Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"Mr. Mundungus, when I came out of the wand shop just now, I seemed to see a silver shadow leaving your side?" Dean asked a little uncertainly.

He did see a flash of silver light fly away from Mundungus' hand just now, and for some reason he suddenly felt uneasy.

"You must have seen it wrong! I don't even have a magic wand -" Mundungus said angrily, "Maybe someone else cast some magic, and you might just happen to see it."

"Maybe." Dean didn't go into details. He had already been attracted by the wide variety of owls in the Eela Owl Shop, and he was thinking about what kind of owl to choose.

Dean originally wanted a cute snowy owl, but he gave up the idea when he thought that Harry would also have the same pet. Dean had not yet figured out how to get along with the future savior. After all, according to the original book, They will also be "love rivals."

Just thinking about this made Dean feel terrible, and he felt that his short black hair had a tendency to change color.

Dean finally chose a pet long-eared owl and named it "Alfie".

"Should we go home now?" Mundungus asked through gritted teeth after paying another 15 Galleons.

"When can I get that second-hand wand?" Dean asked.

"You've got a new wand!" Mundungus gritted his teeth.

"Is there any necessary relationship between this?" Dean's smile was very inconsistent with his appearance.

"Boy, I warn you not to go too far! If it weren't for Snape's sake..." Mundungus snorted.

"I'm just relying on Professor Snape's power, what can you do to me?" Dean didn't think there was any problem with this.

"Why do I feel that maybe the relationship between Snape and you is not as good as I thought." Mundungus seemed to have thought of something and suddenly understood.

"It's not up to you to say this." Dean insisted, "Even if Professor Snape won't interfere with our affairs, I guess it will be revealed that you are going to give me a second-hand blackthorn wand. You can’t eat and walk around, right?”

Dean deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "blackthorn wood".

"Boy, don't lie to me, no one will care about this kind of thing at all!" Mundungus said sternly.

"Really?" Dean saw that Mundungus was stubborn. He sneered and then pointed it out, "I believe the Aurors will be very interested in who the original owner of that wand is. If they know the wand they worked so hard to capture, After the Death Eaters were imprisoned in Azkaban, you took out the wand and sold it for favors. I will definitely be willing to have a good talk with you."

After hearing this, Mundungus' expression changed drastically and he stammered: "How did you guess that? Did that old guy Ollivander tell you right?"

Dean neither admitted nor denied: "Speaking of Mr. Ollivander, I think he must be very interested in recycling the wand he sold you, right?"

Dean said as he took out Mundungus' pipe and wand and played with it in his hand, the threat was very obvious.

"Boy, how dare you!" Mundungus looked around guiltily, and when he saw that no one noticed them, he lowered his voice and yelled angrily.

"I was looking for a gift to give to Mr. Ollivander to thank him for selling me a favorite wand. This pipe seemed to be a good choice." Dean was not worried about the threat of Mundungus at all.

When Dean didn't buy the wand, Mundungus was a master of it. Now that he had bought his own wand, Mundungus was no match for him.

"Okay, I admit you won again! What else do you want?" Mundungus only had to look at Dean's expression to know what he was planning.

"I want that blackthorn wand now!" Dean said, raising his chin.

"Okay! But you have to walk a few more steps, and you can get the wand later." Mundungus, who looked frustrated, seemed to have completely resigned himself to his fate.

Dean didn't notice the secret joy flashing in Mundungus's eyes when he lowered his head.

"This is not enough." Dean pressed forward.

"You!" Mundungus readjusted his expression and glared at the greedy Dean.

"I also want a flying broomstick, the latest model!" Dean said with a smile.

"This... of course is no problem, but I seem to remember that first-year students at Hogwarts are not allowed to bring their own broomsticks." Mundungus reminded slyly.

"Of course I know, so I ask you... to buy me the latest model of the broomstick when I need it in the future." Dean originally wanted Mundungus to buy it for him next year, but then he thought of the famous The "Firebolt" will not be launched until the next year, so I temporarily changed my story.

"It's easy, I promise you!" Mundungus patted his chest and promised. He was not afraid of writing such a bad check. As long as he got the pipe wand back, he guaranteed that Dean would never find him again.

"Mr. Mundungus, it's settled. When you buy me the broomstick, I will return your wand to you." Dean chuckled inwardly. He could clearly see Mundungus's little abacus. Chu.

When Mundungus heard this, his expression suddenly collapsed: "This is impossible! Without the magic wand, it is almost impossible for me to survive until I can fulfill my promise!"

"That's your problem." Dean hinted politely, "Maybe you can think of other ways to ensure that you can fulfill this promise."

"As long as you can return the wand to me as soon as possible, I have ten thousand ways to ensure that I can fulfill my promise. The question is, do you believe it?" Mundungus asked.

"Mr. Mundungus, I just heard Mrs. Graves say that there seems to be a spell that can ensure that you fulfill your promise." Dean said with a proud smile.

"Unbreakable Vow?" Mundungus exclaimed, his face turning extremely ugly.

After a moment, he said with a gloomy face: "This... I can't do it. We lack a witness."

"Professor Snape will be happy to serve as our witness." Dean suggested enthusiastically.

"Impossible! I will never agree, even if it means losing my pipe and wand!" Mundungus protested fiercely for some unknown reason.

"What about Mrs. Graves?" Dean asked again.

"...Okay." Mundungus hesitated before reluctantly agreeing.

Dean smiled like a cunning little fox.

In fact, Dean did not have the confidence to get Snape to agree to his outrageous request, nor did he have the patience to wait until the next time he would see Snape again, so he deliberately mentioned Snape first in order to force Mundungus to Agree to let Mrs. Graves serve as a witness to the Unbreakable Vow.

Dean believed that Mrs. Graves would be a more acceptable witness for Mundungus than Snape.

When faced with the worst option, people will always settle for a less bad option.

Mundungus was indeed fooled.