[HP] Alchemy and Love

On December 12, the case of Sirius and Peter officially opened.The Daily Prophet that morning devoted an entire front page to large photographs of Sirius Black and Peter Pedillo.

They used old photos.A sunny, handsome young man and a squirrel-headed, timid little fat man seem to be deliberately guiding public opinion to the side that sympathizes with Sirius. Therefore, although the trial has not yet begun, the entire British magic community seems to have already regarded Sirius Recognized as a "wronged hero".The newspaper used two pages to report the whole incident in detail, including the spell of loyalty, James and Lily's "fight against the mysterious man", Sirius was innocently wronged and imprisoned without trial, Peter was finally captured after fleeing for more than a month...etc.The report did not forget to mention that when Peter was finally arrested, a whole street of Muggles were stunned to see three cats, two birds and snakes, and a large group of Aurors chasing a mouse. However, the Ministry of Magic worked overtime for three days afterwards to erase the memories of those Muggles.

However, Lorenthia did not go to the Ministry of Magic with Remus, Dumbledore and others that day.She hurried to St. Mungo's early in the morning, rushed all the way up to the fifth floor, and knocked on the door of the therapist's office. The person who answered the door was James and Lily's chief therapist, a young man The old gentleman - Lorenthia had already guessed that it was him, after all, St. Mungo set up a special treatment team for James and Lily, and even equipped a special ward and office. "Mr. Maloof, I have already made the report mentioned earlier." She said, handing a thick stack of parchment into his hands, "I speculate that they should have used a relatively rare spell, Part of the power of the death curse was offset by the external effect of the spell. The death curse should contact the spell while hitting them. In this way, the killing spell, the protection spell and their own magic power formed a triple interaction in an instant. Interference, judging from the current results, I speculate that this kind of mutual interference is the Kellerman β type, and the spell with the same principle can be used for reverse guidance. The derivation process is in the first fifteen pages, and the beginning of page No.16 is my spell It is conceived, but it is not yet perfect, and it may need to be changed or used with other means such as potions. I want to hand it over to you as soon as possible so that you can start research."

"Thank you." Mr. Maloof took the parchment, which was as thick as half a book, "We are indeed studying the way of reverse guidance, but the specific situation is uncertain, and the progress is not very optimistic. I will Study it as soon as possible."

"Okay, I will trouble you for the rest of the matter—then I will leave first." Lorenzia said, "Sirius is in court today, and I may need to testify in court..."

"I know, I saw it in the newspaper, go ahead." Mr. Maloof patted her on the shoulder kindly, "I wish you good luck."

"Thank you." Lorenzia said goodbye to him, and hurried out. She walked too fast and bumped into someone at the corner without noticing.Both sides took a step back, and Lorencia subconsciously said, "Sorry!"

The other party gave her a hard look.Lorenthia took a closer look and found that it was someone she knew—Severus Snape.She ran into him several times to see Lily and James. It is said that he was a spy placed by Dumbledore among the Death Eaters, and because of his outstanding potion skills, he became one of the collaborators of the treatment team. Fields occasionally provide references.

It sounds like he should be on the side of the Order of the Phoenix.But for some unknown reason, Snape seemed to have inexplicable malice towards her. They ran into each other five times, but he never gave her a good face, and once he spoke, he would definitely be sarcasm.Lorenthia felt that she was being targeted inexplicably, and later stopped saying hello to him.

She left in a hurry, and when she arrived at the Ministry of Magic, Arthur Weasley was waiting at the door, and when he saw her, he said, "Hurry up, it's almost time for the witnesses to appear!"

She followed Arthur all the way into the Ministry of Magic, and soon took the elevator to the ninth floor.It was a dark corridor that Lorenthia had never set foot in. It looked like a cellar, and the surrounding doors had heavy iron latches.Arthur led him to a gloomy black door at the end, there were already several people waiting outside, Lorenthia saw Remus, Frank, Dearborn, Emmeline Vance , Professor McGonagall, a St. Mungo's healer of spell damage she knew but couldn't name, and several wizards she didn't know at all.But Dumbledore wasn't among them, maybe he was in court.

There was an oppressive silence in the corridor, some people were whispering to each other, but no one made a louder sound, and a few members of the Order of the Phoenix just nodded to her.Lorenthia walked up to Remus and cast him a questioning look.

"Mr. Scamander has just been summoned to testify." Remus whispered to her, "I think they need to find out the details of the whole thing first, and then pursue the question of who is the traitor, I guess I'm going to ask about the Animagus next. No one knows about the locket, let alone the word."

Lorenthia nodded silently.Sure enough, as soon as the door slammed, a witch with a brown bun brought Newt out. "Remus Lupine!" she called, and Remus stepped forward, and she led him into the house.

"Don't worry, I think it will be fine." Newt came over to reassure her.Lorenthia nodded, pricking up her ears to listen to the voices inside, but the heavy door almost blocked out all the sounds.Even though she had always firmly believed that catching Peter would solve all this, she couldn't help worrying now: after all, it was illegal to learn the Animagus without logging in, and it was all for Remus in the first place.Will they be held accountable for this?

She looked at her watch anxiously. Remus came out 3 minutes later, Professor McGonagall was called in, she walked out quickly, and about a quarter of an hour later, Dearborn, Emmeline Vance and several other wizards were arrested together. Called in.After another ten minutes or so, they came out, and the witch with her hair in a bun called out, "Frank Longbottom, Lorenzia Field, John Ducasse."

Newt shook her hand comfortingly, and Lorenthia took a deep breath, and followed the witch into the courtroom.She found herself in a circular field surrounded on three sides by rising seats, full of people and not a single vacant seat.In front of her, Sirius and Peter each sat in a chair, both wrapped in chains, with Dumbledore sitting between them.The witch with her hair in a bun led them to a row of long benches on the side of the field, and she sat on the side of the first row and picked up the quill.Lorencia sat down, her mouth felt dry, her palms began to sweat coldly, and being overlooked by so many people made her feel as if she would be overwhelmed and suffocated.

"Full name?" asked a wizard sitting in the first row.Lorenthia and Frank looked at each other, not sure who he was asking.

"Please answer in turn." The witch with her hair in a bun added in a low voice, it seemed that she was a clerk.

"John Sean Ducasse."

"Frank Jason Longbottom."

"Lorentia Eve Field."

"John Sean Ducasse, are you the director of St. Mungo's Curse Injury Section?"

"Yes."

"prove?"

"My professional certificate and St. Mungo's certificate have been submitted. In addition, any healer and all portraits in the spell injury department of St. Mungo's can vouch for me. I have worked in St. Mungo's for 30 years."

"You can prove that the other two wizards who testified in court this time, Frank Jason Longbottom and Lorenzia Eve Field, are in a completely normal mental state, without any cognitive or memory impairments, without any Affected by memory modification, Imperius, or any kind of psychic magic?"

"Yes, I can assure you." John Dikas replied affirmatively, and it was only then that Lorenzia knew why a St. Mungo's therapist needed to appear in court.

"Anything to add or elaborate?"

"I am the attending physician of the Longbottoms, and I have a detailed understanding of Miss Field's situation. I have seen all their medical records with my own eyes, and I have personally conducted a complete test on them." John Dikas replied, he saw Lorenthia couldn't help but feel very envious of this oppressive environment without seeming to be afraid at all. "I can assure you that they have now fully recovered to the level of healthy wizards. They have not been affected by any spiritual spells other than the Cruciatus Curse, and they can testify in court."

"Very well, you can leave now," said another witch sitting in the first row.John Ducasse stood up, bowed, and walked away calmly.The witch asked, "Lorenthia Eve Field?"

Lorenthia sat up nervously.

"According to Sirius Black, you were captured with him by the Lestranges and tortured by the Death Eaters."

"Yes."

"Can you elaborate on the process for us?"

The existence of the locket cannot be revealed.Lorenthia silently reminded herself in her heart.Fortunately, her words were rehearsed countless times by herself, and she had memorized them by heart: "On the night of Halloween, I was going to bed, and when I was folding my clothes, I found a message from someone else on my communication card."

"Explain the communication card."

"I am an alchemist. This is a small invention of mine. It is a small card. As long as you know the corresponding card number, you can send some text on it, and anyone who holds the card can see it."

"Is this it?" asked the witch, holding up a card.She was sitting far away, and Lorenzia squinted her eyes to look carefully before she nodded: "Yes."

"continue."

"I learned about Voldemort's death from the communication card. Everyone is rumored that James and Lily are dead. I have always had a good relationship with them. After hearing the news, I immediately apparated to Godric's Hollow. I met Sirius there. He was moving the bodies of James and Lily. I thought he was a traitor. I pointed my wand at him and asked him to back off, but he didn't attack me. He just tried to Convinced me that he didn't betray James and Lily. Just as we were confronting, he suddenly yelled at me to be careful, and as soon as I turned my head, I saw Bellatrix standing behind me, and then, I didn't know who Stunned."

"Is it possible that Black did it?" asked the previous wizard.Sirius growled angrily, and Dumbledore held him down with a hand, motioning him to be quiet.

"I don't think so, because I woke up later and saw that he too had been caught, tied up, and Bellatrix was torturing him with the Cruciatus Curse," Lorenthia said, "and then she turned to Come to torture me, Sirius also insulted her and Voldemort, trying to divert her attention from attacking me. Then they left, and Sirius and I were imprisoned in it, I don’t know how long it has passed. Later, They caught Frank and Alice and started torturing them. Sirius was still yelling at Voldemort. I saw that Bellatrix seemed to want to kill him. I don't remember it all."

"How did Blake convince you to trust him during this time?"

"He...he didn't convince me, I guessed it myself." Lorenzia said.

She told how she had deduced that Peter was a traitor from the actions of the Lestranges and Sirius, and from Dolohov's words.After the narration, the witch who called his name earlier nodded: "Very well, you can leave now."

Lorenthia stood up with trembling legs and walked out.Remus came up to meet him and asked, "Is it all right?"

"Ask about my experience of being captured." Lorenzia said, "I think they plan to continue to ask Frank, to compare with my testimony..."

They spent another difficult half hour outside the door, and several people were summoned in again.Finally, the door opened—two Aurors escorted Peter, who was bound by iron chains, out with magic wands.Accompanied by the noise gushing from the door, it seemed that the whole room was clapping and cheering loudly.Frank and others rushed inside to meet Sirius, but Lorenthia didn't want to be exposed to the eyes of the people inside again, so she hid back instead and watched Peter cry and be dragged away.

Maybe it's because after all, she has never seen his ugliness with her own eyes, nor has she suffered from his torture. Lorenthia has a very strange feeling towards him, and her hatred for Peter seems to be based more on reason than emotion. On—she knew he was the traitor who nearly killed James and Lily's family, who had betrayed the Order many times, but the hatred seemed hollow, as if even as a villain, he lacked the ability to attract attention , Thinking about it this way, she couldn't help feeling that he was a little pitiful.

"I remember the three of them learning the Animagus for me in second grade." Remus held her hand and said softly beside her, "That's a lot for smart people like James and Sirius." It was too difficult, let alone Peter, for him learning this magic would be life-threatening at any time, but he rarely gave up. At that time... I really thought that the four of us would be good friends for life."

"Do you sympathize with him?" Lorenthia asked.

"I'll never forgive him," Remus said. "I'm just sorry. He had a chance to be a good guy."

Lorenthia leaned her head on his shoulder, and neither of them spoke again.