The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts

In the tenth courtroom, a large group of Wizengamore Senators, who were wearing purple-red robes like old Barty, had already gathered.

However, after Link and old Barty pushed the door and came in, the members who were still chatting and laughing suddenly quieted down and stared at the two of them.

In the deepest part of the courtroom, Fudge, surrounded by a group of congressmen, looked particularly hot.

And he obviously knows who is the real master between Link and old Barty, so unlike others, his eyes have been on Link from beginning to end.

"Ah, my dear little Link!"

Fudge was the first to speak, coming over and hugging Link as he spoke, "It's a pity that your good friend Harry Potter committed such a big crime, you must be in a hurry?"

"Actually, no." Link patted his clothes in disgust and said, "Harry is completely innocent. Those so-called accusations are just meaningless targets of some incompetent and shameless people."

As soon as these words came out, Fudge was obviously stunned.

After reacting, he forced a smile, approached and lowered his voice and said:

"You don't think you can win, do you? It's just you and my defeated general? This is my territory! You people are only worthy of being pushed into the mud!"

"Nice phrase,"

This time it was old Barty who spoke in Fudge's tone and said, "'This is my place!' Maybe I should tell the Daily Prophet reporter this famous quote from you, Mr. Minister, later. Listen, so that the people can understand how their elected ministers take the Ministry of Magic, which was originally owned by the people, as their private property."

"Ah!"

Hearing that, Fudge snorted coldly and turned back to the court.

What he meant was obvious.

He was only willing to negotiate with Link on an equal footing. As for Old Barty, the agent of the Foley family, he didn't even have the qualifications to ask him to answer.

The atmosphere in the courtroom became more dull and serious.

After a while, whispers reappeared in the courtroom, and a group of congressmen also broke away from the crowd and greeted Link and old Batty.

They all wore pleasing smiles on their faces, and they approached Link and old Barty diligently.

Surrounded by them, Link and old Barty were welcomed into the upper left corner of the courtroom.

At this time, if you look down from the ceiling of the courtroom, you will find that the Wizengamore members who were invited to participate in the trial have already been automatically divided into three factions.

Among them, the group of people who gathered together with Link and Old Barty as the center was naturally the Old Barty faction.

On the other hand, the group of Fudges surrounded by grandma was on the other side.

As for the group of congressmen in the center who are talking and laughing as if they are coming to participate in the elderly activities, they are absolutely neutral.

It is worth mentioning that the group of people gathered around Fudge are generally older.

Most of these people are today's vested interest groups, who have been eating fat for many years behind Fudge, the Minister of Magic, and belong to the old-fashioned official class of the Ministry of Magic.

In contrast, the congressmen around Link and Batty are relatively young.

Of course, there is also a limited number of young people, and those who can become Wizengamore MPs are at least forty or fifty years old.

Most of them are capable of their own, but lack a strong background. Their identity in the Ministry of Magic is that of "young comrades who still need to be trained".

These people were obviously the main targets that Barty Sr. had previously recruited under the support of the Foley family.

Now that they have seen Link, the real gold master, each of them is extremely flattering, and some of them are even disgusting, in order to get more benefits and support from Link.

But despite their disgusting behavior, Link didn't mean to take them lightly.

Even in Link's view, they are all powerful and courageous heroes!

You must know that in the current situation, joining the camp of Link and old Barty requires taking risks.

This is a real gamble!

Won.

Of course, it was the ascension of chickens and dogs with old Barty and the Foley family.

But if you lose.

Then their careers and even their physical lives will be completely over.

In addition, their very flattering behavior towards Link at the moment just proved that they were actually fierce hungry wolves.

Although they are now nominally supporters of the old Barty, they are actually showing Link their obedience and ability all the time.

If there is a suitable opportunity, they will definitely come forward without hesitation and replace the old Barty as the new agent of the Foley family.

Link and old Barty knew all of this and were happy to see it happen.

Among them, Link wanted to rely on these "hungry wolves" to warn and limit old Batty.

Old Barty simply relied on them to reassure Link.

As for being replaced by those 'hungry wolves', old Batty is not worried.

His decades of experience and experience roaming the Huanhai Sea are far from what those guys can easily beat.

"It's almost time."

After talking with the 'young' members for a while, Old Batty whispered in Link's ear, and at the same time opened a silver pocket watch with scratches on the case and held it in front of Link.

The hands on it showed that it was only five minutes before the eight o'clock court session.

As soon as these words came out, the congressmen who had gathered around Link and Old Barty all quieted down.

Link naturally knew what they were worried about, and said blankly:

"Put your heart back, there will be no problem."

Old Barty nodded, but did not close the pocket watch, but held it in his hand and glanced at it every once in a while.

The same is true for other MPs.

But with the passage of time, the pointer of the pocket watch has slowly reached eight o'clock sharp, but Harry Potter, the person on trial in today's trial, has still not appeared.

Many of the old men and women from the neutral faction were already dissatisfied.

Unlike others, they are simply here to participate in a trial, and instead of arriving early, Harry Potter's late arrival is obviously a contempt for the Wizengamore Council.

Fudge and even the group of supporters around him raised the corners of their mouths slightly.

Fudge himself stared at Link and old Barty with smug eyes.

Although his method of temporarily shortening the trial time is ineffective, it is very effective.

Although according to the regulations, Harry must be late for more than 15 minutes before he can announce that Harry has given up his defense, but the situation has developed so far that even if Harry arrives within 15 minutes, it will not be able to restore the goodwill of those neutral faction members.

And these members have the right to vote at the end of the subsequent trial!

"Hoo!~"

With a sigh, old Batty closed his pocket watch.

The expressions of the members around him were mostly cold and indifferent, far less earnest than they were towards Link just now.

This is normal.

These congressmen were only optimistic about Batty and Link before they were willing to devote themselves to help stand in line and even vote.

But it turned out that Harry was late before the real trial began?

The appearance of this outrageous thing made them even doubt the abilities of Link and old Barty.

Link didn't care about the changes of these people, and kept his eyes fixed on the door of the courtroom. He never expected the character of these politicians. This group of people are all guys who send umbrellas in sunny days and collect them in rainy days. The most quintessential of human society - scum.

"Bam—"

There was a loud bang and the door opened.

Panting and sweating profusely, Harry stumbled into the courtroom.

His appearance made the whispering voices lingering in the courtroom disappear again, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

This condescending and intense gaze obviously put a lot of pressure on Harry. He was stiff and his breathing slowed down a lot before he took a breath.

Fudge looked very disappointed, he shook his head indistinctly, and then said a little angrily:

"you are late."

"I'm sorry," Harry said nervously, "I, I didn't know the time changed."

"It wasn't Wizengamore's fault. We sent an owl to inform you this morning."

Fudge said it confidently, but obviously he also knew that he couldn't continue to entangle on this issue to prevent those neutral members from understanding his tricks, so he quickly said, "Okay, sit down."

Fudge pointed to the trial chair in the center of the courtroom.

Harry was slightly apprehensive about the chair, directly related to the heavy chains hanging down from the chair's handle.

Harry sat up tremblingly.

Thankfully, the magic chains twisted a few times on their own, but they didn't directly tie Harry up like they did with felons.

However, this feeling of rejoicing only existed in Harry for a moment, and then it was destroyed by the gazes of the dozens of Wizengamore MPs.

Harry could clearly see the expressions of every congressman on the stairs in front of them. Some of their eyes flashed with curiosity, some with anger, but most of them were indifferent and serious.

It is this group of people who will decide his future destiny.

The intense tension made Harry feel dizzy and nauseous.

At this moment, Harry accidentally caught sight of a familiar face.

It's Link!

Link actually sneaked into the group of congressmen and was still winking at him!

Harry almost screamed with excitement.

There is nothing more inspiring than seeing Link on this occasion!

"Very well, the defendant is finally here, let's get started." Fudge yelled at Harry in the chair, "Are you ready?"

"Yes, sir."

A familiar voice sounded, and Harry was surprised to find that the person who answered was one of Ron's older brothers, Percy Weasley.

Right now, he was sitting in the front seat, looking intently at the parchment in front of him with a quill in hand. No matter how Harry winked, his face was expressionless, as if he didn't know Harry at all.

"Trial on the 12th of August," Fudge announced loudly, and Percy hurriedly began taking notes, "the trial of Harry Potter, who lives at 4 Privet Road, Little Whinging, Surrey, for breaching the Code of Conduct for Underage Wizards. Reasonable Binding Act and the International Magical Secrecy Act."

"Interrogators: Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge, Director of Magical Law Enforcement Division Amelia Burns, Senior Deputy Secretary Dolores Umbridge. Trial Recorder: Percy Weiss Lay-"

"Defence witness," Fudge's voice suddenly stopped, "Albus Dumbledore."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the courtroom opened again, and Dumbledore in a blue-black robe walked in slowly.

Harry seemed to realize something, turned his head sharply to look at Dumbledore, and almost all the MPs were doing the same thing.

Under everyone's attention, Dumbledore walked to Harry's side, raised his head and looked at Fudge aloof.

Due to the light of the torches, Fudge couldn't actually see Dumbledore's eyes clearly through the reflective half-moon lens.

But Fudge, who was watched by Dumbledore, still felt a burst of heart palpitations for no reason.

The reaction from those in the tiered seats was also quite intense.

The Fudge Congressman couldn't stop getting depressed.

As for the congressmen on Link's side, they all smiled and made no secret of their happy emotions.

They were still wondering why Link dared to reassure them.

The feeling is that Link knew for a long time that Dumbledore would come off to defend Harry Potter himself.

What kind of lawsuit is this, just judge Harry Potter to win!

You must know that although Dumbledore is not very in charge, his prestige in Wizengamore Council is epic.

Didn't you see that there were even two old witches in the neutral faction waving to Dumbledore?

"Ah, Dumbledore." Fudge said in a panic. "Yes, er, so you have received our letter and know that the interrogation time and location have changed?"

"Actually I didn't receive it," Dumbledore said indifferently. "I made a lucky little mistake and arrived at the Ministry of Magic three hours early, so it didn't cause any hindrance."

As Dumbledore spoke, he glanced back and forth in the courtroom, as if looking for something.

After discovering that there were no extra chairs on the field, he waved his wand as he talked to himself, made a floral sofa chair next to Harry, and sat on it.

Of course, he also spotted Link while looking around the courtroom.

It's just that the eyes of the two of them just contacted for a moment and then quickly separated.

Dumbledore acted like Percy when he just faced Harry's gaze.

"Okay, okay then..."

Fudge, who had a panoramic view of all this, rummaged through the documents on the desk, making a meaningless sound.

Finally, he took out a piece of parchment from the pile of documents that were not many, and recited aloud:

"The defendant is charged with the following offences:

The accused, who had previously received a written warning from the Ministry of Magic for similar charges, this time, knowingly and knowingly, with full knowledge that his actions were unlawful, at 9:23 p.m. The melon community, cast a Patronus Charm in the presence of a Muggle, in violation of Section 3 of the Reasonable Restraint of Minors Act of 1875, and Section 3 of the International Confederation of Wizards Secrecy Act. Thirteen. "