usatvline Chapter 126 Enough Mistakes
Chapter 126 Enough Mistakes
After the Hogwarts Quidditch final, Gryffindor celebrated for almost a week, and Slytherin students rolled their eyes when they saw them.
Harry has been reading the Daily Prophet frequently recently, and today when he arrived at the Great Hall, he was eagerly waiting for Hedwig.
Breakfast was about to end when a snowy owl flew over with a roll of newspaper. Hermione and Ron also put down their cups and came over.
"How's it going?" Hermione asked him.
The newspaper was spread out, and what caught my eye was a heavy report: [Who killed Peter Petillo? ]
The three were stunned by this line of words.
Shouldn't Pettigrew be executed? Why was he killed?!
Then I saw in the report that Pettigrew was murdered in Azkaban and the Ministry of Magic was investigating the truth. Azkaban looked eerie and scary in the photo.
"Whoever did it is dead." Hermione saw Harry's uneasiness and comforted him.
Ron chimed in, "Yes, many wizards were persecuted in the past. As a hidden spy, there must be someone who hates him so much that they want to get rid of him personally."
At the Slytherin table, Gloria also saw the newspaper. She had a serious expression on her face, knowing that this was not a good thing.
In addition to the newspaper, there was also a letter.
"Father said the Ministry of Magic is already investigating." Draco placed the letter in front of her and whispered, "Look, there are Aurors in Azkaban who are specifically guarding Pettigrew. One of them claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse. Father didn't mention what he did specifically, so it might be something he couldn't know. Father said that he was an elite Auror."
To be able to successfully cast the Imperius Curse on an Auror of this strength must be extremely powerful, but the authenticity of this is debatable.
Gloria said: "Whether it's that Auror or not, the Ministry of Magic will have its hands full."
Draco didn't care how Pettigrew died. "He was a spy for that man and was probably retaliated against. He was afraid of this and hid for so many years."
Gloria opened the letter from Sirius.
Dear Leah,
I believe you have seen the newspaper. Dumbledore is looking into this matter. Don't worry.
You are about to take exams, and after the exams it will be summer vacation. Then I will take you to watch the Quidditch World Cup. Fudge gave me some tickets with good seats.
——Sirius
"Heh--" Draco said disdainfully: "The Malfoys also have tickets."
Gloria put the letter away. "When we get there, our tents can be closer. Sirius will definitely take Harry into consideration during the World Cup. Although the position Fudge gave us is good, we are surrounded by important members of the Ministry of Magic of various countries. It's better to go to Sirius' place if we want to watch the game with a serious attitude."
Draco loves Quidditch, so of course he hopes to be surrounded by the same cheers. If he were with his father, he would definitely have to suppress his excitement and watch the entire game.
"But...you also saw the last school Quidditch final..."
Sirius stood between them, trying to keep them apart.
"Don't worry." Gloria held his hand. "I will have a good talk with Sirius about this. He can't keep interfering in my relationship."
Draco was relieved now.
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When old Batty returned home from his international work, he felt uneasy after reading the report of Pettigrew's death in the newspaper.
I rushed home as fast as I could, only to see Shanshan, who was dying and almost dead.
He hurriedly ran to the room where the man was held, and sure enough, he was no longer there. He immediately realized that the man was responsible for Pettigrew's death.
After feeding Winky the potion, he felt a little better. Old Barty looked gloomy, "Winky, what did I say before I left?"
The weak Winky sobbed softly, "Take good care of the little master... Winky is a bad elf and didn't complete the old master's orders!"
Old Batty took a deep breath to calm his temper and asked, "What did he do before he escaped? Don't even think about lying to me at this time!"
Shanshan crawled on the ground. "Shanshan served the little master as before and did not obey his orders, except that day..."
"Someday!"
"One day in April, the little master saw a newspaper on the table and insisted that Shanshan unfold it. Shanshan... Shanshan checked the newspaper and found that it was fine, so she let the little master read it." Shanshan cried and said, "Old master, please believe Shanshan. It was only that time. Shanshan never followed other instructions again. Shanshan felt that the little master was too pitiful, so..."
"Shut up!" Old Batty gasped. "Where's the newspaper? Give it to me!"
Shanshan quickly found the newspaper. Old Batty had been too busy with work some time ago and only glanced at the report on Pettigrew.
Now he picked up the newspaper again and read it word by word until he came to the last few sentences that were considered to be Pettigrew's madness.
All of a sudden, all the strength in my body drained away and the newspaper slipped from my fingertips.
He was also involved in that case at the time, but in order to avoid suspicion, he only appeared in court for questioning and was never involved in any other matter. How did the Ministry of Magic deal with Pettigrew at that time? Why didn't they dig deeper into the meaning of this passage?
For the sake of her fallen son, the wife begged him to die in exchange...
The Quidditch World Cup was coming up, as was the Triwizard Tournament, but... he had done enough wrong things, and he would rather cruelly reject his wife's request at that time.
"Winky, there will be no more Crouch family from now on, you are free."
He took off his tie and threw it to Twinkle, but she dodged it, but it didn't matter.
Old Batty stepped over the newspaper and walked out the door.
Ministry of Magic——
Old Barty entered the elevator, silently reached the second floor, and walked into the Auror's office of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
A group of Aurors were surprised by his arrival.
"Mr. Crouch." An Auror called him.
As the director who vigorously fought against Voldemort during the Dark Ages, Crouch once had great prestige. It was a pity that he had a son who was a Death Eater, otherwise Fudge would not be the minister now.
"I'm here to plead guilty." Old Batty said this without looking at anyone.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, wondering if they had heard it wrong.
"More than ten years ago, I took advantage of my position to make my wife, who was taking Polyjuice Potion, look like Barty the Younger, replacing the real Barty the Younger. He has never died, but I have controlled him with the Imperius Curse and he cannot move freely."
These words stunned all the Aurors present.
Old Barty raised his eyes, "I've been very busy with work recently, probably because I reduced the frequency of casting the Imperius Curse. He escaped, and Pettigrew's death must be related to him."
The Aurors took a while to regain their senses and walked forward to surround him.
Old Barty continued, "Bertha Jorkins from the Department of Magic and Sports went to my house for work and saw young Barty. In order to prevent the matter from being exposed, I cast a strong forgetfulness spell on her. I hope you can help her recover."
"If the confession is true," the Auror swallowed, "you will bear the legal responsibility."
"I want to see Minister Fudge." Old Barty said calmly, "What Pettigrew said about cooperating with the Ministry of Magic to kill You-Know-Who is very likely true. After reading that newspaper, young Barty developed a stronger will to resist and break free from the control of the Imperius Curse."
Several Aurors looked serious, and one of them said, "We will inform Minister Fudge of your words."
Now Carl is still under interrogation, and no one can be sure whether he was under the Imperius Curse. If this is true, he might really be controlled by the Imperius Curse and kill Pettigrew.