Chapter 657 Daily Prophet

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly, making the spacious office extremely bright.

The large desk was so polished that people could be reflected, and there was a list on the table, as well as a copy of today's Daily Prophet.

Ada was sitting on a high-backed chair, holding another list in her hand, yesterday's list of missing persons. She had to look at the names on the list every day, and even though Ada didn't like it, she kept doing it.

Putting down the missing list, she picked up the dead list again. After reading each name one by one, Ada breathed a sigh of relief - there was no one she was familiar with on it, and there was no name she didn't want to see.

From these two lists, we can see that Voldemort’s main targets are: the first target is definitely Muggle-born wizards, the second target is wizards who are close to Muggles or have a tendency to support Muggles, and the third target is wizards who resist Voldemort. .

In addition to these "purged" wizards, there were naturally Muggles who suffered persecution from Death Eaters.

It is said that when Mr. Weasley went to meet the Muggle Prime Minister, the list of dead and missing Muggles, as well as the continuous strange things in Britain, almost drove the Prime Minister crazy.

The raging tornadoes are caused by giants taking a walk, the frequent beast attacks are caused by werewolves to satisfy their appetites, the heavy fog that permeates the city is caused by dementors spreading despair, and the skyrocketing crime rate is caused by Death Eaters. carnival...

Faced with questions from the masses and difficulties from the upper and lower houses, the Muggle Prime Minister said: We are tired, destroy it, hurry up.

It is conceivable that once Voldemort wins the final victory, Britain will become a purgatory for Muggles, and Muggle lives will completely become food for werewolves and a tool for Death Eaters to make fun of.

Muggles do have technological and warfare levels that far exceed those of wizards, but wizards are unknown and mysterious existences to Muggles, and this is where mankind's greatest fear comes from.

When it comes to being ruled by unknown fear, whether Muggles can muster the courage to resist is more important than their advanced technological level.

Ada picked up the "Daily Prophet" again. Today's front page is no longer Dumbledore, nor the Ministry of Magic, nor dead or missing persons, but a huge photo - Regulus Black. Photo.

The photo was provided by the house elf Kreacher. Since he gave Kreacher the fake locket and Regulus' last letter, the old elf seems to have regained his second youth. Not only does he work much harder, but he also treats Sirius's attitude was completely reversed.

Sirius, who was teaching at Hogwarts, would see Kreacher's big bald nose when he opened his eyes every morning, hear Kreacher's "Good morning, Master Sirius," and Kreacher's loving breakfast carefully prepared.

The flattered Sirius was on pins and needles, frightened by Kreacher's behavior, and didn't know what to do.

Going back to the "Daily Prophet", Regulus in the photo was handsome and high-spirited. It was a photo taken when he first joined the Death Eaters.

At that time, he thought that Voldemort was the hero of pure-blood wizards, the leader who maintained the purity of wizards, and his idol.

The ideal is very plump, but the reality is very skinny, with a skinny texture that tingles on the hand.

Pure-blood wizards were tricked by Voldemort. Even if they recognized his true identity, they could not escape the control of the Dark Lord. They could only be coerced by the powerful Voldemort and continue his bloody and terrifying career.

The Daily Prophet did not explain anything about Horcruxes, nor did it explain the cause of Regulus's death. He only told in detail how he joined the Death Eaters and how he quit the organization in the end, and praised his courage to resist Voldemort's dark rule.

The entire report did not say that apart from quitting the Death Eaters, Regulus had done anything to resist Voldemort, but at the end of the report, it was revealed that Sir Merlin was considering posthumously awarding Regulus the Order of the First Class.

Some people may feel that the Ministry of Magic is setting an example and encouraging everyone to stand up to Voldemort. But in the eyes of insiders, this first-class medal speaks volumes.

The Order of Merlin is divided into three different levels -

The third-level medal: is used to recognize individuals who have "contributed to our knowledge base or entertainment industry". The color of the ribbon is white. Gilderoy Roanhardt was originally awarded the Medal of the Third Class, but it was withdrawn when he was imprisoned.

Second-level medal: used to commend "achievement or efforts beyond the ordinary", the color of the ribbon is purple. Newt Scamander is a holder of the Order of Merit Level 2, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the field of "Fantastic Beasts".

First Class Medal: Used to commend "outstanding bravery or outstanding achievements" in magic. The color of the ribbon is green.

I would like to ask, what kind of contribution did Regulus Black make to be posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class more than ten years after his death?

Just like Albus Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald, he also defeated the "most dangerous dark wizard"? Or like Tilly Tok, who saved scores of Muggles at Ilfracombe? Or, like Orabella Nutley, restore the Colosseum to prevent the wizarding world from being exposed?

Regulus did none of these things, he had no such heroic deeds.

Regulus has been dead for more than ten years, and it is even less likely that he will be awarded a first-class medal by donating a large sum of gold to the Ministry of Magic like Arcturus Black.

Why do you think this is? Why award a first-class medal to a person who has made no contribution?

People in the magic world are looking at things in the fog and can't figure out the reason. But Voldemort must know, as long as he sees or hears Regulus and the first-class medal, he will know why,

Back then, Voldemort needed a house elf to experiment with the mechanism in his cave, so he found Regulus and got Kreacher, the house elf of the Black family.

It's just that Voldemort never thought that Kreacher could escape from the cave, let alone that Regulus would dare to rebel against him and steal the Horcrux he had hidden in the cave.

Voldemort's arrogance made him suffer a lot, but he never realized it.

According to Sirius, the Black family knew nothing about the real cause of Regulus' death, and only assumed that he was killed because he wanted to escape from the Death Eaters.

Voldemort has always been merciless towards traitors.

However, Regulus was of such a level that Voldemort would not do it himself. It was more likely that he would send his Death Eaters.

After receiving the order, this Death Eater naturally wanted to find the whereabouts of Regulus and kill him. But Regulus was already dead in the cave at that time, and it was impossible for the Death Eaters to find him.

Failure to complete the task is very scary, and you will be punished by the Cruciatus Curse.

The Death Eater obviously didn't want to be punished, so he deceived his master Voldemort into thinking that he had killed Regulus.

Otherwise, knowing that Regulus was not killed by the Death Eaters, Voldemort would have thought that the secret of the cave had been exposed, and he would have slaughtered the Black family to find his stolen Horcruxes.

The Daily Prophet's report on Regulus was to remind Voldemort——

Nose and hairless Laofu, your Horcrux has been stolen and your secret can no longer be hidden. Do you still want to keep hiding it?

If you continue to endure it, your Horcruxes will be found and destroyed one by one.

When the time comes, will you still have the confidence to face Esmeralda Twisted Fate, and will you still have the confidence to face the "rival of fate" Harry Potter?

Get cool, Dark Lord!

Let the entire magical world feel your anger and your terror!