Chapter 429 Theoretical basis

The pensieve is a magical item that can store thoughts and memories in the mind. The silvery-white object at the bottom of the basin is the circulating memory, and the strange-looking symbols on the edge of the basin are ancient runes.

Dumbledore said: "For people like me, there are always a lot of memories in my mind, which makes me think too much, and sometimes memory confusion is inevitable. The Pensieve can just help me get rid of this problem. , makes my thinking clearer.”

Memory is not necessarily completely accurate. Sometimes it will be appropriately modified according to your subjective wishes to make it become what you prefer to see. Just like "Rashomon", everyone is trying to beautify their own behavior and bias their opinions of others.

At this time, the Pensieve highlights its role. It allows people to review a certain memory from a third party's perspective, which may be more objective and accurate and reduce subjective misjudgments.

"Let's take a look and look at my memories. This may help us find the answer we want." Dumbledore continued, and then he touched the flowing objects in the pensieve and entered the pensieve. A mime being performed.

Ada was not surprised by Dumbledore's sudden disappearance, because she saw Dumbledore becoming smaller in his pelvic floor, and the principal was even waving to her.

Ada also followed Dumbledore's example and touched the objects in the basin. In an instant, the office seemed to tilt over suddenly, and Ada was "emptied" into the pensieve as if being dumped garbage.

The principal's office suddenly became quiet. The principals in the photo frames on the wall opened their eyes one after another and whispered about the two people who had just disappeared.

In the memory world in the Pensieve, Ada seemed to have fallen from a high altitude, but instead of falling headfirst, she landed steadily on a bench, with Dumbledore sitting next to her.

This was a very depressing room, with at least two hundred wizards sitting on the high stairs around it. There were so many people sitting in the room, but the scene was extremely quiet. Only a frail witch beside Barty Crouch was crying.

The door in the corner of the room opened, and six dementors escorted four people in, three men and one woman. At this time, the witch's sobs became louder.

Two of the men looked somewhat similar, except that one was short and fat and the other was skinny. The short and fat man was a little confused, and the thinner man was very nervous.

The woman among the four has thick, shiny long hair. She looks very beautiful, but her arrogant eyes make people feel uncomfortable. The woman looked at the wizard in the room with disdain, as if she regarded the people who were judging her as a bunch of losers, chickens and dogs.

The last man was only seventeen or eighteen years old. He looked completely petrified and trembling all over. His long straw-colored hair was scattered on his face as pale as paper.

Looking at the boy's appearance, Ada whispered: "Barty Crouch II."

He looks very much like his father, but he lacks a lot of his father's fierce aura in the corners of his eyebrows and eyes, and looks more like his weak mother, the woman who hid her face and cried next to Barty Crouch.

Dumbledore's memory proceeds step by step. Barty Crouch presides over the trial, accusing the four of them of inhumane behavior and imprisoning them all in Azkaban.

Although his son was also among the four, Crouch showed no favoritism, which sent shivers down one's spine.

The result of the trial was life imprisonment. The four men spent the rest of their lives miserable in the company of dementors to atone for the crimes they committed.

The memory ends here, the picture disappears like clouds, and the world becomes dark. Only Barty Crouch Jr.'s pleading voice still echoes in Ada's ears——

"No! Mother, no! It wasn't me, it wasn't me, I didn't know! Don't send me there, stop him!"

"Father! Father, I did not participate! No! No! Father, please!"

Ada had long heard of Barty Crouch's ruthlessness and knew that he imprisoned his own son in Azkaban. But when Ada saw the trial scene with her own eyes, Ada was still shocked and frightened by Crouch's coldness and determination.

What made Barty Crouch cruelly say "You are not my son" and "I have no son", and what made him say "Take them away and let them rot there".

Barty Crouch's roar even shook Ada's assumptions. She couldn't believe that such a person would secretly release her son.

What makes Ada even more unbelievable is that there are such hard-hearted people in this world.

Without any hesitation, he directly sentenced his biological son to life imprisonment. On Barty Crouch's face, Ada didn't see any expression that belonged to her father.

"It's unbelievable, isn't it?" Dumbledore's voice rang in his ears, "A father can treat his son so cruelly, right?"

Ada nodded silently. This shocking scene made her forget that she was in darkness at the moment, and that Dumbledore beside her could not see her movements.

"My father, he once broke the law for his daughter Ariana and was imprisoned in Azkaban. His crime was attacking three Muggle boys because the three Muggle boys did what they did to Ariana. It's a terrible thing." Dumbledore said, and there was no sadness or joy in his voice. "I have never been a father, but I think most fathers are like this!"

Dumbledore's past is not a secret, and it's not like there aren't people who know about it, it's just that no one has ever spoken out about it. His father was imprisoned in Azkaban for attacking Muggles, and his sister was Obscurus.

"No one would think that Barty Crouch was seeking favoritism, and no one would ever think that he would secretly release his son." Dumbledore continued, "People are just asking why little Barty, who is both good in character and academics, became a In this way, they blame everything on Barty Crouch. Because of Barty Jr., people no longer trust Barty Crouch.”

It's the father's fault if he doesn't teach him. Little Barty broke the law, and Mr. Crouch certainly had educational defaults, but this cannot all be blamed on him.

As Dumbledore said, Crouch's popularity dropped simply because people no longer trusted him.

People often sympathize with the weak because they find some resonance in the weak. Barty Crouch can treat his own son so coldly and cruelly, but what about other citizens?

Once the ruthless Barty Crouch takes power, what cruel things will he do to the people?

This is the main reason why people no longer trust Crouch. No one likes a leader who is impersonal or even loses his humanity.

"Ada, your hypothesis is very bold, and may even make people think you are crazy." Dumbledore said again, "But I think it is very possible, because successive blows will change a person."

His biological son was imprisoned, his wife was seriously ill, and his career that he had worked hard for half his life fell to the bottom. The double blow of family love and career was enough to cause Barty Crouch's temperament and thinking to undergo a huge change.

It is not impossible to bend the law for personal gain. If it is a bit outrageous, it is even possible to change the court directly.

Blackened, understand?

All it takes is one mover, and Barty Crouch's late wife is likely to be that mover.

"It's a complete tragedy." Ada sighed softly. "Everyone's life is always filled with all kinds of misfortunes. This is a fucking life."

Ada suddenly felt a big hand on the top of her head, then a light came on, and another memory appeared vaguely in front of her eyes.

That was Alastor Moody, Moody with his magic eyes and wooden prosthetic legs. The scene should be at the home of the former Auror.

Another memory plays out.