Chapter 227: Winning the case
"Is this what you call a good deed?" Fudge laughed angrily, "I don't know how to make up a lie, we just need to check what liquid is left in your bottle, and we can easily debunk your lie." Diaphragm
He looked at a male wizard in his thirties, who was on the jury, "Damocles, over to you."
The wizard nodded, stepped out of his seat, and came to Peter's side first.
He carefully examined Peter's condition and mental state, then asked Peter a few questions in a whisper, and after seeing Peter's expressionless face and unfocused eyes, he came to a conclusion.
"Mr. Minister, judging from Mr. Pedirul's performance, it is likely that he has taken an overdose of the Truth Elixir." The wizard said.
[In view of the general circumstances, "Thank you for your hard work, Damocles."] With a smug smile on his face, Fudge looked at Dracula, "Professor Dracula, let me introduce you, this is Damocles Belby, a third-class Merlin medalist, and the inventor of the wolf poison potion."
"With this Potions Master's proof, what else do you have to quibble? Enforcers, take Dracula under control!"
Two Aurors stationed in the courtroom rushed forward, drew their wands at the same time, and two stun spells shot out of their hands towards Dracula. Diaphragm
Dracula shrugged his shoulders and casually raised his hand. The two stun spells were easily flicked aside.
Then, he spread out his palms, and the wands in the hands of the two elite Aurors instantly flew out of their hands uncontrollably and fell into Dracula's hands at an extremely fast speed.
The two Aurors were stunned.
They are also old Aurors with rich law enforcement experience, and there are many tough and brutal dark wizards they encounter in their daily lives, but they have never encountered such a feeling of not being able to fight back at all like today.
Fudge was also taken aback, he had always known that the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor was strong, but he didn't know that it was so strong...... The two elite Aurors couldn't even make a move in his hands!
"You...... Are you going to rebel against the Ministry of Magic?" Fudge shouted inwardly.
Immediately, he looked at Dumbledore, "Dumbledore, your professors are openly opposed to the Ministry of Magic's law enforcement, shouldn't you help us control this dangerous element?" I don't think he's as threatening as Sirius Black!" Diaphragm
Fudge is often like this, only when he feels danger will he think of Dumbledore's strength and kindness, and when the wizarding world is calm, he only wants to weaken Dumbledore's influence and prestige.
"Professor Dracula?" Dumbledore glanced at Dracula with an inquiring look.
"I'm measured." Dracula hooked the corners of his mouth, "Don't worry, it won't make it difficult for you."
He didn't have to tear his face with the Ministry of Magic over such a trivial matter.
After all, ever since sensing the power behind that mysterious door, Dracula has been thinking about sneaking around the Department of Mysteries.
If there is too much conflict with the Ministry of Magic in advance to alert them, this kind of thing may become much more troublesome. ….
"Relax, I'm just defending myself as an innocent person." Dracula left his seat, chuckling as he handed the two wands he had just captured back to the two Aurors. Diaphragm
At the same time, he also earnestly instructed, "In the future, remember to hold your weapons tightly......
The two Aurors retrieved their wands and looked at each other.
Even if they regained their weapons, they couldn't afford to be enemies of Dracula again.
The gap is too big, how can this be fought? It's better to believe that this professor is innocent, at least the Ministry of Magic will have a better face......
Fudge in front of the courtroom gritted his teeth in anger, even the roots of his teeth were sore, but he still didn't have the courage to continue to fight against Dracula.
He didn't know if the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor would have the same bottom line as Dumbledore.
"Don't be nervous, Minister Fudge." Dracula saw Fudge at a glance
The embarrassment on his face smiled happily, "Since I said that I am innocent, then I naturally have enough evidence to prove it." Diaphragm
"I'm not going to mess around like Lady Pediru." He glanced meaningfully at the glaring old lady.
Mrs. Pedirus tried to refute, but was immediately skipped by Dracula and walked to Damocles Belby, who was still standing on the field.
"Mr. Belby, right?" Dracula asked.
"Hello, Professor Dracula." Damocles smiled politely at Dracula, a hint of confusion on his face.
He didn't understand what else this Professor Dracula could do to turn the tables on Peter Pedirou's obvious performance of taking the truth elixir.
"Mr. Belby, I have a lot of confidence in your potions." Dracula chuckled, "The liquid in this glass jar can easily tell if it's a truism or the most ordinary water, right?"
"Of course." Damocles nodded confidently, "It's one of the most basic abilities of being a potions researcher, and it's impossible for me to make a mistake in that!" Diaphragm
"Very well, so look at this bottle, what is the residual liquid in it?" With a slight smile on his lips, Dracula handed the glass bottle in his hand to Damocles.
Damocles took the bottle suspiciously, opened the lid, and reached out to fan it lightly on the mouth of the bottle, sniffing the flavor.
"This ...... It doesn't smell like anything?" After a moment, his eyes widened in surprise.
Unconvinced, he reached out and dipped his hand in the bottle, then put his finger in his mouth and licked it.
In the next second, Damocles frowned:
"It's really not any potion of all kinds, it's just the most ordinary kind of water."
"It can't be!" Fudge slapped his feet and stood up, "Damocles, could you be mistaken?" Diaphragm
"I've been studying potions for so many years, and the most basic things can still be guaranteed to be correct." Questioned Damocles was not happy, "If you don't believe it, you can come down and try it yourself." These liquids have no medicinal power at all, not even potions of any kind!"
Seeing that the third-class Merlin Medal winner had been assured of this, Fudge didn't want to question his professionalism, but he was not willing to let go of Dracula, who despised him, so he immediately changed his story. ….
"But Peter Pediru's symptoms aren't fake, Dracula was the only one who watered him just now." "I have reason to suspect that he prepared a different bottle ahead of time and hid the bottle containing the elixir."
"This suspicion is not unreasonable." Dracula nodded with interest, and then spread his arms casually, "In that case, let's check and see if there are any other bottles on me."
"You two, go search Professor Dracula." Fudge said to the two Aurors.
"Wait a minute." Dracula interrupted him abruptly.
"What, Professor Dracula has repented?" Fudge asked cheerfully. Diaphragm
"I'm just wondering, if it turns out that I don't have any other bottles on me, how can Secretary Fudge make amends to an innocent person?" Dracula laughed, "Could it be that the Minister of Magic can be lawless?"
Fudge's face suddenly turned angry like a purple eggplant.
"What if...... If this frisking proves that you are innocent, I will personally apologize to you and will not be held accountable for all of your wrongdoing in the courtroom." He said through gritted teeth.
"Okay." Dracula nodded nonchalantly, looking at the two sweaty Aurors, "What are you waiting for? You two are here to search your body."
The two Aurors felt that they had really fallen into bad luck for eight lifetimes today, and they were actually arranged to be on duty in the courtroom today.
It was clear that neither the Minister of Magic nor the powerful professor were offended by them.
"I...... I have a solution." An Auror hesitated for a long time, and finally thought of a solution, and said tremblingly
"We can use the Flying Charm to find the glass bottle directly, so we don't have to search the body......"
He glanced at Dracula's expression and didn't seem to be unhappy, and cautiously continued, "As long as Mr. Dracula agrees, then all the spaces with the Traceless Stretching Spell are opened."
"You're pretty smart." Dracula chuckled, "Okay, then you can use the Flying Charm to find the so-called glass bottle containing the truth elixir."
The other Auror cast a small spell to confirm that there was only one Traceless Stretch Spell space on Dracula's body, and Dracula opened his coat pocket.
However, what everyone present did not see clearly was that when Dracula's fingers hooked his pocket, a dark moon as small as the size of a crystal ball flashed away from the mouth of his pocket......
In a way, Fudge wasn't mistaken.
Dracula did prepare two different glass bottles, one for the elixir and the other for the poured water. After pouring the elixir into Peter's mouth, he quickly replaced another glass vial in his own hand.
But Fudge couldn't have imagined that in a place like the Ministry of Magic, where the Anti-Phantom Transfiguration Spell was cast, Dracula would be able to break through the space and teleport the glass bottle somewhere else. Diaphragm
At this point, the Auror, who offered to use the Flying Charm to find the glass bottle, had no idea that the bottle had returned to Hogwarts Castle, and was still holding his wand nervously——....
"AioGssJars."
The bottle with the water left in Dracula's hand flew over, but after waiting for a long time, no other bottle flew out of his pocket.
The Auror breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Fudge with an inquiring gaze.
"Mr. Minister, Professor Dracula doesn't have another glass bottle of the same kind on him." He said.
"Yes, Mr. Minister, is it time for you to fulfill your promise?" Dracula said to Fudge with a smirk.
Looking at this scene, Fudge's chest continued to rise and fall, and his lungs seemed to be about to explode. Diaphragm
However, when he saw the increasingly dangerous look in Dracula's eyes and the increasingly rich magical aura around him, he was still decisive.
"Yes...... I'm sorry, Professor Dracula, but I'm wrong about you." In front of the audience, Fudge felt that he had lost face as the chief magician.
"Well, then what?" Dracula asked, clasping his hands to his chest.
"The Ministry of Magic will not hold you accountable for all your wrongdoings in this trial......" Fudge said through gritted teeth.
"Well, thank you for your generosity, Mr. Minister." Dracula burst out laughing, and the dangerous look on his face dissipated for a moment, as if it had never existed.
But Fudge knew that Dracula had just threatened him absolutely without a trace.
He also knew that the bottle of truth potion was definitely poured into Peter's mouth, but they couldn't find any definite evidence. Diaphragm
Seeing what was happening in front of him, but not being able to find the key evidence anyway, made Fudge feel extremely aggrieved in his heart, and even wanted to leave this courtroom with a flick of his sleeves.
At that moment, another witch beside Fudge, who had not spoken from beginning to end, suddenly spoke.
"Peter Pediru, who betrayed James Potter and Lily Potter twelve years ago?" Amelia Bones, director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, asked.
Her sudden questioning caught Fudge and Mrs. Pedirus off guard.
The next moment, Peter, under the effect of the Truth Eliminator, replied with a blank face:
"It's me."
The entire courtroom suddenly fell silent. Diaphragm
"After Voldemort fell, did you kill a dozen Muggles and fake your death?" Amelia Bones then asked.
"Yes."
"Very well, it seems that the truth of the matter is already obvious." A light smile appeared on the director's serious face.
"No, you can't!" Pedy
Mrs. Lu covered Peter's mouth like crazy and shouted loudly, "Shouldn't the conclusions of the interrogation of this illegal potion be nullified?!"
"Theoretically...... Fudge hesitated, and replied.
"That's true, so we shouldn't take Peter's testimony as evidence." Amelia Bones bowed.
Mrs. Pediroux breathed a sigh of relief. Diaphragm
However, the director's next sentence completely broke her emotions.
"Raise your hand if you agree with the allegations against Peter Pediru." Director Bones said in a loud voice, and she was the first to raise her hand.
In the courtroom, one hand after another was raised, and a dense sea of raised arms gradually formed.
Damocles Belby, who was standing on the sidelines, and the two Aurors glanced at each other and silently raised their hands.
Even if the truth can't be used as evidence for a final verdict, it is enough for all wavering jury members to make a final decision.
After Peter confessed his abominable sin, no one was willing to give him the slightest sympathy......
In the end, only Fudge and Dolores Umbridge didn't raise their hands. Diaphragm
Fudge looked around and knew that he couldn't do anything about it, so he raised his hand feebly.
Mrs. Pedirou collapsed to the ground in despair.
Sirius and Harry hugged each other happily.
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