[HP] Lost and Returning

Godric was very efficient, and he quickly persuaded Scrimgeour to agree to deal with Lucius?Malfoy held a public trial. Since he had approached Scrimgeour about the Malfoy Manor last time, the other party had already determined that there was some kind of relationship between him and the Malfoy family, so the request this time was not so unexpected.

Scrimgeour himself is a Slytherin, and he will agree and have his own considerations. If Big Malfoy is really guilty, the public trial will undoubtedly put him to death. At the same time, a large amount of property in Malfoy Manor will be confiscated. Fu was imprisoned in Azkaban without trial due to the chaotic situation, so the investigation of Malfoy Manor was limited to black magic items.Conversely, if Malfoy is not guilty, this man obviously put himself on the opposite side of the Dark Lord by doing this kind of thing at this time, and he is just selling favors. As the Slytherin who fights against the Dark Lord, he has an extra ally , why not do it?

That afternoon, Mrs. Malfoy stood proudly in the minister's office and formally submitted a motion for retrial, and proposed to have it heard by the Supreme Court, the Wizengamot.Scrimgeour squinted his eyes, and also omitted the politeness, and directly set the time for the next morning. As the Minister of Magic, he still has some rights.

Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, was notified that day that he must appear in court to hear the case, otherwise the power will be handed over to the minister. At the same time, dozens of owls from the Ministry of Magic He flew out and informed the other members of the court.

That night, the "Daily Prophet" became an evening paper for the first time, and Scrimgeour vigorously publicized the matter of Malfoy's public trial. His idea was that Malfoy should either die, or Malfoy should be completely reconciled with the black people. The devil breaks.So the bigger the noise, the better.

The whole wizarding world is seething that an evil Death Eater who escaped from Azkaban has been caught (Ministry of Magic lies), what exciting news in these times of Death Eater attacks, of course, More people are puzzled and angry, why is there a public trial, just let the dementor kiss it?

A certain valley, Dumbledore's home.

Dumbledore smiled and handed over the honey water: "Professor Wilson, during the summer vacation, are you running around for Malfoy?" The old man blinked, but he was really puzzled about the relationship between this mysterious professor and Lucius So much so that I came to him: "I thought you knew the Wizengamot's trial model."

The trial is conducted in the form of questioning by the interrogator, the clerk is responsible for taking notes, and finally the decision is made by a show of hands.Dumbledore is emphasizing that he is not the point here.

"Your argument is very important." Godric raised his eyebrows, and he didn't come to ask for help, he came to give advice: "Dumbledore, it is good for you to save him, and it is impossible for him to come back To the ranks of the Dark Lord."

"Huh?" Dumbledore asked puzzled.

"This is a favor that goes with the flow, you will know tomorrow." Godric shrugged and left, pointing to the end, Dumbledore is not a fool ignorant of current affairs.

That night, Malfoy Manor.

Lucius and Narcissa were rehearsing tomorrow's response, while Draco listened and added a few words by the way.

Godric didn't come back, he went back to the shop to help the Ministry of Magic make potions, Scrimgeour asked him for another batch, Salazar didn't come back, no one knew where he went.

The only ones who were idle and flustered were the twins, and the two teenagers locked themselves in the room and chewed their ears.

"Is Xiaodi not coming back today?" Fred sighed.

"When he comes back, he must ask what's going on!" George looked at the situation, feeling like a cat scratching in his heart: "If he wants to say something."

Both of them shrugged and lowered their heads at the same time. There was something wrong with the Malfoy family, including Xiao Di and Abu who were the most wrong. Their curiosity was almost inflated to the extreme.

"By the way, you brought me here, does the rest of the family know?" Fred asked.

George's neck was stiff. He knew that he was in serious trouble. He came out secretly: "How is it possible..." His words were weak.

"It's been several days, why don't we write a letter back?" Fred suggested.

George shook his head, Xiao Di said that they can't leave here for a week, if they don't go home, the result of writing the letter will only be worse, saying they are at Malfoy's house?Say Fred came back from the dead?Nothing is reliable, maybe the parents will rush to Malfoy's house: "When we can go, let's go home together."

Fred tilted his head, didn't say any more, and gently leaned against his brother's red head.

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Early the next morning, Lucius stood in the office of the Minister of Magic and looked at Scrimgeour indifferently.

"Mr. Malfoy, it's great to see you again." Scrimgeour inspected the other party's usual aura, and then made a hand gesture: "I'd like to ask you to go with the Aurors." Since it is magic All the fugitives captured would naturally have to be escorted by Aurors to the Supreme Court.

Lucius glanced at Kingsley who frowned at him?Shacklebolt raised his eyebrows contemptuously, and elongated his voice: "I hope it doesn't become a joke in the end, Scrimgeour." If found not guilty, the Ministry of Magic will inevitably be blamed for those wanted and detained.

Scrimgeour stopped Kingsley's attempt to imprison Lucius with a spell, and he didn't smile: "Tonks, Shacklebolt, escort Mr. Malfoy to the court." It was an escort, not an escort.

Tonks gouged out the platinum nobleman, followed the instructions helplessly, and pulled the reluctant Kingsley to escort Malfoy one after the other.

Lucius did not have the slightest panic, he remained calm until he stood in the dock of the court.

In addition to the nearly fifty members of the court present, the court also expanded the venue to welcome a group of spectators. This is also a special permission from the Ministry of Magic. Among them, many nobles from the Slytherin side came, and they sat solemnly. There were no exposed Death Eaters among them, and Narcissa was sitting in the first row, and someone from the Order of the Phoenix also came, Arthur?Weasley also came, and his spirit was a little low. One of his twin sons was dead, and the other was missing. After searching for several days, there was no whereabouts. But now, he must also pay attention to what happened to his sworn enemy Malfoy trial.The other Weasley who came was Percy. He was the clerk of the court. He didn't have such a big job. He was only responsible for recording the questions and answers between the two parties.

Almost all the professors at Hogwarts were present, except for Snape, and McGonagall was sitting next to Arthur, comforting the poor father from time to time.Godric sat on the side seat, smiling brightly at the position of the chief magician.

Ms. Marchban, the interrogator this time, is a senior witch. She resigned last year in order to express her protest against sending senior investigators to intervene in Hogwarts, and then resumed her post after Dumbledore resumed her duties.

Dumbledore picked up the silver hammer that symbolized the trial and tapped the table lightly, indicating that the trial had begun.

"Your name?" Marchban asked some basic information according to the rules.

"Lucius? Malfoy." The platinum aristocrat glanced at the audience before speaking lightly.

"Can you swear that everything said here is the truth, and there is no falsehood?" Marchban was very serious.

"Of course." Lucius raised his eyebrows and added in his heart, no wonder.

"Last year, you obeyed the order of the mysterious man and went to the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic to obtain the prophecy ball. Is there such a thing?" Maqiban went straight to the point.

The members of the Order of the Phoenix in the spectators stared at the platinum man with staring eyes. You know, they all participated in that battle.

"No, I don't remember." Lucius' expression remained unchanged.

"How is it possible!" someone shouted from below.

Tonks, who was standing next to Lucius, clenched his fists and controlled himself not to punch him, this damned perverse Death Eater!Kingsley also gritted his teeth, this guy actually dared to push it completely.

"Silence!" Dumbledore looked solemn, motioning for Marchban to continue asking questions.

"But there are many witnesses to prove that you have indeed been to the Department of Mysteries and participated in that battle." Marchban said with a dark face, "Do you need to see those witnesses?" Someone came forward to correct me.

"No need." Lucius narrowed his eyes and glanced towards the indignant audience, and then he said with his signature chant: "I suggest using Veritaserum."

Immediately, there was an uproar in the audience. Veritaserum is forbidden to be used in formal interrogations, and very few defendants would bring it up, let alone this dead-on Death Eater!

Dumbledore was stunned for a moment, and then looked at a certain black-haired professor in the audience. The latter raised his eyebrows and smiled meaningfully. Could it be that this man's potion level is high enough to crack Veritaserum?

"Let him use it!" It was the members of the Order of the Phoenix who yelled out this sentence.

Dumbledore nodded, agreeing to the plan.

After a few drops of Veritaserum, the platinum noble's eyes became hollow, and Marchban began to question the details of the battle in the Department of Mysteries. It was Lucius who stunned herself and almost everyone below. ?Malfoy's answer consisted of only two sentences from beginning to end: "I don't know" or "I don't remember".

This is a comprehensive strategy formulated by the Malfoy family, pretending to be under the Imperius Curse, and pushing everything away, then "don't know" and "don't remember" are enough to get everything done.

The members of the court and the spectators in the audience were discussing in low voices. Some people began to doubt whether the Ministry of Magic had made a mistake, but there were also some who firmly believed in Lucius' identity, such as some nobles, and for example Members of the Order of the Phoenix who have fought.Arthur gritted his teeth: "If he is not a Death Eater, I will die." The death of his son at the hands of Death Eaters made him resent the dark forces even more.

From a personal point of view, Marchban also thinks that Malfoy is a Death Eater, but she can't do anything about it. Seeing that the platinum noble's eyes have recovered, she said that the questioning is over.

"He has the mark, the Dark Lord's mark!" Such a sentence burst out from nowhere.All eyes were on the man in the dock again.

Lucius raised his chin and evoked a faint smile. He slowly raised his arms and opened his sleeves as if playing back in slow motion, leaving nothing.

The audience immediately fell silent, silent.

The nobles all stared wide-eyed, especially some Death Eaters, how could the Mark of the Dark Lord disappear?

Dumbledore stroked his beard, he now knew what a favor is called, without evidence, no one can decide on Lucius?Malfoy's sin, though, was Wilson also missing that mark?Or just a concealment spell?

Obviously, Marchban also thought of the possibility of the Hidden Curse. After asking Dumbledore's permission, she took out her wand and did a spell test, but there was no response.

"It seems that our clerk didn't record much content today." Dumbledore stood up, looked at Percy's embarrassed face and continued: "Let's vote with a show of hands, let the evidence speak for itself." The farce-like trial Dumbledore has no intention of going on.

The court representatives raised their hands sparsely, obviously less than half of them.

"I declare, Lucius? Malfoy is acquitted!" Dumbledore made a final decision.

Hearing this sentence, the attitudes of the people below were different. Most of the nobles remained calm, but they were actually very happy in their hearts, including many neutral Slytherins and Death Eaters who were not very firm. A small number of them were loyal to the black The Slytherins of the Demon King were very angry, most of the Order of the Phoenix were very angry, and a small part suspected that they had wronged someone.And almost all the people believed the platinum noble's lies, thinking that he was not a Death Eater, but just wronged.

Narcissa walked up to her husband with her head held high and walked out with him.

Suddenly, a red-haired man came forward, it was Arthur, and he glared fiercely at his rival: "I don't believe it..." As soon as the man started talking, he grabbed Mag who was following him.

Lucius looked at the red-haired man with great disdain, snorted, brushed his body and left, and said to himself: Your two sons are still eating at my house, be careful, I will send you a bill, and let your house be sold out. Sorry, food in the Malfoy family is very expensive.

Godric watched the interaction between the two from the viewing stand, and sighed, the platinum nobleman was really the same in front of Salazar, and the same outside, just like the white peacock raised in the courtyard, Even though his eyes are not small, he always likes to look at people with his eyes squinted, and even raises his chin to look at people. He is so arrogant.

The rest of the court left one after another, and Godric deliberately stayed behind. He knew that Dumbledore would look for him.

Sure enough, the principal with the white beard patted him on the shoulder: "Is this your arrangement?"

"Not at all." Godric replied lightly.

"Why?" Dumbledore asked softly.

"Do you know why some Slytherins follow the Dark Lord?" Godric asked.

Dumbledore was silent, this question was not as easy to answer as it seemed.

"Because some people can't find a better way even if they don't want to." Godric watched the situation clearly.

Forget it, this nobleman is no longer an enemy in the battle situation, not at all, why didn't Dumbledore see the struggle from Slytherin, such as Draco this year?Malfoy, although he didn't know the details, he heard Severus mention it.

"Even if you have made a mistake, leave a place for Slytherin, or you will end up hurting both sides." Godric left after leaving these words, leaving the headmaster alone in thought.