manynovel Chapter 570 Notice in the Castle
Chapter 570 Notice in the Castle
Chapter 570 Notice in the Castle
"Another escape has occurred in Azkaban, with more than fifteen Death Eaters successfully escaping, including Amicus Kalo and Alecto Kalo —"
Early that morning, students who had just gotten up and were getting ready to have breakfast saw huge notices in the corridor.
Almost everyone was startled by what was said above.
"Another Death Eater escaped? This must be fake!"
"It's definitely fake. If Death Eaters really had escaped, the Daily Prophet would have told us immediately."
"Not necessarily. Look here, it has Dumbledore's signature."
"The signature might be fake."
"Do you think anyone would dare to forge Headmaster Dumbledore's signature at Hogwarts?"
"Hmm, that makes sense."
"Could what's written here be true? Another Death Eater has really escaped from prison?"
I think it should be ————
"When did Azkaban become a knight bus? What are those idiots in the Ministry of Magic doing?!"
The discussions inside the castle hadn't stopped since morning.
And just as Siron had thought, after adding Dumbledore's name, most people didn't doubt the contents of the document, and a strange fear and anger began to spread rapidly throughout the castle.
People fear that the Death Eaters will continue to cause trouble as they did a decade or so ago, and they are even more furious at the Ministry of Magic's inaction, which has resulted in three prison breaks in recent years.
Have those Dementors become mere decorations?
There was noise in the castle, and there was also noise in the principal's office.
"Dolores, I never posted any notices," Dumbledore said to the furious Umbridge, dressed in pink strawberry pajamas. "In fact, I was chatting with some old friends at the Romanian Ministry of Magic last night and only returned half an hour ago."
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"I think Connelly should know that, or did the receptionist not tell him where I was?"
"But those notices all have your name on them," Umbridge said angrily. "How do you explain that? And just because you're not at Hogwarts doesn't mean you can't have someone else do it."
"It's just a name, Dolores." Snape looked at Umbridge with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot. "Besides, my name isn't complicated. With a quill pen, even a newly enrolled wizard could write it."
Umbridge paused for a moment, seemingly only then realizing that the notices only had one name on them, but no Hogwarts or Dumbledore's magic seal.
She didn't even know if Dumbledore had written the name himself.
Umbridge strode forward and rudely grabbed a thick stack of parchment from the table, searching for Dumbledore's autograph.
Dumbledore didn't mind her behavior at all, and even thoughtfully helped her find what she wanted.
Looking at Dumbledore's flamboyant signature and then at the deliberately imitated cursive script on the announcement, Umbridge finally realized that she seemed to have been tricked.
"Damn it, fire him! This kind of person must be fired!" she shrieked, looking like an angry groundhog.
"Calm down, Dolores," Dumbledore said calmly. "Of course, I agree with your decision. Forging the headmaster's signature and causing chaos in the school is indeed an offense deserving of expulsion."
Umbridge's eyes lit up.
"Then you agree to me taking Weasley—"
"If you can catch him!" Dumbledore suddenly raised his voice, interrupting Umbridge before he could finish speaking.
"What did you say?" Umbridge asked, squinting.
"If only you could catch him," Dumbledore repeated, sighing. "That guy must be up to noon to post so many notices. It's a shame I fall asleep at night, otherwise I would have gone to catch him myself."
Umbridge's face immediately fell. She knew Dumbledore was up to his old tricks again, asking her for evidence instead of directly expelling the culprit.
A few minutes later, Umbridge angrily left the principal's office.
By this time, Filch had torn down almost all the notices in the castle.
When it was time for breakfast, Umbridge summoned everyone to the Great Hall and announced that the contents of the announcement were false and had nothing to do with Dumbledore.
She also threatened everyone, no matter who it was, that anyone who discussed this matter at Hogwarts would be expelled immediately if discovered.
It must be said that her words were quite effective, especially after Professor McGonagall also stated that Dumbledore had never posted any notices, most of the students immediately started cursing the person who posted the notices.
And all day long, no one dared to discuss this matter anymore; it was as if nothing had happened.
Umbridge, who had been observing from the shadows, also breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although she didn't understand how the other party knew about the Azkaban prison break, she managed to gloss over the matter, so there was no problem.
She didn't expect that the same large notices would reappear in every corner of Hogwarts Castle the next day.
Moreover, this time there were not only more of them, but they also used magic glue, making them stick together incredibly firmly.
Filch took a shovel and struggled for half an hour before he could barely scrape off a single sheet.
There are hundreds more of the same notices in the castle; at this rate, he probably won't be able to clean them all up in a month.
Umbridge berated Filch for being an idiot and decided to handle it herself; it was just magic glue, she could easily take care of it with a single spell.
Half an hour later, Umbridge went back into the principal's office on the eighth floor.
"Oh, Dolores, have you caught the culprit?"
"What, we're going to deal with the notices in the castle ourselves? Of course, I have no objection. In fact, Minerva and Pomona have already done it. You know it's not difficult; a simple melting spell can render the magical glue ineffective."
Umbridge stormed off again.
Fortunately, Professors McGonagall and Sprout acted quickly, and those annoying notices were cleared away once again.
That night, Umbridge didn't sleep a wink, patrolling the castle with Filch, trying to catch the man who had repeatedly provoked her.
The result, naturally, was nothing.
What Umbridge found even more unacceptable was that the notices reappeared on the morning of the third day.
Although the number of these posters was much smaller than the previous two times, only about a dozen, they were all placed in the most conspicuous places in the castle, and they were even permanently pasted with a spell.
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