Master Druid at Hogwarts

Chapter 684 Ascension—Tang——

Surrounded by the still-faced Fudge and a group of Aurors, Fish and Dumbledore walked through an empty corridor with neither doors nor windows, and came to a simple black door at the end forward.

However, they didn't push the door to enter, but turned to an inconspicuous gap in the left corner, where there was a staircase that could lead to the tenth floor, and the only one that could lead to the tenth floor.

They went all the way down the stairs, and when they reached the bottom, they saw another corridor.

It was exactly like the corridors leading to Snape's dungeon at Hogwarts: rough stone walls, torches on brackets.

Fish and Dumbledore continued to walk forward, Fudge followed closely behind them, as for the Aurors, most of them were left on top, only Dawlish and two other unknown Aurors followed as bodyguards Fudge's side.

On either side of the corridor were several old heavy wooden doors with iron latches and keyholes.Dumbledore stopped when he came to a gloomy black door with a large iron lock.

"The tenth courtroom..." he said with emotion, "I never thought that I would come back here again in less than a year, still as a defendant."

"Don't worry, after we convict you, you won't be able to come here for a long time!" Fudge said viciously from behind.

Dumbledore turned his head and glanced at him faintly.

This simple action made Fudge take two steps back in fright, and even pulled out his wand.

"Ugh……"

Sighing with deep disappointment, Dumbledore looked back, then pushed open the black door in front of him, and walked in with Fish.

Fudge's face flushed instantly, and he looked left and right. Dawlish and the other two Aurors lowered their heads, avoided his sight, and pretended not to see anything.

"Ahem," Fudge quickly recovered from the embarrassment, straightened his collar, and said, "Let's go in too."

Fish followed Dumbledore into this dark courtroom, looking around curiously.

The surrounding walls were made of black stone, and the light from the torches was dim and gloomy.On both sides are rows of empty benches that gradually rise, and in front of him, on the highest benches, there are many dark figures looming impressively.

Fish's pupils changed a bit, and he immediately adapted to the dim environment here, and at the same time, he could see clearly the figures in front of him...

Those were all clad in fuchsia robes with a delicate silver "W" embroidered on the left front breast.When they saw Fish and Dumbledore coming in, more than half of them waved to Mao Mao with smiles on their faces.

These people are all known by Fish. Among them are Professor Tofty and other examiners who came to Hogwarts to invigilate the exam a while ago, and some of them were met by Fish in St. See a doctor, and some visit patients in the past.

In addition, there are several old wizards who are about the same age as Professor Tofty, whom Fish met when he went to some parties with Professor McGonagall during the holidays.

The key is……

Fish shook his ears, sniffed again, and then aimed at a dark corner away from the crowd - there was a beetle lying there quietly.

"You guys are so meow!"

(ΦωΦ)

Fish looked back, then raised his arms high, waving them at those people on the trial seat.

Dumbledore brought Fish to the center of the courtroom, and he sat very casually on the chair with chains wrapped around the armrest.

The chain jingled, but Dumbledore didn't pay attention. Instead, he pulled out his wand and shook it slightly to the side, conjuring an armchair with a thick black velvet cushion beside him.

"Fish, you sit here."

Dumbledore pointed to the chair he conjured up, then put away his wand, and leaned back, with his elbows resting on the chain of the armrest, his long fingertips butted together, in a very relaxed posture Looking up at the members of the Wizengamot.

At this time, Fudge came around from the rear and walked to the front row of the group. There sat a broad, square-jawed, gray-haired witch with a monocle, and a thin, slicked-back witch. Among wizards with back hair and goatees.

He also put on the purple-red robe at this time, and still held a stack of thick parchment documents in his hand.

"Very well," said Fudge. "Finally here is the defendant, let's get started. Is the scorer ready?" he called out toward the bench.

At the far end of the front bench, a young wizard responded, holding a quill and parchment, ready to record at any time.

"Trial on June 26," said Fudge, loudly but weakly: "The trial of the current Headmaster of Hogwarts, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore Lido for breaches of the Misuse of Magic Act, the Endangering the Safety of Wizarding Acts and the Act of Silence."

"Interrogators: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister for Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Piers Guy Thicknesse, Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement .Trial Recorder: Malcolm Covance Clark. Witness for the Defense..."

Fudge glanced at Mao Mao who was sitting next to Dumbledore with a complicated expression, dangling restlessly, and continued: "Witness for the defense: Fish Robert McGonagall."

At the far end, McCartney was scribbling rapidly on parchment.

After a short pause, Fudge picked up the top parchment of the stack of documents in front of him, took a deep breath, and read aloud: "The defendant is accused of the following crimes—"

"The accused attempted to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries on the ninth floor of the Ministry of Magic at 49pm on June [-]th, in contravention of Section [-] of the Misuse of Magic Act Eight, the second of the Witches' Safety Act, and the first and fifth of the Silence Act."

He put away the parchment, and said seriously to the group of jurors next to him: "All of this was witnessed by me and the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic. The facts are all there, and the evidence is conclusive. There is no room for the defendant to quibble!"

"I may not remember exactly," Dumbledore said pleasantly in the face of Fudge's aggressive attitude, "but I believe that according to the Wizengamot Charter of Rights, the defendant has the right to defend himself, right? Is this true?" Isn't it Department of Magical Law Enforcement policy, Lady Burns?" he asked the witch with the monocle.

"Yes," said Ms. Burns, "it is."

Dumbledore smiled faintly. He glanced at the nervous Fudge and said, "First of all, Minister Fudge's memory may not be very good. I explained to you that night that I came to visit on business... Shouldn't the Ministry of Magic prohibit people from visiting at night?" He turned his gaze to the others.

The jury and the other two presiding judges nodded.

Fudge hastily retorted anxiously: "Then why did you use the invisibility spell to hide your figure?!"

"I remember this issue was already explained at the time." Dumbledore still had that amiable look, "I didn't see any reception staff or guards in the main hall, and I suspected that the Ministry of Magic was attacked by the enemy, so That's why I chose to hide."

He once again asked the question that made Cornelius Fudge speechless at the beginning: "Minister Fudge, can you explain to me now why you and the Aurors are in the Ministry of Magic, and the reception and Are the guards withdrawn?"

Fudge was questioned at the beginning, only because his ability to respond on the spot was not very good. After more than ten days of preparation, he had already thought of a countermeasure——

"Because I received a tip that night that some thieves wanted to break into the Department of Mysteries and steal the secrets of the Ministry of Magic. In order to prevent innocent people from being harmed, I arranged for them to hide first!"

After he finished speaking righteously, he looked down at Dumbledore proudly and condescendingly.

"Well," Dumbledore nodded lightly, "this statement is acceptable."

However, before Fudge was happy for a while, he changed the subject again and asked, "Then after you arranged for them to leave, why didn't you hang a sign in the main hall or leave a message in other ways to inform the visiting guests that the Ministry of Magic The staff of the staff left temporarily because of something, and let them visit on their own? This way I won’t misunderstand it.”

"..."

After a moment of awkward silence, Fudge said with a dark face, "I..."

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　　Fish's middle name "Robert" is the name of Professor McGonagall's father and younger brother. The naming in HP is like this, using the names of his relatives and friends as the Christian name and middle name.

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　　Thanks to Yelingyin, Allen Shangheng, and Eno from Maomao Island for the birthday presents to Fish.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)