Ministry of Magic, Third Courtroom of the Wizengamot.

More than thirty members were rarely present at this trial, and the fuchsia robes were joined together, filling half of the courtroom.

To create an oppressive atmosphere, the walls of the entire courtroom were made of black stone, dimly lit and eerie, and an ominous silence fell when the heavy doors were closed.

"Accused: Stojee Podmore, has been confirmed to be present and can officially begin the trial."

A cold man's voice echoed through the courtroom.

The man, who had a lot of straw stuck in his head and sunken eyes, and looked very haggard, was pushed in.

"Trial on September 15."

"Trial of Stoic Podmore, trespassing on the Ministry of Magic and attempting to commit a robbery."

Fudge's voice rang out, and he sat in the center of the courtroom, which was supposed to be the seat of Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, but Fudge, who was only a member of the Wizengamot, was sitting inside.

"In the early hours of the night of September 11th, you sneaked into the Ministry of Magic and entered the Department of Mysteries to take something. Unfortunately, you're spotted by the Aurors, who patrol at night, and after a bit of a struggle, you're captured. ”

"Now the Ministry of Magic is going to charge you with three counts of 'trespassing into the Ministry, attempting to commit robbery, and attempting to attack the Aurors.'"

"Defendant, what do you have to say?"

"No, I didn't, I said I was wronged."

Stoic shouted excitedly, but unfortunately he was under a spell and his body could not move.

"Really? Do you deny admitting that you entered the Ministry of Magic that day? without permission. ”

Fudge, who was sitting on the high platform, looked at Stoic condescendingly.

"That's because."

Stoic tries to defend himself but is interrupted by Fudge.

"You just have to answer me 'yes or no'!"

"Yes, but"

"Very well, Stoic admitted that he had infiltrated the Ministry of Magic that day."

Fudge said directly after he answered no.

"Did you enter the Department of Mysteries without permission?"

"Yes, but because."

"Are you going to take something from the Department of Mysteries?"

“.”

In many cases, the answer is not as simple as 'yes or no', and Fudge's interrogation is very targeted and inducing, as most of the Wizengamot jurors in this room know.

But no one was willing to come forward and accuse Fudge.

"As the presiding judge of this case, I would like to ask you once again if you have pleaded guilty to the three charges of 'trespassing on the Ministry of Magic, attempting to commit robbery, and attempting to attack the Aurors.'"

"No!"

"Defendant Stojee pleaded not guilty. Extremely bad attitude"

After a tirade, Fudge said, "It's time for a final judgment." ”

"I think he's guilty! He should have been sent to Azkaban for a few months before he could reflect on it. ”

Just then, the door to the courtroom was pushed open, and Dumbledore walked in from the outside, and it was rare that he actually wore the costume of the chief wizard today.

"Judges, I'm sorry to be late, I think. There are still a lot of doubts to be dealt with in this case. ”

"There are many doubts in this case, and it should be re-examined to avoid a wrong trial result."

"Dumbledore."

Fudge was startled when he saw Dumbledore, Dumbledore's appearance was something he never expected, but after hearing the other party's words, he became excited: "Although you are the chief wizard, the trial has begun now, and no matter what opinion you have, you must wait for the trial to end." ”

"According to the rules of the Wizengamot, as long as more than half of the members of the Wizengamot present agree, as the chief wizard, I can take over the judgment again."

Dumbledore said as he looked at the other members of the judgment seat, "So. . . Now vote by a show of hands. ”

originally thought that the first person to echo Dumbledore would be his friend, but he didn't expect that it was Amelia Bones who was the first to raise his hand, and with her as an example, many people raised their hands one after another.

Although the twenty or thirty people present now are all internal personnel of the Ministry of Magic, many people are not pleasing to Fudge and are more willing to support Dumbledore, with Amelia taking the lead, these people have raised their hands.

Almost all of them passed

Dumbledore smiled at Fudge and said, "Minister Fudge, it looks like I can take over this case, and if you don't want to leave, you can participate as an ordinary inquisitor." ”

Fudge was very unwilling, but there was nothing he could do now, unless he had to use his position as Minister of Magic again to forcibly punish Stoicjee.

However, his previous act of forcibly arranging Umbridge to enter Hogwarts has already caused many wizards to be dissatisfied, and if he still wants to let Wizengamot follow his will, his position as Minister of Magic will really come to an end.

Trading your own black gauze hat for a Stoic is clearly not worth it.

Again, he is only the Minister of Magic of England, not the Minister of World Magic, and he can't really do whatever he wants, otherwise he wouldn't have to be afraid of Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore, how are you going to interrogate this case? It is a fact that he trespassed into the Ministry of Magic. ”

"I think there's something wrong with this."

"I'm being controlled by a Imperius curse." Stoic hurriedly shouted.

Dumbledore turned to Fudge, "You see, he's under the Imperius Curse"

The Imperius Curse is another Imperius Curse, and those purebloods use this reason to forget it, what is your Stoic identity worthy of it?

"No one can prove it to him!"

"It's easy to prove it, we can look at his memory."

"Memories can be tampered with."

"But he didn't have time to tamper with, did he? Unless he was ready to face the situation in the first place. ”

Fudge's desire to imprison Stojee in Azkaban had already made him overcome his fear of Dumbledore and try to convict Stoile, but Dumbledore wanted to do the opposite, and the two seemed to have a fierce debate, and the entire third courtroom could only hear the sound of the two arguing.

In the end, it was Fudge who had the upper hand.

His skills were far inferior to Dumbledore's, and he had never heard of many of the methods of proof. As a result, with Dumbledore's multiple evidences, Sdogie was confirmed to have been imposed, and he was acquitted.

What a trial, and thus ended in an almost farcical trial.

It would be nice if Umbridge was here, what she does best is debate. ’

Fudge's face was gloomy, a far cry from his usual benevolent image.

"Dumbledore, you'll regret it."

Taking off the Wizengamot's characteristic tall hat and clutching it in his hands, Fudge glared at Dumbledore viciously, his face distorted like a crumpled rag, a change from his previous cowardice.

(End of chapter)