Chapter 333: “Veritaserum”
Jerry, you have the Marauders Map and found out that Pettigrew, who had been dead for many years, was in the castle? And then you found out Pettigrew moved in the sa trajectory as Scabbers, so you beca suspicious?
After listening to Jerrys explanation, the three understood the Marauders map functionality and why Jerry thought Scabbers was Pettigrew.
Yes, I thought it was a problem with the map before. But the Sirius incident made
think that maybe it wasnt the Marauders map that had a problem. But Scabbers might be an Animagus form for Pettigrew.
Jerry nodded and looked at Ron again, Originally, I wanted to tell the principal about it. But considering that Scabbers is your pet, I thought I let you know about it first and then make a decision after you understood the situation.
Thank you, its just I dont know what to do now. Why did he turn into a mouse and hide in our house? Ron looked at the guy in front of him. He couldnt believe the fact about the pet he kept in his pocket every day.
In The Important Magical Events of the Twentieth Century, it is recorded that Peter Pettigrew was killed by Sirius twelve years ago, which also killed many Muggles at that ti. He was recognized as a hero in the wizarding world and was awarded with an Order of rlin dal. Hermione recalled the book she had read and said all the information about Pettigrew.
Why should an innocent person turn into a mouse and hide? Why should everyone think hes dead? Why is the first thing he did after being restored to a human form to run away? Jerry asked several questions, which suddenly made them fall into contemplation.
After a while, Harry was the first to notice that Jerry had sothing to say, Jerry, do you think Pettigrew isnt a hero as the book says, but theres sothing else he kept as a secret?
Jerry nodded, indicating that he had guessed correctly.
At this ti, Ron frowned and had a different point of view, I dont think hes a bad guy. Why not unbind him and let himself explain the situation? Ron still has so feelings for Scabbers, knowing that its been his pet for so years.
Hermione shook her head, I think it should be handed directly to the professors and the principal. We cant be so sure that hell be telling the truth. He might attack us directly once we set him free.
Seeing Hermiones answer, Jerry nodded silently.
Under normal circumstances, the safest solution in handling wizards like Pettigrew was to hand it away to the adults. It is obviously not a normal situation they can handle easily.
Hermione is right, but I happen to have sothing here that can confirm whether he is a good person or not, why he didnt die back then, turn into a mouse, and hid in Rons house. Jerry smiled and took out a small bottle of potion from inside his robe.
What is that? Ron looked at the potion with a curious look on his face.
Jerry replied, Veritaserum.
What? Veritaserum? Thats a very difficult potion. I rember to use 5 mg of Sri Lankan vultures bile, 3 grams of Boroxia grass, 3 grams of grass buds, and
Seeing that Hermione seed to want to explain the entire recipe and the thod for creating Veritaserum. Harry interrupted her.
He asked, What does it do?
Hermione looked a little unhappy but continued to explain,
Its a potion that can make spits out any truth. Three drops are enough. However, the materials are rare, and making one is extrely difficult. Even Professor Snape couldnt make much out of it. You should pay more attention in the potions class as its been explained before. Anyways, Jerry, did you make this yourself?
Yes, I bought a lot of herbs and materials about Veritaserum when I traveled to Greece, and I tried to make it according to the thod taught by Professor Snape, but I didnt expect it to be successful. If you are interested, you can make one too. I have quite a few leftover herbs and ingredients for it.
Jerry opened the cork on the bottle and put three drops of Veritaserum into Pettigrews mouth. Although the herbs for Veritaserum are rare, as long as he can buy them, he can use his magic to grow them and multiply them every ti.
Therefore, Jerry can collect a few baskets of various herbs for making Veritaserum by simply harvesting them. Others, like the auxiliary vulture bile, grass, etc., are not a problem. Because he also bought a lot of them beforehand.
Seeing the Veritaserum, Pettigrews eyes imdiately showed a look of horror. His body was restrained, and he couldnt resist it.
After dropping the Veritaserum potion, Jerry the spell then tied it firmly with Incarcerous Spell.
The Incarcerous Spell is different from the Petrifying Charm. It is an extension of the Transfiguration Charm. It can make ropes and then bind the target. It is a magic spell specially invented to deal with so animals with high magic resistance, like a centaur.
Of course, it can also be used to tie Pettigrew so that he can speak normally and answer questions while his body is being restrained.
Alright, Pettigrew, tell us what happened. Why you turned into a mouse and hide in Rons house? Hearing Jerrys words, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all stepped forward and started asking questions.
Under the influence of Veritaserum, Pettigrew began to answer one by one.
Half an hour later, Harrys eyes were red. He drew out his wand angrily and yelled at Pettigrew. However, Hermione took away his wand before he could cast his magic.
Harry, I think you need to calm down and think about it. If you kill Pettigrew now, no one will know that Sirius was wronged, and hell still be locked up in Azkaban.
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