Chapter 179 Court Trial
Although no research and understanding the reason, the book "Sharp Dark Magic: Revealed" was left behind by Sherlock.
He is a not very reliable guess.
Is Amy feeling that if she wants to solve her problem of returning to the right timeline, she can only live long enough to go.
But even if it is really the last, there is no other way, Sherlock will not be able to use this magic to make himself immortal.
Not to mention the question of whether it is evil or not, he cannot accept the impact of splitting the soul alone and the subject soul.
The person who finally has a certain personality is not sure whether he or she is not.
So even if she left this secret, Sherlock didn't want to learn how to make Horcrux. He just felt that his thinking on this magic might change and he could come up with some other ideas later.
The day after coming to work at the Mysterious Affairs Department, Sherlock did not take Amy back to the Burnt Cauldron Bar.
There are enough rooms in this office in the time hall and the facilities are complete. They can each have a room for one person.
The next day, he had no time to study the Horcrux.
A fluttering paper plane flew into the hall of the mysterious affairs department, then passed through the door of the time hall and flew into Sherlock's hands.
Amy had already experienced the magic of this paper plane yesterday, and she still found it very interesting now.
Sherlock took it apart and saw the content above.
“To John Watson
The trial of the case about Algi Tuft will be held at 10 am this morning by Wiesengamor. As one of the direct witnesses in the case, you need to be present before the trial begins.
The trial will be held in the Trial Court No. 6, please do not be late.
——Frank Welzily, Secretary of the Wizards’ Court of Wizards”
Sherlock put down the letter, and he had expected this trial.
Not only will he attend as a witness, but Eddie and Mrs. Selwin will attend the trial as witnesses.
After looking at the current time, it was already 9:30, and he no longer delayed it. He told Amy to be in the time hall and not to enter and exit other rooms by himself. Sherlock went to the Court No. 6.
The Wizards' Court - Wisengamor, is a wizard organization that is far older than the Ministry of Magic.
After the establishment of the Ministry of Magic, Wiesengamor was also incorporated into the Ministry of Magic and became part of the magic political system.
After becoming the principal of Hogwarts, Dumbledore served as chief magician in Wiesengamor for a long time.
However, because he also serves as the chairman of the International Magic Federation and the principal of Hogwarts, he is busy with official duties and cannot attend the courtroom in Wiesengamor every time.
Therefore, the vast majority of the leaders of approval are personally led by the Minister of Magic.
All the Inquisitions are located on the tenth floor of the Ministry of Magic, which is the next floor of the Mysterious Affairs Department.
The structure of the room in the Inquisition Court is similar to the Death Room in the Mysterious Affairs Department.
The stone steps are from high to bottom, and in the middle is an iron chair with shackles fixed to the ground. This chair is where the judged prisoner is located.
When Sherlock came to the Inquisition, many people had already arrived here.
The wizards were all wearing purple-red robes, and an exquisite silver "W" was embroidered on their left chest.
The red robe wizards are all members of Wiesengamor.
Even though it has reached modern times, the Wizard Court still adopts the oldest way of trial.
The trial is conducted in the form of a question asked by the interrogator. The clerk is responsible for making records and finally ruling by raising hands to vote.
In other words, the prisoner confesses all his crimes, and then he is guilty or not. Whether he is guilty or not, and how to punish him is all decided by these Wisengamo wizards.
Of course, magic law will also provide a standard, but it is only a standard. After all, the law of wizards can be modified at any time (for example, in order to facilitate his transformation of Muggle Technology, Arthur privately revised the legal regulations to create loopholes for himself).
The number of wizards in Wiesengamor is about 50. Not all of them came to this trial, but there were nearly 40 people.
In the absence of Dumbledore, the interrogator in the middle of the red robe is naturally the current Minister of Magic, Harold Minkan.
He saw Sherlock walking in and smiled and nodded at him.
Of course, Sherlock responded with a smile.
After entering the door, a staff member in charge of the trial immediately arranged his seat as a witness.
Just on the bottom stone steps, very close to the iron chair, you can directly see the interrogator's face when you look up.
When Sherlock sat down, he felt someone staring at him diagonally opposite him. He looked up and realized that Eddie was sitting there.
Witnesses naturally cannot sit together, and each person has a separate position to prevent communication during the trial.
Mrs. Selwin also sat in a witness seat. According to normal circumstances, even if she attended, she would have to sit in a red robe on the voting seat, but today her identity is a witness.
The trial has not yet begun, and the wizards sitting on the platform are whispering.
Sherlock couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about, but looking at the expressions on these people's faces, they didn't seem very good-looking.
At ten o'clock, the trial was held on time.
Arji, who was pale and down, was escorted by two Aurors and came to the Inquisition Court and was pressed on the chair in the middle.
The light around became dim, with only a few torches hanging on the dark stone wall, beating with uneasy light.
After Arji was escorted in, the heavy door at the entrance closed with a bang.
The two Aurors let go of Argi and let him sit on the steel seat in the middle.
As soon as he sat down, the shackles and iron chains on both sides of the armrest suddenly jumped up, tied him firmly to the chair, limiting all his movements.
After the defendant entered the court, all the red-robed wizards on the platform became quiet.
There was silence in the courtroom, and Minkan's cold and stern voice echoed in this space.
"The defendant is here, we can start. Are you ready?"
The person asked was a witch with golden glasses on her face and looked very thin. He was the clerk of the trial. The witch nodded slightly.
"It's time to start, sir."
"The trial on August 3rd." Minkan said loudly, "A trial of the Auror Command of the Ministry of Magic, Algi Tuft, a member of the Third Auror Squad, violated the "Director of the Dark Magic" and the "Internal Administration Act of the Ministry of Magic."
His voice was very loud, obviously using a sound reinforcement spell, enough to make it clear for every wizard in this Inquisition.
After introducing all the trial officers, clerks and witnesses, the trial officially began.
Minkan is the main interrogator, but the person in charge of the interrogation is Barty Crouch, the director of the Magic Law Enforcement Department.
"Did the defendant participate in the Auror operation in Wales on June 1st?" Crouch's voice was deep and dull.
Arji, who was sitting in the middle of the trial, said with a gray face and as if he had lost his soul.
"Yes."
"Before that mission, have you ever contacted the Death Eaters in advance, and informed them of the time of the action, the list of personnel, and the place where the Phantom appeared!"
"I, I..." Algi's face became terrified, "I don't know."
Crouch frowned.
"you do not know?"
Arji buried his head in his hand tied in shackles, looking extremely painful and desperate.
"I was like a mantra I was using on the end of May, and I couldn't control anything I did."
He sobbed and said in a voice that seemed to be crying.
"I know I am guilty and I am willing to accept punishment, but I don't want me to be called a two-faced traitor... I was hit by the Soul-Snatching Curse, and I didn't take the initiative to betray the Ministry of Magic..."
Arji's words and expressions were heard and seen by the wizards on the high platform.
Some people sneered at what he said, while others shook their heads with regret.
Sherlock had only emotion in his heart at this moment.
Sure enough, those who can be undercover have two tricks, and those who are black can be said to be white. He can continue to act with a thick face and forcefully if anyone with a discerning eye can see through things at a glance.
The expression on Crouch's face did not change at all, and he called a name in a plain tone.
"Barty Crouch Jr."
Sitting in the witness seat, a pale young man nodded slightly.
"You are the captain of the Aurors 3rd team. When you were on a mission in Wales, the defendant was also under your command. Can you tell from his behavior that he had traces of being manipulated by someone with the Soul-Snatching Spell?"
Little Barty said neither humble nor arrogantly.
"He is normal. During the Auror training, all Aurors learned how to tell whether a wizard was controlled by soul-taking. Argy didn't have that kind of performance at that time."
"Do you have anything else to say? Defendant." Crouch's voice was cold.
Algi's expression was still full of sadness and fear, and there were tears on his face.
"You don't know the methods of those people...their soul-catching curse is much stronger than normal people. The ones learned from Aurors are useless at all, and they are useless at all..."
Sherlock couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw him like this.
No matter how he interrogated, as long as he bite it to death, it was a soul-catching curse and it was a high-end version that could not be distinguished by normal people, no one could prove that his betrayal was subjective will.
This way of being a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, someone must have been angry with him before the trial began.
"I apply to speak, sir."
At this moment, Eddie, who was sitting diagonally opposite Sherlock, raised his hand with a cold face and stood up from his position.
Chapter completed!