area51novel Chapter 186 Major Events Inside and Outside the School!
Chapter 186 Major Events Inside and Outside the School!
During this period, many things, both big and small, happened.
Both on and off campus.
The magical world outside the school.
Draco's prescient pure-blood remarks were published on the front page of the Daily Prophet on the third Monday of September, the day after he delivered his speech in the Great Hall of the Castle.
The news report was carefully worded and very fair, praising Draco while belittling the idea of pure-blood supremacy, causing a huge uproar in the wizarding world.
Less than a week after that report, the Daily Prophet once again used it as a front-page headline, creating an unprecedented media frenzy in the wizarding world.
All surviving pure-blood Death Eater families in the British wizarding world have jointly issued a statement declaring that they will no longer engage in bloodline discrimination.
The entire wizarding world was immediately immersed in a joyous atmosphere of celebration, comparable to the time when Voldemort was devoured by Harry and his physical body collapsed.
Draco and the Malfoy family behind him, who had abandoned the dark side, gained immense prestige as a result, rivaling the influence of Harry, the savior of the world.
In addition, in early October, the Wizengamo Wizarding Court reopened a wrongful conviction case from ten years ago.
This retrial was initiated remotely by Albus Dumbledore, the First Wizard of Wizengamor, and Amelia Susan Bornes, the current Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, was appointed as the presiding judge to conduct the trial.
A new video evidence suggests that Sirius Black was not the murderer who betrayed the Potters to Voldemort ten years ago.
Instead, it was Peter Pettigrew, the 'hero' who was initially identified as the one who sacrificed his life to apprehend the criminal and was posthumously awarded the Order of Merlin, First Class.
The video shows Peter Pettigrew, who appears unharmed, tearfully confessing his past mistakes to the camera and expressing deep remorse and regret.
Ms. Burns declared Sirius Black innocent in court, exonerating him and clearing him of his crimes.
A subsequent publication in the name of Wizengamo will clarify the facts and restore Sirius's reputation.
In addition, Sirius Black was awarded a substantial sum in judicial compensation for two judicial errors: irregularities in the initial trial process and his ten-year imprisonment in Azkaban.
At the same time, all of Peter Pettigrew's honors were revoked in court, and the Order of Merlin First Class Medal of Honour previously awarded to him was also revoked and invalidated.
As for Peter Pettigrew's punishment...
According to Albus Dumbledore, the chief wizard of Wizengamot, after being captured, Peter Pettigrew regretted his actions and, shortly after filming a video confessing his wrongdoing, died of fear and anxiety, fearing the possible punishment he might face.
He left behind a letter of repentance, which he then handed over to Little Pettigrew's elderly mother in court.
Let's turn our attention back to Hogwarts School.
It was also during this period.
On the stone wall behind the faculty and staff seating area in the grand hall on the first floor of the castle.
The four college emblems, which used to be displayed only during the year-end college awards, have now become permanent, iconic decorations that are incredibly eye-catching.
The professors at the school also became a little more talkative. They often mentioned the great deeds of the four founders of Hogwarts a thousand years ago to the students, inspiring students from all houses to identify with and admire them.
The unconscious emotional force of Hogwarts students and teachers, filled with identification and love for their own house, was silently collected and stored by the four house flags hanging in the Great Hall.
Outside the castle, while Hagrid and Dudley were researching magical creature contract magic, they received a surprise from the Dragon Lodge.
The two old Norwegian Spinosaurus, Bronn and Noni, under the influence of hormones and longevity drugs, and after a long period of cultivation, laid a dragon egg.
Hagrid lovingly took the dragon egg to his cabin and carefully cared for it; it is currently undergoing the process of incubating it over a fire.
Inside the school hospital, Eckeris regained consciousness, but could only rest in bed and was unable to walk.
After she regained consciousness, she felt very guilty and apologized to Dumbledore and the other professors, saying that it was all because of her that the students at Hogwarts had only attended less than a week of Defense Against the Dark Arts classes since the start of the school year.
She didn't know when her injuries and toxins would heal, and she didn't want to continue delaying the students' studies. She wanted to ask Headmaster Dumbledore to find another substitute professor to help the students catch up on their studies.
Alternatively, we could ask Professor Snape to temporarily take on a role and teach Defense Against the Dark Arts class for a while.
Upon hearing this suggestion, Snape, who had always been annoyed with Ecclesia, surprisingly said a few kind words to her and actively recommended himself to Dumbledore, hoping to become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
Furthermore, Snape even wanted Dumbledore to expel Ecclesiastes and hand over the Defense Against the Dark Arts class entirely to him.
However, Headmaster Dumbledore decisively rejected the proposal to have Snape take on the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, stating that he would find a suitable substitute professor.
Dali analyzed the matter very clearly.
Eckeris wasn't concerned about the students' progress at all; she clearly wanted to drag someone down with her to share the curse of Defense Against the Dark Arts class, hoping to improve her own luck and heal her injuries faster.
Snape likely saw this as well, but like Voldemort in his youth, he was obsessed with becoming the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, so he willingly stepped into the trap.
However, Dumbledore did not want Snape to suffer such a negative status before developing the Soul-Soothing Potion, so he decisively refused.
Dudley didn't object, even though he also hoped Snape could become the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, both tormented by the curse and able to help him complete an A-rank regrettable event.
But Dumbledore's idea was not wrong. At this stage, nothing is more important than removing Voldemort's soul fragment from the three Horcruxes without causing any damage. Snape would be better off focusing on researching the Soul-Soothing Potion.
Dudley knew perfectly well who Dumbledore wanted to appoint to replace the Defense Against the Dark Arts class.
Mad-Eye Moody has recovered and left St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Arts.
He has been in communication with Dumbledore and has now been sent by Dumbledore to Azkaban to capture a Dementor for Dudley.
The Ministry of Magic will send Aurors and staff to assist with this task, ensuring everything goes smoothly.
Once Moody captures the Dementors, he will bring them to Hogwarts to complete the mission and temporarily assume the role of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
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It's Monday morning, the fourth week of October.
Dudley didn't go to class, nor did he go to his friends to study or research magic.
He arrived at the Room of Requirement on the eighth floor of the castle and entered a two-in-one room that the Room of Requirement had specially constructed for him, serving as both an interrogation room and a work room.
The room was exceptionally spacious, and in the distance stood a cross of torment, upon which Peter Pettigrew, his body covered in live rats and insects and his face ashen, was bound.
Nearby was a long worktable, on which were placed all kinds of magical materials and dozens of finished or inferior wands of different materials and shapes.