The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 226 Interrogation (asking for subscription, asking for collection, asking for ticket)
Because Ryan actually kept his hand when he cast the stun spell just now. After all, he was worried that if his defense dropped as low as a mouse after becoming a mouse, the stun spell might kill him.

So when Lupine took Scabbers out of the cage, it had already woken up. When Professor Lupine was grabbing it, Scabbers kept screaming and twisting, and his little black eyes bulged out.It was struggling with all its strength trying to escape.

Now everyone in the office saw that the mouse was not normal. McGonagall and Lupine got together to discuss after checking separately and said, "We are sure that this mouse is an Animagus."

"Okay, Mr. Mouse, please change back to the original." Dumbledore said to Scabbers, but Scabbers was unmoved, and even ran towards the door quickly after Lupine put it down.

But how could there be so many wizards in the house for him to escape?Scabbers was soon suspended in the air by Mr. Weasley.

"It seems that we can only resort to coercion." After speaking, Dumbledore nodded slightly to Professor McGonagall.Professor McGonagall's wand shone a bluish-white light on Scabbers; Scabbers hung in midair, his little black body writhing wildly.

Soon it fell from mid-air and landed on the floor.Another blinding flash, and then—it was like a fast-forwarding arrow of plant growth in a documentary.A head appeared on the ground; limbs stretched out; a moment later, a man stood where Scabbers had been,
It was a short man about Ryan's height.Like Mr. Weasley, he is bald, with light-colored hair that looks disheveled.The whole person looks like an obese person after losing weight quickly. The skin has many folds, and at the same time it looks dirty, almost similar to the spotted fur.The pointed nose and small, watery eyes are characteristic of a mouse.He looked at a group of people in the office, his breathing was short and weak.

"Oh, hello, Peter," Professor Lupine was the first to react, and said calmly as if he hadn't seen him transform before, "Long time no see."

"Professor McGonagall, Principal Dumbledore, and Lu-Lupin..." Peter's voice was very sharp, and his eyes kept flicking to the exit of the principal's office. "My professors—and my friends—"

"Peter, we are here to ask why you have been a mouse for twelve years?" Dumbledore asked in a very stern tone while looking down at Peter through half-moon eyes.

"Because——because I want to escape from Sirius. Yes, I am escaping from pursuit. I think he will come to kill me one day." Peter stammered.

"I don't think an innocent person would hide in such a wretched way for 12 years, let alone how do you know that Sirius will escape from Azkaban? You must know that no one has ever escaped from prison." Professor Lupine asked on the side road. "

"I, I'm just afraid. After all, after all, Sirius should have learned unprecedented powerful evil magic from that person." Peter stumbled and defended, if his eyes were not looking around like a mouse, this sentence might be true. Believe me.

"No, it's unreasonable. Back then we had a lot of tainted witnesses, and some people even confessed to many Death Eaters. But they have lived a normal life under the protection of the Ministry of Magic to this day. As an ordinary person who only offended Sirius People, after Sirius was arrested and hid like this for 12 years, the reason you just said is unbelievable." Amelia Borns said, helping her monocle.

"What's more, you were able to come to the Ministry of Magic for a full week to seek refuge, especially if you could turn into a mouse, Sirius couldn't stop you at all. But you didn't, but chose to be alone and Sirius After chasing and fleeing for a week, I pretended to die in a strange explosion until today. This doesn’t match what you just said about being scared.”

As the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia Borns was indeed experienced in interrogation, and she immediately exposed Peter's lies on key issues.Her questioning also made Peter lose his senses completely.

"I, I was looking for Lily and James alone because I wanted to avenge Lily and James. After all, in the judgment of the Ministry of Magic, no matter how vicious a criminal is, he will be imprisoned for life in Azkaban. I know that Sirius must have learned from that person. Azkaban can't punish him at all, so I'm going to kill him." Peter said more and more smoothly, as if this was the truth, but everyone present had already found out that something was wrong.

"Then if this is the case, why did you hide for 12 years? According to what you said, you should stand in front of people openly. In this way, even if Black escapes from prison, you can wait for Black to seek revenge for Lily and James. And You just said that you were avoiding Black, so you are lying now." Lupine said with a cold expression at this time, because he had already guessed the truth of certain things.

"We don't need to be here listening to this guy make up lies. I have a bottle of Veritaserum in my office. Just three drops can make him tell everything. What do you think, Ms. Burns?" Professor Snape Already tired of Peter making up lies there, he slowly expressed his thoughts.

"Well, this involves a very nasty murder case more than ten years ago. So I approve the use of Veritaserum in my capacity as Director of Magical Law Enforcement. By the way, Headmaster Dumbledore. I would like to borrow your After all, there are two members of the Wizengamot including you, and there happen to be five adult observers next to you. It just meets the minimum requirements for a legal interrogation." Amelia Bones After thinking for a while, Professor Dumbledore asked.

"Of course." Headmaster Dumbledore nodded. "I also want to know now what happened back then."

"No, no, I'm just a suspect. You don't have conclusive evidence, so you can't give me Veritaserum." Peter struggled hard, but Professor McGonagall waved his wand and fixed Peter there.

There was silence in the office for a few minutes, and there was another sound of friction from the spiral staircase.Professor Snape returned with his veritaserum.

"Thank you, Severus." After speaking, Dumbledore turned around from behind the table and took a bottle of Veritaserum that was like clear water, and then forced open Peter's mouth with a wave of his wand and poured three drops of the potion .

Peter struggled for a while, but soon he stood there numbly.

Amelia Bornes pulled out a strange instrument made of brass and crystal and pointed it at Peter, and then took out parchment and quill. "I need someone to record it when I inquire later."

"I'll do it," Percy replied nervously.Burns glanced at him, and Mr. Weasley next to him replied: "He is my son, the chairman of the student union, and he will definitely help you complete the record of this trial."

"Then please." After speaking, Burns waved his wand, and the paper and pen flew away like Percy.

Percy, who received the paper and pen, was a little excited. Ryan watched him try to put the parchment on his lap to record, and then used his wand to turn the cushion on the back of his chair into a board and handed it to Percy.

"Transfiguration is very good." Professor McGonagall who was next to him praised it.Before Ryan could answer, Director Burns' interrogation began.Everyone's attention was drawn to him.

(End of this chapter)