Chapter 309 The White-haired Old Woman

Saturday, September 1994, 6.

Early in the morning, an old woman with white hair and tattered clothes came to the Ministry of Magic.

She is Peter Pettigrew's mother, and she is coming today to see her son for the last time.

"Look, that's Peter Pettigrew's mother. Today is Peter's execution day, and she plans to come and see her child off in person. By the way, why does she look so old?"

"It is said that when her only son "died", Peter's mother could not accept the tragic death of her son. She cried so hard that her eyes almost went blind. The blow she suffered in life naturally aged faster."

"It's what she deserves. Who made her raise a traitor son?"

"Don't say that. She's quite pitiful. Her son is clearly not dead, but he didn't send her a single message. He looks as good as dead."

"You'd better not feel sorry for her because of her appearance. You should know that she is not a simple character. She is a ruthless person who got a First Class Order of Merlin from the Ministry of Magic."

Hearing this, the onlookers became interested and gathered around the old wizard who was speaking.

Most people only know that the Ministry of Magic did award Peter Pettigrew the Order of Merlin, First Class, but they don’t know that there are so many stories behind this medal.

Seeing that everyone was interested, the old wizard cleared his throat and immediately began to explain some science to everyone.

At that time, the Order of Merlin had no intention of awarding Peter Pettigrew the First Class Order of Merlin.

After all, the difficulty of obtaining the First Class Order of Merlin is obvious to all, and the winners are all wizards who have made significant contributions to the magical world.

Peter Pettigrew did not have any outstanding achievements in those days. The most he had was a reputation for revealing the truth and facing death bravely.

During the time when the mysterious man was wreaking havoc, there were countless victims like Peter Pettigrew, and there was nothing special about them.

In addition, Peter Pettigrew was of ordinary origin, not from any noble pure-blood family, and his family had no influence in the wizarding world.

Therefore, Peter Pettigrew was not even qualified for the Third Class Order of Merlin, let alone the First Class Order of Merlin.

In order to win honor for her son, Peter's mother found Dumbledore and tortured him for nearly a month by crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide.

Considering that the other party's son had worked for him and had just died, Dumbledore had no choice but to submit Peter Pettigrew's application for the Order of Merlin to the Order of Merlin as a nominee.

"Oh! So that's how it is. No wonder the Knights of Merlin approved my application."

"Dumbledore's prestige was so high back then, it was absolutely certain that he would nominate him. It is said that Dumbledore was unwilling to do so, otherwise he would be the Minister of Magic today."

"It turns out that it was all because of Dumbledore's favor. Peter's mother got a great bargain at the time."

Peter's mother ignored the wizards around her who were pointing and talking, and walked slowly with a cane.

Ah--

What’s so great about the First Class Order of Merlin? No matter how precious it is, can it be more precious than your own son’s life?

When Peter's mother learned that her long-saved child was actually still alive, she almost jumped for joy.

This news was great news for her as a mother. She even thought that she and her son could be reunited and live happily together.

However, the overwhelming news coverage soon shattered her fantasy.

His son was no longer the hero who died gloriously, but a villain who defected to the Dark Lord, betrayed his friends, and killed his friend's family.

He even used a blasting curse to kill half of the Muggles on the street. His crimes were numerous.

Despite this, Peter's mother was not ready to give up her son.

She was already very old, and facing this only child that was lost and found again, she had to fight for it no matter what.

Therefore, even though Peter Pettigrew faced more than a dozen charges, Peter's mother stood up without hesitation and personally served as her son's defense attorney.

On the day of trial, she first cried and wailed to gain sympathy from everyone.

Combined with the tattered robe and the white hair, it really makes people sad and cry.

When the presiding judge mentioned Peter's many evil deeds, Peter's mother even loudly threatened that Peter Pettigrew might have been under the Imperius Curse of the Dark Lord or the Death Eaters.

"I know my child very well. He is so timid and kind. If he hadn't been under the Imperius Curse, he would never have done such an outrageous thing."

Peter's mother had a clear plan. When the Death Eaters were tried, many of them claimed that they were under the Imperius Curse and escaped the final judgment.

So, she was also prepared to use this reason to let Peter Pettigrew escape punishment.

However, to her disappointment, no matter how she argued, the Ministry of Magic still found Peter Pettigrew guilty.

And he was given the most severe punishment in the entire wizarding world - the Dementor's Kiss.

Peter's mother did not give up completely despite this result. In the past half month, she spent all her family property and secretly made many preparations, striving to complete the task in one fell swoop today and rescue Peter completely.

No one thought that Peter's mother could succeed in saving someone from the Aurors on the day of execution, even if she spoke out this crazy idea.

However, she was well aware of her unique advantage, which was that she was old and weak, so the Aurors were not very wary of her.

As long as we work on this aspect, there is still hope.

Before walking into the Auror's office, Peter's mother took out a water cup, opened the lid and started drinking.

To outsiders, it looked like she was just drinking water, but no one knew that there was only a sip of golden potion in the cup.

This was the elixir that she had bought on the black market after spending almost half of her family's wealth. After Peter's mother swallowed the magic potion, she prayed silently in her heart.

I hope the people on the black market are not scammers and this expensive potion can work as it is supposed to.

Soon, a wonderful feeling came over Peter's heart, and his mother pushed open the door in front of her and walked into the Auror's office.

"Hello, today is my child's execution day, I want to see him for the last time."

"Ma'am, as usual, you must leave your wand and handbag here and submit to our inspection."

"Of course, of course, I will cooperate with everything." Peter's mother said in a sad tone, with tears falling from time to time.

The two Aurors who received Peter's mother had serious faces and picked up their wands to check her body. They had to make sure that there was no portkey on the buttons on her clothes.

When the Auror checked the cane in Peter's mother's hand, she pleaded.

"My legs and feet are a little inconvenient. Could you please let me use my crutches? The Aurors agreed to it during my previous visits."

As she spoke, she took the initiative to hand the wand to the other party, and then took out a lunch box from her handbag.

"My son is going to die today. Before he dies, I want him to have one more meal that I cook for him. Is that okay with you?"

Then, she took out two small cloth bags and placed them in the other person's hands: "Please, this is my only wish."

Feeling the heavy weight in their hands, the two Aurors looked at each other, nodded, put away Peter's mother's wand and handbag, and quickly completed the visiting procedures.

"Come with us!"

The three of them left the Auror's office and came to a heavily guarded room.

After checking the relevant procedures, two Aurors took Peter's mother into the room and closed the door.

When the door opened again, they had arrived at an isolated island in the North Sea.