harry potter book of crimes

Trial?

No, what a joke!

If you don't follow Maxim's request, you will die! You know, the other party's message made it clear - as long as he fails to convey the truth to Maxim within three days

Jinbad and Hermione Granger, then once the time limit passes, it’s time to return this little life to Maxim!

Yes, although she did rely on Maxim's sacrifice to save her, she was able to escape the tragic ending of becoming a living corpse in time. But even so, she, Ida Brandt, didn't want to die at all.

!

Rather, after experiencing an experience that was almost equivalent to death...or perhaps more terrifying than death, she didn't want to die even more.

However, at this moment when she was eager to see Hermione, Akinbad refused to let her go. Not only was she stared at by more than a dozen Federation guards, she was almost like when Grindelwald was arrested.

treatment, and then she was asked to attend a trial held against her.

To be honest, if Ajinbad hadn't always given a very positive impression, she would have been completely unable to sit still at this moment.

But...of course, even if she can't sit still, what can she do?

"well."

Ida glanced back and forth at the dozen or so male and female guards inside and outside here, and then she couldn't help but sigh - without the power that the Living Corpse Transformation Center had given her, she would be just a girl who had just left school.

Just an ordinary young witch for a few years!

With the battle in front of her, even if a cunning and experienced dark wizard came, he would probably have to sit here obediently. What else could she do?

And just when Ida was feeling more and more anxious as time continued to pass little by little, suddenly, there was a dull ringing of bells outside... At twelve o'clock at noon, the opening time of the trial had finally arrived.

"Ms. Brandt, it's time to go to the back passage of the venue and wait to enter."

The next moment, a guard walked in from outside the door and came directly to Ida's side. In the other person's hand, he also held a bunch of jingling magic shackles.

"According to regulations, when a person goes to the trial venue for interrogation, he must wear shackles to restrict his movement. So... I'm sorry, please cooperate!"

What the guard said was quite polite, and in fact, if she was detained normally, the shackles would have been handcuffed to her hands long ago, why would she wait until now? It is probably because of such a "loose treatment" that Yi

Only Da can sit here and wait until now.

Now, after hearing the other party treat her so cautiously, Yida finally took the initiative to raise her hand and put the pair of bright wrists in front of the other party after hesitating for a moment.

"Click... click."

The moment the guard let go, Ida's hands suddenly fell down - these magic shackles may not seem big, but they are not light at all. If worn for a long time, it will not be an easy thing.

Ida suddenly felt a little grateful for the "preferential treatment" Ajinbad had given her before.

"Then please!"

After putting the shackles on her, the guard stepped aside slightly, then extended his hand to invite her.

"……Um."

At this point, she had no other thoughts to think about. Seeing the other party's actions, Ida stood up and walked towards the door step by step under the other party's surveillance.

The metal chains jingled against each other between his hands, which made people somewhat upset.

Not long after, she was "escorted" by more than a dozen guards and walked through the corridor. She soon went around a passage that was also guarded, and arrived at a heavy door at the deepest part of the passage.

"Please wait here for a moment. Mr. President should call you in soon."

"knew."

Ida responded softly.

…

The summoning passage door in front of Ida was indeed very thick, and the four walls and all doors of the venue seemed to have been cast with soundproofing spells, so that even if she was only one step away from the door, she was still nothing.

Can't hear it.

However, in fact, if she could really hear what was going on in the venue at this moment, she would definitely be shocked, and might even make some completely opposite decisions from before.

Because the current situation in the venue is already very bad for Ajinbad.

"Isn't anyone from the Brandt family here?"

It’s okay if the viewing gallery is empty. After all, even if there aren’t any of those people present, the trial can still go on normally. At most, the scene will look a little shabby.

However, if none of the relevant persons involved in the trial are present, how will the case be tried?

As a witch on the far right side of the front row of the trial seat said "The court is open", the venue immediately fell silent again. No one knew what to say. Or maybe, in fact, there were many people on the trial seat.

People come here with the idea of ​​watching indifferently, or even "watching a show".

Yes, today's trial is indeed a "big show."

"Mr. President?"

The middle-aged wizard sitting next to Ajinbad couldn't help but turn around and tentatively called him after a moment of embarrassment - he was also one of Ajinbad's confidants and friends, although this time

Indeed, there was a sense of "the general trend", so that he could not help at all. Perhaps because of this, Ajinbad never asked him to do anything.

At this moment, hearing him ask again, Ajinbad shook his head slightly.

Old Ajinbad still didn't say anything, but looking at him, he still didn't seem to be worried at all. He just sat firmly in the middle of the trial seat with a calm expression.

More than ten seconds passed, which was not a long time, but the atmosphere was becoming more and more weird with every passing second. Finally, I saw a certain witch sitting across the seat from Ajinbad suddenly kowtowed with her fingers.

He knocked on the long table and said calmly:

"Babajid, haven't the Brandt family been summoned? If that's the case, the responsibility lies with you."

At this time, the person who pointed the finger at Akinbad as soon as he opened his mouth was none other than one of the two people who went to Beauxbatons to request the search, the capable deputy president of the trial, Ms. Dumitru.

Almost no one present was surprised that she would say something like this, because this is her usual work style, which is resolute, selfless, and somewhat unhuman.

"Maybe!"

To be honest, in fact, Ajinbad is not very good at dealing with the Vice Chairman of Dumitru on weekdays. But usually is normal, and now is now...he knows about today's trial meeting.

"Although, in fact, three messengers were sent in succession, and none of them have returned yet, but this is indeed my responsibility. However, if we want to hold accountable, we should wait until the trial is over! As for now...

…Anyway, the person under trial is called in first!”