A certain Hogwarts rune professor

Chapter 260 Nicole May Among the Rats
Felix sorted out the known information so far——

'From what happened today, we can know that Sirius Black's first target was not Harry, but Ron Weasley.Could it be that the Ministry of Magic got it wrong from the beginning? '

'But it doesn't make sense. When Blake was imprisoned 12 years ago, Ron was only one year old...Is it a personal enmity, a grudge from the previous generation? '

Felix recalled meeting Arthur Weasley and Molly Weasley at the Leaky Cauldron. They made him feel that they were very friendly and warm wizards, except that they had a little too many children.

'No, I was wrong. If Black and the Weasleys had feuds, he could have found them directly. The Weasleys don't have the double protection of dementors and Hogwarts. '

'So, Ron Weasley is the key! '

Felix tried to recall the characteristics of this student. Except for the amazing courage that burst out in the secret room, everything was normal afterwards. The homework handed in showed obvious traces of patchwork, and it seemed that he was not very smart...

Far away.

He focused on Ron Weasley's life and social circle. From his friends, parents, brothers, and the younger sister who was temporarily bewitched by Voldemort's Horcrux, it was logical that he thought of Ron 's pet Scabbers.

If Ron wasn't Black's real target, then the only suspicious thing about him, or the living thing, was the pet rat Scabbers.

"Mouse, tsk!" Felix sighed, "Usually I wouldn't doubt it, but since Black has concealed the fact that he is an Animagus, will this mouse be the same? Or is it A jinxed victim?"

Felix thought for a moment, and he still preferred that the mouse was an Animagus, rather than being subjected to some vicious forced transformation. This can be seen from Black's two or three attacks on Hogwarts regardless of the danger.

"Blake absolutely hated that mouse."

Felix felt a little tricky. Although the above ideas are based on assumptions and reasoning, it has to be said that the possibility is very high.

In fact, if Scabbers was a maliciously transformed victim, it would be fine to find it and send it to St. Mungo's for treatment, but if it is an illegal Animagus, it means that it can change at any time. Back to the wizard.The problem is: I can't judge whether it's an enemy or a friend.

"He may be hiding from the enemy, or he may have to remain anonymous for some reason. But—" Felix felt a huge sense of absurdity in his heart. "Yes, if he really wants to hide, he can choose to avoid the wizarding world. A wizard can live a good life. But he didn't. Instead, he wronged himself, hid in the wizard's family, and disguised himself as a pet mouse , this is definitely not a gesture of goodwill."

The only reason he could think of was that the wizard didn't want to be cut off from the wizarding world, and Mr. Weasley worked for the Ministry of Magic, which happened to meet his requirements.

At this point, he has almost reached a basic judgment. The mouse is probably not a good person. When meeting him, give him a stun spell first, and put it down. At that time, whether to extract information or inject veritaserum depends on his true identity.As for Sirius Black...

"It's hard to say. The enemy of a bad guy is not necessarily a good guy. The reality is too complicated. Moreover, Black ran away from me twice... Although there was a reason for each time, this feeling of being led by the nose is very uncomfortable. good."

Felix always thought that Blake had no brains. Several parties involved in the past—Snape said he was stupid, Lupine said he was impulsive, Professor McGonagall said he was lively, but the fat lady did not comment, but directly revealed Many of his "adventures" and "great achievements" when he was in school, some ideas are really beyond the imagination of normal people.

"This time, he was very smart. He seized the gap during the Christmas holiday. If it wasn't for Harry's strength, he might have succeeded."

Next, Felix did two things.

First thing, he went to the den of the acromantula in the Forbidden Forest.

The Forbidden Forest was covered with thick snow, and Felix was wearing a dark cloak. When his figure appeared in a hollow, there was a clicking sound all around.

This open space was also dyed white by the snow, only the hemispherical spider web nest in the center was conspicuous enough.

"Gork, come out and meet me." Felix sent his voice into the cobweb lair.

Snowflakes fluttered down, and a few giant eight-eyed spiders slowly walked out from inside.

Gork has become the new king of this group of spiders. He occupies the best position in the center of the group, surrounded by several big spiders, and looks like a king.

"Wizard," said Gork petulantly, "what's the matter?"

"That's not a conversational attitude, Gork, have you forgotten what I said?"

Gork's body froze, "I don't mean anything else, I was just sleeping."

"Do acromantulas hibernate?" Felix asked curiously. Will someone catch a few acromantaras or extract their venom while they are hibernating?
"Winter makes us uncomfortable. We try to stay in the cave as much as possible and rarely go out." Gork explained, "But it's not that I don't know everything about the outside world, so I'm coming out now."

Felix nodded: "I heard that you can control the spiders in the Forbidden Forest?" From his perspective, there were many fist-sized spiders rustling on the white spider webs, snow, and dead leaves. crawl.

"They hibernate, and many of them won't be able to survive this winter. What you see is the juvenile spider of the acromantula. The thick hair on its body can resist ice and snow." Gork said, waving his big pincers.

"I happen to need some helpers who are smart enough." Felix raised the corners of his mouth, "Listen, Gork, I need you to look for a big black dog or a stranger in the Forbidden Forest, it may have A fixed foothold, such as an abandoned beast cave, you don’t need to do it after you find it, just remember the location and contact me.”

Gok thought for a long time and said: "I can only let the spiderlings go out. Our size is too obvious, and the centaur will fight back."

"Okay," Felix agreed, and as parting he gave Gork a large cask of sherry - left over from Trelawney's return Christmas present, not quite to his liking.

"Count it a belated gift, Gork."

The second thing was that he went to the school hospital and asked Ron about some information about the mouse. Banban actually inherited it from his older brother Percy.

"How long has it been in your house?"

"It's been a while," said Ron, bewildered.

"To be more specific?" Felix asked persuasively. "When were you aware of its existence? Five or six, seven or eight years old?"

According to his guess, since it is Percy Weasley's pet, seven years is more reasonable. Considering that the Weasleys are an orthodox wizarding family, it may be one or two years earlier.

Ron thought hard, "I seem to have heard my mother mention it. It should be when Percy was five or six years old. One morning, he found Scabbers and immediately decided to keep him. Mom didn't think much of it, because it looked like an ordinary cat. A mouse, and a toe is missing. But Percy lost his temper in a rare way, crying and screaming, and his mother had to agree to him. This is Percy's dark history, and he doesn't want to tell anyone."

Ron grinned and pulled the wound on his leg.

"Ordinary mice are missing a toe..." Felix repeated lightly, and he said with admiration: "So, Scabbers has lived at least eleven or twelve years? I remember that ordinary mice can generally live for more than three years." It's not bad."

"This is the Nick Flamel of mice."

(End of this chapter)