Filch's voice was hoarse, with a hint of wanton venting.
"They think people like me don't deserve to be in the magic world at all, right! How can a person who can't even use a spell and isn't qualified to hold a wand deserve to be called a wizard! Squib! Squib! A dumb firecracker is a waste.
!Trash! Everyone thinks so! Everyone!”
Neville seemed to feel that Filch was pitiful at this moment, so he said something comforting.
"But the professors at Hogwarts don't think so..."
"It's just because of Dumbledore's face!" he yelled, "I know they actually despise me! Lily Potter never takes the initiative to talk to me! McGonagall has not spoken to me in the past twenty years either.
He gave me a good look! Slughorn even wanted to humiliate me on the night when Hogwarts was first attacked. At that time, I was locked in the office alone and I was worried! He stayed up until very late
Just let me out!"
Listening to his "accusation", Jon felt that Lily and McGonagall were so reserved towards him purely because of his attitude towards students and had nothing to do with the Squib incident. As for Slughorn...
He has always been like that to people who don't stand out, but he certainly won't take the initiative to humiliate them.
So Jon was more curious about the last sentence he said.
"You were locked up that night? Who did it? The man who hid in the carriage?"
"Does anyone know that I can't cast a lock-picking spell without magic? If that person really thinks I'm in the way, will he just lock the door secretly? It must be Slughorn! He knows that I am a squib and there is no way to open the lock.
They locked me in the office to embarrass me!"
Filch screamed, as if he had decided on this matter and would not listen to any explanation given to him by others.
Jon could only comfort him.
"Don't be sad, Filch, we don't look down on you because of the squib, and we won't tell this matter, and come to ask you, just because we suspect that there is something wrong with you not using magic."
"Is there a problem?" Filch raised his eyes. He is a bad person but that doesn't mean he is a fool. "Do you think I would do something that would be sorry for Hogwarts? Am I crazy? Or are you crazy!"
Ron tilted his head guiltily. He did not expect that Jon just said a few words and Filch would expose himself about the Squib. Now of course it is impossible for Filch to be an undercover agent.
"Now that we are sure that you are really a squib, there will definitely be no such suspicion. I'm sorry to disturb you today."
Jon said in an apologetic voice that he did not have any prejudice against Squibs, but he also felt that the administrator had a very bad character.
"Is what you just said true?" Filch stared at Jon, and he obviously discovered that among the four people, this boy was their core, "Don't tell other people..."
Jon shrugged: "This is your privacy, if you think it should be, we will keep it confidential."
"Ah...thank you...thank you." He thanked him dryly, obviously not very skilled in saying this kind of thing.
Jon and the four of them left the office, and in the corridor, Ron said dejectedly.
"I didn't expect that he was really a squib..." But he still seemed a little unwilling to give up, and guessed again to support his thoughts, "But these are what he said himself, maybe he actually wanted to use the squib.
How about covering up your own suspicion?"
His guess was a little too forceful. This time, even Justin felt that Ron was making an unfounded guess. At this moment, a thick figure happened to be walking towards them.
"Hi, Hagrid." Jon greeted Hagrid, who was looking for something on the corridor.
Seeing Jon and the others, Hagrid had a smile on his face.
"Good morning, Jon."
"Are you looking for Beach again?"
"Yes, it has not been very obedient recently. It always likes to run around in the carriage. I am afraid that it will steal something, so I will come in and look for it." Hagrid said with a frown, "Have you seen it?"
Jon shook his head.
"No, if I see it, I will definitely catch it and send it to you. By the way, we just have something to ask you." In order to make Ron give up completely, Jon said, "You know why
Has Filch never used magic? We are very curious about this."
Neville and the others beside him immediately pricked up their ears, and after hearing his question, Hagrid's face showed obvious surprise, obviously not expecting him to ask this.
After first looking around to make sure there was no one else around, Hagrid bent down and approached Jon and the others.
"You actually discovered this. Of course I know the reason, but I can't tell you. After all, this is his personal privacy, and he still cares about it, so even if the professors in the school know it, no one else
I’ll mention it more often.”
This answer said nothing but said everything. It was very consistent with Hagrid's big-mouthed character. He really wanted to hide things he promised to keep secret but couldn't.
After separating from Hagrid, Ron was completely speechless. However, after all their hard work, they only cleared Filch's suspicion. Where was the infiltrator hiding in the carriage?
A little clue.
"Stop thinking nonsense. Let the professors handle this matter. We can only help them the most by taking good care of ourselves."
Neville agreed very much with Jon's words, and Ron and Justin finally went back to their dormitories honestly. It seemed that after today's incident was over, they would be able to settle down for a while.
After returning to the dormitory, Jon once again picked up the parchment filled with spell pronunciation combinations, but this time he couldn't calm down. A certain sentence he heard in Filch's office resonated with him.
It has always been lingering in my heart.
In the end, he simply stopped trying, and instead leaned back in his chair and stared at the receding scenery outside the window in a daze.
Neville, who was revising his Transfiguration class paper, raised his head and looked at him strangely.
"What's wrong?"
Jon shook his head silently and said softly.
"It's nothing, I'm just thinking about some things, some not-so-good things."
...
Life after the Christmas vacation has not changed much for the little wizards on the carriage. As Jon said, as long as they can take care of themselves and not cause trouble to the school, it will be the greatest help to the professors.
Jon also tried all the pronunciation combinations of the levitating spell before February, and finally determined that the pronunciation that was completely opposite to the normal levitating spell was the most suitable spell for him to use the ring to cast a spell on himself.
After confirming this, Jon found Slughorn again and wanted to learn from him how to improve the effect of this floating spell.
Obviously, compared to just reducing weight and increasing jumping ability and speed, what Jon wants more is to be able to fly solely by his own abilities.