Chapter 43 43. The inner ghost who helps the infiltrator
"You have been in the dormitory for almost two weeks, and we have to tell you this, Jon! It is a major event about the life and death of Hogwarts!"
Ron had a serious face and a very serious tone, as if he wanted to attract the attention of Jon who was sketching on a piece of parchment full of spells.
Jon paused while holding the pen in his hand when he heard his sensational words, then stared at Ron, didn't follow his words to ask what kind of event could be so serious, and said.
"If something like this really happened, you should go to the professor, why are you looking for me in such a panic?"
Ron and Justin glanced at each other. Before they came, they didn't expect Jon's reaction to be so flat.
"Because the professor should already know about this matter. I also overheard my father chatting with the guests who came to the house when I was at home, so I didn't know what happened in the school!"
While lowering his voice, Ron cautiously turned his head around and looked around, only to be startled when Neville suddenly pushed the door open and walked in with a stack of books in his arms.
"Why didn't you knock when you came in!" Ron panted.
Neville looked innocent.
"This is my own bedroom, do I still have to knock on the door when I come in?"
Because he burned his vacation homework with the floating spell a few days ago, Neville has been doing homework in the library for the past few days, and Jon, who was verifying the spell combination in the dormitory, just happened to not bother each other.
But because of this, he didn't have too many opportunities to get in touch with Ron and the others, so obviously he didn't know what Ron said about the life and death of Hogwarts.
"The man who came to my house for the holidays was Kingsley Shacklebolt, who was an elite Auror in the Ministry of Magic before that man came to power, and is now a top player in the Order of the Phoenix. He and my dad were in the study chatting about Huo Some top-secret information I overheard outside the door during Gewartz's two attacks last term..."
Neville cut him off, frowning.
"Any conversations about the Order of the Phoenix are strictly confidential. You should not eavesdrop or go back to school and tell us."
Ron waved his hand dissatisfied.
"The problem is that they are talking about things related to the school. Don't you want to know why the school was attacked twice in a row?"
"Professor McGonagall said last time that someone sneaked into the carriage..."
"Then do you know who this person is?"
No matter how mature Neville was, he was only 11 years old after all. Little by little, he was aroused by Ron's words.
"who is it?"
"Leprechauns or house-elfs!" said Ron excitedly. "Kingsley said that the night we were attacked on Christmas, some students saw the infiltrator's shoes. I can't believe it! Why didn't the professors tell us this?" I didn't say who the student was?"
Jon was listening silently at the side without speaking. In fact, he almost guessed what the "shocking secret" Ron overheard from the very beginning. These things were not publicized by Professor McGonagall and the others to protect him. It turned out that Ron heard some inside stories at home.
"But Kingsley and many people in the Order of the Phoenix didn't find the infiltrator in the carriage that night. Even now, this creature who doesn't know whether it's a goblin or a house-elf is still hiding in the school!"
The complete shock on Neville's face really satisfied Ron's desire to express, but it's a pity that Jon still looked like an ancient well, which made him feel good but not so good.
"No matter how dangerous it is, aren't the professors still there? They must know about this, but they haven't gathered us together, which means that the matter has not reached the point where you said it may be related to the life and death of Hogwarts." Jon shared A booth said.
Looking at him like this, Ron could only grit his teeth and choose to use his trump card. He lowered his voice and moved his body closer.
"The professors didn't realize the danger. It's very likely that they subconsciously chose to trust everyone in the castle. Even if the infiltrator could hide, the entire carriage is only this big, so where can he hide to be sure? be found?"
Jon frowned slightly.
"What do you want to say?"
Seeing that he finally seemed to have raised his attention, a smug smile appeared on Ron's face.
"Someone in the school must be helping him hide! Only in this way can it explain why so many Aurors searched for him but couldn't find him!"
To be honest, Ron's analysis is not unreasonable, it can be said to be well-founded, and Jon couldn't help but become serious.
"Do you know who this guy was helping him at school?"
"Of course I can guess who this person is." The expression on his face became even more smug, and he pretended to keep the appetite of Jon and the others on purpose, "It's just that the professors have always believed that the adults on the carriage are reliable. trustworthy."
"Tell me, Ron, tell us, who is this person?" Justin begged impatiently.
Ron said firmly: "This person must be Filch!"
Jon: "…"
Well, he'd been stupid enough when he first thought that maybe Ron could actually detect some key clue.
This guy simply puts his hat on anyone who hates him in his heart.
Looking at the dead fish eyes that Jon showed when he said the answer, Ron clearly felt his distrust, and continued anxiously.
"Don't believe it, don't you find that Filch has been acting very strange all this time?"
Jon still looked at him with blank eyes.
"What's weird?"
"We have been attacked twice, but we have never seen him fight side by side with the professors! I also heard from George and Fred that they have not even seen each other in Hogwarts for so long. Filch, get your wand out!"
"What does this mean?"
"It means that he doesn't want to fight against the Ministry of Magic or that man's subordinates at all! He must have always wanted to get rid of his arrest and return to that castle as a castle administrator instead of living with Dumbledore's subordinates. Now helping a ghost who sneaked into the carriage is undoubtedly a great opportunity for him to make a crime for the Ministry of Magic!"
Ron's analysis was indeed very reasonable and had enough evidence, even Neville was convinced by him.
Only Jon held his forehead with a headache.
Call him stupid, he can still discover so many details. If you want to say that he is smart, the reasoning has come to this point, why can't he think that the reason why Filch can't fight without a wand is actually because he is a squib who can't cast spells?
(end of this chapter)