Chapter 30 News in the Newspaper

Chapter 30 30. News in the newspaper

Ron also noticed the newspaper that Jon picked up.

"Oh, yes, in the letter, Mom also said that Dad stuffed some newspapers from the past few months into my pocket. He hoped that I could learn more about the current affairs of the wizarding world. But I would say that it is impossible to learn any real news by reading the Daily Prophet. Everyone knows that after three consecutive reporters who dared to dig out big news disappeared, the newspaper is now flattering the wizarding government in all aspects and dares not even tell the truth."

Jon listened to him, his attention still on the front-page news about Barty Crouch winning the award.

Indeed, just as Ron said, the whole article was praising Barty Crouch, but it was vague about what merits he had won the second-level badge.

Neville also tilted his head to look at the news with Jon, and he commented on the side.

"I've heard from my father that the badge of the Order of Merlin completely lost its former glory after that man became the president. He awarded badges to almost every one of his most loyal core subordinates. This man named Barty Crouch should have had a third-level badge before, and now he has a second-level one. But the funny thing is that his most famous deed is that he personally executed his father."

Jon turned his eyes away from the newspaper with a surprised look.

"Executed his own father?"

Neville shrugged.

"Yes, Barty Crouch's father is also called Barty Crouch. The Crouch family is a pure-blood family with a long history, but his father is indeed a staunch anti-pure-blood person, and he resisted that man's rule over the magic world. At that time, he was the Director of the Magical Law Department of the Ministry of Magic, and the Aurors of the entire magic world were all from his subordinate department. Then after that man successfully captured the Ministry of Magic, old Crouch was arrested. He did not surrender like other Ministry of Magic officials, even though his only son held a high position among the Death Eaters."

"I heard that at that time, the man just wanted to keep him in prison for life, but old Crouch's son, the current award-winning Barty Crouch, actually took the initiative to propose to execute his father. In the end, the man agreed, and the executioner who executed him was his own son."

Lavender and Justin, who listened to his story next to him, all opened their mouths wide, and Ron also looked at the hypocritical smile of the young man in the newspaper with disgust.

"My parents have always told me that this guy is not a human being!"

"Killing his own father with his own hands, this is too terrible," Lavender said palely.

Because of the impression in the original book, Jon was not too surprised by what little Barty did in this world. After all, in the original book, he also killed his own father with his own hands, but now the time is earlier and the nature is worse.

Jon put down the newspaper. Mr. Weasley sent Ron a lot of old newspapers. He was very interested in these things that could understand the current information of the magic world.

He flipped through several more pages in a row. In addition to the information about the changes of some officials in the Ministry of Magic and some gossip, there were articles praising Voldemort's merits. These articles were full of unremitting advocacy, and just like Neville said before, "Great Sir" has obviously become the official name of him in the magic world. Just looking at Jon's heart, he felt a chill, and his arms were covered with goose bumps.

Finally, he saw a news article about the Hogwarts led by Dumbledore in a newspaper dated September 12.

It reported that during a routine patrol, the Aurors accidentally discovered the whereabouts of the top dark wizard in the magic world, the wanted criminal Albus Dumbledore, and his terrorist organization. The Aurors at the scene started to act privately without waiting for reinforcements from the Ministry, but the action failed and the whereabouts of the criminals were lost.

For this reason, the great gentleman who rarely intervened in the internal operation of the Ministry of Magic clearly expressed his dissatisfaction with the director of the Auror Command, Lucius Malfoy. Lucius even directly sent the Aurors who escaped from Dumbledore to Azkaban for dereliction of duty.

This news was not on the front page of the day, but in a corner, and there was no picture on it. It seemed that the Daily Prophet did not attach much importance to this matter.

But Jon felt something was wrong.

But he couldn't tell where this wrong feeling came from. He just felt that Voldemort didn't seem to attach much importance to Dumbledore and the Hogwarts where he was now.

Otherwise, with his character, would he just express his dissatisfaction to Lucius?

But Jon now knew too little about Voldemort in this time and space. He knew that if Voldemort had not changed at all from the original book, he would not have forced Dumbledore and Hogwarts to such an extent.

So he didn't always use the inherent impression in his mind to speculate on the psychology of this "great gentleman".

Jon shook his head, and just when he wanted to put the newspaper back, the title of another news on the back of the newspaper caught his attention again.

[One year after Nick Flamel's death, the Philosopher's Stone is still missing]

He frowned and read the report carefully, and finally looked up at Neville, who already had signs of "know-it-all".

"Did Nick Flamel die of old age?"

Neville also glanced at the news and nodded.

"Yes, this alchemist who lived for centuries eventually died of old age together with his wife. Three months before his death, he went to the Ministry of Magic to report that his magic stone had been stolen in the UK. He was a French wizard, but he also lived in Devon from time to time, and that’s when the Philosopher’s Stone was lost.”

"It is said that when he went to report the crime, the man met with him privately. It is unknown what he said specifically. But after that, the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic tried their best to help him trace the whereabouts of the Sorcerer's Stone, but they never found him. What a clue, until Nick Flamel's last remaining elixirs ran out, and he and his wife eventually died in Devon."

Ron said, interrupting their conversation.

"George and Fred talked about this at home last year. They both suspected that it was actually people from the Ministry of Magic who stole Nick Flamel's stone. These people were originally a group of robbers. He went to report the crime just to stone himself. I want to come back, but you have seen the result.”

After listening to what they said, Jon looked at the news article in the newspaper again thoughtfully.