[Comprehensive] The Wizard and the Fugitive

Officials from the Minister's Office immediately went to the Ministry of Oro to retrieve the long-forgotten wand from Harry Potter's drawer.This action itself already showed that Malfoy's wand was really in Potter's place as he said.

No one can lie under the influence of veritaserum, he really helped the savior.But one good intention can't offset the crimes committed by Death Eaters. The wizards are still looking forward to the flashback spell to decipher the past use history of the wand, and waiting to see what black magic the Malfoy family is good at.

The hawthorn wand was placed on the evidence table, awaiting inspection.Kingsley came over and decided to cast a spell himself to end tonight's farce.

"No matter what tricks you're playing, flashback spells can't do anything." He said confidently.

Draco looked at him innocently: "It's the same with Veritaserum, I didn't play any tricks at all."

Kingsley ignored him and said the spell immediately, as if waiting a second would allow Draco to take advantage of the loopholes and really change the outcome of the flashback spell.

Everyone opened their eyes wide expectantly, looking forward to seeing what kind of dark magic the Malfoy family is good at.The wand hadn't been used for nearly a year, and the first spells that appeared were directly used by Harry when he was fleeing. They were all ordinary attack or defense content, nothing special.

Then came the part of Draco. The wizards were disappointed to find that Master Malfoy's life was quite boring. Basically, he used pranks or daily magic, and a few black magics were not lethal. people

"You used a disarming spell the night the Death Eaters entered Hogwarts. Why?" Kingsley asked.

Draco replied as a matter of course: "Of course it is to deal with the Death Eaters."

"you are lying!"

Draco raised his eyebrows and reminded, "I drank Veritaserum."

The situation has reached a stalemate. If Draco cannot admit his crime, today's retrial will become a unilateral cleansing of Slytherin.

Most wizards did not directly participate in the war, did not see Malfoy's position next to the Dark Lord with their own eyes, and did not know what Draco had done.In the absence of direct evidence against Draco, everything he heard today can only prove that all the rumors about Malfoy in the British wizarding world are simply rumors.

In the first row of the auditorium, William finally changed his posture and continued to watch silently.His right hand was still resting on his leg, and he had stopped tapping.A few rows behind him, there were two wizards coughing and wrinkling their faces, clamoring that Malfoy should be sentenced to the Dementor's Kiss. ​​The confidence has been replaced by weakness, but their condition looks like ordinary Caught a cold, did not attract extra attention.

The subversive trial has focused everyone's attention on the courtroom.After the double confirmation of Veritaserum and Flashback Curse, most of the wizards present fell into confusion. While unwilling to believe that Malfoy, the most famous Death Eater family, could be innocent, they couldn't convince themselves to ignore such irrefutable evidence. To convict Draco.

What if he is really innocent?

He is not yet 20 years old, so he shouldn't lose his good life in such a vague way.

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The increasingly loud doubts made Hermione hesitate whether to end the retrial as soon as possible.Draco has successfully taken the opportunity to get away with it, making British wizards begin to doubt his identity as a Death Eater.It is no longer possible for the Ministry of Magic to convict him in a public retrial in front of more than 200 people. It can only minimize today's impact as much as possible.

The reporters arranged in advance are no longer available, and there should be no media here today!

However, it was a pity that before Hermione could take any action, the impatient Minister Kingsley had already given the order.After Veritaserum and the Flashback Curse, he was asked to use a Pensieve to view memories during the war.This time, instead of looking at Draco's brain that has probably been tampered with, he chose to carefully understand Draco's position among the Death Eaters through Hermione's memory when he was captured in Malfoy Manor.

"Are you delaying time?" Draco raised his eyebrows, and looked at Kingsley with an inquiring look in his eyes: "I am innocent, delaying will only waste each other's time."

"That's the last item," Kingsley said.

Draco nodded, and calmly said: "I hope you will keep your word and return my innocence as soon as possible."

Words such as Malfoy and innocence appeared at the same time, making Kingsley roll his eyes very unacceptably, but evidence always speaks in court, he decided to let Hermione's memory let everyone see Draco's true face clearly .

The Pensieve was served, Hermione was forced to put her on the shelf, and had to pull out her memory, but also knew very well that what happened to them that day at Malfoy Manor could not explain anything at all.In my memory, Draco was always reluctant to stand among the Death Eaters, instead of hurting them, he helped cover up Harry's identity, and was forced to provide a wand - now on the evidence table .

It is undeniable that although Harry snatched the wand by hand, Draco's non-resistance behavior did make their escape a lot smoother.

This was how she remembered the trip to Malfoy Manor, and there wasn't a single detail to prove that Draco was with the maniacs at the manor, he looked more like he was forced to face the robbers who broke into the house.The haggard look of Lucius Malfoy also does not confirm the rumored "highly valued by the Dark Lord".

Hermione stood silently at the lawyer's table, watching the wizards fall into deeper chaos, and increasingly doubted whether Draco was really guilty.From Veritaserum to Flashback Curse, and then to Pensieve, Malfoy used the Ministry of Magic's special game for him to push the Ministry of Magic into an embarrassing situation.

Hermione looked at Kingsley, Mr. Minister frowned irritably, waved at her, strode back to his seat, and faced the whispers in the audience with a cold face.Hermione took a deep breath, stared at Draco's calm face, and unwillingly announced the unplanned result.

"On behalf of the Wizengamot Court of the Ministry of Magic, I declare that after a second retrial, all charges against Draco Malfoy are null and void."

Outside the door, the Aurors, who were ready to go, looked at each other, not sure whether they should rush in and arrest Malfoy as originally planned, or disappear silently, pretending that the Ministry of Magic had no arrangements.

They didn't hesitate too long, Kingsley had already led the officials of the minister's office to leave the court in a hurry, and glanced at them as he passed the door.The Aurors understood and left immediately behind, pretending that they were ordinary guards escorting the minister.

The trial was over, William stood up, protected Draco through the eyes of many wizards, and entered the lounge where Blaise and the others were.

The three Slytherins stood up immediately when they saw the two appeared safely, and both Blaise and Pansy showed ecstatic expressions.Marcus didn't understand yet, so he asked eagerly, "How's the result?"

Draco rolled his eyes: "Since I'm here and not messing with the Ministry of Magic, what do you think the outcome will be?"

A door cuts off prying eyes from outside.In the small space of the lounge, Master Malfoy's perplexity and weakness in court disappeared completely, and Malfoy's natural aloofness reappeared on his face.

He threw the suit on the sofa, loosened the tie, unbuttoned the top button of the shirt, and took a deep breath of free air.

"I really should thank the Ministry of Magic for supporting and cooperating with us." The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he was proud or ironic. In an instant, he changed from a poor little man who was misunderstood by the whole world to a manipulator behind the overall situation. , seems to be able to see the platinum fox tail behind him.

"Feeling okay?" Compared with the excitement and excitement of his friends, William was very indifferent, and he didn't care about Slytherin's victory in the first battle. The first thing he cared about was Draco's physical condition, which was quite disappointing.

His voice was quiet, only Draco could hear him amid the noise in the corridor outside the door.

"It's okay." The boy shook his head, gently took his hand, and signaled him to go home and talk more.

There was constant noise in the corridor, and the wizards hadn't fully digested today's explosive news.Four consecutive retrials overturned all the original first-instance verdicts, causing many people to doubt the impartiality of the Ministry of Magic. After all, Veritaserum does not lie.

Several people waited in the lounge until the outside was completely quiet, then quickly passed through the corridor, avoided the reporters' ambush, and left the Ministry of Magic through the fireplace.