Chapter 448: Change
Three days ago there was a huge riot in the Ministry of Magic, and the man who couldn't even mention his name returned. In a short statement on Friday night, Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge confirmed that the man whose name he could not even mention had returned to the country and was once again active.
Although the Ministry of Magic had previously vehemently denied Dumbledore's harsh warnings, the fact that the man, who could not even be named, led a group of followers (known as the Death Eaters) into the Ministry of Magic on Tuesday night shattered the truth that Fudge had been trying to cover up.
The Ministry of Magic calls on the populace to remain vigilant. The Ministry of Magic is publishing a guide to the initial defense of families and individuals, which will be distributed free of charge to all wizarding families within the next month.
Professor Dumbledore, who has been reinstated to all duties, has not yet given any interviews due to his busy schedule. But as we all know, the boy who didn't die was the first to debunk the truth—and at this point, Ginny said as she looked at Harry, who was sitting at the head of her bed. "Behold, the newspapers praise thee, that thou hast a keen sense of touch and a noble character, and that thou hast uncovered the machinations of the mysterious. ”
Most of the young wizards who had followed Harry to the Ministry of Magic that day were here, and Madam Pomfrey's wounds on Ginny's body were cured with a wave of her wand. So for the past two days, she and Harry have been here every day to visit their brothers.
Ron, George, and Fred all have traces of curses on them. George, in particular, was fighting alongside Sirius against the five vicious Death Eaters. Even if Sirius was desperately covering George at the time, George was injured?? It's not light, and now he needs to drink several potions a day. Fortunately, these injuries can be treated, and his injuries have visibly improved in the past two days.
But even so, George still couldn't stand up and move around the bed like everyone else. He could now sit diagonally against the bedside cushion. If Sirius hadn't blocked most of the curses at the time, he might have been in much worse shape than he was now. But even so, George's current situation was not easy, and in Madam Pomfrey's words, "enough was enough for him." ”
"Keen sense of nobility, noble quality? They pretended to be deaf and dumb and preached that nothing happened, and everything was safe. Harry commented on the praise of him in the Daily Prophet, he had grown a lot after so many things had been done in the past year.
"By the way, what's going on at school?" asked George, lying there, and as a fun-loving person, it was torture for him to have to lie quietly here now. So every time you come here to visit them in the past two days, he asks what's going on outside?
"Umbridge got out of school, but now it seems like the Ministry of Magic still wants to take her in. I really don't know how she can go back to the Ministry of Magic after all these evil things. Ginny said with some anger.
"The Ministry of Magic will always need people who do the dirty work, that's what my father told me before. Fred said as he sat on the edge of the bed.
"It's disgusting. Ginny frowned, she really didn't like these dark things.
"Don't talk about that. Harry changed the subject. "Now that Dumbledore is back and most of the troubles at school have been resolved, at least I feel like everything is back to normal. ”
"That's good. Fred smiled and opened a chocolate frog from the candy at the bedside, broke it in half, and handed it to Harry. "Let's have some chocolate. We have a lot more here. ”
Harry took the chocolate and chewed it slowly, when Ron asked, "And who is the current soothsayer?"
"Yes, after all, this is part of Professor Dumbledore's plan to contact other intelligent creatures, and Feren can't leave for the time being. Ginny looked a little happy, and the handsome Professor Centaur came across as more reliable than Professor Trelawney. "But one of them upstairs and the other downstairs won't interfere with each other, and the two of them should teach this class together. ”
"If you want me to say that there is not much difference between the two people. Ron took a bite of his licorice wand and said, "Prophecy is not very reliable in most cases, and I will finally be able to get rid of this class after the exam this year." ”
Harry thought of his prophecy at this time, and he interrupted Ron's rebuke about the prophecy lesson: "But sometimes prophecy is still important, for example, this time Voldemort regarded that prophecy as an important weapon. It's good we didn't let him snatch the prophecy ball. ”
"Yes, we've stopped the mystery man's plot again, but I don't know what happened to those friends who are now in St. Munger?—— where are you going?" Ron was echoing when he saw Harry stand up.
"Hmm...... It occurred to me that I might need to have something to do. Harry stood up in a little panic. "I'll come back to see you in the afternoon. ”
After saying that, Harry walked out of the school hospital, and Ron frowned as he looked at Harry's back as he hurriedly left, "Ginny, what the hell is going on with Harry? ”
"I don't know. Ginny shook her head. "But I find that every time I talk about St. Mungo, Harry always tries to avoid it, and I'm worried—"
Harry was walking alone in the hallways of the school, feeling out of place with the joyous crowd on the playground. Dumbledore had written to inform their families about Ryan and Hermione, but it had not been made public. Harry, on the other hand, was reluctant to tell anyone about it, believing that if he told it, it would be a complete end to it, and it would be irreparable.
So for the past two days, Harry has been pretending in front of his friends that Ryan and Hermione are only seriously injured and staying in St. Mungo, although he knows in his heart that this is just an illusion, but he would rather put it off until the last minute.
In this case, he was naturally in a bad mood. Looking at the sun outside, Harry decided to go to the lake alone to soak up the sun and pass the time. As he descended the last marble staircase and entered the porch, Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle were coming out of the door on the right that led to the Slytherin common sittingroom.
Malfoy glanced at Harry, unexpectedly without provocation, and hurried out the door with two henchmen without even saying a word. Harry knew that this was because Crabbe and Goyle's father had previously disappeared during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, plus Malfoy's father was imprisoned in Azkaban. Now the three of them don't have any energy to do anything else.
The sound of shouting, laughter, and splashing water from the open front door came from the field. Harry stood in the antechamber and looked out at the joy outside, feeling that it would be nice if everyone could enjoy their leisure time after the exam in peace. In his impression, the days of being busy for exams and looking forward to the holidays as soon as possible seemed to be a long, long time ago, and it was like something that happened in another world.
"If Ryan and Hermione were still around, they'd probably be running to the lake right now—" As he thought of this, Harry saw two familiar figures walk into the foyer from outside, arm in arm.
"You, you-" Harry stammered after rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn't hallucinating.
"Long time no see, Harry. A familiar voice rang in Harry's ears.