A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 850 You've been expelled from school!

In the early morning, many wizards, as usual, sat at their tables, picked up their coffee, and took out the Daily Prophet.

Based on the reading habits developed over the past six months, everyone was eager to find reports about Rita.

He was cursing Rita while searching for her... He cut off the chapter at the climax of the plot, which was bad enough, but he even stopped updating for the last two days!

He said he was so poor he couldn't afford food and had to go to Akali's Mystery Shop to do odd jobs.

"No money my foot... Rita, that woman, all she does is play the victim."

It's obvious they say one thing to your face and another behind your back, one thing in London and another in Paris.

If we didn't not know where she lived, a wizard would have tried to kidnap her and lock her in a dark room.

And then... naturally, if they didn't write the report, they wouldn't get any food!

But after seeing the headlines today, everyone was completely baffled.

It's not that Rita is finding another excuse to stop updating, but rather that the "Mysterious Man Returns" series of reports has been temporarily suspended.

Replace with the latest breaking news:

Death Eaters Escape: The Tragedy of Azkaban

The subtitle is as outrageous as ever:

Death Eaters escape from prison on a snowy night; Stark punches Mysterio.

And that photo still catches the eye:

Stark and the Dark Lord faced off.

The backdrop behind the two—Azkaban prison—has cracked.

The literal meaning of "cracked open" is that the buildings collapsed and the island was separated by magic.

Such explosive news right off the bat immediately whetted the wizards' appetites.

Rita's writing remains outstanding, and her ability to distort the truth is exceptional.

Voldemort, who clearly came alone, is portrayed in her writing as leading a large force to attack Azkaban.

William and Hermione arrived after hearing the news and stopped him in time.

At the end of her article, Rita also mentioned Ms. Burns, the Director of the Legal Enforcement Division, who led the support team.

As for Minister Fudge... on Christmas Eve, he had a secret rendezvous with a Ministry of Magic intern.

The ultimate level of deception is nine parts truth and one part falsehood. Rita's reports, accompanied by photos, were mostly true.

Therefore, the part about the Ministry of Magic interns is naturally true.

For a time, public opinion was overwhelmingly critical of Fudge.

The Daily Prophet is deliberately stirring up trouble to attract attention.

The first version was Rita's report, and the second version was the Ministry of Magic's official clarification.

Fudge attributed the incident to Black, calling him the third Dark Lord who seduced the Dementors and orchestrated the prison break.

As for the rumors of the mysterious person's resurrection, they are still nonsense.

It's a small group! A bunch of malicious anti-government elements, fabricating fake news!

This matter even involved interference from foreign forces... such as their long-time enemy, France.

The same newspaper presented two different versions of the same story.

Who is lying?

You don't need to be very smart to tell the difference... because there's a saying that's been around in Britain for a long time.

The First Law of Politics:

Only statements that are officially denied are credible.

The official denial of the mysterious prison break actually proves that...this did indeed happen.

Tsk tsk... This is the bitter fruit of the Ministry of Magic's declining credibility.

Many wizards are already urging Fudge to step down.

For a time, the political situation within the British Ministry of Magic was unusually turbulent.

William, the mastermind behind it all, suddenly fell silent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

In fact, the day after her conversation with Fudge, Hermione announced on William's behalf that all visitors should be turned away.

He is a patient now and should focus on recovering, not meeting with some shady officials.

"If you dare to wander around again, I'll break your legs."

Um... that's what Lyanna said.

Anne brought it for Lyanna—a bright red, vividly colored, and unusually energetic-looking shouting letter.

William was actually more curious about how Lyanna, who didn't know magic, managed to create the Howling Letter!

That brat Anne, she always manages to accuse William of wrongdoing, and she's always right.

William has decided to unilaterally cancel her Christmas gift this year.

Why is it one-sided?

She had already picked out the gift she wanted from her brother's treasures.

Christmas is here, and St. Mungo's Hospital is filled with a festive atmosphere:

The bright crystal bubbles turned red and gold, sparkling like giant Christmas balls.

Holly bushes hung at every doorway, and Christmas trees, magically covered in snow and icicles, glittered in every corner, with a sparkling gold star atop their tips.

Thanks to Rita's report, many people now know that William was hospitalized.

So all the gifts were sent to the hospital.

This year, there was much less chocolate; instead, a large number of greeting cards were sent as a form of support.

Many wizards also offered William various "professional" opinions based on the symptoms they read about in their books.

It has a similar feel to "Baidu cures diseases".

Fortunately, the gifts from other people were much more normal.

Anne gave her a complete set of Chocolate Frog cards that she had collected, which naturally included Stark and Granjaka.

These two cards have an extremely low drop rate, and their price on the black market has already reached hundreds of Galleons.

William treated Anne to a meal of roasted chestnuts as a reward for her act of informing on him.

Hermione sent over a turkey she had made herself, which was to be eaten that evening.

There's a suspicion that her mother helped her, because... the color looks pretty good.

William gave Hermione a Pensieve, into which he placed a great many memories about the curse, so she could look at them at her leisure.

Furong gave her a blue conch shell containing Veela's singing voice, which was excellent for putting people to sleep.

William made a fourth safety watch and gave it to her.

As for Professor Snape, William gifted him a set of photographs.

There are many group photos... most of them feature Lily as an adult.

Because Snape had almost no photos of Lily as an adult.

Lily was mixed in with a bunch of group photos, and when William was collecting them, no one else noticed anything unusual.

Otherwise, collecting photos of classmates' mothers... sounds really strange.

As usual, Snape sent a few drops of potion this year. It's rare to find someone as stingy as him.

However, Professor Snape also provided a crucial piece of information:

Voldemort is going to Durmstrang in person.

The meaning was self-evident, and William immediately issued a warning to Sirius.

Although we don't have time to wait for intelligence, we really can't ask for too much.

William had heard Professor Lupin mention that when he transformed on the night of the full moon, Sirius lured Snape to the Shrieking Shack.

Finally, James stopped him.

With such deep-seated hatred, Professor Snape was able to go to this extent... what more could you ask for!

Of course, what William looked forward to most was always Dumbledore's gift.

William waited all day, and in the evening, after eating turkey and drinking some wine with Hermione, he finally received a letter.

It means two things:

While Fudge was still in office, in a fit of rage, he instructed Umbridge to use Article 24 of the Education Act to expel William.

Dumbledore officially hired William as the professor of Ancient Runes at Hogwarts.

He dropped out of school, but then got a permanent position!

William had only one word in his mind:

Holy crap! (Some kind of Christmas present)

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