Chapter 1560: Azkaban Returns
"Alright!" Harry hesitated for a moment, but finally took the small vial of the elixir, "Be careful, it's up to you tonight, Hermione, look at Ginny, goodbye......"
Then he departed, hurried through the hole in the portrait and toward the foyer.
As soon as Evan and Dumbledore reached the foyer, they saw Harry hurrying down the stairs, sweating profusely.
"I want you to wear the cloak of invisibility. Dumbledore said, "Yes, Aven, you put it on too." ”
When they were all dressed, he said, "Very well, let's go!"
Dumbledore immediately descended the stone steps, his traveling cloak barely moving in the stillness of the summer night's air.
Aven followed, and he could feel Harry beside him, still gasping for air.
"Professor, what do people think when they see you going out?" asked Harry, still thinking of Malfoy and Snape.
"I'm going to Hogsmeade for a drink. Dumbledore said lightly, "I sometimes go to Rosmerta's to sit down, or to the Hog's Head Pub...... Or pretend to go there, which is a great way to disguise your true destination. ”
"Were you all in Azkaban when you weren't at school this semester?" Evan asked.
"Spend most of the time there, cracking that magic. ”
"Then how did you stay in Azkaban without being discovered?" Evan continued.
Ever since the Dementors rebelled and immediately Azkaban, it had been completely taken over by wizards from the Ministry of Magic.
Rufus Scrimgeour searched the world for news of Dumbledore, and even came to Evan and Harry to get the news, if he knew that Dumbledore had been in Azkaban for so long, and he wouldn't turn the whole island over to find what Dumbledore wanted.
Since it's been so long, neither Scrimgeour nor the Ministry of Magic has done anything, which means that no one has found Dumbledore doing these things right under their noses.
"A hidden form of magic. Dumbledore replied, "It's not that difficult, the Ministry of Magic is understaffed right now, and they can only guard the important Azkaban gates, not complete control of the island like the Dementors." It may not be easy to get inside the prison, but sneak into that island and be careful and you won't be discovered. ”
Well, as long as Dumbledore wanted to, he wouldn't have a problem getting into wherever he wanted.
They walked briskly forward, out in the thick of the night.
The air was filled with the smell of grass, the smell of tide, and the smell of burnt wood smoke wafting from Hagrid's cabin.
The smell is not unpleasant, but rather soothing, and it's hard to believe that they are going to do something dangerous and frightening.
"Professor, shall we use the Apparition to go to the Ministry of Magic?" Harry asked again as the gate at the end of the driveway came into view.
"Yes, our apparitions have manifested inside the Ministry of Magic, in just the right place, so that they will not be discovered. Dumbledore briskly explained, "We had to, like Hogwarts, there was a lot of ancient protective magic around Azkaban, and it was impossible for outsiders to enter the island by any other means, or even ......find it, except for the special portkey placed inside the Ministry."
Sirius managed to escape from Azkaban that year. ”
"Coming out of the inside is completely different from the difficulty of getting in from the outside. Sirius swam out, but we couldn't swim in, we didn't have the time, we couldn't find the island. Dumbledore said, "By the way, you're now able to apparate, haven't you? Harry, have you learned?"
"I learned, but I don't have a certificate yet. Harry thought he had better tell the truth, or he would be more than a hundred miles away from where they were going, wouldn't that be a bad thing?
"It's okay, I can help you one more time. Dumbledore paused and continued, "Aven, you know the place, but it's best to let me hold me when the apparition manifests. ”
Evan nodded noncommittally, not knowing if Dumbledore would be able to see it, but he didn't continue to ask.
They walked out of the gate and onto the desolate path to Hogsmeade shrouded in night.
It was dark all around, and behind them was the brightly lit Hogwarts Castle, and in front of them there were only a few windows in Hogsmeade that flickered through them.
When the trio walked into the Three Broomsticks bar, they heard hoarse shouts.
"I told you not to come in!" Rosmerta shouted, forcibly shutting out a scruffy-looking wizard, "Oh, good evening, Albus, come out so late......"
"Good evening, Rosmerta, good evening...... Forgive me, I'm going to the pig's head bar...... Don't be surprised, it's just that I want to have a quieter atmosphere tonight......"
Evan could feel that Rosmerta had been watching them from behind until the three of them had turned into a side street.
Ahead, the hog's head bar marker creaked softly, though there was no wind.
Compared to the three broomsticks, the bar was empty, and it looked like it was about to collapse at any moment.
"We don't have to go in. Dumbledore glanced around and muttered, "As long as no one sees us leave, now you two put your hands on my arms, don't hold them too tightly, I'm just leading you, you follow me using apparitions, I'll count three, one...... Two...... Three ......"
The world swirled, and Evan felt as if he was being squeezed into a thick rubber tube, his body being squeezed in every part, and his vision was blurring, and when all the scenes were refocused, he was already in the underground courtroom of the Ministry of Magic, and in front of him was a giant black statue of a Dementor.
The statue was very realistic, it made an attacking stance, and was about to lift the hood from its head upwards, revealing its terrible mouth in the looming haze, as if ready to give the person in front of it a terrible kiss and suck his soul.
"W-Is that the portkey?" asked Harry, trying to calm himself.
"Yes, this is the room behind the special courtroom in the Wizengamot, with direct access to Azkaban. Evan replied, he looked around at the black room, it was quiet, there was no one around, there was no monitoring magic in this place, it could be reached with apparitions, it could only be said that it was incredible!
"How?"
"Put your hands on it, don't force it!" said Aven, repeating what Sirius had told him in the first place.
"Watch out for the Cloak of Invisibility, don't come out of it until I say yes. Dumbledore said, "Also, it's going to be cold on that side." ”
As he spoke, he raised his wand, and a pale white halo emerged from the statue......