Chapter 304 The Double Life Of Cornelius Fudge
Everyone walked out of the principal's office with different thoughts. Professor McGonagall walked the fastest. She had to go back to contact Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic.
Harry and Ronald headed towards the tower.
On the third floor, Lupine also said goodbye to Wayne and left, leaving only Snape, Wayne, and Peter Pettigrew floating in the air.
Wayne suddenly took out a whip and introduced it to himself.
"This is a gadget I researched - the whip of kindness. It won't leave any scars when it is slapped on the body, but every time it is hit, it is like being hit by the Cruciatus Curse."
“After the previous user put forward some suggestions for improvement, I modified it. This is the Pro version with stronger effects and more power.
After Wayne finished speaking, Peter Pettigrew was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, but Snape's eyes lit up.
Like a wolf seeing food.
"What conditions."
Snape asked directly without beating around the bush.
"Not much, two bottles of Felixir, for you to use for one night."
"Also, my potions results this semester..."
"Deal, you don't have to come to the final exam.
In the past, Snape would have definitely bargained, but now he just wanted to experience it and see if the whip was as effective as Wayne said.
Wayne handed the whip to Snape and parted ways with him.
And Snape was here. Peter Pettigrew came to the office, placed him on a hospital bed, and showed a sick smile.
"Don't worry, we have all night to have fun..."
"Oh, yes, let me introduce to you my achievements in the past few years, the resurrection potion. Even if you die, as long as it doesn't take more than a day, I can make you live again.
This night is destined to be a sleepless night for many people.
Harry was so excited that after today, he had another family member in this world, not a blood relative like the Dursleys, but a real... family.
He imagined how happy he and Sirius would be living together in the future, and how interesting it would be like the Weasley family.
Ronald was feeling sick, so when he returned to the dormitory, he crumpled up his sheets and threw them away. Harry and I borrowed spare sheets.
Just thinking about Peter Pettigrew lying on this bed made him so sick that he couldn't sleep.
Lupine, on the other hand, had complicated emotions, and the secrets of more than ten years ago were completely revealed, allowing him to understand who was the real murderer of his friend.
And Snape
He is happy.
All night long, he used the Whip of Kindness that he had rented for a large sum of money.
Two bottles of Fuling Elixir cost hundreds of galleons just in terms of medicinal materials. At such an expensive price, one cannot waste a minute or a second.
The howling in the room never stopped, oh, it stopped for a few minutes, but under the influence of the resurrection potion, Peter Pettigrew immediately became lively and unsatisfied with desire.
Snape, who had been venting all night, pulled Peter Pettigrew towards the principal's office on the eighth floor feeling refreshed in the morning.
By this time, many little wizards had already gotten up and gone out.
Seeing Snape walking around with a wretched man, tied up in a strange way, everyone wondered if he had awakened to some extraordinary hobby.
For a time, all the students having breakfast in the auditorium were discussing this topic.
When Snape arrived at the headmaster's office, Dumbledore had already returned and was talking to Wayne.
"I didn't expect there to be such a twisted story... I have to say that the newspaper Fudge sent did a great job and allowed us to find the real murderer.
When he said this, Dumbledore saw Snape pushing open the door and Peter floating beside him, and smiled.
"Good morning, Snape, and you, Peter, long time no see."
"I thought Snape would torture you into obscurity.
This sentence seemed to have touched some mechanism. Peter Pettigrew, whose eyes were dull, was activated, and he yelled crazily:
"I killed James and Lily, Dumbledore, that's me!"
"Lock me to Azkaban quickly. Don't let me stay with this devil. Hurry up!"
Wayne clicked his tongue.
My voice was hoarse from shouting, this night was so intense...
Dumbledore looked at Snape with inquiring eyes, and seeing that he was still expressionless and didn't say anything, he had to give up.
"Peter, it's great that you can admit your crime so readily." Dumbledore said with a smile, "But please tell Connelly these words again later. He is the Minister of Magic."
"Now, can you go back to some of my other questions?"
Under Snape's cold gaze, Peter nodded.
"When did you join Voldemort?"
"One year after graduation, I was captured by Death Eaters, and then I couldn't stand the torture...
"What information was passed on?"
"I...can't remember clearly." Peter said timidly: "He often asked me about news about Mr. and Mrs. Potter, and...and the actions of the Order of the Phoenix..."
As one question after another was answered, the smile on Dumbledore's face gradually disappeared, and there was anger that could not be concealed behind the half-moon glasses.
Wayne was quite emotional when he heard this.
Little people, because of their role.
It was such an inconspicuous follower who caused such great losses to the Order of the Phoenix.
Edgar Bones, Susan's uncle and whose whereabouts were revealed by Peter Pettigrew, was killed by Death Eaters.
James and his wife had escaped from Voldemort three times, two of which were by Peter's hand.
There were also several key members who were brutally murdered because of him.
Wayne looked at the rare change in Lao Deng's expression and knew that his mood at this moment was definitely not very good.
I'm afraid at that time, he never imagined that such a character would cause so many tragedies...
"That's it." Peter Pettigrew told all his crimes, not daring to look at anyone, and lowered his wretched head.
Dumbledore didn't speak for a long time, and finally said softly:
"Peter... spend the rest of his life in Azkaban repenting for his crimes."
At this time, the door opened again, and Professor McGonagall led Sirius in, whose hands and feet were all shackled.
"Sorry Albus, I have to wait until the students have gone to class before I can take Sirius out."
Dumbledore shook his head slightly: "It's not too late, isn't Cornelius here yet?"
Sirius' eyes were slightly red after seeing Dumbledore.
If...if he had agreed to Dumbledore's plan and made him the Secret Keeper, James would not have died...
Looking at his sunken eyes and skinny appearance, Dumbledore took a deep breath.
There was no way he could connect the man in front of him with the high-spirited and bohemian Sirius back then.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Dumbledore asked slowly.
Sirius clenched his fists tightly and gasped, "I...I'm guilty. I shouldn't have changed the Secret Keeper. At that time, I thought Peter Pettigrew was dead. So I'm going to Azkaban to atone for my sins." ."
At the end of his words, his voice choked up and eventually turned into howling.
"Idiot! You are an idiot!"
A group of principal portraits are all pretending to be dead [Song You Phineas jumped up and down angrily. 【013704410 Feilu 210482300】
"They've all gone too far, Gryffindor, and turned you into a giant idiot!"
Professor McGonagall's eyes were unkind, but Phineas was the former headmaster after all, so she couldn't say anything, but the other Gryffindor headmasters in the portrait didn't have this scruple.
"This bastard is too arrogant, beat him up!"
"You were just annoying back then, why do you deserve a beating now?"
"I can't bear the coding anymore, my hands are itchy."
"Stop! Stop fighting! Aren't you from Ravenclaw? Why do you have to hit me too!"
"Do I still need a reason to hit you?"
The red curtain slowly lowered, isolating the principals who were mingling inside.
Dumbledore asked Snape and Professor McGonagall to go out. They still had classes. As for Wayne, he still stayed.
This is the foreign aid he invited.
Dumbledore is a rule-abiding person, but he knows that in many cases, obeying the rules will only make him constrained, and many things will be difficult to handle.
At some point, only by breaking the rules can you achieve what you want.
Wayne is particularly good at this.
He not only has the strength, but also the background, and most importantly... he is also a ruthless character who will overturn the table if he disagrees.
It would be a good idea to let him deal with Fudge.
But... if you want Wayne to help, of course you have to pay a high price.
Fox's tail was completely bald, and Wayne had it all removed in order to make several phoenix quills.
The proud Phoenix took his anger out on Dumbledore and ran away from home.
Well, I went to Wayne's box to play with the Phoenix King.
“Professor” Wayne was a little bored waiting: “Whether Fudge is here or not, how long do we have to wait for him.
Dumbledore looked at the clock on the wall and smiled slightly: "The Ministry of Magic starts work at nine o'clock. Perhaps Connelly is recruiting people and they will be here soon."
Regardless of what he said, Dumbledore still knew Fudge very well.
Less than half an hour later, Fudge arrived, followed by nine Aurors and a pink toad.
How afraid of death...
"Albus, Mr. Lawrence." After Fudge came in, he first greeted the two of them, and then with a wave of his hand, the Auror behind him controlled Sirius and Peter.
Dumbledore immediately frowned and stopped him: "Stop it! Cornelius, what are you going to do?"
"Albus, these two are suspects now, and I have to control them." Fudge took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his forehead.
He was stunned when he saw the letter from Dumbledore this morning.
Who could have known that things would turn around like this, that the hero once promoted by the Ministry of Magic would become a murderer, while Black, who had been imprisoned for more than ten years, was innocent. 0
After being shocked, Fudge's first reaction was to cover the lid and never let this news be exposed.
"Headmaster Dumbledore." Umbridge's high-pitched voice sounded.
"Minister Fudge respects you very much, but this is not the reason for you to interfere with the law enforcement of the Ministry of Magic, right? Or... you have other ideas. You are tired of being the headmaster and want to come to the Ministry of Magic to show your talents?"
Wayne closed his eyes and massaged his temples with one hand...
If it were a beautiful girl here, he would still be able to accept it.
But when it came to a pink toad, he felt like his eyes and ears were being attacked.
"go out."
Umbridge was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't hear clearly, and looked at the boy on the sofa with a puzzled look.
"I said, get out!"
"Not just you, but all the other Aurors, get out."
"You..." Wu Mu stood up angrily
Her mouth was twisted, how dare a student to point fingers at a senior official like her?
"Umbridge, you wait for me outside." Fudge stopped Umbridge who was about to speak, and said seriously: "Shackle, you too.
"Minister..." Umbridge was in disbelief.
"I don't want to say it again." Fudge's face darkened.
Finally, the Aurors and Umbridge walked out of the office, leaving only Fudge.
"Cornelly, you really should change your assistant." Dumbledore frowned and said, "I just want to solve the problem and don't have any ideas about your Ministry of Magic.
"I'll keep an eye out, Albus," Fudge said vaguely.
"Let's talk about Blake."
"Peter has done it all. Not only did he kill the Potters, he also did many betrayals.
Wayne took out a metal plate at the right time, and Dumbledore's face froze, he recognized what it was.
"Mr. Lawrence, are you still recording?"
Wayne showed a harmless smile: "Are you prepared?"
He played back what Peter had just said.
After listening, Fudge's expression became extremely exciting. Looking at that wretched figure, he couldn't believe that such a little person had done so many big things...
"Peter Pettigrew, are you sure everything you said is true?"
"I..." Peter was hesitant at first, but when he saw Wayne playing with the whip that Snape had brought back, he immediately came to his senses and said firmly: "Yes, I did it all."
There are even many that I forgot about. "
"If you don't believe me, look at my arm. It has the Dark Mark on it. Come and take a look!"
Fudge was so frightened by his crazy appearance that he backed away repeatedly. It was not until he came to Dumbledore that he felt more at ease and asked with lingering fear:
"You admitted it so readily, why didn't you say anything at the time?"
"I just realized my mistake, Fudge, put me in Azkaban quickly, I don't want to stay here!"
"You won't give in, right?" Fudge said a little doubtfully.
Wayne pursed his lips: "Just see for yourself, there are no wounds on his body."
"Okay." He wiped his sweat again and looked at Sirius: "But...this mistake has been for more than ten years. If it is announced, the Ministry of Magic will be in big trouble.
"This is what you should do 3.0, isn't it? Tell everyone the truth." Dumbledore said displeased.
"Albus..." Fudge said earnestly: "You must also understand the difficulties of leadership. Once the credibility of the Ministry of Magic declines, it will cause greater disasters and many wizards will be dissatisfied.
From being under control, when chaos breaks out, it becomes more than just an unjust, false, and wrongly decided case. "
"Mr. Lawrence, your uncle is a senior official in the Muggle government. He should understand this, right?"
At the end of the day, Fudge also hoped to recruit foreign aid for him.
To Dumbledore's surprise, Wayne actually followed Fudge's words.
"Yes, officials are human beings and they will inevitably make mistakes."
"But since the mistake has been made, we must deal with the beginning and the end, and no one can take advantage of it."
Wayne said and gave an example.
"Just like Uncle Huck's predecessor, it was revealed that he had accepted bribes while in office as soon as he stepped down. The cabinet had to set up a special investigation team to liquidate him."
"That's right, that's right." Fudge felt the same way, looking at Wayne as if he was a confidant.
"But..." Wayne changed the subject.
"When Sirius was sentenced...you were still the Deputy Director of the Department of Magical Hazards, right?"
"Yes." Fudge nodded subconsciously: "The minister at that time was Millicent Bagno, and the director of the Legal Enforcement Department was Batty..."
He suddenly realized something, his cheeks twitched crazily, changing into various expressions, and finally turned serious.
"Albus! This is a mistake made by the Ministry of Magic, and I must bear it!"
"Don't worry, I will definitely give Blake justice, and the real criminals will be brought to justice!"
Seeing Fudge making an impassioned speech and full of righteousness, Dumbledore was dumbfounded.
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