Chapter 152 Cornelius Fudge

Chapter 152 Cornelius Fudge

Professor McGonagall probably used Disapparation to find Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, and they arrived very quickly.

Wade stood by the window and watched a few of them enter the castle through the muddy field in the heavy rain.

——Filch is probably going to be furious again.

Vader suddenly thought.

These days, as long as students walk around outside, they will bring mud and water into the school, making everything dirty.

Filch hated this because he was required to clean the castle every time (the house elves only cleaned the castle at night).

Under Filch's yelling and threats of confinement punishment, fewer students finally ran out of the castle to get wet in the rain.

After a while, another group of people walked over the grass, led by Hagrid. They held up their magic wands, like holding up an invisible umbrella, to drain away the rain.

"Vade..." Ron asked eagerly: "You know, they said that Scabbers... Peter is the secret keeper, what's going on?"

"Peter faked his death eleven years ago, and Sirius Black was imprisoned." Vader said: "During that time, a major event that the entire wizarding world knew about happened..."

"The mysterious man failed... Harry's parents died..." Ron murmured: "So... they said betrayal is..."

"You two, come in." Lupine opened the door and said, "The interrogation is over, and people from the Ministry of Magic will be arriving soon."

When Wade and Ron entered the door, they saw Peter Pedillo tied tightly to a chair, looking a little dazed.

It was obvious that he had taken another dose of Veritaserum.

Snape stared at Peter Pedro, his eyes as cold as poisonous snakes, full of deep-seated hatred.

Ron only glanced at it and quickly looked away.

As they entered, Snape turned to look at Lupin, his expression still full of disgust.

Wade sighed secretly.

The ten or twenty years of love and resentment in the original plot cannot be described in just a few strokes. As for what was right and wrong back then, Wade was not a person who had personally experienced it, so he could only guess and was unable to make a judgment.

When capturing Peter Pedro, Vader once considered whether to use Snape's power, but in the end he rejected it.

the reason is simple.

With Snape's hatred for the four hijackers, if he caught the real betrayer Peter Pedro, he would just hit the Avatar and send him to death. It would be impossible for him to save Azkaban. Sirius was vindicated.

Clear the grievances of your enemies? What a joke!

In his opinion, Sirius simply deserved it. He wished he could send Lupine in too, reunite them in Azkaban, and love each other with the dementors until they die.

Under the leadership of Professor McGonagall, the Weasleys and several Ministry of Magic staff entered the principal's office.

Walking at the front was a short, fat, middle-aged man with messy gray hair. He was wearing a dark green coat and purple pointed boots, and the look on his face was a mixture of anxiety and seriousness.

"That's the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge." Ron whispered to Vader, "I've met him."

Ron and Wade were not in the same college, and they could only be regarded as acquaintances in the past.

But at this time, in the presence of many adults, he seemed to subconsciously think that the only two little wizards were a group, and they seemed much closer to Vader than usual.

"His aesthetics are a little weird."

Wade did not reject the man from thousands of miles away, and also said in a low voice.

The boss who complained about his father together made Ron feel that they were on the same team. When he saw an Auror looking towards the two of them, he consciously closed his mouth and moved closer to Wade.

"Ronnie!" Mrs. Weasley suddenly rushed over, hugged her son tightly, and then pulled him to look up and down.

"I didn't expect... I didn't expect that the randomly adopted mouse turned out to be an Animagus... Did he do anything to you?"

Her enthusiasm made Ron feel a little embarrassed. He struggled to break away from his mother's arms and said loudly: "No, Mom, I'm fine!"

"Good evening, Cornelius, Arthur, and Molly," Dumbledore said. "I think Minerva has told you what happened."

"Yeah...I've heard all about it..."

Fudge did not approach Peter. He stood looking from a distance and frowned at the gray man.

"It's unbelievable... It's really unbelievable..." Fudge shook his head: "Peter is really still alive! I used to feel very sorry for his death... He is still alive! But he didn't show up when his mother died... …”

"He is Scabbers?" Arthur Weasley seemed unable to accept it, and his face looked very pale: "Did he say anything? He is hiding in our house... What exactly does he want to do?"

"Don't worry, Arthur." Dumbledore said, "Peter just wanted to get some information about the wizarding world from your family and did not do anything to harm the children."

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley felt a little more relieved.

An Auror stepped forward, checked Peter Pedro, and confirmed that he was not disguised by someone else through some magic. He nodded to Fudge.

"Then I will take this person away, Dumbledore." Fudge said: "And Mr. Weasley and Mrs. Weasley, um, and little Mr. Weasley, I think you need to provide some information about Peter. Pedillo's message."

"Okay, Minister." Arthur Weasley naturally agreed, waving his hand and motioning for Ron to come to him.

Fudge saw Vader next to him and asked, "Who is this child..."

"This is Vader Gray, a Ravenclaw student. He caught Peter Pedillo who turned into a mouse." Professor McGonagall introduced.

"Oh?" Fudge's eyes looked sharp: "Why did you catch a mouse?"

"I asked him to do this." Lupine said, "Peter and I used to be friends, and I was very familiar with his Animagus form."

"If you need to know the capture process, I'm happy to provide detailed information." Wade said politely.

That's why he stayed.

"Oh, oh, let's talk about this later." Fudge didn't seem too interested in this. He stared at Lupine and asked, "Are you also an illegal Animagus?"

Snape suddenly sneered.

Lupine's face twitched and he said vaguely: "No...I'm not."

Dumbledore nodded: "I can guarantee that."

Snape's face suddenly turned ugly, and he glared at Lupin fiercely.

"Okay, now that you said that..." Fudge turned his cane and asked, "Why is Peter like this? It looks like he has gone through some... um... less than legal interrogation..."

"Given the severity of this incident, we had to use veritaserum to get him to tell the truth."

Dumbledore also resisted Lupine's blame and said: "Peter confessed that he is the real secret keeper of the Potter family, and it was he who leaked the addresses of James and Lily to Voldemort..."

Fudge suddenly shivered.

Dumbledore seemed not to notice his fear and continued calmly: "After Voldemort disappeared, Peter became a real street rat. He put the blame on Sirius and killed ten people with a spell in front of everyone. A few Muggles faked their own death to escape..."

"Well, we will investigate this matter in detail." Fudge said tactfully: "We at the Ministry of Magic also have to fulfill our responsibilities and cannot be unilateral... We will believe whatever you say, right?"

"After all, you yourself have promised the Ministry of Magic that Sirius is the Potters' secret keeper..." He added: "Now that we are talking about overturning, we must overturn it, and the people may not agree with it very much. We need...well, more detailed information evidence."

Vader could tell that he didn't say this because he doubted Dumbledore's words, but simply didn't want to look like the old headmaster's puppet.

However, it is reasonable for the Ministry of Magic to investigate again, and Dumbledore will naturally not object.

"Minister, as long as you ask Peter, you will know that Sirius is innocent..." Lupine couldn't help but say.

"Hmph!" Snape suddenly sneered:

"I can also guarantee that Sirius Black showed a tendency to kill at the age of sixteen! He once tried to kill me! This man may have taken refuge with the mysterious man together with Peter Pedro, and the subsequent conflicts were only between accomplices There is internal coaxing..."

He gave Lupine a hard look, but because Dumbledore was by his side, he did not expose the fact that Lupine was a werewolf.

"Severus!" Lupine said angrily, "It is not an act of justice to imprison an innocent man in Azkaban!"

"Innocent?" A mocking smile appeared on Snape's lips: "Sirius Black is not innocent..."

"Okay, gentlemen." Fudge calmed down: "There is no need to argue. I can guarantee that the Ministry of Magic will conduct a detailed and serious investigation. We will not wrongly accuse any good person, and we will not let any villain go... …”

His attitude silenced both of them.

"Thank you, Minister." Snape spoke in a voice that was like the hissing sound of a snake spitting out a message: "I will wait for the outcome of the trial..."

He seemed to be saying that if the Ministry of Magic could not give Peter and Sirius enough punishment, he would send them both to hell.

"Severus..."

Dumbledore sighed.

Snape didn't respond. He opened the door and strode out of the principal's office.

Then Fudge also said goodbye, and they left with Peter Pedro, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley and Lupin. Only two Aurors were left to write notes for Vader and Ron.

After Lupine became the nominal leader, Vader's responsibilities as a "tool man" were very limited, and his participation was not very high.

He briefly told how he caught the mouse and his relationship with Lupin, and the female Auror signaled that he could leave.

Probably in their opinion, a second-year student should know nothing.

Ron's questioning took much longer.

Standing in the corridor, Wade took advantage of the light outside the window and opened his palms to look at it.

There was a small rectangular piece of parchment in his hand, and a tiny dot on the paper was moving slowly.