Late that night, while Dumbledore held an operation debriefing with Roy and the others, deep beneath the Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts' Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor, Dia Jobana, had just finished answering questions from Ministry officials in the same Auror Office interrogation room where Roy had once stayed. Her expression was vacant, as though her soul had been torn out.
"So you're certain that it was your Killing Curse that took the life of the suspect, Tiago Brando. Is that correct?"
"Yes... Teacher-I, I mean Brando. He, he suddenly started attacking me and the female Auror beside me. She was about to be torn apart by him, so I, I used the Killing Curse."
After hearing Jobana's answer, the investigator sitting across the interrogation table lowered his head and added a few more details to the file in his hands with his pen.
"Understood, Professor Jobana. We're deeply saddened by what happened as well. Please rest assured that if you're innocent, the Ministry of Magic will clear your name."
As the meticulous investigator from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement rose from his seat opposite her, a flicker of hesitation crossed Professor Jobana's face. She had been dazed ever since entering the Ministry of Magic. As he gathered his files to leave, she quietly asked another question.
"Can, can I leave now? I won't run away. I can promise Professor Dumbledore that."
The usually lovely blonde young woman now looked indescribably exhausted. Hearing her words, the investigator opening the interrogation room door glanced back at Professor Jobana, who sat pitifully in her chair, but his expression did not change at all.
"I'm sorry, ma'am. Too many Aurors were killed or injured today, and there's been a major incident at Gringotts as well. Please understand that you cannot leave just