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"Oh my God, things are really a mess over there. They still haven't caught that fugitive?"

Daisy set a steaming cup of tea before Herb, picked up the Daily Prophet from the table, and flipped through the front-page news. She tilted her head toward Albert, looking him over as though checking whether he had been hurt.

"Just a little trouble."

"A little trouble? But it says here..." Daisy raised her brows slightly and read aloud from the newspaper. "The Ministry of Magic has neglected public safety, and Black remains at large. The Dementors stationed near Hogwarts failed to capture the fugitive Black. Instead, while carrying out their 'routine duties,' they threw Hogsmeade Station into chaos, injuring numerous students heading home."

"It's unbelievable that they actually let the Dementors suck away the students' happy emotions!"

One witness told reporters that the Ministry of Magic had no regard whatsoever for the safety of Hogwarts students. The Dementors' "routine duties" had caused shoving and trampling incidents at the station.

Fortunately, one student stepped forward and summoned a Patronus to drive away the Dementors, maintaining order on the platform in time.

"That Auror actually claimed that the student who drove away the Dementors and maintained order was obstructing the Ministry of Magic in the performance of its duties? Oh my God, does the Ministry's so-called 'performance of duties' mean standing by and watching students get hurt?" another witness accused the Ministry to reporters.

"My child was knocked over and trampled. It's unbelievable. Is this how the Ministry of Magic protects children by stationing Dementors near Hogwarts?" an emotional parent expressed their dissatisfaction.

"That brave young man who stepped forward to protect everyone ought to be rewarded. If not for him, it might have caused even more terrible chaos, and more students would have been