Hermione couldn't help it anymore, and her tears flowed down from the corners of her eyes like broken beads. In her opinion, Crookshanks was very suspicious. He had always had a mysterious interest in Scabbers.
It just appeared near Gryffindor Tower again, so maybe it was really Scabbers who killed him.
Harry and Neville next to them also showed complicated expressions. They also thought that Crookshanks, raised by Hermione, might have killed Scabbers.
Hermione choked and tried to apologize to Ron: "Yes, I'm sorry...I, Crookshanks -"
"Crookshanks is innocent." Tom interrupted her weak defense.
"Do you have no brains? Or are your heads filled with flour?" Tom took a step forward, almost in front of Ron, "Crookshanks is the murderer? You mean from the Ravenclaw common room
He ran out of his room, then ran into Gryffindor Tower, and finally sneaked into your dormitory, caught and killed Scabbers? Don’t you think the logic inside is a little illogical?"
Crookshanks also meowed twice after Tom, as if to say: You are right, shoveler!
Ron's momentum froze: Indeed, the distance between the two is too far. A cat can span such a long distance - you let a little wizard who just entered school walk from the Ravenclaw lounge to Gryffin
With too many towers, it is likely to get lost, let alone a kitten.
And the purpose of all this is to catch a mouse? As for that?
"There is a very simple verification method, Sir Cadogan!"
Tom turned to look at Sir Cadogan, who was standing next to his pony. He was watching the play with great interest.
"Aha!" Sir Cadogan suddenly became energetic when he heard Tom mention his name, "Brave man, Cadogan's sword is always ready for people like you."
Tom: Ah this?
Why do I feel that my favorability with Sir Cadogan is quite high? Tom analyzed his situation for a while, and suddenly found that from Sir Cadogan's perspective, he definitely belongs to the disadvantaged group: there is no advantage in numbers.
Still protecting the crying girls at the entrance of other colleges... This is so in line with Sir Cadogan's chivalry. If he doesn't help, can he still call himself "Sir"?
"Did you see this cat enter the common room from your place yesterday?" Tom carried Crookshanks to Sir Cadogan's portrait to let him see it more clearly.
Sir Cadogan didn't even look at it. He held his head high and said that no creature, not even a cat, could pass through the gate he was guarding without a password.
Tom spread his hands and said, "Look, the problem is solved. It wasn't Crookshanks at all. I admit that Crookshanks had a history of attacking Scabbers in Diagon Alley - but he was a cat, and the cat saw the mouse.
Isn’t it normal to catch someone?”
Crookshanks: Meow (yes)!
Ron was immediately discouraged and found himself in an extremely embarrassing situation.
"Don't put your fault on Hermione," Tom said seriously, his tone serious.
"My fault?" Ron raised his head again.
"Yes, it's your fault, you didn't think much of it, right? Maybe if you kept it in a cage, these things wouldn't happen - the brain of a mouse is just that big, and it's not as smart as other animals. It's very likely that it will
Just ran away and lost——"
"No, no, Banban is very smart. He has been in my house for twelve years and has never gotten lost." Ron denied repeatedly, with a look of frustration on his face, "I am sorry for him... I always feel that
Locking it in a cage is not enough freedom, but now think about it, it just lies there and sleeps every day..."
"Maybe it was the rats in the castle who attacked Scabbers, but I think Scabbers is still alive." Tom casually mentioned a possibility.
As soon as he said this, Ron raised his head, his eyes shining: "Yes, Scabbers may still be alive! If it was done by a rat, there should be other traces left at the scene, Tom, you
Is there any way?"
Tom completely shot the arrow first and then drew the target. He knew that Peter Pettigrew would not die that easily. How could an adult wizard be killed by a mouse or cat? He made such a big show just to "escape".
.
Sirius's surprise attack really scared it, so it couldn't wait to find an opportunity to escape. However, the forged evidence during this escape was somewhat insufficient. If it had left a few cat hairs next to its own blood, it might have been more convincing.
.But unfortunately, there are no students in Gryffindor House who keep cats, so the "murder scene" faked by Peter Pettigrew this time is not so realistic.
So many things have changed. If Crookshanks lived in Gryffindor and had a history of attacking Scabbers multiple times, if he could get Crookshanks' hair, if there was no one there who could be as calm as Tom
Analysis shows that this pot will be firmly held, and it will bear the title of "murderer" for a long time, and Hermione will also live with guilt for a long time.
Fortunately, none of these things happened.
"Okay, don't cry," Tom walked up to Hermione, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the tears from the corners of Hermione's eyes and cheeks.
"Well," Hermione said after taking Crookshanks from Tom, she hugged him and stood aside, quietly waiting for the end of the matter.
But Tom has no idea of leaving for the time being. Sirius is lurking in a corner of the school now. How dangerous it is. It would be better to send Scabbers to his master.
Tom is a helpful child, and he now decides to help Ron find his little mouse.
After learning about Tom's idea, Ron was shocked. He said incoherently: "Tom, you - why, I mean thank you, but how can you do it? I have no clue at all."
"We can divine." Tom gave his method.
The rest of the people present:…
Among the five people present, only Tom really believed in divination. The other four people, Harry, Ron and Neville, all felt that divination was unreliable, while Hermione directly believed that it was a trick taught by a liar.
, she almost said, "I'm not targeting anyone, I want to say that all divination masters are liars."
In Hermione's eyes, all divination is nonsense. Apart from arithmetic divination, this course is somewhat interesting.
"So, what should we do?" Ron raised his eyebrows and chose a dead horse as a live doctor.
"Professor Trelawney has taught us branch divination before. I think we can try it. It is mentioned in the book "Twig Divination"."
This book is regarded as a supplementary teaching material for the divination class. Professor Trelawney mentioned it in class. Of course, Tom has not read this book.
But that doesn't stop him from using it to fool people.