Chapter 1675: Letters
In these meetings that were actually judgments, the remnants of the Dementors who had returned to the Ministry of Magic were back in play.
Intimidation, violence, persecution, the new Ministry of Magic and the Dementors merge into one.
It is no longer an existence to maintain justice and order in the wizarding world, but a source of evil and chaos.
Evan could imagine what would happen to the wizarding world next, and he finished his portion of bread and flipped through the newspaper again.
He was intrigued by a photo of the whole family, underneath which reads: The Dumbledore family, from left: Albus, Percival (holding the newborn Ariana), Candela and Aberforth.
This is the promotion of Rita Skeeter's new book, and the new Ministry of Magic seems to have taken a liking to her new book and has given her such an important publicity page.
Judging from the photograph, Dumbledore's father, Percival, was a handsome man, and his eyes still seemed to be shining in this faded old photograph.
This was the first time Evan had seen him, and the man eventually died in Azkaban on charges of killing Muggles.
People who don't know the whole murder will think that Percival was a despicable criminal, like the most conservative and stubborn pure-blood wizards, who randomly tortured and killed Muggles, just to satisfy himself or have fun, of course, he was stupid, so openly killing those Muggles, this kind of thing was not uncommon at the time, but it was rare for Percival to be arrested without hiding or running away with his face, but openly confronting the laws of the Ministry of Magic and being arrested.
The murder caused a sensation in the wizarding world at the time, and among some people, the murderer Percival was regarded as a hero, and he did what they always wanted to do but did not dare to do, especially Percival did it to avenge his daughter, and it gave him a strong personal heroism.
It is difficult for Evan to evaluate Percival's behavior, but he has to admit that he is a great father.
He just chose the wrong way to take revenge, to return to violence with greater violence, and to get not liberation, but endless suffering.
Percival's choice affected his family's life and, to some extent, even the course of the entire wizarding world.
He's just an ordinary wizard who did something wrong in his extreme rage.
He paid with his life, and his wife, son, and daughter bore the consequences of the incident.
Percival's fate has long since ended, but the effects of the murder have not ended, and after so much time, there are still many wizards who agree with Percival's actions, and even worse, and they are now beginning to legitimize the persecution of Muggles, just because they can do it.
Magic is power, and power is superiority.
There are many people who desire to gain strength, to become stronger, and then to abuse those who are not as good as them, looking for pleasure in the process.
Of course, they will put on many guises for their actions, such as revenge like Percival.
Whether this kind of thing is correct or not, Evan can't judge, but the whole process has undoubtedly been distorted, and no matter how righteous the reason is, it is just a despicable excuse.
In the photo, Percival's baby Ariana is not much bigger than a loaf of bread and has no more facial features.
Mother Candela's jet-black hair was coiled into a high bun, and her facial features were like knife carvings.
Despite wearing a high-necked satin robe, her dark eyes, high cheekbones, and straight nose reminded Aven of an Indian.
Albus and Aberforth wore a lace-collared crop top and a shawl of hair. Albus looked a few years older, but otherwise the two boys looked very similar, as this was before Dumbledore's nose was broken and he started wearing glasses.
Baby Ariana's arms fluttered vaguely outside the swaddling clothes, and the family looked quite happy, smiling serenely at the newspaper.
The text below the photo is an excerpt from Rita Skeeter's new book, and Evan reads it: Candela Dumbled, who has multiple sexual self-esteem and pride, can't bear to continue living in the Fertile Ground after her husband Percival's arrest and imprisonment in Azkaban is made public. So she decided to move her family to Godric's Hollow, a village that would later become famous for being the place where Harry Potter miraculously escaped the clutches of the mysterious man......
At this moment, a rush of footsteps sounded from outside the kitchen.
Evan looked up to see Harry in the doorway, his face still pale and he didn't seem to have slept well.
The house-elf Kreacher greeted him, and Harry was stunned for a moment before he sat down beside Aven.
He was holding something in his hand, and his expression was a little downcast.
"What's wrong, Harry?" asked Aven.
"I just went upstairs, Sirius's room, I've never been there. Harry said, his voice a little hoarse, "I found this there." ”
He handed over the note he was crumbling, and Harry smoothed it out.
"Sirius never told me, and I don't know......" Harry whispered.
Evan squinted his eyes and read it, it was a letter from Harry's mother, Lily, to Sirius.
Dear Bigfoot,
Thank you, thank you for Harry's birthday present!
It's his favorite toy, and he looks so happy when he's only a year old and can fly around on a toy broomstick.
I'm attaching a picture to show you, you know the little broom is only two feet off the ground, but Harry almost killed the kitten and nearly broke an ugly vase, which was Penny's Christmas present to me (not complaining). Of course, Jaime thought it was funny and said that the kid would be the next Quidditch star, but we had to put all the decorations away and keep watching him while he was flying.
We had a very quiet birthday tea party, with only old Bathilda present, who had always been very nice to us and very fond of Harry.
It's a shame you can't come, but the Order of the Phoenix comes first, and besides, Harry doesn't know how to celebrate birthdays at such a young age!
Jaime was a little depressed here, and he tried not to show it, but I could tell...... The Cloak of Invisibility was still with Dumbledore, so there was no chance to get out.
How happy he would be if you could come.
Bug had been here last weekend, and I thought he was in a depressed mood, but maybe it was because of the news from Mr. and Mrs. McKinnon, and I cried all night when I heard it.
Bathilda came over a lot, she was an interesting old lady who told Dumbledore stories that I couldn't imagine.
I don't know if he himself would be happy to hear it!
Honestly, I don't know how much to believe, it's hard to trust Dumbledore......