Chapter 339: Investigation Restarted, Wizengamot Meeting Started

Rice didn't know about the drama between Hufflepuff and Hermione on the other side of the library, nor did he know that Helga had accidentally recorded another note in his little notebook.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much: This is all your own choice, Helga Hufflepuff! It was you who took the initiative to give up the admission standards for students and chose to accept all of them, which led to the decline of your college's reputation and made it more difficult to recruit highly talented talents - think about it, when Hagrid introduced the various colleges to Harry, he said that Hufflepuff was full of "good-for-nothings". Which genius would be willing to go to a college with such a stereotype?

In comparison, his Slytherin was miserable, inexplicably becoming this ghost appearance, which really made him angry just thinking about it.

However, even if Helga was given another chance to choose, she would still not change the admission standards. Because such a Hufflepuff College is in line with her dream...

You can't let the little wizard receive an admission letter, see the magical world, come to Hogwarts, and finally go home in disgrace because of "unqualified"?

This is too cruel to these children.

"Are you hungry? How about eating something first?" After hearing his stomach growl, Les closed the book in his hand and looked at Daphne.

"Ah, okay!" Daphne smiled a little embarrassedly. She was indeed a little hungry. She didn't eat much for breakfast. She wandered around Hogsmeade and followed Les to the tunnel under the Shrieking Shack. In the end, she only drank a glass of butter beer. Now she was already starving.

After arriving at the hall, Daphne quickly forked a few pieces of sizzling barbecue and put them on her plate to quickly replenish her energy.

At this time, an owl flew over and dropped an envelope in front of Les.

When he opened it, it was a letter from Mr. Henry.

In the letter, he told Les that Amelia Bones, Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, contacted him a few days ago and asked him what he would do to support her as Minister of Magic. Bones was a very smart and capable person, and he met the requirements that Rice had put forward earlier. Mr. Henry wanted to know what Les Bones thought.

Les had no opinion. He was not familiar with the officials of the Ministry of Magic, and the decision-making power had always been in the hands of Mr. Henry.

However, he still asked Mr. Henry to meet him in Hogsmeade.

Les felt that it was time to help Sirius clear his grievances. In his opinion, such things must be done openly and aboveboard, and this required the power of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. Coincidentally, Amelia Bones was the director there, and she still needed Mr. Henry's help.

Mr. Henry's reply arrived before dinner, and the two agreed to meet tomorrow morning at Madam Puddifoot's Tea House.

After receiving the reply, Les managed to find Sirius, and then asked him to go to Hogsmeade with him the next day.

"It's time to let the truth come to light."

After hearing what Les said, Sirius trembled with excitement.

"Great, great! I've been waiting for this day for thirteen years!" His eyes turned red with excitement. But when he calmed down, he noticed a detail.

"Why choose such a weird place?"

"Is there something wrong with this teahouse?"

Sirius looked strange: "It's okay, you'll know when you go there..."

Les couldn't help but feel confused. This confusion was answered the next day when he took Sirius to Madam Puddifoot's Teahouse: this teahouse was a little too feminine, and it looked like a place where young couples would go on a date.

Now that Hogsmeade Day is over, without the couples from Hogwarts, this teahouse has become quite deserted.

Soon, Les met Mr. Henry.

Before Henry entered the teahouse, Les blocked him at the door and took him to the Three Broomsticks Bar - Les really couldn't accept talking about things in such a place.

When he walked into the noisy room of the Three Broomsticks, Les breathed a sigh of relief. He led Henry and Sirius to the depths of the pub and found a place to sit down near the fireplace at the back of the room.

"Okay, now we can talk business. Sirius, you sit down too. Henry is trustworthy."

"Sirius?" Mr. Henry looked up blankly, and then he saw that the black dog just now turned into Sirius.

Henry: !!!

He never expected that Sirius was actually an Animagus! Now he understood why this guy escaped from Azkaban and was never caught.

"I need the Ministry of Magic to restart the investigation of that year. Sirius was wrongly accused."

Henry: Huh?

His brain couldn't accept so much information at once.

Rice told Mr. Henry the complicated relationship between Sirius and Peter Pettigrew in the simplest language possible, and he was amazed.

Sirius sat aside and remained silent from beginning to end. He thought that someone like Henry Greengrass might find it difficult to believe his story based on Rice's one-sided words, but he didn't expect Mr. Henry to have no intention of questioning it at all.

"So you need me to help Mr. Black clear his name?" After listening to Rice's words, Henry understood Rice's intention.

"Yes, I have brought the key to the problem." Rice took out the cage containing Banban. At this time, Banban was still sleeping in the cage, not knowing that his identity had been known by many people.

"That's great!" Mr. Henry's face showed a touch of joy. "With Peter in hand, I can take him to Bones. At that time, she can reconvene a Wizengamot meeting as the Director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and restart the trial of that year."

Rice nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Sirius beside him, wondering if he was willing to go back to Greengrass Manor with Henry to wait for the day of trial.

By then, the injustice he had carried for more than ten years will be washed away, and those who made him end up like this will also be liquidated.

"Okay!" After meeting Peter, Sirius became quite excited. After hearing Rice's suggestion, he agreed without hesitation.

Rice breathed a sigh of relief: Sirius's matter was settled here.

He will regain his innocence in a grand and fair trial. Justice delayed may not be justice, but it is always better to be late than never.

"Remember to write to Dumbledore before the trial and tell him the whole story." Les reminded Henry to make full preparations.

"Of course!" Henry responded.

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