The Hogwarts graduation feast took place as scheduled.
Neither Peter Pettigrew's escape from the Ministry of Magic's underground cells nor the mockery directed at the British Ministry of Magic by the French Ministry of Magic's mouthpiece, the Sweet Iris Times, had the slightest effect on it.
In fact, compared with Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban, Peter Pettigrew's escape from the Ministry of Magic caused far less of a stir.
First of all, it had to be said that the British Ministry of Magic really did a lousy job of its everyday work. It had therefore long since planted the notion that the Ministry was unreliable in people's minds, especially those of the younger generation of wizards.
Since the people at the Ministry were unreliable, one of their prisoners escaping hardly seemed like a big deal. A wizard who escaped from a place like that hardly seemed worth paying attention to either.
Compared with Black, who had endured more than a decade of torment by Dementors in Azkaban and escaped from an isolated island far out at sea without a wand, Peter's escape was downright pathetic.
Of course, if the young wizards had known that Peter had escaped right in front of Madam Bones and Scrimgeour, their views might have changed a little.
But of course, a French newspaper could not possibly obtain such important information from within the British Ministry of Magic.
Besides, compared with Peter's family, the Black family had far more influence in wizarding circles. They were also a renowned family of Dark Magic practitioners.
Sirius Black inherently struck people as far more dangerous than Peter. Of course, that was indeed the case. In terms of magical proficiency, Black had been at least a level above Peter back then.
But no one knew how things stood now. Black's