[HP] If youth has an ageless face

The blockbuster Zabini murder trial is on time.Edwinra chose not to be present, so she didn't know that the trial didn't go well at first.

Due to the lack of physical evidence, Antonio stood still in the face of the testimony of Uriah and the tainted witness Christian, and even claimed in court that they were framing him.His reasons also sound convincing—Uriah is Edwina's brother, and Christian has had a relationship with Isabella because of her relationship—in addition to Fudge's ambiguous attitude, the balance of victory It seemed to be leaning towards Antonio for a time.

But Meyer was the first variable.When she entered the courtroom as the third witness on Edwina's side, although Antonio restrained his emotions well, the horror that flashed across his face did not escape the eyes of others.Meyer wisely brushed herself off, saying only that she realized something was amiss when she was packing things after the divorce.

"When did you get divorced?"

"After Christmas 1991."

"Then when did you find out that Stoyanlov seemed to be involved in a murder?"

Meyer tried to stay calm: "About two years."

Ms. Burns stared piercingly into Meyer's eyes through the lens: "Why didn't you react to that at the time?"

Meyer was silent for a moment before saying, "Because... there is not enough evidence."

"Then have you contacted Stoyanlov about this matter?"

"No."

"reason?"

"I don't want to," Meyer replied, "make myself look like a persistent, pestering ex-wife."

Ms. Burns glanced at her again, ignoring the subject for the time being: "Do you have evidence to support what you said?"

"Yes." Meyer gave a different answer from the other two. Amidst Antonio's tearful anger, she handed over a stack of letters, which were sent to him by Keira. The key information in the letter includes She said she had shown Uriah the fake obituary at Antonio's request, and that she thought Uriah had seemingly given up on getting in touch with Edwina.

"You found these letters in your former residence?"

"Yes."

"Is this lady here too?" Ms. Burns asked after flipping through the letter.

Meyer nodded: "She's right outside the door."

After the initial irritation, Antonio knew the game was over.Hearing Meyer's words, he was no longer startled. Instead, he stared at her with faint eyes, accompanied by a sneer, so that Meyer didn't dare to look directly.

"Another tainted witness... well, bring her up."

Keira confirmed what Ulea and Meyer said, and admitted that she chose to escape quietly after learning the news of Ethan's death in order to get rid of Antonio's monitoring.

"Why do you think you're safe after Ethan Zabini's death?"

"Because I think... no one will pursue what happened back then."

"You were also involved in the murder of Darren Zabini, weren't you?"

"Yes." Keira looked around anxiously, and she seemed to be taken aback when she saw Uriah, and she looked away instantly.

At this point, Ms. Burns asked another question: "Why did you go back to Europe?"

"What?" Keira was taken aback.

"Why do you want to go back to Europe?"

Kayla stared at her blankly.

"Why don't you go back to England? Don't you go somewhere else?" Ms. Burns asked urgently, "Do you know anyone in Europe?"

"I..." Keira rolled her eyes nervously, and her eyes drifted towards Meyer unconsciously.Meyer gave her a dark look and quietly clenched his fists.

"answer my question."

"I think," Keira suddenly felt blessed, and stumbled out a reason, "the most dangerous place is also the safest place."

Everyone was silent for a while.Ms. Burns stared at Kayla for a long time, and when Meyer was almost suffocated, she finally nodded to signal the end of the question.Kayla breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't wait to step back from the witness stand.But when the Ministry of Magic staff motioned her to the dock, she trembled again.This scene did not escape Antonio's eyes. He smiled knowingly, turned to look at Meyer, and winked at her meaningfully, and the latter's expression suddenly became even uglier.

"At the Wizengamot—"

Ms. Burns was interrupted.The courtroom door opened again, and a man walked in: Blaise.

"Can I say a few words?"

No one can refuse his request.Blaise looked around, his eyes gliding over the faces of several witnesses, he paused when he saw Christian, and then took a deep look at Keira.

"Before the outcome of the trial is announced," he finally looked up at several Ministry of Magic officials sitting high, "I hope you can consider my opinion."

Ms. Burns glanced at Fudge, and seeing that he had no objection, she motioned for Blaise to continue.

"The clues provided by Mr. Byrne became a turning point and a breakthrough in this case. He helped us a lot and later apologized. He is certainly guilty, but I don't think he is a vicious person in every sense, so I hope that the Wizengamot can consider dealing with Mr. Byrne lightly." As soon as the words came out, there was a murmur in the courtroom, Blaise ignored the sensation caused by his words, and continued, "In addition, I hope ..." After hesitating for a moment, Blaise changed his words, "The result of this trial can be reported to the public."

"Is that what Madame Zabini meant?"

"No, that's what I mean," Blaise said, looking at Fudge. "I don't want anyone to play tricks."

After saying that, he bowed slightly to pay tribute, ignoring Fudge's wonderful expression, left the room chaotically and walked away.

Outside the courtroom, another person was waiting for him.Blaise apologized before the other party spoke: "I'm sorry, I didn't defend her."

"It doesn't matter," Jacob replied. "She deserved it."

The two walked out side by side.Blaise didn't want Edwin to know that he was at the trial, so he could only ask Jacob to write to Hogwarts to ask for leave as a cousin.

"Why did you come?" Jacob couldn't help asking, "Or did you come secretly?"

"Jacob, you've never had a good relationship with your mother, have you?"

He nodded.

"My mother and I, too." Under Jacob's slightly surprised eyes, Blaise smiled instead, "It wasn't until a year or two that our relationship eased." He looked at the fountain in the hall of the Ministry of Magic, "Even I began to understand her a little bit, so... I want to make a choice for her."

Jacob was puzzled: "What choice?"

Blaise smiled and said goodbye to him at this time, obviously not ready to answer his question.

The results of the trial were published in the newspapers soon.Since Adwinla refused to settle or material compensation, the sentences of the three defendants were more or less increased.Among them, Antonio received the longest sentence, being sentenced to 18 years in Azkaban without bail. At the same time, he was dismissed from his post by the Bulgarian Ministry of Magic and banned from engaging in such work for life; Deprived of custody of his daughter, banned from leaving the country and subject to lifelong surveillance by the British Ministry of Magic; considering Brace's plea and his marginal role, Christian faces five years in prison, nothing else punish.

Blaise closed the newspaper and breathed a sigh of relief.This announcement was published in the "Daily Prophet", so naturally it couldn't be hidden from the eyes of other students.Pretending not to hear the discussion, he picked up his spoon rather cheerfully and began his assault on the breakfast.

"I admire you."

"what?"

Pan Xi clicked on the newspaper: "You can take other people's words calmly, but I must not."

"If you grew up pointing, you can too." Blaise shrugged. "So you should be happy."

Pansy chuckled.

"I still have to thank you." Meeting Pansy's puzzled eyes, Blaise smiled and shook his head, not going to explain for now.In a sense, the story Pansy told prompted him to let go of his last grievances and to come to terms with Edwinra and himself.