Volume 3: A Tombstone Stained with Sin and Blood Chapter 160: A Tombstone Stained with Sin and Blood
The temporary parliamentary meeting was held in a circular conference room filled with wizards.
The three wizards who hold the highest power in the French wizarding world, the Minister of Magic, the Speaker of the Wizarding Parliament, and the Chief Justice of Wizards, sit in the only gap in the circular conference room, facing everyone.
This meeting room is not a closed room. It is surrounded by glass walls and outside is the service hall of the French Ministry of Magic.
Almost all visitors to the Ministry of Magic will pass through here, so every process in the meeting will not be concealed and anyone can observe. Only the most important meetings in the French Ministry of Magic will use this conference room to show fairness in the release of various policies.
At this time, the glass wall was surrounded by wizards, and there were also many reporters from magic newspapers holding cameras, and flash lights were lighting up one after another.
Throughout the history of the French wizarding world, temporary parliamentary meetings have been rarely convened. They are only held when the Chief Justice of Wizardry and more than 70% of the judges of the Wizarding Court believe that the current Minister of Magic is a threat to the French wizarding world.
During this period, all wizard parliamentarians will judge and vote on the current Minister of Magic to determine whether the current minister stays or leaves.
The current Minister of Magic, Eric Amalric, has only been in office for over a year, and he has already faced such a ceremony. No other minister in history has had such an "honor" as him.
However, in the face of such an embarrassing situation, in the eyes of some parliamentarians, Amalric was still sitting in the chair as if nothing had happened, picking his fingernails out of boredom.
This caused a lot of discussion in the conference room, and even the French wizards who were watching outside the glass wall frowned and pointed at their minister.
Roland was naturally the one who presided over this meeting.
She maintained order throughout the meeting and then listed all the crimes committed by Amalric during his time as minister.
Surprisingly, her speech was not long, and could even be described as brief.
But this does not affect the final result at all. Not to mention within the Ministry of Magic, there are already many wizards in the outside world who are dissatisfied with the current minister's political attitude.
The pure-blood factions all knew that he was just trying to make money and gain benefits for himself, and that he was actually doing nothing to promote the theory of blood superiority in France.
The Muggles were even more disgusted by his open praise of pure-bloodism. Simply put, getting him out of office was what the people wanted.
So when the final vote was taken, more than 90 percent of the members agreed to expel him from the Ministry of Magic. From that moment on, Amalric was no longer the Minister of Magic of France.
Outside the glass wall, the wizards watching were jubilant, and the reporters were hurriedly taking the photos in their cameras, wanting to return to the newspaper as soon as possible to be the first to report the news.
However, just as some members of the parliament were preparing to leave the meeting room and the newspaper reporter was about to leave.
Roland cleared his throat and spoke loudly using the amplification spell that had not been lifted.
"Now that the resolution to expel Amalric has been passed, we can now move on to the second agenda of this meeting."
Everyone who heard her words fell silent. Those congressmen who were about to leave realized that most of the congressmen in the meeting room did not move at all. It seemed that they had known in advance and were waiting for Roland to announce the second agenda item.
Next to Roland, the Speaker of the Parliament, Gerard Castle, who was preparing to stand up, was stunned. He turned his head and frowned at Roland. Just as he was about to ask in a low voice what the second agenda was and why it had not been told to him before, Roland's calm voice echoed throughout the conference room.
"The Ministry of Magic cannot be without a Minister of Magic. The second topic is about the nomination of a new minister."
The atmosphere outside the glass wall was in uproar as soon as she finished speaking, but there was an eerie silence in the meeting room. A few members of parliament looked at Roland in shock, and some even suspected that she had been hit by a forgetfulness spell. Of course, the Minister of Magic had to be re-elected, but that was simply not possible now.
Gerard Castle frowned even more tightly. He stared at the woman in front of him who suddenly made him feel a little strange. He then looked around at the congressmen in the conference room, most of whom were sitting in their seats very calmly. Suddenly, he had a very bad premonition in his heart!
"Let me propose a candidate first," Roland said loudly. "As we all know, the French magic world is not stable right now. All wizards are arguing endlessly about what kind of future we should choose for the land we live in. At times like this, the more we need a leader who can lead us to a bright future!"
Her words caused the entire conference room to fall silent, while outside the conference room, most of the Muggle wizards became excited.
Listening to Roland's speech, they thought that she wanted to use this opportunity to run for the position of Minister of Magic. She has always been known in the wizarding world for fighting for the rights of Muggle wizards. She has won over a large number of Muggle wizard elites who are working secretly for her.
But her next words made all the wizards watching outside the glass wall open their mouths wide.
"At present, I have not seen a wizard in France who has such ability. Looking around us, there is only one person who is qualified to be our leader—the greatest gentleman who is leading the British wizarding world to glory!"
She glanced at the stunned Muggle wizards with disdain, and spoke in a calm voice.
"The vote will now begin. Please raise your hands if you agree that gentleman should be the Minister of Magic."
In the conference room, more than 80% of the council members raised their hands without hesitation. As for the remaining council members, some looked at their colleagues around them in confusion, while others had their faces flushed with anger. They pointed at Roland's nose and began to curse.
"You are betraying the interests of all French wizards!"
"I suggest that Adele Roland be screened for the Imperius Curse! She is being controlled by those demons in Britain!"
"This vote is invalid! The elected members of the minister have no right to vote! This meeting is meaningless except for letting people see your hypocritical face!"
The atmosphere outside the glass wall also began to boil. The Muggle wizards finally reacted at this time, but Roland's voice remained unchanged.
"The vote was passed. Let us welcome the new master of the French Ministry of Magic, a great gentleman!"
The moment she finished speaking, black fog filled the conference room, and the congressmen who were completely unaware of what had happened today all fell powerlessly into their chairs.
Outside the glass wall, some smart people had already started running out of the Ministry of Magic, while the vast majority of people were still looking at the man who appeared in the center of the conference room with disbelief!
"Good evening, everyone."
He sat gracefully in the chair in the center, said good night with a smile, then leaned back in the chair, supporting his head with one hand, and looked at the congressmen with encouragement in his eyes.
"I have always been a democratic person, whether in the UK or in France. If anyone has any opinions about me, they can raise them now."
An old congressman suddenly stood up from his chair.
"Dark Lord! France will never submit to your rule!"
"Avada Kedavra!"
Amid exclamations, the former Minister of Magic, Amalric, who had already been dismissed, used the Killing Curse on the old wizard in public with an expressionless face!
No one could react at all. The old Muggle wizard, who was highly respected among the parliamentarians, fell to the ground helplessly with an look of disbelief on his face.
"Oh, maybe everyone misunderstood what I said."
Voldemort smiled.
"Mudbloods are not considered human beings in my eyes."
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The night wind blew the dark hair on Sirius' body. He stared at the rat that was running for its life in front of him. His bloodshot eyes could no longer accommodate any other creature!
Lily and Lupin were flying in the air on their broomsticks, looking down from above, and constantly casting spells at the gray mouse.
But Wormtail was small and reacted quickly, so the spells cast by Lily and Lupin mostly landed on the muddy ground beside it and did not cause any direct damage to it.
Just as Lily lowered the handle of the broom with a grim face and began to accelerate at low altitude, trying to fly in front of Wormtail and intercept him, a "dark cloud" suddenly covered their heads!
Wormtail, who was running forward, became excited.
He rolled on the ground, and then turned into a tall, thin, bald wizard, waving at the Aurors and Death Eaters in black robes in the air!
"It's me! Peter Pettigrew! I have completed my master's mission! Come and save me!"
However, his call for help received no response. The wizards flying in the sky seemed to have not noticed the situation below at all. They continued to move forward without looking back, flying towards the Hogwarts carriage.
The originally excited expression on Wormtail's face began to turn into surprise, but Sirius, who had been following behind him, did not stop!
He jumped up from the ground without hesitation, and knocked Wormtail to the ground with his huge body!
Lily and Lupin looked at each other at the same time, their brows furrowed, but without any hesitation, they turned around and returned to where the carriage was.
"Don't kill him so easily!"
Before leaving, Lily left a last word to Sirius, who had already begun to bite the wailing Wormtail.
She and Lupin had not been completely blinded by hatred, and knew that the carriage needed their protection even more now. Moreover, with Sirius there, Wormtail would have no chance of escaping again.
The carriage had completely disappeared in the wilderness.
The wizards of the Order of the Phoenix kept these Aurors and Death Eaters outside their blockade!
There was a difference of nearly five times in the number of people on both sides, but Dumbledore almost suppressed all the wizards of the other side by himself.
The red flames turned half of the sky into a sea of fire, and the black-robed wizards were unable to move forward even a single step.
The spells were chanted one after another, and people began to fall from their brooms in the sky, and then they were also rescued by their companions.
The battle lasted until midnight and ended with the defeat of the Death Eaters.
In other words, their original purpose was not to defeat the Order of the Phoenix with Dumbledore, but just to prevent him from going to other important occasions to interfere with their master's plan at such a critical moment.
As for the Hogwarts carriage, it will be an extra surprise for Dumbledore.
The wizards of the Order of the Phoenix were cleaning up the battlefield. As long as there was a war, there would be undead people. However, with Dumbledore's protection, they were lucky to have only lost two people this time, while most of the others were just injured.
McGonagall, with a big hole on the cuff of her robe, looked at Dumbledore with a worried look on her face.
"Will the students be alright?"
Dumbledore was pouring Fawkes' tears onto Arthur's torn thigh, and he spoke softly.
"Trust them, Jon has never let any of us down."
They did not stay here any longer. Instead, after clearing the battlefield, they used Apparition together to leave the field.
The next moment, all the wizards of the Order of the Phoenix appeared together on the cliff overlooking the sea.
The waves beat against the rocks.
The wizards buried their two fallen companions here, while Lily Lupin, Sirius and the other two captured a trapped wizard and came to two tombstones, one large and one small.
Wormtail, who had returned to his original short and fat appearance, cried and twisted his blood-stained body.
"Lupin! Sirius! Lily! My friend! Forgive me! Please! Forgive me! I was forced! It was the Dark Lord who forced me! I couldn't resist that!"
"How dare you call us by our names!" Sirius roared, waving his wand. "Crucio!"
The Unforgivable Curse stung Wormtail's soul, and his screams even drowned out the sound of the wind and the waves. The wizards of the Order of the Phoenix around him looked at him, but no one showed any sympathy on their faces.
"Master..., save me... I am doing my best... Please don't abandon me... Master..."
He curled up on the ground, stretched out and collapsed, begging and praying, but received no response.
Lupin kicked him in the face, making him face the two tombstones in front of him.
"Look at these two! Peter Pettigrew! Look at them!"
Wormtail was forced to raise his face, and he saw the names on the two tombstones, one large and one small.
【James Potter】【Harry Potter】
"Remember them? Wormtail, do you remember them?"
Lily didn't scream or roar, she just asked in that strange, extremely calm voice.
Snot and tears were all over Wormtail's face. He was still wailing in pain, but his voice was mixed with words that didn't make it clear whether they were sincere apologies or attempts to save his life.
"…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…It's my fault…"
Lily had a blank expression on her face. She tapped a branch beside her with the wand in her hand, and a sharp blade flashing with cold light took shape in the next second.
Wormtail's body trembled even more violently, and his entire body shook like a sieve.
"...I've already apologized...Lily...please have mercy on me...I don't want to die..."
Lily grasped the blade.
"I accept your apology."
She aimed at Wormtail's chest.
"But whether James and Harry will accept it or not, you need to ask them yourself."
She stabbed hard.
"puff!"
The scarlet warm liquid sprayed out, and the cold sea breeze made everyone's robes here whistle.
The moonlight of hatred and resentment illuminated the two tombstones stained with sin and blood.
