From Beauxbatons to Hogwarts

The next day, Calvin hurried to the Ministry of Magic just after breakfast.He has been preparing for so long just for this final curtain call today.

The location of the trial is the Tenth Judgment Room on the tenth floor underground of the Ministry of Magic.It was only eight o'clock in the morning when Calvin arrived at the Ministry of Magic, two hours before the official trial started, but he still met some acquaintances on the road.

Not to mention the black Auror Kingsley who followed him as usual.Calvin noticed his presence as soon as he entered the Ministry of Magic, always handling some affairs near him.It seems to have nothing to do with Calvin, and it's just a coincidence that she keeps following him.

Calvin didn't say hello to him, but just smiled at him through an inadvertent eye contact.Kingsley did not respond to this and was still busy with his own affairs.But Calvin kept watching him.

Apart from Kingsley, who was sent by Dumbledore to keep an eye on him, the second acquaintance Calvin met was Fudge.

He was dressed quite formally today: a pinstriped suit, a bright red tie, a long black cloak, a pair of purple pointed boots, and a dark green top hat.

"Good morning, Connelly, you are dressed very formally today." Calvin greeted him with a smile.

"Good morning, Calvin," Fudge tucked a stack of parchment paper under his arm, "I am the presiding judge today, so of course I have to dress more formally."

Calvin was slightly surprised: "Are you here to preside over the trial? I thought it was Bones."

"The case to be heard today is very important, Calvin," Calvin said, rarely seeing Fudge look so serious. "It represents Barty Crouch's official withdrawal from the Ministry of Magic. All unjust, false and wrong cases he tried must be vindicated. .”

Well, it turns out that I beat the drowned dog hard.

Calvin was speechless for a moment.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the courtroom first. You will also be attending the hearing today." Fudge walked towards the elevator in the Ministry of Magic.

"I also have to thank Minister Fudge. Black is a good friend of mine. You helped me win this opportunity to observe." Calvin said with a smile.

Fudge waved his hand, "It's nothing. But Barty will be captured in Azkaban soon, and there will be a vacant spot in the Wizengamot. Are you interested?"

The Wizengamot?

Calvin raised his eyebrows. Of course he was interested, but he would never want to be introduced by Fudge.He came to control Fudge, not to be controlled by Fudge.

It would be best if I formed a new Wizengamot myself.

Thinking of this, Calvin declined politely: "Cornelly, of course I am willing to join the Wizengamot, but my qualifications are not enough."

"What a problem," Fudge kept tempting. "This time you catch Barty and his son. I think it's enough to join the Wizengamot."

Of course it's enough, as long as you run it again.

Calvin cursed.

"Forget it, Connelly. Many people have already criticized my position as senior security advisor. Let's wait until the time is right to talk about the Wizengamot." Calvin continued to refuse.

"That's such a pity, let's talk about it later." There was no trace of regret in Fudge's tone.

Since you are unwilling to join the Wizengamot, I will give this position to my senior assistant Umbridge.I believe this will make her work harder at night.

The two of them were walking and chatting like this. After turning a corner, they found an old man with long silver hair and a floor-length purple cloak standing there at the end of the corridor, as if waiting for them.

Calvin and Fudge fell silent for a moment, hurriedly walked through the corridor, came to the old man and greeted him.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, good morning."

"Good morning, both of you. Nice to see you here." Dumbledore said with a smile, blinking his blue eyes.

"Connelly, I heard that you are the presiding judge of this trial. You must have a lot of things to do. I want to talk to Calvin alone for a while."

"Oh," Fudge nodded timidly, "We'll see you soon, Principal Dumbledore, and Calvin."

Dumbledore watched Fudge enter the courtroom, and then turned to stare at Calvin.

Calvin smiled slightly, but the smile was not very enthusiastic: "Principal Dumbledore, I really didn't expect to see you here."

"I am the chief wizard of the Wizengamot. Of course I will be present at today's trial," Dumbledore said calmly, "But you, I am surprised to be here today."

"I have to thank Minister Fudge for helping me secure a spot as an observer." Calvin said with satisfaction.

Dumbledore's eyes looked directly at Calvin through the half-moon lenses, "So, are you sure that Sirius will be acquitted today?"

"Of course," Calvin was not afraid of Dumbledore's gaze at all, "I have been busy with this matter for a long time. Don't worry, everything I did was within the rules."

"Everything is within the rules? Are you sure?" Dumbledore's voice rose slightly, "Let me remind you of Barty's memory."

Calvin's eyes flashed. Of course he had done some outrageous things, such as tampering with Barty's memory and blaming him for the killing of Peter and twelve Muggles.Otherwise, with the current evidence, it will be too difficult to overturn Black's conviction.

"I admit, I did do some tricks to little Barty's memory," Calvin said sincerely, "I didn't want to hide it from you, but I didn't expect you to find out so quickly. Ah, I see, it’s Kingsley, it seems you are indeed very influential among your students.”

"Okay. If you have any objections to this case, just vote guilty when the time comes. You have a high prestige and are the chief wizard. If you think Black is guilty, many people will definitely vote with you."

Dumbledore looked into Calvin's blood-red eyes and fell into silence. After a long time, he said:

"I will not vote guilty, Calvin. You win this time. You are very smart. The key to this case is not whether Sirius is guilty at all, but whether Barty Crouch is guilty."

"Barty Crouch helped break out of prison, sheltered Death Eaters, and took action against the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic. He has touched the bottom line of many people, including mine."

"You throw out Blake's case at this time. As long as there is a little bit of favorable evidence, Blake's case will be vindicated smoothly. You did a good job, Calvin."

Calvin finally smiled from the bottom of his heart this time, "Thank you for the compliment, Principal Dumbledore. I said that what I want to do will definitely succeed. But I still want to ask, do you really think Sirius, A murderer?"

"I don't know," Dumbledore lowered his eyelids. "Unless Peter comes back to life and tells me the truth, I will always look at him with a question mark."