"Astute deduction, Mr. Weasley," said Dumbledore finally, looking mildly surprised but slightly impressed. "I hope you will accept my assurance, this time, that Nicolas Flamel's treasure is indeed much safer than it may have appeared." To Percy's distinct outrage, he smiled benignly. "But you have still won a great victory, for all that the prize you fought for did not exist. Voldemort has been beaten back."