Every word Vaughn spoke landed like a bombshell, leaving the people in the courtroom stunned for a long time.
Discovering Voldemort, killing Quirrell, anticipating Voldemort's return, and even predicting what Voldemort would do-
But he was not finished. Vaughn continued, "To assist the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, C deployed all its werewolves and wizards, so I had to turn to some friends and ask them to help protect my family and the C Headquarters building."
"As it turned out, I made the right decision. Not only did we stop the Dark Wizards' plot to sow chaos and panic in Muggle society, but we also made some astonishing discoveries."
"Director Bones will explain everything in detail during the second stage of this meeting."
With those few casual remarks, Vaughn glossed over several other incidents involving him.
Apart from assisting the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, he classified the other two incidents as private affairs entirely unrelated to the Ministry of Magic. He had protected C Headquarters and his family through his own connections.
Many people already knew what had happened at the C Headquarters building. After all, so many house-elves acting together and exchanging fire with Dark Wizards could hardly escape notice.
What interested everyone more was the mysterious wizard who had reportedly appeared during the attack on the Burrow and helped Mr. and Mrs. Weasley repel the Death Eaters. Who was that mysterious wizard?
The newspapers claimed that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley had both been injured in the battle, and that there had even been no word from Arthur ever since.
In reality, however, Ministry officials knew that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley were perfectly fine. Arthur had merely used the incident as an excuse to request some leave. At that very moment, Arthur was sitting in the