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Kyle also took out the Marauder's Map at the right time... In the principal's office, Peter Pettigrew's name was clearly displayed.
"Oh, I miss it so much." Dumbledore's eyes flickered. "I remember the last time I saw this map was fifteen years ago... Strange, shouldn't it be in Filch's office? Did I remember it wrong?"
Kyle took another sip of his lemonade and said nothing.
Fortunately, Dumbledore did not dwell on this matter, but motioned for Harry to continue.
"So how did you find Peter, because of this magical map?"
"Not entirely..." Harry shook his head and went on to recount what had happened, starting with Professor Lupin's visit to the Gryffindor common room.
During this time, Dumbledore did not ask any questions and just listened quietly.
Harry spoke very quickly and finished in about ten minutes.
"So, it is Sirius Black?" Dumbledore looked at the big black dog sitting on the floor, "Animagus... I see, no wonder no one has been able to find you."
The black dog barked and sat upright.
"He was forced to do so, Professor." Harry said quickly, "We all saw it, Scabbers... Peter kept banging his head against his wand. This can't be a normal pet, right?"
Dumbledore did not answer his question, but asked meaningfully: "Harry, you seem to believe what Sirius said. Have you ever thought that maybe he is lying to you?"
"I don't think he lied to me." Harry said without hesitation: "I can feel that what he said is true... and if he was lying, he would definitely not dare to come here with us, right?"
"First of all, I have to thank you for your trust in me, Harry."
Dumbledore said calmly, "But it's late now, and after all the thrilling things you've experienced, I suggest you go back to your dorm, have a cup of hot cocoa, and get some good sleep."
"Then Professor, Sirius Black..."
"Leave it to me, Harry." Dumbledore smiled. "If he is innocent, I promise to give you a satisfactory answer."
"OK then……"
In fact, Harry had a lot to say, which was related to whether he could leave the Dursleys' house and go to a place where he didn't need to hide his magic books under the floor.
But since Dumbledore had said so, he could only nod and walk towards the door with Ron and Hermione.
"Good night then, Professor..."
The three of them left the principal's office one after another.
Kyle was following along, but just as he turned around, he heard Dumbledore say, "Kyle, can you wait a moment?"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 437 Fudge is a good minister
Kelme paused as he was about to leave and looked back at Dumbledore.
But Dumbledore just stood there calmly until Harry and the others left, then he said, "Don't worry, Black, there will be no Dementors here, and you don't need to keep your Animagus all the time."
"I'm sorry, Principal." Blake, who had transformed back, stood there like a student who had done something wrong and whispered, "I just haven't figured out how to face you yet."
Looking at his ragged clothes and sunken eyes, Dumbledore felt dazed.
But in the end he said nothing and just waved.
There was immediately a table in front of Blake, covered with steaks, bread, and baked potatoes.
"I think you need this now... You're welcome, just eat it."
Blake's throat moved and he reached out to grab a piece of bread.
He seemed to be trying hard to maintain his demeanor, but perhaps because he was too hungry or hadn't eaten normal food for a long time, his speed became faster and faster, and within a few minutes he was wolfing down the food.
Dumbledore didn't care about it. He just added some bread and pumpkin juice, then walked to Peter in the cage, bent down and looked at him carefully.
Peter was awake and huddled in his cage, shivering.
"Another Animagus disguised as a pet." Dumbledore said leisurely, "It seems that we need to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the students' pets... I am curious, Kyle, what do you think his purpose is."
"Maybe he wants to know what's going on in the wizarding world." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "By living in a wizarding family, I can always get news about Tom first."
"I haven't heard this name for a long time. I almost thought you were talking about the owner of the Leaky Cauldron." Dumbledore smiled.
Then he continued, "But Peter probably didn't expect that someone would use mandrake leaves to make pet tonics... To be honest, even when I heard the news, I was surprised at your generosity."
"For my friend..." Kyle said, "It's just a few leaves. I can still afford it."
"Don't worry... I will compensate you!" Black said vaguely with a puffy mouth: "How much is the tonic... It's all on me."
Blake is very confident.
He had nothing but a lot of gold, not to mention a few mandrake leaves, he could even eat that stuff as a meal.
Kyle raised his eyebrows. It would be good if someone could reimburse him, but now was not the right time to talk about it.
He looked at Dumbledore and asked, "Professor, what are you going to do?"
"Don't worry, I have to confirm one thing before that."
As he spoke, Dumbledore kept looking at Peter, and after thinking for a moment, he took out his wand.
As the blue light from the Elder Wand shone on Peter, it grew visibly larger... but returned to its original size after a moment.
Seeing that Dumbledore couldn't change him back, Peter lay in the cage in a daze, seemingly in complete despair.
"Oh!" Dumbledore was a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He just turned his wand, put the tip of the wand on Peter's head, and gently poked it...
A wisp of silver was brought out by the wand.
Dumbledore walked quickly to a stone basin in the corner and placed the memory on his wand into it.
Silver light flowed in the Pensieve. Dumbledore placed his fingers on the Pensieve and squinted his eyes slightly.
It didn't take long for Dumbledore's originally calm expression to turn ugly.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the room became more and more depressing. Sirius felt as if there were hundreds of Dementors beside him. He unconsciously put down the bone in his hand that he had already gnawed clean, and dared not breathe.
Fox jumped onto Kyle's shoulder and called softly.
"Thank you... I'm fine."
Kyle ruffled the feathers on Fox's neck and took out some herbs to feed it.
Time passed little by little.
About ten minutes later, after finishing reading the memory, Dumbledore opened his eyes again.
He glanced in the direction of the cage expressionlessly. Just one glance, and then Peter immediately let out a sharp cry and kept banging his head against the cage, as if trying to escape.
Until it knocked itself unconscious, the cage was still intact... That was for sure. In order to prevent it from escaping, Kyle made the cage an iron one, only wrapped it with a layer of wood.
Dumbledore took a deep breath and said softly, "I saw everything... including how he informed on you and framed you... You must have waited a long time for this day..."
Sirius clenched his fists tightly, his chest heaving violently. He rubbed his red eyes and let out low sobs... The sound became louder and louder, until he could no longer hold it back, and he began to cry loudly.
But such loud crying still did not wake up the portraits in the principal's office. They closed their eyes, as if they were asleep.
But portraits need sleep?
Kyle stared at them and soon found that one of the portraits quietly opened its eyes. It was Phineas Black, the most unpopular headmaster in history.
After noticing Kyle's gaze, he simply stopped pretending and opened his eyes and shouted loudly.
"I've said it before, the Black family would never do such a despicable thing!"
"Bullshit!" A bearded wizard didn't give him any face and immediately exposed his true colors: "You have always regarded Sirius as a shame for the family and even said you wanted to remove him from the family!"
"I, I didn't say that!" Phineas said with his neck stiff, "You are slandering me, you are slandering me!"
"Oh, I testify that you did say that." A fat wizard who was eager to watch the fun said, "You also said that there would never be a place for him in the Black family..."
"I can also testify..."
"I've heard that, too. Tsk tsk..."
Seeing his dark history being dug up one by one, Phineas shouted angrily, "Nonsense, you are all talking nonsense, I never said that."
However, facing so many principals, his excuses seemed pale.
"It's all that damn Peter Pettigrew's fault, that despicable, shameless fellow..."
Finally, Phineas simply changed the subject, looked at Dumbledore and said, "Albus, you can't just stand by and watch this happen. You must find a way to clear Sirius' name! If you don't do anything, I will make so much noise every day that you can't work..."
"Phineas, when did I say I would stand idly by?" Dumbledore smiled again.
Sirius also looked up, "You really are willing to help me."
"I will help you, of course," said Dumbledore, "but the question is how we should do it."
He tapped the table with his fingers. "Although it may not be nice to say this, the Ministry of Magic was negligent in misjudging you after all. Moreover, Peter has been a recipient of the Order of Merlin, First Class, for twelve years. Now that they suddenly find out that they made a mistake, it will bring shame to the Ministry of Magic.
I’m afraid it will be hard for them to accept this.”
The excitement on Sirius's face slowly faded.
He had only thought that sending Peter away would reveal the truth, but he had not expected that there was a connection with the Ministry of Magic.
Yes, those people value face the most. Do they really care whether they are innocent or not?
Sirius began to feel uneasy...
"Professor, I think you're all worrying too much."
At this time, Kyle suddenly laughed and said, "The current Minister of Magic, Mr. Fudge, is competent and fair. I believe he will be willing to clear Sirius' name."
……
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 438: The Escaped Dementors
Kyle's words caused the entire principal's office to fall into silence.
Dumbledore had seen many big scenes, but now he suddenly found that he didn't know what to say.
The same goes for the portraits on the wall.
In the portrait, a thin wizard looked at Kyle hesitantly, with the expression on his face constantly changing.
He also has a portrait in the Ministry of Magic, and he often goes there to take a look and find out the latest news in the wizarding world.