Chapter 154: The Trial of the Century! Part-2
{Courtroom 1, 2nd Floor, Ministry of Magic, London}
{30th Oct 1991}
{Rigel's POV}
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"Mr. Black." A sharp voice spoke right after I finished my testimony. I looked at her; she was sitting on one of the seats that were closest to the cage, and upon noticing that plenty of attention was now directed at her, she stood up and walked over beside the cage.
"Sorry for intruding: my name is Kalie Lorelei, and I represent Mr. Pettigrew's interest in this trial. I find it hard to believe that you happened to stumble upon the situation entirely based on your curiosity." Her words were sharp, and I pried my eyes away from her exposed cleavage.
"Well, what are you implying that all of this is a plot that I cooked up, falsely accusing Peter of all these charges when, in fact, he was hiding from... what are you claiming again, that he was hiding from the Dark Lord's followers?" I asked.
Her face didn't twitch as she nodded quite easily, "Of course, may the jury members please pay attention. The core premise of why my client was hiding was because of what happened to his friend group. One of them was killed by their other trusted friend, who happened to be a follower of the Dark Lord. The other was hunted out of the country for being a werewolf. So with his life in danger, Mr. Pettigrew decided to save himself by hiding away."
Her words got plenty of agreement from the dark faction, mainly Lucius and the other who seemed to want to sweep this case under as soon as possible. I looked at Amelia, who shook her head. She didn't want me to go overboard with sarcastic remarks, not wanting to give any chance for Lorelei to weasel her way through this.