Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 333: Pale as Paper

The party ended around 8pm.

As the other guests left, my brother and I, the Malfoys, and Theodore stayed until the very end. The reason was simple - we were having so much fun talking that we couldn't stop.

Seeing this, Sirius thoughtfully arranged for the house elves to prepare some sandwiches and snacks and send them to the reception room. After all, at the party, only appetizers could be eaten, which obviously could not fill the stomach.

Bill and the other adults sat aside, drinking lightly, seemingly discussing something complicated. Even if we pricked up our ears, we couldn't hear what was being said, probably because of a silencing spell. All the adults had serious expressions on their faces, and it was clear that the topic was not a lighthearted one.

On our side, the children sat together, filling their bellies with sandwiches and pumpkin juice, and continued to chat. Surprisingly, Patsy and Theodore got along very well.

In this peaceful atmosphere, a "blockbuster bomb" suddenly dropped.

With a crisp "click", Kreacher appeared in the reception room and respectfully handed over a letter.

"My Lord, I am very sorry to interrupt your conversation. An urgent letter has arrived from the Ministry of Magic."

"Ministry of Magic?"

Sirius frowned and took the envelope. After taking a look, his expression became more serious.

"It's a letter from Fudge... I have a bad feeling about it."

I glanced at the letter and noticed that the color of the sealing wax was red.

The Ministry of Magic's envelope wax comes in three colours:

?Blue, for communication on ordinary matters;

Yellow, for collaboration notifications involving professional requests;

?Red is only used in emergencies and is extremely rare.

Sirius obviously knew what this meant, for he tore open the envelope on the spot and began to read.

It turned out to be a wise move.

"what happened?!"

Sirius' roar was accompanied by a strong wave of magical power that impacted the entire room.

We looked back and saw him holding the letter, his face full of anger, while the Malfoys beside him were as pale as paper. Even Bill had a stern expression, and his originally gentle face was replaced by tense lines.

"What's wrong, Sirius?"

Harry asked tentatively, and Sirius seemed to calm down a little, and the magic he emitted slowly converged.

After a brief silence, he spoke in a low and serious voice:

"...a mass prison break has occurred in Azkaban. The Dark Lord's most loyal followers... have escaped."

"what?!"

Harry was stunned for a moment, but Percy's scream brought him back to reality.

"Azkaban escape?! Impossible!"

I couldn't help but tremble as I spoke, with undisguised fear in my voice: "Who... who escaped?"

Sirius took a deep breath and said three names:

"Bella Lestrange, her husband Rodolphus... and, Peter Pettigrew."

I felt a dry "crack" in my throat and my heart seemed to be hit hard by something.

At this moment, I realized one thing - we are about to enter the third grade, which also means that the story of "Prisoner of Azkaban" has begun.

My memory after that was a little fuzzy. When I came to my senses, I was already sitting in the guest room of the old Black house, Bill gently holding me on his lap to comfort me. And I learned that I would continue to stay here for the entire summer vacation. My luggage had been sent by Oliver and packed in a magic suitcase.

And the bigger news is that the Malfoy family and Theodore were also placed in the Black mansion.

It turned out that Lucius Malfoy personally asked Sirius for asylum. He promised that he would never serve the Dark Lord again, and asked for protection for his family on the condition that he would never serve the Dark Lord again, especially because he was sure that Bella would hunt them down. As a witness, Bill supervised Lucius's unbreakable "Breaking Curse" to completely sever his ties with the Death Eaters.

In the end, the Malfoy family was completely free from the "darkness", and Draco was able to avoid the fate of becoming a Death Eater.

However, I know nothing about the future.

This is what scares me the most.