Audrey muttered quietly, "I thought you were just going to give him a scare."
Edward shrugged. "But if it really had been Voldemort, he would have gone much further than I did, right? At least I didn't kill anyone."
"True."
"Anyway, things have really blown up this time."
She handed Edward the newspaper.
According to the paper, a group of Dark Warlocks had attacked the Ministry of Magic yesterday afternoon. Minister Fudge had led the Aurors in a valiant resistance and been struck by multiple Dark Charms. He remained unconscious in hospital, and the Ministry was currently in chaos.
Even at a time like this, he hadn't forgotten to make himself look good. Fudge really was cut out to be a politician.
Edward curled his lip, then suddenly noticed another report below: earlier, to ensure the proper management of the Time-Turners, the Ministry of Magic had put Umbridge in charge of transporting them elsewhere. However, they had been attacked by Dark Warlocks en route. Three Aurors had died on the spot, and all the Time-Turners were missing.
"So the help Umbridge mentioned back then... was transporting the Time-Turners?"
Seriously, were they out of their minds? Why move them when they were perfectly fine where they were?
Moving them was one thing, but they even let someone rob them along the way. How useless could they be? Such a huge batch of Time-Turners falling into Dark Warlocks' hands was going to cause serious problems!
Edward rubbed his temples, recalling what Umbridge had said when she went to see Fudge: "Mr. Fudge, everything's taken care of! I guarantee Dumbledore won't be able to pull anything."
Could Dumbledore's earlier application for a Time-Turner have aroused Fudge's suspicions, prompting him to come up with this idiotic plan?
Damn it!
"Whoo!!!"
Just then, the Weasley