Chapter 177 Trial
It was January 94, and Hagrid's hearing was held as Lucius expected.
The venue was still the Wizengamot on the ninth floor below the Ministry of Magic. Aiden, Dumbledore and Hagrid arrived at the venue early in the morning.
"I'm so sorry to have you accompany us, Aiden." Dumbledore apologized.
"You just want to increase the number of votes, and the jury invited by Lucius is itself very watered down." Aiden laughed at Lucius.
Having learned from the last experience with Prewett and Weasley, Lucius needs to water down the jury this time.
Therefore, he proposed to adopt a jury-like system, recruiting non-Ministry of Magic members to form the panel.
These recruited people formed a panel together with the heads of several departments of the Ministry of Magic.
Then Aiden, who is also one of the twenty-eight tribes of the Holy Spirit, was also invited.
At the same time, Lucius also used Arthur's status as a member of the Ministry of Magic to exclude him, further reducing Dumbledore's influence.
"He has everything going for him. Lucius is so awesome." Aiden thought.
Soon, most of the members of the jury were present, and the wizarding families gathered together to play happy social games.
Aiden really couldn't get along with those people, so he walked up to the review seat and went straight to a man in a white and gold robe.
"Hehe, Long, I knew you had me in your heart. Come and sit down." The director used a spell to clean the chair next to him.
"It's just that those people are simply irritable, just like one by one..." Aiden's good manners prevented him from cursing.
"Yeah, what's the fun in being with those bugs? How about joining the Department of Mysteries?" The director blinked vigorously.
"No." Aiden rolled his eyes.
"Tsk, so boring." muttered the director.
......
As a BGM sounded, the door of the Wizengamot opened and a man with a swift walk walked in.
It was Fudge, followed by two jurors, with wrinkles on their smiles, looking very pleased with themselves.
Aiden felt sleepy when he saw this face.
He tilted his head and said to the director, "I'm going to sleep for a while, wake me up when you're done."
Then, the operator fell asleep peacefully.
The director also saw something and moved forward to block Aiden.
In the ocean of collective subconsciousness, Aiden's main consciousness attached to the virtual personality and followed the ocean current into Hagrid's island of consciousness.
"Hagrid." Aiden tried to talk to Hagrid on the island of consciousness.
"Oh?" Hagrid shuddered, causing the people around him to look at him strangely.
Lucius Malfoy thought he had won and a contemptuous smile appeared on his face.
'Hagrid, don't move, I'm talking to you from within your consciousness now,' Aiden warned.
'Aiden, what's going on? How come you are in my mind? ' Hagrid also communicated with Aiden in his heart.
"It's not important, but I will help you when they question you, and you can respond according to my words." Aiden communicated with Hagrid on the island of consciousness.
"Why not completely cover him with a virtual personality?" the system interjected curiously.
"We will be discovered. This is the witches' courtroom. There will be slight unnaturalness when possessed. What if we are discovered?" Aiden explained.
Seeing that the people around him seemed to be almost ready, Fudge knocked the hammer.
"Attention everyone, the hearing on magical creature injuries is now beginning."
"Well, please start your speech, Mr. Malfoy." Fudge nodded to Lucius.
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the jury. Look at what this damned half-giant's magical animal has done to my child."
Lucius immediately turned the topic to race, pointed the finger at magical creatures, and magnified Hagrid's responsibility.
At the same time, he took out the photo stone and showed Draco's wound to the members of the jury.
"So, Hagrid, do you agree that the wounds on young Mr. Malfoy were caused by the magical animals you raise?" Fudge also narrowed his eyes.
"It's really terrible to be in the same boat with the person who's hitting the hammer." Hagrid on the island of consciousness complained to Aiden.
"Of course not, Mr. Minister, Buckbeak is a magical creature kept in the Hogwarts hunting grounds.
Part of his breeding funds also come from the Malfoy family, so strictly speaking, they are also one of the owners. "
Hagrid repeated Aiden's words verbatim.
Fudge and Dumbledore frowned at the same time. This subtle way of diverting attention and speaking seemed familiar to them.
They both looked at the guy with the monocle in the review seat and found that he was sleeping soundly against the director.
However, how could a demigod who specialized in spiritual matters be discovered by the others present?
Fudge, who found nothing unusual about Aiden, frowned, but Dumbledore, on the contrary, relaxed his brows.
"You damn lying half-giant, Malfoy is no longer a school director, and he has nothing to do with us anymore." Lucius said gritting his teeth.
"Oh, that's wonderful... No, what a shame," Hagrid said with a little sarcasm.
"Well, Mr. Hagrid, don't be so cautious. Young Mr. Malfoy was injured while you were teaching. According to our 'Regulations', you should be held responsible for this."
Fudge crossed his arms and leaned on the table to make himself look more dignified.
"Yes, Mr. Minister, but please allow me to show you a document. This is the accident caused by teaching and the student injuries caused by it since the establishment of Hogwarts.
Our 'doctrine' does not seem to make any special provision for this, especially with regard to teaching to the detriment of others.
If you intend to use the newly formulated "Regulations" to judge me, wouldn't that violate the principle of prohibiting retroactive effect of the "Regulations"? "
After saying that, Hagrid stretched out his index finger and tapped the table three times as Aiden requested.
"When did we get this document? No, when did you compile it?" Hagrid on the island of consciousness asked.
'You have Hermione and Arthur to thank for that, but I didn't expect them to be so powerful together.'
Aiden, sitting on the beach on the Island of Consciousness, shrugged.
"Uh, we need to study this further." Fudge winked at the staff who went to get the documents, wanting to take action.
"Minister, I have no less than twenty copies of this document." Hagrid smiled and swung his umbrella.
More than two dozen documents flew to the panel.
Fudge & Lucius: "........"
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Lucius decided to disgust Hagrid one last time.
"Well, at least according to our 'regulations' we should punish magical animals that harm wizards." Lucius looked at Hagrid viciously.
The jury had already finished reading the document and nodded when they heard Lucius' words.
In fact, the hearing had been downgraded at this point, as Lucius's original intention was to cut off Hagrid, Dumbledore's right-hand man.
Unfortunately, thanks to the efforts of Hermione and Arthursie, Lucius's plan completely failed.
The outcome of the hearing was downgraded from dealing with wizards and magical creatures to dealing with magical creatures.
The members of the jury who only viewed magical creatures as property were also happy to give the Malfoy family face.
The execution of the Hippogriff was quickly and unanimously approved.
