Chapter 192: Harry's Firebolt

On the second day back at school, Bella's escape from prison was exposed.

The Ministry of Magic wasn't able to keep it a secret.

There must have been a leak at some point, and the Prophet Daily was the first to report it as the front page headline.

On the cover of the newspaper, there were two pictures of Bellatrix and Sirius Black taking up most of the space.

With both of them wearing prison uniforms and crazy expressions on their faces, anyone who saw these two photos would tremble with fear.

Ministry of Magic, Minister's Office

Bang!

Fudge slammed the table hard and roared loudly at the officials in front of him.

"Who leaked this information?!"

"Do you all take my words as a joke?!"

Words starting with 'f' kept coming out of his mouth as Fudge couldn't contain his anger anymore..

Two days after Bellatrix escaped, Fudge quickly received the news and immediately blocked the spread of information.

But in just two days, the Daily Prophet published the news. When Fudge received the newspaper this morning, he almost fainted from anger.

As soon as he arrived at the Ministry of Magic, he called several officials who knew the details to his office and interrogated them one by one.

But in the end, everyone claimed to have kept their mouths shut and not told anyone.

Fudge could only feel helpless and angry, so he let out his anger.

As he slumped down in his chair, exhausted from cursing, he looked at the people in front of him and asked, "What are you planning to do about this?"

One bald official quickly said, "I've sent someone to find Rita Skeeter. As long as we pay her a certain amount of Galleons, she'll spin the story in a more positive light."

When Fudge heard Rita Skeeter's name, a surge of anger rushed to his head.

This person had already exposed numerous scandals in the Ministry of Magic, and each time she had solid evidence and reasons, making it impossible for Fudge to find a flaw in her.

He could only choose to spend money to avoid trouble, but he didn't expect her to expose it again this time.

With a helpless wave of his hand, Fudge signaled his subordinates to handle it that way and then let them leave.

First, there was Sirius Black, and now there is Bellatrix Lestrange. If this continues, Fudge feels that his position won't last long.

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Hogwarts.

The young wizards in the school also discovered that another prisoner had escaped from Azkaban, but they were becoming used to it.

After all, they had already experienced the escape of Sirius Black, so another Bellatrix Lestrange wasn't a big deal.

But one person had a strong reaction to the news, and that was Neville.

Since seeing the newspaper in the morning, Neville had become abnormally restless.

Even during the Potions class, he was in a daze when Snape stood behind him with a gloomy expression.

"It's understandable for Neville to have such a strong reaction. Neville's parents were tortured to madness by this person and another Death Eater, so it's normal for him to react this way when he hears her name."

Arthur explained it to Hermione and the others. Although everyone sympathized with Neville, no one could help in this situation.

Arthur also felt somewhat guilty inside. After all, he was the one who let her escape.

He decides to make Bellatrix suffer a little when the time comes and then heal Neville's parents.

That would be his way of making up for it.

"Arthur! Professor McGonagall wants you to go to her office!"

Fred and George ran over, panting heavily, and pulled Arthur along as they ran.

On the way, they explained the reason back and forth.

It turned out that during Christmas, Harry received a Firebolt broomstick, but the package didn't mention who sent it.

Professor McGonagall was worried about Harry's safety, so she temporarily confiscated the Firebolt to check on it.

When hearing this news, the members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team were furious.

It was a Firebolt broomstick, and if Harry had it, their chances of winning the championship this year would greatly increase.

But the headmaster confiscated it.

They all went to Professor McGonagall's office to plead their case.

Finally, Professor McGonagall got fed up and said that as long as the other heads of house and Arthur inspected it to ensure there were no problems, Harry would be allowed to use it.

That's when the scene just happened.

When Arthur arrived at the office, the four Heads of Houses were already there, and Harry was eagerly watching them.

The four of them were discussing something in low voices while surrounding the Firebolt.

"Gaunt, come and take a look."

Seeing Arthur come in, Professor Flitwick waved at him with a smile.

"We have already checked it once, and although we didn't find any traces of curse, we still want to hear your advice for the sake of safety."

The Heads of Houses knew Arthur's skills, and it can be said that they were not inferior to theirs or even better.

If Arthur said there was no problem, then Harry could use the broom.

Harry looked at Arthur with pleading eyes. Arthur took the broom and casually inspected it.

He already knew it was the Firebolt Sirius gave Harry, so he wasn't worried at all. +

e just couldn't reveal it.

After pretending to check a few times, Arthur summoned Furry as well.

"Professors, if there are any curses engraved on it, Furry, being a phoenix, would surely show hate towards it."

The Heads of Houses agreed, and even Snape nodded.

Fawkes didn't like Snape very much, so as the person involved, he had the right to speak.

Arthur had Furry stand on the Firebolt for a few minutes to show that it was completely fine.

The professors agreed that Harry could use the Firebolt.

When Professor McGonagall handed the Firebolt to Harry, he was ecstatic and almost jumped for joy.

Professor McGonagall was also happy. She had been strict because she was concerned about Harry's safety.

As a fanatic Quidditch fan, how could she not want her team to have a Firebolt broomstick?

"Use this broomstick well. I look forward to seeing your performance."

Harry nodded excitedly and tightly hugged the Firebolt.

And Snape's face turned even darker because the next match in February was between Slytherin and Gryffindor.

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