Albus Dumbledore's voice exploded in the ears of every wizard like rolling thunder, and compared to the deafening voice of questioning, people were more shocked by the shocking accusations contained in the content of the old wizard's questioning.
More than half a year ago, at the opening banquet of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the goblins of Gringotts and the Ministry of Magic broke into the school one after another and told everyone the incredible news that Hogwarts was mortgaged by a "mysterious person"
Gave it to Gringotts.
For a long time after that, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic searched almost every corner of the UK with murderous intent. In the end, except for the suspicion that all this might be related to the "mysterious man", they found nothing more. Since then, the Ministry of Magic
The announcement of the buyback plan jointly issued with Hogwarts made people feel more relieved and would soon put this matter behind them.
As long as they know that Hogwarts will not fall into the hands of goblins, as for the losses and costs that the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts may suffer behind the scenes, most wizards can only sigh a few words at best, and will not really care.
Keep it in mind.
However, now that Dumbledore has brought this matter up again, it is obvious that he has found some breakthrough in Peter.
Facing Albus Dumbledore's questioning, Peter Pettigrew's eyelids trembled and he replied with a dull expression:
"These things are indeed what I did. In order to better assist the Dark Lord, I will prepare everything before the master returns. Then this time, I will get more glory than any other Death Eater, far more than before..."
"The mysterious man is dead! He will never come back, you madman!"
Cornelius Fudge frowned, as if he had been stabbed by a needle, and said viciously.
However, in the past few days, all kinds of ridiculous things have appeared in such a way that it is difficult for Cornelius Fudge to believe in something 100% as before. The man looked at Peter Pettigrew with a gloomy face,
It's like looking at a monster.
"Connelly, don't get excited," Dumbledore shook his head, "No matter what the truth is, we will definitely get to the bottom of it today. Believe me... I am angrier and more eager than you on this matter.
Learn the truth.”
After calming down Cornelius Fudge a little, Dumbledore looked at Peter Pettigrew again.
"So, Peter, tell me who told you to do this? How did you do it?"
"Dark Lord, the great Dark Lord predicted all this a long time ago."
Peter Pettigrew replied dully, a strange smile seemed to appear on his slack cheeks. In the calm and dull voice narrating, a secret that had been hidden for ten years was gradually revealed to thousands of wizards.
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"Hogwarts Castle once belonged to Salazar Slytherin. This is a past event that is very clearly recorded in "Hogwarts: A School History", and the great Dark Lord happened to have Slytherin flowing in his body.
The noble blood of the Lytlin family."
"After discovering his origin, the Dark Lord once wanted to return to Hogwarts to find more secrets left by Salazar Slytherin, but was rejected by Dumbledore. Therefore, he was rejected from the school.
, only I, who is lurking in the Order of the Phoenix, can replace the Dark Lord in the castle to find the secrets left by the Slytherin family, as well as those unknown treasures..."
"Wait! Back to... Hogwarts?"
At this moment, Amelia Bones, who was sitting next to Cornelius Fudge, suddenly narrowed her eyes tightly. The edge of the monocle almost sunk into her flesh. The witch stared at the little girl closely.
Peter Dwarf asked sharply.
"So, that person who must not even be named once entered Hogwarts? Who is he?!"
The entire Quidditch field seemed to fall into silence for an instant. Everyone subconsciously held their breath and looked towards the center of the field.
As the "most dangerous dark wizard" in history, Voldemort is like a shadow appearing out of thin air over the magical world. Whether it is his past identity or life experience, they are all shrouded in the depths of the terrifying fog.
There is no doubt that Voldemort, who has extremely high attainments in name magic, is very aware of the importance of his real name and his legal name.
Except for his closest and most trusted subordinates, no one even knew his real name. This made the Ministry of Magic encounter many difficulties in fighting the forces of the Dark Arts and cleaning up the Death Eaters after Voldemort's fall.
.
Fudge, who originally wanted to stop Amelia Bones from asking the question, after hearing the question from the witch's mouth, the arm he just raised stopped in the air. He thought about it, and then lowered it calmly again.
Make a surprised expression.
Unexpectedly, Albus Dumbledore, who was standing in front of the main trial platform, did not show any intention to stop it. Instead, he raised his eyebrows meaningfully and waited with a half-smile.
Peter Pettigrew's answer.
Peter Pettigrew shivered, a look of longing appeared on his face, and he spoke slowly.
"Of course. Not only did he study in Hogwarts, the great Dark Lord also served as a prefect and president of the male student union during his schooling. He also won the Outstanding Moral Award, the Special Contribution Award, and even a Merlin Medal...
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"Hmm? Did you win the Order of Merlin while you were in school? I seem to have an impression."
Cornelius Fudge's face changed slightly and he whispered thoughtfully.
In order to find a suitable reason to award himself the Order of Merlin, Cornelius Fudge once carefully studied the various reasons for receiving the Order of Merlin in modern magic history. Combined with Peter Pettigrew's words, he had some vague impressions at this time.
Before he could recall the specific content, Peter Pettigrew not far away had already taken the initiative to reveal the final answer.
"My master, the supreme Dark Lord, the descendant of Salazar Slytherin, Tom Riddle, the most outstanding student in the history of Hogwarts, even Dumbledore could not compete with the great Dark Lord when he was a student.
On par with the Demon King!"
Under the influence of Veritaserum, Peter Pettigrew's voice still had no fluctuations.
But even so, everyone present could still vaguely see the shadow of the dazzling male student council president in his student days in the calm voice of Peter Pettigrew. For a moment, the entire venue fell silent again.
Whether they are students still at Hogwarts or adults who have graduated long ago, this time they have a quite intuitive understanding of the description of Peter Pettigrew. No one could have predicted in advance that the once mysterious and terrifying...
The elusive Voldemort actually transformed from the legendary Shadow Lord into a human wizard on such an occasion.
After a few seconds of silence, Cornelius Fudge swallowed his saliva and slowly looked at Dumbledore, who had a normal expression next to him.
"Deng, Professor Dumbledore, is this really the case? You have known this for a long time?"
"That's it, alas..."
Dumbledore sighed softly. Although his eyes were still staring at the parchment in front of him, it felt as if his thoughts had left the words on the paper without realizing it and flew back to decades ago.
The years are the same.
"Few people know that Voldemort's previous name was Tom Riddle. This is actually a very childish word play, but other than that, it is difficult for me to find other evidence to prove the connection between the two."
"Word games?"
"That's right, just like this, just a simple letter change."
Dumbledore turned his head, glanced at the confused Ministry of Magic people, took out his wand and waved it in the air, and a series of green letters appeared in the air, forming three shining names.
【Tom Marvolo Riddle】(tmarvoloriddle)
Then, after everyone had almost seen the characters clearly, Dumbledore waved his wand again, and the letters automatically changed their positions and became:
【I am Voldemort】(iamvoldemort)
Amid people's whispers, Dumbledore stared at the string of names in the air for a while, then suddenly waved his hand vigorously to disperse the shining magic characters, and continued a little tiredly.
"Fifty years ago, at Hogwarts, I personally taught him. He disappeared after leaving school...traveling around, covering all corners of the wizarding world... sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of dark magic.
He hung out with many evil guys in the wizarding world, went through many dangerous magical transformations, and finally reappeared as Voldemort."
"By that time, it was hard for people to recognize him. Almost no one could connect Voldemort with the smart, handsome student body president who had studied here. But I personally think that the Voldemort who appeared at this time was
It has also been completely separated from the former student, and there is almost no connection between the two..."
"But you are wrong, Dumbledore." Cornelius Fudge suddenly said loudly, "If you had told the Ministry of Magic the news, when the situation started to go wrong, we could still try..."
"Don't play with territory and power you are unfamiliar with, Connelly."
Dumbledore turned his head and interrupted Fudge without explanation. The old man's sharp gaze pierced Cornelius Fudge's eyes from his crooked nose, and said in a serious voice, "I admit that I may not have made the best decision.
It was an appropriate choice, but everything has passed. What we need to do now is not to blame each other, but to face the reality together."
"Obviously, before Voldemort fell, he left many secret instructions to Peter Pettigrew... Fortunately, we have successfully caught him before he could implement all his plots. Hogwarts'
Tragedy is just the beginning, their conspiracy can never be just a little gold galleons..."
Dumbledore had a stern look on his face, looked around at the wizards around him with great seriousness, and said in a solemn tone.
"Please think about it, there is a dark wizard who is haunted, extremely vicious, and may return at any time. In order to succeed in his conspiracy, he has pretended to be stupid and faked his death for nearly ten years. He has manipulated the wizarding world at the palm of his hand, and at the same time he has amazing magical attainments.
Death Eaters, if the two meet again, it will be a terrible disaster for the magical world and even the entire human world..."