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Chapter 181 You also like to take a walk in the middle of the night?

Eddie asked to speak and was granted permission.

He stared at Algee, who seemed to be guilty and repentant, under everyone's gaze.

"Whether you have been hit by the Imperius Curse, whether you are being controlled to do those things, or whether you want to do them subjectively, you know better than anyone else."

Eddie's voice was cold, and his eyes on Algie were like a sharp knife, capable of cutting bloody flesh from him at any time.

"I don't know how you made this decision in the first place. Frick Burns, the youngest member of my team, has only been an Auror for less than half a year. He hates evil and is friendly to others. The person he admires most is yours." great-grandmother who was Minister for Magic, Wilmina Taft."

"Because I know that you are her descendant, I also highly respect you, and think that you are the real representative of pure-blood wizards in the magic world."

"Then, he died. The reason for his death was that the senior he believed to be trustworthy betrayed him and everyone!"

He didn't use the Amplifying Charm, but his voice was louder than Minkan's and Crouch's.

Sherlock could tell that Eddie was venting his emotions.

He was the one who really paid the most attention to the outcome of the trial.

Being falsely accused of being a traitor is the second most important thing. What makes Eddie extremely angry is that the four Aurors under him who are dedicated to working for the Ministry of Magic are about to die so unclearly, but the real murderer can use The excuse of the Imperius Curse to escape punishment.

Alger covered his face and wept.

"I am sorry for him, I am controlled by others, I am guilty and I will not deny my guilt."

Eddie looked at him with contempt to the extreme.

"You have no right to say that you are sorry for him. If you want to be worthy of them, the only way you can make amends is to send yourself to the lips of the dementors!"

"I'm requesting the use of veritaserum on him, Mr. Minister." Eddie said coldly.

However, before Min Kan could speak, the red-robed wizard shook his head and said.

"Barbaric practice, Veritaserum should be abolished! This potion is as evil as the Unforgivable Curse, and it is flouting the human rights of wizards!"

Many red-robed wizards in the stands agreed with his words, shaking their heads and rejecting the proposal of Veritaserum.

What they are doing, of course, is not the shitty human rights they talk about.

If human rights were really upheld, then Azkaban would be the first to be shut down, but every year there are still quite a few high-level Ministry of Magic proposals to increase the number of dementors and increase the management of criminal wizards.

The reason why they resisted the use of Veritaserum was only because they were afraid that one day, that bottle of potion would be poured into their mouths.

It's not that many of the people sitting here are undercover agents of Death Eaters, but as long as they are well-known and wealthy wizard families in the magic world, or high-ranking politicians, few of them have clean buttocks. .

Veritaserum can be used, but not abused.

This is already the consensus of almost all politicians in the Ministry of Magic.

However, the current situation of Algie has not touched the bottom line of these wizards wanting to use Veritaserum, unless all his charges are established and important information needs to be obtained from him, these wizards of the Wizengamot It is possible to let go.

Facing such established rules, even Min Kan, who was extremely tough against the Death Eaters, remained silent at this moment.

He became the Minister of Magic through the rules in the Ministry of Magic, so he himself must abide by the rules.

Eddie had a look of extreme disappointment on his face.

At this point, he already knew the result of today's trial in advance.

There was no way Alger would die, not even a life sentence in Azkaban.

The end result is exactly the same.

After all the interrogations were over, a vote was held within the Wizengamot.

Those who thought Alger was guilty were all, but those who thought he should be punished were divided.

In the end, the result of the punishment adopted the one with the largest number of people, and Azkaban was imprisoned for 10 years.

A very serious punishment, not light, but definitely not worthy of the punishment Alger committed.

Few people could endure the torment of dementors in Azkaban for ten years, but Sherlock inadvertently saw the relaxation in Alji's eyes.

He must have other plans, even if it is the punishment of imprisonment in Azkaban, he does not want to accept it.

At the end of the trial, Minkan read out Algie's punishment decision. Eddie just sat in his seat, his face seemed to have calmed down, but no one knew what he was thinking.

At the end of the trial, when everyone was leaving, Sherlock walked over to Eddie with a sigh.

"Would you like me to accompany you to the bar for a drink? I know that there is a bar with a good environment on the street above the Ministry of Magic."

Eddie sat quietly on the chair, still not moving. After hearing Sherlock's words, he came back to his senses after a long time and shook his head slightly.

"Forget it, I'm fine. Anyway, we've already expected this kind of result, haven't we? The ten-year sentence is quite a lot, at least it's better than the one in three years."

He breathed a sigh of relief, as if he planned to stop thinking about it.

"Go back and take care of Amy for me. I'll buy you a drink after the Ministry of Magic pays its salary in two days. The headquarters still has things to do, so I'm leaving first."

Eddie got up, waved his back to Sherlock, and left towards the exit of the trial court.

Sherlock looked at his back, frowning, looking thoughtful.

He stood there thinking for a moment, then walked out of the courtroom and returned to the Department of Mysteries.

Without returning to his office immediately, Sherlock first found Mrs. Selwyn who had just returned not long ago.

"Are you not very satisfied with the results of the trial just now?"

Mrs. Selwyn didn't wait for Sherlock to speak, as if she already knew his purpose.

"A traitor who has been convicted and caught on the spot, what he said and what he did was very natural, completely in line with himself, but the punishment can be reduced just because of an excuse of the Imperius Curse."

She shook her head.

"It sounds like the Wizengamot wizards on trial all look like a bunch of idiots. But this is the default rule in the Ministry of Magic. Algie's great-grandmother and grandfather have all served as ministers of the Ministry of Magic, so he is very familiar with these rules. And know how to use them to your advantage."

"In the future, when you work in the Ministry of Magic, even if you are in a place like the Department of Mysteries where you rarely interact with others, you should try your best to understand these rules."

After listening to Mrs. Selwyn's words, Sherlock showed an admonished expression on his face, and then pretended to ask casually.

"Now that Algie has been convicted, when will he be taken to Azkaban for detention?"

Mrs. Selwyn didn't hear other meanings in Sherlock's words, she just thought that he wanted to understand the process and asked casually.

"Before being imprisoned in Azkaban, he can probably spend his last night of relaxation tonight. Azkaban is not a place where normal people can stay, so even if he is just sent to prison, he is sent Before leaving, they were also tried to meet the reasonable demands of the detainees. But they will not be allowed to leave the territory of the Ministry of Magic."

Sherlock blinked.

"So he's still going to be locked up in Auror Command's holding cell before being sent away?"

"General criminals will be locked up in that place before they are transferred. Tonight, he may choose a song he likes, and then spend the time with a table and a big meal. He will be locked up before dawn tomorrow morning." Sent away."

Mrs. Selwyn was finally puzzled by this, and she looked up at Sherlock.

"So what do you know about this?"

Sherlock said with a smile on his face.

"As you said, I want to learn more about some hidden rules in the Ministry of Magic."

"There is nothing to understand about these, John, I hope you will never have to use these rules in your life. Also, have you decided which aspect to work on? I can't let you drag on any longer, Sir Everyone else has work to do, and you can't just sit around all the time."

Hearing her urging, Sherlock had no intention of procrastinating.

"Let's focus on the time domain, I'm more interested in this aspect."

"The time domain is also available. Tomorrow, I will sort out a copy of the previous research materials for you. I will explain to you how to operate it."

She seemed to be busy with other things too, Sherlock left Madam Selwyn's office without disturbing her any more.

He leaned his back against the wall of the black hall, stared at the dark ceiling and thought for a moment, finally shook his head and said to himself.

"Rules, I'm afraid some people don't want to abide by them."

Sherlock returned to his office, had lunch with Amy, and then spent the whole afternoon studying the book The Secret of the Dark Arts, until night fell, and after he watched Amy fall asleep, he was silent out of the Department of Mysteries.

Before coming out, Sherlock cast the Disillusionment Charm on himself.

This kind of invisibility spell is not as effective as the invisibility cloak, but it can basically achieve the effect of complete invisibility under the cover of night.

He walked into the elevator alone and came to the second floor where the Department of Magical Law Enforcement was located.

In this corridor, he also met two Aurors on duty at night, they did not find the invisible Sherlock.

He didn't stop until he reached the office of the Auror Command.

It was already 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, and the lights in the office had already been turned off. Except for the Aurors on the night shift, even if it was overtime, it was rare for Aurors to work overtime now.

But Sherlock was still waiting here quietly. About half an hour later, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing past him.

The Ministry of Magic is in a closed underground, and it is impossible for the wind to blow here.

Without any surprise, Sherlock said softly in the direction of the gust of wind.

"What a coincidence, you also like to go out for a walk in the middle of the night?"

(End of this chapter)