The three Harrys cast their gazes towards the center of the trial room.
In the center of the room were three armrests with iron chains on the left and right. After Fudge's voice, the locks of those iron chains suddenly rose up and swayed in mid-air, like poisonous snakes. .
Harry heard Hermione let out another scream, but he did not look back. He just walked over step by step with heavy steps, still thinking about the behavior of Professor Dumbledore and Professor Blaine. of indifference.
Thankfully, when the three of them sat down, the chains only made a sinister clanking sound and did not tie them up.
The three of them were facing Professor Dumbledore and Professor Braine on the stools in the front. Hermione and Ron also looked at them pleadingly, but the two of them still What are they talking about?
Dumbledore glanced vaguely at the dementors above his head, and then looked at Amosta, but Amosta just blinked, with no meaning. Shaked his head.
Harry gave up trying to get some enlightenment from the two professors. He moved his eyes upward and looked at the Minister of Magic on the rostrum.
Cornelly Fudge is a fat man. He used to wear a dark yellow-green round hat, but today he did not wear it.
Harry could no longer find any shadow of the kind and kind smile on his face when he found himself after he blew up his aunt two years ago. The coldness of fear.
Ms. Amelia Bones, who had just argued with Fudge, was sitting next to Fudge. She wore a pair of monocles, and her expression was equally formidable under the light and shadow.
Fudge winked at a person in the shadows, and then the person walked out of the hiding shadows.
Harry was shocked to find that the Auror walking towards him with a wand was the Delis who tried to take him away from the Dursleys.
Delix's head was still wrapped in a thick layer of bandages. He came to the back of three stone chairs. He was behind Harry as if he was guarding the prisoner, and moved towards the front one. Amosta cast a look of hatred.
Amosta pointed his gaze in Harry's direction for the first time. He jumped over Harry's head and glanced at Delis indifferently. Then, he turned slightly sideways and looked calmly at the trial platform. Fudge.
"Then, let's start-"
Fudge glanced at the members of the Wizengamot Tribunal and said in a loud voice,
"Trial on July 20th, trial of Harry James Potter, Ronald Biles Weasley, and Hermione Jane Granger for violating the "Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards" Act" and the "International Statute of Secrecy""
Fudge leaned slightly, and the shadow cast by the seat in front of his huge body became ferocious,
"Interrogator: Minister of Magic. Cornelius Oswald Fudge; Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia SusanBones; Senior Undersecretary Dolores Jane Umbridge -"
"Defense witness: Amosta Braine. ”
Under the surprised gazes of the three Harrys, Amosta stood up. He strode towards the three chairs in the center of the courtroom. Ignoring Delis’s hidden fear, Shi Ran arrived. Next to Hermione on the far left.
The members of the Wizengamot were whispering to each other and pointing at him secretly, while some looked at Dumbledore who was sitting there calmly.
p>Amosta ignored those pointing glances, and his light purple eyes only reflected Fudge's blushing face.
"Very good--"
p>Fudge took a deep breath and made a sound through his teeth,
"Then it begins. Now comes the accusation."
Fudge took it out of his arms. Taking out a piece of parchment, he moved the glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"The charges prosecuted by the Ministry of Magic are that the three defendants violated Article 13 of the International Federation of Wizards' Statute of Secrecy and the "Act on the Reasonable Restraint of Minor Wizards", in which Harry James Potter's illegal behavior was egregious, which directly led to the death of a Muggle."
Fudge's eyes jumped from the top of the parchment, Falling on the three young wizards with blank faces,
"What do you have to defend against the charges that the Ministry of Magic is charging you with? "
Protest?
Harry felt ridiculous. Until now, the Ministry of Magic has not explained clearly what he did.
Feeling this It was not only the three young wizards on trial who were confused. Many of the Wizengamot jury members also frowned.
Ms. Bones glanced sideways at the parchment in Fudge's hand and moved. He moved his monocle and remained silent for the time being.
"We don't know."
Ron's voice trembled violently. He looked up at the minister of magic, his face pale. There was no trace of blood,
“We don’t know what we did.”
“In other words! "
Fudge looked stern,
"You three are not going to plead guilty? "
This question is really problematic. The courtroom was buzzing with whispers.
Ding--
It is not Connelly who maintains order. Fudge.
Amosta raised the hand that was holding the armrest of the stone chair where Hermione was sitting, and flicked the chain that popped out, and the crisp sound suddenly overwhelmed the buzzing. Delis, who was a few steps away, immediately raised his wand nervously and was on guard against Amosta.
"I think many people have noticed it-"
Amosta. To put it mildly,
“The minister himself is trying to use some vague words to place some unfounded charges on the heads of three innocent students. ”
“Oh, an unfounded charge? ”
Umbridge stood up behind Fudge.There was a fake smile, and the two round eyes that stared at Amosta were full of indifference,
"I think I must have misunderstood what you meant, Professor Blaine, you seemed to be...just now" Implying that the Ministry of Magic is framing these three students?"
Amosta walked out from the side of Hermione's chair and stood in front of the three children facing the Wizengamot. Judgment panel.
Although Amosta still had a gentle expression, many members of the Wizengamot who faced him shrank back slightly, and some even winked at Dumbledore's back. .
"I believe——"
Amosta ignored Umbridge, he looked at Fudge's sinister face,
" Wizards and wizards, including those in the Wizengamot, believe that the Ministry of Magic's prosecution of Harry James Potter, Ronald Biles Weasley and Hermione Jane Granger is based on Some real evidence?"
"Of course the Ministry of Magic has evidence, Blaine"
Fudge's loud voice was filled with pride.
He never expected to convict the three students in a vague way. He was just glaring at Blaine or Dumbledore to question.
"The three defendants--"
After giving Blaine a contemptuous and ferocious smile, Fudge's expression suddenly changed, becoming stern and inviolable,
"Do you admit that you purchased goods from Honeydukes Candy Shop in Hogsmeade Village on January 27th this year?"
Buzz!
Honeydukes Candy Shop. What does this case have to do with?
The buzzing started to boil again, and Dumbledore in the front row lowered his head thoughtfully and frowned slightly.
The panicked expressions of the three Harrys became dull after this question. Harry and Ron's eyes were confused, while Hermione was thinking hard.
"Do the three defendants admit it?"
Fudge's voice came over again, and Harry blurted out,
"Sorry. I can't remember clearly. Bee Duke Candy Shop--"
Harry gasped a few times,
"We have been there many times. Every time Hogsmeade is open to students, many students go there. Yes, but we can’t remember”
“Huh, can’t remember?”
Fudge smiled coldly and looked at the indifferent Amosta provocatively.
"I have evidence here to prove it. So, Delis?"
Delix behind Harry's chair immediately puffed up his chest, and a blush appeared on his cheeks.
Under the gaze of everyone, he rushed out of the courtroom at a speed of 100 meters. Two minutes later, he walked in panting, and behind him, followed by a broad man , bald young man.
Wow!
The chairs and stools moved, and the jury members stood up one after another, stretching their necks to look at the man who walked in. Harry, Ron, and Hermione also stared at this man from the Ministry of Magic in surprise.The so-called witness!
"What is the identity of the witness?"
Ms. Bones asked solemnly.
"Members of the Wizengamot, ministers, and..."
The sweaty young bald man stood tremblingly in Amosta Next to him, he didn't dare to look at Amosta, nor did he dare to look at Albus Dumbledore, who looked solemn. He just shrank his head and said,
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