"How is that possible?" "No way!" Percy and Hermione said at the same time.
"Didn't you say that Peter Pedro has been killed by Sirius Black?" Hermione said.
"That's why he needs to turn into a mouse to hide himself, because theoretically he is already dead. And after Sirius broke into the school, I specifically checked the old newspapers about this matter. The old newspapers reported that Sirius was the future
He was thrown directly into jail after trial, which means that what happened at that time cannot be 100% confirmed."
"This is simply..." Hermione looked a little angry. "Even the most vicious criminal must be tried before being sentenced. How can the wizarding world do this?"
"There are other reasons for this." Percy said with some embarrassment. "Because the mysterious man had just been defeated at that time, everyone's emotions needed to be released. Sometimes the procedures may not be so strict. Not to mention
My father said that Sirius didn’t ask for an interrogation at all after he was arrested, so he was sent to prison directly.”
"I really don't know what to say." Hermione muttered and sat leaning against the sofa with her arms folded in front of her chest.
Percy turned to Ryan at this time: "Based on these two points alone, we can't confirm that Scabbers is Peter. Do you have any other evidence?"
"Of course, Banban is missing a toe. And when Peter died, the biggest piece of Peter's remains that people found was his finger."
Percy seemed a little convinced by Ryan. Seeing this situation, Ryan struck while the iron was hot and said, "Besides, did you find that the time when Scabbers started to become anxious happened to be the time when Sirius escaped from prison?"
"It seems true," Percy said after recalling it. "Then what should we do now? Should we report it to the professor immediately?" It seems that this situation has made Percy a little confused.
"Personally, I suggest you send an owl to your father and ask him to come to school. After all, your father is a staff member of the Ministry of Magic. If you let a suspicious person live in your home for a long time, I think it may be harmful to your father once it is confirmed.
It’s not good, you’d better discuss it.”
"Yes, you're right." Percy reacted immediately and held Ryan's hand tightly, "It's really inappropriate of me to ignore this. I'm going to write a letter to my father now."
After Percy walked away, Hermione asked strangely: "Since we have determined that there is something wrong with the mouse, why don't we just send this suspicious mouse to the professor? We have to let Percy join in.
?”
"On the one hand, the Weasley family are good people. If we send that mouse, it will easily cause some trouble to their family. As I just said, it is not a good thing to accommodate a suspicious person. On the other hand, I guess
Many people had gone through this case back then, and the Weasley family was one of the 28 pure-blood families after all. They should be able to handle the people involved back then, but it would be hard to say if it were us."
"What you said makes sense." Hermione nodded slightly. "Not to mention that we can leave a favor to Percy like this. After all, our dreams need enough people to support them, and people like Percy are destined to enter.
It would be best if top students from the Ministry of Magic can help us."
At this point, Hermione glanced at Ryan: "Do you think my thoughts are a bit utilitarian?"
"No, you just grew up." Ryan shook his head and said.
"Oh, that old father-like tone again." Hermione joked and patted Ryan on the back.
After joking for a while, the two of them entered the learning mode again. The rest of the day, Ryan was still the same as usual. The only difference was that before going to bed, he added three calming charms to the cage to prevent Peter from escaping at night.
The next morning, when Ryan got up and packed up and was about to have breakfast, he saw Percy coming over and quietly said to him: "Lian, everyone is waiting in the principal's office now."
Ryan nodded and went upstairs to get the cage. At this time, he no longer had to cover up. While Peter was still sleeping there under the influence of the calming spell, he directly inserted the wand into the cage and pressed it against Peter to release the coma spell.
After packing up his belongings on the cage, Ryan went downstairs and headed to the principal's office with Percy. On the way, Ryan said to Percy: "By the way, when you go in later, you will say that these doubts were mainly discovered by you. Try to
Don’t mention me less.”
"Why, you obviously discovered this." Percy said with some confusion.
"On the one hand, I have a very good relationship with your two twin brothers, and I feel that your family are all good people. I don't want your father to be implicated because of this. I think if you make a contribution, your father does not need to bear too much responsibility."
It's my responsibility." After saying that, Ryan smiled at Percy and looked at Percy's uneasy look and comforted him.
"Also, if Scabbers is really Peter, it may involve a lot of Ministry of Magic officials who were related to the Sirius trial. You have to know that I am a marrow wizard, and I can't bear to offend so many people at once."
At this time, Percy stopped and looked at Ryan and said very seriously: "Thank you! You will be my best friend from now on."
Afterwards, the two of them walked silently through the corridor without portraits and arrived at the door of the principal's office.
"Pile of cockroaches." After reading the password, the stone stairs slowly rotated upward. Ryan once again came to Professor Dumbledore's office.
But this time is different from the last time I brought my notebook. There are many people in the office. In addition to Professor Dumbledore and Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, there are also Professor Lupine, Professor Snape, and McGonagall sitting in the office.
The professor and a middle-aged witch he didn't recognize with a wide build, a square chin, short gray hair, and a pair of monocles.
"My father said he would invite an official from the Ministry of Magic to serve as a witness. I didn't expect that he would be able to invite the director of the Department of Legal Enforcement." Percy introduced in a low voice.
Amelia Bones, after listening to Percy's introduction, Ryan finally knew who this unknown person was. It was reasonable to invite this person, after all, Amelia Bones' brother Ed
Garbones was one of the founders of the Order of the Phoenix, and her whole family was killed by Voldemort. With such a relationship, it would not be too difficult to ask her to deal with cases related to Voldemort back then.
"Okay, you two young men, can you tell me why you think this mouse is Peter Pedro who died that year?" Dumbledore said very seriously, sitting behind the table.
"When Ron gave this mouse to me and asked me to help it see a doctor, I was very curious and asked how old this mouse was. But Ron couldn't tell. He just said that he got it from Percy.
Yesterday, when I had the opportunity to ask Percy, he told me that this mouse had been in his house for twelve years. I said at the time that this kind of mouse theoretically only has a lifespan of about three years. Percy was a little surprised at that time.
"I don't know much about what happened next, until this morning he asked me to come here with the cage." Ryan first said the agreed-upon lines.
Afterwards, Percy told all the questions raised yesterday. After listening to Percy's words, Principal Dumbledore motioned to Professors Lupine and McGonagall to come forward and inspect Scabbers in the cage.