Chapter 83 Sirius

The time has finally arrived on Saturday, and the Quidditch Finals is today. This game will determine the final winner of the House Cup this semester.

Schelling did not go to watch.

He was in the laboratory in the suitcase space, completing the last step of refining Bafe's brain-reviving potion. Since he came back from Sardinia and obtained the rune snake eggs from his sister Gulana, all the materials needed for the Baffy Awakening Potion have been gathered.

Before starting to refine the potion, Xie Lin took a sip of the elixir to make sure everything was safe. He added dragon claw powder, jumping toadstools, and frog brains to the potion, and carefully controlled the heat to cook it.

Under the effect of the Fuling Elixir, his intuition has been greatly improved. He can judge the exact time to add materials just by intuition. After the liquid began to emit a faint fragrance, Xie Lin added the following: The snakehead eggs were added in, and a small pot of very thick green liquid appeared.

Schelling extracted one-tenth of the green concentrated liquid, put it into a test tube, and diluted it with a large amount of water. The color inside immediately became lighter.

Xie Lin fed this diluted Bafe brain-refreshing agent to Yinya. After drinking it, Yinya became extremely excited and kept jumping up and down. Half an hour later, after Xie Lin confirmed that Yin Ya had no side effects, he took out three-tenths of the undiluted concentrated liquid and drank it directly.

The moment he swallowed the potion, Xie Lin felt that his brain was relaxed and his thinking was more active than ever.

He took a deep breath. The feeling was more than just uplifting. Basically, as long as his brain was slightly active, he could easily find the answer or find a solution to the problem.

Xie Lin sat in the armchair, closed his eyes, crossed his fingers, and prepared to think about some issues while the medicine took effect. Xie Lin took advantage of the effect of Bafei's brain-refreshing agent and suddenly thought about many things clearly. When he opened his eyes again, he immediately took out his pen and wrote down what he had just thought of in his notebook.

Afterwards, Schelling tried to concentrate on releasing the Patronus Charm, and found that the duration of the Patronus was nearly twice as long as before. Schelling's magic power has reached the level of a senior student. The duration of the patron saint is many times longer than that of Harry and others in the original work. Now, due to the increase in mental power, Schelling can control the output of magic power more accurately. , greatly reducing the waste rate of magic power. The duration of the patron saint can probably catch up with the level of adult wizards.

When Schelling returned to the Great Hall, he happened to see the Slytherins returning in triumph and the dejected Gryffindors.

Draco, who was in high spirits, loudly showed off his achievements in the great hall and vented his complacency.

The tactics Schelling proposed to Draco in advance really worked. Slytherin completely shrunk its formation from the beginning of the game, and only wanted to prevent Gryffindor from scoring - Gryffindor was two hundred points behind, which meant Harry could do nothing but interfere with Draco in the early stages of the game, but Draco's skills were no longer what they used to be. The results of his hard training finally showed, coupled with the super performance of the Firebolt, in the end Successfully caught the Golden Snitch under Harry's obstruction.

Finally winning the Quidditch Cup, Slytherin's excitement lasted for at least a week, and Draco's popularity also skyrocketed.

The girls all discovered that Daphne and Meredith were always closely guarding Sherrin. Only then did they realize that Draco was no worse than Sherrin in terms of family background and appearance. Suddenly, he was like a shark that smelled blood. Being around Draco like that all day long made Pansy look unhappy and began to guard Draco nervously.

Even the weather seems to be celebrating, as we approach June, the days become cloudless and so hot that you just want to stroll out to the grounds with a few pints of ice-cold pumpkin juice, sit down, and maybe have some fun. A few rounds of gobs, or watching the giant squid swim dreamily across the lake.

Speaking of giant squid, Schelling had close contact with him when he was adventuring in the Caribbean in his previous life. Schelling can confirm that this is definitely not the same species as the deep-sea giant squid in the Muggle world. The giant squid has a gentle personality and spirituality. Perhaps it can be explained by being domesticated by a wizard, but this cannot change the fact that the deep-sea giant squid is a saltwater species. The deep-sea giant squid cannot adapt to the light, water pressure, and salt concentration of the Black Lake, let alone eat the bread fed by the students.

However, Xie Lin searched through the Hogwarts library and the vast family collection of books, but could not find a single word about the "magic giant squid". This gave Xie Lin a bold idea in his mind, could it be... ( Let the author give it a try, oh, don’t hit me)

But students can't do that because final exams are approaching again. Not only were the students unable to lazily pass the time outdoors, they had to stay in the castle, enduring the temptation of the summer breeze outside the window and forcing their brains to work hard.

Schelling never worried about exams at all. For him, exams were just a process. No matter how good your test scores are, they will be of no use in the coming troubled times.

Besides, it's not difficult to earn Galleons with his strength. If he was luckier, if he could keep the Malfoy family, then the family wealth alone would be enough for him to spend a lifetime.

(Note: In fact, even if the original plot is followed, although the Malfoy family has declined, Draco still has enough food and clothing without having to work, which shows how deep Malfoy's wealth is)

While others were still studying hard, Xie Ling sneaked into the Forbidden Forest to look for rare materials.

As soon as he stepped into the outer perimeter of the Forbidden Forest, Xie Ling saw a scene that surprised him.

Under a towering ancient tree, Sirius Black was leaning against the trunk, unconscious. He was seriously injured, the front of his clothes had been torn for the most part, and the dried blood was shocking, and on his half-exposed chest, there was a fist-sized bruise that collapsed slightly.

Xie Ling thought about it, took out a bottle of first aid medicine from his arms, poured it into Sirius' mouth, and after waiting quietly for a moment, Sirius suddenly opened his eyes.

"Um..." He seemed to be frightened by something, and suddenly supported the ground to get up, but the injuries on his body did not allow him to do so at all. Sirius groaned in pain and fell back on the cold ground again.

Schelling seized this opportunity to cast a hypnotic spell on him. Sirius was in a very weak state at the moment, and was easily hypnotized by Schelling and entered a deep sleep state.

Schelling got Sirius to tell him about the attack bit by bit.

As for why not use Legilimency? Legilimency and hypnotic spells are both suitable for getting secrets from people's hearts. Legilimency can directly and roughly invade people's minds to steal memories. Its advantages are convenience and speed, but because it must be cast directly on the recipient, there will be traces to be found afterwards, and the recipient will have a feeling of memory disorder. Therefore, most legilimency masters must also be proficient in the forgetfulness spell to try to make the recipient forget that they have been captured.

Although the hypnotic spell is more complicated and slow - the caster needs to use continuous words and gestures to slowly induce the recipient's consciousness into a deep sleep state, and then use words to induce the other party to actively tell the information they need. Although the whole process is slow and the steps are complicated, there is no trace to be found afterwards, and the recipient will only think that he has slept.

(Note: In simple terms, the Legilimency spell is similar to an invasion of memory and thoughts, and the hypnotic spell is just a magic that induces the other party to actively cooperate.)

The attacker turned out to be Peter Pettigrew!

"Peter Pettigrew?" Schelling frowned even more.

Peter Pettigrew was undoubtedly the synonym of cowardice. It was almost impossible for him to fight Sirius - he was running from beginning to end, even after successfully deceiving everyone that year, he was still running. How could such a coward attack Sirius, whom he had always envied and envied?

Not to mention, with Peter Pettigrew's strength, it would be difficult to beat Sirius into this state even if he attacked secretly.

Schelling put aside his distracting thoughts and continued to use the hypnotic spell to induce Sirius to tell some secrets he wanted to obtain: the location of the Black family's secret room and the code of Sirius' Gringotts vault. After getting all the information he needed, he finished casting the spell and let Sirius fall into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he would not remember meeting Schelling.

After thinking it over, Schelling finally decided to confess part of the matter to Dumbledore.

Obviously, Peter Pettigrew's affairs were beyond his control. Sirius was an Auror-level fighter. Even if he was in a weak state after escaping prison, he was probably not an easy opponent to defeat, let alone hurt him like this.

He was not Harry, without the protagonist's halo to protect him. He was able to kill the basilisk, fight the Dementors, and defeat the werewolf because he knew himself and the enemy. Facing Peter Pettigrew, who was out of the original plot and whose strength was unknown, if he still chose to act rashly, it would be tantamount to courting death.

Schelling put the sleeping Sirius into the suitcase space, and then hurried to the principal's office.

Although the entrance to the headmaster's office requires a password, Schelling knows that the portraits and statues throughout the castle are Dumbledore's spies, so there is not much in the castle that can escape his surveillance. Dumbledore definitely knows that someone is looking for him.

Sure enough, Schelling waited in front of the entrance of the headmaster's office for a while, and the stone statue of the winged golem at the entrance seemed to have received some instructions and automatically moved aside, revealing the entrance behind. Schelling knew that this was Dumbledore's hint to invite him in, so he stepped directly onto the entrance stairs.

In Dumbledore's office, Schelling took Sirius out of the suitcase space and told the headmaster that he accidentally met the unconscious wanted criminal Sirius in the Forbidden Forest, so he brought him to the headmaster for handling.

The headmaster looked at Schelling's suitcase with interest, and then looked at the unconscious Sirius meaningfully, and said faintly: "Scheling, you are really a student who surprises me!"

Scheling didn't think much about what Dumbledore meant, but he hurriedly said: "Principal, it's not my credit to catch Black, I just happened to meet him. I think Black's matter is probably not as simple as it seems. Should we find out who hurt him so badly?"

Dumbledore used his wand to release a healing magic that Schelling had never seen before, and Sirius' body gradually recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After Sirius woke up, he saw Dumbledore present and didn't dare to act rashly. He had to explain clearly how he was imprisoned in the middle of the year, how he escaped from prison in the form of animagus, how he came out to seek revenge on Pettigrew this time, and how he was attacked and seriously injured by Peter Pettigrew in the Forbidden Forest.

Dumbledore didn't seem to be surprised. He had long suspected the incident twelve years ago and that Peter Pettigrew was still alive. The only thing he missed was that Peter Pettigrew was actually Ron's rat, Scabbers. Now that he knew this clue, he could connect all the truths.

Dumbledore quickly summoned Professor Lupin, who quickly accepted the whole thing. After all, the whole thing was not difficult to guess, not to mention that he had recently turned into a werewolf because of the wolfsbane potion being tampered with, which must have been Peter Pettigrew's handiwork.

Originally, the rest of the matter could be left to these adults to handle. Schelling politely said he would leave, but was kept by Dumbledore.

Dumbledore's eyes flashed with sharp light. He asked Schelling: "Scheling, what do you think about this matter?"

Scheling was stunned for a moment and replied: "What can I think? Professor, since you think Mr. Black is innocent, then we just need to find Scabbers and confront him. The truth will be revealed and Mr. Black can be cleared of all charges."

Dumbledore continued to ask: "You have so many good ideas. Can you help us think about how to find Scabbers?"

Scheling thought seriously for a while and replied: "Scabbers is too small and is good at digging holes and drilling the ground. It is not easy to find. The only way now is to lure the snake out of the hole. Scabbers must know that Mr. Black is not dead. So as long as the hidden traces of Mr. Black's serious injury can be exposed, and Mr. Black can be used as bait, Scabbers will definitely attack again."

After discussing for a while, several people began to arrange.

Extracurricular knowledge: There are two types of deep-sea giant squids that Muggles refer to. One is called the Giant Squid, which has the same name as the one in the Black Lagoon and can weigh up to 275 kilograms. The other is called the Colossal Squid, which can weigh up to 490 kilograms.