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"I'll be watching you..."
Percy looked unhappy. He ignored the two and looked at Cedric. "Come quickly. I have to announce something for the professor. I'm waiting for you."
Cedric spread his hands and followed him towards the front of the car.
Afterwards, Kyle and his friends found the box he came out of.
Connor and Cho were already inside, as were Ginny and Luna.
Four girls were sitting together, watching The Quibbler, but except for Luna, the other three were obviously not very interested.
When Kyle and the others came in, Qiu even yawned.
"What are you looking at?" he asked.
"Some...interesting conjectures."
Connor whispered, "This magazine says that Sirius Black was actually released by Fudge on purpose in order to secretly eliminate those who did not support him."
"Perhaps this is the truth." Luna raised her head and said, "Otherwise why did the Ministry of Magic look for him for a month and find nothing?"
"What about this..." Ginny craned her neck and read, "There may be some unknown relationship between Sirius Black and Fudge.
After Fudge took office, he was restricted in every way and was unpopular, so Black voluntarily gave up his free life and entered Azkaban at the risk of death, in order to help Fudge to win over those heinous criminals.
After more than ten years, he may have formed a secret army to clear obstacles for Fudge, and all those who opposed him were controlled by poison.
But Fudge couldn't bear to let Black stay in that dark place any longer, so he secretly released him...Their feelings were much deeper than we thought."
Kyle smacked his lips.
What was this, the story that Blake and Fudge had to tell?
The person who wrote this article is amazing.
Blake's expression would be quite interesting if he saw this.
It's a pity that The Quibbler didn't sell very well; it would have been better if it had been published in the Daily Prophet.
"But everyone knows that Sirius Black is a Death Eater." Ginny asked in confusion, "How could he be Fudge's man?"
"That's just the surface identity." Luna said, "The sender mentioned that Black was the only Death Eater who had not been tried. This is probably because Fudge used his privilege to manipulate the case behind the scenes."
"But he wasn't a minister at that time."
"It happened later," Luna said, "and there was no competition."
There was silence in the carriage.
Why does it feel like... At first glance, it seems to make sense. If they hadn't known about Blake's deeds for a long time, they might have believed it.
Kyle couldn't help but shake his head, and he thought of an episode of "The Quibbler" a few years ago.
At that time, there was an article saying that Fudge asked the Department of Mysteries to develop a poison for him specifically to control those who opposed him.
Diana was so angry at the time that she almost took her wand to Mr. Lovegood for a talk.
I didn't expect that after a few years, this content would still be connected... It turns out that the poison used by Black was developed by the Department of Mysteries.
No wonder Chris said before that foreign wizards might like this magazine. This kind of love, hate, and gossip about the Minister of Magic is really interesting to read as amusement.
And if that person is a minister from another country, the fun will be doubled.
After all, they don’t know much about other countries, so they don’t need to use their brains when reading, they just enjoy it.
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 355 Cedric's Source of Happiness
The train spewed out puffs of steam as it moved along the road.
In the carriage, after Kyle and his friends arrived, Kanna and Qiu stopped reading magazines with Luna and started asking each other about their holiday experiences.
When it comes to this, Qiu gets angry.
"Cedric the liar!"
She said angrily: "He told me before that Beauxbatons School of Magic was in the Pyrenees Mountains. We went there, but we couldn't find the place he mentioned on the map.
We've been going around in circles all day and haven't found anything!"
"This is normal."
Kyle said, "I don't know about the others, but the locations of the three major magic schools in Europe are protected to prevent their teaching methods from being leaked, and to protect the students and the schools themselves from any harm."
"Just like Hogwarts, if a Beauxbatons student came to visit, all he would see is a bare cliff."
Qiu and Kanna were stunned.
Although they knew that the school had protective magic, they always thought that it was to prevent being discovered by Muggles... just like the Muggle-repelling charm at the door of the Leaky Cauldron.
I didn't expect this kind of protection would also work on wizards.
"But why can Cedric..." Qiu asked puzzledly.
"Maybe he met someone before." Kyle thought for a moment, "If a professor or someone from another school mentioned the location of Beauxbatons to him, then this protection would be ineffective."
Or if a student takes him there, he will not be affected either, which is a bit like the Fidelius Charm."
Qiu thought about it, and it seemed that Cedric had said before that he met an old wizard by chance in France, and he told him the location of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.
That's probably why.
Qiu was a little frustrated. Why didn’t she meet him?
"The Fidelius Curse?"
At this time, Ginny raised her head from The Quibbler and said thoughtfully, "It seems that Dad mentioned this spell before, but I can't quite remember it."
"A type of oath spell, usually used to hide important secrets."
"Will the school teach this spell?" Ginny's eyes lit up and she looked very interested.
"No." Kyle shook his head, "The difficulty of this spell is far beyond the level of normal students. If you are not strong enough and still force it, it may even backfire on you.
So unless the professors think you can do it, they won’t teach you even if you ask.”
"Is that so..." Ginny looked disappointed.
"Ginny, do you have any secrets?" Fred looked at her with a smirk.
George also came over and said, "Tell us, we promise not to tell anyone."
"You said the same thing before." Ginny glared at the two of them unhappily. "If I had known this spell before the holidays, I wouldn't have to be blamed by Percy for two months!"
Fred and George knew they were in the wrong and quickly retracted their necks.
The Hogwarts Express traveled northwards. The scenery outside the window became increasingly desolate. As the clouds in the sky thickened, the sky darkened.
People were running and chasing each other past the door of their box.
"No fireworks in the aisle. Which college are you from?"
Percy's voice came from the other side of the door.
But not only did those people not respond, they made even louder noises and ran away laughing.
Percy chased after him, shouting as he ran, "Stop, I'm the student union president!"
At this moment, the door was suddenly opened and Cedric came in like a thief.
"Oh... the prefect is back." Fred asked with a smile, "Do you have any instructions to convey?"
"I'm here to report something." Cedric closed the door.
"You two should run." He looked at Fred and George and said with a heavy face, "Percy already knows that you have tampered with his badge. Judging from his appearance, he probably wants to kill you and then hang you outside the train as a warning to others!
If we hadn't just happened to see someone playing with fireworks in the aisle, he might have come in now."
Fred and George looked at each other and smiled.
"Why run, just let him come." Fred said, not seeming worried at all.
"Do you think we are afraid of Percy's big head?" George laughed, "Let me tell you, we are not afraid at all."
As they spoke, they took out candies and shared them with others, and there was no sign of anything unusual.
The noise outside the door became quieter and quieter.
They heard Percy's voice again, "Too arrogant, Slytherin, you don't even take the Student Union President seriously. I will definitely tell Professor Snape..."
Although the sound was very small, it could be heard, which meant that he was nearby.
Fred slapped his thigh. "I almost forgot. Lee Jordan asked us to go find him after we got on the train."
"I remember that too." George nodded. "He also said he had something important to discuss with us."
"It just so happens that there's nothing to do right now, so let's go."
"Okay."
They stood up at the same time, walked calmly to the door of the box, and looked outside.
"Fred, George!" Percy roared from not far away.
The two of them opened the door and rushed out quickly.
Because of his big movement, George hit his head on the door frame. He grimaced in pain, but he still covered his head and followed Fred closely.
There were bursts of cheerful laughter in the box.
Cedric walked over to their previous seat and sat down. He couldn't help but shook his head and said, "I thought they were really not afraid."
Ginny chuckled, "They locked Percy in a pyramid a few weeks ago, and when Percy found out, he beat the crap out of them.
If you look closely, you'll see that George occasionally rubs his left butt.
Because Percy thought he was the mastermind and gave him an extra beating... but that's exactly what happened."
The laughter in the box got louder.
Cedric, in particular, laughed the loudest. He was happier to see the Weasley brothers in trouble than to pick up the money himself.
At one o'clock, the fat witch pushing a food cart came to the door of their box.
Kyle hadn't eaten much in the morning and was already hungry, so he simply bought a bunch of cauldron cakes.