Chapter 162: The Old Bee Wants to Go On an Adventure
"Dumbledore, are you really going to send me to that boring investigation?"
After the Ministry of Magic left, Severus spoke to Dumbledore, who was still here, and the two of them turned back to Severus's headmaster's office.
"Of course, Severus, after all, the Ministry of Magic still leads the wizarding world, doesn't it!" Dumbledore said as a matter of course, as the guardian of the order, Dumbledore should follow the rules of the order.
"Can you bring me a glass of honey water, Severus?" The old bee's sweet-eating disorder was again, and he sat down on the sofa a little lazily.
"I won't have anything you like here, or you can have a glass of boiled water." Severus stood in his office and looked at Dumbledore as if he were the master of the room.
"I'm going to borrow your invisibility cloak," Severus said coldly, "tomorrow." ”
"Invisibility cloak? What are you going to do? Dumbledore said slowly, not too surprised.
When Severus agreed to go to the Ministry of Magic, Dumbledore knew that Severus must have had his own plans, otherwise he wouldn't be so good at talking.
Even if Severus was indeed a little wrong, as Severus said, killing Dementors was not a mistake in the eyes of wizards.
The wizards wish someone would do that!
It's mainly about Charles and Ed, but there is no evidence for either of them, and Dumbledore is sure that Severus didn't do it, so it's a little strange that Severus would cooperate with the investigation.
As for giving Dumbledore face? The old bee is not yet confident to this extent, and the stakes for Slytherin are not something that can be solved with a little face.
"I'd like to go to the Department of Mysteries." Severus explained lightly, not feeling anything wrong at all.
I wanted to see it, so I wanted to go, and that's it.
"Is it there?" Dumbledore frowned, "That's not a good place, I'll go with you." ”
In the end, Dumbledore agreed, of course.
"I'm curious about what's in there, too!" The old bee said a little slyly.
"Haven't you been?"
"No, the Ministry of Magic forbids me to go anywhere."
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The next day, Severus and Dumbledore rushed to the Ministry of Magic from the fireplace in the Headmaster's office.
Then, not long after, Arthur. Weasley found the two men who were walking through the elevator.
"Minister Bagno has changed the questioning of Professor Snape to a hearing, from the Auror office to the tenth-story tenth courtroom." Arthur whispered, his tone a little disdainful, and he didn't know who he was talking about, "The time is in ten minutes." ”
"Hearings?" Severus frowned and said coldly, "How dare he do it!" ”
Severus was not a Harry Potter student, he was a professor at Hogwarts, the head of Slytherin, and the youngest Potions Master in the wizarding world.
In terms of status and status, he is much higher than Harry Potter, which is why Severus does not give face to the Ministry of Magic.
Apparently, however, Minister Bagno felt that the prestige of the Ministry of Magic had been compromised, and wanted to convict Severus in this way.
In terms of Bagnau's control of the Ministry of Magic, it is estimated that nearly half of the people at the hearing will support him.
And Severus has no friends other than his high status on the surface, and not many people will risk offending the minister to support him, except for Dumbledore, of course.
Dumbledore was even more annoyed than Severus, "Bagnor has gone too far! ”
And, more crucially, neither Severus, nor Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, were notified before the decision was made.
The 10th courtroom is accessible via the corridor leading to the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor and one floor down, and is not accessible by elevator.
It just so happened that Severus could take a look at the Department of Mysteries first.
The walls of the Department of Mysteries were all black tiles, the walls were empty, there were no doors or windows, and the doors leading to the courtroom on both sides of the corridor were heavy wooden doors with iron latches and keyholes embedded in them, except that at the end of the hallway there was a simple black door leading to the Department of Mysteries.
There is a gap on the left side of the hallway, which allows you to go down to the tenth floor.
The walls of the tenth courtroom were made of black stone, and the light of the torches was dim and gloomy, and on all sides were rows of dense benches, which were arranged in a staircase, and from all the seats the chairs with chains were clearly visible, on which the accused would sit.
Only Dumbledore and Severus arrived, and Arthur had already left early.
The courtroom was already filled with wizards, and it looked like there were more of them than there were when the Death Eaters were being judged.
It's a spectacular scene.
There was no nonsense in the process, and it came up to read Severus's guilt and conduct a hearing.
"First of all, I want to say, Minister Bagno, on what evidence are you relying on to charge me?" Severus sat down in the middle chair, but there was no suspect in his consciousness, "As a potions master issued by the Ministry of Magic, if there is no conclusive evidence, then, in my opinion, this hearing itself is illegal!" ”
"Of course, Snape, there's confirmation that you've done something to Singleman." Bagno said with some seriousness, "Besides, there are Muggles who have witnessed you kidnapping Id. Bagno, and led to his death! ”
There was a commotion at the scene.
In fact, many people were also summoned temporarily, and they didn't know what it was, and after hearing Bagno's words, they realized that it was the minister's nephew who died.
"Time and place, I think Mr. Minister should make things clear first, I don't want to bear the charge of murdering the minister's nephew!" Severus said with a slight mockery, after all, it was still for revenge, which was a bit disappointing.
Severus had a full alibi, not to mention that Dumbledore was also there, and he could prove it as well.
I didn't say it before because Bagnor made it clear that he didn't trust Dumbledore, but in front of many wizards, it was different, and there were still many people who were willing to believe in white wizards.
Therefore, neither side can actually convince anyone, because the matter itself has not been investigated, and Dumbledore has not intended to tell Bagnor about some things.
What to say? Could it be that your nephew turned into a Dementor and then exploded himself?
Unless Bagno is crazy, he won't believe it!
Therefore, in the end, there will be a vote, and this is where Bagno's confidence lies, he knows that the evidence is insufficient, but many others are not.
Therefore, Bagno looked at the voting wizard with a smug smile.
But obviously, no one is stupid.
Severus is not an ordinary person, and now he is suspicious of a great wizard whose status is no less than that of the sitting, if the evidence is conclusive, it will be counted, and the current situation is obviously no less evidence.
In addition, when Bagno suppressed Dumbledore and purebloods before, he still lost some supporters, and Severus had some Slytherin support, as well as the support of the Extraordinary Apothecary Society, plus the support of Dumbledore and Connelly Fudge, so many people could still hold on.
But it's also quite dangerous.
This also made Severus realize the power of this minister, which is much stronger than Fudge, if it weren't for the fact that his masters couldn't get on the table, he was fully capable of driving out Dumbledore.
But sometimes strength is strength, and it's an important part of wizarding power.
After this episode, Dumbledore and Severus once again arrived at the Department of Mysteries.
This time, the two of them are here for an adventure!
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I'm sorry for the chapter today!!