Chapter 385 Snape's Credibility

The facts are indeed as Dumbledore said.

The Ministry of Magic did not suppress the news that Azkaban had fallen, or they could not suppress it even if they wanted to.

On the second day, almost all wizards in the British magic world saw the news in the Daily Prophet at the breakfast table.

At the same time when the news came out, the Death Eaters who had been walking in the sun blatantly also broke out with the Aurors in the first violent conflict after Voldemort's resurrection.

According to Scrimgeour's plan, the Aurors detected the escape location of the large-scale prison-breaking Death Eaters through the Apparition detection magic set up by the Ministry of Magic in the UK, and Voldemort led the Death Eaters to ambush in the manor in Wales instead of moving their positions immediately.

Although the Aurors were careful enough, the two sides still had a large-scale battle with more than a hundred people near the manor.

The injuries Sherlock caused to Voldemort two months ago seemed to have been completely healed. Under the leadership of a ceiling-level dark wizard like him, the Aurors had to retreat after a hard battle.

The result of this battle could not be concealed. Even though the name of Voldemort made most wizards in the magic world turn pale, there was still no shortage of his followers in this land.

Even if the news of the Daily Prophet had not yet come out, the news of the Death Eaters' victory had already spread thoroughly.

This easily destroyed the situation and public opinion that the Ministry of Magic had tried its best to stabilize for more than two months, and the British wizards and people fell into panic again.

Such emotions even affected the students in Hogwarts.

In the first week of the semester, the castle was full of discussions about the conflict between the Death Eaters and the Aurors, and even some professors were discussing it in private.

Dumbledore spent less time in the castle.

Not only did he have to continue to look for clues about the Horcruxes, but he also had to coordinate the actions of the Order of the Phoenix.

Fortunately, even without him, under the management of Professor McGonagall, the vice-president, there would be no major chaos in Hogwarts.

The only hidden dangers were the students from pure-blood families in Slytherin College. The entire Serpentine College became quiet in such an environment.

This is obviously different from their usual habit of confronting Gryffindor. After all, among these people, many of their families are followers of Voldemort. They have been educated in pure blood theory since childhood, and they are out of place in the castle compared with students from other colleges.

Even Sherlock, a professor, noticed this situation.

In his class, students from the Serpentine College have become silent and their enthusiasm has dropped a lot compared to the Qi.

There are even a few students who look at him with hatred.

This naturally includes Draco Malfoy, who has become a prefect this year.

Although Sherlock doesn't care about their attitude, such a change still makes him more vigilant.

With Voldemort's character without bottom line, he may use these students to make some small moves in Hogwarts.

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It rained for a few days in Hogwarts in September.

And in such bad weather, Harry and his friends finished their first potion class after entering the fifth grade.

Harry thought that his potion class would be easier this semester after seeing Snape attend the Order of the Phoenix meeting during the summer vacation, but the reality was exactly the opposite of what he thought.

When preparing the potion, he made a small mistake in his operation, and was caught by Snape as an example.

This class was shared with Slytherin, and Draco's shrill laughter and Snape's cold humiliation sounded in Harry's ears.

"I know you forgot the hellebore, Potter, which means this crucible of garbage is useless. Vanish without a trace."

Harry's potion disappeared in an instant, and he could only stand stupidly beside an empty crucible. Then Snape didn't even bother to look at him, turned around and walked towards the podium while speaking in that indifferent tone.

"All students who have read the instructions carefully, put your potion samples into a short-necked flask, carefully label your name, and bring it to my podium for inspection."

"Homework - write a twelve-inch long paper on parchment, discussing the properties of moonstone and its use in medicine, due on Thursday."

Harry's classmates were filling short-necked flasks with potions, and he put them away one by one, feeling very angry.

His potion was no worse than Ron's, whose crucible now smelled like rotten eggs; nor was it worse than Neville's, whose potion had become hard, like freshly mixed cement, and he had to use force to dig it out of the crucible.

But it was him, Harry, who got zero points for today's homework.

After handing in the potion, Hermione and Ron followed him and doubted Snape.

"I thought he would be more lenient with you this year." Hermione said it very obscurely. There were other students around them, but only in this way could Harry and Ron understand.

Ron complained, "I always thought Dumbledore was crazy to believe Snape. What proof is there that he really doesn't work for You-Know-Who anymore?"

Just as they were talking and walking out of the classroom, they suddenly saw Sherlock in the corridor outside the door, who seemed to have been waiting here for a while.

After Sherlock saw the three of them, his expression was obviously surprised.

"I originally wanted to find a student to help deliver a message and ask you to come to my office after today's class. Unexpectedly, Severus's class is for you. It just saves me from looking for someone to help. . Come after dinner in the evening, don’t forget.”

Harry was a little confused when he heard Sherlock's words, but this was not a good place to ask questions, so he could only agree first, and then said goodbye to Sherlock with Ron, Hermione, and the others.

Just before they walked up the stairs, all three of Harry saw Sherlock heading towards Snape who had just finished class.

Obviously he didn't come here specifically to wait for Harry, but to see Snape.

"I really don't understand why Professor Forrest and the others would trust Snape so much." Ron said again, "Do they really not care about what Snape has done? I'm sure they There’s that person’s mark on his arm too!”

"I think Dumbledore and Professor Forrester probably got enough evidence, although he didn't show it to you, Ron." Hermione said bluntly.