The Strongest Badger at Hogwarts
Chapter 609: public execution
Both Harry and Hermione chose to keep their mouths shut.
Not only that, but they also forced Ron, the big mouth, to swear that they would not reveal the slightest bit of it.
Because they know very well what kind of impact it will have if it gets out.
Although there is no reliable evidence for the French revenge at all, in many cases, evidence is dispensable.
At that time, the angry students will not care about the evidence or not.
Together they would start boycotting Gabriel.
Even bullying.
This has happened so many times at Hogwarts.
Neville was the victim of a similar incident before.
After all this was done, the dinner was almost over.
This time Dumbledore did not speak again, as he had not returned since leaving the Great Hall with Emily and Newland.
In the end, only Professor McGonagall got up and performed Dumbledore's work - announcing that everyone could return to the dormitory to rest.
"I dare say that Dumbledore must have gone to support Link. The problems on their side may be very difficult! Maybe they may be besieged by Death Eaters!"
Ron was still chattering when he was lying on their respective beds.
His brows were already drawn together, and he looked extremely anxious.
It was as if he was the one who was really fighting the Death Eaters and caught in the siege right now.
Honestly, the way he talks is contagious.
At least the rest of the roommates in the dormitory were filled with sadness by his stimulation, and they wished they could just put on clothes to support Link.
This is their responsibility as D.A. members!
Harry was very helpless when he saw this.
He knew very well that Ron was ill.
He shook his head and continued to concentrate on writing the letter to Sirius.
This was his agreement with Sirius, to contact each other at least once every other week.
Originally, this connection can be easily resolved through a double-sided mirror.
But unfortunately, with Dumbledore's previous announcement in the auditorium, Dumbledore has now officially entered a state of strict control similar to the state of war in the Ministry of Magic.
In this state, students are not allowed to use any communication tools other than paper letters.
"call-"
Harry let out a long breath as the last letter was written.
He put the letter beside the bed, ready to send it the next day, and then put a spell on himself to close his ears, and quickly closed his eyes regardless of Ron and the others who were still noisy around him.
Harry fell into a deep sleep as the drowsiness struck.
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bang—
The next day, with the first rays of sunlight entering the tower where the Gryffindor lounge was located, Harry and Ron's bedroom door was kicked open.
"Harry! Ron! Get up! Something big!"
Hermione rushed in through the kicked door, yelling and ripping off Harry and Ron's quilt.
The sudden turn of events shocked both Harry and Ron.
The two of them looked at everything in front of them with sleepy eyes. When they really realized what happened, they covered their bodies with the only remaining pillow in panic.
"Damn it! Hermione! You really should go to Miss Victoria to learn what it means to be polite, this is the boys' dormitory, and you, a girl! God! I'll go back to Professor McGonagall and complain later! Why can't boys Going into the girls' dormitory, and girls can break in at will? It's not fair!"
Ron was mumbling, but he didn't notice when he spoke.
Ever since he mentioned Emily, Hermione's eyes had gotten worse and worse.
Finally, with Hermione's punch, Ron's broken thoughts turned into miserable wailing.
At the same time, Harry hugged the pillow and nestled in the corner of the bed, looking lost and hesitant.
The reason why he went to bed so early last night was to relive the dream of the day before yesterday.
The feeling that the whole body is wrapped in warmth, like being in the arms of a mother, is really beautiful.
So much so that Harry felt a little addicted.
However, the reality is disappointing.
He had no dreams last night.
It should have been a good night's sleep, but at this moment it was a huge disappointment for Harry.
"Hey! Harry, it's time for you to wake up too, I have some great news for you!"
Hermione finished beating Ron, panting to Harry again.
Hearing this, Harry gradually came out of his lost emotions.
He still curled up at the corner of the bed, and said a little sullenly:
"what news?"
Hermione shook her head and threw a copy of the Daily Prophet in front of him and said:
"See for yourself. I hope you can sit still after reading it."
Harry was unmoved.
He now feels that his whole body is crisp and lacks strength.
He didn't even get up to pick up the nearby Daily Prophet, so he stretched his neck and looked at the newspaper.
The next moment, his originally expressionless face flashed a hint of surprise.
Because this "Daily Prophet" page has a huge headline written in all black and bold font - "Hogwarts Express and Diagon Alley Terrorist Attack! Many Aurors sacrificed! 》
Harry rubbed his eyes in disbelief, wondering if he was wrong.
And Ron, who was also looking at the newspaper next to him, jumped up and said excitedly:
"I've said it long ago, it's definitely not just the Hogwarts Express who was attacked! Look, I'm sure I'm right!"
"Are you happy?"
Hermione's face was cold, and she said in a more serious tone, "Many people were killed because of this attack!"
"No no... no, I'm not, I don't, I'm just... just..."
Ron's expression froze, and he waved his hands in panic.
It can be seen that Hermione ignored him, and Harry, who turned his head with a dignified expression, said:
"Keep reading, Harry, and... be prepared."
What does it mean?
Could it be that the losses were heavy?
Harry frowned and continued to look under the title.
And then what caught his eye was a small string of fonts that were also enlarged and bolded:
At about 16:57 yesterday, the Hogwarts Express train leaving King's Cross Station in the central London area was attacked by Death Eaters and Dementors and was forced to stop to the northern suburbs of Manchester. Then, the train mechanism was activated, and under the leadership of Commissioner Link Foley, one of the three members of the Ministry of Magic, the group of students on the train began to defend themselves. Death Eaters and Dementors, all destroyed.
At about 18:05 on the same day, a terrorist attack by the Death Eaters also occurred in Diagon Alley. The attack was quelled by the counterattack of the Auror forces and Commissioner Link Foley.
According to statistics, 7 Aurors were killed directly or indirectly in this attack, 19 Aurors were slightly injured, and the economic loss was as high as 1,400 gold Galleons.
As of this writing, all those directly involved in the attack have been captured and executed in Diagon Alley Square after being tried by the Division of Magical Law Enforcement!
Here is the list of executions:
...
"Execution...execution?"
Looking at the newspaper in front of him, Harry stammered.
"Oh, that's what you think it means."
Hermione sighed, turning the page for Harry as she spoke.
I saw that the next five pages of the entire newspaper were densely populated with names.
And below each name, there are also two pictures, one is of the executed person before he is alive, and the other is the death status of the executed person.
Harry felt a little suffocated.
A tingling sensation was spreading wildly on his scalp, causing him to shiver.
Is this a hundred lives?
Was it executed in a centralized manner?
I am afraid that in the entire history of wizards, mass executions announced to the world on such a large scale are extremely rare, right?
"This newspaper was urgently released by the Ministry of Magic through the Daily Prophet yesterday morning, and just now, the Daily Prophet published another report on the follow-up. And what was written on it was the only It's the bad news I want to say!"
Hermione said with a complicated expression, and at the same time put another newspaper in front of Harry.
"latest news! The mastermind behind this attack has been arrested! 》
At about 02:41 today, the Tripartite Committee of the Ministry of Magic held an emergency press conference and announced the results of the investigation on the attack at the meeting.
A total of eight suspects who have planned and instigated the attack have now been arrested.
According to the investigation, the eight people were not Death Eaters, but were all from France and employed by a Beauxbaton School of Witchcraft and Wizardry professor named Norton Tittat.
One of the suspects revealed that this was a revenge operation aimed at Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic.
Their employer, Norton Titat, firmly believed that the previous attack on the Beauxbatons School of Magic had something to do with the country, so they called them together and wanted to impose the same punishment on the magic world of the country.
After joint deliberation, the Tripartite Committee of the Ministry of Magic and the Department of Magical Law Enforcement have decided to hold the French Ministry of Magic accountable and protested to the International Confederation of Wizards.
Among the eight people who participated in the planning of the attack this time, except for one person who was temporarily detained as a witness, the remaining seven people will be publicly executed at the central square of Dijiao Lane at 7 am this morning!
…
Seeing this, Harry didn't have time to think, his eyes immediately took his eyes away from the newspaper, and then turned to the alarm clock on the bedside table.
The pointer on it clearly pointed to half past seven.
"They moved very quickly. The newspapers were printed in less than half an hour after the execution, and distributed to the entire Ministry of Magic through the Owl Post Office. Now, it's already noisy outside!"
Hermione spoke with a sullen expression.
And Harry quickly turned the page again.
I saw a huge magic photo clearly printed on the back of the newspaper.
Seven people above were being pushed onto a makeshift high platform in Diagon Alley Square by a group of solemn-looking, hooded executioners, and hung with ropes.
It is worth mentioning that it is different from the general prisoners who are executed by hanging.
None of the seven people's heads were covered with black cloth bags or other props that could be used to cover their faces.
So when the winch was pulled up, Harry could clearly see their suffocating, grim, gray faces.
"vomit-"
Harry threw the newspaper away, lying on the edge of the bed and couldn't help retching.
The shock of this scene in front of them is too great.
Any sane person who sees this scene will instinctively feel physical discomfort.
This is the human empathy instinct at work.
However, Ron stepped forward like a cheetah and grabbed the newspaper, standing on the ground in messy pajamas, waving the newspaper and cheering:
"Excellent! That's so great! Killing so well!"
Harry's other two roommates also gathered around Ron, scrambling for the newspaper, bursting into cheers from time to time.
Seeing this scene, Hermione frowned, and he said tremblingly:
"That's more than a hundred lives!"
Hearing this, Ron turned back in surprise and said:
"Yes, more than a hundred Death Eaters and French spies have been punished by the law. Isn't this something that should be celebrated?"
"No, no, it's certainly worth celebrating that those perpetrators have been punished." Hermione said tremblingly, "But shouldn't it be executed directly? From the perspective of time, these people have not had a complete trial at all, which is even more so. It's like it was decided by someone after skipping the trial!"
The corners of Ron's mouth rose slightly, and he sneered:
"Hermione, so you mean that group of people should be imprisoned in Azkaban again? But then? Let them escape again? Or, like the one over ten years ago, wait. Their families are going to hand over a large bribe so they can be acquitted and then come out to do harm? How can this be worthy of the Aurors who died in this conflict?"
Hermione was silent.
Her mouth opened slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
Because Ron was right.
Historically, if the Death Eaters were kept for a long trial, many of them would have escaped it.
In the end, only the society will be hurt.
But, that was more than a hundred people, and they were simply executed?
And seven of them were publicly hanged!
Harry, who was beside him, had the same idea as Hermione.
Having witnessed his mother being killed by Voldemort since he was a child, he has a clearer understanding of death, and also understands that death is a kind of ultimate despair!
Therefore, although he also felt that the execution of the group of Death Eaters was a very pleasant thing, but he could not be as excited as Ron and others.
He took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions and prepared to be as old as he used to be, and opened his mouth to help Ron and Hermione reconcile.
But at this moment Hermione shook her head at him.
Her expression was a bit complicated, and her dry, cracked lips made a dry voice while squirming:
"Don't say more, Harry, almost everyone in Hogwarts is in this state now. I'm not referring to this bad news, but Gabriel."
Harry and Ron were both stunned when he said this.
Yes, it is foreseeable that as this report spreads, the whole of Hogwarts will go into a frenzy.
Will those guys who can't vent their anger turn their anger at Gabriel, a former Beauxbatons student?
"Let's go! Let's protect that little girl!"
Ron sighed and said excitedly with a big hand.
This made the expressions of Harry and Hermione and others all become weird.
In their opinion, this is not what Ron can say at all.
This guy is a typical representative of the hot-blooded, and it would be nice not to join in the fun and denounce Gabriel.
"It's rare that you have such a side."
Hermione said in a twisted tone.
Hearing this, Ron's face turned red, and he couldn't help complaining:
"What do you think of me, that's an innocent little girl, she has nothing to do with this matter! Stop talking, let's go!"
As he spoke, Ron's face became more and more backward, until finally he couldn't hold it any longer and rushed out of the dormitory.
And Harry, Hermione and others also looked at each other and smiled, and followed.
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at the same time.
Diagon Alley.
With the publication of the Daily Prophet, almost all the wizards of the country gathered here.
They walked out of Diagon Alley and the fireplaces of the various shops, then gathered on the street and poured into the square.
During this whole process, regardless of age, women and children, they were all silent, and everyone had an uneasy expression on their faces.
In fact, after the official end of the Second Wizarding War, they no longer have any hope for the Ministry of Magic.
Because they know very well that that high above the Ministry of Magic is not their Ministry of Magic.
Even though the Ministry of Magic had shown great will during the Second Wizarding War, the Aurors had been on the front lines of the war, helping to fight the Death Eaters.
But is this really for the people?
I'm afraid it's not to maintain their own dominance, right?
This can be seen from their treatment of war criminals after the war.
Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape, Igor Karkaroff…
Too many Death Eaters have escaped trial by being released for various reasons.
The people from the Magic Law Enforcement Department sometimes refused to even find a good reason, and let people go for a simple reason.
This is treating people as fools!
But are people really stupid?
of course not!
When Lucius Malfoy walked in the sunshine with his wife and children, everyone knew what was going on.
When the members of the Council of Wizengamore began to steal the wealth of old families like Black and Foley, everyone knew what was going on!
Everyone just didn't dare to say anything.
But anger isn't going away!
When the anger builds up to a certain level, the populace despairs of the Ministry of Magic.
Why is Fudge cursed as the worst Minister of Magic ever?
Is it just because he loves vanity and issues a series of bad decrees late in power?
And why did Dumbledore refuse to take over as Minister of Magic?
Is it just because he is afraid of becoming a puppet of the Wizengamore Council and being manipulated?
of course not!
Another important reason for the collapse of Fudge's regime and Dumbledore's refusal to take over as Minister of Magic is that the previous Minister of Magic left them a mess.
A Ministry of Magic that has exhausted its credibility and is no longer trusted by the public.
Such a Ministry of Magic will collapse sooner or later.
Dumbledore saw the crisis clearly, so he declined the invitation of the Wizengamore Council.
And Fudge didn't see it clearly, so he was out of luck.
But now, all that has changed.
The news of yesterday's attack cannot be suppressed.
The convenience of the means of communication possessed by wizards is far from being blocked by the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, as early as a few hours after the attack, the relevant news can be said to have spread throughout most of the magic world of the country.
At the same time, this has once again set off the anger of the people.
Especially parents with children studying at Hogwarts.
How can you let them calm down when you know the virtues of the Ministry of Magic well, and you can foresee that this incident will likely be messed up again?
Out of anger, they even wrote the roar letter, ready to mail it to the Ministry of Magic and the headmaster's office at Hogwarts the next day.
But an accident happened.
The new issue of the Daily Prophet was published in the middle of the night and detailed the location of the attack, casualties and damage.
The most outrageous thing is that those Death Eaters who participated in the attack were all executed?
And a follow-up issue of "The Daily Prophet" even stated that the Ministry of Magic had investigated the cause of the whole thing, caught the black hand who planned this, and hanged them in Diagon Alley?
How can this be?
This is not the Ministry of Magic we are familiar with!
How could the Ministry of Magic be so efficient? According to normal procedures, shouldn't they have been grinding and investigating for a year and a half, and it will be over when the heat goes down.
Or find a few scapegoats at random and push all the charges on them.
In the end, they were sentenced to life imprisonment, or simply said that they were controlled by the Imperius Curse when they committed a crime, and were they acquitted after being fined?
Why did it directly announce that all the suspects had been arrested this time? uukanshu.com and executed?
"It must be fake!"
Countless parents and people roared like this after reading the two "Daily Prophet" copies.
But in the end, most of them put down the roaring letter that had been stamped in their hands, and then came to Diagon Alley.
Didn't it say those people were publicly executed?
So, let's take a look!
boom boom -
With the sound of messy footsteps, the crowd kept surging forward.
They are getting closer and closer to the square, and their hearts are beating faster and faster!
"Gah-"
A huge raven was hovering over the crowd, shouting arrogantly, as if to provoke and guide the crowd.
Many people's eyes can't help but focus on it.
Watching it fly nimbly in the air, watching it gradually go away, and finally made a big bend and landed on a wooden beam.
And below the beam, there are seven corpses hanging.
Dozens of fat ravens were lying on top of them enjoying a feast.
With their pecking, the corpses kept shaking.
This scene was clearly engraved in everyone's eyes.
In an instant, the original anxious expressions on people's faces disappeared.
It was replaced by excitement and joy.
"Long live-"
I don't know who started it.
The crowd began to cheer like a tsunami of mountains and tsunamis.
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