"Enough, quiet!"
In the Ministry of Magic Lobby, Minister Scrimgeour, who had been up all night and was forcing himself to stay alert, was holding an overnight press conference.
The previously noisy Ministry of Magic Lobby immediately fell silent, and the reporters all raised their microphones toward Scrimgeour.
"Next, I have three things to announce," Scrimgeour told the reporters before him. "Just moments ago, the Ministry of Magic successfully thwarted Lord Voldemort's prison-break plan, preventing them from releasing the prisoners held in Azkaban."
A round of applause followed.
Scrimgeour raised a hand to silence it and continued, "What I want to say is that they will still keep trying."
"Do you think Lord Voldemort will not give up on breaking the prisoners out?" a reporter raised his hand and asked.
"Obviously," Scrimgeour said with certainty. "Fortunately, most of the utterly vicious Dark wizards were executed after their trials. You will be grateful to me for doing that in the future."
"Minister, do you think Lord Voldemort will succeed in breaking them out?"
"As long as Lord Voldemort has not been completely destroyed, such things can happen. So you can shut up now and listen to me finish." Scrimgeour's tone was anything but friendly.
The reporters exchanged glances, shocked by Scrimgeour's rudeness. They had clearly won a great victory, so why was he in such a terrible mood instead?
"While the Ministry of Magic was successfully preventing Lord Voldemort from releasing the Azkaban prisoners, a group of Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts and attempted to assassinate Dumbledore." Ignoring the whispers outright, Scrimgeour continued, "No Hogwarts students were injured in the attack. Half an hour ago, the army of Inferi that invaded Hogwarts was completely cleared out with the help of Aurors. The Dementors were driven away as well. More than thirty Death