“Oh Peter, don’t mention that name.”
Professor McGonagall said sadly.
“Who could have imagined that something like that happened at that time… I will always remember you guys, the most troublesome students in Gryffindor’s history…”
She rambled a little, but stopped when she got to the key point.
Scott heard the Weasley twins muttering quietly.
They were surprised that they didn’t win the title of “Gryffindor’s most troublesome student ever”.
“Poor Peter.” Professor McGonagall couldn’t help but wipe the corners of her eyes, “You are already so old, but you are still so timid…”
As she said that, she looked at Peter with some dissatisfaction.
“No matter what, you should trust us, at least trust Dumbledore, he can protect you.”
Peter glanced at Dumbledore with his little eyes.
“Yes…yes.” He said somewhat flatteringly, “Professor Dumbledore is the greatest wizard.”
Professor McGonagall sobbed softly, “Peter, you turned into a mouse and hid in the Weasley family for 12 years. This is very weird and cannot be explained away so easily.”
“I…I didn’t think much about it. I was just frightened. The mysterious man’s henchmen were not wiped out in one fell swoop, no… weren’t they?” Peter stammered.
He was hunched over, looking like a submissive little old man with a hunchback.
“You know, Professor, those people who claimed to have been under the Imperius Curse escaped punishment cunningly, but the family suffered great losses… They hate me…”
He rubbed his hands again habitually, and his pointed nose shrugged.
“I…I’m afraid that they will come to me and cause trouble. It’s safest to let them think I’m dead. That’s the safest thing. I…”
He looked back at the four Weasley brothers.
“I’m sorry, Ron, and Percy…I’m hiding at Weasley’s house…because I want to hear some news from the wizarding world at any time.”
He blinked his round little eyes pitifully, causing Percy and Ron to retching even louder.
Even Fred and George looked away in disgust.
Peter smiled coyly, “I’m sorry, I just wanted to make sure I was safe.”
He was speaking more and more fluently.
Scott watched Peter’s drama quietly.
I have to say, this mouse is pretty good at making up stuff.
In the rush after being captured by Professor McGonagall, he had already thought of a response.
wrong……
This may also be the “standard answer” that it has preset countless times in the past 12 years.
Scott looked at Dumbledore.
The old principal had been silent just now.
Behind the half-moon glasses, his blue eyes have been quietly watching Peter’s performance.
“Peter.”
He finally spoke, his voice light and airy.
“Professor Dumbledore.”
Peter’s somewhat fat body curled up and he responded with a trembling voice.
It is worth noting that he always lowered his head humbly and did not look at Dumbledore.
“Thank you for your hard work, Peter.” Dumbledore sighed, “But you are a hero in people’s hearts. You should not turn into a mouse and hide away. Twelve years is too long…”
“Professor Dumbledore.”
Peter lowered his head and kept wiping tears with his dirty, fat hands.
“I’m sorry, Professor, I… I’m just an insignificant person. I was scared out of my wits by… I lost all my courage in that explosion…”
He whined and cried.
“Oh Merlin…I can’t believe it…he…he used to be my best friend, ever since school. I’m really not a qualified Gryffindor…”
Peter’s words of self-pity had an effect. At least Professor McGonagall’s eyes became much softer when she looked at him.
But Dumbledore’s expression was always somewhat intriguing, and Scott noticed that his eyes became brighter.
Scott blinked silently.
In his opinion, Dumbledore already had doubts about Peter.
The keen old headmaster did not believe Peter’s words preconceivedly like Professor McGonagall.
Scott could sense that Dumbledore had even used Legilimency slightly just now.
But unfortunately, judging from his expression, he seemed to have gained nothing.
Peter Pettigrew either hid his secret deep in his brain, or already had the same level of Occlumency as Snape.
As he said, Peter was a hero to the people.
Even Dumbledore couldn’t use illegal means against him just because of a little suspicion.
Like veritaserum or something like that.
And Scott has been sensing Peter’s magic. He doesn’t know if Dumbledore can also sense it, but…
In his perception, Peter’s magic power fluctuated very strangely.
Perhaps for more than ten long years, Peter has been practicing the words he said today. When he lied, the magic power fluctuations were calm.
But this also happens to be his flaw.
Most of the time, Peter’s magic power fluctuates like a parabola.
Because he’s like a real rat that likes to be startled.
But when he told the lies he had carefully prepared, even though on the surface he controlled his tone and acted with emotion, his magic power was calm.
Maybe he’s become numb after practicing it too many times.
Scott lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then looked up at Dumbledore again.
The old headmaster remained calm on the surface, only tapping his fingers on the table with a small movement, indicating that he might also find this matter a bit tricky.
Professor McGonagall looked at her former student and said with a trembling voice: “What should I say to you, Peter. Your mother received only one finger of your body, and she soon collapsed, but you…”
She obviously felt a little disappointed.
“Only you know that you are still alive, but you turned into a mouse and hid. You didn’t even show up when your mother died!”
Peter trembled and uttered a series of sobs.
“Okay, Minerva.”
Dumbledore shook his head.
“Maybe we should be happy.” He said meaningfully, “Our hero is coming back.”
“Hero?” Professor McGonagall sighed, her eyes softened again, “This child… maybe that was the most courageous moment in his life.”
Scott was sure that the two people were probably not talking about the same person.
It was not until now that he was sure that Dumbledore had noticed that Peter was lying.
Just now, he seemed to have figured out the whole story.
Perhaps he had the same magical perception as Scott, or perhaps he had other unknown means.
In short, it seemed that Scott didn’t need to speak up about this matter.
In this case, he was happy not to take the lead.
Of course, he was very interested in what measures Dumbledore would take next.
The difficulty of this matter was not only how to break Peter Pettigrew’s lies, but also how to get the Ministry of Magic involved and do things according to Dumbledore’s ideas.
They needed to take back Peter’s Order of Merlin and revise the results of the trial of Sirius Black.
