Chapter 1580 A War Without a Winner (Thirty-Two)

Chapter 1582 A War Without Winners (Thirty-two)

After the hammer of judgment was struck heavily and the verdict on Umbridge was officially announced, the few Wizengamot members who participated in the trial gradually came to their senses.

This trial is very wrong!

For all the shitty things Umbridge did, it would not be too much to die a few times, but that guy is now sentenced to life imprisonment?

Although this is the most severe sentence that can be made at present, it may not satisfy everyone.

No, it should be said that such a verdict is destined to not satisfy everyone, especially after this matter is officially announced in the Daily Prophet, God knows what kind of response it will cause in the British wizarding world.

But why did Kingsley do such a thankless thing?

Is it pure stupidity, or...

Many people cast their eyes on the two people in the main seat.

If this is what Kingsley wants to see, then the only one who should be unlucky is... They turned their eyes to the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement next to Kingsley.

This is a pure-blood wizard with a distinguished family background. He was used by some people with ulterior motives to restrain Kingsley and was pushed to the position of Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

Kingsley's minister was temporary, but this Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement was not. The most important thing was that the entire trial process was presided over by that person. After all, Kingsley was only a temporary minister. In a sense, he was not qualified to sit there. He came to participate in this trial more as a witness.

"This trial was a trap from the beginning. The purpose was to get that unlucky Director out?"

Bud looked at Albert on his side suspiciously.

"Kingsley is not stupid. On the contrary, he is actually very smart." Albert said without comment.

"I thought you didn't like political struggles."

Bud muttered and greeted his colleagues who came over here. Obviously, many members of the Wizengamot were confused by the previous trial, but years of rich experience made them realize that something was wrong with the trial.

"What the hell are they doing?"

"This is not a place to talk." Bard smiled and greeted Albert, "Want to join us?"

"You know, I still have a lot of things to do." Albert said hello to the others and left alone.

"Let's go, change places."

After leaving the Ministry of Magic, Bard and his group rarely gathered together to discuss today's trial. No one could understand why Kingsley took this risk.

But as everyone expected, when Umbridge's crimes were presented to the British wizarding masses through newspapers, almost everyone was particularly dissatisfied with the Ministry of Magic's final judgment. They could not accept that Umbridge, who had done so many bad things and killed so many poor people, was only sentenced to life imprisonment.

Especially those poor people who had been tortured and persecuted, all thought that Umbridge did not deserve such mercy.

After all, because of her, countless innocent Muggle wizards who were sent to Azkaban did not survive the cruel torture.

However, no matter how angry everyone was, the result of the Wizengamot trial could not be changed, and Umbridge's fate had been decided after the hammer called the trial fell.

This directly led to the unvented anger turning into a terrible anger that could no longer be suppressed, and what everyone was worried about happened on the third night.

At that time, Kingsley was staying in the Ministry of Magic to work overtime, and suddenly received an urgent message: his house was gone.

It was burned by someone.

When Kingsley and the Auror team hurried to the scene, they saw the burning ruins of the building and the clearly visible Dark Mark.

Looking at the house turned into a sea of ​​fire, Kingsley's face did not show any emotional changes, and everyone knew that it was the dissatisfaction of the supporters.

Just as Albert said, everyone wanted Umbridge to die, but the Ministry of Magic let her live.

Fortunately, Kingsley had expected it long ago. Looking up at the blazing flames and the Dark Mark floating above the house, he characterized this as the revenge of the Death Eaters.

The news of the attack on the Minister of Magic spread quickly in the newspapers. Although there was a Dark Mark on the burning house, many people did not think it was done by the Death Eaters.

How dare those cowardly guys jump out at this time?

"That is the anger of the victim."

In the broadcast of the Wizard Watch Station, Lee Jordan mentioned the trial of Umbridge without hesitation, and incidentally classified Kingsley as an innocent victim.

After all, according to the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, Kingsley, who was not yet the Minister of Magic, participated in this trial more as a witness. Even if he wanted to sentence Umbridge to death, he was not qualified.

So, who should take the blame for this trial is actually self-evident.

In addition to the situation of the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, any guy with a little bit of brains has realized the "inside" information that someone wants them to know.

This operation made some pure-blood wizard families who had secretly dragged Kingsley's feet burst their mentality, because they also realized that they were pushed to the forefront from behind the scenes.

It is not a good thing to go against the majority of wizards, especially when they are completely exposed to everyone's gaze, the situation is even worse.

Because most wizards are actually easily influenced. They will not consider the reasons themselves. They are more likely to follow the crowd after being influenced by the emotions of the masses.

"Is this actually your idea for Kingsley?"

"Of course not, I just reminded him that people would not want to see the sinful Umbridge survive." Albert shook his head and denied that this matter had anything to do with him, "But he told me that the laws made by the Ministry of Magic are difficult to be amended, and he, the temporary minister, is not qualified."

"Isn't he worried that the situation will get out of control?" Fred was particularly shocked.

"This is a politician!" Albert said meaningfully, "They are better at political games. As for the consequences, they don't really care, because in their eyes, that is not the first priority to be solved."

So, it was the turn of the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to be unlucky.

His disappearance alarmed the entire Ministry of Magic. Although the temporary minister attributed his disappearance to the revenge of the Death Eaters, not many people were willing to believe such nonsense.

Even though there was evidence that the Dark Mark appeared during the burning of the Minister of Magic's house, proving that it was the work of the evil Death Eaters.

The Aurors worked overtime overnight and finally spent several days to find the base of the "Death Eaters", repel the dark wizards hiding there, and find the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement who was tortured by the Cruciatus Curse in the dungeon.

For this reason, Kingsley urgently held a press conference and expressed his determination to fight against the Death Eaters in indignation.

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