Hermione, join me as Minister of Magic!

But before he slept for a long time, he was called up again by Professor Lupine, saying that Dumbledore had caught Black.

Harry's drowsiness faded in an instant.

He hastily got up from the bed, hastily put on the sweater Mrs. Weasley gave him, put on the robe, followed Lupine to the kitchen, and used the house elf to the Shrieking Shack.

But it was different from what he had imagined—although the wanted man whose photo was published in the newspaper was indeed there, he did not completely lose his freedom of movement, and even sat down excitedly from his chair when he found himself here Get up, want to jump over.

Harry was so frightened that he immediately pulled out his wand.

Dumbledore stopped him: "Harry, put your wand down, I think you have the right to know the whole story before you make any decisions... Gilderoy, can you ask Severer again Si also explain it?"

"With pleasure," Lockhart agreed.

So Lockhart took Snape out into the courtyard and began to explain the ins and outs of the incident to Snape.Of course, in order for him to listen patiently, Lockhart started with who betrayed the Potters back then.

After he spent 20 minutes tirelessly explaining all the details, the blackness on Snape's face had almost turned into substance. If he hadn't been a person who received formal wizarding education since childhood, Lockhart even doubted that he Will immediately explode into obscurity.

So, I guess it was Pettigrew, not Black, who really betrayed the family. "Lockhart finally finished.

"I don't think it makes any difference." Snape turned to the Shrieking Shack, his tone cold, "Both of those bastards should be damned, the biggest mistake in her life was knowing

Those four guys. "

"I'm afraid the principal doesn't think so, and neither does the Wizengamot." Lockhart shrugged. "In this whole matter, there will only be one person who will be punished in the end, and that is Pettigrew. As for Black In terms of atonement with 12 years in prison

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Two gloomy gazes from Snape prevented Lockhart from finishing the sentence "enough is enough".Apparently, in Snape's view, a mere 12 years in Azkaban was not enough for Black to repay the debt he owed.

Lockhart had no choice but to change the subject: "Have you brought the veritaserum? Although the headmaster has already made a conclusion, he hopes that Harry can hear the true confession."

"Bring it." Snape turned and walked towards the door.

"It's really Xun, do you have this kind of thing ready at all times?"

Snape ignored him.

The two entered the shed one after another, only to see that Harry was looking at Black and Pettigrew with a confused face, his eyes were also erratic, the narration from Dumbledore flooded his brain with too much information at once, and His brain was struggling to process them.

"Come on, Severus, use Veritaserum," Dumbledore motioned.

I saw Snape took out a pocket green vial from his sleeve, slowly unscrewed it, and then stood in front of Sirius Black with a look of disgust.

"Do you want me to come by myself? Snotlite?" Sirius sat on the chair and whistled at him flirtatiously.

Shao has a long mouth. "Snape restrained his anger and ordered in a low voice.

Black opened his mouth nonchalantly, allowing Snape to drop three drops of the silver-white liquid into his mouth.

"Swallow it," Snape continued.

Black swallowed it, sticking out his tongue on purpose, making a face at Snape.

Snape didn't talk too much nonsense, he rushed forward and opened Black's eyelids roughly, stared at the white part of his eyes for a while, and only let go after confirming that the Veritaserum Potion had indeed taken effect hands.

"You bastard declares personal revenge, and I will fight you after I'm done." Blake yelled.

Snape ignored him, but continued to turn to Peter Pettigrew.

"Open your mouth." He said coldly.

Peter took two steps back: "Hey... I said, is this really going to happen? Severus, I've already said everything! And this matter... has already been settled."

"Open your mouth," Snape repeated.

"You're abusing lynching, it's against the law! The Ministry of Magic doesn't allow unregistered…" Pettigrew tried to keep struggling.

But before Peter Pettigrew could finish his words, Snape rushed over impatiently, and pinched Peter's chin.

Under Harry's surprised gaze, while pinching Peter's cheek, Snape stuffed the vial held in his hand into Peter's mouth-shaped lips with his right hand, and filled the entire bottle of Veritaserum. went in.After pouring it in, Snape lifted his neck vigorously again, forcing him to swallow the veritaserum.

——At that moment, Snape's usually expressionless face appeared a little ferocious.

Harry couldn't help but be speechless when he saw his rough action, he had never seen him get so angry in Potions class, and he thought that if Snape treated him with this expression, Even if he made himself drink poison, Harry would obediently obey.

After confirming that the potion was poured down, Snape directly started to ask questions:

"Tell me what the fuck you did."

The movements of his hands were not light, Peter Pettigrew rolled his eyes because of his strangling, and it seemed that he couldn't even breathe smoothly.

Seeing his rough actions, Black suddenly realized that if Snape went on like this, maybe he would never be able to get revenge again.

"Snotling! Let go of that guy and let me do it!" he yelled.

But Snape tightened his grip, as if he wanted to kill Peter right here.

Dumbledore coughed twice, motioning for Snape to let him pay attention, there were still children watching, and then Snape slowly let go of his hand.

But he was still angry, Peter Pettigrew retching but unable to vomit anything didn't make him feel guilty at all, even if he did, he was probably just guilty that he didn't take the opportunity to strangle Peter to death just now.

They do abuse lynching, but no one cares at the moment.

See you in question, Harry. Lupine patted Harry on the back, "Ask the two of them, what happened back then... and in the past six months?" "

Harry Potter took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

When Harry opened his eyes again, his gaze had become extremely sharp.

"Now tell me, who betrayed my parents to Voldemort? How did it all happen?"

Chapter 220 Six Qualified Savior

Although Dumbledore and the others had already guessed the general situation of the matter, when the truth of the matter came out from the mouths of the parties involved, they still became angry for no reason.

The content of Sirius Black's confession is exactly the same as what he said before. It seems that this proud and arrogant young man doesn't even bother to lie, and even made his motives for every step clear.

Although Dumbledore was very annoyed by this guy's self-righteousness and self-assertion, but at the same time, he also marked him with several words such as "no city", "firm-willed", rather bumpy and "gentleman". The label of the class.

...Speaking of which, isn't this typical Gryffindor?Old Bee has always been tolerant of real Gryffindors.

And the other one couldn't do it—after listening to Pettigrew's explanation, everyone except Dumbledore, including Harry, agreed that the Sorting Hat must have been wrong in the first place.

This kind of person can't be Gryffindor!

Under the effect of Veritaserum, Peter Pettigrew had to confide all his secrets, even his own thoughts.

In fact, his idea is really simple - just to live.

Originally, he was already prepared, once he was captured, he would immediately surrender to the Death Eaters.

After all, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, Aurors have no right to kill.So even if he joined the Death Eaters, at least he wouldn't have to worry about dying.And even if Voldemort is defeated, he can also explain that he was forced to be a thief at a critical moment of life and death, so as to avoid punishment 1111

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Although a bit useless, at least he can survive.

But Barty Crouch changed this situation when he took office as the Department of Magical Law Enforcement-he gave Aurors the right to use the Unforgivable Curse, and also allowed them to bypass the right to judge and fight Death Eaters .

Since then, the battle between the Aurors and the Death Eaters has escalated, and Peter finds that whether he joins the Ministry of Magic, the Death Eaters, or the Order of the Phoenix is ​​equally dangerous and has the possibility of death.

For this reason, he had to seek a guarantee of safety --- one that would not have to go to war again.

Guarantee.

Obviously, the Order of the Phoenix could not provide such a guarantee, not to mention how Dumbledore would treat him, the other three robbers alone would not allow him to flee.

And he chose to betray the Potters as a spy for Voldemort, in exchange for the other party's promise of "not attacking you" and "not letting you join the war after being exposed".

Although Voldemort's credibility was questionable, Pettigrew believed what he said - because he was just an insignificant character.

So he chose to betray his comrades-this was not a particularly difficult decision for him to make.

After hearing this, not only Black, Snape and Potter, but even Lupine couldn't help but want to beat Pettigrew.

The contrast between the low price the traitor asks and the high cost of what he sells cannot fail to annoy anyone who stands between them.

Back then, members of the Order of the Phoenix were repeatedly assassinated by Death Eaters, and people in the Order of the Phoenix were panicked. More than one person suspected that someone inside the Order had leaked secrets.For this reason, not only was Lupine, who was born as a werewolf, suffering from the suspicion of his companions, but Sirius Black was also suspected of being a traitor by many people because his family members were all Slytherins except him.

In the crowd's repulsion, it was James Potter who stood up to everyone's opinions and said "I absolutely believe in the two of them", which temporarily prevented the Order of the Phoenix from pursuing them, which also

That's why Lupine said "James will put his trust in his friends higher than life"

But the person who betrayed in the end was Peter. Black and Lupine were so angry not only because of their suspicion and the death of their best friend, but more importantly, Peter betrayed James, a trust higher than life.

"Let me kill him!" Black stood up again, "I don't care how many years I have to stay in Azkaban, I will tear him down with my own hands today, I will break all his bones one by one Make firewood, use the flames of bone marrow to roast his black heart!"

Although Snape's expression regained his composure, his right hand gripping his wand betrayed his thoughts.Lockhart had no doubts that he would use all the tortured Dark Arts he had learned from the Dark Lord on Peter Pettigrew if only he had been given the hand.

Lupine stopped Black first, though his eyes were burning too.

"Calm down, Sirius... we are not the ones most qualified to decide his fate right now," Lupine said.

After hearing the words, everyone looked at the pale Harry Potter.

As a wizard about to be 14 years old, Harry can guarantee that he has never experienced such an emotional explosion in the past ten years.

When Sirius narrated his "crime history", Harry finally knew who the person who sent him the Firebolt was.It's ridiculous that he also assured Hermione and Professor McGonagall that it could never be the broom that Black gave him.

The nostalgia and sadness for the parents, the joy of finding the godfather, the anger at the traitor, the expectation that the vengeance may be avenged immediately, and the embarrassment when there is a conflict between rational values ​​and simple feelings... All these emotions are intertwined, making Harry was at a loss for what to do.

Lockhart noticed that Dumbledore was starting to tense up.

When the identities of Pettigrew and Black were exposed, Dumbledore was not nervous.

Zhang; Dumbledore was not nervous when they explained their experiences and mental journey.

But when Harry was about to make a very painful decision for him, Dumbledore became nervous.

If Harry is the "answer" Dumbledore wants, how much he hopes that the "answer" is the one he imagined.

"I..." Harry gasped and said his plan slowly, "Peterina's crime... we have no right to judge, none of us have the right to decide whether another person lives or dies, so... I hope he able to be sent to court for a public trial."

"What?!" Blake was taken aback, "You're crazy!"

Among all the answers, the only answer that Sirius didn't think of was this. He was even ready for Harry to ask him to kill the enemy with his own hands-if Harry was to kill Pettigrew, Black thought he could accept it.

Lockhart looked around and found that not only Black, but also Lupine and Snape were stunned. Almost no one thought that Harry would do such a thing of "revenge with kindness".

Fortunately, everyone was shocked at this time, so no one noticed Snape's expression: Otherwise, after today, the Iceman might not be able to maintain his ruthless image.

Unlike the others, only Dumbledore showed a look of rejoicing or relief on his face, as if he was very satisfied with Harry's choice.

"Yes, whether it is a dementor's kiss or life imprisonment, the decision should be justice rather than personal." Harry explained his thoughts, "Revenge is certainly not evil, but I also believe that Justice will give a more reasonable solution

Black, Lupine and Snape were dumbfounded - they stared blankly at Harry,

It was like meeting him for the first time today.

Lockhart also sighed. He didn't know whether Harry was naive, or whether his thought realm had risen to Dumbledore's level.

According to his understanding, what Harry said may be right, but the problem is...whether it is the Ministry of Magic or other government organizations, what they represent is not entirely justice!Even sometimes it cannot fully represent public power.

In any case, it was Harry's choice, and he had no say in it.

With a relieved expression, Dumbledore began to come out to preside over the situation.

"In that case, send Pettigrew to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement! I'll inform Scrimgeour right away. Black... be happy, think about it differently, you'll be free from today on."

Black's facial features, which were about to be squeezed together, froze for a moment after Dumbledore spoke, as if he just thought of this problem.

Yeah, if Pettigrew gets arrested, then his reputation is restored.

Buying a new motorcycle, traveling the world, enjoying a life lost, adopting Harry, and waiting for him to come home for the holidays...these thoughts flooded his brain like a flood.

Lupine also reacted: "Yeah, Sirius, don't take your own life for such a dirty guy, it's not worth it."

Seeing that the misunderstanding cleared up, Lupine finally started calling Black by his first name instead of his last name.

Just like before.

Chapter 220 VII Fudge's Little Conspiracy

Lockhart saw that everyone started to become lively again, but Snape stayed behind. In order not to make him feel too cold, he took the initiative to ask him a question.

"Severus, is there any conclusive evidence of Peter's crimes? You know, the Ministry of Magic needs physical evidence, even with a few of us as witnesses..."

Snape moved a little: "Yes...Even if he is a traitor, he must have the Dark Mark on his body. It cannot be washed off. Even if it fades, a developing potion can make it appear again."

"That's great... Poor Mr. Crouch, I hope he can hold on, he's a good director..." Lockhart pretended.

He was the one who wronged Sirius back then, and after this incident broke out, he would definitely take the responsibility for it, even if he didn't step down, he would lose his vitality, which is obvious.

Dumbledore gave him a thoughtful look, but said nothing.

Only Snape sneered: "I don't need to worry about Crouch: if you think that the pure blood family only has this little energy..."

"I'm sorry, I'm also a pure blood." Blake immediately endured it.