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“Probably so.” Zicomo nodded.

"No, I have to tell everyone about this."

Harry stood up to leave, but Zicomo pressed him down.

“Harry, it’s no use. Most people don’t believe Trelawney’s prophecy, and even if some do, we can’t change anything. After all, the prophecy doesn’t mention who the servant who broke free of his chains is. Voldemort has many henchmen, and we can’t possibly pay attention to them all.”

Seeing Harry's worried expression, Zicomo offered a word of comfort.

"Don't worry, Harry. If you're really worried, you can write a letter to Dumbledore. Do you know why Dumbledore left Hogwarts?"

It's because he discovered Voldemort's trail. He's now searching for Voldemort in the forest foretold in the prophecy, and it won't be so easy for the servant mentioned in the prophecy to meet with Voldemort.

Harry breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. He decided to write to Dumbledore as soon as he got back, telling him about the prophecy and hoping that Dumbledore could stop the so-called servant from joining forces with Voldemort.

…………

The next day, Harry hurriedly took the newspaper to Zicomo.

“Zicomo, I think I know who the servant mentioned in the prophecy is now. Look.”

Harry handed the newspaper to Zicomo, who took a look and exclaimed, "Good heavens, Peter Pettigrew has escaped from prison!"

The newspapers not only reported on this incident, but also published all the bad things Peter Pettigrew had ever done.

The wizarding world then realized that it was this unknown guy who had betrayed Harry's parents, and that Sirius Black had been framed and imprisoned in Azkaban.

The Ministry of Magic was immediately vilified in the British wizarding world. Wizards accused the Ministry of incompetence, saying that it had not only wrongly sentenced Sirius Black for more than a decade, allowing the real culprit to go unpunished, but now that it had finally caught the real culprit, he had let him escape.

Within just a few months, the prison, touted as the most secure in the entire wizarding world, saw two separate escapes. This is undoubtedly a highly irresponsible act.

Fudge, in particular, received joint condemnation from most of the Twenty-Eight Pureblood Holy Families regarding Sirius's wrongful imprisonment.

It's not that Sirius Black is particularly popular, but rather that the Black family is one of the Twenty-Eight Holy Families. While these families may have some differences of opinion among themselves, they will unite against any outsider who threatens their interests.

This is why they have been able to thrive for so long.

In their view, Fudge's actions had clearly affected their interests. When Sirius Black was imprisoned, the Ministry of Magic seized a considerable amount of the Black family's property.

By Sirius Black's generation, the Black family had dwindled in number.

Of Sirius's three cousins, Narcissa married Lucius Roosevelt.

On the male side, there were only Sirius Black and his brother Regulus. Regulus had died more than a decade earlier, and Sirius Black was already in prison at the time.

The vast fortune of the Black family, with no heir, would tempt anyone. Even the Twenty-Eight Holy Families coveted it.

But Fudge had just taken office as Minister of Magic, and the major families gave him the lion's share of the profits in order to give him face.

Thus, most of the Black family's assets were divided up. If Narcissa hadn't asked Lucius to intervene, even the Black family's old mansion and the money in their vault would probably have been taken away.

If that were the case, Sirius Black might be homeless by now.

Now that Sirius has been proven innocent, the Twenty-Eight Families naturally demand that Fudge return the Black family's assets to him.

Although they cannot obtain it, they are unwilling to let outsiders possess it.

When Peter Pettigrew was captured not long ago, Fudge was reluctant to publicize the incident, partly because he didn't want to embarrass himself, and partly because he was worried about this.

Poor Fudge, he thought that with Peter Pettigrew thrown into Azkaban, the matter would be over.

Unexpectedly, Peter Pettigrew escaped again, forcing the Ministry of Magic to issue a bounty on his head. The crimes Peter Pettigrew had committed were subsequently exposed.

Fudge was furious; he felt today was going to be the darkest day of his career as Minister of Magic.

The scene shifts back to Hogwarts, where Zicomo is quite moved after reading the newspaper. He never imagined that Peter Pettigrew could escape Azkaban.

Zicomo wondered if it was because when Dumbledore brought Peter Pettigrew to the Ministry of Magic, he didn't tell Fudge that Peter Pettigrew was an Animagus, which allowed Peter Pettigrew to escape as an animal, just like Sirius Black.

Considering that Dumbledore was in a hurry to go to the Albanian forest to find Voldemort, this situation is not impossible.

Zicomo told Harry his guess, and Harry nodded in agreement.

“What you’re saying, Zicomo, is very likely. He faked his death by turning into a rat back then, and now he’s turned into a rat again to escape.”

Ron happened to be passing by and overheard Zicomo and Harry's conversation.

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Hey, wait a minute, how did you know that Peter Pettigrew is an Animagus? There was no mention of it in the newspapers."

Zicomo paused for a moment, then looked at Harry and asked, "You didn't tell him about this?"

“Well, I was afraid he wouldn’t be able to accept it, so I haven’t told him yet,” Harry said.

"What can't you accept? Harry, are you hiding something from me?" Ron looked at Harry.

Upon seeing this, Harry told Ron that Peter Pettigrew was actually Scabbers.

Ron was shocked after hearing this; he never imagined that his pet was Peter Pettigrew in disguise.

He hadn't seen Banban for a while, and he assumed Banban had gone off to play somewhere. This kind of thing had happened before.

...... ...... .......

At first, he was worried that Banban might have gotten lost or been caught by another cat.

But every time, after a while, he would see Scabbers return safely, and over time Ron stopped caring where he went.

This is why Ron didn't discover Scabbers' disappearance even though Peter Pettigrew had been captured for so long.

At first, Ron didn't believe his pet Scabbers could be an Animagus wizard, but as Harry produced more and more evidence, Ron had to accept the fact.

During the explosion more than a decade ago, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic found a severed finger of Peter Pettigrew at the scene, and that severed finger matched the missing finger on Scabbers' hand.

Moreover, rats typically live only one to three years, while Banban lived for at least a decade.

At first, the Weasleys thought Scabbers had magical creature blood, but after they checked, they found that Scabbers was just an ordinary mouse.

The fact that an ordinary mouse could live for more than ten years and be as intelligent as a human raises serious questions.

The thought of sleeping with a middle-aged wizard, who was Voldemort's henchman, sent chills down Ron's spine.

He couldn't help but feel grateful that Peter Pettigrew hadn't intended to harm him back then; otherwise, it would have been questionable whether he would have survived to attend Hogwarts.

That afternoon, Harry encountered the creature he least wanted to see—the Dementors.

Yes, Fudge has released the Dementors again.

He believed that since Peter Pettigrew had been captured by Harry, he was very likely to return to Hogwarts to take revenge on Harry, so he planned to wait and see.

It has to be said that life is truly full of drama. Not long ago, Lupin said that Harry would not easily encounter Dementors again, but not long after, Harry saw them again.

This forced him to accelerate his learning of Patronus, and during this time Harry once again became the busiest kid in Gryffindor.

Not only are they busy with classes and homework, but they also have to participate in Quidditch training, and finally, they have to find time to learn Patronus from Lupin.

Chapter 140 The Principle of Regression, Reunion with Melina

Zicomo was also approached by Snape.

Compared to Dumbledore, Snape lacked experience and could not manage Hogwarts in every aspect.

He was worried that these Dementors might break into the school and attack students, so he specifically came to ask Zicomo to pay more attention to this matter and prevent such an incident from happening.

Zicomo naturally agreed, as he didn't want such a thing to happen on his own turf.

What? You mean when did Hogwarts become his territory?

Please! His name is on the land deed, how can it not be his land?

…………

At the border, as Zicomo advanced, he arrived at the Golden Tree Cathedral in the royal city.

Here, Zikomo encountered a golden spirit of the First King, Govre, which was essentially a battle puppet possessing a portion of Govre's power.

He was not Goeve after all, and Zicomo dealt with him easily.

After dealing with the situation, Zicomo looked around and noticed a chair hanging from the dome, with a corpse dressed in priestly attire sitting on it.

His head was covered by a white cloth, and he was holding a book in his hands.

Zicomo leaped up and snatched the book from the corpse's hand.

Through the system, he learned the name of the book—"The Original Golden Law".

Open this book, and you will find a prayer that belongs to the Golden Law.

That is one of the foundational prayers of the Golden Law, capable of clearing away all abnormalities, eliminating the special effects of things, and revealing their true nature.

It is called the "principle of regression". The so-called regression means that everything converges towards the unchanging.

Zicomo scoffed when he saw this.

Everything is constantly changing. To bring everything back to a state of constant change, he suggested burning the entire world with mad fire, so that everyone would be reduced to ashes.

Hearing Zicomo's sneer, Lani asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is there something wrong with this prayer?"

“Nothing, I just remembered an interesting truth,” Zicomo replied.

"Oh? What's the truth?"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Zicomo turned and walked out of the church.

After walking a few steps, Michaela, who had been sleeping on Zikomo, jumped out.