Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

"Quiet!"

Hermione asked the students to calm down first, and then continued to ask:

"The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor is still Professor Holmes. Since you are with Ron, you should know who he is.

But the news we learned is that the real secret keeper back then was not Blake but you. Because they had such a good relationship, everyone would guess that he was the secret keeper. On the contrary, it is safest for you to be the real secret keeper..."

After Hermione finished speaking, she kept staring at Peter. She was just trying to trick Peter. This was purely a guess made by the three of them based on Lupin's hints.

At this moment, Peter's mind was like a thunder exploding. The professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was still Sherlock Holmes. How could this be possible? Was Voldemort really dead?

He clearly remembered that Harry had faced Voldemort last year, so how could he have died just like that?

"This is impossible, this is impossible... Is he really dead?"

Hermione looked at Peter's nervous look and tightened her grip on the wand in her hand again.

However, Peter quickly came to his senses. Now he had to find a chance to escape. For some reason, he felt a chill in his heart when he thought of Holmes.

Peter looked up at Hermione. He didn't understand why she knew so much. Only the Potters, Black and himself knew about the change of the secret-keeper. Even Dumbledore and Lupin didn't know about it.

His eyes moved rapidly, and then he looked around again. He even began to doubt whether the other party had already contacted Blake.

"Don't listen to the spy's nonsense. He is the secret keeper and the person James trusts the most. But he killed Lily and James, and now he wants to kill me..."

Harry asked quickly:

"Wait, you said Black was here to kill you, not the werewolves in the Forbidden Forest and me?"

Peter screamed irritably:

"Yes, yes, I knew he would come to find me, I knew he would come back, I have been waiting for twelve years!"

Hermione noticed Peter's condition and asked hurriedly:

"Do you think it was Black who told us that we suspected you were the Secret-Keeper, and that you knew he would escape from Azkaban all those years ago?"

Peter's eyes were a little red. The fact that Holmes was re-elected meant that something must have happened to Voldemort, otherwise how could the curse disappear.

He seemed to think that Blake must be hiding in some corner of the classroom, looking around at everyone present.

"He has dark magic powers that we can't even dream of. Otherwise, how could he escape? It must be..."

Percy snapped from behind him:

"Answer her question, why do you think Blake told us you were the Secret Keeper?"

When Peter heard this question, he opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Hermione raised her eyebrows, stared and said:

"Because you know that only you two know about the change of secret keeper."

Harry, standing aside, didn't understand why Hermione was so sure about these things, since they weren't just guesses.

Peter avoided Hermione's gaze and screamed:

"I don't know what you're talking about. The Secret-Keeper is Black, the Spy is Black, and you were deceived by him."

Chapter 248 The Fairest Ministry of Magic

In the principal's office.

Just when Peter said that the person Black wanted to kill was him, Douglas cast a spell on Sirius.

The moment Sirius appeared in the office, the Aurors pointed their wands at Black. Due to their previous speculation, no one cast spells randomly this time.

However, Douglas and Lupin still stood in front of Black, and the three deans raised their wands to protect the two of them.

Fudge looked directly at Dumbledore, meaning, I'm tired, you explain yourself.

Snape was the only one staring with scarlet eyes.

Dumbledore said calmly:

"Why is everyone so nervous? Sirius doesn't have a wand."

But no one at the Ministry of Magic put down their wands.

Sirius pushed aside the crowd and looked at Peter in the mirror. His eyes were full of anger and he said:

"He was right. When I learned he was still alive, I swore to tear him to pieces..."

Scrimgeour adjusted his glasses and asked sternly:

"How did you know he was still alive? How did you escape from Azkaban? No one could have done that."

Douglas pulled out a copy of the Daily Prophet from his pocket and handed it to Scrimgeour, motioning him to look at the photo. It was the Ron family that appeared in the newspaper this summer, and the person squatting on Ron's shoulder was Peter's deformed Scabbers.

Sirius sighed. He had explained this story several times, but in order to have a normal contact with Harry, he still patiently explained:

"It was this newspaper. When Fudge went to inspect Azkaban, he gave me this newspaper. Peter was on the front page and I recognized him immediately.

The newspapers say he is at Hogwarts, next to Harry. If the dark forces rise again, he would be the perfect place to strike... "

Everyone looked at Fudge, especially Scrimgeour, whose eyes were full of anger. If you hadn't given him the newspaper, how could he have escaped from prison?

Fudge opened his mouth and asked:

"Even if I give you the newspaper, how will you escape from Azkaban? You know, the Dementors will show no mercy."

Sirius looked at Fudge and said slowly:

"I don't know how I did it. I think the reason I didn't lose my mind is that I knew I was innocent. Azkaban is a place for criminals. It shouldn't be able to house a truly innocent person, right, Minister Fudge?"

Douglas said with a slight smile:

"No prisoner has ever escaped. This only proves that the Ministry of Magic has no wrongful convictions, except for the case of Sirius. This is something to be happy about. Of course, the reason he was imprisoned in Azkaban for twelve years was precisely because of his illegal Animagus identity.

Furthermore, Sirius's case did not occur during your tenure. I think you should fairly vindicate Sirius to demonstrate the attitude of the Ministry of Magic under your leadership that mistakes must be corrected and unjust cases must be investigated. What do you think?

Fudge adjusted his bowler hat and said:

"The current evidence still doesn't prove Sirius is innocent. We're not imprisoning him just because he was that man's lackey, but more importantly, he killed thirteen... oh, twelve people now.

But you are right, the Ministry of Magic has made a mistake, and we will investigate any wrongful case. We will never wrongly accuse a good person, nor will we let a bad person go."

Sirius said:

"The one who blew up the street was that traitor. I had him cornered at the end of the street, and when I questioned him, he suddenly used magic to blow up the street, leaving behind a finger. I initially thought he was killed by his own magic, but I didn't expect him to use it to escape. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let you capture me."

At this time, Douglas coughed lightly, reminding Sirius not to forget the most important lines.

Sirius took a deep breath, suppressed his nausea and disdain, and said:

"I realized from the beginning that I could get out of Azkaban on my own, but I always believed that the Ministry of Magic would give me a fair answer. Millicent Bagnoll failed to give me the most fair judgment at the beginning, but I believe that there will always be a minister who will tell me the truth.

Because I discovered that the traitor was still alive and was afraid that he would hurt Harry, I had to take measures to escape from Azkaban. The losses caused to the Ministry of Magic during this period will be borne by me alone. I am currently the only heir to the Black family.

This traitor had already passed on intelligence to the Ministry of Magic for a year before Voldemort lost power, causing great losses to the Ministry of Magic. We suspect that the Ministry of Magic's several actions against the Death Eaters failed because of his early leaks..."

Dumbledore then said:

“Connelly, I only learned about this recently. Douglas told me about it after he discovered that Peter was a traitor.

I investigated Peter's actions during the failed operations, and they prove that he is the traitor who has been hiding among us."

Fudge still had some doubts, he asked:

"Why did he betray? And since he was able to hide beside Mr. Potter for three years, if he was really that man's accomplice, why didn't he hurt Potter?"

Sirius suddenly felt a little disgusted with Fudge. He suppressed his impatience again and said through gritted teeth:

"Because he is a man who will not kill anyone until he sees the rabbit. Voldemort has been out of the picture for twelve years, and he will not kill anyone under Albus Dumbledore's nose for a disabled and powerless wizard.

He had to confirm that he was still the most powerful dark wizard before he would go back to follow him. That was why he looked for a wizard family to take him in, so that he could get the latest news from the wizarding world. In case Voldemort made a comeback, he could capture Harry at any time and go back to claim the credit.

You don’t know that the Death Eaters in Azkaban were yelling about all kinds of things in their dreams every day. They seemed to think that this traitor had betrayed them and used false information to trick Voldemort into going to the Potter family, and then Voldemort was defeated...

Lily and James only took my advice and made him the Secret Keeper. I thought it was a good plan and that Voldemort would definitely come after me... I never thought Voldemort would take advantage of such a weak and incompetent person like him...

If I were a traitor and wanted to kill Harry, I wouldn't be here, and I haven't held a wand since I left Azkaban."

At this point, everyone in the Ministry of Magic, under Sirius's repeated arguments, had begun to slowly believe him. Most importantly, the God's perspective they saw of Peter through the mirror, although he denied it verbally, his small movements and panicked expression aroused their deep suspicion.

Scrimgeour winked at the Auror behind him.

Several Aurors immediately left the headmaster's office and headed towards the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

Chapter 249 Catching Rats

Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom...

By this time, Peter had realized that Hermione was no longer the little girl he knew before. Although she was smart before, she did not have these little tricks.

Because of the sudden influx of information, and his constant suspicion that Sirius might be nearby, there were several loopholes in his words.

Then Hermione seized on those loopholes and kept pressing him.

The onlookers began to wonder if Hermione was going a little too far.

"So your purpose of staying at Ron's house is to get the latest information about the wizarding world..."

"But in first grade, you knew exactly what we were doing, yet you didn't take any action. According to your previous analysis, you were someone who followed the strong, but that person was weak at the time, so you didn't show up..."

"You just responded to my question with silence. Professor Holmes once said that when a person chooses to remain silent in the face of a problem, it means that he has acquiesced..."

The students around were also confused by Hermione's barrage of questions.

Didn't they say they wanted to get information about Sirius Black from Peter? How did it become that Peter was the real traitor back then?

Harry finally followed Hermione's hints and assumed that Peter was the traitor, then asked:

"So, why did you betray my parents? My father always regarded you as a good friend..."

Peter finally exploded when he heard this. He first scratched his hair frantically, then roared:

"Good friend? Haha, good friend... Potter's best friend is not me, but that idiot Black. We live in the same dormitory, so why does he look down on me?

If that poor guy Remus hadn't strongly recommended it, and if those two idiots just happened to need someone to highlight their excellence, do you think they would have agreed to let me join?

I have always known all this, I knew it from the beginning, he never considered me a friend, I was just a slower learner than them, and they always humiliated and insulted me because of it…”

At this moment, everyone present finally understood why Hermione had been targeting Peter. It turned out that he really had a problem.

Hermione suddenly shook her hair and asked Ron and Harry:

"I always tell you that you're stupid and can't even answer such simple questions correctly. When your homework is so simple, you still have to refer to my homework. Don't you also feel that I'm humiliating you?"

Harry and Ron shook their heads quickly. How could such taunting between good friends be considered humiliating?

Hermione turned back to Peter and said:

"If they don't consider you a friend, they won't complain about you in this regard. If someone says something about you to your face, they are either your friend or your enemy. If it were someone else, do you think they would pay attention to them?

Obviously, according to what you said, you are not qualified to be their enemy, so they regard you as a friend, but you regard them as an enemy."

Peter spat fiercely:

"What do you know? You know nothing."

Harry's hand holding the wand trembled a little, and he asked loudly:

"Then why did you betray my parents? What benefits did Voldemort give you?!"

Percy, who had been standing behind Peter, rubbed his head subconsciously. He couldn't understand why his boss had such a slow-witted cousin.

Peter shouted a little frantically:

"Why? You ask me why. You kids don't know anything. He's in power everywhere. What good is it to disobey him? What good is it to fight against the most evil wizard in the world...

He will kill people, do you understand? You know nothing, hiding under the protection of Hogwarts, you know nothing..."

Harry roared:

"But even if we die, no one present will be a traitor and betray their friends!"

Peter glanced at the students gathered around him, his eyes full of disdain:

"Then just kill me. You are a bunch of losers who don't even dare to use the Killing Curse. Why do you look down on me? You don't understand me at all. He killed so many people and tortured so many people. Do you understand torture? Do you know what Cruciatus is..."

At this moment, Neville, who had been in the crowd, suddenly shouted:

"Shut up and fall apart!"..