Chapter 1100 It’s too late
“So, according to the content of that prophecy, Harry and Voldemort will eventually fight each other, and only one person can survive to the end?”
After knowing the contents of the prophecy ball, Sirius stared at Dumbledore in disbelief and said excitedly, "How could Harry defeat Voldemort? How could he do it?"
“You should believe Harry, Sirius,” Dumbledore said calmly.
"Of course I believe Harry, but even...this matter is really..." Sirius took a deep breath, suppressed his irritable and complicated emotions, and asked, "Does Harry already know?"
"I've already told Harry that the boy is braver than you expected." Dumbledore said happily.
"Harry has always been brave, just like James!" Sirius muttered. "Recently, Harry's character has become a lot more stable, but... you must have a way, right?"
"Don't worry Sirius, Harry still has a high chance of defeating Voldemort." Dumbledore comforted, "I will help Harry as much as possible, give him lessons, and teach him something, but this part needs to be kept secret."
"But, I am Harry's godfather, so I can also help." Sirius said excitedly, "I can't..."
"Some things need to be kept secret. This is very important." Dumbledore looked into Sirius's eyes and said seriously, "Just like the content of the prophecy I told you, I hope you can also keep it secret and never let Voldemort know."
“I will,” Sirius promised.
"very good…"
At this moment, Dumbledore and Sirius both turned their heads and looked at the fireplace with green flames.
“Dumbledore, the Death Eaters have escaped.”
Tonks said anxiously, coming out of the fireplace.
“The Death Eaters escaped?”
After hearing the bad news, Sirius frowned and asked, "How is it possible? In less than an hour, the Ministry of Magic let those Death Eaters escape. Are they all idiots?"
Tonks was a little embarrassed, because she was an Auror of the Ministry of Magic, and the newly captured Death Eaters had indeed escaped under their noses.
"How did the Death Eaters escape?" Dumbledore asked. This thing sounded very abnormal.
"There has been a large-scale rebellion among the dementors in Azkaban, and they no longer intend to work for the Ministry of Magic." Tonks said angrily, "The Ministry of Magic is now in a mess, and we can only eat them in a hurry." The Dead Apostles were imprisoned in prison, but within a short time, they slipped away from under the eyes of the wizard guarding the prison."
“Did the Dementors let the Death Eaters go?” Sirius didn’t think that there was an Animagus among the Death Eaters, and he didn’t think there was a way to turn into an animal and escape from the prison like him.
"No, no one knows how those Death Eaters did it. The Ministry of Magic is organizing Aurors to search for the whereabouts of the Death Eaters, but there has been no results yet." Tonks said helplessly.
“It seems that they have been prepared.”
Dumbledore vaguely guessed what method the Death Eaters used to escape from Azkaban.
"Cornelly Fudge hopes to discuss this matter with you. He is now crazy and has lost his opinion. He doesn't know what to do." Tonks said the reason why she came to Dumbledore because She was a member of the Order of the Phoenix, so Fudge asked her to deliver a message to Dumbledore.
"Perhaps, I should go to the Ministry of Magic first." Dumbledore said calmly.
However, even if Fudge asks him for help now, Dumbledore doesn't have any good solution at the moment.
After Dumbledore used the floo network to rush to the Ministry of Magic, Sirius also hurriedly left Hogwarts and contacted Albert through the previous methods, hoping to get help from him.
At the same time, when Dumbledore arrived at the Ministry of Magic through the Floo Network, the place was already in chaos.
In front of the Golden Fountain, reporters were surrounding Fudge, questioning his soul again and again.
The leader, Rita Skeeter, was still willing to expose Fudge's scars, showing the **** wounds in front of everyone, making Fudge tremble with anger.
When they saw Dumbledore emerging from the flames, the reporters all handed the microphone to Dumbledore, hoping to interview this old man who had been misunderstood by the entire wizarding world.
"Oh, sorry, I think I may have more important things to do now." Dumbledore smiled and turned away the microphone handed to him by the reporters and walked towards Fudge.
"Mr. Minister, are you finally willing to believe Dumbledore's words?"
Rita Skeeter asked sharply: "What made you change your mind now? Is the news about the mysterious man's return true?"
"Yes, he is back, the mysterious man is back." Fudge said with a tired face under Dumbledore's gaze, "The situation is a mess right now, I need to do it as soon as possible..."
“Mr. Minister, do you intend to take the blame and resign?”
“The Ministry of Magic must take action as soon as possible.”
Fudge never mentioned the matter of taking the blame and resigning. He stretched out his hand to brush away the reporters who were as annoying as flies, and walked towards the minister's office with Dumbledore.
"There is no doubt that our minister does not seem to realize the mistakes he has made, and he has no intention of taking the blame and resigning." Rita Skeeter said into her microphone, "Now everyone is worried about whether Fudge will be able to serve. Take on the responsibilities of the Minister of Magic at the critical moment, instead of denying, evading, and suppressing like before. As we all know, Lucius Malfoy, one of the Death Eaters involved in tonight's operation, happens to be Fudge's good friend. We have to Suspect…"
Rita Skeeter’s words successfully led the reporters astray.
She knew very well that Cornelius Fudge would never continue to serve as Minister for Magic no matter what.
"what on earth is it?"
As soon as he closed the office door, Fudge asked in a panic.
Although he didn't want to admit it, Fudge knew that the person most likely to help him clean up the mess and retain the position of Minister of Magic was Dumbledore.
At this moment, Fudge seemed to have completely forgotten what he had done in the past year, and he still shamelessly asked Dumbledore for help.
In fact, in the early days of his tenure as Minister of Magic, he did this more than once, and the results were good.
"There is no doubt that Voldemort is back and you wasted a whole year."
"You're accusing me..." When Fudge heard the three words Voldemort, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he growled in a low voice, "Can't you just stop mentioning that name?"
Fudge's mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something else.
However, Dumbledore just glanced at the panicked Fudge and continued: "When the news of Voldemort's resurrection spreads, many wizards in Knockturn Alley will be willing to follow him."
“Oh my God!” Fudge couldn't imagine what was going to happen next.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the minister’s office.
Scrimgeour opened the door and walked in. He glanced at Dumbledore before saying to Fudge: "Minister, we have found out how those Death Eaters escaped."
“How did they do it?” Fudge asked quickly.
"Portkey, although the truth is surprising, they did use the Portkey." Scrimgeour briefly talked about the latest results of the Aurors: "The Aurors have tracked it, but there is no doubt that they have not found it. A group of escaped Death Eaters."
“Oh, that’s it.” Dumbledore said suddenly.
“You know what’s going on?” Scrimgeour asked, raising his eyebrows. It was a great shame to let those Death Eaters slip away from under his nose, and he had even forgotten that this was the first time that Aurors had become the laughing stock of the wizarding world.
"Last summer, Harry slipped away from Voldemort and the Death Eaters through the portkey. I think the Death Eaters must have prepared the portkey in advance." Dumbledore explained. To be honest, he wasn't surprised at all that the Death Eaters escaped from prison. Even if they hadn't, Voldemort would probably have let them out.
"The Aurors are going to their home to search, but there is little hope." Scrimgeour glanced at Dumbledore and suggested: "If you want to find the hiding place of the Death Eaters, I suggest asking Albert. Anderson helps.”
"Albert Anderson?" Fudge asked in confusion, "What are you looking for him for?"
“It is said that Albert Anderson is the most powerful diviner in Britain. He should be able to easily help us find the location of the Death Eaters.” Scrimgeour explained.
"I'm afraid it's difficult," Dumbledore said suddenly.
“What?” Scrimgeour and Fudge looked at Dumbledore suddenly.
"Mr. Anderson is not in Hogwarts. No one knows where he has been since the last incident." Dumbledore reminded: "If he doesn't want you to find him, it will undoubtedly be harder to find him than to find Voldemort. And I don’t think you can convince him to help you with your divination. Even if he is willing to help, he will come up with a price that you cannot accept.”
“Approximately how much?” Scrimgeour asked, frowning.
“About ten thousand Galleons, maybe a little more.” Dumbledore guessed,
“How much?” Fudge’s eyes widened.
"Ten thousand Galleons." Scrimgeour reminded, "We can use it as a reward for information. If we can catch the escaped Death Eaters, the price is very cheap."
"Don't be stupid, one thousand Galleons is still possible, ten thousand Galleons? The Ministry of Magic can't come up with this reward at all." Fudge shook his head and said, "Especially when there are so many Death Eater bounty wanted lists posted, you should It is clear that the Ministry of Magic simply cannot afford the huge bounty."
Scrimgeour suddenly fell silent.
"Maybe…"
"The Ministry of Magic once refused Black's bounty." Dumbledore interrupted. Although he knew that Fudge had used the time turner to offset the bounty, Fudge had undoubtedly completely forgotten about it.
Dumbledore mentioned this matter just to make them give up. He knew very well what the consequences would be if the Ministry of Magic tried to use "righteousness" to kidnap Anderson.
Although Albert has a good temper, his good temper does not mean that he will not get angry.
Dumbledore knows very well how terrible people who are not easily angry can be when they are really angry. Sometimes the other party will not even give you any room for explanation.
The Aurors and Umbridge were just a trivial warning.
After determining that he could not get the results he wanted, Scrimgeour left quickly. He still had a lot of things to be busy with. After the dementors evacuated Azkaban, the ancient wizard prison fell into complete chaos. If there is no suppression, the prisoners will definitely escape, and the entire magical world will eventually fall into chaos.
"Why is Harry Potter here tonight?" Fudge once again asked the doubts deep in his heart, "The Prophecy Hall is in a mess. What on earth did you do in it?"
"Oh, Voldemort asked his Death Eaters to break into the Department of Mysteries and steal a prophecy ball about Harry and Voldemort. It was the prophecy made more than ten years ago." Dumbledore had no intention of hiding the prophecy ball. thing.
This matter probably can't be kept secret, and Fudge must be given an explanation.
"What does the mysterious man want with that prophecy ball?" Fudge's eyes widened, unable to understand what Voldemort was doing.
"Perhaps, Voldemort wants to find a way to kill Harry from the prophecy." Dumbledore said softly, "In fact, Voldemort has been planning for more than half a year. If you pay attention, you will find many related omens, Stooges Poe The matter of Demo, the matter of Arthur Weasley being bitten by a poisonous snake, the death of Broderick Bode was not an accident, but a premeditated murder. I think Voldemort should be in August With the help of Ted Rookwood, he found the right way to break into the Department of Mysteries."
“He succeeded?” Fudge couldn't help but ask.
"No, he failed. After Harry got the prophecy ball, he realized that Voldemort's goal was the prophecy ball and destroyed it directly." Dumbledore said happily, "Harry once again stopped Voldemort's conspiracy. ."
“So, he is really the savior.” Fudge asked in disbelief. He did not believe in the so-called savior from beginning to end.
“I don’t think Harry would like this title.”
“Can he really defeat You-Know-Who?” Fudge thought this was too ridiculous, but he also realized that Harry Potter might indeed be the legendary savior.
Of course, it doesn’t matter even if Harry is not the savior, as long as everyone believes that Harry is the savior.
In Harry, Fudge saw the possibility of retaining his position.
“I hope he can do it.”
"Dumbledore, can you arrange for me to meet Harry." Fudge said expectantly, "I plan to..."
"It's impossible, Cornelius." Dumbledore shook his head. "After what you did last year, it's impossible for Harry to stand up and speak for you."
"If you had listened carefully before, you would have discovered how much Harry hates the Ministry of Magic. He has even planned to throw Dolores Umbridge into Azkaban for the rest of her life."
"Oh my god, this..." Fudge stuttered. He was stunned by the news, "But, this..."
"I once advised you, but now it's too late." Dumbledore stood up from his chair, "By the way, you have to let Dolores Umbridge leave Hogwarts, and let proud Law stopped investigating my Care of Magical Creatures teacher and put him back to work."
“Is there really no other way?” Fudge asked reluctantly.
"If you do something wrong, you need to take responsibility." Dumbledore reminded before leaving, "Don't try to escape, it will only cause you more trouble."
(End of this chapter)