Chapter 173: Cedric the Attorney
"Why are you staring at me? Speak your mind. I asked you to be my defense lawyer, not to stare at me."
Carl looked at Cedric in front of him and felt very angry.
During the two days of waiting, he thought that since he had nothing to do anyway, he might as well rehearse the upcoming court proceedings with the other party.
After all, the other party is now his defense lawyer, although this guy has an excellent memory.
In just a few days, he had memorized the limited laws of the British wizarding world.
But Carl was really worried about this guy's ability to perform on the spot, and the result was just as he expected.
When I was playing the role of prosecutor and questioning the other party, this guy answered quite well at first, but then I don't know what happened.
This guy's face gradually turned red and he stared at him without saying a word.
Cedric, who was criticized, felt very upset. In the past years, he had indeed met some girls in the school.
When you are young, you are not good-looking, but your appearance changes significantly after puberty.
But he really couldn't understand why the guy in front of him would have such a change. In just one year, this guy has become more handsome. How can he explain this?
Cedric could only lower his head, not looking at Carl, and muttered softly.
"Why don't you cover your face? I can't calm down and talk to you when I see your face."
"What the hell!!!" Carl was almost numb. The court was about to start in less than half an hour, and this was his own lawyer.
He was unable to even look his client in the face. If this were in court, this guy would have just been making an impassioned speech.
Suddenly he turned around and looked at me, then lowered his head with a red face, not to mention how big a "misunderstanding" this would cause.
The key is that he is not a complete loser. If he faces an opponent like Cornelius Fudge, he may even capsize in the gutter.
Losing some money is just a small matter, the key is that you can't afford to lose this person.
Carl's brain was thinking hard, even though he had a brain like the "Mind Palace" that could be called a supercomputer.
For a moment, I was a little overworked. After all my calculations, I didn't expect that the bug in my plan would be caused by this kid.
The two of them remained silent for nearly 10 minutes before Carl coughed lightly and spoke awkwardly.
"If that doesn't work, I'll put a Confusion Charm on my face so you can't see my face clearly."
"Hurry up, let's repeat the topic just now. Now as a prosecutor, I will only ask you about your client, Mr. Karl Hohenzollern."
"How will you explain the fact that you used the Unforgivable Curse in public and killed dozens of people?"
As he spoke, Carl gently waved his right hand in front of his face, and when Cedric looked up again.
The other party's situation had turned into a blurred mosaic, and Cedric quickly adjusted his mentality and responded seriously.
"First of all, I admit that this is a fact. My client did use the Unforgivable Curse and killed those ten dark wizards."
"But everything is like water in a river. It has a source, and I have to acknowledge the fact."
"Tell the jury what happened on that day, that day..."
At the beginning, Cedric's tone was high-pitched and his voice was very penetrating, but somehow he kept talking.
The guy's tone became softer and softer, and finally he couldn't utter a word and just stood there in a daze.
Carl, who was sitting opposite him, was confused. What was going on? So he followed the other person's gaze and slowly looked down.
My fists suddenly became stiff because it was summer and I was in this unventilated basement.
Carl was wearing a very loose and thin long-sleeved shirt today, and his chest was soaked with sweat.
The collarbone on the neck and the perfect pectoral muscles were faintly visible under the wet cloth, attracting the attention of the fool in front of him.
Seeing that this guy didn't think about how to change the current predicament and just kept staring at him, he slowly stood up from his seat.
He raised his fist and smashed it hard on the opponent's head. With a dull thud, Cedric was knocked down on the desk.
"It hurts!" Cedric touched his head and just as he was about to look up, a hand brushed his hair and slammed heavily on the table.
Karl had come behind him without him knowing, with one hand on the table, and his body slightly bent to press him down on the seat.
He said it condescendingly and harshly.
"Mr. Diggory, put away those unrealistic ideas of yours. If I find them in your mind again."
"It's all filthy, disgusting stuff. You're going to wake up one day and be a complete idiot."
"I mean what I say, do you hear me clearly?"
Facing Karl's threat, Cedric murmured a little embarrassedly.
"I guess I've forgotten everything. When I see your face, I'll probably remember it again."
“What did you say!!!” Seeing that this guy refused to listen, Carl stretched out his hands viciously and pinched the guy’s face.
He pulled it hard to both sides while warning.
"I'm not kidding you. Even if I'm convicted in this trial, I have a thousand ways to escape punishment."
"But that is the last resort. If it comes to that, then dear Mr. Diggory."
"So our happy school life has come to an end. You can still be my friend, but you will no longer be my partner and comrade-in-arms."
"Have you forgotten everything you saw in Gaza? On the summit of the Mount of the Holy Sepulchre, I saw a young man with ideals."
"They are all trash controlled by their own desires."
Carl's words made Cedric's memories, which he had hidden deep in his mind, resurface.
He didn't cry out in pain again, nor did he ask Ka to let go of the hand that was pinching his face. His handsome brown eyes slowly drooped.
After thinking for a long time, he suddenly looked up and stared into Karl's eyes and said.
"I thought you were just kidding me. I read every book you recommended to me, but I didn't find the answer in them."
"Instead, the more I read, the more confused I became. I even doubted whether my previous simple and beautiful ideas could really become reality."
"I......."
A finger was pressed tightly against his lips, and a rare firmness appeared in Carl's blue eyes.
"Stop talking about this. If you can find the answer from books and thinking, then practice becomes meaningless."
"Hurry up and recover. After you handle this matter, we will deal with the thing you want to do."
"I have never forgotten the promise I made to you, but you must recover as soon as possible, otherwise we will not have much time."
Cedric nodded firmly, and after Carl left his seat, the guy scratched his head and asked in confusion.
“Why is there not enough time? The last time we went to Gaza, it only took us two days.”
Karl turned his head and glanced at the other person sideways, saying unhappily.
"Nonsense, if it's that simple, do we still need to do it? Why is there not enough time?"
"The reason is simple, my dear Mr. Diggory, because we are both students and the summer vacation is so long."
"It's time for us to go back to school, come here quickly, you idiot with a pumpkin head!!"
