Elwyn scanned through quickly, but there was no picture of Pettigrew Peter.
Poor fellow, he was now the most heavily guarded prisoner in Azkaban, and was considered the most dangerous Death Eater, but the Lord Voldemort did not even look at him.
Thirty Death Eaters had escaped, but there was no picture of Pettigrew Peter. That was enough to explain the situation.
As Elwyn browsed through the photos, Harry's eyes were attracted to the witch. Her face had jumped into his eyes when he first read the newspaper.
The only female Death Eater in the newspaper, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Her long black hair looked messy in the photo, completely different from the glossy black hair that Harry had seen when he was doing Kreacher.
Her eyes under her thick eyelids stared at everyone, and a proud, disdainful smile appeared on her thin lips.
Just like Sirius, she still retained some traces of her beauty.
But something, perhaps Azkaban, had taken away most of her beauty.
Like the others, there was a brief introduction under her photo.
She had tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom, causing them to be permanently crippled.
But Elwyn knew that her crimes were far more than what was reported, and the other Death Eaters were probably the same.
"The Ministry of Magic announced that there was a large-scale prison break in Azkaban last night!" Hermione read. "Minister Cornelius Fudge confirmed in an interview in his office that thirty felons escaped last night. He has already informed Prime Minister Muggle of the danger of the escaped prisoners."
"It's a pity that we're in the same situation as when Sirius Blake escaped two and a half years ago," Fudge said last night. "I think the two incidents may be related. We've already summoned Blake to ask him about the situation. There's no evidence that he's the culprit at the moment, but you have to know that such a large-scale prison break is suspicious of outside help. As the first person to escape from Azkaban, Blake is most likely to help others escape, or leak his experience and method of escaping from Azkaban. We have to be suspicious because Blake's cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, is among the escapees."
"I can't believe it!" Harry roared. "Fudge actually blamed the Death Eater prison break on Sirius?"
"It's indeed unbelievable!" Elwyn said.
"What else can he do?" Hermione said sarcastically. "He can say sorry. Dumbledore reminded me that the guards of Azkaban turned to Lord Voldemort. He spent a year telling everyone that you and Dumbledore are liars, right?"
"But Sirius has already been proven innocent!" Harry said in disbelief.
"Fudge doesn't think so. He thinks that Sirius could commit a new crime at any time!"
"What criminal would stay at home and wait for the Ministry of Magic to catch them?!"
"Yes, everyone knows what's going on, but Fudge needs a criminal. He doesn't dare admit that Lord Voldemort has returned, so he can only blame it all on someone else," Elwyn said. "Don't worry, Harry, Sirius will be fine."
"He has enough evidence to prove that he didn't do it. If necessary, we can all prove it for him. Fudge can't wrongly accuse him. Don't snort, Ron, there's more! " Hermione said, looking down at the newspaper. "Elaine, he mentioned your uncle. In addition to accusing Sirius, Fudge believes that the Death Eaters' prison break has something to do with the vampires. He said that the Death Eaters regard your uncle as their leader."
"I'm used to it!" Elaine said disapprovingly. "It's not surprising at all. Human wizards always blame us for all sorts of things. Most of the bad things they accuse the vampires of doing have nothing to do with us."
"What else did that idiot say?" Harry asked angrily.
"He said that the Ministry of Magic is sparing no effort in pursuing fugitives, and asked the public to be vigilant and not to approach these criminals. That's it!" Hermione read the last paragraph of the newspaper and flipped through it unhappily. "They should have reported it in detail."
"Wait for the Hogwarts Magic Newspaper!" Elwyn said. "Lupin should have more details about what happened. Since this incident was classified as a prison break, it means that the Soul Eaters didn't betray us on the surface …"
Lord Voldemort was very careful. He did need the help of elite Death Eaters, but he still did not want to leak the news of his return.
That was why the large-scale prison break had happened. Fudge would not admit that there was something wrong with the Soul Eaters.
Because admitting that there was something wrong with the Soul Eaters was equivalent to admitting that Lord Voldemort had returned.
Lord Voldemort was very good at playing with people's hearts, and he had Fudge's heart in his grasp.
But it was useless, because magic could not give a satisfactory explanation for the prison break if they did not admit that the Soul Eaters had betrayed them.
Anyone with a decent IQ would be able to see the clues. Elwyn felt that it was necessary to publish the article that Rita Skeeter had written for them during the summer to tell everyone the truth and what had happened in the world of magic.
At the same time, Harry looked around the auditorium. He did not understand why the other students did not seem to be panicking.
Or at least talking about this terrible front-page news. But few people read the newspaper every day like Hermione.
They were still talking about homework, Quidditch balls, and who knew what nonsense, while outside the wall, another thirty Death Eaters had strengthened Lord Voldemort's power.
He looked over at the staff table, where a different scene was taking place.
Dumbledore was still nowhere to be seen. Professor Meg and Professor Flitwick were whispering to each other, their expressions unusually grim. Professor Sprout leaned the Daily Prophet against a ketchup bottle and read the first page so intently that he did not even notice the egg yolk dripping onto his leg.
At the other end of the table, Umrich was gulping down her oatmeal.
For the first time, her toad eyes did not search the auditorium for inappropriate students. She frowned as she ate, occasionally shooting a malicious glance at Dumbledore's empty seat.
Apart from this news, the Daily Prophet also published news of a person's death.
His name was Broderick Boyd. He had been injured in a work accident a few weeks ago and had been sent to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magic and Disease. He was gradually recovering, but coincidentally, someone had given him a devil's web disguised as a harmless crab claw orchid. The recovering Mr. Boyd had been strangled the moment he touched it!
St. Mungo's Hospital could not explain how the plant had appeared in the ward. Anyone with information could provide clues.
On the day Elwyn, Harry, and Mr. Weasley went to the Ministry of Magic for trial, they had met Mr. Boyd in the elevator.
He worked in the Department of Mystery Affairs, so what looked like an accident was actually a murder, a very clever murder.
As long as there was no name left, there was no way to find out who had sent the plant.
It seemed that after the incident in Norway, Lord Voldemort had begun to speed up the process of obtaining the Orb of Prophecy.
After a while, the Hogwarts Magic Gazette arrived, detailing the events of the Death Eaters breaking out of the prison.
It was much more detailed than the Daily Prophet, but there was not much valuable content.
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