HP – Shadow Monarch!
Chapter 253 – News in the Wizarding World.
[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Ministry of Magic.
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In a room at the Ministry of Magic, the supreme chieftain was left speechless when the group sent on the mission to capture Severus Prince returned, with some of them having to go straight to St. Mungo's.
All members had been defeated, according to what the princess had said, and in such a way that they hadn't even had a chance to deal with him to begin with. She was with the Minister of Magic and some high-ranking aurors, speaking about what had happened with Princess Thalindra — after all, she was the last to be taken down, and yet Severus Prince spared her to ask for some information.
"Princess Thalindra... You're saying that after simply taking you all down, he asked about paintings?" said one of the aurors while Vicência Santos herself frowned, unable to believe the words she heard.
"Yes, that's what he asked." said the princess, who, as she looked ahead, didn't know what else to say, that Severus was completely beyond the norm. She was accompanied by Archmagus Elowen Tharros, who had woken up a few hours earlier and wanted to be by her side to protect her, while her personal guard, Darius Korran, was in St. Mungo's, injured by the impact, as was Lady Phiness. Even though she was a vampire, she had fractured several bones in her body and was being treated, albeit against the will of some in that hospital, for caring for a vampire.
"This can't be real... I can't believe you were defeated." said the elder with a tone of frustration and disappointment. The force she had built fell in such a way.
"We couldn't do anything. He simply moved faster than our eyes could follow. He doesn't rely on magic alone as his trump card, but his body easily surpasses that of an elder vampire, we saw Lady Phiness being treated like a child. And he transformed a shadow, which he called Voldemort, into one of those soldiers and it fought us. We had many difficulties just dealing with it alone... Everything points to that being Voldemort, and he is turning him into a servant." She paused before continuing.
"There are rumors that Severus Prince is a necromancer, and I believe they're real." said the girl, far too thoughtful, as if she had understood what was happening. If not even the Veil Sentinels could handle him, who else could? She turned her attention to the gnome, also seated in the place. He had been knocked down without being harmed.
"Tell me... tell me you have some vision of the future!" asked Vicência urgently.
The gnome only shook his head. "Sorry, I have no idea. The future has been altered since the events that resurfaced." he said.
"This is far too frustrating!" said Vicência in the end, rising from the couch and beginning to pace back and forth.
"Elder, I believe we can negotiate and learn Severus Prince's motives." said the Minister of Magic, despite having been against Severus at the start of this pursuit.
"So that's it? No one can stop him? We have a wizard in the world who can do whatever he wants and no one can oppose him?" she said, completely ignoring the minister's words. After all, he himself had already suffered at the hands of Severus in a way that would make anyone show anger and remorse. "And you want to negotiate? He should be controlled under the law."
The door opened at that moment, and Dumbledore walked in. "You finally arrived... Dumbledore." said the chieftain, turning to the wizard as he approached them after reaching the door.
"I came as quickly as possible. You clashed with Severus Prince?" asked Dumbledore, looking a bit concerned.
"Well, yes... but it wasn't anything like we planned. My entire team was defeated." said Vicência, with a touch of frustration.
"What happened?" he asked, turning to the young woman seated before them.
He almost tried to use Legilimency on her to quickly find everything out, but restrained himself, since his actions always seemed to bring bigger problems ever since he had tried to control Severus. He also doubted the girl's mind would be easily penetrable when she was a princess of that mysterious kingdom, especially with her guardian by her side — Elowen was someone he could consider an equal, and he was very protective of his princess.
"We set a trap for him, but in the end... he simply handled us as if we were children. We didn't even have a chance." said the girl.
"What happened? How did you set a trap for him?" asked Dumbledore, curious.
"He went to an old hideout of Voldemort's to get an object... a golden cup." she said, while Dumbledore's eyes immediately shone, almost shouting: "A Horcrux!", but he managed to hold back.
"He simply got through all the traps and defeated us." she said, summarizing what she had already explained to everyone there.
"Do you believe it's a Horcrux?" asked one of the aurors suddenly, since Severus had shared the secret that he was searching for Voldemort's objects after the encounter with the Evans with this auror and others.
"A golden cup... it could be. If Severus went specifically after that..." said Dumbledore, before turning to look at the girl once more.
"Didn't he say anything in the end?" he asked.
"He just said he was leaving... He seemed rather relaxed..." she said.
Dumbledore's eyes widened. "'Could he have already destroyed them all?'
"I need someone to check Azkaban immediately!" said the headmaster in the end, leaving the room the very next moment, while the others were left surprised by his reaction.
He hurried away and quickly stepped into the Floo Network.
Azkaban was investigated immediately after the order of the Minister of Magic and the chieftain, upon hearing Dumbledore's words, and what they found there was disturbing. On the first floors, there was a lifeless body near the entrance, outside the cell with the bars broken far from him, while the man from the Every family had been kissed by the dementor.
As they advanced, they heard reports from the prisoners in their cells that there had been an intruder who made all the dementors flee upon seeing him enter.
They also noticed that a prisoner was out of his cell, taken by the intruder himself according to his cellmates. The prisoners claimed the stranger invited him to escape.
When they reached the end of the prison, they found Voldemort's body, dead in his cell, with his heart pierced from the back by a blade. This immediately triggered the Ministry, which began sending several aurors to investigate. Voldemort had been murdered inside Azkaban — and everything indicated it was the work of Severus Prince.
At the same time, Severus received a visit from none other than Fawkes, delivering a letter to his mansion when Voldemort's death was confirmed. It was Dumbledore asking if he had killed Voldemort, after having dealt with all the Horcruxes.
Severus saw no reason to hide it. He decided to reply. He wrote only a 'Yes' on the letter. He folded it, handed it to Fawkes, and the phoenix disappeared in flames.
Severus Prince simply turned and went to his laboratory, creating more potions, also wanting to give the potion to his other companions. At the same time, the Ministry was in quite a stir at that moment.
Voldemort had already been murdered when the Ministry released an official statement that very morning. The building quickly filled with reporters, while the news would be published in the newspaper that same day, destroying any other cover that had been prepared for the date.
The wizarding world trembled at that moment, as newspapers began to be sold with the image of Severus facing Voldemort lying on the ground — the result of their first battle in front of the Ministry. Some reporter had taken a photo of that moment, and they decided to use it now.
The intention was clear: to show that Severus was responsible for Voldemort's death. After all, the rest of the article said that Severus Prince clashed with the IWC's special squad the previous night and defeated them. Someone internally must have let that 'scoop' slip.
Letters immediately flooded the Prince family's post, while the house-elves seemed nervous. But Severus didn't care and ordered everyone to ignore it. He finally put on muggle clothes and said he was going out for a while.
He reappeared in front of Pandora's house.
"I have some time before they start monitoring everyone I know. I'll have to go to the Wizengamot immediately, but first I owe a date to a girl." said Severus to himself, looking at the two-story house, before approaching the door and knocking.
The one who answered was none other than Pandora. "Sev, you finally came!" she said cheerfully. "I saw you in today's paper... you're pretty famous." she commented, not seeming worried that he had killed someone — after all, Voldemort was a very bad person.
"Just getting rid of a problem. So, how are you?" he asked.
"I'm fine! Let's go out, just let me fix my hair." she said. They had already planned to meet today.
Severus had asked if she wanted to have dinner the other day he was there, but her father asked him not to. He didn't want his daughter going out at night with someone he barely knew. Severus respected that. Since Pandora didn't complain either, he knew the man was just worried about his daughter. So, they could simply walk around the city, watch a movie, and have some ice cream — a more muggle-like date than the last three he had had.
She got ready a moment later, while her father approached Severus.
"Hello, Severus, how have you been?" he asked politely. From his reaction, he didn't know what was going on in the wizarding world, nor who Severus really was. Otherwise, he would have freaked out at the thought of letting his daughter go out at night to the cinema with the man splashed across newspapers as responsible for the death of countless dark wizards, now carrying the visual label of murderer.
"I'm fine. And you, how have you been?" asked Severus, keeping calm. He knew very well how to deal with muggles. He had already proven that when speaking with Mr. Evans.
In the end, Severus took Pandora to a cinema. They caught a muggle bus to the place.
He realized there were interesting things in the muggle world too as he watched a release called Star Wars, which was becoming a craze among them worldwide. It had been scheduled to release the following year, but the launch was brought forward.
Pandora had really enjoyed the movie and talked about it for the rest of the date, while Severus bought her an ice cream. They kept talking — a simple but fun date.
At the end, Severus took Pandora back to her house and, unsurprisingly, found some aurors in the area, who immediately set their eyes on him, though they still trembled with fear in his presence.
He left Pandora, ignoring their stares, while she commented on how strange those men were. Severus only said he would take care of it, bidding her farewell before making a point of waving to each of the aurors.
Now he needed to resolve this once and for all.
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