Chapter 227 Winning the lawsuit

"Is this the kind act you're talking about?" Fudge laughed angrily, "You can't even make up a lie that looks more like it. We can easily expose your lies by just testing what liquid is left in your bottle."

He looked at a wizard in the jury who was probably in his thirties and said, "Damocles, I leave it to you."

The wizard nodded, walked down from his seat, and came to Peter's side first.

He carefully checked Peter's condition and mental state, and then asked Peter a few questions in a low voice. After seeing Peter's expressionless face and unfocused eyes, he came to a conclusion.

"Mr. Minister, judging from Mr. Pedilu's performance, he most likely took an overdose of Veritaserum," the wizard said.

"Thank you for your hard work, Damocles." Fudge showed a proud smile on his face and looked at Dracula, "Professor Dracula, let me introduce to you. This is Damocles Belby, Level 3 Winner of the Order of Merlin and inventor of Wolfsbane Potion."

"With the proof of this potion master, what else do you have to argue with? Law enforcement officer, bring Dracula under control!"

Two Aurors stationed in the trial room rushed forward, pulled out their wands at the same time, and fired two stun spells from their hands towards Dracula.

Dracula shrugged and raised his hand casually. The two stun spells were easily flicked aside.

Then, he opened his palms, and the wands in the hands of the two elite Aurors 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 experience in law enforcement. They usually encounter many powerful and cruel dark wizards, but they have never encountered such a feeling like today, where they have no power to fight back.

Fudge was also shocked. He had always known that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was very strong, but he didn't know that he was so strong... two elite Aurors couldn't even make a single move in his hands!

"You...are you going to resist the Ministry of Magic?" Fudge shouted inwardly.

Immediately, he looked at Dumbledore, "Dumbledore, your professor is openly defying the law enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. Shouldn't you help us control this dangerous person? I think he is no less threatening. To that Sirius Black!"

People like Fudge are often like this. Only when they feel danger will they think of Dumbledore's power and kindness. When the magic world is calm, he only wants to weaken Dumbledore's influence and prestige.

"Professor Dracula?" Dumbledore looked at Dracula with an inquiring look.

"I am measured." Dracula curled his lips, "Don't worry, I won't make it difficult for you."

There was no need for him to break up with the Ministry of Magic over such a trivial matter.

After all, since sensing the power behind the mysterious door, Dracula has been thinking about secretly visiting the Department of Mysteries.

If there was too much conflict with the Ministry of Magic in advance and alerted them, this kind of thing might become much more troublesome.

"Relax, I was just acting in self-defense as an innocent person." Dracula left his seat, chuckled and handed the two wands he had just seized back to the hands of the two Aurors.

At the same time, he also said earnestly, "Be more careful in the future and remember to hold your weapons tighter..."

The two Aurors took back their wands and looked at each other.

Even if they regained their weapons, they were not in the mood to be enemies with Dracula again.

The gap is too big, how to fight? It is better to believe that this professor is innocent, at least the Ministry of Magic can look better...

Fudge was so angry in front of the courtroom that he gritted his teeth, even the roots of his teeth were sore, but he still lost the courage to continue going against Dracula.

He didn't know if the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would have the same bottom line as Dumbledore.

"Don't be nervous, Minister Fudge." Dracula saw the embarrassment on Fudge's face and laughed happily, "Since I say I am innocent, I naturally have enough evidence to prove it."

"I won't be as messy as Mrs. Pedillo." He gave the old lady a meaningful look.

Mrs. Pedillo wanted to refute, but was immediately ignored by Dracula and walked towards Damocles Belby who was still standing on the field.

"Is that right, Mr. Belby?" Dracula asked.

"Hello, Professor Dracula." Damocles smiled politely at Dracula, with a trace of doubt on his face.

He didn't understand how Peter Pedillo could make a comeback since it was so obvious that he had taken Veritaserum.

"Mr. Belby, I have great faith in your magic potion skills." Dracula chuckled, "You can easily tell whether the remaining liquid in this glass bottle is truth serum or ordinary water, right? ?"

"Of course." Damocles nodded confidently, "This is one of the most basic abilities of a potion researcher. It is impossible for me to make a mistake on this!"

"Very good, then take a look at this bottle. What is the remaining liquid inside?" Dracula said with a faint smile on his lips, and handed the glass bottle in his hand to Damocles.

Damocles took the bottle doubtfully, opened the lid, stretched out his hand and gently fanned the mouth of the bottle, smelling the smell.

"This... actually doesn't have any smell?" After a moment, he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

He reached out his hand and dipped it in the bottle without belief, then put his finger into his mouth and licked it.

The next second, Damocles frowned:

"This is really not any magic potion, just the most ordinary water."

"This is impossible!" Fudge slapped his gum and stood up, "Damocles, are you mistaken?"

"I have studied potions for so many years, and the most basic things can still be guaranteed to be correct." Damocles was unhappy when he was questioned. "If you don't believe it, you can come down and taste it yourself. These liquids have no medicinal power at all. , not even a potion of any kind!"

Fudge saw that the third-level Merlin Medal winner had made such a promise, and it was hard to question his professionalism. However, he was not willing to let Dracula off who despised him, so he immediately changed his explanation.

"But the symptoms on Peter Pedillo are not fake. Dracula was the only one who filled him with water just now." Fudge said, "I have reason to suspect that he prepared a different bottle in advance and filled it with water." The bottle of truth serum was hidden.”

"This suspicion is not unreasonable." Dracula nodded with interest, and then spread his arms casually, "In that case, let's check to 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 suddenly.

"Why, did Professor Dracula regret it?" Fudge asked cheerfully.

"I just want to know, if it is confirmed that there are no other bottles on me, how can Minister Fudge apologize to an innocent person?" Dracula said with a smile, "Does it mean that the Minister of Magic can be lawless?"

Fudge's face suddenly looked as angry as a purple eggplant.

"If...if this search can prove your innocence, I will personally apologize to you and no longer pursue all the violations you committed in the courtroom." He gritted his teeth and said.

"Okay." Dracula nodded nonchalantly and looked at the two sweating Aurors, "What are you waiting for? You two come over and search me."

The two Aurors felt that they were really unlucky for eight lifetimes, and they were actually assigned to take turns in the courtroom today.

It was obvious that neither the Minister of Magic nor this powerful professor could offend them.

"I...I have a way." An Auror hesitated for a long time, and finally thought of a way, and said tremblingly, "We can directly use the Flying Charm to find the glass bottle, so there is no need to search..."

He glanced at Dracula, whose expression didn't seem displeased, and then cautiously continued, "As long as Mr. Dracula agrees, then all you need to do is open all the spaces that have been casted by the Traceless Stretching Charm."

"You are quite smart." Dracula chuckled, "Okay, then you can use the flying spell to find the so-called glass bottle containing the truth serum."

Another Auror cast a small spell and after confirming that Dracula only had space for a traceless stretch spell, Dracula opened his pocket.

However, what everyone present did not see clearly was that when Dracula's fingers opened the pocket, a dark moon that was as small as a crystal ball flashed past the pocket...

To a certain extent, Fudge was not wrong.

Dracula did prepare two different glass bottles, one containing the truth serum and the other containing the drained water. After pouring the Veritaserum into Peter's mouth, he quickly replaced it with another glass bottle in his hand.

However, Fudge and the others never thought that in a place like the Ministry of Magic where the anti-Apparition spell was cast, Dracula could break through the space and teleport the glass bottle to other places.

At this time, the Auror who suggested using the Flying Charm to find the glass bottle had no idea that the bottle had returned to Hogwarts Castle, and was still raising his wand nervously——

“Accio Glass Jars.”

The bottle with water remaining in Dracula's hand flew over, but after waiting for a long time, another bottle did not fly out of his pocket.

The Auror breathed a sigh of relief and turned his head to look at Fudge inquiringly.

"Mr. Minister, Professor Dracula does not have another identical glass bottle with him," he said.

"Yes, Mr. Minister, is it time for you to fulfill your promise?" Dracula said to Fudge with a half-smile.

Looking at this scene, Fudge's chest continued to rise and fall, and his lungs seemed to explode with anger.

However, when he saw the increasingly dangerous look in Dracula's eyes and the increasingly dense magical aura around him, he decisively gave up.

"Yes...I'm sorry, Professor Dracula, I wrongly blamed you." In front of everyone's gaze, Fudge felt that he, the chief magician, had lost all face.

"Well, what next?" Dracula crossed his arms and asked.

"The Ministry of Magic will not pursue any violations of your rules in this trial..." Fudge said through gritted teeth.

"Okay, thank you for your kindness, Mr. Minister." Dracula suddenly laughed, and the dangerous look on his face disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed.

But Fudge knew that Dracula was definitely threatening him without leaving any trace.

He also knew that the bottle of Veritaserum just now was definitely poured into Peter's mouth by Dracula, but they were unable to find definite evidence.

Watching what happened before his eyes, but unable to find the key evidence anyway, made Fudge feel extremely aggrieved and even wanted to throw up his sleeves and leave the courtroom.

At this moment, another witch beside Fudge who had been silent from beginning to end suddenly spoke.

"Peter Pedro, who betrayed James Potter and Lily Potter twelve years ago?" Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, asked indifferently.

Her sudden question caught Fudge and Mrs. Pedillo off guard.

The next moment, Peter, who was under the effect of Veritaserum, replied expressionlessly:

"it's me."

The entire courtroom suddenly became silent.

"After Voldemort fell, was it you who killed more than a dozen Muggles and escaped by feigning death?" Amelia Bones then asked.

"Yes."

"Very good, it seems that the truth of the matter is already obvious." A slight smile appeared on the serious face of the director.

"No, you can't do this!" Madam Pedillo covered Peter's mouth like crazy and shouted loudly, "Shouldn't all the conclusions drawn from the interrogation of illegal drugs like Veritaserum be invalidated?!"

"Theoretically, this is indeed the case..." Fudge hesitated and agreed.

"Indeed, so we shouldn't regard Peter's testimony as evidence." Amelia Bones nodded.

Mrs. Pedillo breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

However, the director's next words caused her to completely collapse emotionally.

"Please raise your hands if you agree with the establishment of the charges against Peter Pedillo." Director Bones said in a loud voice, and she was the first to raise her hands.

In the courtroom, hands were raised one by one, gradually forming a dense sea of ​​raised arms.

Damocles Belby, who was standing off the field, looked at each other and the two Aurors, and silently raised his hands.

Even if Veritaserum cannot be used as evidence for a final verdict, it is enough for all the undecided jurors to make a final decision.

After Peter admitted his heinous crime, no one was willing to give him any sympathy...

By the end, only Fudge and Dolores Umbridge had not raised their hands.

Fudge looked around and knew that he could no longer achieve his goal, so he raised his hand feebly.

Mrs. Pedillo collapsed on the ground in despair.

Sirius and Harry hugged each other happily.

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