Chapter 425: Poor innocent and very bad Peter
Peter's tragic condition did not arouse sympathy, and Sirius still resisted the desire to kill to save Peter's life.
Lupin looked at Harry and the others with emotion, he didn't expect that he had exposed his identity as a werewolf, and they were still willing to trust him.
In order to completely solve this misunderstanding, Lupin and Sirius told Harry in detail about the cause and effect of the whole thing, and there were few reservations except for the inconvenient matters related to the Order of the Phoenix...
Harry listened to it almost crying, and it took him a long time to calm down, and he looked angrily at Peter, who was tied to the ground, dirty and still with a nosebleed, and asked out in confusion.
"Why did you suddenly choose him to be your secret keeper?"
In Sirius and Lupin's description, Peter is timid, cowardly, and incompetent, and is simply useless, and even if it is necessary to change the secret, it should be Lupin's responsibility!
"You should have heard Peter's words just now, there was a traitor in the camp against Voldemort at that time, and he sent a lot of information to the mysterious man.
I had doubted Lupin because of his status as a werewolf wizard, so I excluded him from the selection of a secret man..."Sirius explained, looking at Lupin apologetically.
"Please forgive me, Remus."
"It's okay, I doubted you at the beginning! We're even," Lupin shook his head.
After saying that, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, it is this layer of suspicion that the identity of the confidential person will fall on Peter, among Jaime's friends, Peter is the least suspicious...
Usually undercover agents need to have a lot of courage and a good mentality, and Peter doesn't fit either.
This was supposed to be the safest move, but who knew it would have pushed Jaime and Lily into hell instead.
"It's all my fault... Harry! I'm sorry for you, but it was I who took the initiative to suggest that Jaime change his name cause all this. Sirius looked at Harry reproachfully and spoke.
"No, you're not wrong!" Harry shook his head and said in certainty. "It's Peter Pettigrew who betrayed your trust and my father's trust and betrayed his friends!"
Everyone present was silent for a moment, only Hermione thought of what she should do now, and reminded her.
"Now that we've figured things out, let's go tell Professor McGonagall now, and ask her to inform the people at the Ministry of Magic and clear Mr. Black's suspicions!"
Harry nodded hurriedly, he didn't want to wait any longer.
"That's not going to work! Now is not the time. But Ivan stopped them.
"Why?" Harry looked at Ivan in surprise, a puzzled look on his face. "And I've always wanted to ask, since you already knew, why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Of course, I'm worried that the Ministry of Magic will get in the way," Ivan sighed, and then explained to Harry and the others, emphasizing the stakes.
The Ministry of Magic will not slap itself, if there is no external factor, in the face of such a major scandal, they will only choose to hide it as much as possible, and they will be wrong, and they will never take the initiative to admit it.
"Probably not, right? That's the Ministry of Magic... And we've already caught Peter Pettigrew, the evidence is conclusive, just give him a little truth potion, won't everything be clear? Hermione pursed her lips and hesitated.
What Ivan said just now was impacting her three views, which made Hermione, who had always been accustomed to following the rules, a little unacceptable for a while.
"The Ministry of Magic isn't as just as you might think, Hermione! For many politicians, the truth of the matter does not matter, they only care about which outcome is good for them! Turning black into white is what they do best! ”
Ivan brutally tore apart Hermione's fantasies and put the cold truth in front of the little witch who was only thirteen years old.
Also reshaped are Harry and Ron, who find it hard to imagine that the Ministry of Magic would turn black and white upside down.
"Ahem..."
Sirius coughed lightly to draw the attention of Harry and the others, and he felt that this kind of thing was not something that a child of Harry's age should know, so he spoke.
"We've made up our minds about this matter, just wait for Dumbledore to come back and leave this matter to him."
"So when are we going to wait? What if Professor Dumbledore doesn't come back for months? Harry frowned, a little worried.
Ivan shrugged his shoulders, he couldn't answer, generally speaking, Dumbledore, as the headmaster of Hogwarts, shouldn't be out of school for months in a row.
"Soon!" Lupin suddenly spoke up.
Everyone turned their heads to look at him in surprise, and Lupin did not hide it and said truthfully.
"I just got word today that Professor Dumbledore should be back tonight! On the safe side, we just need to wait here for one night and be able to meet him early tomorrow morning! ”
"Really? That's great! Harry said happily.
Hermione, Ron, and even Sirius were relieved when they heard the news, as if some big rock had been put down.
The same goes for Ivan, who has always been reluctant to meet Dumbledore, but has to admit that Dumbledore always gives people a strange sense of security.
It's as if as long as he's there, there's nothing to worry about...
Thinking of this, Ivan looked at Peter Pettigrew, remembered something that needed to be confirmed, looked at everyone and said.
"Peter has taken refuge in the mysterious man, he should have the mark of the dark devil on his body, and if he can't use the truth potion in the inquisition, this is enough as proof!"
If he remembered correctly, the first thing Voldemort did after his resurrection in the original plane was to summon the Death Eaters using the Dark Mark mark on Peter's body.
Rather, before the resurrection, Voldemort, who lost his power, most likely did not have the ability to apply the Dark Mark to Peter.
It could only have been engraved thirteen years ago, when Peter took refuge with Voldemort!
Sirius quickly thought of the Death Eater emblem as well, and with a sinister smile on his face, he walked towards Peter Pettigrew step by step...
Peter's face was full of horror, his body was constricted in the corner, and his mouth kept crying and pleading, like a weak victim who was powerless to resist the assault...
The mark of the dark devil that Ivan said, he naturally has it!
This is the reward he received for completing his undercover work and betraying James and Lily, and it is a proof that he has the trust of the Dark Lord!
But what he worked so hard to get in exchange for has now become his talisman!