This Hogwarts isn't normal.

As the forefather of "breaking news", Rita is very good at magnifying the dark side of readers' hearts.

Even though the Weiss family is a pure-blood "shame", is there an inside story behind their winning the lottery?

Halfway through writing the first draft, she just crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.

According to some of her channels, Hogwarts changed 7 directors some time ago.

The new directors are all related to one person without exception.

And his name...

Rita has calmed down.

I'm tired of Lockhart's reports, so let's do something manly.

There is more than one wizard newspaper in the UK. At worst, they can confiscate the gold galleons of "The Quibbler" submissions.

But the "Daily Prophet"...

There are not many topics that can greatly increase sales without being sensitive.

Fudge did this before, it's time to "repay" him.

Pick up the newly bought crocodile leather bag and sprinkle a handful of Floo powder on the fireplace.

"Ministry of Magic--"

When the unpleasant feeling disappeared, she went straight to the front desk,

"Excuse me, is Minister Fudge here?"

The receptionist at the front desk was puzzled for a moment, then shook her head reluctantly.

"Where is he? Is he going to clean up Knockturn Alley and Spinner's End in person?"

If she didn't say it, it would be a fabrication, and if she said it, it would cause trouble for the minister.

"The minister went out for inspection today--"

Rita immediately took out her little notebook.

The receptionist was completely at a loss.

"Inspecting Azkaban Prison in the North Sea."

With a satisfied expression, Rita put away the little notebook and sat quietly on the sofa in the hall.

Perhaps because the aura was too strong, many officials who passed by swallowed their saliva subconsciously.

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Azkaban is an island fortress located in the middle of the North Sea, built by a dark wizard who called himself Axtis in the 15th century.

Until the death of this dark wizard who enjoyed torturing and killing Muggle sailors and the complete failure of the large number of hidden magics he arranged, the entire island had not been discovered by the outside world.

By the time the Ministry of Magic learned about it, the Dementors had already occupied the entire island.

But these terrible dark creatures that can absorb souls are just the least horrifying discovery.

The Aurors who were ordered to investigate have refused to discuss what they saw on the island since then.

A place that was once full of sin will only affect the stability and unity of the wizarding world.

Muggles persecute wizards?

Wizards persecute Muggles?

Which came first, the egg or the chicken?

Dementors are creatures that only appear in groups in the darkest and dirtiest places, cheering corruption and despair, and sucking all the peace, hope and happiness in the air around them.

[To be honest, I have been using the source change app to read books and follow the updates recently. It can switch sources and has many reading tones. It is available for Android and Apple. ]

It is hard to imagine what happened in the fortress from the time it was built to the death of its owner, Axtis.

But arguing will not benefit anyone, and it will only usher in a dark age comparable to the Middle Ages.

Destroying it directly will make the Dementors homeless and bring their crazy revenge.

The island was temporarily shelved, but it was not forgotten by the wizards.

After the Statute of Secrecy came into effect, the small prison was just a decoration.

Not only did it disperse the guard force, but it was also particularly difficult to find the prisoners after escaping.

The key is that there are often explosions, stench, bright lights and other abnormalities, and sooner or later Muggles will find something wrong.

A remote and large wizard prison became the best solution at the time.

But the cost of building a prison in the Hebrides Islands was too high, and the entire proposal was discussed for several years without much progress.

Until 1718, Damocles Rowle took office as Minister of Magic.

If you don't want to use too many resources, then use the existing location.

Is the North Sea remote enough?

Is there enough space to cast the traceless extension spell?

Is it cost-saving to use Dementors as guards?

Minister Rowle, who rose to the pinnacle of power by anti-Muggle issues, ignored the opposition of Muggle-born and most half-blood wizards, and stubbornly transformed the sinful island into the current Azkaban prison.

Even wizards who were originally sane and not dangerous would soon lose their minds after entering.

Despite occasional opposition, Azkaban's attitude towards prisoners did not change until the next Minister, Perseus Parkinson.

When Eldridge Diggory took over as Minister for Magic, the wizard prison had been in operation for 15 years.

During this period, there had never been an escape or exposure to the wizarding world.

After actually visiting Azkaban, Minister Diggory was always bothered by what he saw and heard.

Most of the prisoners had gone mad, and the prison even set up a cemetery outside to bury those who died of depression.

The prison can exist, but at least the Dementors should be removed.

A committee was set up to explore alternatives, but before a consensus was reached, Minister Diggory died of dragon pox.

Since then, no minister has seriously considered closing Azkaban.

They turned a blind eye to the inhumane conditions in the prison, tacitly allowed the use of magic to expand the prison, and rarely took the initiative to visit.

Since there was a record of zero escapes, why should it change?

Nearly three hundred years have passed, and Azkaban still maintains this record perfectly.

After landing on the island, Fudge first took a look at the towering fortress building.

This was his second time to come here for inspection since he took office.

Nothing seems to have changed.

If there were any, there were only a dozen extra stone tablets in the messy cemetery in front of me.

One of them belonged to Morfin Gaunt, the rest are unknown.

Umbridge tightened her little pink suit.

Even if the dementors didn't show up, the prisoners in the fortress would only feel even more uncomfortable.

Fudge took out a bronze pocket watch from the lining pocket of his suit.

"It turned out to be only 5 minutes. I thought half an hour had passed."

Maybe it's not because it interferes with the perception of time, but because it affects emotions.

No wonder the successive Ministers of Magic rarely come here. It's really a torture to go more than once.

"Delix, how do you feel?"

The man behind the two men slightly loosened his grip on the wand, "Cold, desperate, and even more uncomfortable than when I was undergoing Auror training."

Fudge nodded slightly, "Let's go and see those prisoners."

There is no high wall outside the fortress, and the only way to enter is through the cemetery.

Eerie and extremely scary.

Just when I opened the door, the air around me seemed to be a few degrees cooler.

The walls made of large stones were a little white, as if they were covered with a layer of frost.

The further up you go, the clearer the sounds of crazy laughter become.

Those at the bottom are serving sentences of less than one year, and their status is relatively "optimistic."

Starting from the third level, those with sentences of less than 5 years are all stupid.

No one would think they were alive if they didn't occasionally roll their eyes.

The laughter comes from the 6th floor and up.

Locked in those individual compartments are all heinous dark wizards.

Some conduct illegal experiments on human bodies, while others imprison and brutally torture Muggles.

The most notorious and unforgivable ones are the criminals on the 13th floor.

Almost all of them are Death Eaters, mentally insane Death Eaters who have been in prison for 12 years.

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