The Plot That Came to Nothing

"My mother and her two brothers probably don't get along very well. I've never heard their names or seen their pictures at home," Ryan said Ron a dry laugh after a long silence.

"They have a good relationship. Your mother just doesn't dare to mention it. She can't bear the pain of losing a loved one." Ryan patted Ron on the shoulder, a rare occurrence for him.

"I was wrong."

"This must be Neville's mother." Hermione, her eyes welling up with tears, said. Her round, friendly face looked exactly like Neville's.

She understood the meaning behind Ryan releasing the photo—it made her realize that there are truly people in this world whose deaths make the world feel that justice is served.

"The laws of the Ministry of Magic are sometimes really strange."

"A wizard who uses any of the three Unforgivable Curses on a wizard (without permission) shall be sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban."

"And what about these Death Eaters?"

"They destroyed so many families and did countless bad things, yet their fate was no different from that of a wizard who used Unforgivable Curses."

"What's most frightening is that Dumbledore and your father Ron don't think there's anything wrong with it."

"These are all their comrades who sacrificed their lives in the photo!"

"They've changed so many laws in the last few months, but nothing has changed on this issue," Harry said disappointedly.

"I understand why Neville said I understood."

"If it were me, I would want to kill my enemy with my own hands," Harry sighed.

"Harry!"

"Professor Riddle and Dumbledore are with Voldemort, you don't need to take the risk."

"Voldemort is not the same as those Death Eaters in Azkaban who don't have wands and can't fight back." Ron shook Harry's shoulder.

"I defeated Voldemort once when I was in first grade."

"In a little over two months, I will finish taking that Potions."

"Back then, I was confident I could beat him." Harry pushed Ron's hands away, his eyes Spark with confidence.

"It's all because—wait, where are Ryan and Hermione?" Ron looked in surprise at Ryan's original spot.

The photos in mid-air, as well as the figures of Ryan and his group, have all disappeared.

The quiet environment returned to its previous noise, and without Ryan's concealment magic, Ron's voice attracted the attention of some people.

"Didn't you notice just now?"

"Why didn't anyone notice when we just posted photos and had a conversation here?"

"And there's no sound of other people talking in the classroom?"

"It's obviously because of Ryan." Harry rolled his eyes at Ron, who looked surprised at being stared at.

"Well, they left without saying goodbye." Ron pouted.

"Our priority now is to find Hagrid."

"Ask about the specifics of Azkaban."

"Class has ended a while ago." Harry pulled Ron's left hand and walked towards the door, causing Ron to almost stumble.

"I also want to write a letter to my father."

"I want to give him advice."

"Those Death Eaters, and all those with the same grave sins as them, deserve to die!" Ron added.

"Hey, you're just like me."

"Didn't you say— 'I'm not a crybaby like you who's always looking for his dad'?'" Draco said, mimicking Ron's tone at the time.

"What are you doing here?" Ron rolled his eyes and slapped Draco's hand off his shoulder.

"Wasn't Azkaban missing?"

"Everyone's talking about it now."

"I knew as soon as I heard it that you would all guess that this was Voldemort's trick."

"You're still going to Hagrid's place, aren't you?" Draco said shrewdly, looking like a fox who had just stolen a chicken.

"How did you know?" Ron exclaimed, his eyes widening in disbelief.

In that instant, he began to wonder if Draco, like Harry, could Prophecy.

They even began to wonder if the Malfoy family had any Seer, and whether they had any marriage ties with the descendants of Seer.

However, if Ron had noticed Harry's calm expression, he wouldn't have overthinked it.

"You definitely need to consult with someone."

"Snape, Harry, you wouldn't dare, let alone Ron."

"And Lupin, he's nowhere to be found all day."

"It's just Hagrid who's been staying in the house taking care of Araspaide and Hephaestus lately." Draco couldn't help but laugh out loud at Ron's dim-wittedness.

"Hey!"

"Take your hand away!" Ron said, annoyed, swatting away Draco's hand that was touching his head.

"I'm serious!"

"Draco, don't you think Death Eaters..." Seeing that Draco didn't believe him, Ron stopped and repeated what Harry had just said.

"Is this something you could have imagined?" Draco asked in surprise, picking at his ear as if he had misheard.

"Although it was Harry who said that."

"You—don't—laugh!"

"I was just thinking about that!"

"Didn't I just answer why I didn't realize what you were saying?!" Ron clenched his fist and made a gesture as if to raise it to hit Draco.

"Okay, okay, I won't laugh."

"Actually, this is quite normal, after all, Pure-blood are often related by marriage, and the Ministry of Magic has a large number of Pure-blood."

"It's quite normal to leave loopholes in the law for yourself and your descendants."

"Haven't you noticed that the law stipulates that using the Unforgivable Curses will land you in jail? If Pure-blood commits this, an investigation will reveal that they have been controlled by the Imperius Curse."

Draco scoffed at the sordid deeds of those self-proclaimed Pure-blood noble wizards, shaking his head as he spoke.

"Hmm, is there anything else?"

"After I finish asking Hagrid, I'm going to tell my dad all of this," Ron said earnestly.

"Besides?"

"Oops!"

"I almost forgot!"

"Flint's matter!" Draco stopped again and patted the wall.

"You pale-skinned little bastard, how dare you provoke your great Sir Cadogan!" Draco's actions prompted a knight on a pony on the wall to utter profanities.

"What's up?"

"The match is tomorrow. Could this guy be plotting something against our Ravenclaw Team?" Harry frowned.

"No, it's a good thing."

"This is also related to the disappearance of Azkaban."

"He originally intended to use his family connections to threaten Richard House, your team's new goalkeeper—by influencing House's father's job."

"But the Azkaban affair kept the Flint family from dealing with Flint's trivial matters."

"Because it is said that they have a relative in Azkaban."

"They originally wanted to pull some strings and get him into a low-prison prison—'The Cage '."

"Of course, this is also because he actually used the Imperius Curse, and as a result, he was reported. They gave him all the resources, including Galleons, but then this happened."

"Anyway, we don't have to worry about Flint causing trouble in tomorrow's game," Draco said, half-laughing and half-crying.

He found Flint's affair quite ridiculous.