Wind and Eagle Wings at Hogwarts

Chapter 390

Courtroom Ten of the Ministry of Magic.

At this moment, everyone including Scott was looking at the closed door.

Under the eyes of everyone, the door was pushed open, and a tall and thin middle-aged wizard walked in from the door.

He wears fur-trimmed robes, has short white hair, and a goatee that ends in curly curls on his thin chin.

"It's you!"

Mr. Roll, who was supporting his wife, said the name of the visitor in great surprise.

"Igor Karkaroff!"

Hearing the name, Scott couldn't help but frown.

The appearance of Karkaroff caused a commotion in the courtroom.

If Caro's request to call a witness in his favor was unexpected enough, the identity of the witness who then walked into the courtroom was undoubtedly even more unexpected.

Igor Karkaroff, the current headmaster of Durmstrang School of Magic, a rebellious Death Eater, many people present know his details.

Scott also heard the discussions of those around him.

"Karkaroff? How could it be him?"

"In order to get rid of the crime, he confessed to Crouch many of his Death Eater companions."

Scott had also heard about Karkaroff's deeds.

It stands to reason that now that Voldemort, who was hiding behind the scenes, has gradually surfaced, Karkaroff, the former betrayer, should stay away.

No one expected him to be here, an exonerated witness to the offspring of a murderous Death Eater.

Of course, maybe it was because he was threatened.

Scott watched Karkaroff, who was below, walk forward quickly and stood next to Karol who was being interrogated.

"I object!"

At this moment, Caitlin Roll's father, Mr. Roll, spoke loudly.

"Judge, I object to Karkaroff as a witness! As we all know, he is just a Death Eater who got away with it!"

After Mr. Roll spoke, the courtroom fell completely silent.

At this moment, everyone present looked at Fudge as the presiding judge, waiting for him to speak.

But at this moment, Fudge obviously has no idea.

He subconsciously looked at Burns and Dumbledore sitting on his left and right.

"Let's listen to what Karkaroff has to say." Bones, who was wearing a monocle, said.

Dumbledore also said: "After he finishes his testimony, we will judge whether it is true or not."

Fudge nodded.

"Igor Karkaroff!" He looked down at Karkaroff seriously, "tell your testimony."

"No problem, presiding judge." Karkaroff bowed gracefully.

He looked up and smiled, showing yellow teeth.

Scott looked at this scene with some surprise.

According to his understanding, Amelia Burns, the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, should be a director who enforces the law impartially, and Dumbledore is undoubtedly fair, but neither of these two clearly objected to Karkaroff becoming witness.

Not only that, after the two spoke, Mr. Roll, who was protesting loudly just now, sat down quietly.

This scene is really unreasonable.

unless……

Scott's eyes lit up.

Unless the plaintiff has other evidence besides the witness who was not present.

Just as Scott was thinking, Karkaroff, who was a witness for the accused, spoke.

"Ms. Roll's death was not caused by Mr. Carlo."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Roll stood up suddenly and screamed, "You are talking nonsense! If it wasn't for him, how could he escape? He killed my daughter!"

"Silence!" Fudge reminded, frowning.

He looked displeasedly at Mrs. Roll who repeatedly stood up to "make trouble".

Mr. Roll hurriedly took his wife to sit down and comforted him in a low voice.

Fudge then asked Karkaroff, "Is there any evidence for what you said, Karkaroff?"

Karkaroff bowed slightly again and began to elaborate on his testimony.

"Every student in Durmstrang knows that there is something wrong with Miss Rolle."

"She was always moody, hitting and cursing Mr. Carroll. More than one student on Durmstrang's campus saw that."

Hearing what he said, Mrs. Roll wanted to refute again, but Mr. Roll covered her mouth and held her down. She could only whimper and cry in a low voice.

Fudge frowned and said to Karkaroff, "That has nothing to do with what you're trying to prove."

"Of course, I'm just explaining some background." Karkaroff pretended to be respectful and said, "It happened on the night of April 4st, I remember it very clearly, that day happened to be April Fool's Day..."

According to Karkaroff's narration, Caitlin Roll's body was first discovered by Durmstrang's students in a hidden corner of the school.

As the principal, Karkaroff launched an investigation immediately.

During the investigation, some students told him that it was Elijah Caro who called Caitlin Roll away, and other students said that they heard a fierce quarrel between the two when they passed by the scene of the incident.

It was just because of Caitlin Roll's usual performance that the students who heard the two quarreled had become accustomed to it and didn't come closer to take a look.

When Karkaroff and other professors wanted to ask Elijah Carro for information, he had quietly left Durmstrang.

Karkaroff spoke for a while, but everyone couldn't understand why.

Because his statement is obviously not good for Carlo.

But both Elijah Kahlo, who was being tried, and the members of the Kahlo family who were watching were all sitting peacefully at the moment.

At this moment, Karkaroff suddenly changed his subject.

"At first, I thought it was Mr. Caro who killed him," he said, "but then we realized something was wrong."

Having said that, his tone paused.

The courtroom was silent, only Mrs. Roll's indistinct sobs could be heard uninterruptedly in everyone's ears.

"Miss Friedrich at the Durmstrang School Hospital examined Miss Roll's body," Karkaroff said. The cause of death was poisoning."

Carlo, who was chained to the chair, spoke in time, "Principal Karkaroff is right, I just knocked Caitlin down with the Stunning Spell."

The two people's statements were full of flaws, Scott frowned, and he wanted to know how they would lie.

The presiding judge Fudge's face is also ugly at the moment.

He stared at the two people below with a pair of small eyes, and asked in a very stern tone: "Carol, since you just used the stun spell on Miss Roll, why did you escape from Durmstrang?"

"I'm just too bored."

Carlo lowered his head, his voice was a little artificial and pitiful.

"I went to Durmstrang for Caitlin's sake, and she's always been very mean to me."

"That day, after arguing with her, I attacked her with a stun spell in a fit of anger... Anyway, I couldn't take it anymore."

"I am her fiancé, but she treats me like that. I don't want to be so humble and long for love, so I decided to leave there."

Scott listened to Carlo's remarks a little nausea.

This guy, who had vowed before that he would accompany Caitlin Rolle after fulfilling her wish, is he now going back on his word?
After listening to Carlo's statement, Fudge picked up a pen and wrote something on the document, then turned to look at the accused witness.

"Karkaroff, how do you prove what you said? Why didn't you explain your discovery to the Roll family when you sent back Miss Roll's body? And, even if Miss Roll died of poisoning, how do you know that the poison was poisoned?" Is it not the defendant?"

Karkaroff said: "Miss Friedrich can prove what I say, presiding judge."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the trial room was pushed open again, and an unusually tall witch walked in.

This is a witch who looks like a man, at least 1.9 meters tall. Even though she is wearing a female therapist's skirt and long blonde hair, she still looks like a transvestite wizard.

"Yes, I can attest to that," she began.

It wasn't until he heard her voice that Scott was sure she was really a woman.

Fudge looked at the uninvited Miss Friedrich with a bad face.

"I did not summon you, lady."

Miss Friedrich was not frightened by Fudge's gaze.

Under the eyes of everyone, she calmly walked to Karkaroff's side and stood still.

When the two stood together, she looked half a head taller than Karkaroff, and even her shoulders were much wider than the thin Karkaroff.

She took a small glass bottle from her pocket and held it up.

"This is the poison left in Miss Roll's mouth." She said in a flat tone, "I have tested it, and it is a drug that Muggles only use, and wizards have no history of using it."

Karkaroff went on to say: "Judge, I remember that a guy who specialized in poisoning pure-blood wizards appeared in England some time ago. Mr. Bork and the Yaxley family were killed one after another, and the murderer was called a hidden poison wizard."

In the corner of the courtroom, Scott's eyebrows twitched as he listened to the two talking.

Miss Friedrich added: "I specifically visited Liam Yaxley, who was attacked by a hidden poison wizard. The Yaxley family still has the poisonous blood extracted from the body of his poisoned brother. , After comparing, I found that the poison contained in the poisonous blood is the same as the poison in my hand."

"You still can't prove that what you said is true. If you can't produce conclusive evidence, then I will declare your testimony invalid." Fudge didn't listen carefully to what the two said, and directly rejected their testimony.

Today, Fudge has already sided with Medea, and the Roll family has also joined Medea's command. Of course, he will try his best to favor the plaintiff.

"Judge." Karkaroff suddenly stepped forward, "What we have said is the truth. Whether it is me or Miss Friedrich, we are willing to accept the Veritaserum test."

"And me." Carlo also raised his head, "I can do it too."

The words of the two immediately caused an uproar.

Scott frowned for a moment.

He looked at the three people below who were confident and confident, and instantly understood their tricks——

Their memories have been altered!
As long as the wizards who modified their memories were clever enough, the false memories would become real memories. In this case, even Veritaserum could not change what they said at this time.

On the other hand, if a wizard's memory is modified, only a wizard who can be called a master of insanity will be able to detect the clues, but these people are very clever to take advantage of a loophole——

The result of insanity cannot be legal evidence.

What Scott can think of, everyone present can think of.

At this moment, Burns and Dumbledore, whose expressions had remained unchanged, both slightly changed their expressions, and they gathered together with Fudge to discuss in a low voice.

There was a cacophony of whispers in his ears, and Scott felt a little uncomfortable.

Karkaroff and Miss Friedrich's mention of "sorcerers of hidden poison" made him feel a little bad.

I don't know if it was because he was too sensitive, but he always felt that the fire might burn on him.

At this moment, he felt a vibration from his chest.

Scott's face sank, and he took out the Scholar's Union identity card from the inner pocket of his robe.

Relying on himself sitting in the last row and no one was paying attention, he used the cover of his robe to turn the card into [Book of Prometheus].

Lowering his head, Scott opened [The Book of Prometheus] and saw the owl drawn in lines on the page.

He took a deep breath, stretched out his fingers and nodded, and the letter quickly unfolded.

[Smart little guy, if you don't take the initiative to respect me, Karkaroff and Friedrich will tell everyone in the courtroom that you are a hidden poison wizard.

BB]

Scott looked at the short content of the letter and felt his eyebrows start to beat continuously.

But he closed [The Book of Prometheus].

Afterwards, he began to secretly observe everyone in the courtroom, trying to find Mr. B who had no official name.

Although his magical perception has always shrouded the entire courtroom.But magic power perception can't replace sight. He can only perceive the magic state of everyone, but he can't detect the small movements of some people.

"presiding judge."

At this moment, Carlo suddenly spoke up.

"I want to explain one more thing," he said loudly, "I sneaked into Hogwarts to find the hidden poison wizard and avenge Caitlin!"

Fudge asked in surprise, "You mean, the innocent student you attacked was a hidden poison wizard?"

"That's right, it's him!"

Regardless of his body being bound by iron chains, Carlo struggled to turn his head and looked at Scott who was sitting in the back row.

"It's him, he's right there!" He smiled ferociously, "He's Scott Trollope!"

For a moment, all eyes were on Scott.

Scott didn't deliberately manage his expression, but gave the most appropriate response immediately.

He was very surprised at first, then he was at a loss, and then looked at Dumbledore in front of him for help.

Dumbledore gave him a calm look.

Scott looked at Carlo again, glared at him, and gnashed his teeth, trying to play the innocent student who was framed.

Carlo turned his head to look at him in a very awkward posture, and laughed strangely.

"This statement is absurd, Mr. Carlo." Burns said, "You first said that Miss Rolle died at the hands of a hidden poison wizard, and then identified that student as a hidden poison wizard."

She shook her head and continued to ask, "Excuse me, how could a Hogwarts student go to Durmstrang to kill Miss Roll?"

(End of this chapter)