Fred smiled and handed the newspaper to Harry, who took it and saw twelve black-and-white photographs that filled the front page, with the faces of eleven wizards and a witch, some smiling silently, some arrogantly tapping their fingers on the sides of their pictures, each with a name and a crime for being imprisoned in Azkaban.

Harry's gaze moved to the first photo, Antonin? Dolokhov, a wizard with a pale face and a cruel sneer on his lips, was looking at Harry, and the following line of small print read: Murdered Gidion and Fabian? The Puwitt brothers.

"Shhh

"Look—"

Ron's finger pointed to the last two black-and-white photographs, a very beautiful witch, with a pale and haggard face, a grim smile on the corner of her mouth, licking her lips from time to time, Harry looked down:

Samantha? Powell, while attending Hogwarts, brutally tortured his classmate Archibald with the Heart Curse? McLeish.

A line of tiny writing crept into Harry's mind like an earthworm, and he realized that it wasn't a strange witch, but the wizard from Slytherin House, his former Hogwarts classmate.

As if his heart was pounding to the beat of a drum, Harry hurriedly looked down, and on the photo that Ron was pointing at his fingertips, it was an ugly-looking, old-fashioned wizard with a few scars - Walter? Jackson, at the sight of the name, all the memories in Harry's mind were awakened.

In the chamber, Samantha's shrill laughter, and Walter's merciless spellings, all flowed back into his mind, so much so that he didn't even look at the small lines below describing the crime.

Why did the two of them escape too-

Harry muttered to himself, knowing that Krum and Cedric might have been pretended by Ning An, and intuitively, Harry understood that things might not be so simple.

He felt something tremble around him, and turned around to see that it was Hermione, he had never seen Hermione so anxious, as if he wanted to grab the newspaper immediately.

"And," Ron nudged Harry, gesturing to the caption above the photo

Azkabando Prison Break - Ministry of Magic Fears Black Is a Death Eater "Caller"

"It's all," Harry pouted disdainfully, he had seen Dumbledore send Sirius out on some errands, and if Dumbledore had sent his godfather to help the prisoners of Azkaban escape from prison, Harry would rather believe that he was insane.

He then looked down

The Ministry of Magic announced a mass prison break in Azkaban in the early hours of this morning.

Dept./Zhang Cornelius? In an interview in his office, Fudge testified that twelve felons had escaped in the early hours of the morning, and that he had informed the Muggle Prime Minister of the danger of the fugitives.

It is reported that in the early hours of this morning, the Azkaban prison in the North Sea was attacked by unidentified wizards, and the entire left tower of the prison collapsed, causing the prisoners inside to escape.

"We have reason to believe that this group of wizards of unknown origin is related to the murderer who escaped two and a half years ago, Sirius Black, who seems to have become the "caller" of a new generation of Death Eaters, you know, is to gather them, they have done a lot of things, such as last year's World Cup, maybe we are all wrong to blame some people-"

Fudge said in an interview: "We think these fugitives may have taken Blake as a leader, including his cousin, Bellatrix? Lestrange, but I would like to say that the Ministry of Magic is working tirelessly to hunt down these fugitives, and we are confident that we will be able to apprehend them soon, but at the same time these people are very dangerous, and we hope that the public will remain vigilant and not approach the key criminals. ”

"Nonsense,"

Harry withdrew his gaze from the newspaper, every word written on it made him feel sick, the image of Fudge completely collapsed in his heart, this Ministry of Magic/Zhang actually described his godfather, the image of a new generation of Dark Lord, which made Harry completely lose interest in the newspaper.

"Calm down, Harry, we all understand what Sirius is, and no one will believe this nonsense—"

Hermione took the newspaper from Harry's hand, trying to comfort Harry despite her slightly uneasy look, as she flipped through the paper and began to read the report.

"But the others—" Harry shook his head in frustration, "I mean, the people out there, they're going to believe this, they're going to be serious—"

"Sirius doesn't care about those people, trust us, Harry-", Hermione looked up at Harry seriously and said to him, "All he cares about is you-"

Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the newspaper in his hand and said to Harry, "So as long as you believe him...... Then ......"

But halfway through that, she seemed to lose her strength, and the newspaper in her hand slipped silently, her eyes resting on the air in front of her, and Harry grabbed the newspaper so that it didn't fall to the ground.

A genius boy becomes the headmaster, and a new star in the wizarding world is rising-

It was the big headline on the second page, and Harry had strangely spread it out, he had just been so preoccupied with the bad story on the front page that he hadn't had time to read the second page.

"What's wrong?"

Ron tilted his head to Harry's side and saw the eye-catching headline in the newspaper, with the subheadline in small print below: Durmstrang ushers in a new headmaster, the era of young people - Ning'an.

Hermione came back to her senses as if she had just woken up from a dream, staring at the newspaper in Harry's hand, reaching out and snatching it up, muttering like a dream:

"Rita, a special correspondent for this newspaper? Skeeter reports that Durmstrong School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, one of the three major schools of magic in Europe, has always been known for its pursuit of talent, and the former RI/they got the school's new headmaster, a magical genius who is surprisingly young, Mr. Ning'an. It is worth mentioning that the former principal Mr. Karkaroff stepped down on his own initiative, he was full of praise for Ning An, and took the initiative to recommend it to the school board, and finally it was unanimously decided by all the staff that this superstar in the wizarding world became the master of Durmstrang and became the history of Durmstrang School, and may even be the youngest principal in the history of magic schools in the world! ”

"What?" Harry gouged his ears hard, and the Fred and George twins approached, as if they had heard Hermione's whispering news, or perhaps they had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"How!? Dumbledore didn't reveal the news! We just got this newspaper from Filch! Fred's face looked agitated, "But I bet he already knows, but I don't know what he's going to do." ”

"A traitor to Hogwarts who became Headmaster of Durmstran?" George pouted, "This is probably the most dramatic thing, but the Ministry of Magic is also very ambiguous about that guy, you see." ”

Hermione held the newspaper stiffly, but she didn't read it any further, and Harry had to tilt his head slightly and look down himself

According to the "Prophet Daily", Mr. Ning An is a wizard who graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, in the first year he was able to master the spells that can only be learned in the seventh grade, only two years of study, has allowed him to complete all his studies, and in the following years, he traveled around the European continent, learning the magic knowledge of various countries, and finally grew into a mature, unique and all-round wizard, during this period, Ning An was subjected to all kinds of misunderstandings and criticism, and was even wanted for a time, But now that these mistakes are being eliminated and dissolved, it is clear that he has taken the blame for some of the sinful Death Eaters.

Harry shook his head desperately, muttering to himself "It's not like this, it's not like this, how can it be like this!?" ”

He was now full of anger at the Daily Prophet, Harry couldn't understand why they just wouldn't tell the truth, the real Zhen/Xiang was buried deeply, and in it, it seemed that there were countless conspiracy and deals that Harry couldn't see, but this switch between black and white made Harry look in a cold sweat.

Sirius, whose godfather is obviously a good person, why is he said to be a murderer and is still wanted, and Harry is almost certain that he once pretended to be Krum or Cedric and brought himself to Voldemort with his own hands, which can be said to have indirectly contributed to Voldemort's resurrection, but became the new principal of a magic school!?

There's nothing funnier in the world than this.

Harry looked up at the students around him, some of them still basking in Dumbledore's previous speech, and some of them were already chatting about their homework, about Quidditch, and hell-knowing nonsense.

The Durmstrang students at Krum's table were still very quiet, and Harry didn't know how they would feel if they knew that the headmaster of their school had changed.

At the staff desk, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Moody were talking to each other closely, and their faces were extremely grim.

Harry's ears rang over the voice of Ron Nian's report

"Mr. Ning'an, a very humble wizard, said to reporters about the treatment he had endured in the past: this ordeal has made him stronger, and he trusts the judgment of the Ministry of Magic that sooner or later he will be redressed."

Ron made a vomit expression, Harry saw Hermione glaring at Ron fiercely, and then snatched the newspaper from his hand, Harry turned his head sideways to see the content of the report again, and he ignored a large part in the middle, he saw lines of black text, describing in detail:

"He's a brilliant wizard, and some might have doubts about his age, but I have to say that in every way, he's better than me, the old guy, so I chose to step down and make way for the virtuous – yes, there's no shame in that, I'm instead honored for my wise decision, and I bet it's going to give Durmstrang a new look, and there's a lot more he can bring to the table than we think."

Durmstrang's former principal, Mr. Karkaroff, described their new principal as follows, it is reported that Mr. Karkaroff will not completely withdraw from Durmstrang's management, and in the future, he may assist Mr. Ning An in the management of Durmstrang as an adviser to the principal.

Harry retracted his gaze and couldn't help but look at Hermione's expression, Hermione had been overreacting since just now, although after vaguely understanding his feelings for Qiu Zhang, Harry also guessed Hermione's thoughts about Ning An, but it stands to reason that the two have not met for a long time, and Hermione's concern really seems a little abnormal.

"That's crazy, these guys," Ron kept shaking his head like it was a spinning top, "I mean, is Karkaroff crazy too?" How did he know Ning An? Between them—"

"Isn't that a good situation if those accusations are really unfounded?" Hermione suddenly said sharply, "Ning An does have this ability, and we all know his magical talent, don't we?" ”

"Huh, those accusations—Hermione—are nonsense now?"

Ron's voice rose an octave to the point where he sounded as if he was going to have a big fight with Hermione here, and the other students around him were all looking this way.

"You saw him in the secret room—you saw what he did! He's casting a curse on us, and you've seen it at the Quidditch World Cup - he's chasing that girl! - Wake up! Why are you so confused! ”

Ron stood up from his chair, his face flushed and a rare loud shout, and Harry quickly pulled him back to his seat

Hermione's cheeks also turned crimson and spread all the way to the base of her neck, her fingers clenched the newspaper tightly, the fragile corners of the paper were cut by her fingernails, she stared at Ron like a lioness, the twins wisely retreated to the back, Harry felt as if he was caught in the middle, but at such moments, he couldn't say anything.

"You are jealous of him, jealous that he is better than you, you don't know him at all, you don't know anything about him!" Hermione said sarcastically, gasping for breath as if she were running a five-meter race.

"Aha, so you know him well? Finally admit it? Could it be that you suddenly disappeared during this time, and you couldn't date him? ”

"That's enough, Ron......" Harry tugged at Ron, who almost jumped out of his chair again.

"I'm just dating him, so what? Does this need to be reported to you? Hermione squealed without showing weakness.

"Oh, so did he tell you everything? For example, how did he become the principal of Durmstrang? Ron looked at Hermione sarcastically, but the words did leave Hermione speechless.

Harry also looked at Hermione, he couldn't believe that Hermione was really dating Ning An, but reason told him that there was such a possibility, so did Hermione know that Ning An had been pretending to be a Triwizard Warrior?

Harry was willing to believe that Hermione didn't know, he believed that if Hermione knew, she wouldn't hide it from him, and would definitely tell him or Dumbledore, and at this point, Harry suddenly remembered what Dumbledore had said.

"As long as you are willing to come back, you are welcome at all times, we can only be strong if we are united, and in the face of Voldemort, if we are divided, then we will be vulnerable."