297. Ravenclaw Mentor Puzzle
"Did you fall under the Imperius curse too?" Rimbaud asked Scott worriedly, "What are you going to do?" ”
Hearing Rimbaud's words of concern, Scott's mood calmed down a bit.
He said to the increasingly human raven, "First of all, the last time Medea cast a confusion spell on you. Secondly, my move this time is not a Imperius curse, but a more ......"
He thought about it for a moment before he came up with a more apt adjective, "more silent, subtle magic, and ......"
He raised the letter in his hand, "There is still a smell on the letter, which means that this magic works with some kind of potion or herb." ”
Hearing him say this, Rimbaud just tilted his head, "Sounds scary, I don't understand this." ”
Seeing this, Scott smiled and felt a little more relaxed.
He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, there was still half an hour before the afternoon class.
"We're separated for the time being."
He spoke to Rimbaud as he pushed open the classroom window.
"You'll come back to me after the afternoon class."
"No problem."
Rimbaud flew out of the window.
Scott turned around and got down on one knee.
He tapped his wand to the ground as he chanted a spell.
"Stop."
The golden light spread around the tip of the wand, removing the silent spell that Scott had originally set up.
With that, Scott got up and left the empty classroom.
He made his way to the eighth floor as fast as he could, and entered Helena's study.
"Scott?"
In the study, Helena, the girl in the painting, looked at Scott who suddenly entered the door in surprise.
She asked curiously, "Why are you here?" It's not the weekend. ”
"Something happened to me." Scott said, "Please open the door for me, Helena, I need to see Tutor Ravenclaw." ”
"Okay."
It may be that seeing Scott's serious expression, the girl Helena did not complain this time and directly opened the door for him.
Scott hurriedly thanked him and walked into the inner room where the portrait of Ravenclaw was located.
"Mentor."
Although he was in a hurry, Scott still did not forget to salute the Ravenclaw in the painting.
The Ravenclaw in the painting looks up and looks at him with a wise gaze.
"What's going on, Scott." She asked.
Scott quickly and succinctly explained the situation he was experiencing.
After listening to Scott's description, Ravenclaw did not comment on Medea and Scott's behavior.
Whether it's Medea's troubled actions or the subtle connection between Scott and Medea, she doesn't seem to care too much.
She just glanced at the letter in Scott's hand and then explained why Scott had been hit.
She started by saying, "You're not running Occlumency. ”
"Yes." Scott nodded, "I don't maintain Occlumency all the time. ”
"Maybe the next time you receive some dangerous letters, you'll remember to take precautions." Ravenclaw in the painting smiled, "The other party's method is very simple, you can try to wet the letter with water." ”
Hearing this, Scott immediately waved his wand and used the Water Charm to create some water, wetting the letter in his hand.
When the entire sheet of paper was wet, most of the handwriting on the paper became blurry, but some of the strokes were still as clear as before.
"See what?" Ravenclaw in the painting asked.
"It's ......"
Scott had already discovered by this time that the strokes on the letterhead that were still clear after being wet formed a somewhat choppy pattern.
No wonder he always found William's letter sloppy and even messy.
"A simple magic circuit, similar to enchanting magic." Ravenclaw whispered, "These strokes must have been written in ink made of a puzzle potion." ”
"I see."
Scott smiled helplessly.
The existence of the Confusion Elixir was to confuse his perception, so that he could not detect the fluctuations in the magic power of the magic circuit when reading the letter.
The Confusion Potion is actually very small, because it doesn't take long to confuse Scott, it only takes a split second for the magic circuit to take effect.
To put it bluntly, this method is not very complicated, but it is very easy to fall for without knowing it.
Just like the poisonous midges used in Scott's assassination.
After figuring out why he was hit, Scott was completely relieved.
It wasn't something he couldn't prevent, and he just needed to be a little more careful after that he didn't have to worry about getting hit again.
Suddenly, Scott sniffed.
Probably because of the wet water, Scott always felt that the residual herbal scent on the letter paper was clearer.
"This taste...... Somewhat familiar......"
He felt as if he had smelled it somewhere.
Approaching the soaked letter again and sniffing it carefully, Scott's mind suddenly flashed.
"Miss Graplan." He muttered softly, "It tastes a little like the sage that the teaching assistant smoked." ”
"It's not uncommon to see elixirs made with sage as the main material."
At this time, Ravenclaw in the painting said.
"When you burn sage, you get close to breathe in the smoke, and the effect is a non-addictive psychedelic drug."
So there's no connection between these two things?
Scott put a question mark in his mind.
Maybe he's too sensitive, but Scott still feels ...... Perhaps the Raven should be sent to spy on Miss Grapeland for a while.
Scott looked at the time again, and there were still ten minutes left before class.
He respectfully thanked the Ravenclaw instructor and said goodbye.
"Go ahead, I hope you weigh the value of that thing before you do anything."
Ravenclaw's words of admonition are heard in the painting.
"Is what you have to do more important than to learn? If not, then it's not worth your time. ”
"I see, Mentor."
Scott saluted again, turned and left the room.
He hurriedly said goodbye to Helena, the girl in the painting, and hurriedly left the room of requirement.
Running all the way, Scott finally arrived in the History of Magic classroom before the start of class.
At this time, the only ghost professor at Hogwarts, Professor Binns, had already begun to slowly roll out names.
After the afternoon lesson, Rimbaud reappeared in front of Scott.
With all the other students around, Raven wittily didn't speak, just quietly landed on Scott's shoulder.
"Why do you have another raven?"
Roger and Milton looked at Rimbaud curiously.
"You also conjured it up with Transfiguration?"
"Of course." Scott raised his hand and touched Rimbaud's feathers, "I'm practicing ......"
His finger was pecked hard by Rimbaud.
Obviously, in Rimbaud's memory, it wasn't the product of Transfiguration, it was just a gifted genius raven.
"I'm practicing to make it a little more flexible." Scott said with a smile still on his face.
Although Rimbaud pecked Scott angrily, he did not "debunk" Scott's "lies" intimately.
At this moment, Scott suddenly heard a call in a suppressed voice.
"Hey! Scott! ”
Scott followed the prestige and saw Harry standing behind a pillar in a corridor and waving to him.
Scott suddenly remembered what he had hinted at Harry the day before, just when he had told Hermione that he would not go to meet William.
Harry wanted to come to him this time, probably to confirm with him about meeting William on Saturday.
After understanding what was going on, Scott told his roommates to go to the auditorium first and walked in front of Harry alone.
He smiled and asked Harry, "Who are you hiding, Harry?" ”
"Oh, I don't want to be seen by Hermione." Harry scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
He beckoned again and asked Scott to walk with him into the corner of the hallway.
Ron was cowering and hiding there.
"Hermione has been a little elusive since the beginning of this semester." Harry grumbled softly, "Several times Ron and I have met her repeatedly in a short period of time. ”
Ron was a little upset and said, "I suspect she has a secret passage that no one knows, but she didn't tell us!" ”
"I don't think so, Hermione always looks tired, she must have something else secret." Harry was a little more attentive than Ron.
Scott understood that that was just the reason Hermione used the time turner.
He didn't want to listen to the two boys discuss their little friend's secrets, so he asked directly, "Is there something you are looking for me?" ”
"Oh yes."
Harry, who was reminded, began to say what he had meant to say.
"I've told Hagrid about that, and Hagrid will go to the Three Broomsticks Bar on Saturday to meet William, but I didn't tell Hagrid that we'll go too."
"Let's go too?" Scott looked at him suspiciously.
"Isn't it?" Harry was dumbfounded, "It's ...... you"
His eyes widened, "You hinted at me with your eyes when you spoke to Hermione. ”
Ron also looked at Scott in surprise, "I saw that too." ”
Scott appeared more surprised than Ron.
"Why do you think that?" He was surprised, "I was just suggesting that Harry help talking, because I didn't want to hear Hermione emphasize discipline." ”
Harry's mouth opened wide, "Oh...... I thought...... You're hinting at me, I thought you had a way to sneak out. ”
"Of course I can't help it." Scott laughed and said, "Dumbledore said that Filch would keep the secret passage. ”
"Is that so......" Harry looked at Scott hesitantly.
"That's it." Scott said in the affirmative.
Harry and Ron immediately wilted.
The expressions of the two boys at the moment looked disappointed, like two elementary school students who heard that the spring outing was canceled.
"We can't help this matter even if we go over, let Hagrid handle it himself, don't worry, William is definitely professional." Scott said.
He turned and walked first towards the Great Hall.
"Now, it's time for us to go to dinner."
Although it made it look like Scott had tricked Harry, Scott didn't feel guilty.
He knew very well that Harry was also one of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Now that Medea was looking for Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, it was better for Harry not to appear in Medea's sight.
If Medea had found out something, Scott wasn't sure what the lady would have done.
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