Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"Wait a minute!" Dean suddenly remembered something, "You said that witch directly tortured your soul?"

Quirrell nodded.

Dean became a little depressed after checking it: "Qui Luo, your soul is too weak now. I'm afraid you can't bear the pain of erasing your master's soul mark."

"Then what should I do?" Quirrell asked desperately.

Dean took out all the potions that Snape had given him to treat apathy and gave them to Quirrell: "This is a potion to warm the soul. If you drink one bottle a week, your soul will be restored by the end of the semester." It’s almost done.”

"One bottle a week? That's not enough." Quirrell looked a little depressed at the three or four bottles of potion in his hand.

"Don't worry, I will replenish it for you before your potion runs out - but don't let your master and the witch know, otherwise I won't be able to do anything if they try anything else." Dean warned.

He felt that everything had been arranged, and if he wanted to save Quirrell, he would have to wait until the end of the semester.

……

Dean sat bored in Dumbledore's principal's office and waited. He found that most of the portraits of the former principals were pretending to be asleep, but were actually secretly looking at him.

He had just returned from the Forbidden Forest when he unexpectedly received a letter from an owl.

The letter was from Dumbledore, asking him to go to the principal's office immediately.

However, when he came to the principal's office, he found that Dumbledore had missed the appointment again.

"Hehe, boy, you came at the wrong time. Dumbledore just received an urgent letter from the Ministry of Magic and had to go out. Before he left, he told you to wait here for his return no matter what." A man wearing Slater The portrait of the little old man in Lin's clothing and with a goatee finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He no longer pretended to be asleep but said to Dean triumphantly.

"But he just asked the owl to bring a message and asked me to come over." Dean was speechless. He was already very tired today, okay?

"He received the letter from the Ministry of Magic after he sent it to you." The little old man said contemptuously, "Don't you think that seeing you is more important than the Ministry of Magic's affairs?"

Dean frowned slightly, he didn't like the little old man's tone very much, but when he saw the meticulously ironed Slytherin clothes on the little old man, he immediately understood something.

"You must have been the principal of Hogwarts, so you are qualified to hang the portrait in the principal's office." Dean said confidently, "Let me guess, you must be the first Hogwarts in the history of Hogwarts." Mr. Phineas Nigellus Black, the Lytlin-born headmaster and the most unpopular headmaster for many years, right?”

Phineas was choked. He didn't expect Dean to guess his identity right away, and he didn't expect Dean to still dare to be disrespectful to him after knowing his identity.

"I don't think I'm the least popular principal." Phineas muttered.

"Haha, as long as you're happy." Dean's words almost made Phineas's nose crooked with anger.

"By the way, Mr. Black, you must know the Black family very well, right?" There has been no news from Lupine, who was sent to investigate the Black family tree. Dean suddenly thought that he might be able to find out some news about the Black family from Phineas.

"I refuse to answer this question. This is simply a slander against me!" Phineas said coldly. Are you kidding? He was once the patriarch of the Black family. Of course he knew the Black family well. Dean was simply superfluous. ask.

"Then do you know if there is Leonard Shaw in the Black family?" Dean threw out his grandfather's name, which he knew from Grindelwald.

Phineas, who originally had a poker face, suddenly lost control of his expression when he heard the name: "Leona Xiao? Where did you know this name?"

Dean was overjoyed, Phineas really knew!

"If my investigation is correct, Leona Xiao should be my grandfather."

After Dean finished speaking, he found that Phineas's expression was simply wonderful: horror, disbelief, realization, relief, regret, annoyance... all kinds of expressions took turns, and finally turned into - a burst of rage,

"You turn out to be the descendant of that unfilial son, Leona Xiao, that bastard!..." A series of vicious curses came out of Phineas's mouth, and Dean's expression changed.

"You are not allowed to insult my grandfather!" Dean pulled out his wand and shouted at Phineas.

"That's your grandfather, but he's also my grandson. Am I not qualified to talk about him?" Phineas asked arrogantly.

"Of course you are qualified, but I don't allow you to use insulting words! Otherwise I don't mind burning your portrait!" Dean was stunned after finishing speaking. Only then did he realize that Phineas had revealed an incredible thing. Message: "Wait, you said my grandfather Leona Xiao is your grandson?"

"What's the problem?" Phineas asked angrily.

His eyes kept flickering, showing a hint of guilt. He was really afraid that Dean would burn his portrait impulsively.

"Then which son of yours is my grandfather's father?" Dean asked, suppressing his pounding heart. As long as this key is clarified, the series of tasks of the mystery of identity will basically be completed.

Just thinking about the generous mission rewards makes Dean drool!

"I don't have a son like that!" Phineas was silent for a moment and then suddenly became furious. "That unfilial son actually supported the rights of Muggles. Not only that, he also married an oriental woman... He has been removed from the family tree. , I don’t have such a son!”

"You only need to tell me his name, and I will be grateful." Dean persuaded patiently.

"Don't even think about it! I'm ashamed to say his name!" Phineas was furious.

"It's just a name..." Dean still wanted to try harder.

"Stop being delusional. I won't tell you. Even if you burn the portrait, I won't tell you anything!" Phineas said firmly, making it seem like Dean was the villain who was extracting a confession.

Dean was helpless. The feeling of being stuck when he was so close to finishing was so uncomfortable - he really couldn't do anything to burn the portrait.

There was an atmosphere called embarrassment in the entire principal's office. Even the portraits of other principals no longer pretended to be asleep, but gathered together to silently enjoy the internal strife of the Black family.

"What happened just now? Why do everyone look so energetic? It's late at night now." Dumbledore opened the door in a dusty manner and was stunned by the atmosphere in the room.

A portrait of the headmaster that Dean could not recognize whispered something to Dumbledore, and Dumbledore had a look of understanding on his face.

"Phineas, your reaction is too intense. Mr. Thomas just wants to know his own life experience, and it has nothing to do with the differences between 'you'." Dumbledore first said something to Phineas in an angry tone, and then Then he turned to Dean: "Thomas, I would like to ask you to accompany me for a walk."