid animal who needs to be put down” Agatha added as she rolled over in the bed.

“An extremely dangerous rabid animal and his followers are also the same…” Alan stated while shaking his head in anger and frustration.

“I know you guys are angry and frustrated, but we have agreed not to interfere in the matters of Wizards. Did we not?” Merlin asked as he turned around along with his chair to stare at Agatha and Alan. He was compiling all the information they collected to get a better picture of their predicament. “Then do I need to remind you, guys, about the Prophecy?” Merlin asked in an exasperated tone.

“Okay, we can’t kill the so-called Dark Lord, but what about his followers?” Alan asked in a hopeful tone. He simply wanted to do something to help these people, after all, he couldn’t stand aside and watch all these people suffer when he could help them.

“Once again, we can’t kill the Death Eaters or the so-called Dark Lord or Harry Potter might realize that something is afoot” Merlin pointed out in exasperation. He could understand why Agatha and Alan wanted to help these people. Camelot be damned, he himself wanted to help these people. After all, these were his people and he knew that most of the Wizards and Witches in Wizarding Britain were his own descendants.

“Fine! Then why are we even planning to deal with Harry Potter? His kill count isn’t anywhere close to the Dark Lord or some of his followers” Agatha asked with a scowl. He killed about sixty people, big deal! She herself had killed more when she was disillusioned with her own ambitions. Only Alan didn’t have so much blood on his hands, even Merlin’s hands were drenched with blood.

Merlin stared at Agatha for a few seconds before he glanced at Alan… It was clear that neither of them were going to budge without a solid answer…

“It’s because of what he represents” Merlin admitted after releasing a defeated sigh. “He is breaking the balance. The only reason Muggle World leaves the Wizarding Communities alone is because they are more trouble than they are truly worth… It is the same with the Dark Lord too. The reason why the Muggle Government didn’t do anything during the last War was because the damage he and his followers were doing was not significant for them to get involved” Merlin explained.

“The Muggle Government does not have any authority when it comes to Wizarding Britain, but the Queen and the Royal Bloodline do. The Queen could have ordered the Minister of Magic to deal with the Dark and his followers in a permanent fashion, but that would have revealed the fact that the Queen, who is also a Muggle, reigns over them. A lot of people fighting against the Dark Lord and his followers would have joined him because he had been right all along.”

“Then again, the so-called Dark Lord was busy waging his war inside Wizarding Britain. Yes, he and his followers killed a lot of Muggles, but their deaths didn’t mean much in the grand scheme of things as most of his attention was on Wizarding Britain…” Merlin trailed off with a complicated look on his face. “Let’s say, their deaths were ignored for the Greater Good. If the people of Wizarding Britain rebelled then there would have been a lot more deaths” Merlin added with a contemplative look on his face.

Even if the Muggles severely outnumbered the Wixen, such an incident would have been catastrophic for the Muggles… After all, their technology wasn’t so advanced during the 1970s and the Wixen could have caused a lot of damage to the Muggle World by using guerrilla tactics. After all, even a teenage Wixen could easily kill hundreds of people with a flick of their Wands and carefully planned attacks would have simply multiplied the death toll.

“That isn’t the case with Harry Potter… He doesn’t care about the Wizarding World or the Muggle World, not really. The only reason he returned to Wizarding Britain is because he wants revenge, or he would have left this place alone… He lives by the principle of Might is Right and due to the sheer raw power he possesses, that is a very dangerous lifestyle to live by” Merlin explained coolly.

Alan and Agatha could see the problem… Harry Potter would never accept anyone’s Authority. He will live by his own rules, but the problem will arise when someone will try to enforce their rules or authority on him… The problem with the people in authority is that they don’t like their authority or power challenged, but Harry will just do that because he believes Might is Right and that would break the current balance in the world.

“Okay! Okay! We get it!” Alan agreed as he raised his hands in the air in exasperation. He couldn’t believe that they were planning to kill a child, but it is what it is.

“Good” Merlin nodded his head in satisfaction. “And I never said we can’t help the people. We should simply avoid killing any of the Death Eaters to avoid attention, but if it comes to that, then we can get rid of a few here and there, but once again, no high-profile Death Eaters though” Merlin added with a grin. He might be a hardened man, but he was not inhuman and this was his homeland even though it went by a different name now.

Just like Agatha and Alan, he also wanted to help the people, but unlike them, he knew what was more important and he knew how to keep the bigger picture in sight…

“Not wanting to be a downer, but how are we supposed to find him when he is hiding under Fidelius?” Agatha asked and both Merlin and Alan froze at her question. They stared at each other before all three of them groaned in frustration…