MTL - In This Hogwarts Without a Savior-Chapter 440 438. The Hogwarts Public Trial
Chapter 440 438. Hogwarts Public Trial
"He came to me. The so-called transfer of me from the Department of International Magical Cooperation to the Secretary Department of the Minister's Office is for this."
In Dumbledore's office, the old man eating candied pineapple said with a smile.
Dumbledore frowned, he didn't have any free time during this time.
"How did you answer him?"
The old man licked the remaining frosting on his fingers, then spread his hands and said.
"What else can I say? Since he treats me with such great trust, I must tell the truth. Although it is difficult to practice, I can't be worse than Snape, but its The difficulty lies in the early stage of refining requires a lot of materials to enhance the feel, and to ensure success every time, at least more than 5 times of production experience is required, and if I can completely replace Snape, he needs to give me time."
Dumbledore continued to ask calmly.
"Then what?"
"Then of course he prepared me as one of them. There is no one around him who has the ability to make this potion and can guarantee his loyalty, except me. Of course, Snape On the other hand, he has also stepped up his efforts, prepared with both hands, and no matter what method he uses to get Snape back, it is naturally his first choice to make him work for him willingly again."
Speaking of this, the old man wiped his hands, and he asked somewhat incomprehensibly.
"Actually, I still can't figure it out. What did you say about Snape? Is it really just this time that his master's abandonment made him completely heartbroken? I didn't see how loyal he was before?"
Facing this question, Dumbledore expressed some emotion.
"It's not that he was not very loyal before, but that he has never been loyal to anyone. In your eyes, he is cunning, evil, insidious and cunning, but in fact all the choices he made are very simple, pure and unexpected."
The old man frowned.
"When will you get rid of your bad habit of asking people to guess riddles?"
"Wait until you no longer need me." Dumbledore smiled and blinked, and stood up from his seat.
The old man also stood up together.
"Now that you have settled down in France, some students can already see my name in the UK from some information. Do they have any reaction?"
"For the time being, it hasn't aroused any serious suspicion, because there are very few photos about you, they just think it's someone with the same name, after all, you've been dead for almost three years, how can anyone think that your death at that time was fake. "
I don't know when Slughorn, who appeared in France, could not help curling his lips when he heard Dumbledore's words.
"At least my students found out on the spot, didn't they? Now that I think about that night, I was really shocked. If you didn't help me get my wand back, I would really be ashamed to be a teacher."
They walked towards the outside of the office. There were not many professors and students passing by in the corridor, and even if there were people, there was no way to tell who Slughorn was from his current appearance.
Dumbledore led Slughorn towards the outside of the house, he said softly.
"Your students have shocked everyone over the years. Let's take a look. There was a lot of controversy within us about how to properly dispose of these people brought back from the UK. As a result, Jon on the side proposed A suggestion that I think is very good. Some people still have some doubts about it, so they simply use Hogwarts as a pilot, after all, this time we also brought back many former Hogwarts students."
Slughorn nodded and said.
"Actually, if we just punish these pure-bloods, it's not a problem. Unless someone is deliberately covering them up, otherwise, as long as they are dealt with strictly, there will be basically no problems. The key point is how to solve the problem brought about by the Dark Lord now." Bloodline concept. Although there were bloodline disputes in the past, they have always been kept in the dark, but now they have been solidified into a policy and have been implemented in the UK for more than ten years. It is okay for French wizards. This kind of thinking It's not too deep-rooted, but for British wizards, it's different."
Dumbledore agreed.
"Yes, you're right. This was also discovered by the students we brought back from Hogwarts Castle. Pure-blood and mixed-race students have no reason to be arrogant and arrogant, and treat hemp seeds according to their bloodlines. Indifference and cruelty. There are also those high-grade hemp students brought back from the UK. Our people have tried their best to correct their original modified memories these days, but their cowardice, inferiority and awe of blood There is no way to make such a simple change. It is precisely for this reason that there have been many discussions within Wupingxian. This is only a problem we are facing in France. How do we redirect wizards in Britain who have been ruled by the blood class for so long to be normal?"
"Jon made a very interesting proposal in that meeting. He said that once a person develops a habit, it is difficult to change, especially this kind of established concept of dignity, but we can use it in the trial of pure-bloods. Make a fuss on the Internet and conduct a large-scale public trial. Similar to a public court, in front of everyone, every pure-blood who has been convicted is tried one by one, and the former oppressed are made public as witnesses Tell everyone about the treatment you have encountered, and finally everyone present will decide what kind of punishment the person under trial should receive."
After thinking for a long time, Slughorn clapped his hands emotionally.
"Great idea, this should be an emotional release, as long as the suppressed emotions of the oppressors are stimulated, no one will think about being a subservient slave all the time."
"Now it is estimated that it is about to start, let's go and have a look first."
Dumbledore led Slughorn to the open space outside the school, which was already surrounded by students.
Among them, it can be clearly seen that there are many different groups with a clear boundary, and the largest number are naturally those mixed-blood and pure-blood students from the former Hogwarts castle who are classified separately. They were divided into two groups, and a small part of them were of mixed race. After careful inspection and interviews by the Order of the Phoenix, they were determined not to have done any evil things in school.
But there are still a large number of people who are being managed by McGonagall and others at this time, lining up in front of a high platform.
Most of these students had an obviously forced calm look on their faces, while some younger students couldn't even maintain their "pride of blood" and looked around in panic.
Of course the students in the Hogwarts carriage were the most numerous. There were a lot of chairs arranged around the high platform, and they were sitting on these chairs, watching the castle students who were waiting for the trial and whispering, Said something in a low voice.
Beside the carriage students, there is a small group of restless students. These people are obviously the students who were oppressed in Hogwarts castle. They seem to be very uncomfortable with the current situation of showing their faces outside. Especially when they were sitting while the pure-blood and half-blood students were all standing.
After handing over all the pure-blood and mixed-race students whose wands had been confiscated to the six or seven-year-old students on the carriage, McGonagall, Flitwick, and Lupine walked up to the high platform and sat at the long table on one side of the high platform. , the three of them are the final trial judges, and it is also a guarantee to prevent the students below from demanding the highest penalty no matter what crime they hear.
Dumbledore sat at the front of the auditorium with Slughorn, who was unrecognizable at this time. They did not serve as referees, but only as spectators of this large-scale social experiment for wizards.
"Jon told me that this method was not his first." Dumbledore said softly, "He said that as early as a few decades ago, some Muggles used this method to stimulate and awaken those who were oppressed. People who become numb."
Slughorn did not speak out again, because the public trial had already begun at this time.
McG acted as the judge in this special trial court. After maintaining the order at the scene, she announced the start of the trial.
At this time, everyone in the auditorium fell silent, Qiqi looked at the first pure-blood student who was brought to the high platform.
It was a wizard, who looked very old, definitely a seventh grade student who was about to graduate.
He was brought to the high platform, no seat was provided, and he just stood alone facing everyone else, and everyone present looked at him.
This obviously made him feel more nervous and flustered. He still managed to maintain a calm expression on his face, but anyone could see the uneasiness in his heart from his pale lips and trembling hands.
"Ganos Flint, a former seventh-year Pureblood student at Hogwarts Castle."
McGonagall's voice was very cold, and he revealed the identity of the student standing on the high platform. At the same time, referring to the parchment in his hand, he read out the crime he was accused of.
"You are accused of intimidating the mixed-race student Asia Conrad to submit to you, and using Hedda Freud, who is also a pure-blood, and others to inflict death threats on that Miss Conrad , to further persecute, and eventually lead to her death, yes or no?"
Hearing Mag's words, most of the students in the auditorium below who were originally in the carriage were stunned for a moment.
They didn't take this public trial meeting as anything, but just thought it was a special extracurricular activity. Even if the students in the castle were bad, how bad could they be?
In any case, Hogwarts Castle was once a school, and there must be no such thing as an outrage.
But when they heard the charges of the first pure-blood student who was tried, many people couldn't believe it. They didn't expect that the first pure-blood student was charged with murder!
Flint's voice trembled, and he denied it loudly.
"No! I didn't do this! We were in love with each other, both Freud, and that vicious woman did it!"
There were voices of discussion in the auditorium, but Mag's face remained unchanged, and she continued.
"Bring up the witnesses."
Soon three people were brought up from under the high platform, and all three of them were girls. After they stood on the high platform, they were all a bit cramped, especially the two girls who were brought out from the team that was about to be judged, Even more apprehensive.
"Villet Starr, Celia Peck, you are all former students of Hogwarts Castle's seventh-year pure-blood college. In your statement, you have stated that you have participated in the investigation of Miss Connelly's campus. Violence, and this violence was caused by your friend, Miss Floyd, who was not there, out of jealousy of Miss Conrad, thinking she had Mr. Flint's favor, didn't he? "
Once Floyd's two pale chickens nodded like pecking rice.
"Yes!"
"Is Mr. Flint aware of the matter?"
Those two attendants took a sneak look at Flint standing in the middle of the high platform, and found that he was also looking at them beggingly. However, after knowing that they were only accomplices, and that the guilt could be mitigated as long as they confessed honestly, the two of them did not hesitate. Sell the former "Master Flint".
"He knows about it!" The follower surnamed Starr yelled, "He knew everything that Freud did. At that time, Conrad was avoiding him all the time. Show love and reject it in every possible way!"
The follower surnamed Peck also shouted.
"I, we heard from Flint's friend that he once showed off to his roommate that he deliberately allowed Floyd to bully Conrad, so that he could take advantage of the situation and create the best opportunity for him."
Their confessions elicited boos from the audience below, a disdain for Flint's earlier statement of mutual affection.
And McGonagall turned his attention to the last witness.
"Misty Mesa, you used to be Miss Conrad's roommate. Regarding the relationship between her and Mr. Flint, you stated in your testimony that she was terrified of Mr. Flint's love."
"Yes, she's terribly scared!" Mesa seemed to muster up all her courage, "In England, wizards of different bloodlines are not allowed to marry, even if it's just a relationship, it's a crime for the party with lower bloodlines! So she has always been afraid of this matter, but she can't resist!"
Hearing the testimonies of these three people, Flint's face was extremely pale. He knew that his biggest lie had been exposed, and the main reason for Assia's fall was because of his persecution!
The noise in the auditorium below became louder, and many of them were condemning and contemptuous of Flint's behavior.
Slughorn, who was sitting in the auditorium, noticed the reactions of those innocent half-breeds and the former castle stump students who were sitting below in panic.
This is not a tragedy about bloodlines and non-bloodliness, but it is more suitable for the first scene as a public trial.
(end of this chapter)
