Chapter 341 Les: Henry, I think you want to make progress
A few peaceful days passed, and then a piece of news detonated the British wizarding world.
The entire Daily Prophet that day was devoted to describing the Wizengamot Council, which they called the Trial of the Century.
The trial was initiated by Amelia Bones, the current Director of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic. With the approval of Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, all members of the Wizengamot, including the Minister of Magic Fudge and Almost the entire Ministry of Magic's top brass, including Barty Crouch, Director of the Department of International Magical Cooperation.
Then in front of all the wizards present, she announced that she had captured Sirius Black and Wormtail Peter Pettigrew.
After hearing the name "Peter Pettigrew", the whole audience was in an uproar. Many people thought there was something wrong with their ears until Peter and Sirius were brought to court together.
Without giving the jury time to question, Bones directly lifted up Wormtail's sleeves and showed the Dark Mark on his arm to everyone. At the same time, she also asked Sirius to roll up his sleeves to show everyone his hairy arms without any tattoo marks.
The wizards on the jury were shaken by such a stark contrast.
Not every Death Eater has the Dark Mark. Only those who have made sufficient contributions to the mysterious man can be "given" this honor.
Peter Pettigrew subconsciously wanted to make a sophistry, but the potion that Les forced him to take for a long time greatly damaged his brain and made his thinking very slow. He was no match for Bones. She refuted it. Can't even speak.
By the end, Dumbledore, the Wizengamot's chief wizard, even provides Veritaserum. Under the influence of Veritaserum, Peter confessed everything.
With irrefutable evidence, Peter was deprived of all honor and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban. Sirius regained his freedom and cleared his grievances - and the Ministry of Magic paid a large sum of compensation.
Of course, this is not the only case that will be heard on the day of the trial of the century. There will be a series of surprising changes later...
Barty Crouch was impeached for dereliction of duty. Back then, he sentenced Sirius to life imprisonment without trial and seriously violated the system of the Ministry of Magic. As the original Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, he should bear the main responsibility for this.
Although many people supported his actions back then, he can only bear the blame now. Who made him adopt such an impatient style?
When the Wizengamot court voted to impeach him, Barty Crouch Sr. seemed to have aged dozens of years. In the end, he did not struggle, but resigned from all his positions according to the verdict, and got a more honorable exit.
When Barty Crouch walked out of the Wizengamot court, Fudge subconsciously thought that everything was over - when the Sirius incident occurred, he was only the deputy director of the Department of Magical Accidents and Disasters, and it stands to reason that he would not be held accountable. On his head...
But he is still naive. If he doesn’t hold Sirius accountable, can’t he hold the Dementors responsible for the invasion of Hogwarts?
After reversing an unjust case and forcing the resignation of a powerful director, Bones used the power of victory to launch an impeachment against the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge.
When Bones announced that he was going to impeach himself, Fudge's facial features were twisted together: he never expected that this day would come so quickly.
He felt that there was no way he could survive until Christmas this year. And why can’t we communicate with ourselves in advance? He thought sadly: If you promised yourself some benefits, you would abdicate on your own initiative! For example, if you were given the position of chairman of a certain committee and you could retire and retire, why would you do it in such a disgraceful way? !
Bones initially thought so, but Henry Greengrass firmly opposed her plan. He thought that this would lead to alerting the enemy, and it would be bad if Fudge found some turning point.
This is an obvious reason. The most real reason is that Henry knows that Fudge has severely offended people he shouldn't offend. That adult certainly doesn't want to see Fudge still live a comfortable life after retirement, so he treats Fudge with The most ruthless way to deal with it.
Fudge originally wanted to defend himself, but unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, loud boos came from the stands - all coming from the parents of the students who had originally opposed him. They had already reached a secret consensus with Bones, and now they just wanted to make Fudge collapse quickly.
When Dumbledore abstained, Fudge knew he was screwed.
After Crouch, Fudge was also kicked out in despair. This is already a very good ending. After all, he is still alive and healthy. This is an incredible achievement: offending Slytherin and Hufflepuff at the same time and still getting away unscathed.
At the end of the trial, it was a rather trivial case: Sirius Black was fined for failing to report his Animagus form to the Ministry of Magic.
After knowing that Sirius was only fined, Professor McGonagall was indignant: Why did she have to report to the Ministry of Magic honestly in the first place? ! Why do you feel that not reporting is the mainstream choice for Animagus?
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"At that time, Fudge wanted to say something more after he was dismissed, but the two Aurors stood directly behind him and he shut up." In Mrs. Puddieffe's teahouse, Henry vividly told Les about Fudge's downfall. Scenes.
With the fall of Fudge, Henry Greengrass's invisible status has also increased, approaching that of Septimus Malfoy of the Malfoy family in the late 18th century - he had great influence on the Ministry of Magic at the time, and many It was believed that the then Minister for Magic, Anxius Osbot, was nothing more than his puppet.
How far Henry can go depends on the outcome of the "fight" between him and Bones.
But this is not what Rice wants to see. After realizing that there was no way to quickly decide the winner between the two, he gave up the idea of making Bones a puppet of Henry, which was inconsistent with his interests.
He needs a united and efficient Ministry of Magic to deal with the growing challenges, rather than continue to wage partisanship. If so, he might as well let Fudge continue to be the glue among the reactionaries. If Bones is too disobedient, he doesn't worry, because he has a good solution...
"Henry, I see you want to make progress." Les took a sip of the tea in the cup, then frowned, pushed it aside, and stared at Henry.
Henry:?
He suddenly had a bad premonition.
"Are you kidding me? When my ancestor Adrian learned magic from you, he used up all the room for improvement in our Greengrass family. How can I still get a chance to improve?" Henry has a rather Buddhist personality. So he deliberately didn't answer Les's question.
But how could Les change his mind just because of a few words from Henry? He smiled and said seriously: "I am a fortune teller, and the fortune telling results tell me that you must be the next director of the International Magical Cooperation Department, so please don't refuse."
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