"Today, we... are all gathered here."
"To discuss... the rules and laws that Harry Potter violated by using magic outside of school."
Susan Bones surveyed Wizengamot Hall, speaking in a reluctant, low voice.
As soon as she finished, Umbridge delightedly stood up, pulled out a long list of so-called charges she had prepared, and began to read them aloud.
Harley sat in her seat, nervously rubbing her fingers, while Kayson, behind her, calmly popped a piece of gum into his mouth and began to chew.
After a while, Susan Bones glanced at Umbridge, who had finally finished speaking.
"Now... the defendant may present his defense."
Harley swallowed, and Sirius and the others in the audience calmly awaited Harley's acquittal.
But Kayson said something completely different from what they expected.
"...Please find him guilty."
These words shocked everyone in Wizengamot Hall, including Umbridge.
"Please repeat that, counsel for the defendant," Susan Bones said sternly, tapping her gavel.
"I said... please find him guilty! That way, in the future, mothers and Hogwarts Professors can point to textbooks and say: 'Look... this is what happens when you insist on keeping your eyes open while the Ministry of Magic plays blind!'"
Kayson stated bluntly.
"You need to clarify what you mean by the Ministry of Magic playing blind!" Umbridge was instantly ignited, shouting loudly.
Kayson glanced at Umbridge; he was just wondering how to direct the fire toward her, and this old hag had just offered a fuse herself.
"When the judge asked you to state Harley's charges... you mentioned Article 85, Section 3 of the 'Reasonable Restriction of Underage Wizardry Act'... which states that underage Little Wizardss are not allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts. Is that correct?" Kayson, who had risen to become a top student at Manchester University through sheer hard work as an orphan, calmly asked, having crammed a large number of magical world legal texts the previous night.
"That's right," Umbridge said, her large, bloodshot eyes wide, as she smugly twisted her body.
Kayson nodded, and the next moment, his voice suddenly rang out: "Then why don't you remember Article 37 of the 'Adult Wizard Convention Regulations'... which prohibits dispatching dark creatures to coerce citizens?"
Umbridge's eyes shifted: "What dark creatures?"
"Dementors, of course!" Kayson said loudly: "The Withering Charm Harley was wearing inevitably tore off a trace of a Dementor's aura, but the Dementor was quickly torn to shreds by Harley and Sirius, who appeared there in time, with their Patronus Charm, leaving not even a speck of dust... But we still kept that tiny bit of Dementor body tissue!"
Kayson casually crooked his finger, and a wisp of dark gray aura flew from Harley's Withering Charm, floating in his hand, displaying it to everyone.
Including in Umbridge's pupils; her pupils slightly constricted. Of course, she had anticipated this situation, but in her mind, it was simply a matter of using the Prior Incantato spell on the wand to check what spells had been cast.
Even if the Patronus Charm was detected, she could still insist that Harley had used it for show.
But not like this... who knew that damned charm could physically harm Dementors?
"That's right, Umbridge! Dolores Umbridge, your office doesn't allow Ministry of Magic employees below the rank of Department Head to knock more than three times, yet you allow Dementors to kiss Little Wizardss in Muggle family bedrooms? What a strict priority!" Kayson looked at Umbridge.
"This is slander! How dare you say I control Dementors?" Umbridge roared furiously.
"Then did the Dementor break free from the Ministry of Magic's control on its own, leave Azkaban Island far in the Pacific, then fly low for nearly two thousand kilometers to the land of England, and finally arrive on Privet Drive and precisely enter Harry Potter's bedroom, without alarming any Wizards or Muggles during that time?!" Kayson said loudly.
"I'll say it again, you have no evidence that the Dementor was acting under my orders!" Umbridge angrily retorted.
"Of course... if there's any other way to precisely control Dementors besides the Ministry of Magic, we might believe it. Of course, for now, I can temporarily concede and not argue over who exactly ordered the Dementor." After Kayson finished speaking, he pulled out a silver flask from his pocket, took a sip to moisten his throat, and continued.
"In your eyes, what is more important: the future of the English magical world, and even the entire European magical world, the entire world's magical world... the lives of Little Wizardss! Or the ridiculous regulations that the Wizengamot members, sitting on pink silk cushions, concocted by scratching their heads and butts for two and a half days!"
Umbridge was at a loss for words. If she admitted that she valued the law, she would be forced to resign tomorrow due to a flood of Howlers and complaints; if Fudge tried to stop it, he would be out of a job too.
But if she admitted the latter, then the grand trial stage she had painstakingly set up would completely fall apart. In that case, it would be better to just step down directly; at least then she would be a failed politician, whereas in the latter scenario, she would be a ridiculous clown.
Kayson watched Umbridge unable to utter a single word, then looked at Fudge: "And you... Mr. Fudge!"
"If you ask me, the complete set of Chocolate Frog cards in your Minister's office should be updated. The most powerful and terrifying dark creature should no longer be the Dementor!"
"But the bureaucratic Ministry of Magic that treats performance reports as scripture!"
"What do you say!" Kayson asked Fudge, who was wiping sweat with a silk handkerchief.
"Uh..." At this moment, it was clear that Fudge also didn't know what to say, mumbling with his mouth agape.
Seeing Fudge like this, Kayson subtly curled his lip and shouted sternly: "Answer me!"
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