bacchusnovels Chapter 103 He should be under the bed or in the car?
Chapter 103 He should be under the bed or in the car?
Just then, the door slammed shut.
"He's back!" George said. "Daddy's back!"
Sean patted the dirt off his hands and then cast a "clean and fresh" spell on himself.
Unfortunately, even he didn't know how many goblins he had thrown out of the garden.
He still couldn't find anything strange about the goblins.
Is it just my imagination?
It's not an illusion.
Sean was certain that he sensed an indescribable energy emanating from the goblin, an energy entirely different from wizarding magic.
Could it be... that he needs to dissect these little things and see what's inside their bodies?
Sean looked at the goblins outside the fence with suspicion.
The goblins, under Sean's gaze, suddenly felt a chill. With their limited minds, they could only guess that perhaps... autumn was approaching.
After keeping this matter firmly in mind, Sean led the young wizards back into the house.
A thin, balding man slumped in a kitchen chair, took off his glasses, and closed his eyes.
He wore a long green robe and looked travel-worn.
Sean took the initiative to greet him, saying, "Hello."
Hearing the noise, the man looked towards the doorway. His eyes lit up when he saw Sean, and he quickly stood up. "I recognize you...you are, Sean Phillips?"
"Hello, Mr. Arthur Weasley," Sean replied with a smile, then explained his background and whereabouts.
The two of them then slumped into their chairs, while several children sat in a row around them.
For a moment, the scene looked somewhat harmonious.
Sean was exhausted because he had just finished "farm work" and returned home, while Arthur was exhausted because he had been forced to work overtime all night the previous night.
"That was a tough night!" Arthur muttered, recovering his senses, as he reached for the teapot. "Nine houses were searched. That old bastard Mundungus Fletcher tried to use magic on me while I was turning my back..."
Seeing that there was some gossip to listen to, Sean perked up his ears.
Mundungus Fletcher knew that a "treasure dealer" and one of the founders of the Order of the Phoenix had once possessed the Marauder's Map a few years earlier.
"Dad, what did you find?" Fred asked eagerly.
Mr. Weasley yawned and replied, "We found some shrinking door keys and a biting kettle."
"Although we discovered some tricky things, that's not within my jurisdiction. At Mortlek's house, we even found some very strange ferrets, and he was taken in for questioning. However, that's a matter for the Spell Experimentation Committee, so I can breathe a sigh of relief..."
George interjected, "Why would anyone make a key that can shrink?"
Mr. Weasley sighed. "That's to play a trick on Muggles. Imagine you sell a Muggle a key, and then the key gradually shrinks until it disappears, and when they need to use it, they can't find it anywhere... Of course, it's hard to believe, because Muggles will always insist that their keys are lost, not that they've shrunk."
"These Muggles, they always turn a blind eye to the magic right in front of them... You simply can't imagine how amazing the magic our people can cast on those objects is—"
Through Arthur's words, Sean recalled this part of the story.
Because of Arthur's surprise inspection of some dark magic items and illegal items, Lucius sold some items that could prove his guilt to Borgin-Bock before his house was searched.
And just a few days later, when the Weasleys went to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies for the next term, Lucius, while fighting with Arthur, took the opportunity to slip the item Voldemort had entrusted to him before his downfall—Tom Riddle's old school diary—into Ginny's old Transfiguration textbook.
Lucius did this because he planned to get Ginny to use the diary, and through her, reopen the secret room and launch an attack on the Muggle-born students.
However, Lucius only knew that the diary was enchanted, but he didn't know that it actually contained a piece of Voldemort's soul.
Lucius planned to get Ginny to open the Chamber of Secrets for his own personal gain, so that he could ruin the reputation of Ginny's father, Arthur Weasley, and expel Albus Dumbledore from Hogwarts.
He could also target Muggle-born individuals while simultaneously eliminating this potentially dangerous piece of evidence.
This can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Moreover, to some extent, he and Sean share the same goal—to expel Dumbledore from Hogwarts.
Following the original storyline, Lucius influences the board of directors through threats, demanding that they agree to remove Albus Dumbledore from his position as headmaster on the grounds of poor leadership.
Unfortunately, he not only failed to get rid of Dumbledore, but was also kicked out of the Hogwarts board of directors.
However, if Sean is added, the situation could very well change. Sean has the advantage of knowing the plot in advance and can fill in any gaps in Lucius's plan. Combined with Lucius's own power, this is not an impossible task.
only...
If the plan succeeds, how to divide the spoils of the "Hogwarts Headmaster's position" becomes a new problem.
After all, there can only be one headmaster at Hogwarts.
This situation is very similar to the Philosopher's Stone incident last semester. If he agrees to steal the Philosopher's Stone with Quirrell, both of them will want the Philosopher's Stone, but there is only one, and the two of them will still have to fight in the end.
This situation inevitably leads to each person having ulterior motives during the collaboration.
However, no matter how you look at it, competing with Lucius for the position of headmaster seems easier than competing with Dumbledore.
Dumbledore is strong and has no weaknesses, but Lucius is different; he's currently busy dealing with his weaknesses... and it seems he can also...
Following this line of thought, just as Sean was wondering if there was any possibility of success in this matter, or rather, how he could use this matter to benefit himself, he suddenly heard a voice continue Arthur's words.
"Like cars, right?"
Sean watched as Molly walked in, holding a fire poker as if it were a sword.
Arthur gaped, looking at his wife guiltily.
"Car—Molly, darling?"
“Yes, Arthur, a car.” Molly’s eyes were blazing with anger. She was trying her best to control her temper because Sean was watching. “Think about it, a wizard buys a rusty old car and tells his wife that he just wants to take it apart to see what’s inside, but he actually uses magic to turn it into a flying car.”
Mr. Weasley blinked.
Molly's tone softened: "Oh, darling, I think you'll find that what he did wasn't illegal, although perhaps he should have told his wife the truth beforehand..."
At that moment, Sean felt he shouldn't be there; he should be under the bed or in the car...