Chapter Ninety-Three: Wizards and Muggles, The End of the Century Judgment
"Oh! Professor McGonagall, there's a little one. Why are you guys here. "Around the corner of the hallway, an acquaintance of Professor McGonagall walked by.
It was a tall, somewhat balding, dark-skinned wizard. Her deep, slow voice tinged with exhaustion, and she bothered at the sight of Professor McGonagall.
"Kingsley?" Professor McGonagall frowned and said, "I'm taking this kid to trial, the Aurors are very busy these days, you may not know, just..."
"No, Professor, I know, I mean, they, Minister of Magic, Fudge, have changed the time of his trial to five o'clock in the afternoon, and the place is no longer the tenth courtroom, but the Golden Hall of the Ministry of Magic."
"The Golden Hall? In front of the Department of Magic? Anthony looked at Kingsley in surprise, and in a flash of light, he figured out what Fudge was up to.
After he told Fudge that his guardian was Mr. Harker, Fudge should immediately understand that the protagonist of this trial had long since changed from him to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
The months of suffering from Mr. Huck had severely diminished his prestige as Minister of Magic.
There are even rumors circulating in the Ministry of Magic that the Minister is inferior to a Muggle...
Is Fudge ready to prove himself by defeating Mr. Huck head-on in front of the entire British wizard?
Forehead...
Why is it so naïve?
Anthony had a black face, and couldn't help but worry about Fudge's IQ!
As a "noble" wizard, win or lose the debate.
In the eyes of pure-blood wizards, from the moment you put yourself on the same platform as Muggles, you have already lost!
This is also the reason why everyone can see that Fudge is about to step down.
He probably won't be able to survive this year.
Maybe he also knew that it was because of this that he organized this grand trial ceremony?
Such a crazy move, as everyone knows, is it because he is fighting against the odds and is desperate? Or is it the last carnival before the curtain ends?
"Dumbledore has gone to Downing Street to inform the Muggle Prime Minister, hehe! This is really an unprecedented event. Kingsley mocked with a slight sigh.
As an Auror who had experienced dark times, he had naturally seen strong winds and waves, but it was the first time he had encountered such a scene today.
But, at the end of the day, the Minister of Magic has an unshirkable responsibility for how things will turn out.
...
And just as Anthony and the others got back on the elevator back to the ground.
London's Downing Street has long been bustling with traffic.
Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Crown Prince Charles, arrived on the tenth with a letter from the Queen.
Accompanying him, as well as Princess Anne.
Agents from Departments Six, Five, and the Wizarding Intelligence Council had also arrived on Tenth, and everyone was nervous, just waiting for the Prime Minister's orders.
3:10 p.m.
Journalists from various media outlets, newspapers, gathered on the streets of Downing, the main road had been blocked by the police at Scotland Yard, and the Royal Guard and the Road and Traffic Police Command completed the operation.
The streets are full of CTSFO (Professional Counter-Terrorism Firearms Officers).
This almost makes it clear that something big is happening in Downing Street, and those reporters are all old fritters, will it be clear?
Moreover, there were people in the 10th who leaked information to the newspaper.
Everyone has reached a consensus that this is definitely a major operation that is not inferior to that of two months ago, when the joint command was directed against the communist army in Northern Ireland.
The incident even alarmed foreign consulates across London.
It can be said that at this moment, Downing Street has become the center of public opinion in the whole of London.
...
At this time, inside Downing Street, in the Prime Minister's office, Mr. Huck was staring intently at the papers in his hand, surrounded by a group of experts from all sides.
Law, Defense, Psychology, Literature, Speech.
From Dumbledore's statement, the trial was changed to the main entrance hall of the Ministry of Magic, facing all British wizards.
As the trio at the pinnacle of British power, Prime Minister Harker, Cabinet Secretary Humphrey, and Chief Private Secretary Bernard immediately realised that this was a great opportunity.
Not only is Fudge eager to suppress Mr. Huck, but Mr. Huck also hopes that this matter will be a breakthrough against the Ministry of Magic.
A war without gunpowder begins in a matter of hours.
However, neither side has yet reached the final sprint.
are still accumulating.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, the huge political machine of Downing Street operated wildly, and Mr. Prime Minister and Prince Charles and Princess Anne walked out of Downing Street before and after, followed by a group of senior government officials, the Secretary of State for Defense and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs were here, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer, known as No. 11, did not follow, and it seemed that Mr. Harker was also guarding against the wizards.
The group got into the car, and the convoy surrounded by the police slowly drove to Whitehall in Westminster.
Today's Whitehall is not the name of a courtroom.
It gets its name from Whitehall Palace, which burned down in 1698.
The location of this sprawling palace was in the area of today's Whitehall, and the road under everyone's feet was the avenue leading to the front of Whitehall Palace.
Now, Whitehall is the name of the street.
The street, which connects the Houses of Parliament to Downing Street, is the political centre of the United Kingdom, and on this road and its vicinity are the departments of the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the Admiralty and other British government agencies.
As a result, Whitehall is also known as a synonym for the British executive branch.
Turn right out of Downing Street and you'll arrive at Whitehall.
All the way through various government agencies. The road is not very long, in fact it is only a few hundred meters.
Soon, the motorcade arrived at the State Banquet Hall.
It was built in 1622 as a state banquet hall, and it is the only building that has survived to this day.
It is said that during the English Civil War, King Charles I of England was executed in public on January 30, 1649, stepping out of the second-floor window of the State Banquet Hall and ascending to the makeshift guillotine outside the window.
Maybe the state banquet hall will be preserved, and it has something to do with this?
Unbeknownst to Muggles, though, the State Banquet Hall was also the location of the British Ministry of Magic, just below it.
The State Banquet Hall is also the main entrance to the Ministry of Magic.
It was the protection of the wizards that kept the building alive.
...
At this time, the state banquet hall had already cleared the relevant personnel.
The entire street is blocked.
As soon as the convoy stopped, a wizard appeared in front of the state banquet hall.
It was a historic meeting, the second in nearly three hundred years since the Ministry of Magic was founded in 1707, when a delegation was sent to contact the Muggle monarchs William III and Mary II.
Both the top of the government and the Ministry of Magic took this trial very seriously.
This will directly determine the future relationship between wizards and Muggles.
The Daily Prophet even urgently printed an additional issue.
On the most eye-catching front page, with the most eye-catching headline, it was written: Wizards and Muggles, End of the Century Judgment!