HP: White Lord of Slytherin

Chapter 190 Interrogation of Little Barty

Professor McGonagall quickly pulled the furious Sirius away, "Sirius! We have something else to ask!"

"You dirty, filthy scum!" Sirius yelled, "I'm going to kill you!"

Barty didn't look angry at all. His eyes fell on Harry's torn sleeve and he asked in a cheerful tone, "He succeeded, didn't he? Voldemort is back—"

Madam Pomfrey came out after hearing the noise. When she got closer, she found the Death Eater who had been wanted for a year lying on the hospital bed. "Merlin—!"

Dumbledore turned to Professor Snape and said, "Severus, please fetch the strongest Veritaserum possible."

Snape immediately turned and left.

Little Barty stared at Gloria, "How did you defeat me?"

"Is it important?" Gloria's eyes fell on his crippled leg. "He is so loyal that he is willing to sacrifice his leg."

Little Barty's face twitched. He met that cunning man by chance in Albania. Later, he followed his master and subdued Moody together. Before taking the polyjuice potion, he suggested cutting off a part of his calf for his master's recovery plan.

The servant's flesh had to be donated voluntarily. The man was not completely loyal to his master, so little Barty volunteered to donate it to prevent the man from ruining the plan.

"My flesh and blood contributed a little to the master's recovery. This is my supreme honor."

Listening to what little Barty said, Harry remembered the calf, which turned out to be his.

Sirius managed to calm down now, and asked in a cold voice: "It was you who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire."

Little Barty gave a twisted smile and did not answer his question.

"Once you feed him Veritaserum, he will tell you all the secrets he has." Dumbledore put his hand on Sirius' shoulder to keep him calm.

"I never thought that a fourth-year Slytherin lady would be able to put her name into the Goblet of Fire." Little Barty said softly, "I spent a lot of effort to succeed at the beginning."

Except for Dumbledore and Harry, everyone else looked at Gloria in surprise.

At this time, her lips only regained a light redness. "Thank you for the compliment."

Draco glared at little Barty. No wonder this guy was targeting him.

Barty Jr. and the young boy locked eyes, "Malfoy, does your father have the nerve to return to his master?"

The color drained from Draco's face, even though he knew the Dark Mark on his father's arm was gone.

Harry said loudly, "There is no Malfoy's father, Voldemort took off everyone's mask, there is no Lucius Malfoy."

Draco gave him a weird look.

"I guessed it. That shrewd coward...did he torture them?" Little Barty looked at Harry with an unnatural blush on his face. "Those cowards, traitors! They didn't even dare to go to Azkaban for their master. They must have been severely tortured!"

Harry sneered bluntly, "How good are you? During the trial, you kept wailing that you were innocent and asked your father to save you. The two people who were tried with you immediately admitted it."

That day in the principal's office, he watched the memory of the trial of Karkaroff and Barty the Younger in the Pensieve.

Barty's flushed face turned redder, "What do you know!" His nostrils shrank rapidly, "I will send you to the master and let him recover his body. Then you will be welcomed like a hero--"

Professor Snape came back quickly with the truth serum. Sirius walked straight forward, pried open little Barty's mouth, and poured a whole bottle of truth serum into it.

Dumbledore walked over to the bed, "Where is Alastor Moody?"

Barty struggled, but couldn't help but speak the truth, "In the Defense Against Dark Magic classroom, in a box with seven locks."

Dumbledore turned around immediately and said, "Professor Flitwick, please go with Madam Pomfrey and send the man here for treatment."

Moody must be in bad condition after being locked up for so long.

Gloria took the curved wine bottle from little Barty's waist, opened it and smelled it, and it was indeed the Polyjuice Potion. She handed the bottle to Professor Snape.

Professor Snape gave it a quick sniff and said, "Polyjuice Potion."

"A very clever method," said Dumbledore. "Moody often brought his own bottle and cutlery, but he just needed to bring someone to school with him... How did you kill Pettigrew?"

"Use the Imperius Curse to control an Auror patrolling Azkaban in advance, issue a few instructions, take away Pettigrew's memories, then review the real person, and finally kill him."

With this statement, it can be proved that the Auror was completely innocent.

Dumbledore continued to ask: "Then how do you know about the Triwizard Tournament?"

"I heard it." Little Barty's eyelids twitched, "He sometimes tells Winky about his business trips."

"Then how did you know Moody would come to teach at Hogwarts?"

"Knowing that the Triwizard Tournament was being held, we were looking for opportunities to sneak into the school. Van der Vries was the only free man. He went to St. Mungo's Hospital to find Bertha Jorkins and tried to search her memory to find out the arrangements for the tournament. He just happened to get this information."

Several people were stunned, hearing this name for the first time. Bertha Jorkins's mind was confused due to the Confusion Charm cast by old Barty, and she was treated in St. Mungo's for a long time.

No wonder the doctor later said that her condition had returned to the state before treatment. Fortunately, she has been discharged from the hospital now.

Dumbledore asked him, "Who is Van der Vries?"

"I only know that he is a Dutch wizard. He followed his master after knowing that he was of Slytherin blood. I sneaked into the school to let Harry participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and he stayed with his master."

At this point, Dumbledore had nothing else to ask, so he said to Professor Snape beside him, "Go to the grounds and ask Cornelius Fudge to come to my office. I'm sure he'll be happy to interrogate Crouch Jr. right away."

Snape nodded silently and quickly left the hospital wing.

"Professor McGonagall, please bring little Barty to my office."

Professor McGonagall immediately cast a levitation spell on little Barty and took him away.

Just then, Professor Flitwick and Madam Pomfrey returned with the real Moody. This former Auror, who had been locked up for a year, had lost his wooden leg, his eyelids were empty without his magic eye, and several tufts of his graying hair were missing.

Several people quickly worked together to send the man to his room so that he could have a good rest.

After doing all this, Headmaster Dumbledore said, "Harry, Gloria, you have experienced a thrilling experience tonight. I need you to tell me the whole experience together. Don't miss any details."

He needed more details.

Sirius and Draco supported Gloria together, "They need to rest. We can talk in the morning after a good night's sleep."

"No." Gloria refused directly, "I will cooperate."

"Me too," Harry said.

Sirius had no choice but to go along with their wishes.

They were the only ones left in the hospital wing, and Dumbledore had no intention of letting Draco avoid it, perhaps because Harry had given evidence that his father was not present.

Harry told the whole story here, describing everything from the maze to the graveyard, including some details that had been omitted before.

Sirius was horrified as he listened nearby. It was almost... just a little bit... Harry and Gloria would have died there.