Harry Potter: Transmigrated Detective Link

Although in the middle, because of the appearance of the old factions of the last generation, this trial brought out quite a lot of suspense, but under the terrifying prestige suppression of Dumbledore, in the end the Wizengamot Council still passed the judgment of sentencing Peter Pettigrew to life imprisonment in Azkaban, as well as Sirius Black being declared not guilty and released.

As for Sirius Black's encounter of innocently squatting more than ten years of bitter prison, although the Wizengamot Council believed that the main responsibility of it still should be blamed on Sirius himself, but in the end still symbolically gave Sirius a humanitarian and ethical compensation of 500 Galleons.

Honestly speaking this sum of money is not considered little, after all it is enough for the entire Weasley family to run to Egypt for a whole summer vacation.

It's just that Sirius Black, after all, was born from the once top-class pure-blood aristocrats of Britain, the Black family.

This bit of money put on him, just has a bit of the flavor of sending off a beggar.

Especially under the situation where those last generation old faction Ministry bureaucrats had already divided up and eaten away the majority of the Black family's industries.

But Sirius, this rebellious fellow, obviously did not care about these.

Compared with the so-called family honor as well as the family properties that should have belonged to him yet were swallowed up by others, what he cared more about was that after regaining his freedom he could finally often meet with Harry, and even directly snatching over Harry's custody was not impossible.

One must know, Sirius was Harry's godfather.

And this was also the reason Dumbledore used to persuade Sirius, letting him rekindle his hope for life.

Of course, every single one who knew the inside story of that year's incident was all clear, Dumbledore was just drawing a big pie for Sirius.

Harry for more than ten years completely relied on the blood magic released by his relatives to avoid harassment from Death Eaters and Voldemort, and to maintain this kind of ancient magic, before coming of age Harry must live at his aunt's house.

But no matter what is said, at this moment their happiness was indeed real.

Right after Fudge struck the gavel and gave out the final verdict, Harry and the other two together with Sirius all screamed and hugged together, crying with joy.

Dumbledore although did not act as excited as they did, still displayed deep emotion, the whole time smiling in relief.

The Daily Prophet reporters who had already long been lying in ambush on one side naturally would not miss this opportunity.

They carried those heavy magic cameras and rushed up in a heap, along with the continuous flashing of the lights, a large number of photographs about Sirius's expression of wild joy, and beside him Peter Pettigrew fainting in despair and later being dragged away by Aurors, were all taken.

Of course, all the above content was only secondary.

What the reporters mainly wanted to shoot was still Fudge at the judgment seat.

After all Fudge inviting them to attend the trial's purpose was exactly to publicize his own prestige.

At the same time, in the audience seats, including Link and the other two, quite a few of the audience were also extremely excited.

A small portion of them even started whistling to show congratulations to Sirius.

But the vast majority were all enthusiastically and with endless interest discussing the just now trial.

Their appearance at this moment, was exactly like audiences in a previous life who had just watched an astonishing performance, their blood still not yet cooled down.

And the matter itself was indeed exactly like this.

For these British wizarding aristocrats invited to come, this so-called trial was just a novel kind of performance.

Think about it, the once high and mighty, arrogant without equal Black family had now already turned into ruins.

The only remaining heir was even more miserable, not only locked away for more than ten years, but also dragged out like a clown to be displayed before people.

This point alone was enough to attract countless wizarding nobles' interest.

What could be more delightful than trampling the once high-above people under one's feet, grinding twice, then casting disdainful glances twice more?

In addition this case's story itself was extremely twisted and bizarre, unusually interesting.

Not an exaggeration to say, in the wizarding world lacking entertainment activities, this trial could almost be called an entertaining feast!

Link even estimated that in at least the next two months, today's trial would still be an important talking point in British wizarding aristocrats' leisure chats.

And this was exactly what Fudge wanted to see.

Otherwise he wouldn't have used that kind of storytelling rhythm to guide the whole trial.

All of the twists inside, Link and Mrs. Flamel could see clearly, therefore did not act like the others, only having a slightly mocking cold smile hanging at the corners of their mouths.

Only Emily was still a bit muddled, but this was only because she was small in age, so got carried away by the scene's atmosphere.

With her intelligence, later just give her a bit of time, she would figure this out on her own.

And after the trial ended, Fudge also did not simply dismiss the crowd invited here.

In fact, the reason he this time invited so many wizarding nobles to come, apart from wanting everyone to watch a good show, was even more to arrange Link's investiture ceremony.

Under his organization, everyone very quickly and orderly left the courtroom.

Dumbledore, this Second-class Order of Merlin recipient, naturally would not miss this kind of scene, leaving behind Harry and the others and turning around to go.

Looking at his gradually receding back, a trace of confusion flashed in Harry's eyes, and without much hesitation he chased up and asked, "Professor Dumbledore! Where are you going?"

His voice made Dumbledore stop his steps, and also attracted Sirius and the others who were still gathered there excitedly.

The few of them quickly surrounded Dumbledore, and Sirius, a bit out of control from happiness, even frivolously patted Dumbledore's shoulder, excitedly saying,

"Yeah Dumbledore! Don't be so quick to return to Hogwarts! Today is the day I regained my freedom, how about in a while we find a place to celebrate together? Harry! What do you want to eat? I'll buy it for you! And you two little fellows too!"

Sirius's straightforwardness instantly pushed the joy of Harry and the other two, already burning strong, to an even higher level.

Especially Ron, this fellow in the just now trial was so nervous he almost couldn't say a word the whole time, at this moment finally released his nature, loudly cheering.

Only, looking at their excited appearances, Dumbledore smiled and shook his head saying, "Very regrettably, I cannot join in your celebration, because I must attend an Order of Merlin Second-class medal investiture ceremony of quite special meaning."

As soon as these words came out, the people present all looked at each other, for a moment unable to pick up the conversation.

Black had been locked up for more than ten years, his social skills degenerated.

Harry and Hermione and the other two felt that this kind of event was too far away from them.

Only Lupin stood there thoughtful.

After a long while, Hermione curiously asked, "Who is going to be awarded?"

Dumbledore only smiled without speaking, but Lupin stood out and said, "Is it Link?"

Though it was in question form, Lupin's tone was incomparably certain.

And hearing this, Dumbledore nodded, confirming Lupin's guess.

"This... this is impossible?"

Harry and Ron cried out in unison.

They really could not believe Lupin's guess, because in their eyes, Link was just a Hogwarts student wizard like them.

Although Link was far more outstanding than them, and had already previously won an Order of Merlin third-class medal.

But how could a third-class medal compare with a Second-class medal?

The former, under current social circumstances, could still be obtained through Galleons and other shortcuts, but the latter, which one of the recipients was not a famous great figure?

Such people, ordinary wizards could only see on the newspaper once or twice.

So when hearing this news suddenly, Harry and the other two all had a feeling of unreality.

Seeing their reaction, Lupin shook his head, smiled, and explained, "This actually isn't strange at all. You should know this time Peter Pettigrew's capture, the vast majority of the credit all falls on him."

As soon as these words came out, Sirius first gave a disdainful cold snort.

He had no goodwill at all toward Link, this little snot-nosed brat who liked to follow behind Snape.

Harry and Hermione on the other hand fell into complicated silence.

The matter of last semester they also couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong, but after such a long time they already realized their relationship with Link might never return to the way it was before.

This made them very downhearted.

Among everyone only the simple and honest Ron was still grinning.

He didn't think as much as Harry and Hermione, so he was sincerely happy for Link.

Of course, within this happiness was also a sense of pride in sharing glory.

At least later when chatting with others, he could also pull out Link to brag.

Ron even fantasized about later borrowing Link's Second-class Order of Merlin medal to look at, he had never seen the real thing before.

If he could touch it, that would be even better.

Thinking this way, Ron's eyes squinted from smiling.

Their reactions, Dumbledore all saw in his eyes. He had no intention to persuade, only giving a mysterious smile, then said, "It's getting late, I must also set off. Of course, I also wish you a joyful celebration."

Finishing his words, Dumbledore quickly walked out of the courtroom.

Harry and the others also were awakened by Dumbledore's words, and after Lupin helped adjust the atmosphere, they too followed the plan and left the Ministry to go find a place to celebrate.

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At the same time, on the other side, Fudge had already taken a group of guests to ride the special magic elevator upstairs.

All along the way people's topic also gradually shifted from the previous trial to the upcoming investiture ceremony, with Link as the award recipient naturally becoming the topic's main character.

And so, Link and the other two's situation once again returned to that at the beginning, being surrounded by people constantly flattering and striking up conversations.

Even quite a few Wizengamot council members gathered around Link, greeting him.

Mrs. Flamel and Emily were already long adept at this kind of situation, all along the way no matter who came up to greet, they could respond with ease.

Link originally was not good at handling these, after all whether Link himself or the body's original owner had very little experience facing such occasions.

But under the expression management of Occlumency LV5 as well as the passive ability of Legilimency, he still appeared to do well.

The group of people just like this with chatting and laughter entered a small hall.

This was exactly the place where Link had last time received the Order of Merlin third-class medal ceremony.

But Fudge and Mrs. Flamel obviously would not be perfunctory to still use the last time's venue to hold this ceremony.

After letting everyone rest here for a while, Fudge mysteriously pulled out a stick, or rather a tree branch, because on it even still remained fresh green leaves.

Fudge used that branch to draw out a huge circle in the air.

And then a magical scene happened.

Along the trajectory the branch traced, the space was immediately torn open, and revealed within a scene completely different from this hall.

That was a magnificent palace floating in the clouds.

"Please, everyone! Let us officially enter the venue of this ceremony!"

Along with Fudge's incomparably excited inviting voice, the guests inside the hall, exclaiming in surprise, all one by one passed through this space gate.

Link and Mrs. Flamel, the three of them as the protagonists of this ceremony, naturally walked in the very front.

"This is the Sanctuary of the Order of Merlin, it is the highest level manifestation of wizards' skills in space magic!"

"Those crazy great wizards directly peeled off a small piece of the real world's space, and then constructed such a secret realm inside it!"

"This place is absolutely safe and secret, unless possessing the 'key', otherwise by any means it cannot be intruded."

"Generally speaking this Sanctuary is only used to host the Order of Merlin's once-every-five-years gathering."

"But this time, they opened a special exception for you, the youngest ever recipient of the Order of Merlin Second-class medal!"

As they walked, Mrs. Flamel gently explained into Link's ear.

Although Mrs. Flamel in her words did not mention a single bit of her own role inside, Link knew clearly, Fudge himself absolutely would not be so good to Link.

For this so-called exception, Mrs. Flamel surely again scattered out a large amount of benefits.

This made Link's throat tighten, like something was stuck inside, full of emotions.

"Thank you for everything you've done for me, mother."

In the end, Link still spoke out the words in his heart.

Hearing this, the smile on Mrs. Flamel's face became even more radiant.

She tightly gripped Link's hand, shook her head, and said, "This is what I should do, and Emily and I are also basking in your light, otherwise with our abilities, in a lifetime we would never have a chance to come to such a place!"

Emily also squeezed over, tightly gripping Link's other hand, nodding in agreement.

She truly felt so from her heart.

At this moment the Sanctuary they were in was the absolute core technical display of the wizarding world, and this was not only in the Sanctuary itself.

For example, every pillar here, every wall here, was made from special mithril mixed with dozens of metals, not only beautiful, but also with corrosion resistance and anti-magic power incomparably strong, worthy of being called the highest masterpiece of alchemy.

Also every piece of tableware here was at least enchanted with four different spells, so that it could always remain clean, and the food inside would never be finished.

Similar special techniques were applied to every object inside the Sanctuary, it could be said that everything here, all were the highest achievements of wizarding civilization.

This made every single guest who arrived here fall into dazed astonishment in that moment.

[T/N: The Silk Song is real!]

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