HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 227: The Ministry of Magic's Concealment

In the auditorium, students were still chatting about study and life as usual.

Gloria waited for the owls to appear while eating, and after about a few minutes, the owls flew in.

After Amy fell down, she quickly stretched out her legs. She seemed to feel the urgency of her master.

Gloria quickly unfolded the newspaper and sure enough, the headline was about what happened last night, with a big headline saying "Multiple Azkaban Prison Breaks".

Ten photos were printed underneath, all with gloomy or sneering expressions.

Her eyes fell on the picture of Bellatrix. After being imprisoned for fifteen years, this woman's beauty had been greatly diminished, but her eyes were filled with fanaticism and madness, all of which came from her worship of Voldemort.

"Ah--!" Hermione's scream attracted a lot of attention, and some students at the Gryffindor table gathered around her.

The Slytherin students watched the report silently. They just watched Voldemort take action.

Gloria looked through Fudge's explanation of this.

[Minister Cornelius Fudge is interviewed in his office, stating that the Ministry of Magic is making every effort to hunt down these fugitives.

As for the suspects who planned the jailbreak, he said there was no concrete information yet, but some of them were suspicious.

"For example, Sirius Black, who escaped from Azkaban in the summer of 1993, was once believed to be a subordinate of the mysterious man. He was later cleared of his grievances after the case was overturned. However, among the escapees this time was his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange, so I have to be cautious in my suspicions."

This is what Fudge said, "Mr. Sirius Black will go to the Ministry of Magic for relevant investigations. I hope you can understand the special circumstances."

Regarding the suspect's motive, Fudge said: "This must have been done by a dark wizard who worships the You-Know-Who and is using this name to recruit the You-Know-Who's former subordinates. As Minister, I will severely crack down on dark magic activities before all the prisoners are caught. I also ask the public to remain vigilant and notify the Ministry of Magic in a timely manner if they see the fugitives."]

Gloria threw the newspaper on the table with force. The name Van der Vries was clearly there, but Fudge refused to mention it, just to deny their experience.

Since they couldn't provide any concrete information, they tried their best to throw dirty water on Sirius.

"How shameless!" Hermione cursed from the Gryffindor table.

Yes, it's shameless——

"I'll write to my father." Draco held her hand. "The case was investigated very clearly back then. Even if the mouse was not killed by Barty Jr., he would still be punished by the Dementor's Kiss. ​​There is absolutely no possibility of a wrong verdict."

Gloria took a deep breath and said, "I understand. Fudge is trying to divert attention. I won't let him succeed."

Not all students read newspapers every day, so some of them knew nothing about it and continued chatting about daily topics.

In the evening, when Gloria and Draco returned to the common room from the Chamber of Secrets, the Slytherin students were talking about this matter.

Crabbe and the others had been looking very proud the whole day, and now they were smiling even more confidently.

Overconfident, he stood up and walked over. Goyle said gruffly, "Did you see the headlines in the newspaper? Our camp has become even stronger."

"That's right." Pansy squeaked, crossing her arms, "When that adult officially comes back, you will be nothing!"

Daphne agreed, "Making mature and correct choices is what Slytherin has always been striving for. Now there is still a chance to correct the mistake."

"That's not right." Gloria took two steps forward, and her aura overwhelmed the group of them. "It's a wrong choice to follow Voldemort. If he is really strong, he will come out when he recovers, instead of hiding in the homes of his followers like a rat in a gutter."

There was a sound of gasps from everyone around. Perhaps only Gloria would openly belittle Voldemort.

It was the mysterious man who was belittled, and it was Crabbe and the others who were frightened.

The few people who were so proud just now now turned pale, as if they were the ones who said those words.

Crabbe's lips trembled. "We'll tell him that!"

"Who?" Gloria asked with a smile.

Seeing that a group of people couldn't utter a word, she was very happy.

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Sirius now reports to the Ministry of Magic every day. Fudge even sent two officials to monitor his home in the name of investigation, causing him to stay at home, not writing letters or even using a two-way mirror to avoid any accidents.

Gloria was following the progress. Fortunately, an insider sent a letter, mainly asking a lot of questions to Sirius.

She deeply doubted that in a day of twenty-four hours, fourteen hours were available to answer questions.

After a few days, all the students knew about the Azkaban prison break. They were scared after realizing it belatedly, and their parents were even more worried. The frequency of owls appearing in the past few days increased a lot.

Even the professors often get together and worry about this matter.

Correspondingly, since the newspapers did not provide any information on the reasons why these fugitives successfully escaped from prison, Harry began to receive attention and criticism. As for Gloria, no one dared to discuss her openly.

The new education decree was posted on the bulletin board: teachers were prohibited from providing students with any information unrelated to the subject they taught.

This is because they are afraid that professors will remind students and increase discussion of the incident.

But Gloria was not idle either, waiting for an opportunity to release some disturbing news.

On a Saturday at noon in late January, Gloria and Draco made a rare appearance in the Great Hall.

Zabini immediately changed his seat and sat next to Draco, then asked them, "It's rare for you to be here at noon. What's going to happen?"

Draco replied vaguely: "Probably."

Gloria smiled but said nothing.

Zabini immediately perked up, looking forward to what it was.

Before lunch was over, the owls flew in with an urgent message from the Daily Prophet.

The morning fixed unified newspaper will be strictly checked, but this kind of urgent news is limited and can be reviewed quickly. The news that Gloria wanted to publish was not included, and the urgent news would occasionally change its content.

What is the Ministry of Magic hiding?

The title is quite eye-catching.

[It was not until today that our reporter Rita Skeeter received shocking news that Broderick Bode, an employee of the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, almost died!

According to information obtained during a secret visit, Mr. Bird was hospitalized for unknown reasons last October and his condition did not improve until Christmas Eve.

On Christmas Day, a mysterious person delivered a fatal gift: a devil's snare disguised as a Christmas cactus and placed at the head of Mr. Bird's bed. Fortunately, a family member of a patient in the same ward recognized that the plant was wrong and saved a life in time.

In addition, Mr. Arthur Weasley, an employee of the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Department, was taken to hospital by Ministry officials one night near Christmas. He was seriously injured and nearly died. This was accidentally discovered by our reporter during a secret visit.

Our reporter also noticed a news report at the end of August last year about a Ministry of Magic employee breaking into a level 1 confidential door. What exactly caused the series of incidents that almost resulted in the death of two people?

Combined with the Azkaban prison break incident a few days ago, I sincerely ask: What is the Ministry of Magic hiding? ]

Gloria put down the newspaper happily and smiled at Draco.