Chapter 320 Traitor
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Rui Chen 3499
"Black is still a good boy." Dumbledore couldn't help but sigh with emotion, "Remus, you take Black down to rest first, and I'll take care of things here."
Lupine nodded, and helped Sirius walk slowly towards the castle.
"Peter..." Dumbledore walked up to Peter Pettigrew, "Are you willing to tell everything? Say everything without reservation..."
"Principal...Principal..." Peter Pettigrew slowly crawled towards Dumbledore and grabbed Dumbledore's ankle, "I was wronged! How can you believe Black's one-sided words?"
"The reason why I have been hiding...is because I am afraid...that Black will find me...because I exposed him! That's why I survived in such a humble way...Principal! I was wronged!"
He was crying and looking like a real victim.
It's a pity that his performance didn't have any effect, and Dumbledore's eyes showed disappointment.
Snape said blankly at the side: "Maybe I can provide Veritaserum. I just made a batch recently. It's very effective...and very fresh!"
"Why don't you go to the auditorium and talk?" Kong Nuo suggested, "In the evening, the whole school will accompany him to blow the air outside, why bother?"
Dumbledore originally wanted to transfer the place of interrogation to the principal's office, but it was a pity that the students were so excited that they could only bring Peter Pettigrew to the auditorium.
A chair appeared at the teacher's long table. Pettigrew Peter was bound by several iron bars and pressed on the chair.
The students sat down at their long tables very quickly, and Gryffindor House was the noisiest at this time.
They didn't think about how a person who was afraid of death, cowardly, and completely without academic quality got into Gryffindor. It was really a shame to Gryffindor.
Not long after, Sirius also came to the auditorium with Lupine's support.
His face was pale, and he looked very weak.
"Perhaps you should rest a little longer?" said Dumbledore softly.
Sirius shook his head, staring straight at Peter Pettigrew, "I want to witness all this! I want to confront him personally! Expose his crimes bit by bit!"
"There's Veritaserum, right? I'd like to be with him, drink it! And tell the whole story! With Veritaserum, we can't lie!"
Peter Pettigrew trembled even more, screaming, "This is illegal! The Ministry of Magic will not allow Veritaserum to be administered to me without approval!"
Hearing this, Kong Nuo couldn't help laughing, "It seems that you are quite familiar with the laws of the Ministry of Magic. No wonder Animagus is a mouse, and he can take advantage of loopholes!"
"But don't get me wrong, maybe it was just an accident that you drank the veritaserum. We didn't intend to coerce you into doing anything, that's all."
The students in the audience didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and they didn't have any resistance at all.
Especially the Gryffindor students, who even stood up to see who had Veritaserum.
"I totally agree with your point of view." Snape took out a transparent crystal bottle, the liquid inside was also transparent, "I suddenly remembered something..."
He drew out his voice and placed the vial of Veritaserum directly on the teacher's desk.
Sirius walked over directly, picked up the veritaserum on the table, and looked at Peter Pettigrew fiercely.
Peter Pettigrew couldn't help shivering, shook his head frantically and said, "You can't...you can't do this!"
Sirius sneered and said, "I'm still a dangerous fugitive! I can do any kind of crazy thing!"
The cooperation between several people was like a stage play, which made the students in the audience very excited.
Some Gryffindor students even found that today's Professor Snape is much friendlier than before.
Sirius didn't hold back at all, he poured half of the Veritaserum Potion himself, and then poured the other half of the Veritaserum Potion directly into Peter Pettigrew's mouth.
This set of movements alone is enough to convince some students that Sirius is the real victim.
However, the "Daily Prophet"'s publicity for so many days still made more students have a worse impression of Sirius.
Especially at this time, he showed such a ferocious look, pinching open Peter Pettigrew's mouth to feed the medicine.
Harry's face was confused, his impression of Sirius also came from newspapers and other people's dictation, and he didn't know who to believe at the moment.
Sirius put the empty potion bottle on the table, looked at Dumbledore and said, "I'm ready."
After taking veritaserum, their expressions gradually calmed down, showing a drowsy look, as if they were hypnotized.
Dumbledore's initial questions were routine, designed to allow the potion to take full effect.
When the two of them calmed down completely, he finally asked the crucial question: "Blake, James Potter told me that he would make you a secret keeper, why did you say that Peter betrayed James in the end? "
Hearing this question, Sirius showed a painful expression.
All the pain on his face finally returned to calm, and he said in an unemotional tone, "James found me and mentioned this to me."
"I knew someone was a traitor, so I thought smugly that Voldemort would recognize me as the Secret Keeper. So I persuaded James to choose Peter as the Secret Keeper."
"Because Peter is so inconspicuous, I don't think Voldemort would have thought of that at all."
Dumbledore sighed, looked at Peter Pettigrew and said, "Peter, when did you betray us?"
Peter was submissive, and also said in a voice that did not contain a trace of emotion: "Before James' child was born, the Dark Lord found me and wanted me to serve him."
"The Dark Lord is torturing me, I have no way to refuse, otherwise he will kill me...so I will provide the addresses of some companions..."
"Chop Suey!" Lupine couldn't help standing up, his eyes gleaming with anger.
"Don't be impatient!" Dumbledore motioned Lupine to sit down. "Peter, what happened after that? What did you do after you became the Secret Keeper? Why did you still fight with Black?"
"I told the Dark Lord where James and Lily lived." Peter Pettigrew said quickly. "That night, Black realized that I was the traitor and started hunting me down."
Harry's body trembled when he heard this, and he ran towards Peter with his hands clenched into fists.
Snape's reaction was also great, and the tip of the wand even had a magical light.
"Calm down! Severus!" Dumbledore shouted, stopping Snape who was about to step forward.
It's a pity that he could stop Snape, but he didn't have time to stop Harry.
Harry punched Pettigrew firmly in the face.
Lupine nodded, and helped Sirius walk slowly towards the castle.
"Peter..." Dumbledore walked up to Peter Pettigrew, "Are you willing to tell everything? Say everything without reservation..."
"Principal...Principal..." Peter Pettigrew slowly crawled towards Dumbledore and grabbed Dumbledore's ankle, "I was wronged! How can you believe Black's one-sided words?"
"The reason why I have been hiding...is because I am afraid...that Black will find me...because I exposed him! That's why I survived in such a humble way...Principal! I was wronged!"
He was crying and looking like a real victim.
It's a pity that his performance didn't have any effect, and Dumbledore's eyes showed disappointment.
Snape said blankly at the side: "Maybe I can provide Veritaserum. I just made a batch recently. It's very effective...and very fresh!"
"Why don't you go to the auditorium and talk?" Kong Nuo suggested, "In the evening, the whole school will accompany him to blow the air outside, why bother?"
Dumbledore originally wanted to transfer the place of interrogation to the principal's office, but it was a pity that the students were so excited that they could only bring Peter Pettigrew to the auditorium.
A chair appeared at the teacher's long table. Pettigrew Peter was bound by several iron bars and pressed on the chair.
The students sat down at their long tables very quickly, and Gryffindor House was the noisiest at this time.
They didn't think about how a person who was afraid of death, cowardly, and completely without academic quality got into Gryffindor. It was really a shame to Gryffindor.
Not long after, Sirius also came to the auditorium with Lupine's support.
His face was pale, and he looked very weak.
"Perhaps you should rest a little longer?" said Dumbledore softly.
Sirius shook his head, staring straight at Peter Pettigrew, "I want to witness all this! I want to confront him personally! Expose his crimes bit by bit!"
"There's Veritaserum, right? I'd like to be with him, drink it! And tell the whole story! With Veritaserum, we can't lie!"
Peter Pettigrew trembled even more, screaming, "This is illegal! The Ministry of Magic will not allow Veritaserum to be administered to me without approval!"
Hearing this, Kong Nuo couldn't help laughing, "It seems that you are quite familiar with the laws of the Ministry of Magic. No wonder Animagus is a mouse, and he can take advantage of loopholes!"
"But don't get me wrong, maybe it was just an accident that you drank the veritaserum. We didn't intend to coerce you into doing anything, that's all."
The students in the audience didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, and they didn't have any resistance at all.
Especially the Gryffindor students, who even stood up to see who had Veritaserum.
"I totally agree with your point of view." Snape took out a transparent crystal bottle, the liquid inside was also transparent, "I suddenly remembered something..."
He drew out his voice and placed the vial of Veritaserum directly on the teacher's desk.
Sirius walked over directly, picked up the veritaserum on the table, and looked at Peter Pettigrew fiercely.
Peter Pettigrew couldn't help shivering, shook his head frantically and said, "You can't...you can't do this!"
Sirius sneered and said, "I'm still a dangerous fugitive! I can do any kind of crazy thing!"
The cooperation between several people was like a stage play, which made the students in the audience very excited.
Some Gryffindor students even found that today's Professor Snape is much friendlier than before.
Sirius didn't hold back at all, he poured half of the Veritaserum Potion himself, and then poured the other half of the Veritaserum Potion directly into Peter Pettigrew's mouth.
This set of movements alone is enough to convince some students that Sirius is the real victim.
However, the "Daily Prophet"'s publicity for so many days still made more students have a worse impression of Sirius.
Especially at this time, he showed such a ferocious look, pinching open Peter Pettigrew's mouth to feed the medicine.
Harry's face was confused, his impression of Sirius also came from newspapers and other people's dictation, and he didn't know who to believe at the moment.
Sirius put the empty potion bottle on the table, looked at Dumbledore and said, "I'm ready."
After taking veritaserum, their expressions gradually calmed down, showing a drowsy look, as if they were hypnotized.
Dumbledore's initial questions were routine, designed to allow the potion to take full effect.
When the two of them calmed down completely, he finally asked the crucial question: "Blake, James Potter told me that he would make you a secret keeper, why did you say that Peter betrayed James in the end? "
Hearing this question, Sirius showed a painful expression.
All the pain on his face finally returned to calm, and he said in an unemotional tone, "James found me and mentioned this to me."
"I knew someone was a traitor, so I thought smugly that Voldemort would recognize me as the Secret Keeper. So I persuaded James to choose Peter as the Secret Keeper."
"Because Peter is so inconspicuous, I don't think Voldemort would have thought of that at all."
Dumbledore sighed, looked at Peter Pettigrew and said, "Peter, when did you betray us?"
Peter was submissive, and also said in a voice that did not contain a trace of emotion: "Before James' child was born, the Dark Lord found me and wanted me to serve him."
"The Dark Lord is torturing me, I have no way to refuse, otherwise he will kill me...so I will provide the addresses of some companions..."
"Chop Suey!" Lupine couldn't help standing up, his eyes gleaming with anger.
"Don't be impatient!" Dumbledore motioned Lupine to sit down. "Peter, what happened after that? What did you do after you became the Secret Keeper? Why did you still fight with Black?"
"I told the Dark Lord where James and Lily lived." Peter Pettigrew said quickly. "That night, Black realized that I was the traitor and started hunting me down."
Harry's body trembled when he heard this, and he ran towards Peter with his hands clenched into fists.
Snape's reaction was also great, and the tip of the wand even had a magical light.
"Calm down! Severus!" Dumbledore shouted, stopping Snape who was about to step forward.
It's a pity that he could stop Snape, but he didn't have time to stop Harry.
Harry punched Pettigrew firmly in the face.
