"According to your instructions, I sent someone to investigate secretly——"
At the desk, Remus Lupine looked a little tired, his suit was a little wrinkled, and he didn't have time to shave his beard.
"The addresses of those missing children have not changed, but their original families have basically suffered huge changes -" Lu Ping sighed, "Almost everyone who still lives in the same place has been cast a forgetting spell.
, they and their friends and relatives have forgotten the existence of the child. What's more, some families have complicated interpersonal relationships and too many people need to be cast on the Forgetting Curse. They... they were cast on the Soul Imperius Curse..."
After hearing Lupine's report, Sean's frown deepened. It was almost as he expected. With so many children suddenly disappearing, if parents had called the police or carried out other activities, he should have received some relevant news.
That's right. But if it hadn't been for that night's trip to the cabin, Sean would have been kept in the dark until now.
The returnees cast magic on the parents of those children...
However, what puzzled Sean was that Lupine's report did not mention a situation similar to that of the Lloyds. It seemed that only that poor couple was affected by the magic of "Sloth".
Are Lloyd's children special, or is it just an attempt by the returnees?
Sean is more inclined to the former. He suspects that the boy named Lonte Royd may have something special. For example, there is a certain trait in his body that meets the requirements of the [Guilty Container].
However, the specific situation needs to be investigated after they rescue those poor children.
After thinking for a while, Sean said: "Withdraw all our people, we can't alert the snake, and everyone who is withdrawn must be carefully checked to prevent polyjuice, soul-stealing curses, weaving memories and other methods.
The chance of discovery is low, but you still have to be careful.”
Lu Ping nodded: "Don't worry, I have already told you."
"Well, thank you for your hard work, Remus."
After chatting with Lupine for a while, Sean returned to Hogwarts. After walking out of the Room of Requirement, he walked towards the auditorium.
The only opportunity to meet Durmstrang students was during the daily meal time. Ever since he beat up Reinhard Nott that day, all Durmstrang students had avoided him.
Sean originally planned to find an opportunity to test Leon Schneider again, but the other party didn't give him a chance at all. The guy never showed up in Hogwarts Castle except for eating.
After arriving in the auditorium and waving to Daisy and Hermione at the Ravenclaw table, Sean habitually looked at the long table where Durmstrang students ate.
Then, Sen Leng's eyes were cast over without concealment, it was Reinhard Nott.
The corner of Sean's mouth raised a slight arc, this guy has been discharged from the hospital...
He waved friendly to the other party with a warm smile on his face, as if he was saying hello to an old friend.
There was no concealment of the hatred and coldness in Reinhard Nott's eyes. He actually showed Sean his usual gesture again and wiped his neck with his right hand.
It's interesting, remember to eat or not... Sean smiled nonchalantly, this guy's stubbornness was beyond his expectation.
However, he is not that interested in Reinhard Nott now. In that test, the other party did not seem to have any unconventional power, whether it was Obscurus or [Guilty].
Sean's focus has now shifted to Leon Schneider, who is sitting next to Reinhard Knott.
He ignored the other party and walked directly towards Daisy and Hermione.
"It seems that Wallop doesn't take you seriously at all." Leon Schneider chuckled.
Reinhard Knott forked a medium-rare steak, and myoglobin dripped onto the plate and slowly smeared.
He tore into the steak imagelessly and even licked his fingers.
"He will regret it..." Reinhard Nott glanced at the latter, "But isn't your plan too obvious? That kid is not a fool. When everything goes too logically, he will definitely
Doubt it, and then find the flaws.”
Leon Schneider shrugged his shoulders indifferently: "Just do it. My promise to you is that as long as you complete this task, you can join us, no matter what the final result is -
As a classmate, I fought for the best rights for you."
Reinhard just sneered and said nothing.
Best benefits?
If he continues according to the other party's plan, no matter what the final result is, he will definitely face Sean Wallop during the period. And according to that kid's character, I'm afraid it won't be solved by lying in the infirmary for a month...
However, as long as I don't die, everything is acceptable...
On the long Ravenclaw table, after Sean sat down, Hermione came over and whispered: "After that guy Nott came back, he sat down with Leon Schneider. It seemed that he had been discussing something."
Sean didn't look there, but curled his lips: "What's the plan to deal with me..."
"I don't know why, but I always have a bad feeling..." Hermione hesitated for a while and finally expressed her feelings.
Sean did not hide the fact that he sneaked into Durmstrang's ship that day. Hermione and others knew his thoughts and plans. Now that the other party raised this question, Sean also asked: "Why do you say that?
?”
Hermione looked distressed: "It's because I can't analyze the specific reason, so I'm distressed... Logically speaking, they didn't find out that you already know their secrets, and the arrangements they are making now are also to deal with you going."
I found out the secrets of the big ship, but I always have a bad feeling... what they want is actually something else that we haven't noticed..."
"We never noticed..." Sean chewed the food in his mouth unconsciously, and then fell into deep thought.
He wasn't arrogant enough to think that his plan was perfect, and Hermione's sixth sense might remind him to notice things he hadn't noticed before.
Normally, the returnees did not know that their secret had been learned by Sean. What they wanted to prevent was Sean sneaking into the ship... Strong Hartman, who was under his control at the time, had been wandering on the deck for a long time.
No one was caught, which meant that the other party was using this to set up a trap. This was something Sean could guess.
The other party should have laid the trap for himself, an "arrogant" host. Considering the other party's research on the magic of guilt, Sean has ample reason to suspect that the other party may have ideas about the "arrogance" in his body.
It is unrealistic to directly deprive [Arrogance], but maybe the other party has some way to extract part of the magic power derived from [Arrogance]...
Sean glanced at Hermione. The girl's face still showed distress and confusion, and she kept thinking about what important information she had missed.
I should find an opportunity to reveal a little about myself to them... Sean thought.
Grindelwald had hinted that day that he could tell his close friends about his guilt through tactful hints, but Sean had always been hesitant.
He couldn't figure out the limit of this hint. If there were too few hints, Hermione and the others would only hear in confusion. If there were too many hints, Hermione and the others would also be involved in the prophecy. This would not only increase the risk of
Later, Sean's difficulty in dealing with [Arrogance] will also put Hermione and the others in danger.
After all, guilt, an existence born from the will of the world, cannot be escaped once it is involved.
Now, even Professor McGonagall and others only know the prophecy and the situation of the returnees. They don't know what exactly Sean's position is in the prophecy.
Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Stephanie and himself, these are the four people on the friendly side who currently know everything. As for the returnees, Sean has always acquiesced that everyone on the other side knows.
The number of returnees has never been clear enough, but Sean estimates that there must be at least dozens of people. The strange thing is that even though so many people know the prophecy, the awakening speed of "Pride" in Sean's body has not accelerated.
Either the other party has known about it for a long time, and Guilty's current awakening progress occurred under circumstances known to the returnee, or the other party is special, and the returnee's half-human, half-ghost state will not cause additional consequences when participating in the prophecy.
Influence.
There is no explanation for the former, and it is unlikely. After all, the returnees have not appeared in this world for too long. If it is the latter, it would be interesting.
Sean suddenly had the urge to enter the trance and take a look.
It is not about entering the empty island where one's own "arrogance" exists, but rather entering through the entrance and exit of the trance and the real world.
He had never forgotten that when he was in the lower grade, Dumbledore once mentioned that the key to the Twilight Zone stored in the Ministry of Magic had been stolen.
In other words, the entrance to the tangled fantasy world and the real world is currently open.
It's just that he doesn't know where the entrance is - he can't just fake his death and enter the blurred environment in a strange way like Harry in the original book. That's not realistic.
After coming back to his senses, Sean comforted Hermione: "Don't worry, the other party has been hiding in the dark. Now that I am ready to deal with them, I will not take it lightly."
Hermione glanced at him worriedly, and finally just told him to be more careful.
After dinner, the group of people walked towards the Ravenclaw common room. Halfway there, the shadowworm in Sean's arms suddenly squirmed.
Malfoy sent a message to himself?
Sean said to Hermione, then quietly walked around the crowd and walked towards the place where he usually communicated with Malfoy.
Arriving at the empty classroom, Malfoy was already waiting inside.
"What's wrong, Draco, what's going on?"
"There's something going on with Nott—" Malfoy said straight to the point.
"Reinhard Nott? Oh, no, Theodore Nott?" Sean was stunned for a moment before reacting.
Unexpectedly, Malfoy frowned and said, "It has something to do with both of them."
"Is it all related?" Sean suddenly became interested.
Although both of them have the same surname: Nott, according to previous information, Reinhard Nott is not related to the British Nott family, they just have the same surname.
"I have always been in contact with Theodore Nott, but that guy is very inexperienced and keeps to himself in everything he does -" Speaking of this, Master Malfoy was a little dissatisfied, and his attitude was already very low.
But Theodore Nott's mouth is simply harder than the stone wall of Hogwarts Castle, and so far nothing has come out of it.
This made Malfoy, who accepted Sean's mission, feel a little embarrassed. However, his constant attention still allowed him to discover the strange situation tonight.
"Theodore Nott and Reinhard Nott obviously don't know each other, and they are not related by blood, but I just discovered something. They are communicating secretly."
"Secretly communicating?" Sean blinked. The two people were secretly communicating?
Malfoy nodded: "They did it very secretly. If I hadn't been paying close attention to Theodore, I wouldn't have discovered it."
"When did it start? In the past two days? Or did it start before?" Sean asked.
"It should have started in the past two days, after Reinhard Nott was discharged from the hospital-" Malfoy said uncertainly, "If the two of them had been in contact before, there is no way I wouldn't have noticed..."
Sean nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "What is the specific situation?"
"After dinner, Theodore Nott went back to his dormitory alone as usual. I was originally going to follow him and invite him to join the Pure Blood Club, but before I could follow him, I lost sight of him. I was a little strange.
, just hiding in the dark. After a while, Theodore Nott suddenly appeared again from nowhere. After he left, Reinhard Nott also appeared from where he just appeared.
And I saw what the guy was holding, which was the crest of the Nott family."
"Clan emblem..." Sean narrowed his eyes. This was something he didn't expect.
Could it be said that Reinhard Nott is really related to the Nott family in England? He is a bloodline that was left behind by the other party, and now he wants to recognize his ancestor and return to his family?
A little strange...
"Sean, what should we do?" Malfoy asked.
Sean thought for a while and then said: "You can continue as usual. I will look for an opportunity to 'meet' Theodore Nott."
Malfoy looked a little unwilling, as if he was embarrassed by letting Sean take action himself, but he finally followed Sean's plan.
Separating from each other, Sean took out the Marauder's Map and looked at it.
After all, the map had limitations. After students from the other three schools poured into Hogwarts Castle, only the students and staff of Hogwarts were displayed on the Marauder's Map, and no personnel from the other three schools were displayed.
Even some ghosts may not be fully displayed.
Now, Sean basically only uses it to check whether Dumbledore is in the principal's office.
Opening the map, the footprints belonging to Theodore Nott were in the corner of the Slytherin common room. The footprints were motionless, as if he was resting.
"Tsk, it feels a bit like a trap..." Sean touched his chin.