Chapter 190

What should have come is still coming.

In the small hall, there are many people who should come. Fudge took the lead seat, followed by the members of the Hazardous Biological Committee and the Law Enforcement Division. The hearing was small and the charges were not serious, and there were no heavyweight officials present except for Secretary Fudge.

There is Hagrid here at Hogwarts, and there are many students who come to see the excitement, after all, they have all finished the exams, and many students have crowded into the small hall when they see the excitement, if it is not for the small auditorium, the place is really small, it is estimated that there will be hundreds of people crammed in.

There is no other member of the Wizengamot here besides Fudge, and he is also the Minister of Magic, and he is the presiding officer of today's hearing. On one side, the Hazardous Biological Committee and the Law Enforcement Division sent people mainly to advise Fudge on the text of the law and to provide some case studies.

In addition, Hogwarts is represented by professors, and this task undoubtedly falls to Professor McGonagall. In fact, Solim was not very interested in this so-called student representative at first, but it was just a formality, and he didn't want to waste time sitting there and being a monkey. It was only later that Draco's repeated requests reluctantly agreed.

Everything was ready to stop, and Fudge cleared his throat.

"The hearing at Hogwarts on April 20 will focus on Rubeus Hagrid's negligence and the handling of dangerous creatures in conflict with the law. "

Fudge said as the secretary of the minister next to him quickly wrote something on the parchment with a quill.

"Now I declare: the hearing is officially open. It is now routinely announced that no one is allowed to speak without permission, and no one is allowed to interrupt or disturb order in any form, and the first warning is given, and the second time is expelled. The present person in this case is presented below: Draco Malfoy. "

The crowd of students in the small hall looked at the door, and Draco walked in.

"Draco Malfoy arrived. "

"Presenter, you can get started. Fudge nodded to Draco.

Draco owes a debt and then recounts the whole process and outcome of the incident in an unhurried tone. Many students had heard about it, and Draco didn't add to it, but just told it as it was.

"Very well, presenter, you can stand aside first. Fudge smiled kindly at Draco, "Next, bring another presenter: Rubeus Hagrid." "

Hagrid was so nervous that he even walked in and turned around. He was still wearing his dirty coat, his beard and hair were untidy, and he was still as messy as usual.

"Start stating. Fudge looked at Hagrid and frowned, it was the first time he had seen someone so raunchy at a hearing. Although Fudge knew more or less what Hagrid was like, Fudge was a little unhappy that he was the subject of questioning about a case that a minister of the Ministry of Magic had intruded on.

Hagrid licked his lips nervously, making some statements that didn't match the preamble. Anyone could tell that Hagrid was nervous. Hermione in the crowd couldn't bear to look at Ron not far away, and he also clenched his fists and stared at Malfoy standing in the field hatefully.

Fudge finally got impatient and interrupted Ger's garbled statement.

At the end of the presentation session, the next delegates spoke in turn. Fudge looked at Professor McGonagall, "Then let's start with Professor McGonagall." "

Professor McGonagall stood up, glanced at Hagrid, who was crumbling, and sighed inwardly.

"As a colleague of Professor Hagrid, I know him very well, and he definitely did not cause such a teaching accident intentionally or intentionally, which I think all the professors and students present can agree with. Mr. Malfoy's case is an isolated case, and it does not completely negate Professor Hagrid's qualifications, and the school has taken complete precautions against accident-prone courses in teaching, and Hogwarts will not have such teaching accidents in the future. I ask for a lenient punishment for him. "

"Thank you, Professor McGonagall. Hagrid's eyes were red, and he was about to wipe them with his shiny black sleeves.

"Silence!" Fudge hammered the table, "Rubeus Hagrid, you weren't given permission to speak, this is the first warning. If there is a second time, I think you know the result. "

Hagrid suddenly lowered his head. Listen on the sidelines

The students were instantly silent, they were all at the hearing for the first time, and most of them were seeing this kind of solemn occasion for the first time.

The student representatives will speak below. Fudge gestured to Harry, "Let's start with Mr. Potter." "

"Okay...... Uh, sir. Harry was nervous, he knew he was overwhelmed by the fact that he had been elected as a student representative, and he didn't know how he was going to use that to help Hagrid in that capacity. That's when Harry really regretted it, if they had really tried to find the information in the first place, maybe it would have come in handy now.

But now there is no way, I can only bite the bullet, according to the previous discussion with Ron, as long as the fault is put on Malfoy, if the fault is on Malfoy, then Hagrid is naturally innocent.

"I think Professor Hagrid is innocent. As soon as these words came out, it suddenly seemed that 10,000 flies had entered the small hall.

"Silence, silence!" Fudge slapped the table several times.

"Your reason. "

"Professor Hagrid had already told us about the precautions of contact with Hippogriffs, and it was Malfoy who provoked Buckbeak...... It's the Hippogriff. That's what caused Malfoy to be injured, and if he hadn't provoked, something like this wouldn't have happened. Harry let go and spoke more confidently, "So I think Professor Hagrid is innocent, and if you don't believe it, Mr. Minister, there were many students present at the time, and they can all testify that Malfoy was the one who provoked the Hippogriff first." "

After hearing this, Fudge turned to the Dangerous Creatures Committee and motioned for him to speak.

"Hippogriffs do show aggression when provoked. The officer of the Committee for the Disposal of Hazardous Organisms said, "But what I don't understand is that Rubeus Hager didn't do anything to stop the beast at that time?"

Then he nodded to Fudge, "Mr. Minister, I'm done." "

Rubeus Hager...... And Mr. Potter, do you have anything to argue for this?" asked Fudge.

"I ...... I wasn't with Malfoy at the time......" Hagrid's two big hands stirred together.

Professor Hagrid was watching the other students, and by the time he realized something was wrong, it was too late. Harry added.

Fudge nodded expressionlessly, then looked at Solim, "I see, then another student representative will speak." Mr. Selwyn, you can get started. "

Solim stood up, he just wanted to end it as soon as possible, there was still a lot of work waiting for him.

"Mr. Malfoy is the first to provoke, and it is indeed his fault, there is nothing to say about that. Solim's words made most of the people present look at him in surprise, two student representatives, one Gryffindor and one Slytherin, everyone can guess what this means, Solim said this to agree that Hagrid is innocent?_

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