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Time slipped away unnoticed in the midst of busyness.
Before they knew it, the sky gradually darkened, and Hogwarts Castle was once again shrouded in the night.
The "brain surgery" taking place in the Hogwarts Headmaster's office was also nearing its end. The vast majority of wizards had already returned to the expansive space of the pink handbag, preparing to evacuate.
In the corner of the room, Albus Dumbledore was pulling Gilderoy Lockhart aside, quietly conversing with a serious expression. However, judging from their tone and the occasional snippets of sentences that floated out, the conversation was proceeding rather smoothly.
"...outstanding talent, learn to face... very pleased... returning from straying..."
"...heard many stories... experienced firsthand... was wrong..."
"...after it's over... keep the promise..."
"No! I volunteer to join..."
Glancing at the two on the other side of the room, Grindelwald raised an eyebrow noncommittally, withdrawing his gaze to focus once more on the wizard in front of him, whose eyes were vacant, curled up on the floor, trembling from time to time, as if he were a discarded rag doll.
Memory magic can do more than just a simple Obliviate Charm.
Whether it's modifying memories, inserting fragments, or deleting edited content... as long as you have a clear goal and sufficient magical expertise, these actions can be accomplished. It's like brain surgery in the magical world.
With the concerted efforts of Grindelwald, Dumbledore, and Lockhart—three top surgeons—and several experienced chief-level medical staff, the magical world completed the most exquisite memory tampering surgery in history. Of course, in the absence of anesthetics, the experience for the patient was naturally not pleasant.
According to Gilderoy Lockhart, due to the sustained magical influence of multiple wizards on his brain, Peter Pettigrew would inevitably experience frequent headaches, forgetfulness, irritability, and occasional coordination imbalances afterward...
The only fortunate thing was that, after repeated confirmation from Eileen, the entire process of the surgery had been erased from Peter Pettigrew's mind, so it would not become a nightmare that Peter Pettigrew would awaken from in the middle of the night in the future.
"The more complex the plan, the easier it is for problems to arise, you should understand that."
Grindelwald's wand tapped lightly unconsciously, as he said casually.
"Only dead people are the safest... and those whose souls cannot speak—and I happen to know many ways to silently shut a wizard up forever."
"Unfortunately, what we need is precisely his mouth."
Eileen smiled coldly, nodding with regret.
"But you're right, if someone patiently flips through his memories, or extracts them and puts them in a Pensieve or similar device, problems could indeed arise. That's precisely why we need to put an unbreakable lid on it."
"Don't worry, only a master of Occlumency can act as a spy walking between Voldemort and Dumbledore, committing heinous crimes unnoticed—this logic is impeccable. He's not just a pawn of Voldemort; he's also Voldemort's most trusted strategist behind the scenes—is it difficult to do?"
"The difficulty isn't great, but that would completely ruin the guy..."
Grindelwald pursed his lips, looking at Eileen deeply. "This is the first time I've seen you put so much thought into torturing someone. Why do you have to do this, especially since you had me bring so many people along? He's just a mediocre wizard; in Hogwarts, he almost has no chance of escaping from me."
Different from actively mastered Occlumency, the "Pseudo-Occlumency" cast through magic is like a prison constructed with magic, not only isolating it from external prying eyes but also blocking the renewal of internal information.
In other words, from now on, Peter Pettigrew's ability to receive new information will be greatly reduced.
He will simultaneously exhibit two diametrically opposed states—clear recall of past memories (whether true or false), down to every detail of expression, and severe amnesia regarding newly occurring events.
"Because..."
Eileen smiled slightly, her peripheral vision casually sweeping over the handsome blond young wizard who had finished his conversation and was slowly walking towards them. She raised her tone slightly, saying meaningfully.
"Besides ensuring that everything is foolproof, I also want everyone to know what the price of betraying companions, betraying friendship, and betraying justice is. Death is never the worst situation..."
"Right? Mr. Lockhart. Thank you very much for your hard work during this time."
Eileen looked at Gilderoy Lockhart, who shuddered all over, and patted the wizard's shoulder in a carefree manner.
"Regarding the matter of your new book release, I will help you organize it after the commissioned work is completed—having your own hobby is something that is quite encouraging, and you have also collected a lot of new materials recently. As for this time, go to Bulgaria for a break first, there are many beautiful girls there."
"...I just told Professor Dumbledore that I don't need a vacation, I can continue working!"
Gilderoy Lockhart swallowed hard, looking at the shortest Dark Lord in history, and said with a firm expression.
After that, the young wizard politely nodded towards Grindelwald, quickly glanced at Peter Pettigrew, twitched the corners of his mouth slightly, and stepped into the pink handbag placed on the carpet without looking back.
"Eileen, don't scare Mr. Lockhart... he has really changed a lot compared to before."
Dumbledore shook his head helplessly, saying with a wry smile, and then his face straightened.
"Now that everything is ready, then I will contact Severus. He should have a batch of Veritaserum in reserve, and I will also call Minerva and some related personnel. We also need to notify the Ministry of Magic..."
"Wait, Professor Dumbledore, what are you planning to do?!"
Eileen frowned, looking at Dumbledore with a strange expression. "Judging from what you said, you're not planning to give Peter Pettigrew Veritaserum later, and then have everyone gather together to watch this guy's confession performance, are you?"
"People have the right to know the truth, understanding is the first step, this is the only thing we can do now, and it is something that must be done."
"And then... hand over the sorted interrogation results to the Ministry of Magic, and let the Ministry of Magic conduct a non-public Wizengamot trial based on these materials, selectively revealing some of the content to the public?"
"Otherwise, what else can we do? Don't worry, I am also a member of the Wizengamot, and I will definitely be able to obtain justice..."
"Sigh..."
Eileen and Grindelwald looked at each other and sighed in unison.
As expected, she also saw the same helplessness and headache in the old Demon King's eyes. "Dumbledore Logic" had begun again.
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