Chapter 65: The Old Book

Chapter 65: The Old Book

In the office, everyone’s eyes turned to Sherlock. He also came to his senses at this time and recalled the scene where Mr. Weasley and Lucius fought.

“Yes, I was there at the time.” He said lightly, “Lucius was mocking Mr. Weasley’s family, then they fought, and I went up to help and punched him.”

Professor McGonagall looked at Sherlock in disbelief, and even Dumbledore and Snape were slightly surprised.

“You fought him?” Professor McGonagall raised her voice and asked.

Sherlock said calmly, “What he said was bad, and he wanted to insult my mother.”

Hearing what Sherlock said, they could understand his reaction. Indeed, according to the original Sherlock’s character, he would not let it slide. At Hogwarts, fighting only two times happened involving the original Sherlock, and they were directly sent to the school infirmary for three days.

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“I beat Lucius. After he suffered a loss, he left immediately without staying in the bookstore,” Sherlock pondered the scenery of that day, “but before he left, it seemed that he looked at a book that was in Ginny’s hands.”

When he said these words, everyone in the office found the target. Professor McGonagall and Snape held their breaths.

Dumbledore looked at Sherlock expectantly, “What’s wrong with that book?”

“That book...” Sherlock looked at Ginny.

“That book was old, and I threw it back into the bookstore. I gave Ginny a new set of books as a gift.”

“Tonight, the students will be gathered in the Great Hall to search for the culprit in the castle. Sherlock, Severus, Minerva, and Pomona, four of you will search the common rooms of the four houses. Don’t let the prefect intervene in the process.”

“On the Great Hall, I will arrange for Filius and Filch to ask the students what they did when Draco was attacked.”

After everything was arranged, Sherlock, Professor McGonagall, and Snape left the office together. Professor McGonagall frowned and went to arrange for the students to gather in the Hall. Sherlock and Snape stood in front of the door and looked at each other.

Sherlock has rarely talked with Snape since the beginning of the year. Because he didn’t know how to interact with Snape, he knew very little about the original book and couldn’t figure out his usual character, but he is obviously not friendly. But he doesn’t know if he’s an evil or good person.

“I’ll go check the Slytherin and Hufflepuff’s boys’ dormitory. You can go to Gryffindor and Ravenclaw’s side.” Snape divided the tasks between him and Sherlock.

Of course, Sherlock was okay with this. Just when the two were about to separate, Snape suddenly asked.

“Do you think you can find that book today?”

Sherlock froze. Although he didn’t know why Snape asked him this, he thought about this question seriously.

“There is a high chance of finding it.” Sherlock’s voice didn’t change, “There was an attack today, and the student who was controlled by the book should not have time to hide it.”

This is what he really thought. However, other reasons make him confident. Although the original plot deviated because of his presence, it was precisely because of his appearance that Dumbledore and the professors at Hogwarts knew more clues about the attack in advance.

The monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a basilisk in the original book. No one knew in advance that an old book triggered all these things. After gathering so many clues, Dumbledore took action, and Sherlock felt that there was a good chance that the problem could be solved this time.

“I hope everything goes like what you said.” Snape turned around and left.