[Comprehensive] The Wizard and the Fugitive

On the last day before the retrial, William seldom rejected Draco's idea of ​​meeting Blaise and the others forcefully, and asked him to rest at home.

Returning to the wizarding world is a matter for the entire Slytherin. Even if he can't wait, Malfoy can't take over all the tasks. It should be the turn of the other three families to contribute. Besides, it is not difficult to prepare for the retrial. Just do enough work.

In just one morning, the three of Blaise memorized the information that had been checked countless times before, and they could almost recite it backwards.

But even so, there was still a lack of smiles on the faces of the three of them.Draco's situation became a mystery, and no one could be happy, so he could only force himself to focus on tomorrow's retrial and make sure everything goes well.

220 Baker Street.

Draco, who had already woken up, completely forgot that even if he didn't go to the final preparations, he still had to tell his friends that he was safe. William's series of inexplicable actions occupied all his attention.

"You've been acting weird these past two days." When William emphasized to him to rest for the umpteenth time, Draco looked at him suspiciously.

William smiled faintly: "I may be a little nervous."

nervous?Draco rolled his eyes, fully expressing his inner mistrust, not thinking that a retrial would affect him at all.

"I'm serious." William said helplessly, but his nervousness was not aimed at tomorrow's retrial, but Draco's sequelae.

Memory problems can be big or small, and if they are not well controlled, they may affect normal life.William needed an in-depth examination of Draco's mind to determine what to do.This inspection is very complicated, and there is definitely no time to complete it in these two days. William can only wait patiently for the end of the first confrontation between Slytherin and the Ministry of Magic, and continue to recall the problems that may arise in the memories of various wizards while nervous.

This was the last 24 hours before the retrial, and the Slytherins had already done all the preparations they could, and were waiting with confidence for the main event of the next day.Over at the Ministry of Magic, Hermione was making the last plan, calling reporters from major newspapers to the office for a brief meeting.

The retrial of Malfoy and other four major families is explosive news. As long as you are a reporter, you will not want to miss this topic. Hermione is very supportive of their work, but when will you interview Draco, when will you interview the other three? It's up to the Ministry of Magic to decide.

The reporters were fairly cooperative, and the meeting ended quickly and smoothly, but for Hermione, such a result was not pleasant.She could set Draco up without any psychological burden, but the use of reporters in the process directly broke her own insistence on freedom and equality.

Speech should not be planned, the pen in the hands of the reporter should have taken on a serious social responsibility, as the overseer of the Ministry of Magic, but now it has become a supporting role in the retrial drama under the authority, even if Hermione herself is the one Those who wrote the script couldn't appreciate this arrangement, only feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

But her opinion does not represent the entire Ministry of Magic. For Minister Kingsley, the Department of Law Enforcement has done a good job of putting pressure on the public opinion this time. The chattering reporters were obedient.

Knowing Hermione, he didn't share the new idea with his capable subordinate, but kept it in his heart.

Kingsley Apparated back home after a long day at work.The lights are on in the usually deserted house today, and some man is in the kitchen preparing dinner.

Kingsley went over to look at the unfamiliar movements of the man, and said after deliberating, "You are a guest, so you don't need to do these things."

"It's okay, I want to do something, thank you for your help." The other party smiled shyly, making Kingsley embarrassed to tell the truth, telling him that he was just worried that the dinner would be ruined.

This man was picked up by Kingsley in Knockturn Alley a few days ago. At that time, he fell pitifully on the cold ground after the rain. His face was covered with water and mud. He seemed to have been attacked by a dark wizard.When Kingsley found out that he was a Muggle, he immediately rescued him and took him home.

According to the man's explanation, he found a way to enter the wizarding world by himself, looking for his long-lost friend—a Hufflepuff wizard.

The population statistics in the wizarding world are very perfunctory, and Kingsley can't figure out where the Hufflepuff the man mentioned is. However, according to his account, this person is probably not missing, but has encountered some accident in the war.

Kingsley told the other party the news. He didn't expect that the man who had just been attacked would be so shocked that he passed out again. So out of guilt, Kingsley temporarily took him in and gave him a place to stay in the magic world. , At the same time, I never dared to further explain to him that the "accident" I mentioned simply meant sacrifice.

"Don't bother, we usually use magic to solve these housework." Kingsley struggled for a moment, but still felt that he couldn't be irresponsible to his stomach, and insisted on pulling the man out of the kitchen.

"Really?" The other party asked curiously, and then lost again, his eyes were full of memories: "My friend likes to cook by himself, and I thought wizards were similar to ordinary people in this respect."

Without any doubt, Kingsley nodded and explained casually: "Hufflepuffs love life, and it is a pleasure for them to prepare meals by themselves." He walked towards the living room, picked up the The Daily Prophet on the table: "Is there any news here?"

"No." The man shook his head lazily.Kingsley pretended to be disappointed with him, thinking about how to express his guess with a headache.If the man's Hufflepuff friend is indeed dead...

"Maybe he's already dead." The man's listless voice sounded extremely sad, and Kingsley raised his eyebrows in surprise, completely unexpected that the other party would guess in the direction of death.Just as he was about to find an excuse to get away with it, he heard the man continue, "I read today's newspaper, and it mentioned war." The man stared into Kingsley's eyes and asked, "It's true, isn't it?"

"……Yes."

The man showed a wry smile: "He wrote me a letter before, the content was quite strange, I didn't understand it until now, and now I finally know what he wanted to say."

Kingsley sighed, a little blaming himself for letting the other party know about his friend's death in this way, and at the same time feeling relieved that he didn't have to continue making up reasons to comfort the other party.

In the newspaper, Draco Malfoy's name was large at the top, with a photo next to it, taken during the first trial.In the black-and-white picture, he couldn't see his haggard face at that time, only his meticulous hair, neat suit and the arrogance of the Malfoys that seemed never to be restrained.

This made him look not like a criminal in the dock, but like a young master at the conference table, waiting for his subordinates to report on their work respectfully.

The man stared at Draco's beautiful young face, but there was deep disgust in his eyes: "Are you going to retry these criminals?"

Kingsley was helpless: "No one wants to do this, but the British magic community needs the resources in their hands."

"I know. If you are willing to believe in me, cooperating with me can also restore the magic world." The man said casually, as if the thousands of wizards in Britain and the impending financial collapse were not difficult problems to solve.

Kingsley hesitated only for a moment, and quickly decided to trust the Muggle with Hufflepuff friends.However, he did not immediately give a positive answer.

"I need to talk it over with someone."

The man smiled: "I'll wait for your news."