"I, no, I'm not …"
Foggy looked as disgusted as if he had just swallowed a fly. Of course, he could not pursue this matter.
Pursuing Elwyn for using magic in the Quidditch World Cup final would be like pursuing the Ministry of Magic's own responsibility.
Elwyn had helped the Ministry of Magic in the World Cup, and in the past year, they had spent countless efforts and efforts to get the world's wizards to look away from this matter. Foggy was not even willing to mention Elwyn's responsibility, let alone pursue it again.
"This child, we all know that he wasn't at Hogwarts last semester …" Foggy changed the direction of the conversation.
"Yes, I've talked to you about this matter. Elwyn was invited by Alchemist Nico Lemour to Boothbottom for an academic exchange," Dumbledore said calmly. "He's Nico's student, and he's learning alchemy from him."
There was another round of discussion in the courtroom, and many wizards began to size up Elwyn again.
They had never thought that this little wizard would actually be a student of the famous Alchemist Nico Lemour.
Nico only had partners in alchemy, and no one had ever heard of him taking any wizard as a disciple.
Since Elwyn was learning alchemy from Nico, his status had greatly improved, and no one dared to look down on this little wizard.
"But he wasn't in Boothbottom, someone saw him appear in Italy!" Foggy said angrily, trying to regain some face. "During the time he was in Sicily, there was a riot in the giant tribe there …"
"You don't think it was Elwyn who caused the riots in the giant tribe, do you?" Dumbledore asked with a smile.
As soon as he finished speaking, several wizards in the courtroom laughed.
Elwyn was not even big enough to fill the gaps between the giants' teeth, let alone cause riots in the giant tribe.
"No, of course not, I, of course he couldn't …" Foggy stuttered again.
It was absurd to associate a fourteen-year-old wizard with the turmoil of the giant tribe. This kind of thing was as funny as the resurrection of the Lord Voldemort. It was simply impossible.
He took a deep breath and saw the smile on Elwyn's face, but he didn't know what to say.
There was a lot of evidence that Elwyn had used magic outside the school, but it had not been detected by the Ministry of Magic.
Also, the events that Elwyn was involved in were all very sensitive, and the Ministry of Magic tried their best to downplay them. They could not be brought to the table.
For example, the Sicilian giant riot, the centaur massacre in the Albanian forest, the Gringotts scandal in Egypt and so on. From the feedback from the Ministry of Magic's intelligence agency, all of these seemed to have the shadow of this little wizard.
For some reason, Foggy thought that Elwyn had the ability, but he had no evidence.
"Minister, I don't think what Mr. Mason did outside the school has anything to do with this case," Ms. Burns reminded.
Foggy was getting more and more off-topic, and everyone could see that he was not taking advantage of the situation at all.
"You're right, we should be talking about Potter," Foggy said in a panic. "The bad things he did at school …"
"I have to remind you again that the Ministry of Magic has no right to punish the Hogwarts students for their behavior at school. That's the headmaster's responsibility, and what he did there has nothing to do with this case," Dumbledore said, as modest and polite as ever.
But at this moment, there was a hint of coldness in his words.
Foggy seemed to have been reignited. "We don't have to care about what he does at school, huh? Do you think so? "
"The Ministry of Magic has no right to expel the Hogwarts students, Cornelius. I reminded you of this on the night of August 2nd," Dumbledore said. Dumbledore said, "The Ministry of Magic has no right to confiscate wands unless the charges are proven to be true. I also reminded you of this on the night of the 2nd August. Your eagerness to ensure that the law is upheld is commendable, but you yourself seem to have, in a moment of carelessness, neglected a few laws, I believe. "
"Laws can be amended," Foggy said fiercely.
"Of course," Dumbledore said, bowing. "It looks like you're undoubtedly making a lot of amendments."
There was another round of discussion in the courtroom, and Foggy's face turned a purplish red.
On his right, Umrich stared at Dumbledore, her face expressionless.
"As far as I know," Dumbledore said. "As far as I know, there is no law to say that this trial will punish Harry for every spell he has ever performed in his life. He has been accused of a specific act and has defended himself. That's all we can do now is wait for your verdict! "
Dumbledore joined his ten fingertips together again and said no more.
Foggy glared at him fiercely, looking embarrassed and angry.
Harry looked at Elwyn, then at Foggy, and finally at Dumbledore, hoping to get some reassurance from him.
Dumbledore had told Wiesengamo to make a verdict now, but he wasn't at all sure if it was appropriate or not.
Once again, however, Dumbledore ignored Harry's desire to meet his eyes and continued to stare at the members of Wiesengamo, who were whispering nervously to each other.
Harry looked at his toes. His heart seemed to swell to a great, great extent, thumping wildly beneath his ribs.
He had thought the trial would be longer, and he didn't know if he had made a better impression.
In fact, he didn't say much. The rest was all Elwyn and Dumbledore.
He should have told them more about the Soul Catcher, how he had fallen to the ground, and how he and Dudley had almost been kissed by the Soul Catcher.
Twice he looked up at Foggy and opened his mouth to speak, but his swollen heart suffocated him. Both times he just took a deep breath and looked down at his shoes.
The whispering ceased. Harry wanted to look up at the Inquisitors, but felt it much easier, much easier, to go back to studying his shoelaces.
"Those in favor of not guilty, please raise your hands," Ms. Burns said in a booming voice.
Harry jerked his head up. Hands went up one by one. There were quite a few, more than half!
His breathing quickened, and he tried to count.
But before he could finish, Ms. Burns said, "Those in favor of guilty, please raise your hands."
Foggy raised his hand, as did six or seven others, including the witch on his right, the bearded wizard, and the curly-haired witch in the second row.
Foggy looked around at everyone, a lump stuck in his throat, as if he didn't want to believe the result.
Then he put his hand down and took two deep breaths. His voice sounded strange as he tried to suppress his anger.
"Very good, very good. The charges are not true."
"Mr. Minister, since the charges against Harry are not true, is there no problem with the authenticity of the report on Hogwarts's Graduation Magic?" Elwyn asked timely. "Then is the questioning of me over?"
"That's right!" Foggy said, his face livid, enunciating every word.
He was so angry that he seemed to want to tear Elwyn and the others apart, not to mention answer the questions.
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