#480 - Planning and figuring out the truth

Mikel made a point of greeting Ron and saw the sewing items in his hand.

He thought of what he had learned from Percy, and asked, "Ron, do you want to collect your pet's hair and knit a little doll for it?"

Ron was startled at first. He didn't expect Mikel to ask him this question. He nodded and said, "Yes, Hermione knitted for Crookshanks. She thought it was very beautiful and wanted to knit one as a souvenir."

Mikel asked casually, "Do you have a tutorial for knitting this thing? I think it's very interesting and I want to try one too."

Ron's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Lin Xia had guessed it right. Fortunately, he was prepared.

Ron thought at the time that it was not necessary to go through so much trouble, and Percy was not the type to ask questions.

But since Lin Xia was cautious, Ron followed suit. He also pulled Hermione in to discuss it, and finally found a reasonable excuse to prepare the materials and equipment in advance.

This time, Ron took out the needle and thread, actually wanting to put away the props on the table, but he didn't expect Mikel to actually ask.

He replied calmly, "Yes, Hermione found a book called "Magic Knitting Tutorial" in the library. There is a section that teaches us to collect pet hair and use magic to weave it into various dolls. You can borrow this book specifically."

Mikkel said doubtfully, "How can a library have such daily books?"

Ron: "Yes, I found a few books about common household spells when I was looking for books before. They are quite interesting."

Mikel said, "Okay, I'll go to the library and look for it then."

Ron picked up his sewing supplies and headed to the Gryffindor common room, where he and Percy had arranged to meet.

After leaving the dormitory, Ron turned around and found that Mikkel had not caught up with him. He quickly went to the lounge and found Hermione reading in the box.

He cast the shielding spell before telling Hermione about Mikkel.

Hermione frowned and asked, "Do you think that Mikkel cares about Scabbers?"

Ron nodded: "I had a vague sense of it before, and this time he asked me specifically, his intentions are obvious."

Hermione's expression became serious. "I think Lin Xia must have noticed something, so she asked you to find a good excuse in advance and also asked us to prepare all the props, just in case someone asks about it."

Ron had no idea what he was thinking, and his face was drooping. "So, are we really going to weave dolls out of pet hair?"

He has no interest in this kind of manual work and he doesn't know how to do it.

Hermione said without hesitation: "Of course, you have to do the whole show."

Ron didn't have to wait long before Percy arrived in the common room.

Percy had been in the common room, but he returned to his dormitory on an unscheduled basis.

With the aura of the president, he would attract the attention of young wizards wherever he went. Percy held his head high, and the president badge on his chest was polished to a shine.

Originally Ron wanted to go over to greet him, but Percy ignored him and deliberately took a few more detours to enjoy the scenery before coming to Ron and handing him a box.

Other little wizards asked Percy questions, but Percy ignored Ron and quickly said, "The hair is all in the box, and there are only this much left," and immediately turned around to answer the other little wizards' questions.

Because there were so many young wizards coming, Ron and Hermione had to leave the box where they were originally staying.

The common room was a bit noisy and not a good place for research, so the two thought about it and decided to go to the laboratory.

On the other side, Lin Xia had already arrived at the lounge.

Wearing the "Charlie Bracelet" that had been recast by the Scales of Fate, she used a spell on the center console to leave a message for Draco who was still doing experiments, and then placed the bracelet at the door of his laboratory.

Not to mention that Draco would make all kinds of strange movements when refining strange potions and did not want to be watched by other wizards.

Even if she didn't make any strange movements, the exclusive laboratory was a very private place after all. Lin Xia would not break in unless it was absolutely necessary, even if she had the ability to do so.

After finishing all this, Lin Xia came to the public hall of the laboratory and began to modify the principle of the binding wand to be discussed at the binding wand launch conference.

Dean Sprout sent her a message by pigeon today, saying that the Aurors Department of the Ministry of Magic was very interested in her binding wand and wanted to purchase it through an internal channel.

So the dean suggested that when she held the paper conference at Hogwarts, she should give less overview of the production principles of the binding wand and add more inspiration for why she wanted to study the binding wand.

At the end of the letter, the dean also hinted to her that she could add some insignificant conflicts between plant medicinal properties.

Lin Xia understood immediately.

Isn't it just nonsense?

She is the best at holding press conferences and writing reports.

I guarantee that what you say will be meaningful, so that even though people are confused, they will still think that what you say is right!

However, although she does not plan to open the school to more people for this press conference, the paper review panel will come. The paper will not count once it is published, but it will be officially effective after it is reviewed by the review panel, confirming that the ownership of the "Binding Wand" belongs to her.

This is the last round of judging, and the judges will ask some questions. If she cannot answer these questions, the judges will question whether the Binding Wand is a product she developed, rather than plagiarized.

The questions are either simple or difficult. If you can't answer them on the spot, you can always answer them in the future. You just need to write a letter to the jury to ask for the answers.

In the past, there was a wizard who came up with the idea without any problems on the spot, but he finally answered the questions raised by the jury three years later. Finally, the invention belonged to that wizard three years later and was then put into commercial use in the wizarding world.

Although Dean Sprout said there was no need to worry about the jury, Lin Xia had to be on guard.

If the Aurors Department of the Ministry of Magic really wants to purchase binding wands, it will take away the interests of the original suppliers of binding weapons.

She is fearless in her research field, but she is afraid that her opponents will use commercial means to contact the jury and make them less fair.

As Lin Xia was thinking about this, she suddenly remembered her Wizengamot's third-level medal.

Since receiving the medal, she has not officially displayed it.

Maybe she can show off this badge at the press conference.

"Lin Xia!" Hermione and Ron walked into the laboratory, and they immediately shared Mikel's questions with Lin Xia.

Hermione said seriously, "I think there's something wrong with this Mikel. Does he know Scabbers' secret, or does he feel that the mouse is unusual?"

Lin Xia thought about it and did not answer the question, but talked about another thing.

"During the last match between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, I went down the stage to maintain order halfway through the match. At that time, Mikel also went down the stage. He did not return to Hogwarts, but walked around the edge of the field. I felt something was wrong, so I followed him.

Mikel saw that I was a little panicked and wanted to tell me to leave quickly. I didn't leave, but followed him. After a while, I saw Banban and a big dog chasing it. "

Ron was surprised and asked, "The dog chasing Scabbers?"

He thought of the conversation he had with Harry before. After Harry entered Professor Babel's office, he broke down emotionally and said something else, which was roughly about Sirius' Animagus being the big black dog.

When he was a child, Sirius often turned into a big dog to cheer him up.

Ron said breathlessly, "Is that big black dog Sirius?

One is called Sirius, the other is Pettigrew. One is believed to be dead, and the other is a prisoner in Azkaban. Pettigrew must have some secrets that made Sirius chase him.

Hermione's mind was working very quickly, and she suddenly took a breath, "I seem to have discovered something...but this is not right, no, maybe this kind of guess is normal."

Ron was so anxious: "Hermione, hurry up and tell me, don't be a riddler!"

Hermione said, "I had always thought that Sirius came to Hogwarts because Harry was here. Ever since I knew he was Harry's godfather, I once suspected that Sirius came to kill Harry. After all, in Trelawney's prophecy about Harry, the ominous symbol of death was a big dog."

She paused for a moment, as if she was organizing her thoughts, and then she spoke quickly, "But now I don't think so. Do you think Sirius is coming for Pettigrew?

Isn't Pettigrew dead? But he has been hiding in your house for decades, so there must be something hidden. Sirius probably wants to know the truth from him. If he came for Pettigrew, then it makes sense why he just looked at Harry silently instead of actively coming to find Harry. "

Ron asked in confusion: "We know that Scabbers is Peter Pettigrew because we have the Marauder's Map, but Sirius is imprisoned in Azkaban, how did he know about Pettigrew?

Moreover, Scabbers had already appeared in Hogwarts a long time ago. He was Percy's pet before and was not in any danger. Why was he only found by Sirius this year?"

Lin Xia suddenly said, "There must be some channel that allowed Sirius to discover that Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew. I have looked up information before. Sirius and Pettigrew are very good friends. They are both close friends of the Potters, so they should be aware of each other's Animagus."

The clues in her mind were connected together, and suddenly, a newspaper suddenly jumped into her mind.

"It's a newspaper! It's about your family's trip to Egypt!"

Lin Xia looked at Ron and said firmly, "Your family was on TV during the summer vacation, and Scabbers was also photographed. Sirius must have seen the newspaper, so he recognized that it was Pettigrew!"

Ron's mouth twitched. There were thousands of mice, could he really recognize them at a glance?

Lin Xia seemed to know what Ron was thinking and said, "If Sirius had always remembered Pettigrew, it wouldn't have been difficult for him. It was precisely because he discovered Pettigrew's whereabouts that he wanted to escape from Azkaban."

Hermione followed Lin Xia's line of thought and felt that this was the most correct answer.

Then it all makes sense!

That strange feeling could also be explained, Sirius was not coming for Harry, but for Pettigrew.

"So what do we do now?" Hermione asked.

Lin Xia thought for a while and said, "We still have to find a way to find Pettigrew. As long as we catch Pettigrew, Sirius will automatically show up."

She looked at the animal hair in the box, then turned to look at some "laboratory mice" placed in the hall, and said in a deep voice:

"We need to wait and see what happens. But before that, we need to do some camouflage."

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Late that night, Ron and Harry finished their patrol and returned to the dormitory, and unexpectedly found that Mikkel was not asleep either.

He waved his wand and performed a "fluorescent flash", which was obviously an improved version of the luminescent flash. The luminous ball did not stick to the top of the wand, but instead broke away from the wand and surrounded Mikel's body, illuminating him completely.

Harry already knew from Ron that there was something wrong with Mikel. They coordinated their statements and wanted to see what move Mikel would make next.

As for Neville, he had fallen asleep long ago.

When Mikel saw them coming back, he took the initiative to ask, "Ron, did you have a smooth patrol tonight?"

Ron nodded: "It's fine, nothing happened."

Mikel shook the magic book in his hand. It was the "Magic Weaving Tutorial" that Ron mentioned. Under the illumination of the light ball, his eyes were shining with a light blue spot.

"I also want to knit a little doll using the feathers that my owl sheds. I don't know if it's possible. Can I knit it with you?"

Ron and Harry looked at each other with confused eyes, as if they didn't expect Mikel to be so "enthusiastic".

Mikel observed their expressions carefully and felt that this reaction was a normal one. It would be strange if he felt something was wrong.

Ron stammered, "Okay, you can help me write it, but it's none of my business if it's not good."

Mikkel raised an eyebrow: "Of course."

On the other side, Lin Xia finished his patrol and returned to the golden tree house.

After finishing her daily chores, she began her practice as usual.

The phantom of the scales of fate floated in the air but did not turn into a solid entity. Streams of mist flowed out from the sky plate.

The color of the mist is very complex, bringing together all the seven colors, as well as black and white, which mixed together to form a dark color. But if you look closely, you will see a variety of colors.

This power is the power of the Slytherin locket. Lin Xia has been absorbing its power ever since she sacrificed it.

She knew that the Scales of Fate, as a storage container, would steal some of the power, but this was inevitable.

As the master of the Scales of Fate, if the Scales of Fate steals too much, she has some unprecedented means to restrict it.

The dark mist seeped into her body through the countless tiny pores on her skin, gradually transforming her body. Eventually, the power that circulated through her body gathered on the right side of her heart.

Bang, bang, bang!

Two different heartbeats sounded in her body, causing her body to experience different vibrations. Her internal organs were damaged to varying degrees, and blood was discharged through the body surface.

Every time she practices, she will go through this process. The double heartbeats will gradually resonate, and then the practice will stop. (End of this chapter)