#414 - One year later (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

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“Even so, are you really prepared to intervene in this matter? You know that you personally issued the original verdict against Sirius Black. Overturning his case, with evidence that isn't exactly sufficient, will bring you a lot of trouble,” Amelia said, still unable to understand Badeno's thinking, cautiously advising him.

“What's so bad about that?” Moody still wore a fierce, hateful expression. “If someone is wrongly accused, they should naturally be released. Are you saying that even knowing Sirius is innocent, we should let him suffer in Azkaban?”

“But the current evidence is not enough to convince the Wizengamot!” Amelia was obviously more politically savvy. “If you really want to prove Sirius's innocence, what you should be doing now is collecting more sufficient evidence, such as capturing Peter Pettigrew!”

“Instead of releasing Sirius under pressure. You should know that even in the relatively enlightened Order of Merlin, such evidence would not convince everyone.” Amelia's understanding of the Wizengamot was clearly more thorough than Moody's.

Moody, however, curled his lip in disdain. He was not a member of the Order of Merlin, and he preferred to look at the matter from a simpler, more direct perspective.

“I know.” Minister Badeno nodded firmly at Amelia. “It is indeed very difficult to overturn Sirius's case, but it is what we should do. We cannot give up simply because it is difficult.”

“Why did you get involved in this matter? I can see that even if you had refused Anduin at the beginning, nothing would have happened.” Amelia was referring to when Anduin had first made his request to them.

“Because Anduin is worth it.” Badeno smiled. “He has proven to us that he possesses the strength and wisdom to inherit Merlin's will. The truly troubling qualities have also stood the test when facing Sirius. He is not a heartless person, and he is worthy of entrusting our ideals to!”

“So that's how it is. Was your agreement to this matter also a test from the Order?” Amelia now realized that Minister Badeno had been a little too solicitous in his dealings with Anduin.

Moody was confused by their conversation. “What do you mean, what test? I don't understand. Isn't that broken Order of yours one where you get a badge and have a chance to join? I wanted to join back then, and you looked down on me, tch…”

“It's not the same.” Amelia glared at Moody. “We are looking for the next generation of successors. Dumbledore is getting old, Nicolas Flamel rarely appears, and the remnants of the Sacred Twenty-Eight are severely divided. As a result, Grindelwald himself doesn't know how to clean up the mess he created.”

“They're only making trouble abroad. We'll just take care of our own affairs.” Moody muttered dismissively, somewhat indifferently.

“For the future of the wizarding world, nationality is not the only measure, and if things get too chaotic over there, it will also affect us here.” Amelia became righteously indignant at this point.

“But you're using Sirius's matter to test him. What if he finds out and becomes resentful? I know that kid. Don't think he's a good-tempered young man. He doesn't even blink when he kills people.” Moody also had some understanding of the Order's ideals, so he didn't say much more, but instead raised his concerns.

“I will be honest with him afterwards. I think Anduin has that much magnanimity.” Badeno took over the conversation at this point. “Moreover, with the evidence we have now, the only way to save Sirius may be through a deal. There is no other way.”

Amelia and Moody could only nod helplessly upon hearing this.

…

In the following period, in addition to regularly inquiring with Minister Badeno about the progress of the Black case, Anduin spent more time running to the Scamander's house, learning Magizoology knowledge from Newt on the one hand, and studying the 'traveling kettle' in his hand on the other.

Of course, more importantly, he was experiencing and familiarizing himself with that faint spiritual connection in the process of taking care of the Thunderbird.

However, although the Thunderbird was very friendly and close to Anduin, the progress of the spiritual connection was very slow.

Anduin ran to the Scamander's house almost every two or three days, but after a month, he could only sense the direction of the Thunderbird from a hundred meters away. However, the progress in emotional perception was good. Anduin could clearly understand the Thunderbird's joys, sorrows, and angers.

Compared to the Thunderbird, the gains in alchemical equipment research were more direct. From the dark magic pocket that could summon Inferi and the traveling kettle, Anduin gained a large amount of alchemical knowledge reserves, and learned several new rune structures.

Especially the traveling kettle, its magical principle is a core rune called 'Impregnation', which can permeate magic into matter. The liquid stored in the traveling kettle is usually 'Impregnated' with a variety of spells, such as 'Anti-Fiendfyre Charm', 'Universal Unlocking Charm', 'Freezing Charm', 'Banishing Charm', etc.

The water flow summoned from it carries the corresponding spell effects due to the daily rune 'Impregnation', so it can have such a great suppressive effect on Fiendfyre.

The discovery of this rune structure solved a very important problem for Anduin.

Soon, a year passed.

During this year, Minister Badeno had been helping to lobby the Wizengamot, trying to overturn Sirius's case. Even Dumbledore had expressed his support and was willing to personally testify that he could not find the Potters' home address in Sirius's mind.

But even so, he still couldn't completely convince the Wizengamot. Overturning the case of a prisoner who had committed such a serious crime put a lot of pressure on all the wizards in the Wizengamot, so they were more inclined to be conservative when making choices.

Although Anduin could foresee such a result, he was still very annoyed by these stubborn wizards. However, he couldn't really lash out at this time. If one or a few of these Wizengamot wizards showed abnormalities, it would have the opposite effect.

So Anduin could only think about the deal that Minister Badeno had mentioned before.

However, his spiritual connection distance with the Thunderbird could only reach two or three kilometers, which was a great improvement compared to before, but it suddenly became insignificant when placed in the vast area of Europe.

Fortunately, Anduin didn't really put all his hopes on this aspect. You must know that he still had a backup plan, which was Aselia. After such a long time, the Thunderbird finally contacted this double agent.

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