Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 227 Judgment and the Brain

The witness Fudge found was Bathilda Bagshot, who also lived in Godric's Hollow. She knew Dumbledore's family in the early days. Unfortunately, she has now become Alzheimer's and can't even speak clearly.

In contrast, the words of Babajide Akinbad, the principal of Wagadu, are much more convincing.

Although Fudge successfully found clues to the duel between the three, and pushed Dumbledore's theory to Grindelwald, who was also suspected of killing Ariana, and claimed that Dumbledore insisted on this statement for delayed revenge.

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But there are still too many loopholes here. For example-if Dumbledore really wanted revenge, why didn't he kill Grindelwald during the duel?

The argument didn't last, it didn't even begin.

The silence in the courtroom lasted for a long time.

Very suddenly, Fudge said: "Let's start voting by show of hands."

Bones looked at him in confusion, and then looked at Dumbledore.

"I have no objection." Dumbledore said as the chief wizard.

"Raise your hands if you agree that Peter Pedillo is guilty!" Ms. Bones shouted.

Everyone raised their hands, and when asked about their disapproval, everyone lowered their hands. Peter's conviction was a certainty.

It's nothing more than some disagreements over the specific handling - this is related to the dispute between Dumbledore and Fudge.

Is it Voldemort or Grindelwald?

Is it Azkaban, or is there an international trial that might happen?

Ms. Bones didn't know what to say next, and seemed to be considering whether this was in order.

So, Fudge swallowed and said, "I agree. If Albus Dumbledore is found guilty, please raise your hands."

"You haven't said what specific crime it is, Minister." Umbridge reminded, but quickly shut up under Fudge's gaze - now it seems that Fudge does not want Dumbledore to be convicted.

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Some jurors were still immersed in shock, while others were whispering.

But no one raised their hands.

"Please raise your hands if you agree that Albus Dumbledore is not guilty."

Still no one raised their hands.

"Very good, very good." Fudge was obviously relieved. He said happily, "That's it. I have to go and have a good rest."

Dumbledore strode out of the dark room, and Toby and Angela hurriedly chased after him. Akinbad also followed, with a smile on his face and still so amiable.

"The British Ministry of Magic is really interesting." He smiled and said, "Is there a rule that no raising of hands is allowed during the second court hearing of the day?"

"No, Principal." Angela whispered, but she also looked at Toby curiously, not understanding what had just happened.

"Hey." At this time, Toby, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. He turned around and said, "There may not be enough seats in the elevator. You can sit down again later."

"How could it not be enough -" Angela was interrupted by Akinbad before she could finish her words: "Go ahead, young man. It just so happens that I have to talk to the vice-principal of my school about the teaching content for the next semester."

"I don't teach." Angela muttered, watching as Toby followed Dumbledore into the elevator.

Just when Toby was struggling with how to speak, Dumbledore spoke first.

"I didn't expect you to invite Ajinbad here." He stood in front of Toby and asked with his back to Toby: "How did you convince him to do this?"

Dumbledore didn't know anything about Akinbad. It was all instigated by Toby and Angela. It was only this morning that he finally got Akinbad to agree to perjury.

"There are indeed some difficulties." Toby tried to lighten the atmosphere with a joke: "He wants to take away the complete devil - as you know, Wagadu has always been famous for the popularization of wandless magic, and wandless spellcasting is also famous.

The type closest to ritual magic, which has a lot in common. So Akinbad promised me that as long as I gave the devil to him after Christmas, he agreed - well, he did it. Is this the same as Hogg?

Watts’s Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is similar? The textbook I took in my second-year course didn’t last more than a year.”

Dumbledore didn't smile, making Toby, who was cheerful alone, look like a fool.

So he stopped talking.

Soon, the elevator reached the hall of the Ministry of Magic, and the Weasley family was still waiting for them.

"What's the result?" Arthur asked anxiously.

Toby was about to say "that's terrible", but Dumbledore took the lead to reassure him: "Don't worry, you won't be implicated in any way. You are all innocent and will have nothing to do with the next case."

"The next case?" Molly asked puzzledly: "Isn't it over yet?"

"It will probably take a while," Dumbledore said, "I hope it won't last too long."

"Let's go, Toby." He suddenly turned around and said: "It won't be so troublesome on the way back. I can use the fireplace in the ministry as a member of the Wizengamot."

"Is this really no problem?" Toby asked, looking around. Only then did he realize that the Auror had not caught up. Now it seems that it may have something to do with Scrimgeour. He and Fudge probably have more important things to go to.

discuss.

For example, how to get rid of Dumbledore?

Toby had a sudden idea and quickly threw away this terrifying idea.

“Pig’s Head Bar!”

With an earth-shaking dizziness, Toby appeared in the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade village - Dumbledore asked him to come here because the security of the castle had not been officially lifted and the fireplace could not be used.

Today is not the weekend and there is not a single customer in the bar.

After Toby dusted off the soot and walked out of the fireplace, he saw Dumbledore talking to the owner of the shop.

"Has anyone come to see you during this time?"

"Are you talking about me? Who would be willing to come to such a shabby place? Not even the students are willing to come."

"Do you know each other?" Toby walked over and asked curiously: "I like it very much. Although the environment is not good, you can't buy magma wine everywhere - is it still available today? I may need a drink.

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A bottle of something that bubbled like lava was quickly brought to the table, and Toby drank it in large gulps, intending to get himself drunk so that he wouldn't have to face Dumbledore's family affairs.

"I forgot to introduce you." Dumbledore suddenly said: "His name is Aberforth Dumbledore——"

"puff--!"

The wine in Toby's mouth spurted out far away, like a stream of fire particles, igniting the tables and chairs nearby.

"I'm sorry." Toby coughed hard, but his eyes were always on Aberforth, who was impatiently putting out the fire: "I never knew you had a brother."

"He is very withdrawn." Dumbledore said: "And he has never been willing to forgive me - of course, I deserve it."

Toby stopped talking, or maybe he didn't know how to speak.

This is obviously related to Ariana Dumbledore.

Aberforth moved the burned chairs away, making a loud noise on purpose, and never came down again since he went upstairs.

Toby and Dumbledore were the only two people left in the bar.

"Rufus Scrimgeour, Director of the Auror Office." Dumbledore said slowly: "He was the first person sent by Fudge to inspect Nurmengard, and he also met Grindelwald in person.

Today, Fudge brought up so many unknown stories in the trial. The details of these stories are only known to a few people. I dare to say that Bathilda Bagshot must not know, regardless of her

Do you have Alzheimer's disease?"

"So, it was Grindelwald who told Scrimgeour these things, and then Scrimgeour passed them on to Fudge, taking this as a handle for me - and indeed it is, a wizard suspected of killing his relatives, he

No one will believe what you say, no matter whether the relative is a silent person or not."

Toby gradually understood, he frowned and said: "No wonder today's case ended hastily. The witnesses Fudge called were not as convincing as Akinbad at all. This is his difficulty. And your difficulty is those handles——

There will be no results if we continue arguing like this."

Until this moment, Toby was still doubtful about Fudge's words.

Suddenly, Dumbledore said again: "The more terrible results are yet to come - there are still some things that only Grindelwald and I know, which will cause a devastating blow to my reputation. Maybe you

I really have a chance to become the principal early."

Toby couldn't laugh at all, so he asked cautiously: "What is it?"

"We were lovers." Dumbledore sighed and said: "When we were young, we were obsessed with each other. If Gellert told Scrimgeour about this, then I might really have to consider early retirement.

Already."

Toby was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

He suddenly felt that archeology didn't seem so exciting in comparison.

"It turns out that the White Devil is real." He said in disbelief: "You - Merlin, my God, maybe I should go back to Gringotts to be my Curse Breaker, and I shouldn't go back to Hogwarts at all.

—Oh my God."

Simply, Toby asked firmly: "Is what Fudge said true?"

"Unfortunately, it's true, Toby. The reason why I haven't dared to face Grindelwald is because I was worried that I would learn the cause of Ariana's death from him. The scene at that time was very chaotic, and anyone could use a spell to hit her.

Hit her."

"But why do you have to admit it!" Toby shouted: "Why do you have to--have to admit it in front of so many people! Even if I can understand that there must be a reason for this, other people will definitely misinterpret you.

Intention! Tomorrow - no, maybe even tonight, the latest news will appear in the newspapers, and everyone will misunderstand it - "

"Do you really think those are all misunderstandings?" Dumbledore said suddenly: "Even now, I often make mistakes - just like in the trial just now, I wrongly predicted that Grindelwald might

Actions taken. Especially when I was a young boy."

Toby was speechless again.

What he discovered during archaeology was not as shocking as what he found today.

"I don't understand." Toby frowned and murmured, "I think I need to rest for a while. Take a good rest."

He could suddenly understand why Fudge ended the trial decisively - no one who knew this news could calm down quickly.

Even though they all knew that Dumbledore was suffering more pain than anyone else - since the end of the trial, his face had always been as pale and bloodless as a white paper.

Therefore, after today's court hearing, few satisfactory changes occurred - the problem of dementors was not solved, but instead made the problem more serious, unexpectedly involving Dumbledore and Green

On DeVoe.

As Toby said, the "Daily Prophet" saw this opportunity and published the news in the freshly released "Evening Prophet" that night. The purpose should be to seize the readers lost to "The Quibbler"

The group may also have received hints from the Ministry of Magic.

This newspaper has always been the mouthpiece of the Ministry of Magic.

Also in the middle of the night, the owls kept flying towards Hogwarts Castle in swarms - this was not all the work of the Evening Prophet, but also the Quibbler.

Of course, the reports of the two newspapers were in completely opposite directions. One was exaggerating Dumbledore's sins - just concealing the Obscurus was enough to change his image, because this was a crime that seriously threatened the Statute of Secrecy.

The other one is completely on the side of Hogwarts, focusing on how Fudge is a stupid minister who cannot recognize the real problems at hand, and also adds a voting option-whether Fudge will be the next ten years.

The most stupid thing in 2008 is that no one can compare with him in the next hundred years.

Al was busy with this work until most of the night and stayed awake most of the night. These important manuscripts were written by it.

Toby didn't want to pay attention to these things, but he couldn't fall asleep despite tossing and turning.

So he simply got up again in his pajamas, placed himself in a mysterious magic circle, held the scepter in his hand, and let the red smoke surround him.

"Let me see what you are hiding."

The fog gathered into a changing picture, first dark, then faintly brighter, like a perspective, and Toby was staying in the other person's head.

In the Ministry of Magic, the temporarily placed body of Black appeared in the corridor. He followed Toby's control to the elevator and headed straight to the ninth floor.

The journey went smoothly and surprisingly smoothly. There was no one on duty in the ministry, maybe because they were all discussing today's case, which made many people uneasy, thinking that this was just a fight between Dumbledore and Fudge.

In the first round, there will definitely be other actions later.

The corpse disguised as a skeleton came to the wooden door on the ninth floor, pushed it open and walked in.

Inside is a large circular room. Everything here is black, including the floor and ceiling. There are many black doors inlaid on the surrounding black walls, all of which are exactly the same, with no markings or handles. Dotted between the walls are

There are some branch-shaped candles with blue flames, and the swaying cold light casts on the shiny marble floor, making people feel like they are standing on the dark water under their feet.

The door behind the corpse suddenly closed. Toby stared at the scene formed by the dense fog carefully. He suddenly took out a pair of glasses and put them on - miraculously, a thin ribbon appeared in the dense fog, which was bone age algae.

traces.

It seems that Grindelwald did leave him a clue.

At this time, the wall suddenly rotated. After it stopped, following the trace of the ribbon, the body came to an ordinary black door and pushed the wooden door open smoothly.

This is a rectangular room with a few lamps hanging from the ceiling on gold chains. The room is empty, with only a few tables. There is a huge glass water tank in the center with dark green liquid inside, and many pearly white things lazily floating around.

Floating around inside.

The corpse moved closer so that Toby could see it better.

"It's the brain."

Toby explained to Al, who came over curiously: "Those things are brains. The Department of Mysteries is actually studying brains. Well, at least it's more acceptable than devil's torture."

But Al still showed disgust, until something in the water tank caught his eye, he pointed at it and screamed.

It's a magic ball.

It was surrounded by several brains, absorbing them bit by bit and turning them into part of itself, without any changes visible on the surface.

Toby understood many things in an instant - why Voldemort could possess the magic ball, and what the special material of the magic ball was.

Now everything has an answer - it's the brain.

After all, what is more logical than the brain?

It's amazing - devilish torture, and magic balls made of brains - what did ancient wizards go through?

Is this the gift Grindelwald wants to give Toby?