The wedding lasted very late, and the party didn't end until the early morning. Fortunately, everything went well at the wedding. No one attacked them, and there was no news of the fall of the Ministry of Magic.
However, because he was a little tired from playing the day before, Ryan didn't get up until nine o'clock in the morning the next day. After hurriedly cleaning up and going to the kitchen to eat a sandwich, Professor Dumbledore came from outside.
"Ah, Albus, would you like some sandwiches? We slept a little late yesterday, so we ate a little late this morning," Mrs. Weasley asked Professor Dumbledore.
"No need for the moment, I just need a cup of hot tea." Professor Dumbledore took a sip from the teacup handed over by Mrs. Weasley. "Your craftsmanship is really good, especially today we are going to a
It's a very cold place, so it's good to drink a cup of hot tea before that. By the way, Ryan, I suggest you put on more clothes for a while."
After drinking hot tea and bidding farewell to the people in the room, Dumbledore greeted Ryan and set off. After leaving the courtyard of the Burrow, they walked along the path for a while, and then passed through the hedge to an open space.
"Okay, I think there should be no one around." After looking around, Professor Dumbledore took out a black iron coin from his arms. Ryan saw that there was a skull embossed on the iron coin.
Pattern. "This is the special door key to Azkaban. That place has complex magical protection. Only this special door key can go there. Ah, now is the time. Put your hand up."
Ryan put his finger on the iron coin as instructed. After another familiar feeling of weightlessness, Ryan found himself landing on a small black island with no vegetation, and Professor Dumbledore stood beside him.
"Is this Azkaban?" Ryan looked up at a triangular black castle a few hundred meters away. That castle stood on another independent island, occupying the entire island. The only one facing them was
There is a slightly protruding piece of land on the island that is not occupied by buildings. Based on the trestle that stretches out to the sea and the two black wooden boats on that piece of land, Ryan can determine that it is the entrance to Azekaban.
Even a few hundred meters away from the real castle, Ryan could feel the strong negative emotions emanating from that castle. Even those negative emotions merged with the special local magical environment to form a thick haze around the castle.
, even now the morning sunlight cannot penetrate the haze.
Because of the thick layer of smog inside the castle, there was no sunlight all day long. Ryan could see dim lights in the castle windows made of black stone. However, after careful inspection, he found that the lights on the lower floors of the castle were much brighter.
Much brighter than the one above.
"People in the Ministry of Magic have changed over and over again, and they are always unwilling to transfer the dementors from Azkaban. Even after most of the dementors defected last time, I wrote to them and asked them, and they told me that only
Some of the Dementors defected, and those who stayed in Azkaban are all reliable." Principal Dumbledore looked at the direction Ryan was looking in and said in an angry tone, "Fortunately, I didn't know what happened a while ago.
Most of the dementors disappeared at once. The survivors only dared to hide on the top floor of the castle, which made us feel a lot more relaxed."
After finishing speaking, Dumbledore threw the black iron coin in his hand into a black stone basin filled with silver liquid. Immediately, a small black wooden boat parked on the trestle at the entrance of Azkaban left the trestle and headed towards this
The island came over. After the boat docked, Ryan and Principal Dumbledore boarded the boat. After sitting firmly, Dumbledore tapped the side of the boat with his wand, and the boat quickly turned around and headed towards Azkaban Castle.
past.
The closer I get to the castle, the more depressed I feel. Especially after standing at the gate of the castle, the towering black wall is like a cliff, giving people great mental pressure. This may be because the entire building was deliberately designed to prevent people from entering the castle.
It's a kind of intimidation, coupled with the wailing of countless prisoners on their deathbeds and the encampment of dementors over the past hundreds of years, a large amount of negative energy has gathered here, and when mixed with magic power, it naturally gives people an extremely depressing feeling.
"Hello, we are picking up Lucius Malfoy from prison. This is the release certificate issued by the Ministry of Magic. I think the Ministry of Magic should have informed you of this matter in the morning." After walking to the door of the castle,
Dumbledore knocked on the iron door. The iron door soon opened a small hole at eye level. Professor Dumbledore immediately told his purpose and handed in a rolled-up sheepskin.
Paper.
"Okay, come in." A few dozen seconds later, the man checked the documents and appeared behind the door again, and used his wand to open the door of the castle for Ryan and Dumbledore. As a fortress, the door of Azkaban is not
It is large and can accommodate at most two people entering side by side. However, the doorway is very deep and very dark. After Ryan walked in, he could not even see the exit of the doorway for a while.
Fortunately, the wizard who opened the door for them lit his wand and then guided them into the castle. He said while leading the way. "The job on duty in Azkaban is really terrible, if it weren't for
I was very tight on money before, so I wouldn’t come here to do this——"
After walking for five or six minutes, Ryan and the others came to a hall. Different from what they imagined, the style of this hall did not match the overall style of Azkaban at all. Under the soft light, there were several soft milk-white sofas.
Placed around the fireplace, there is a row of bookshelves against the wall, filled with books. There is a thick red carpet on the floor, and there is an iron shelf in the corner, with several beautiful pots of it placed on it.
plant.
There were two wizards sitting on the sofa playing wizard chess. When they heard the door open, they looked up and happened to see Professor Dumbledore.
"Principal Dumbledore, it's nice to see you today." A witch with short short hair greeted enthusiastically. "Are you here -"
"Professor Dumbledore is here to handle Lucius Malfoy's bail procedures." The middle-aged wizard who brought Ryan and the others in before said, "Susan, please get Professor Dumbledore some hot tea. Peter, you
Use the double-sided mirror to inform Albert and the others on patrol. Ask them to bring Lucius Malfoy over."
"This place seems different from when I came here before." Dumbledore and Ryan sat on the sofa facing the fireplace. After taking the tea cup and thanking him, Dumbledore directly asked the middle-aged man who had just received him.
Wizard. "At least when I came two years ago, I remember this house was still a dark stone hall, and water was even dripping from the ceiling."
"You are right." The middle-aged wizard just said, "This house and the two dormitories next to it were only repaired a few months ago. After most of the dementors disappeared completely, the magic
The Ministry can only let us Aurors and strikers make up for the personnel gap. We have three Aurors and six strikers here divided into three teams. Usually one team patrols, one team rests and serves as a reserve force, and one team sleeps. But because
The environment in Azkaban is too harsh, and we can only persevere if we try to make the place where we rest and live as good as possible."
"At first, the Ministry of Magic didn't want to spend this money, because the people who are willing to come here are usually Mock wizards or mixed-race wizards." The young witch named Susan said angrily. "Fortunately, we collectively expressed that if there is no corresponding protection,
If we refuse to come here, they can’t find anyone to replace us. In the end, they can only bite the bullet and spend money to prepare this for us.”
"I repeatedly told the Ministry of Magic that Azkaban did not need dementors, and that evil creatures like dementors would only be helpers for Voldemort's side. But magic never accepted my argument," Dumbledore said.
After hearing the word Voldemort, the two Ministry of Magic personnel in front of them shivered, and then the middle-aged wizard said, "But it's much better than before. When I sent the prisoners here, they were all covered with blood at the door.
Shivering, now you can only feel that way if you go to the prison cells on the top floor where there are dementors."
"Dong-dong." Just as Dumbledore was talking to the person in charge of Azkaban, there were three knocks on the other door in the hall, one long, two short, and short. The middle-aged wizard said to Dumbledore
Lido nodded apologetically, then walked to the door with the wand in hand.
"Lightning." The middle-aged wizard shouted.
"Thunder." A deep voice came from outside the door, and then the door opened. A wizard with some gray temples walked to the front immediately, and the two wizards behind walked in with Lucius Malfoy in prison uniform.