Chapter 247 The Verdict of Peter Pettigrew

? In addition to forgetfulness, Neville's problem is that he is too inferior. Because of his parents, old Mrs. Longbottom's excessive expectations, and his own poor magical talent, he has been worrying about gains and losses, self-doubt, and unaware of his inner self. Courage hidden in the depths.

But over time, he will slowly grow.

Ivan and Hermione did not mention Neville's parents to others. If he could figure it out, he would tell everyone about it himself.

Ron recovered and was discharged from the hospital the next day. Ivan, Harry, and Hermione also lived in the Burrow that afternoon. The Weasley family welcomed the three of them very much.

In the remaining days of the Christmas holiday, Ai Wen had a very happy time,

It had been a long time since Sirius had been so relaxed, no conspiracy, no dark wizard, no vampire, no threat of death.

Discuss the Muggle machine side of things, and follow Fred and George on a sneak peek at a new joke product.

On the first day of the new year, Sirius took them to a game between Puddlemere United and the Wimbourne Hornets.

The game was held deep in the mountains, and everyone planned to spend the night in the wild, but Puddlemere United's Seeker caught the Snitch in just 20 minutes.

Although the game time was short, the process was very exciting.

Of course, there are various difficult and high-level confrontations between Quidditch teams. Needless to say, the performance of the fans of the two teams also opened the eyes of Ivan and the others.

The Wimbledon Hornets fans all wore yellow and black wizarding robes, and they also had a wasp stitched across their chests and backs. Whenever a player scores a goal, they make a wavy line and a rhythmic hum that looks spectacular.

As Puddlemere United's Seekers caught the Snitch to end the game, their anthem, "Children, hit the Bludgers, throw the Quaffle" was played across the Quidditch field. The cheerful tune resounded throughout the audience, and Ai Wen and the others sang along with them.

For fans like Harry and Ron, the game that ended in a hurry is obviously not enough.

Aiwen didn't care about these. He paid attention to the setting of the Quidditch venue, the advertisements placed around, and the souvenirs and badges of the two teams sold by the staff to the outside world. He was considering whether he could apply this to the Hogwarts Quidditch game.

In addition to the above things, Ai Wen spent most of his time in the shop in Diagon Alley, and everyone worked together to clean up and decorate the shop.

Lupin, Sirius, and Mrs. Weasley were mainly in charge of this matter, with the help of the house-elf Dobby and Kreacher. After Evan and the others had breakfast in the Burrow every morning, they would also use Floo powder to reach the pair. Corner Alley to help.

According to Ai Wen's plan, the first floor of the store is mainly used to sell Weasley joke products.

Therefore, Fred and George are the two most active, they design and decorate according to their own ideas. If it wasn't for Mrs. Weasley's permission, they would have stayed in the shop for two nights.

Although Ai Wen did not do it himself, he was not idle either.

He and Hermione wrote a lot of promotional articles, used two sections in the Hogwarts Ministry of Magic to promote the upcoming store for a week, and even advertised in the Daily Prophet.

Thanks to everyone's efforts, the store opened successfully on the last day of the Christmas holiday.

The first floor of the store is filled with a dazzling array of goods, with a large number and variety.

They were all made by the little wizards of Hogwarts, and Ivan contacted and collected them with his classmates through the owl and the house elf Dobby these days.

Of these, Fred and George produced the most joke products.

With the hard persuasion of Irving and Mr. Weasley, Mrs. Weasley finally reluctantly agreed to let Fred and George continue to produce and study Weasley's magic tricks, provided that she must check these things and not affect them their studies.

Mrs Weasley quickly found help, and she and Hermione teamed up to scrutinize the joke products that Fred and George were going to sell, such as remote-controlled dung eggs, quick-acting escaping candy, and canary cookies. Everything is on the banned list.

Most of the joke products now placed in stores are relatively mild, non-hazardous, and very hygienic.

For this matter, Fred and George have complained to Ivan more than once, they said it affected their prank inspiration.

Instead of giving up on other hoax products that they themselves call "really valuable," however, they moved underground.

Fred and George are going to save money and start their own joke shop.

In addition to the various things made by little wizards, in the corner of the first floor, Ivan also specially opened up a small area to sell Muggle things, such as light bulbs, cameras, game consoles and other wizards Rarely touched products.

Ivan didn't know how effective it was, and he was going to try to sell it.

These things are very practical and should arouse the interest of some people, and with Aiwen's knowledge of wizards, they will not go to the Muggle world to buy them.

There is a spacious wooden staircase on the side of the first floor, which can lead to the second and third floors of the store, where is the headquarters of the "Hogwarts Wizarding News", which is mainly in charge of Lupin, which is used for the daily operation of the newspaper and for advertising contacts. place.

In order to celebrate the smooth opening of the store, Ai Wen also printed a special issue, which contains the truth of the events at that time and the experience of Sirius when he escaped.

He even took inspiration from Lockhart and persuaded Sirius to hold a signing event in the store on the opening day to attract more popularity.

Although all preparations have been made, on the first day of opening, the number of customers queuing outside the store still caught Ai Wen and the others by surprise.

Many wizards gathered outside the shop, there were thousands of people, and there were even many wizards from foreign countries, almost all of them came to Sirius.

You know, the case of Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew is the hottest topic in the wizarding world recently, especially since it is also related to Voldemort's secrets back then, and everyone is very interested.

Two days before the store opened, Wizengamot finally made a verdict on Peter Pettigrew after a long trial, and he will be imprisoned in Azkaban for life.

According to the grapevine Ivan heard from Mr. Weasley, most of the Wizengamot members originally planned to give a dementor kiss to Peter Pettigrew's sentence, but there were many peaceful demonstrations outside, and wrote to the Ministry of Magic against it. To carry out such a cruel sentence, the attitude is very firm.

With the current approval rating already low, Fudge was worried that this matter would cause unnecessary trouble again, and he finally decided to adopt a more conservative verdict and keep Peter Pettigrew in Azkaban forever.

After all, there are precedents for such judgments. After the fall of Voldemort, many evil dark wizards were also punished in this way.

No matter how questioned the outside world, Fudge can shirk.

It is said that after hearing the verdict, Peter Pettigrew instantly knelt down and cried loudly on the ground like a child.

Not out of fear, but out of excitement.

He didn't think he'd escape death, and Azkaban, no matter how bad, was better than losing his life or being sucked out of his soul by a dementor.

Even, he still has a trace of fantasy, imagining the day when Voldemort returns

For all the Death Eaters imprisoned in Azkaban, as long as they are alive, there is hope! (To be continued.)