Chapter 20: The Daily Life of the Wizards - The Inheritance Trial (I)

Before the Wizengamot trial, Daniel did his best and did his homework.

He kept in mind the names, ages, origins, educations, magic skills, careers, and taboos of each member of the jury.

This time, Lucius did not accompany him at the trial. During this sensitive period of time when the mysterious man suddenly fell, no matter how narcissistic he was, he would not feel that his presence could have any beneficial effect on Blake's wife and brother.

On the contrary, the identity of an exotic wizard is more convenient to operate without a tendentious and completely blank political position.

Daniel followed a member of the Ministry of Magic through a long, eerie hallway. The corridors were flanked by walls made of stone, bare, with no windows or doors, and no electric lights, only bright flames burning on the torches.

According to the member of the Ministry of Magic, this kind of torch is a special magic torch that cannot be blown out by the wind.

Still, but seriously, if it weren't for knowing that this was the norm in the British wizarding world, Daniel would have felt that it was a disgrace...... However, the audience in front of the TV will probably like this ancient atmosphere of the Middle Ages. He carefully moved the invisible camera in the shape of a pen to make sure the picture was clearer and more comprehensive.

The black, chained door was opened, and Inquisition No. 3 (the first to deal with disputes between wizarding nobles) appeared before me.

Fifty members of the jury, dressed in fuchsia robes, sat on high places, looking condescendingly at Daniel as he walked in, their gazes either curious, stern, or simply indifferent.

Sitting in the middle was an old woman, Milisenbagno, the current Minister of the Ministry of Magic.

This lady from Ravenclaw was gentle and wise-eyed, and she was more of a scholar than a politician.

However, her courage was no less than that of Gryffindor, and during her tenure as Minister of Magic, although she was a little less courageous, she never gave in to the Mystic even when she was at his most powerful.

She sat firmly in the ministerial position, working with Dumbledore to protect the innocent, Muggle-born wizards.

After the mysterious man was finally defeated and disappeared, she did not rejoice that she was in power from now on, but felt heartfelt sadness and exhaustion for those wizard friends who lost their lives in the war.

Even, she asked Dumbledore to take over the Minister of Magic, and she chose to retire on her own initiative. Unfortunately, Dumbledore has never given her an accurate reply, so she has to continue to work tirelessly in the ministerial position.

To the left and right of the lady sat the other two candidates who were most likely to take over as Minister of Magic: Connery Fudge, and his current rival, Barty Crouch.

Ignoring Fudge, Barty Crouch, who is currently the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, has been at the peak of his career recently, and he is proud and in the limelight, he combs his hair to a single end, raises his head and chest, and stares sharply at the qiē in front of him.

During his time as a mystery man, he publicly declared that he would fight to the end, thus gaining great prestige among the people.

And, after the fall of the Mystery, he led the Aurors to catch the Death Eaters everywhere, and his methods were very tough and extreme.

Among them, the most typical and well-known case is the Sirius case.

He personally arrested Sirius Black and threw him into Azkaban prison without trial, the first noble-born 'criminal' arrested by the Ministry of Magic, and since then, the privileges of the nobles have been completely broken.

Whether Muggle or aristocratic, as long as he gets involved with the mysterious people, Barty Crouch will be like a vulture, constantly hovering in the sky, and at any opportunity, he will throw people into Azkaban.

Because of his ruthless style, the nobles of the wizarding world were almost frightened, and they couldn't live in fear.

At this time, even the cunning Lucius Malfoy will subconsciously choose to retreat when facing this guy (of course, I don't know what kind of conspiracy is behind it).

Compared to him, Connery Fudge, who is always with mud and wall grass, is really a bit too low-key.

The short and fat man who 'had some illicit dealings with Lucius in private', although he pretended to be serious, did not forget to wink at Daniel inadvertently when he looked at him.

Daniel nodded casually in response, then raised his eyes to look around at everyone present at the Wizengamot......

After a week of homework, he already knew who his allies were, who he could win over, and who his enemies were.

"We're ready to start, right?" Fudge politely asked around, and after receiving an affirmative answer from everyone, he used a 'loud bell' spell on himself, and said loudly: "The trial on October X will try whether Daniel Black inherited the Black family's inheritance legally...... Interrogator...... Director of the Division of International Law Enforcement...... Recorder ......"

Daniel sat peacefully on the judgment seat.

Because it is the first time that the British wizarding world has accepted a case about inheritance, everyone seems to be very inexperienced with this.

The jury looked at the young American wizard curiously, whispering to each other in the back.

“…… "Fudge was still there dutifully narrating, and then handed out a stack of parchment to each member of the jury.......

However, just as everyone looked down at these materials, Barty Crouch suddenly began to ask sharply:

"You're the son of Alpha de Black?"

"Yes, sir."

"You were born in the United States?"

"Yes."

"Do you know that your father, Alpha Black, has been removed from the Black family?"

"I know."

"Do you know why he was removed?"

"I know."

"What is it?"

"He financed my cousin, Sirius Black, who ran away from home."

"Did you know that Sirius Black was a Death Eater, a traitor, and is serving his sentence in Azkaban Prison?"

Barty Crouch stared at the exotic wizard on the judgment seat with an icy gaze, "Funding a criminal, I am very suspicious of the position of your father, Mr. Alpha Black. And you, an exotic wizard, a descendant of a 'sponsor of criminals and unknown positions', suddenly come to England and ask to inherit a family that has 'abandoned your father', can you sue me why? ”

The jury began to talk to each other again.

They put down the information (originally those information didn't have much effect, the blood relationship of the wizard family, a spell can be seen clearly, there is almost no need for any information to prove, submitting the information is completely a process), and began to look at the scene in front of them.

Barty Crouch's question, though somewhat extreme and inexplicable, does put an important issue on the surface straightforwardly, and that is the question of the position of the 'heir to the Black family'.

The British wizarding world has only just experienced the ravages of the mysterious people, and the power of the pure-blood nobles has just been suppressed, and they are still not sure which side the American wizard is on...... Today, it is not so much a question of inheritance as a matter of political game between the two forces.

'It's really out of line', Daniel thought to himself, 'without a clear regulation and standard, it's a mess that depends on the minds of the jury members......

'Forget it, I expected it for a long time. ’

He sighed softly, but finally showed a bright smile, and said in a silly and sweet tone: "Mr. Crouch, the removal of the family is an internal matter of the Black family. What's more, I think the brothers and sisters who are purely angry are playing with their younger brothers, something like 'if you don't do what I say, I'll kick you out' or something. Who takes 'family quarrels' seriously? Isn't that a brain problem? ”

He blinked his blue eyes, looked full of emotion, and expressed an exclamation: "Mr. Crouch, blood, is constantly chopping!" ”

Fudge subconsciously turned his head to avoid laughing out loud. Lucius's brother-in-law is even smarter than he imagined, pretending to be stupid and stunned, and it is estimated that he will make Barty angry to death.

"As for funding Sirius, Mr. Crouch, your logic is questionable. Here, there's also a time period issue that you haven't noticed. ”

"When Sirius was kicked out of the house, when my father sponsored him, he hadn't broken the laws of the wizarding world, and he wasn't a criminal at the time." Daniel said eloquently, "Is it still necessary to think about sponsoring a poor child who has been kicked out of his house by his family and lives on the streets because of rebellion? Shall we first ask the prophecy family to predict whether his future will be good or bad? Who would be so cold-blooded, cruel, ruthless, and vexatious? ”

The cold-blooded, cruel, ruthless, and vexatious Barty Crouch stared at him with a cold face, "No matter how you quibble, your father, Alpha Black has indeed been removed from the Black family. ”

"But my father and I were not stripped of our 'Black' surname (that's because all wizarding nobles looked down on the laws of the Ministry of Magic and didn't feel that internal family matters needed to be registered with the Ministry of Magic). In the 1931 revised edition of the English Wizarding Code, Article 431 states that 'all persons of the same bloodline and the same surname shall enjoy the ownership of the property of that bloodline'. ”

"You're an American wizard."

"I have a British domicile."

"The Black Family is a Death Eater ......"

"Slander! You can't use several people to represent a family...... All right. Daniel looked at him pityingly, "Seriously, for a family like yours that has been passed down for generations, it is really difficult to understand the complexity of a large family member, and the love-hate affection between each other. ”

"Full of lies."

"Slander! I'm more authentic than Kim Galleon. ”

"Can you please stop?" Fudge awkwardly interrupted their conversation, and the jury men began to talk to each other again, not knowing what they were talking about.

"The internal affairs of the Black family are really not our focus."

Fudge said Barty Crouch gave him a sharp look. However, he continued to conclude that "according to the information submitted by Daniel Black, that is, the blood certificate, and the death certificate of the heirs of the Black family, etc., he does have the right to inherit the Black family." However, due to the fact that some members of the Black family have frequently participated in the Death Eaters organization in recent years, which has endangered the safety of the public and caused heavy losses to the wizarding world, we are not sure whether such a family should be inherited......"

"Can you tell me what you think, kid?"

The Minister of Magic, Ms. Mirisenbagno, who had not spoken, finally uttered her first words since the beginning of the trial.

She looked at Daniel gently and firmly: "Mr. Daniel Black, what did you come to the UK from the United States for?" ”