harry potter book of crimes

"Muriel? Are you...awake?"

"……wide awake?"

Muriel seemed a little weak, and she was barely leaning against the wall. If Martin hadn't helped her support her body, she might not have been able to stand at all.

After a period of inexplicable confusion, she seemed to finally remember something and nodded lightly.

"Yes... there is something... it seems to be a shadow..." Muriel murmured in a low voice, frowning slightly, "Yes... then the shadow pounced on me, and then, I didn't know anything.

remembered……"

"shadow?"

Martin only paused for a moment, then quickly shook his head and put the matter aside.

"Anyway, the most important thing for us now is to get out of the Ministry of Magic. We can talk about other things after we leave here." He grabbed Muriel's wrist and lowered his voice as low as possible, "Muriel, try it.

Can you walk by yourself?"

Muriel was obviously not clear about the situation in front of her.

In fact, it was as if her brain was rusty now and she couldn't move at all. Not to mention what she should do, even where she was, it took her a lot of effort to realize it.

So, when Martin asked her to try to see if she could walk, she almost subconsciously followed his instructions.

One step, two steps, three steps... Martin found that if he was leaning against the wall, he would still take a few trembling steps. But this was not so much walking as moving little by little.

In this state, if you try to pass by others through the security check channel, they will definitely notice it, not to mention the time limit.

"Okay, let's take a rest first!"

Martin quickly stretched out his hand to support Muriel to prevent her from leaving the corner too far and being seen by others.

To be honest, given the current situation, it is really unlikely that they can escape. But the good news is that Muriel has woken up now.

Although he didn't know why Martin's full-body binding spell failed again so quickly, at least he didn't have to risk being discovered by continuing to cast the spell.

When I thought of this, the original thought resurfaced in my mind: I should wait until Parkinson comes up and let her protect him and Muriel!

At least, the need to leave is no longer as urgent as before.

…

"...To sum up, because the suspect Yiluli...well, Miss Yiluli is not found guilty of participating in an illegal gathering of dark wizards, she should be released in court as a rule. However, because the suspect was detained and investigated for

Therefore, even if it is found that he was mistakenly arrested after escaping, he should still be sentenced to 15 days of standard imprisonment to police the public."

In the courtroom, Ms. Bones, who was sitting on the other side of Scrimgeour in the front row, was announcing the verdict. Her speech was clear and her tone was steady, with an obvious sense of objectivity and fairness in her voice.

As for the "standard imprisonment" she refers to, she actually refers to ordinary prisons that are different from "Azkaban imprisonment". And the cells for imprisonment are naturally the underground cells of the Ministry of Magic opposite the trial room.

After announcing the court's decision, Ms. Bones continued:

"Then, if you are in favor of the verdict proposal, please raise your hands."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wizards sitting around raised their hands. At a glance, it was clear that far more than half of the people agreed with the verdict, and Scrimgeour had a subtle look on his face.

And then, when everyone's raised hands were lowered one after another, Ms. Bones said again:

"If you disagree with the proposed verdict, please raise your hands."

In fact, after the first raise of hands exceeds half, the second raise of hands will have no impact on the result. It is just that according to regulations, in order to show fairness and justice, the voting process must be completed.

But when everyone saw that no one raised their hands in the second vote, Scrimgeour's expression suddenly became more subtle.

As you can imagine, this means that except for those who were in favor of the proposal, the rest of the audience actually abstained, and there was not even one person who opposed it.

In fact, one thing is obvious in today's trial. That is, the sentencing proposal proposed by the interrogation table for Iluli is indeed a light sentence.

If he was really sentenced for escaping from prison, he would not be sent to Azkaban, but he would not be able to be detained for just fifteen days.

As for why the interrogation bench issued such an obvious light sentence, and why the subsequent vote was almost unanimously approved, Scrimgeour knew very well that it was entirely because of Makar McClain's attitude.

Fortunately, let's not mention these members of the Wizengamot who are usually very different from each other, but today they are surprisingly in harmony. At least MacLean still saved enough face for him, the Minister of Magic, and did not come to attend the trial.

Just thinking about another trial that would be more heartbreaking than this one, Scrimgeour couldn't help but have a headache.

"Well, forget it... I can still sit so securely in this position. After all, it is mostly thanks to McClain... Not to mention, since I took office, he has given me a lot of political achievements.

Already."

Scrimgeour's ability to be a minister is not sufficient, but at least he can see clearly which path he should take. This alone is sometimes enough.

"Mr. Scrimgeour, the voting has ended and the judgment has been completed," Ms. Bones said, handing the document written by the recorder in front of him. "Look, if there are no other questions, please sign.

!”

"Oh," Scrimgeour nodded, "Okay, um..."

He didn't know how he felt at the moment. To be honest, it felt like he was being ignored, but in the current situation, it was not necessarily a bad thing.

He casually signed his name at the bottom of the document, and the trial was over.

"Then, the case of Yiluli, a suspect in the eighth trial room, participating in an illegal assembly and escaping from the dungeon without authorization is over! Let's disperse..."

Scrimgeour stood up and said something, but then smiled and said:

"...Although I really want to say that, it is obvious that we have another trial that needs to continue. So, please move to the ninth courtroom. The trial will start in twenty minutes!"

Of course, the subsequent trial has nothing to do with Pansy.

During the trial of Iluli's case, she served as a witness and proved that Iluli did not participate in the gathering of dark wizards... It has to be said that asking a person who also participated in the gathering to testify for another participant sounds like a

joke.

And it’s still the kind that makes people laugh.

"Iluli...seriously, I should have accompanied you..."

Before leaving the courtroom, Pansy stood next to the trial chair in the center, looked at her good friend and said softly.

And among the complex emotions in her heart at this moment, how much of it stemmed from the guilt of friendship, and how much stemmed from regret for making various mistakes, even she couldn't tell.

"Maybe!"

Iluli did not deny Pansy's words this time, because she understood that none of the wizards who participated in that gathering was truly innocent.

"But," she paused, and then said slowly, "just as Mr. MacLean said... now that things are like this, we are destined to carry the weight of our hearts for our whole lives. And compared to this weight,

, fifteen days is simply insignificant."

"Well," Pansy nodded slightly, "I will pick you up in fifteen days and take you to Hogwarts."

Kingsley, who was still sitting on the interrogation table, looked at the two girls. After they finished speaking, he stood up and walked forward to greet them.

"Just fifteen days, it will pass quickly!" He waved and said, "Ms. Parkinson, let's go! I think it's time for you to go back to school to pack your luggage and get ready to go home and enjoy a relaxing vacation."

Students who did not participate in the study tour had to go home during the holidays, and Pansy was no exception. After the matters at the Ministry of Magic were over, she should go back.

Kingsley knows this much better than many people.

"There's still a little while before the next trial starts. Let me take you out! You know, we'd better move quickly!"

Pansy heard this and nodded quickly. Her mission today is not over yet!

"Iluli, goodbye!"

After saying a final goodbye to her friend, Pansy followed Kingsley's footsteps and left the courtroom.

When passing the cell where Muriel was held in the dungeon corridor outside, both of them briefly glanced inside. Although they both discovered that there was still a figure inside, and it was no different from Muriel.

But they didn't think that Martin's rescue plan had failed.

Especially Kingsley, who had fought against that guy before, so he knew the opponent's strength very well.

Although it was difficult to rob a prison during the current martial law period, there were only three guards in the dungeon, so he didn't think Martin, who was in the dark, would be unable to deal with them.

The two of them guessed that the figure in the cell might just be the product of the transformation technique that was prepared before Martin arrived, right?

Thinking of this, Kingsley secretly accelerated his pace by a few points. He was sure that such a sophisticated transformation technique would not be able to last for too long.

Not long after, Pansy and Kingsley took the elevator back to the atrium, and deliberately found an excuse near the security passage to linger for a while.

Sure enough, Pansy soon heard an extremely subtle voice coming from behind her, but she was stunned after hearing it.

"can not walk?"

"Don't talk! Don't look back! Just listen to me..." Martin's voice sounded a little rushed, as if he was suppressing a strong sense of irritability, "Yes, Muriel can't walk...specifically

We'll talk about it after we get out. You need to think of a way to get us out first."

"Well……"

After hearing this, Pansy hesitated for a moment in embarrassment, but finally nodded in agreement with her lips pursed.

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