"The focus of this trial should only be whether I have slandered my student—Draco Malfoy. Everything else can be said to be trivial. After proof, of course it can become evidence of my possible crime, and even It has a certain impact on sentencing, but if the slander is not established, it can be said to be nonsense." Dumbledore first defended himself.
"As for the evidence, in fact, at the award ceremony at that time, I have already shown it quite clearly. The witnesses and physical evidence are very clear and have strong effects. We still persuaded him to turn around in a persuasive way under the circumstances at that time. He gave up resisting, but he didn't expect that he would be the first to attack." Dumbledore shook his head and said helplessly.
"Of course, this is just my one-sided statement. There were many faculty members and students present at the time. I think anyone with a discerning eye can tell the truth from the false. Today, for this trial, I once again invited the witnesses who appeared last time, and additionally added A few witnesses to strengthen the persuasiveness of my testimony." Dumbledore expounded his position and opinions in an orderly manner.
"First of all, Mr. Crouch, please allow him to testify for me." He put the fingertips of his fingers together and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Dumbledore, please forgive me for interrupting your speech. According to the evidence provided by Mr. Lucius and some previous statements by the defendant itself, Mr. Crouch was tortured to a certain extent before, which led to unconsciousness. So the credibility of his testimony is open to question." Burns interrupted Dumbledore.
"Oh? Really." Dumbledore glanced unobtrusively at Lucius who was sitting in the dock at this time, his blue eyes flickered, but he didn't reveal anything more .
"Then I would like to ask Professor McGonagall to testify for me." Dumbledore nodded and cleared his throat.
"Okay, your request is granted."
Then Professor McGonagall, wearing a plain lady's black robe, walked not far behind Dumbledore to a place parallel to him.
"When Dumbledore was in school, he rarely intervened in the issue of student discipline. It is purely unfounded to say that he is biased. It is better to say that he is very tolerant to all students and is willing to give them more opportunities. It's a partial statement." Professor McGonagall explained the facts unsmilingly, and after finishing his speech, he tightly pursed his lips, waiting for the judgment of the others.
The members of the jury began to whisper, and most of them nodded in approval, seeming to agree with her statement.
"Next is Potions Professor at Hogwarts, Mr. Snape."
With his greasy black hair and a black robe, Snape walked slowly from behind Dumbledore, taking the place of Professor McGonagall.
Snape glanced at the more than fifty jury members in front of him with his gloomy gaze, and then said in a straightforward tone: "As a professor of Potions, I don't think I have done anything illegal. The Veritaserum that I got was just a potion for seventh-year students to prepare for identification. As we all know, the ingredients in the potion formula of Veritaserum are strictly regulated, and the way I obtained them is also through formal channels. I believe that in the Ministry of Magic There is also a record in the registration records, if there is anything wrong with me in the whole incident, it may be that I used this drug to "threat" a few disobedient students, so that they know how to respect the teacher."
"Which student is it?" The voice of the female toad sounded, looking very curious, even though it had nothing to do with the whole trial.
"Harry Potter." Snape showed a malicious smile. It seemed like a good choice if Harry Potter, who had already returned to Petunia's house, could be brought over for another trial.
Of course, he didn't seem to know that if he got his wish, the boy might be happy.
The jury began to murmur that the name of the Savior still carried weight.
"Everyone, be quiet." Burns said seriously, and the somewhat noisy court finally became quiet at this time.
She then flipped through the file in front of her, which proved what Snape said was true. He bought the medicinal materials at the Slugger Ziggs shop in Diagon Alley, and there were indeed notes on them.
"As for the use of Veritaserum, I don't know, maybe you can ask the next witness." Snape said, looking back at Moody.
The old Auror was shaking his artificial leg constantly, rubbing against the floor, making harsh noises.
"Mr. Alastor Moody, please come forward and give your testimony." Burns nodded.
Just when Moody got up and was about to drag his body and go to the front to give his testimony, a tall man in a plain wizard robe stumbled into the courtroom, the dark door was opened, and the outside world The light suddenly poured into the dark room, and many people squinted their eyes subconsciously.
Except for Moody, his magic eye was not affected, and it was still spinning lively in his eye socket, looking at his eyes.
The man ran towards Dumbledore who had not stepped down from the defendant's seat with a terrified expression, and was stopped by several people.
"There are many obstacles!" Several wizards chanted spells one after another.
He tripped heavily.
"Wycliffe? What are you doing? We're in court now!" Burns said with a worried face. It was obvious that she recognized the colleague in front of her.
"Ah, Azkaban was... breached by that person!" The man struggled to stand up and said tremblingly.
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows sharply, then calmed down for a moment, and then looked at Lucius above the plaintiff's seat.
Lucius in the dock tried his best not to show any abnormality, looked ahead calmly, and once again looked at Dumbledore's penetrating blue eyes without hesitation.
The jury seemed to explode immediately, and most of them showed a look of horror, mixed with a little daze and bewilderment.
"What's the situation now?" Dumbledore gave up looking at Lucius and asked the man hastily.
And the man suddenly became incoherent and stammered, as if he couldn't figure out how to start.
"Everyone, please forgive me, an old man, for taking the first step. I will accept the result of the trial no matter what." Dumbledore saw that the inquiry was fruitless, so he immediately got up and bowed slightly to the fifty or so jury members.
Then the old man's body began to gradually disappear under the faint light of the candle, and finally disappeared.
Every move of the old man seemed vigorous and resolute.
Apparate!
The restrictions on mobile magic within the Ministry of Magic seemed to have no effect on him.