Study Days at Hogwarts

  Chapter 1100 Too late

   "So, according to that prophecy, Harry and Voldemort will eventually fight each other, and only one can survive to the end?"

  After knowing the contents of the prophecy ball, Sirius stared at Dumbledore with wide eyes in disbelief, and said excitedly, "How could Harry defeat Voldemort, how could he do it?"

   "You should trust Harry, Sirius." Dumbledore said calmly.

   "Of course I believe in Harry, but even... this matter is really..." Sirius took a deep breath, suppressed the irritability and complicated emotions, and asked, "Harry already knows?"

   "I've already told Harry that the kid is braver than you expected." Dumbledore said relievedly.

   "Harry has always been brave, just like James!" grumbled Sirius. "Recently, Harry's personality has become a lot more stable, but... you must have a way, right?"

   "Don't worry about Sirius, Harry still has a great chance of defeating Voldemort." Dumbledore comforted, "I will help Harry as much as possible, give him lessons, teach him something, but this part needs to be kept secret."

   "But, I'm Harry's godfather, and I can help." Sirius said excitedly, "I can't..."

   "Some things need to be kept secret, which is very important." Dumbledore looked into Sirius' eyes and said seriously, "Just like the content of the prophecy I told you, I hope you can keep it a secret, and never let Voldemort know."

   "I will," Sirius promised.

"very good…"

   At this moment, Dumbledore and Sirius looked sideways at the fireplace with green flames.

   "Dumbledore, the Death Eaters have escaped."

   Tonks came out from the fireplace and said anxiously.

   "The Death Eaters escaped?"

  After Sirius heard the bad news, he frowned and asked, "How is it possible? In less than an hour, the Ministry of Magic let those Death Eaters escape. Are they all idiots?"

  Tonks was a little embarrassed, because she was an Auror of the Ministry of Magic, and the group of Death Eaters who had just been captured did escape under their noses.

   "How did the Death Eaters escape?" Dumbledore asked, which sounded very abnormal.

"The dementors in Azkaban have a large-scale rebellion, and they don't plan to continue working for the Ministry of Magic." Tonks said angrily, "The Ministry of Magic is now in chaos, and we can only rush to the Ministry of Magic. The Dead Apostles were put in prison, and within a short while, they slipped away from under the watchful eye of the wizard who guarded the prison."

   "The dementors let the group of Death Eaters go?" Sirius didn't think that there was an Animagus among the group of Death Eaters, and there was a way to escape from the prison by turning into an animal like him.

   "No, no one knows how those Death Eaters did it. The Ministry of Magic is organizing Aurors to search for the whereabouts of the Death Eaters, but there is no result yet." Tonks said helplessly.

   "It seems that they are already prepared."

  Dumbledore vaguely guessed what method the Death Eaters used to escape from Azkaban.

"Cornel Fudge hopes to discuss this matter with you. He has lost his mind and doesn't know what to do." Tonks said the reason why he came to Dumbledore because She was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so Fudge asked her to deliver a message to Dumbledore.

   "Perhaps, I should go to the Ministry of Magic first." Dumbledore said calmly.

  However, even if Fudge asks him for help now, Dumbledore doesn't have any good solutions at present.

   After Dumbledore used the Floo network to rush to the Ministry of Magic, Sirius also left Hogwarts in a hurry, and contacted Albert through the previous methods, hoping to get help from the other party.

   At the same time, when Dumbledore arrived at the Ministry of Magic through the Floo network, it was already in chaos.

   In front of the Golden Fountain, the reporters were surrounding Fudge, asking soul torture again and again.

  The leader, Rita Skeeter, still took great pleasure in exposing Fudge's scars, presenting the **** wounds in front of everyone, making Fudge trembling with anger.

  When Dumbledore appeared from the flames, the reporters all handed the microphone to Dumbledore, hoping to interview this elderly man who was misunderstood by the entire magic world.

   "Oh, I'm sorry, I think I may have more important things to do now." Dumbledore smiled and pushed the microphones handed over by the reporters, and walked towards Fudge.

   "Mr. Minister, are you finally willing to believe Dumbledore's words?"

   Rita Skeeter asked sharply: "What made you change your mind now, is the news that the mysterious man is back true?"

   "Yes, he's back, the mysterious man is back." Under Dumbledore's gaze, Fudge said with a tired face, "The situation is a mess right now, and I need to hurry up now..."

   "Mr. Minister, do you plan to take the blame and resign?"

   "The Ministry of Magic must act as soon as possible."

  Fudge never mentioned the matter of taking the blame and resigning, stretched out his hand to brush away those annoying reporters like flies, and walked towards the minister's office with Dumbledore.

"There is no doubt that our Mr. Minister does not seem to be aware of the mistakes he has made, and he has no intention of taking the blame and resigning." Rita Skeeter said into her microphone, "Now everyone is very worried about whether Fudge can continue Assume the duties of the Minister of Magic at the critical moment, instead of denying, evading, and suppressing as before. As we all know, Lucius Malfoy, one of the Death Eaters who participated in tonight's operation, happens to be Fudge's good friend. We have to Suspect…"

   Rita Skeeter's words successfully misled the reporters.

   She knew very well that Cornelius Fudge would not be able to continue as Minister of Magic under any circumstances.

"what on earth is it?"

  As soon as the office door was closed, Fudge asked in a panic.

  Although he didn't want to admit it, Fudge knew that Dumbledore was the most likely to help him clean up the mess and keep the position of Minister of Magic.

  At this moment, Fudge seemed to have completely forgotten what he had done in the past year, and still brazenly asked Dumbledore for help.

   In fact, he did that more than once early in his tenure as Minister of Magic, and it always worked.

   "There is no doubt that Voldemort is back, and you have wasted a whole year."

   "You're blaming me..." Fudge couldn't help trembling when he heard the words Voldemort, and growled in a low voice, "Can't you stop mentioning that name?"

Dumbledore knew exactly what Fudge asked him to do, and said in a cold tone, "It's too late, as far as I know, Voldemort has already attracted werewolves and giants, and the dementors are just as I expected. Surrendered to Voldemort."

  Fudge opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something more.

  However, Dumbledore only glanced at the panicked Fudge, and continued: "When the news of Voldemort's resurrection spreads, many wizards in Knockturn Alley will be willing to follow him."

   "My God!" Fudge couldn't imagine what was going to happen next.

   At this moment, someone knocked on the door of the minister's office.

   Scrimgeour opened the door and walked in. He glanced at Dumbledore before saying to Fudge, "Minister, we have found out how those Death Eaters escaped."

   "How did they do it." Fudge asked hastily.

"Portkeys, although the truth is astonishing, they did use them." Scrimgeour briefly described the latest achievements of the Aurors: "The Aurors have tracked it down, but there is no doubt that they have not found that A runaway Death Eater."

   "Oh, that's it." Dumbledore said suddenly.

   "Do you know what's going on?" Scrimgeour raised his eyebrows and asked. It was a great shame to let those Death Eaters slip away from under his nose. He had even forgotten that this was the first time that Aurors had become the laughing stock of the magic world.

   "Last summer, Harry slipped away from Voldemort and the Death Eaters through the Portkey. I think the Death Eaters must have prepared the Portkey in advance." Dumbledore explained. To be honest, he wasn't surprised at all that the Death Eaters had escaped, and if they hadn't, Voldemort would have let them out.

"The Aurors are searching for their homes, but there is little hope." Scrimgeour glanced at Dumbledore and suggested, "If you want to find out where the Death Eaters are hiding, I suggest you find Albert Anderson to help."

   "Albert Anderson?" Fudge asked a little confused, "What do you want him for?"

   "It is said that Albert Anderson is the most powerful fortune teller in the whole of Britain, he should be able to help us find the location of the Death Eaters easily." Scrimgeour explained.

   "I'm afraid it will be difficult." Dumbledore said suddenly.

   "What?" Scrimgeour and Fudge looked at Dumbledore suddenly.

"Mr. Anderson is not at Hogwarts. Since the last incident, no one knows where he has gone." Dumbledore reminded: "If he doesn't want you to find him, it is undoubtedly more difficult to find him than to find Voldemort. And I don't think you can persuade him to help you with divination, even if he is willing to help, he will offer a price that is unacceptable to you."

   "About how much?" Scrimgeour asked with a frown.

   "About ten thousand Galleons, maybe a little more." Dumbledore guessed,

   "How much?" Fudge's eyes widened.

   "Ten thousand Galleons." Scrimgeour reminded, "We can use it as a reward for providing information. If we can catch those escaped Death Eaters, the price is very cheap."

"Don't be stupid, 1,000 Galleons is still possible, 10,000 Galleons? The Ministry of Magic can't afford this bounty." Fudge shook his head and said, "Especially with so many Death Eater bounties posted, you should It's clear that the Ministry of Magic simply can't afford to pay that huge bounty."

   Scrimgeour suddenly fell silent.

"Maybe…"

   "The Ministry of Magic denied Black's bounty." Dumbledore interrupted. Although he knew that Fudge had used the time-turner to cancel the bounty, Fudge had undoubtedly completely forgotten about it.

  Dumbledore mentioned this matter, nothing more than to make them give up. He knew very well what the consequences would be if the Ministry of Magic tried to use "Dayi" to kidnap Anderson.

  Although Albert has a good temper, a good temper doesn't mean he won't be angry.

  Those people who are not easy to get angry, how terrible they will be when they are really angry, Dumbledore is too clear, sometimes the other party will not even give you any room for explanation.

   The Aurors and Umbridge only gave a trivial warning.

  After confirming that he could not get the result he wanted, Scrimgeour left soon. He still had a lot of things to do. After the dementors evacuated Azkaban, the ancient wizarding prison fell into complete chaos. If there is no suppression, the prisoners there will definitely escape, and the entire magic world will eventually fall into chaos.

   "Why is Harry Potter here tonight." Fudge once again asked the doubt deep in his heart, "The hall of prophecy has been messed up, what did you do in it?"

"Oh, Voldemort let his Death Eaters break into the Department of Mysteries to steal a prophecy ball about Harry and Voldemort, which was the prophecy more than ten years ago." Dumbledore did not intend to hide the prophecy ball thing.

   It is estimated that this matter cannot be hidden, and Fudge must be given an explanation.

   "What does the mysterious man want that prophecy ball to do?" Fudge's eyes widened, unable to understand what Voldemort was doing.

"Perhaps, Voldemort wanted to find a way to kill Harry from the prophecy." Dumbledore said softly, "In fact, Voldemort has been planning for more than half a year. If you pay attention, you will find many related omens. The thing about Demo, the thing about Arthur Weasley being bitten by a poisonous snake, the death of Broderick Bode was not an accident, but a premeditated murder, I think Voldemort should be in Augustus Rookwood figured out the right way to break into the Department of Mysteries."

   "He succeeded?" Fudge couldn't help asking.

"No, he failed. After Harry got the prophecy ball, he realized that Voldemort's goal was the prophecy ball, so he directly destroyed it." Dumbledore said relievedly, "Harry stopped Voldemort's plot again .”

   "So, he is really the savior." Fudge asked incredulously, he did not believe in the so-called savior from the beginning to the end.

   "I don't think Harry would like this title."

   "Can he really defeat You-Know-Who?" Fudge thought this was ridiculous, but he also realized that Harry Potter might indeed be the legendary savior.

  Of course, it doesn’t matter even if Harry is not the savior, as long as everyone believes that Harry is the savior.

  In Harry, Fudge saw the possibility of keeping his job.

   "I wish he could."

   "Dumbledore, can you arrange for me to meet Harry." Fudge said expectantly, "I plan to..."

   "Impossible, Connelly." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "Since what you did last year, it is impossible for Harry to stand up and speak for you."

   "If you had listened carefully, you would have discovered how much Harry hated the Ministry of Magic. He even planned to throw Dolores Umbridge into Azkaban for the rest of his life."

   "My God, this..." Fudge stuttered, he was stunned by the news, "But, this..."

"I tried to persuade you, but it's too late now." Dumbledore stood up from his chair, "By the way, you have to get Dolores Umbridge out of Hogwarts, and let Pride Law stopped investigating my Care of Magical Creatures teacher and put him back on the job."

   "Is there really no other way?" Fudge asked unwillingly.

   "If you do something wrong, you need to take responsibility." Before leaving, Dumbledore still reminded, "Don't try to escape, it will only cause you more trouble."

  (end of this chapter)