The Chinese girl from Hufflepuff is both timid and brave

The thing in the display case in front of me is exactly the legendary Hufflepuff gold cup.

The golden cup, which should have been in the Lestrange family vault, belonging to the founder's treasure and also Voldemort's Horcrux, was actually placed in the basement of the Malfoy manor after being regarded as "Mr. Flamel's treasure."

It will soon be the finale of the auction and will be "sold away" by all the wealthy people who come here. The proceeds will then be used as funds for the Ministry of Magic, fully realizing its due "value".

"This, this is ours..." Karina didn't know what to say for a moment, and could only open her eyes in confusion: "Is it authentic? I heard that there were originally four founder's treasures, but only the sword of Gryffindor was preserved and in the hands of successive headmasters. The swords of the other three houses were lost at some point in time."

Sun Zhu touched his nose and sighed silently.

Of course, it was decades before Noseless Old Fu was active, when he not only stole three treasures, but also destroyed them beyond recognition. This treasure thief and transformation criminal who attached great importance to ritual thought that depositing his soul fragments on them was equivalent to gaining the same "lifespan" and status, which was really wrong.

As for whether this is real or fake... of course it is fake. After all, the Horcrux that was obtained with great difficulty is just placed here so carelessly, and the few members of the Order of the Phoenix in the Ministry of Magic who know about it are not stupid.

However, this fake also took a lot of effort to imitate, and the weird alchemist must have taken this opportunity to cheat the Ministry of Magic out of a lot of money. If Tongzi hadn't known that the real thing was buried in the Potter family's vault by Sirius, Sun Zhu would not have been able to easily determine its authenticity with the naked eye.

"In addition to the gold cup, there are several other things that are also worthy of attention." Cecilia pointed at a few things with her finger, "Look at the things in the cabinet on your left."

Sun Zhu turned his gaze over, but only saw an ordinary book and a feather pen whose hair was almost falling off.

The more unremarkable something looks, the more stories it tells. There must be a reason why it appears here.

Sun Zhu thought of the old six, which she had completely forgotten after the diary was dealt with. Later, she learned that it was just some memory fragments of Tom Riddle's school days that Dumbledore extracted when he tried to destroy the soul fragments attached to the diary. Although Tom had some demonic tendencies when he was a student, after being dealt with by Dumbledore, he became a snake without fangs, and his harm was limited.

If it fell into the hands of a Slytherin with some ambition and intention, it should be able to make some waves, but in her hands, it can be said that it was completely "a pearl covered in dust". When Dumbledore mentioned this, he seemed to have a little regret. He said frankly that if his students had not been harmed by Tom, the troublemaker, the story would not be interesting enough.

Could it be that this book in front of me is also a masterpiece after Dumbledore's magical modification?

"It is said that this is a replica made by Mr. Flamel himself." Cecilia's voice brought her back to her thoughts. "I think you have all heard of the 'Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Admission'. This treasure was created by Mr. Flamel when he was young. After obtaining the permission of the Hogwarts headmaster, he entered the tower and observed it for a night. He got inspiration and then transformed the magic item."

In other words, the two most interesting auction items are one a fake and the other a knockoff?

"Book of Admission, what is that?" Karina scratched her head. "I should have heard of it, but I don't remember much... Eh?"

"The Pen of Acceptance and the Book of Admission are the authoritative standards for Hogwarts to admit new students every year. Only those whose names are allowed to be written in the book are eligible to study in Hogwarts." A gentle voice came from the side. He nodded slightly to Cecilia and others, then slowly moved to Sun Zhu and glanced at her.

Sun Zhu looked at him suspiciously, then suddenly realized, "Where did you get this monocle from... Anyway, why do you wear glasses? You're not nearsighted like Harry."

"It's Professor Black's new invention. It's said that through the lens, one can see through the magical aura on an object. If it involves dark magic, an ominous dark green light will flow." Cedric smiled, "And he said that dressing like this makes me look more like a Muggle."

Well, indeed...

Sun Zhu took another look at the man. He was wearing a slim-fitting black trench coat and straight trousers, a dark grey vest and a snow-white shirt, and even some flashy chain accessories. With his black hair, grey eyes and white skin, he looked more like a Muggle than a real...

"You have surpassed ordinary Muggles and turned into a beast in human clothing. Who gave you the idea... Oh, it should be Sirius, that's not surprising."

"Professor Black also said that the kind of dressing that ordinary girls would be interested in probably won't work on you." He turned the wand in his hand as if he was very discouraged, looked around casually, and then lowered his voice and said, "Do you know how Mr. Potter is doing recently?"

"It probably doesn't feel good." Sun Zhu thought of what the basilisk said to her. Harry seemed to have nightmares every night, and his scar hurt every three days and every five days. From time to time, she could sense the current state of her noseless self - after possessing Quirrell and failing to cause trouble, he fled back to his happy home, the jungle of Albania, waiting for an opportunity to come back for revenge.

Harry "dreamed" of some primitive savages who lived in a wild and bloody way, a vivid jungle adventure. Now, the noseless old man, who was possessed by various beasts and even insects, had a very difficult life, but he never gave up, and his vitality was as strong as that of cockroaches.

But Harry had no idea what he was seeing, and he even began to complain to Dobby - after Ron insisted that it was all Malfoy's conspiracy, and he was unwilling to tell Hermione about his real troubles, and after he wrote to Sirius for help but got no effective response, the only one left with him was this elf whose behavior had been much more "normal" recently.

However, secretly, there was a thousand-year-old basilisk that would eavesdrop on Harry's activities and would hiss to scare him, so Harry didn't dare to stay at school on Christmas. After learning that Sirius had to work overtime on Christmas due to his busy work at the Ministry of Magic, he actually asked to stay with Vernon.

"What, he went back to his uncle's house?" Sun Zhu knew that this meant that Harry had been frightened a lot in this half semester.

"Professor Black said that he would ask someone he trusts to protect Mr. Potter in secret, but I think he would rather turn himself into a big black dog and guard Privet Drive than anyone else... Unfortunately, this would make it easy for Mr. Potter to find him."

"It's okay... I can ask Dobby to go over and keep an eye on Harry. Harry shouldn't be in any danger right now."

After all, Voldemort himself should still be barely alive by eating berries and drinking rainwater, and the Death Eaters who secretly want to welcome the Dark Lord back are under the surveillance of the Order of the Phoenix members, and have no time to deal with him, the "rumored savior."

"By the way, when did you become so familiar with Sirius? Why is he willing to tell you about Harry?" Sun Zhu glanced at him, while Karina, under the guidance of Cecilia, had almost finished looking at almost all the auction items in the hall.

"Oh, Professor Black said that he vaguely felt that Mr. Potter's current miserable state might have something to do with you. So he hopes that I can come... to persuade you."

"Ah?" Sun Zhu was speechless. "What does he mean?"

"He said that if he had offended you, he hoped that you would find the culprit and go directly to him instead of attacking his godson." Cedric said seriously, "After failing to get any valuable information from the principal, he decided to ask you for mercy."

"Am I such a petty person who can't distinguish between public and private in his eyes?" Sun Zhu was furious. "Also, if I really intend to join hands with the principal to kill Harry, will it have any dissuading effect if you tell me directly like this? Don't you know how to be more roundabout?"

"Anyway..." He shrugged, "I won't lie to you, so I can only tell you what I said."

Sun Zhu's anger subsided a lot. She waved her hand: "You know I'm not targeting you, but..."

"Professor Black should not have misunderstood you. He seems to have accidentally found out something about you and wants to give you some gifts as a thank you, but it is not convenient for him to say it directly, so he can only ask me to pass it to you." He continued to explain: "But this is just my guess, but I don't want to see you depressed because of this, so..."

Sun Zhu rubbed his nose and nodded: "Okay, I understand. You...you don't have to be so thorough, as if you can see through everything."

"No, there's actually very little I can do." He put his wand in his pocket and muttered to himself, "The thing I want to see through the most is something I can never see through, but that's not a bad thing."

"You two, are you telling riddles here?" Fina's unpleasant voice came, "The auction is about to start, do you want to go upstairs and take a look?"

Sun Zhu came back to his senses and looked around, only to find that they were the only three left. Karina had been taken away by Cecilia long ago, without even saying hello to them.

"Are you sure I didn't tell you that, and it's not that you two are just arrogant?" Fina crossed her arms. "When I came over, I saw that there was a magical magnetic field of 'don't disturb unless necessary' around you. No one would get close to you two within five meters, because even if they got close, they couldn't get a word in."

"Haha, is it that exaggerated..."

"I am the only one who can interrupt it." Fina led them out with a look on her face, as if to say what sin I had committed in my previous life.

"There's actually nothing to see here. Although there are many valuable things, they are not important." Fina glanced at the glass cabinet containing the "Replica Book of Admission" and shook her head. "I don't know if Tonks and the others can gain anything tonight."