Albert found the whole matter highly unusual. It was only natural that the Chosen One Harry's wedding would draw attention, and his wife Ginny had only just come of age a few days ago, making her equally newsworthy.
What was more, the wedding had been forced to end early due to harassment by Death Eaters, so it was hardly strange for it to become a topic of conversation among wizards after dinner.
But it was very strange that the Wizarding Village still under construction had become such a hotly debated topic. It absolutely should not have received that much attention, let alone spawned a whole string of problems afterward.
Do not forget that Kingsley and the Aurors had attended Harry's wedding. They had clearly known about it all along.
What puzzled Albert most was that Kingsley, the Minister of Magic, had actually needed to intervene personally to suppress the Daily Prophet's reports on the matter.
No matter how he looked at it, it was strange.
After all, Rita Skeeter, who loved stirring up trouble, was still staying at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. Or was it because that Unlucky one had been hospitalized that the Daily Prophet had not dared rashly report on Harry, and had turned Avalon into a story instead?
Everything seemed so unreasonable. No, perhaps that very unreasonableness was reasonable in itself.
It could effectively help Albert eliminate some suspects. Besides, prying information from that reporter's mouth would not have been particularly difficult.
Before Albert could pay her a visit, the reporter responsible for writing the article was admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
The reason was simple: she had been controlled by a Death Eater's Imperius Curse.
Yes, the news had come from the Ministry of Magic—or rather, it