RNP Chapter 426 Reminder
Chapter 426 Reminder
Harry argued irritably: "That person's target is definitely not me. This doesn't make sense. Bell just said that Kalai wanted to take the thing into the castle and give it to someone. If the target was me, wouldn't it be better for Hogsmeade to give it to me directly?"
There was nothing wrong with Harry's analysis, and Hermione had to admit that he was right. "Who do you think the murderer's target is?"
"It had to be Dumbledore," Hagrid said with a look that showed he had seen through everything. "Who else but Dumbledore would be worthy of someone sending such an expensive gift from outside the school to harm him?
I bet that person wouldn't dare to face Dumbledore, the despicable goblin!"
Not to mention, although Hagrid's judgment was arbitrary, it was strangely correct.
Harry made another guess, wondering if the target might be the new Potions Professor, because he was the only one who looked elegantly dressed, and it seemed reasonable for him to be given a valuable antique gold lamp.
Besides, this had never happened before, and it seemed logical that it happened when he arrived.
Sainz thought, "From Harry's perspective, it's normal to make this assumption.
During this period of time, he seemed to be receiving "private lessons" from old Dumbledore, and was gradually understanding the situation of that year. Although he didn't know what the situation was this time, in the original trajectory, when old Dumbledore went to invite Slughorn, he was accompanied by Harry.
Even though this time it was the new Potions Professor who was invited by Dumbledore alone, Harry, who was gradually informed of matters related to the Horcruxes, must have known how much Dumbledore valued Slughorn, and it was even possible that Harry had been given the task of extracting information from him.
On the other hand, if Old Deng takes it seriously, then Old Fu must also take it seriously. So it is reasonable for him to be targeted and murdered."
After chatting for a while and everyone's emotions gradually calmed down, the office tea party was disbanded.
In the original storyline, it was this year that Malfoy used the Vanishing Cabinet to divert a large number of Death Eaters from attacking the school, and by a series of coincidences, he killed Old Man Dumbledore.
This time, Sainz got the vanishing cabinet in advance and kept the cursed ring. Such annoying things should not happen again.
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"Ben, there's something I feel I need to say more about."
"What's up, brother?" Ben said a little tiredly, "Why didn't I realize that Hogsmeade Week was so annoying before? Can't those guys cooperate a little? They always try every possible way to avoid my supervision!"
"Haha, it's because you are now an annoying administrator," Sainz said jokingly, "You are their enemy now."
"Oh, how pitiful! That's how we used to play tricks on Filch!"
"No, stop it. I never played a trick on Filch."
"Yes," Ben said jokingly, "You are the only good kid, and we are all bad kids. Alas, now I have become the target of students' teasing."
"Haha, just give up. People will end up living the way they hate themselves!"
"Forget it, I can't argue with you," Ben lay down on the sofa indulgently, "By the way, what did you say you wanted to remind me of?"
Talking about business, Sainz stopped joking and said, "It's still about the detection of foreign objects. I found that your black magic detector has a loophole."
"What loophole?" Ben asked as he sat up. "That was specially equipped for me by the school. It's very powerful."
"It's really powerful," Sainz said. "I've experimented with it before, and it can detect very faint traces of black magic, but it's not comprehensive enough."
"is it?"
"It can't detect potions," Sainz reminded, "Ben, you're a wizard, you have to trust your wand more than relying solely on an alchemical item."
Ben showed no impatience. "Of course I trust my wand more. I'm not Filch, and I don't need to rely entirely on an object made by someone else."
Sainz nodded in agreement. The reason why Malfoy's second trick in the original trajectory - poisoning - was able to enter the school was because Filch was a squib. He could not cast spells himself and could only rely entirely on the dark magic detector. He could not recognize the poison in the wine, which allowed Malfoy to take advantage of the loophole.
This time, with Sainz's reminder, as long as we are not careless, the chance of foreign dangerous goods sneaking in is really small.
"Brother?" Ben pointed at a piece of cloth curiously, "What is this? When did you start studying tailoring skills? What else are you not interested in?"
Sainz was not embarrassed at all about his hobby being discovered. "I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well try to make something interesting."
"What is that? Interesting?" Ben picked up the cloth and shook it open. "Huh? It doesn't look thick, but I didn't expect it to be so heavy. Hmm... the pattern on it is pretty... It doesn't look like a painting..."
“Embroidered.”
"Embroidery?" Ben checked again and again in surprise, "Did you say it wrong, or did I hear it wrong?" At the same time, he cast a suspicious look at Sainz's hands.
"What's that look?" Sai was a little defensive, "It's not with our hands, it's magic, magic! We are wizards!"
"Ah? Oh! I'm distracted, distracted!" Ben changed the subject abruptly. "By the way, why is this so much heavier than it looks?"
"Well... it's a little difficult to explain," Sainz said slowly, trying to figure out how to explain it so that it wouldn't sound too pretentious and wouldn't make Ben feel that he was despising him, "I'll make some things bigger first, and then..."
"Don't try to explain it in detail," Ben waved his hands, "it's just magic, right?"
"Right, right, right! You've summed it up perfectly," Sainz said admiringly, "In the end, it's actually thicker than it looks."
"I would have understood it earlier!" Ben complained, shaking the things in his hand and spreading them on the table. "What's the use of it? It's square and looks like a tablecloth..."
Sainz clapped his hands, "Brother, you have a keen eye, it's just a tablecloth!"
"You are so idle," Ben's interest dropped after hearing that. He picked it up and put it down, folded it up and unfolded it again, and found that it was just a beautiful tablecloth. He threw it aside lazily. "It's better to be a professor. You have money and free time. You have so much free time that you can start weaving cloth yourself.
By the way, this piece of cloth seems to be quite strong, what is it made of?"
Sainz did not hide anything and said honestly, "The main material is silk, mixed with some unicorn tail hair and the silk sac of the giant spider."
"Wow!" Ben pretended to be startled. "You see, I'm not touching it now. Don't come to me if you lose it!"
"Don't worry, the materials are not as valuable as you think. With your salary level, it won't be difficult to lose them."
"Oh~ What a cold-blooded vampire," Ben said exaggeratedly, "I've only been working for less than a month, and you're already thinking about my salary? No... I have to stay away from you. I'd better go inspect the castle. Bye!"