Harry Potter and the Secret Treasure

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Or at least talking about the dreaded front-page news, yet few people reach for the paper every day like Hermione.

They were still chatting about homework and Quidditch and who knows what, and there were thirty more Death Eaters outside the walls who were increasing Voldemort's power.

He looked towards the staff table, and there it was a different scene.

Dumbledore still didn't show up. Professor McGonagall was talking with Professor Flitwick in a low voice. Both of them had extremely serious faces. Professor Sprout leaned the "Daily Prophet" on the bottle of ketchup and read it intently. Reading the first version, holding the spoon in the air, I didn't even notice that the egg yolk in the spoon dripped onto my lap.

Across the table, Umbridge was sipping his porridge.

For the first time her toad eyes did not search the Great Hall for misbehaving students, and she ate with a frown, casting vicious glances at Dumbledore's empty seat from time to time.

In addition to this news, the "Daily Prophet" also published the news of a person's death.

His name is Broderick Bird. He was injured in a work accident a few weeks ago and was sent to St. Mungo's Magic Injury Hospital. He had a devil's net disguised as a harmless crab claw orchid, and the recovering Mr. Bird was strangled to death as soon as he touched it!

St. Mungo's Hospital has not been able to explain how this potted plant appeared in the ward. It is hoped that those who know the inside will provide clues.

On the day Ivan, Harry and Mr. Weasley went to the Ministry of Magic for trial, they met Mr. Bird in the elevator.

He worked in the Department of Mysteries, so what appeared to be an accident was a murder, a clever murder.

As long as the name is not left, there is no way to find out who sent the plant.

It seems that after the events in Norway, Voldemort has started to speed up the progress of obtaining the prophecy ball.

After a while, the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" was also sent, which described in detail how the Death Eaters escaped from prison.

Much more detailed than the Daily Prophet, but not much of value.

However, "Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry" has brought obvious changes. You must know that the number of students who subscribe to "Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry" in the school is far higher than that of "Daily Prophet". It depends on those reports, but I am very interested in the two columns of the newspaper's product promotion list and after-school homework analysis.

Chapter 1041 The Beginning of Chaos

The impact of the arrival of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" was immediate. The originally noisy auditorium suddenly fell silent, as if someone had turned off the sound, and then immediately became boiling. The newspaper was circulated in everyone's hands at the fastest speed.

What Umbridge was most worried about happened. She stood up in a panic, not to mention how ugly her face was.

At this moment, she probably didn't expect that this was the beginning of the situation in Hogwarts completely getting out of control.

"Let's go!" Ai Wen said, he didn't want to stay here and be asked this and that.

In the following time, the entire Hogwarts was shrouded in an inexplicable atmosphere.

It was an odd mix of panic, shock, and vague excitement, and everyone was talking about the Death Eater escape, and rumors were flying.

No matter where you go, you can hear discussions about this matter, and the students are not interested in studying.

Some people say that someone in Hogsmeade recognized a few fugitives, and said that the fugitives were hiding in the Shrieking Shack, and they might break into Hogwarts like Sirius did. These Death Eaters escaped from prison for the purpose of killing Dead Harry avenged Voldemort, all kinds of rumors spread rapidly, and new rumors continued to be born.

Children of magical families have heard of these Death Eaters since childhood, and their names are almost as terrifying as Voldemort.

Their crimes during Voldemort's reign of terror are well known, and Hogwarts students include families of victims.

These students found themselves reluctantly the center of attention in the corridors: Susan Burns, whose uncle, aunt and cousin were all killed by a fugitive, said bitterly in herbal medicine class that she now deeply understood the Lee's feeling.

"I don't know how you can take it, it's horrible," she told Harry frankly.

Like these students, Ivan, Harry, Hermione, their group, and even the newcomer Elaine have become the objects of whispering and pointing.

Unlike before, their tone changed slightly.

Curiosity has replaced hostility now, and anyone who is not a fool knows that things are getting bad.

Thirty extremely dangerous Death Eaters escaped from Azkaban. They are the elite of Voldemort's army. Each of them is the most evil dark wizard in the world. They have countless crimes under their hands, but the Ministry of Magic and "" The Daily Prophet couldn't explain why they escaped, or even follow up.

They're still blaming Dumbledore and Hogwarts for poor education, but who cares now? !

In confusion and fear, the skeptics seem to turn to the only remaining explanation.

That is, what Ivan, Harry, and Dumbledore have said since last year, the sales of "Hogwarts Magic News" have skyrocketed.

Since the summer vacation, starting with Harry being attacked by a dementor, the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" began to remind the Ministry of Magic and people to pay attention to the dementor. The possibility of loss of control is all analyzed.

Now, what they said was true. Although the Ministry of Magic repeatedly emphasized that the dementors were not out of control, as long as people with a normal mind would not believe them at all, the dementors were not out of control, and the thirty Death Eaters were How did you escape?

As the only newspaper that dared to tell the truth, the "Hogwarts Wizarding News" became an instant hero in people's minds.

But this is not all. If we continue to analyze this matter in depth, we will unearth even more terrifying truths.

Voldemort is the chief culprit of this prison break, and this is the truth of the dementors out of control and the death eaters breaking out of prison.

This is an obvious thing, but most people are still unwilling to think in which direction.

Because it is too terrifying to admit that Voldemort has returned from the resurrection, far surpassing the loss of control of the dementors and the large-scale escape of Death Eaters.

However, this does not prevent them from increasing their recognition of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News".

In order to allow time for public opinion to ferment, the report on Rita's exclusive interview with Ivan and Harry was not published in a hurry.

They were waiting for the best time, and they had to discuss the details of this report and related matters. They made an appointment to meet in Hogsmeade.

In short, everything was as Ivan expected, and the Death Eaters escaped from prison greatly changed the current situation.

The Ministry of Magic and the "Daily Prophet" continued to promote the old set of things and tried their best to maintain stability, but fewer and fewer people believed them.

As time went by, voices of skepticism grew.

In addition to the changing mood of the students and the rumours, it is now common to see teachers chatting nervously in whispers in the corridors, only to drop them when students approach them.

"Apparently they can't talk freely in the teachers' common room, Umbridge is there!" whispered Hermione.

They came across Professor McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout surreptitiously gathered outside the Charms classroom, talking about something.

Under such circumstances, Umbridge quickly issued a new education order, and the morning after the Azkaban prison break was reported, a new notice was posted on the bulletin board of the college: Hogwarts The Senior Inquisitor's Order hereby prohibits teachers from providing students with any information not related to the subjects they teach.

The above regulations comply with Education Order No. 20 Six, signed, Senior Inspector Dolores Jane Umbridge.

Some people may naively think that the escape from Azkaban will make Umbridge restrain himself a little.

She would have been ashamed of this blunder under her dear Fudge's nose, however, it only seemed to drive her madder to keep Hogwarts life in her hands, and she seemed to be making up her mind that in the near future At least one person has to be fired to establish authority, it's just a question of who goes first, Trelawney or Hagrid.

Every Divination class and Care of Magical Creatures class now takes place in front of Umbridge and her clipboard.

Sitting by the fire in the room at the top of the tower, which smelled so fragrant, she interrupted Professor Trelawney's increasingly hysterical lectures to ask her outlandish questions about ornithology and heptograms, insisting that She was asked to predict the students' answers, and she was asked to demonstrate her ability to divination with crystal balls, tea leaves, and rune stones.

Professor Trelawney was about to collapse, and the students began to see her in the corridor more and more frequently.

This is very, very abnormal, because she is usually only in her tower, and she is not in a good state, talking to herself excitedly from time to time, wringing her hands, looking back in horror, and she has a kind of smell about her body. Strong taste of cooking wine.

Even Elaine, who is very interested in divination, can't stand Professor Trelawney, she doesn't come to divination class at all now.

After getting acquainted with Hogwarts, this guy didn't follow Ivan or Hermione like before, but began to wander around the castle with great interest, daring to go almost anywhere, she had a way to hide herself method, there is no need to worry about being discovered, and there is enough self-protection ability.

Alvin was a little worried at first, worried that she would do something to other people.

But thinking about it later, this is actually quite good, and he and Hermione spend more time alone together...

Chapter 1042 Valentine's Day

Aiwen's thinking is very irresponsible, letting a vampire who can't control himself wander around in the school.

But he really didn't have that much time, and Elaine didn't like being in the library all the time.

Also, she's wandering around the school, and it's not she who needs to be careful, but other creatures she encounters.

Others here include not only Hogwarts students, but also their various pets and animals in the Forbidden Forest.

Although Elaine, who has a picky taste, only drank dragon's blood and Aiwen's blood, this did not prevent her from thinking and looking at problems in the way of a vampire.

She always said that any creature he didn't like was going to disappear, that the kid was dangerous beyond imagination, and extremely destructive.

If Voldemort wants to govern the world, then if Elaine is so powerful, he might go back and destroy the world...

Aiwen was really afraid that she would jump up and bite others if she disagreed with each other. Fortunately, no such accidents have happened so far.

In normal times, as long as there is time, Ivan and Hermione try to teach her how to think like a normal human being.

These things worked to some extent, or, Alvin's restraint on Elaine's snacks and candies worked, and she didn't cause trouble.

Compared with Elaine, Umbridge is currently the most troublesome person in Hogwarts.

She was determined to get rid of a teacher, and after driving Professor Trelawney to the brink of collapse, she set her sights on Hagrid again.

Hagrid was no better than Professor Trelawney. Although he seemed to have listened to Hermione's advice and hadn't used anything scarier than a swallow-tailed dog in class since Christmas, he seemed to be stimulated. I was distracted and distracted in class, often forgot the train of thought of the lecture, and always answered the wrong questions.

He kept glancing nervously at Umbridge, hoping to see what she was writing on the clipboard.

Under such circumstances, Hagrid and Ivan also distanced themselves a little bit, especially telling everyone not to visit him after dark.

"Don't come and see me, if she catches us we're all screwed," he said bluntly.

Considering that Gropp is hiding in the Forbidden Forest, he has bigger troubles, and things that Umbridge can't find.

Ivan and Harry didn't want to trouble him, so they stopped going to his cabin at night.

Elaine is very interested in giants and wants to take a look.

To be honest, Hermione couldn't help but want to go, she told Ivan that she knew it was crazy, but visiting the giant was a very rare opportunity, and she didn't want to miss it.

Ivan doesn't know what's going on with the girls nowadays, but they are actually interested in giants. Is it true that the bigger the better? !

If he wanted, he could use the Magnification Charm on himself for them to see, which was safe and hygienic, and he didn't have to worry about being discovered by Umbridge and hurting Hagrid.

But obviously, they want to see natural giants, not magically enlarged.

There is no way, Aiwen can only promise the two of them, and when he has the opportunity, he will definitely take them to see the giant...

But not now, there are more important things waiting for them to do now.

In a strange atmosphere, Valentine's Day, February 2th, is coming in a blink of an eye, and this day is very important.

Lupine, Sirius and the Order of the Phoenix hope to publish the report of Rita's interview with Ivan and Harry as soon as possible. Protests at the Ministry, Diagon Alley and elsewhere, even on Muggle streets.

They demanded an explanation from the Ministry of Magic as to why so many Death Eaters had escaped from prison, and to capture them as quickly as possible.

The magic world was in turmoil, and the entire Ministry of Magic was in a state of flux. Aurors were sent back to England from all over the world to investigate the matter.

Even so, they made little progress, and the Death Eaters disappeared from their sight as if they had never existed.

Correspondingly, there are more and more calls for the Ministry of Magic to tell the truth and for Fudge to step down.

It's time for the truth to be revealed to the public, and before that, Rita still has some details to ask Alvin and Harry.

Lupine also wanted to have a talk with Ivan. It was inconvenient for Dobby the house elf to send letters back and forth all the time. They made an appointment to meet in Hogsmeade.

In addition to this matter, after two years, Ivan also wanted to ask Hermione to come back to Madame Puddiffe's teahouse.

He was looking forward to it. Thinking about it carefully, the atmosphere in that place was actually pretty good.

Elaine is also very much looking forward to the arrival of February 2th. After eating so many bloody lollipops, she has long wanted to visit the Honeydukes Candy Store.

According to her taste, she is even going to suggest that Honeydukes develop new products.

Like them, Harry was looking forward to his second trip to Hogsmeade this school year.

Since the last appointment, he hadn't had much time to talk to Qiu, and now he suddenly realized that he had to spend a whole Valentine's Day with her.

"Don't forget the time, Harry!" Before leaving early in the morning, Ivan instructed, "Come to the Three Broomsticks bar at noon."

"I know!" Harry said nervously.

"What are you and Cho doing?" Hermione asked.

"I don't know, we haven't said what we're going to do today." Harry shook his head.

"If you can bring her along, that's fine!"

"I really envy you guys who can go to Hogsmeade. I can't. Angelina has to train all day, as if it will be useful." Ron said dejectedly, looking at them enviously, "Really, we are Worst team I've ever seen, too bad, I don't know why Angelina won't let me leave!"

"Because you're pretty good when you're good."

"We can't win, Hufflepuffs have been fantastic this year and their new Chaser is a genius."

"Don't be discouraged!" Harry said irritably.

He found it difficult to sympathize with Ron's situation, since he himself would have given almost anything to play in this match against Hufflepuff.

Ron seemed to sense Harry's tone, and he didn't mention Quidditch again, and his attitude was a little cold.

He quickly finished his breakfast, got up and walked to the Quidditch pitch.

"Actually, I feel that Angelina can think about Elaine." Ivan looked at Ron's leaving back, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and said with some expectation, "Elaine, I remember you said that you fly Very nice, very good at Quidditch, maybe save the Gryffindor team."

"I fly very well, but I can't go to training today." Elaine said, rubbing her nose, staring at Ivan with big wine red eyes, "I'm going to the Honeydukes Candy Store, it's very important, you Promised to take me there."