Mysterious Walker at Hogwarts

"No, I'm not worried at all." Dumbledore replied seriously, "I'm just afraid that his pride will bring him unnecessary trouble."

Phineas sneered twice: "I hope you really think so. If another mysterious person appears..."

"No, Phineas." Dumbledore reiterated, "If you know everything Dean has arranged in advance for today's Quidditch match, you will know that he is far more meticulous than Tom of the same age."

"Of course I know - the portraits in the castle won't hide anything from me - but I still have to say that his recklessness and arrogance are equally annoying. I admit that the cheering banner he made is very thoughtful, and He cleverly asked different people to cast spells on the banners to cover his actions. But his arrangement didn't work in the end, right? Otherwise, he wouldn't have been invited here by you!" Phineas said sharply.

"Phineas, in my opinion, a person's actions at the most critical moment can best reflect the most precious qualities deep in his heart." Dumbledore said passionately, "In Harry's case, When he was in danger, didn't Dean know that casting the blinding spell would ruin his previous arrangements? Of course he knew! But he still did it without hesitation! This is the biggest difference between him and you and Tom !”

Phineas was shocked by Dumbledore's sudden outburst. After a while, he said sarcastically: "In hindsight, all his previous arrangements were simply a joke."

"Phineas, you have never grasped the point. On the contrary, his previous arrangement allows us to see a lot -" Dumbledore looked at Phineas seriously and said: "How Dean passed through a bed sheet - —I mean a banner to cast a protective spell on Harry? I'm afraid even you don't have that ability."

"Because I'm dead, Dumbledore. When I'm alive, hum..." Phineas said harshly.

"Are you talking about casting spells?" Dumbledore asked playfully, "I know that is a unique bloodline ability of the ancient Black family, but - I think even at the peak of your strength, you may not be able to cast such a distance. The distance will place the levitation spell on the banner and continue to be used."

"But that banner did continue to release the levitation spell on Harry, didn't it?" Phoefinias reminded, "When he had to use the blinding spell to attack Snape, he had to do it himself - this It is the most obvious characteristic of sustenance casting.”

"Phineas, I must say, there is something wrong with your eyes." Dumbledore was hinting that the target of Dean's attack was not Snape, but it was a pity that Phineas did not hear it.

"What? Do you think I saw it wrong?" Phineas looked sideways at Dumbledore, "Do you think I will admit my mistake and cast a spell?"

"Phineas!" Dumbledore interrupted, raising his voice: "When it comes to casting spells, what do you think of Thomas?"

Phineas was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and immediately became furious: "Dumbledore, what are you implying? Do you want to tarnish the ancient and noble Black family - with a half-blood?"

"Phineas, speaking of half-bloods, what do you think of Dean?" Dumbledore asked calmly.

"I feel ashamed that there is another mixed-race descendant in the Holy 28 tribe!" Phineas's tone was full of disgust.

"Phineas, I think you should have noticed that the excessive pursuit of blood purity has caused the Black family to have a crisis of lack of successors." Dumbledore reminded softly.

"That won't change my opinion!" Phineas replied decisively.

Dumbledore was silent for a while and then said softly: "I don't think you noticed that in addition to the magic, the child also has a Black family treasure."

"What did you say? This is impossible!" Phineas screamed, raising his voice and hurriedly left the portrait.

"I think he must have gone to visit the portrait at No. 12 Grimmauld Place." The Sorting Hat said sarcastically, "Go to the Black family's treasure house to see if there is anything stolen - maybe he would rather it be emptied by thieves than Acknowledge that Dean has Black blood."

"Then I'm afraid he will be disappointed." Dumbledore said with a smile, "If I guess correctly, that thing was no longer there a long time ago."

Dean, who had no idea that Dumbledore had figured out the truth, returned to the Gryffindor common room and found that a lively celebration was being held here. Today's winning protagonist, Harry, was being carried in the Gryffindor common room by the excited Gryffindors. on the shoulders.

As soon as Dean appeared, Seamus rushed over desperately, put his arm around his shoulders and shouted loudly: "Dean, great! You predicted it right again! I declare that from now on, you will be the best in Gryffindor." Great prophet!"

"Seamus, you are exaggerating. I think everyone here will predict that Gryffindor will win!" Dean was not very interested, and he wanted to cover Seamus' big mouth.

He was worried about how to minimize the impact of his prophetic ability when Seamo was promoting it everywhere.

"But you also accurately predicted that Harry would catch the Golden Snitch!" Seamus said reluctantly.

"Come on, if Harry doesn't catch the Golden Snitch, how will Gryffindor win? I mean it's the easiest way for Gryffindor to win, everyone would predict that, right?" Dean was surprised. , Hermione rushed up to rescue him.

Hermione's answer made Seamus calm down from the joy of victory, and when he thought about it carefully, it seemed to make sense.

By the time he came to his senses, Dean had been dragged away by Hermione and hid in an unknown corner.

"Thank you, Hermione." Dean said to Hermione after getting rid of Seamus.

"Dean, I have something to ask you." Hermione dragged Dean outside the common room, looked into his eyes seriously and asked, "I heard Hagrid say that you knew that Snape was responsible for Harry acted mischievously and attacked Snape with a curse in full view of everyone. While saving Harry, he was called away by Professor Dumbledore?"

Dean broke into a cold sweat after hearing this. This misunderstanding seemed a bit big, and he quickly said: "Stop being ridiculous, weren't you the one who set Snape's robe on fire?"

"But I didn't let Snape give up. It wasn't until you attacked him that Harry was completely safe." Hermione said empathetically, "I understand your concerns, so we didn't tell anyone else about this." Man, he also told Hagrid to keep quiet."

Well, as long as you are happy.

Dean couldn't tell Hermione that it was Quirrell who really wanted Harry's life, and Snape was the one who protected Harry.

With the current bad relationship between Harry and Snape, even if he told it, no one would believe it.

Seeing that Dean remained silent, Hermione thought he had acquiesced, so she continued: "So your prophecy talent is real?"

"False!" Dean immediately denied.

Hermione showed an "I understand" expression and said, "Okay, whatever you say is false is false. I want to ask you to predict something for me."

"You believe it's false and you still ask me to predict it?" Dean didn't quite understand Hermione's brain circuit.

"I didn't say that I believe your prophecy talent is fake - I understand your desire to keep a low profile, but as long as you think about all the prophecies you have made during this period, you will know that this cannot be concealed. So -" He Min asked solemnly, "May I ask you to predict the news about Nico Flamel?"