The Charles Becomes a Wizard
Chapter 33 Veritaserum
"Weasley?" Charles tilted his head with a pure and innocent expression on his face. "Who is that?"
Dumbledore was choked by him, paused and continued: "I know that you are all kind and good children. It is inevitable that there will be some small conflicts occasionally when you are in class together every day. In order to get along well with each other for the next seven years, there is no need to take it too seriously..."
Although Dumbledore was somewhat dissatisfied with Arthur Weasley for secretly improving Muggle supplies and being discovered, the Weasley family was the backbone of the Order of the Phoenix. No matter what, Dumbledore could not bear to see his right-hand man burdened with huge debts. In addition, he had doubts about Charles who had successfully established himself in Slytherin, so this meeting took place.
"I'm really sorry," Ciel interrupted Dumbledore, and before the old man could smile, he continued, "But who is Weasley you're talking about? I don't really have much impression of this name."
Dumbledore's eyes turned cold. He knew that if Ciel refused to admit that he knew Ron Weasley, the conversation would not be able to continue. "Then, I think Mr. Phantomhive should still remember the little accident in the flying class?"
A small accident? Charles sneered in his heart. It was obviously a retribution for his provocation!
"Oh, you mean that person, so his name is Weasley?" Ciel suddenly realized. "If you are talking about that incident, I don't think it was an accident."
"Weasley was the first to provoke, and it was also Weasley who took out the wand to attack. In the end, he was incompetent and the spell he cast backfired on him. I did nothing during the whole process. As a victim, is it too much for me to ask for an apology?"
"Mr. Weasley was just joking..."
"After this happened, not only did you not punish him, but you came to me, the victim. What's the matter? Is it because you think I am what you call a 'bastard' and look down on me?" Charles said aggressively.
"Kid, you are too sensitive. That's not what I meant. I just want to know more about the situation."
"After understanding the situation, what will you do? I don't think you will try to force me to forgive him by using your status as the headmaster? Will you punish him?"
"Or..." Ciel narrowed his eyes and looked meaningfully at the headmaster's portrait on the wall behind Dumbledore: "Do you think sneak attacks are worthy of praise? Is this what Gryffindor calls bravery?"
Dumbledore took a sip of tea, but only tasted bitterness in his mouth. "Oh, no, sneak attack is certainly wrong. Then Gryffindor will deduct 50 points because Mr. Ron Weasley used a spell on his classmates... Is Mr. Phantomhive satisfied?"
"You say it as if I'm forcing you." Ciel's eyes were a little surprised. "Isn't it natural to be punished for making a mistake? Or are the rules of Hogwarts different?"
"Mr. Phantomhive," Dumbledore interrupted the boy bluntly, not wanting him to continue. "I mean it's just a minor friction between children. There's no need to involve the families of both sides."
"But I just want him to apologize sincerely." Charles pursed his lips and smiled, looking a little shy, "It is not my intention to implicate his family."
"After all, I didn't expect that Mr. Weasley, as a member of the Department for the Prevention of Misuse of Muggle Artifacts, would actively violate the laws of the wizarding world."
It was Lucius who told Ciel this part of the news. The arrogant platinum noble had always looked down on the "pure-blood traitor" Weasley and refused to give up any opportunity to see him suffer a setback.
Thanks to the fact that wizards have no idea about the current technological development of Muggles, as long as they can find the approximate location of the Weasley family and the Ministry of Magic and spend a little money to install some photographic equipment nearby, they can easily find evidence against them.
At first, Ciel charged Arthur Weasleyan with using magic in front of Muggles. He just wanted to give him a warning, but who would have thought that he would actually capture the scene of him illegally modifying Muggle supplies?
In fact, as long as no one reports this kind of thing, people usually turn a blind eye to it. Who doesn't have some unknown hobbies?
But these few simple images played a huge role under the operation of the top lawyer hired by the Phantomhive family, directly cutting off most of the Weasley family's living expenses.
Dumbledore could not say any words of advice. Even if he disregarded the Ministry of Magic, he could not tell students to break the law knowingly.
From now on...we should take out some money from the Order of the Phoenix to help Arthur's family.
Dumbledore drank the tea in his cup and began to change the subject.
After the conversation, Dumbledore's vigilance towards Ciel almost reached its peak. The smart, arrogant and ambitious boy in front of him gave him the feeling that he was far more dangerous than Tom back then. If he thought about it carefully, he was very much like the old friend who imprisoned himself in Nurmengard.
Dumbledore touched the empty photo frame on the table, feeling disappointed.
After so many years, he had to admit that it was his momentary thought that ruined Tom and brought great disaster to the wizarding world...
Now, facing a kid who is more like you than Tom...
what should I do?
"Well, Mr. Dumbledore, I'll be leaving first." Charles walked slowly to the door, pressed the handle gently, and suddenly stopped as if he thought of something.
"Mr. Dumbledore, if you want truth serum next time, you can try black tea." The boy turned his head slightly, his delicate face half hidden in the dark and half lit by the dim candlelight. His smile was shallow, but there was no trace of a smile in his deep blue eyes, which added a bit of weirdness to his already outstanding appearance.
"The taste of this black tea is too light."
After saying this, Charles left the principal's office without looking back. The principal's office was dead silent, but soon it became "lively".
"Veritaserum! You actually used Veritaserum on a first-year student!" The woman dressed as a noble lady in the frame almost screamed, "Oh, Merlin, how dare you!"
"What are you doing! Are you treating Hogwarts as a battlefield?"
"He is your student, not a criminal!"
"Oh, Longbottom, look at the good students you taught." Another middle-aged man with a conservative look sneered.
The one who was named shook his head in disappointment: "Albus, you disappoint me so much. This is not what I taught you back then."
"Using truth serum directly on a young wizard is unforgivable!"
All the portraits have seen Dumbledore's prejudice against Slytherin over the years, and the head of the house, who was born in Slytherin, is even more anxious, but they can do nothing. After all, their era has passed. No matter how powerful and fearless a wizard was in his lifetime, he is now just a portrait. They can only watch quietly, bound by the Hogwarts Magic Contract. Without the headmaster's consent, they cannot even pass on messages to the younger generation.
"I think he would like to expel all Slytherins from Hogwarts?"
"Dumbledore, I think you remember that Hogwarts Castle originally belonged to Slytherin."
"..."
It took Dumbledore a lot of effort to calm down the angry headmasters. Or perhaps it cannot be said that they were calmed down, after all, most of the headmasters left the portrait in anger. Only a few headmasters from Gryffindor remained in the frame, but they were unwilling to pay too much attention to him.
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