Ravenclaw's Blue Gem

Zoe scanned the text on the envelope and said in an unsurprising tone: "The Law Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic."

Hermione frowned: "What? Why did they send the letter to—" She was stunned, then excited, "Impossible! Everyone knows what you did for this war!"

"Calm down, dear. They are just performing the necessary procedures...I have to wait another half a month." But Judging from Hermione's incredible expression, Zoe's soothing didn't help much.

"Necessary procedures! They treat you as a criminal!" Hermione turned around and wanted to leave the infirmary. "I'll go to Kingsley!"

"It's no use looking for him, his name is written here." Zoe waved his letter.

"In fact, I did join Voldemort's side. It's normal for them to add my name." Seeing Hermione wanted to refute, she continued, "In conclusion, I did not commit a crime. I have a clear conscience, and naturally there is no need to be angry. Believe me, Hermione, I just have to go through the scene."

"Then I'm going with you." Hermione said, "even if it's just a cutscene."

"Of course, I'm very happy." Zoe replied with a smile.

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"Eleven inches, the material is beech wood, and the inner core is the dragon's nerve. It took seven years."

The wizard at the security checkpoint stuck the written parchment on the nail and handed the wand to Zoe. He stroked his curly mustache and stood up and reached out to Zoe."Thank you, Ms. Siegel."

"You saved my wife's life. She was born in Muggle. You may not remember. She works in the Department of Magical Disasters..."

"Emily Feller. I remember her, Mr. Feller." Zoe took his hand.

"Thank you again." The wizard said sincerely. "She is not just my wife, but the mother of two children. I can't imagine life after losing her..." He noticed the small badge on Zoe's chest. "We all support you, ma'am."

Until they were swallowed by the crowd, Zoe could feel the wizard staring at her.

"It feels amazing." She expertly led Hermione into the elevator, waiting for the golden fence to jump up and close automatically.

"Are you thanked?" Hermione asked.

"Yes, no matter how many times you come back, you can't get used to it."

"That's something to be happy about, you don't need to get used to it." Hermione replied easily.

Zoe watched her for a while, until a cold female voice rang in the elevator to remind them that the Department of Mystery had arrived.

"It's kind of weird." Zoe raised an eyebrow. "Hermione, are you hiding something from me?"

"Huh?" Hermione blinked. "Why do you suddenly think that?"

"Maybe I am too sensitive... but why are you not nervous at all?"

"It's not me who is going into the courtroom now."

The more Zoe talked about it, the stranger it became: "Before you had been talking about the Ministry of Magic in my ears, all sorts of fussiness, worries, and cranky thoughts. But now they are all gone and you are very relaxed."

"Um... I just wanted to wait for you to finish the cutscene, what kind of a sumptuous dinner Mom will prepare, and Dad said he would open a bottle of good wine to celebrate."

Zoe didn't see the problem from this answer, and when she mentioned the family dinner at Granger's house, she also smiled.Perhaps it was because they almost lost their daughter. When the Grangers' memories were restored by Hermione, they regretted and feared.They regret not being able to protect their children with their hands in the war of wizards, but must be protected by the children; not only are they afraid that they might lose their love, but the most painful thing is that if it happens, they don't realize it.

Under such fierce mood swings, when Hermione officially disclosed their relationship with Zoe to them, they even forgot to inquire, stop or object. Compared with the horror of losing a daughter, just falling in love with another girl is not unacceptable. .After a brief period of embarrassment, they finally received the blessing of the Grangers.

"I'll just sit here and wait for you, okay?" Hermione kissed the back of Zoe's hand and said, pointing to the bench in the hallway.

Zoe twisted the heavy handle on the iron door and walked into the courtroom.

Chapter 67 Blessing to You (Part 2)

"You're here early, and there are still twenty minutes before the court session." Zoe heard a voice from above as soon as he walked into the deep courtroom.She raised her head, and at the highest point of the empty bench that went up step by step, a serious-faced man stood at the center of the place she was most familiar with.

"You came earlier than me, Mr. Scrimgeour." Zoe shrugged.

Scrimgeour walked down the stairs, with a silver cane in his hand. Every time he walked down a step, it took a lot of time, and it was obviously a little laborious.

"I heard that you resigned from the Ministry of Magic. This is a wise decision. You need to spend more time maintaining your body and adjusting your work and rest." Zoe stared at Scrimgeour's legs, "You are better than me. Know more about your physical condition."

"I will give you some advice, or boil some medicine to assist in recovery..."

"A therapist has taken over my condition." Scrimgeour interrupted her coldly, "You don't have to be responsible for me."

"But I can make you suffer less, sir." Zoe didn't care about his indifference. "In the final analysis, I caused your injury."

Scrimgeour stopped talking.

Zoe took a deep breath, feeling the air flow in his body, it was a cold and inhumane breath.She could hear the roar of the senior officials of the presiding Ministry of Magic, the whispering of Wisengama members, and the rustling of the clerks’ pen on the parchment. These suffocating sounds She wrapped her up, and countless pairs of malicious eyes looked down at her standing on the dock, as if she was a disgusting thing that shouldn't exist.

She still remembered the touch of the wooden fence that the palm of her hand touched, and the chains around her would make a loud crash due to her inadvertent movements. At that time they were not ready to put on a new pair of shackles, the unique smell of rust Floating into her nose, it seemed that the thing had tied her up, and her mood became heavy.

"You seem to feel very uncomfortable." Scrimgeour asked, still keeping a distance from her.

Zoe broke free from the memory."Uncomfortable...Do I look like that?" She let go of the hem of the crumpled robe, closed her eyes and replied blankly.

"This is the third time I walked into this room. Of course, I mean to be the side being judged." She spoke quickly, "This is a very special place for me."

"When I came here for the first time, I was a kid who didn't understand anything, but I could read the hostility, denial, and suspicion in your eyes. They squeezed towards me from all directions, clamoring to kill me. Mr. Lin Jie, do you really understand how much harm this kind of brutality can cause to a child?"

She didn't intend to wait for Scrimgeour's answer, but continued to speak."Connelly Fudge saw me as a breakthrough to defeat Dumbledore, a student with a terrible reputation and apparently hiding something. I have to say that he did find the right candidate, but he was too eager to succeed. Instead, he was dragged down by his own mistakes... Although he failed, but thanks to the blessing of that trial, my experience that year was not so good."

"The previous two experiences have caused me a lot of pain, but today, two years later, I am standing here again, breathing air that is not much different from before... What would you think? "

"You will get a fair trial result." Scrimgeour said.

"Justice...it's been late for a long time, and it will never be able to make up for my incompleteness at the time." Zoe murmured, "but I'm not attached to them anymore. The wounds will heal one day, right?"

"If you think so." Scrimgeour looked at her.

The heavy iron door was opened again, and this time it was not a person who walked in.Next to Kingsley was Percy, who was holding a pile of documents in her hands.Not long after the war, Percy accepted Kingsley's invitation, returned to the Ministry of Magic again, and was assigned to the Magic Law Enforcement Department.

He did a great job."Percy finally proved that he is useful in addition to writing the crucible report and flattering the minister." In this regard, George described his brother like this, "but I am willing to continue eating with him now."

Kingsley was slightly stunned when he saw Zoe. The Wisengama members behind him passed him and took their place.Percy piled the papers on the table, looked at the dial on his wrist, pulled out a piece of parchment and began to write.

"There are three minutes left, sir." Soon, he raised his head and said to Kingsley.

"It's okay, let's get started." Kingsley nodded to him and took the middle seat.Scrimgeour and Percy sat next to him.

"Please sit down, Ms. Siegel," Kingsley said.

"Now the trial of Zoe Siegel, the Death Eater, has officially begun."

With these words, the purple-red shadows stopped talking, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold.

"First of all, Mr. Shaker, one thing needs to be stated-I am not a Death Eater." Zoe rolled up his sleeves and showed them his smooth arms. "I joined Voldemort's camp as a collaborator. In the name of my mother."

"I see, I will let someone modify it after the case is over," Kingsley said gently.Zoe is always paying attention to his attitude. She is very clear that it is meaningless to cut words, but these trivial things can help her test the attitude of the chief judge.