Harry Potter’s Natural Villain Chapter 367: Trial (Part 1)
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For a while after the party was over, Lucius started to run around for his son, and Malfoy stayed in his own home and spent a relatively smooth time.
The final trial is scheduled for Friday.
There is no public hearing.
The news was blocked very well. Under Umbridge’s "recommendations" and methods, the trial was limited to a small circle, and the results would be announced to the public after it was over.
Presumably, with the help of the Daily Prophet, public opinion will soon be changed.
The Malfoy family rushed to the Ministry of Magic early. Compared with the last time Lucius's inability to lawsuit against Dumbledore, they were more frightened. This time, their mood was much lighter.
Especially Lucius, he is very confident.
Narcissa even fought for the privilege of being handcuffed for her son. When he was tried, the chains on the armrests on both sides of the chair would not maliciously restrain him.
They all came very early, and Malfoy sat on the chair in the middle of the room, staring at the rows of empty benches extending from low to high in front of him.
He is not worried about the outcome of this trial, it is already doomed.
Then the door was opened, and a faint light illuminates the dim room. People came in one after another, taking advantage of the dim torch light that is better than nothing, and they sit in sequence.
A middle-aged man has a great stride, dragging his robe, and voluntarily walked all the way to the first row and sat down with Lucius.
"Lucius, I hope that after this trial, I can give my daughter a surprise, and that kid in your family can give me a bit of anger." Hector Parkinson frowned and said, and patted affectionately. Pat Lucius on the shoulder.
It is equivalent to cheering in disguise.
"Let's wait and see." Luciusk nodded and leaned his cane on the seat.
Dozens of jury members wearing fuchsia robes began to enter the venue one after another. After they found their seats and took their seats, there were ten drumming bells above their heads, which were very penetrating. Through the layers of stone walls, the voice came to the courtroom.
Time is up.
"If everyone is here, I think I can start, okay?" Umbridge said while standing and dragging her delicate tone.
What I have to say is that Umbridge, as a boss who squeezes and controls himself, will look very annoying.
But when she approaches someone to please someone, the convenience she gets is beyond imagination.
For example, now Malfoy sees most of the jury members in the audience now smiling kindly at him and nodding his head. Umbridge takes a large part of the credit.
Of course, his father also put a lot of effort into it.
Moving for profit is enough to make many neutral people fall to them.
There are a few exceptions, and the gaze towards Malfoy is full of hostility and doubt.
A man sitting in the front row, his brown hair is like lion's hair, but it is scattered, his brows are deeply sunken, and he looks very horrified.
Rufus Scrimgeour, who is looking forward with those wide-eyed eyes, is not angry.
As a strong competitor to the previous minister, he was very uncomfortable with Umbridge’s strategy of inaction.
Especially now that Dumbledore is dead, the situation is getting worse, and a radical person is needed to stand up and carry the current situation.
In his eyes, Malfoy was very suspicious and worthy of torture.
Umbridge stood on the platform for him again, and even reached out to the Wiesengamo court, many people were persuaded by her.
The impact of Dumbledore’s death is not limited to Hogwarts, but now, Dumbledore’s speech here not long ago, testimony to his students, there were still many people at that time I am deeply convinced, and now I have changed direction.
Position is extremely easy to change.
Percy of the Weasleys stood respectfully behind Umbridge, using a quill pen to record something on the parchment, and then stopped again, waiting for the court to begin.
Malfoy scanned his eyes, and even saw Professor McGonagall who had only seen him not long ago. Her eagle-like sharp eyes gleamed in the dark courtroom, staring at him motionlessly.
It was pure scrutiny.
Of course she didn't know that Malfoy caused the Hogwarts commotion not long ago.
And nothing else.
Because nothing seemed to be lost and no one was injured.
Of course, Ron’s nose injury should not be counted. After Madam Pomfrey’s treatment, it healed in one night.
The other anomaly is that Pansy has been wandering all day.
But no one will link this to the riot, will they? Who cares about the psychology of a female student? At this age, emotional changes are quite normal.
The school then took another day off to ease the situation, and classes resumed the day after the funeral.
On the evening before resuming the course, she was preparing to fulfill the duties of the new principal. When she started to work, an owl carried a red envelope in his mouth and smashed through the glass window and broke into her office.
She tore open the envelope, and with the thin lens, she read on, and received another request from the Ministry of Magic to listen.
So I came here this morning.
Looking at Malfoy on the podium, she was still inexplicably sentimental.
Last time, Dumbledore stood in the same position and was being questioned, but now everything is nonsense.
As for the performance of this student, she still hopes that he is innocent and hopes that she can be persuaded.
This is out of the vision of a teacher. There is no normal teacher who hopes that his students will go astray, especially her kind of staid and obstinate witch.
"Okay." Umbridge cleared his throat and knocked on the small hammer placed on the table in front of him.
With the two beeps of "dongdong", everyone's attention was attracted.
"In order to save everyone's time, how about we skip the accusation against Mr. Draco Malfoy? After all, at the last trial, everyone already knew what happened to him."
The jury members began to whisper~IndoMTL.com~ seems to be thinking back to the previous trial.
Almost no one disputed.
Because most people’s position was clear before the court.
In the previous trial, Dumbledore was eloquent, and the rebuttal of several witnesses forced Lucius to a dead end. If it weren’t for his departure at the last minute because of Azkaban’s departure, he could completely close the coffin The final conclusion.
However, with his "departure", the situation became reversed.
The victim and witness Barty Crouch did not know that for any reason he did not participate in this new trial.
Now, almost all the unfavorable factors for Malfoy have been reduced, and the favorable factors are in a dominant position.
With Umbridge’s deliberate guidance, everything is developing in a good direction.
Whitewashing, under the coercion of power and the temptation of wealth, it seems that it is not as difficult as imagined.