Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures - H.P.S.T Chapter 865: Full Counterattack

In the room, the moonlight was filtering in through the grimy window, and everyone could only see the fuzzy outlines of the others.

Under the quilt, Evan was gently kneading and playing with Hermione’s delicate and dainty foot.

The delicate skin, the fleshy instep, the creamy pink soles, the petite toes tightly close together…

Hermione’s foot was not big, and the widest part was not as big as Evan’s palm.

It was very well-proportioned, smooth and round, as though boneless, good at touch.

What started as a casual gesture, however, became something he didn’t want to let go once held in his hand.

Evan’s movements were very light, just gently kneading, but Hermione seemed to be greatly stimulated.

A feeling of itching and numbness spread from the sole of her foot, especially at the thought that everyone was paying close attention to discussing Voldemort and Azkaban, but she and Evan were secretly doing such things, and the sense of shame increased linearly.

Hermione did not dislike it, but she was rather shy. She wanted to retract her foot, but Evan didn’t let go.

She didn’t dare to use any force, and she had to keep a normal appearance as though nothing was happening, for fear of being discovered…

With Evan’s movements going on, Hermione’s strength was fading. If this continued, she would fall into Evan’s arms again like that night.

If she’d known, she would have worn socks instead of being barefoot.

No, if she had worn socks, Evan could also take them off…

“Ah!”

It might be that Evan used a little more strength, and she couldn’t help but yelled softly.

Hermione thought it was going to be bad, but no one noticed her. Everyone was immersed in the Dementors’ allegiance to Voldemort.

It was a normal reasoning, but they didn’t think of it until Evan said it. Or to be more precise, they didn’t dare to think about it.

“If the Dementors join You-Know-Who, will Peter Pettigrew come out too…?”

Ron wrinkled his nose, recalling his bad memories.

They all still remembered what Peter Pettigrew had done.

He’d once killed a whole street of Muggles and put the blame on Sirius. He’d hidden in Weasleys’ house as a rat for thirteen years. In order to escape Sirius’s hunt again, he’d used the Imperius Curse to control Ron and planned a series of conspiracies at school.

Whenever Ron recalled this experience, he put all these things and terrible thoughts on Peter.

This made him feel better, and he even blamed him for ordinary things he’d done.

He had really thought Peter was a pet rat. He thought about every night he slept alone with him. He even slept in the same bed with Scabbers. Ron felt that this evil Dark wizard must have done something to him…

“Peter Pettigrew is not the only prisoner in Azkaban,” said Harry, with a strange, gloomy feeling deep in his heart.

He remembered seeing Barty Crouch Jr. and Bellatrix during the trial last semester in the Pensieve. She was a tall woman of white skin, and heavily-lidded eyes with long eyelashes. She was also said to be a relative of Sirius.

She was on trial at the time and publicly stated that she continued to be loyal to Voldemort, and said that she was proud of her trying to find him after Voldemort lost power, and that she firmly believed that she would be rewarded for her loyalty one day.

Now that Voldemort was back, she must be released too and get the coveted reward.

“Yeah, among the many prisoners in Azkaban, Peter Pettigrew is certainly not the most dangerous!” said Evan in agreement, “He has more or less conscience, and has a weak personality, mediocre ability, and he’s easy to deal with. He’s only the worst among the Death Eaters. You’ve all seen the methods of Barty Crouch Jr., in fact, there are many prisoners as dangerous as him in Azkaban … even crazier.”

“We should tell Dumbledore about this and let him be prepared,” said Harry.

“Since even us, we’ve thought of it, Dumbledore must have known it too.” Hermione shook her head and said, “He must have told the Ministry too, but Fudge won’t believe him, he must think he’s talking nonsense.”

“Then what should we do? Watch Azkaban jailbreak and do nothing?”

There was silence. If Fudge didn’t want to believe them, there was really no way.

It was impossible for the Order of the Phoenix to take care of Azkaban. If they did so, they would face Dementors, Death Eaters, and a large number of Dark wizards from inside and outside, and the entire army would be wiped out.

“It’s not that there is no way. We can publicize this matter in public opinion and force the Ministry of Magic to take action,” said Evan slowly. “It’s hard to say how effective it’ll be, but it’s not as though we have no defense at all. Harry’s attack by Dementors is a good opportunity to make everyone realize that the Dementors are not reliable and there are already Dementors out of the control of the Ministry of Magic.”

“But the Ministry of Magic does not allow our newspaper to publish these things.”

“He just said that it is not allowed to publish the story of Voldemort’s return. Furthermore, Fudge’s control of public opinion is not legal,” said Evan. “This is the right that the Minister of magic can exercise when there is a war in the wizarding world, but Fudge is not willing to admit that the war has begun. So he has no right to restrict our freedom of speech.”

“What are you going to do, Evan?”

“Directly print and distribute this report, and on this basis, publish all the things that the Ministry of Magic does not want to disclose.”

“But if the Ministry of Magic stops…”

“Then we will sue and fight them according to their own laws,” said Evan firmly.

By doing so, the wizarding world could be prepared ahead of time, so as not to be alarmed by Voldemort’s sudden appearance.

“Anyway, it’s time to start fighting back!” Evan continued, “We can’t do nothing and watch the worst happen. When the members of the Order of the Phoenix fight Death Eaters on the frontal battlefield, we have a public opinion war. By the way, I think we can find Rita Skeeter to write the story about Harry’s attack. She’s the most famous reporter. Although it’s usually made up, many people are willing to believe what she writes. At the same time, she will certainly be willing to help us…”

Since her identity of Animagus had been discovered by Evan and Hermione, Rita had been unemployed until now.

She definitely needed a new job now, and Evan also needed her help to fight back against the Ministry of Magic. In the six months since Voldemort’s resurrection, the crackdown on them by the Ministry of magic had reached its peak, and now it was time to fight back.

Because of their status, Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix did not have many things they could do, nor were they capable of doing them.

But Evan was not restricted. They couldn’t put him in Azkaban just because he was telling the truth.

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