Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 668: It’s all Fudge’s fault
Chapter 669 It's all Fudge's fault
Since inviting Lucius to the house for that dinner, Fudge has asked his assistant to arrange a tour of Azkaban Prison.
Honestly, Fudge doesn't like Azkaban Prison, and probably no wizard wants to set foot on that island. Fudge would never go to that kind of **** if he could.
After receiving the news, Scrimgeour, the director of the Auror Office, did not object to Fudge's inspection, nor would he object. To put it bluntly, Fudge was just taking a formality. Especially after Scrimgeour had heard some rumors and was amused by their minister's so-called reason for maintaining peace in the wizarding world, the political show seemed a bit late.
The notorious Azkaban prison in the magical world is located on a small island in the middle of the North Sea. It is covered by storms for many years, and the island is often submerged by waves. The boat can only be seen when the ship is very close. A towering fortress stands in the storm, and the light from the fortress is difficult to penetrate the rain screen and be detected by the outside world.
There are no living creatures other than prisoners here, the employees of the Ministry of Magic simply cannot work in such a harsh environment, and no wizard will want to stay here to work.
Typically, only a few Aurors deal with Azkaban's jailers, escorting prisoners through the Aurors before handing them over to the Dementors.
As for visits, Azkaban's prisons have no such claim.
Fudge's inspection was undoubtedly a great determination.
One night in a blizzard, a ship sailed in the wind and waves towards Azkaban prison in the North Sea.
There is a lot of space inside the sea boat. Fudge is standing in the cabin under the warm yellow light, standing absent-mindedly by the window, looking through the glass at the dark night outside and the turbulent wind and waves. Don't know what to think.
In the seat behind Fudge, the two Aurors who were traveling with Fudge were sitting in armchairs drinking hot tea and reading newspapers to pass the boring time.
As for the driving issue, the ship will automatically sail towards Azkaban Prison, and is the only way to Azkaban Prison.
Everyone knows that there is Azkaban Prison and that it is located somewhere in Beihai, but since the location of the prison cannot be marked on the map, very few people really know the exact location of the prison.
The ship sailed smoothly through the storm, approached the fortress of Azkaban prison, stopped in port,
Fudge reached for his wizard hat and boarded the infamous prison.
On the pier, the wind was blowing, and the torrential rain poured down, instantly drenching the three people who had just disembarked into chicken soup.
Fudge regretted that he didn't add a thick cloak when he came.
There was a sudden lightning strike in the sky, and the dark night was instantly reflected into day. Above the fortress, a large number of dementors were watching the island.
The chill penetrated into the skin little by little, and Fudge couldn't help shivering. In order to maintain the image of the minister, the value was able to grit his teeth and support.
The three of them crossed the pier and came to the entrance of the fort.
The Auror named Delix came forward to deal with a dementor, and had some simple exchanges, indicating that the Minister of Magic was visiting Azkaban prison.
Dementors don't really care about this kind of thing, they can barely understand what the wizard means, open the entrance of the fortress, and lead the three people to start inspecting Azkaban's prison.
In fact, not many wizards are imprisoned in Azkaban Prison. Most of them have only committed some minor crimes and will be imprisoned here for a few months.
If they weren't tortured mad by the dementors, they would be released. Most wizards who have been in Azkaban prison are not afraid to make mistakes, afraid that they are being locked up. in this horrible prison.
In fact, this Azkaban prison is the place to maintain the authority of the Ministry of Magic, even if Fudge is reluctant to admit that most wizards are willing to keep their guard up because they are afraid of being put in Azkaban prison. To those evil dementors.
The longest group of residents here are the Death Eaters who murdered and committed countless heinous crimes when Mysterious Man gained power last time. There are actually not a few Death Eaters sentenced to life imprisonment.
However, to Fudge's dismay, the Death Eaters themselves are a group of extremely evil guys, and they are much less affected by dementors than ordinary wizards. After staying here for more than ten years, they still cannot be completely wiped out Their crimes, thankfully they will still be affected by the Dementors.
When Fudge inspected the prisoners, they seemed to have lost their minds when they saw them all sitting in their cells, muttering something to themselves in the dark.
There is nothing more comforting than a mad criminal, at least they can no longer pose a threat to the wizarding world. Of course, it would be better if they could die quickly. This is probably the last contribution that group of people can make to the magic world.
When Fudge inspected the prisons one by one, he finally came to Black's cell.
Black's situation was a shock to Fudge, who didn't look crazy like the other wizards locked up here, but "normal".
This is undoubtedly not good news, the wish of the old man Lucius may be in vain.
"Connelly Fudge, why are you here?" Blake was equally surprised to see a wizard in Azkaban prison, he hadn't spoken to anyone in a long time, his voice was hoarse, and Speak very slowly.
"I'm here to inspect Azkaban Prison, which is the responsibility of the Minister of Magic." Fudge glanced at the two Auror guards beside him, and then at the two Dementors standing on either side of the cell , trying to hide his unease.
Those dementors didn't even have an effect on Black. You must know that every prisoner has a dementor standing guard at his door.
"Minister of Magic?" Blake seemed to be bored here, and said in a hoarse voice: "I didn't expect a Minister of Magic to come to such a ghost place, this place is so boring. By the way, have you seen it anywhere? After the newspaper is finished, I want to make a crossword puzzle in the newspaper to pass the boring time, and those word puzzles in the "Daily Prophet" should not be canceled!"
Fudge seemed to have been greatly insulted, and his pale face suddenly became rosy. He didn't want to pay attention to Black at first, but before leaving, he finally asked the Auror around him and asked Dawlish to put the The "Daily Prophet" that he stuffed into his pocket was given to himself, and then he handed it to Blake through the iron cabinet, which was considered to satisfy the other party's small wish.
"I was shocked that Blake was not affected much~IndoMTL.com~ After Fudge left the prison, he turned to the two Aurors beside him and said, "It seems that it is still necessary to come and inspect, send more jailers Keep an eye on Blake, and if anything happens, be sure to report it to me as soon as possible. "
"I can understand your concern, I'm afraid only those very evil wizards can ignore the influence of Dementors." Dawlish was equally surprised to see that Black was not affected, and nodded to show that he understood Fudge's concerns, "I'm just going to get the jailer to keep an eye on Black."
However, Fudge did not know that he was in trouble.
Something changed after he handed the Daily Prophet to Blake, the man who was in prison preparing to do a crossword puzzle was staring at the headlines , It was a family photo of the Weasleys who won the Galen Award and went on a trip to Egypt, and Blake's eyes were fixed on the mouse with a missing toe on a certain boy's shoulder in the photo.
"He's not dead, he's at Hogwarts, he's at Hogwarts!" Blake stared at the newspaper and murmured these words softly.
He suddenly raised his head and looked in the direction of the prison entrance, his eyes were shining brightly, as if someone had lit a fire in Blake's eyes.
He knew he had to do something.
(end of this chapter)