harry potter book of crimes

"Chi-bang!"

The heavy door was slowly opened, and the appearance of the venue finally came into view. However, before Ida had time to take a closer look, she was lightly pushed by two guards behind her, which made her unable to

Without giving up any hesitation, he opened his legs and walked inside step by step.

And soon, under the surveillance of four guards in front and behind, she went to the metal back chair fixed on the ground in the center of the venue and sat down.

Immediately, with a "clatter" of metal collisions, four magic chains instantly appeared from four inconspicuous holes on the ground, and were firmly connected to the shackles on her wrists.

To be honest, this feeling of being trapped in a chair and being watched by people really made Ida feel a little panicked. But now, the thing that scares her the most is still the fatal three-day deadline, so now

On the contrary, I don't care so much about this trial.

Therefore, after the magic chain stopped moving, her attention quickly returned to observing the surrounding environment.

The metal chair was oriented towards the north, which meant that when she raised her head, she could see the members of the Federation sitting on the trial bench.

Perhaps in order to create a sense of psychological oppression for those under trial, from Ida's perspective, the seats seemed very high. In addition, the lighting in the venue was not very sufficient, which indeed made Ida feel

A wave of depression came over me.

She could feel that actually from the first step she walked into the venue, the witches and wizards sitting in the venue had already focused their attention on her. But if she wanted to look up, that one

However, most of the face cannot be seen clearly due to angle and lighting problems.

Especially the row at the back of the seats, from where she looked, it was almost pitch black.

At this moment, Ajinbad, who was sitting in the first row of the trial bench, spoke.

"Ida Brandt," he said calmly and solemnly, "according to the report documents provided by Ms. Dumitru, the vice president of our federation's tribunal, and Mr. Ionescu, the congressman, at Beauxbatons that day

The living corpse who committed violence in the magic school and caused the chaos was you...do you admit this?"

Ajinbad directly questioned Ida, which seemed a bit sudden. But at this moment, most people in the room were mostly concerned about the extremely normal Ida in front of them, and they had no intention of doing anything.

Pay attention to Ajinbad’s question.

And this is the biggest reason why Ajinbad hid Ida as soon as possible and immediately announced the trial meeting - he wanted to hide Ida before most other people knew about it.

Da had already gotten rid of the situation of being transformed into a living corpse, so she took advantage of this opportunity.

"Um?"

Just after he asked that question, Ajinbad seemed to have noticed something, and glanced slightly to the left side of the viewing seat. It could be seen that there was already a witch silently in the empty seat.

He stood up and left the table.

At the same time, on the other side, Ida, who heard Ajinbad's questioning, didn't know how to answer at this moment. After all, Ajinbad didn't seem to have told her what to say at the trial.

After hesitating for a while, she whispered:

"Then... yes, that's me. But -"

"All you have to do is answer yes or no."

Ajinbad didn't know what he was thinking, but when Ida was obviously about to reveal that she was being forced by the family master, he interrupted her very promptly.

But then, Ajinbad noticed again that another wizard left his seat in the auditorium and sneaked towards the entrance and exit at the rear.

It was at this time that Ajinbad continued to ask:

"Then the second question - why did you become a living corpse? Is there any purpose? According to Ms. Dumitrou's investigation, you should have turned into a living corpse in a certain parlor in Beauxbatons, and

You... seemed to be meeting with Madam Maxime at that time? So, did you want to murder Madame Maxime? "

"Yes...yes, no! No!"

Ida's mind was a little confused, so she seemed very shaken when she answered.

"Is that true?" Ajinbad still looked calm. Seeing her stumbling and being vague, he immediately asked again.

"No," Ida said immediately, "I didn't want to 'murder' Madame Maxime, but... I wanted to 'frame' her. In fact, it was someone else—"

"I said, you only need to answer 'yes' or 'no', and I will ask you for other things if needed."

Ajinbad reminded this again.

But after that, he glanced left and right as if intentionally - there were not many people in the venue, and when he glanced at it, he missed almost everyone.

And then, I heard him add:

"Also, Miss Ida Brandt, remember not to lie or make excuses to evade important matters! I have invited Miss Luna Lovegood and others from Camp Granger in Cherbourg, France. Any words from you

It’s impossible to get away with lies!”

However, before he finished speaking and Ida showed no reaction, Ajinbad noticed that someone secretly left the trial seat again. Although he did not look back, according to the direction of the movement in the seat,

The person who went out this time... seemed to be the Congressman Ionescu whom he just mentioned.

So far, three people have left the venue! As for their whereabouts...there is no doubt that these guys must have gone to report the news.

"This trial is finally about to officially begin!"

Ajinbad secretly sighed in his heart, and then saw that he suddenly fell silent. At this time, some discerning people at the table had already seen that maybe this trial would change everything from the beginning to the present.

It's all under Ajinbad's control.

Yes, just like the calmness he showed before.

Of course, those "discerning people" definitely do not include Miss Brandt, who is still sitting on the metal chair in the venue - even she is still wondering why Akinbad hits her repeatedly.

Don’t judge your own statement!

And just after a few minutes of silent waiting by the whole audience, suddenly, there was a knock on the door at the main entrance of the venue, causing everyone to subconsciously look over there.

"coming."

Old Ajinbad narrowed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but murmured softly.