You've Been Expelled from School!

Early in the morning, many wizards, as usual, sat at their tables, picked up their coffee, and took out the Daily Prophet.

Based on the reading habits developed over the past six months, everyone was eagerly looking for reports about Rita.

He was cursing Rita while searching... He even cut off the chapter at a crucial point in the plot, which was bad enough, but he's also stopped updating for the past two days!

He said he was so poor he couldn't afford food and needed to work part-time at Akali's Mystery Shop.

"No money my foot... Rita, that woman, all she does is play the victim."

It's obvious they say one thing to your face and another behind your back, one thing in London and one thing in Paris.

If we didn't not know where she lived, a sorcerer would have tried to kidnap her and lock her in Little Black.

And then... naturally, if they didn't write the report, they wouldn't get any food!

But after seeing the headlines today, everyone was completely baffled.

It's not that Rita is finding another excuse to stop updating, but rather that the "You-Know-Who Returns" series of reports has been temporarily suspended.

Change to the latest breaking news:

Death Eaters Escape: The Tragedy of Azkaban

The subtitle is as outrageous as ever:

Death Eaters escape from prison on a snowy night; Stark punches You-Know-Who.

And that photo still catches the eye:

Stark and the Dark Lord faced off.

The backdrop behind the two— Azkaban prison—has cracked.

The words literally meant a split; the buildings collapsed, and the island was separated by magic.

Such explosive news right off the bat instantly whetted the wizards' appetites.

Rita's writing remains outstanding, and her ability to distort the truth is exceptional.

Voldemort, who clearly came alone, is portrayed in her writing as leading a large force to attack Azkaban.

William and Hermione arrived after hearing the news and stopped him in time.

At the end of her article, Rita also mentioned Madam Bones, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, who led the support team.

As for Minister Fudge... on Christmas Eve, he had a secret rendezvous with a Ministry of Magic intern.

The ultimate level of deception is nine parts truth and one part falsehood. Rita's reports, accompanied by photos, were mostly true.

Therefore, the part about the Ministry of Magic interns is naturally true.

For a time, public opinion was overwhelmingly critical of Fudge.

The Daily Prophet is deliberately stirring up trouble to attract attention.

The first version was Rita's report, and the second version was the Ministry of Magic's official clarification.

Fudge attributed the incident to Black, calling him the third Dark Lord who seduced the Dementor and orchestrated the prison break.

As for the rumors of the You-Know-Who's resurrection, they remain pure fabrication.

It's a small group! A bunch of malicious anti-government elements, fabricating fake news!

This matter even involved interference from foreign forces... such as their long-time enemy France.

The same newspaper presented two different versions of the same story.

Who is lying?

You don't need a high IQ to tell the difference... because there's a saying that's been around in Britain for a long time.

The First Law of Politics:

Only statements that are officially denied are credible.

The official denial of You-Know-Who prison break actually proves that... it did indeed happen.

Tsk tsk... This is the bitter fruit of the Ministry of Magic's declining credibility.

Many wizards are already urging Fudge to step down.

For a time, the political situation within the United Kingdom Ministry of Magic was unusually turbulent.

William, the mastermind behind it all, suddenly fell silent, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

In fact, the day after her conversation with Fudge, Hermione announced on William's behalf that all visitors should be turned away.

He's a patient now and should focus on recovering, not meeting with some shady officials.

"If you dare to wander around again, I'll break your legs."

Hmm... that's what Lyanna said.

Anne brought it for Lyanna —a bright red, vividly colored, and exceptionally energetic-looking Howler.

William was actually more curious about how Lyanna, who didn't know magic, managed to create the Howler!

That brat Anne, she always manages to badmouth William, and she always succeeds.

William has decided to unilaterally cancel her Christmas gift this year.

Why is it one-sided?

She had already picked out the gift she wanted from her brother's treasures.

Christmas is here, and St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is filled with a festive atmosphere:

The bright crystal bubbles turned red and gold, shimmering like giant Christmas balls.

Holly bushes hung at every doorway, and Christmas trees, magically covered in snow and icicles, Winky in every corner, with a shimmering gold star atop each branch.

Thanks to Rita's report, many people now know that William was hospitalized.

So, all the gifts were sent to the hospital.

This year, there was much less chocolate; instead, a large number of greeting cards were sent as a form of support.

Many wizards also offered William various "professional" opinions based on the symptoms they read about in books.

It has a similar feel to "Baidu cures diseases".

Besides cards and suggestions, giving blood pendants as gifts has surprisingly become popular again this year.

This type of pendant is said to be able to "ward off disasters."

The method of use is to prick your finger and drip fresh blood into it to create the effect of a red pendant.

Okay, it's either chocolates laced with Amortentia or pendants with menstrual blood... William feels like none of his fans are normal.

Fortunately, the gifts from the other people were much more normal.

Anne gave her a complete set of Chocolate Frog cards she had collected, which naturally included Stark and Granger.

These two cards have an extremely low drop rate, and their price on the black market has already reached hundreds of Galleon.

William treated Anne to a meal of roasted chestnuts, praising her for her act of informing on him.

Hermione sent over a turkey she had made herself, which was for dinner.

There's a suspicion that her mother helped her, because... the color looks pretty good.

William gave Hermione a Pensieve, into which he placed many memories about the curse, so she could review them at her leisure.

Phoebe gave her a blue conch shell containing Veela's singing voice, which was excellent for putting people to sleep.

William made a fourth Safety Watch and gave it to her.

As for Professor Snape, William gifted him a set of photographs.

There are many group photos... most of them feature Lily as an adult.

Because Snape had almost no photos of Lily as an adult.

Lily was mixed in with a bunch of group photos, and when William was collecting them, no one else noticed anything unusual.

Otherwise, collecting photos of classmates' mothers... sounds really strange.

Snape finally delivered a few drops of Potions as usual this year; it's rare to find someone as stingy as him.

However, Professor Snape also provided a crucial piece of information:

Voldemort is going to Durmstrang in person.

The meaning was self-evident, and William immediately issued a warning to Sirius.

Although there's no time or place specified, we really can't ask for too much.

William had heard Professor Lupin mention that Sirius had lured Snape to the Shrieking Shack on the night of the full moon.

James stopped him in the end.

For Professor Snape to go to such lengths out of such deep-seated hatred... what more could you ask for!

Of course, what William looked forward to most was always Dumbledore's gift.

William waited all day, and in the evening, after eating turkey and drinking some wine with Hermione... just as they were getting ready for bed, a letter arrived.

It means two things:

While Fudge was still in office, in a fit of rage, he instructed Umbridge to use Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four to expel William.

Dumbledore officially hired William as the professor of Ancient Runes at Hogwarts.

He dropped out of school, then got a permanent position!

William had only one word in his mind:

Holy crap! (Some kind of Christmas present)

(Please give me recommendation votes and monthly tickets, everyone!)

Thank you to the generous donor "Daoyou Qing Liubu You!" for the donation.