Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts

After all the young wizards were seated, the Hogwarts Express officially started, and the scenery on both sides of the windows began to speed backward.

At this time, Harry and Ron were no longer as reserved as when they first met.

Especially Harry, he found that he and Ron were very interested in each other's families.

They asked and answered, and their understanding deepened rapidly.

Sherlock did not join in.

Just through the conversation between the two, it was enough for him to make inferences about their situation.

Instead, he was more interested in the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead.

Of course, in Sherlock's view, that scar looked more like a capital letter 'N' than the legendary lightning.

At this time, Harry and Ron were getting more and more excited. Ron, in high spirits, decided to show his two friends from Muggle families some magic.

"George told me a spell that can turn it yellow."

"It" refers to Ron's pet, a gray rat named Scabbers, which was a pet eliminated by his older brother Percy, who is a prefect.

Ron said, opening his suitcase and rummaging inside.

The suitcase was very messy. He moved away a pile of books and pulled out two robes. After a long time, he finally pulled out a wand.

"Do you want to see?"

He looked at his two little friends with anticipation.

"Hurry up!"

Harry said immediately.

Sherlock also watched Ron with interest.

During this summer vacation, he had tried many spells and succeeded.

Logically speaking, his talent for magic should be okay.

However, he was powerless when it came to transfiguration, like McGonagall turning a teacup into a squirrel.

Of course, after reading the textbook, Sherlock also knew that it was not a first-year teaching content, it was beyond the syllabus.

Under the gaze of his two friends, Ron cleared his throat and waved his wand:

"Daisy, buttercup, mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow."

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

The rat, Scabbers, was still gray, sleeping soundly, and was not affected in any way.

Harry: ’(°ー°〃)

Sherlock: ←_←

Ron was stunned, raised his wand again, and tried again:

"Daisy, buttercup, mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow."

Still nothing happened.

Harry: (lll￢ω￢)

Sherlock: ←_←

"Okay, I knew this spell was useless. I bet George knew it was a dud."

Ron said with a disappointed look, putting away his wand.

"Is it its problem?"

Hearing Sherlock's question, Ron didn't react: "What?"

"Your second brother's wand..."

Sherlock pointed to Ron's wand.

This wand was very old, some places were peeling off, and one end was flashing white light.

"Oh, this is Charlie's old wand. The unicorn hair is almost exposed, but my dad said it won't affect the use..."

Ron touched the old wand carefully, and suddenly raised his head, "Wait, why do you know this is an old wand..."

"Ron, even I can see that this is an old wand..."

Harry couldn't help but say.

He was secretly happy, vaguely feeling that his IQ had occupied the high ground.

"No, no, no, I mean, how do you know it's my second brother's wand?

I haven't told you how many brothers I have!"

That's right!

Harry then reacted.

He could indeed see that this was an old wand, but Sherlock directly said that it was used by Ron's second brother.

This is too outrageous, right?

Sherlock smiled.

"I not only know that this is your second brother's wand, but also know that there are seven children in your family.

You are now wearing your eldest brother's robe, holding your second brother's wand, using your third brother's pet, your fourth and fifth brothers are twin brothers, and there is also a sister who has not gone to school."

Harry and Ron were stunned.

The two couldn't say a word for a long time. Finally, Ron blushed and muttered:

"Sherlock, it's not interesting to tease people like this. You must have investigated me in advance!"

Harry couldn't help but help Ron to speak, "Sherlock, you actually knew Ron's family before, right? Otherwise, you couldn't possibly know these things."

At this moment, the two formed a united front, affirming that Sherlock had investigated Ron in advance.

Sherlock was used to this kind of reaction from the two.

"Dear Harry, in fact, it is very simple for me to make these inferences. As long as you observe carefully and analyze carefully, you can also infer these information.

Think about my analysis of you just now, in fact, it is not worth mentioning at all!

When I say the process of inference, you will definitely say, 'Ah, it turns out it's so simple!'"

Harry was dubious.

"Really?"

"I don't believe it!"

Ron shook his head like a rattle drum, "You must have investigated me in advance!"

Compared to Ron, Harry's performance was better, after all, he had seen it once just now.

But now he is also skeptical about this.

After all, the information that Sherlock inferred from Ron was too detailed, and it was simply incomparable to the inference about himself just now.

Looking at the two pairs of eyes full of thirst for knowledge, Sherlock smiled and said:

"Okay, then I will explain it:

Ron's robe, wand, textbooks, including the suitcase he carries are all old, which is enough to show that he was born in a family with many children - sorry, I took a few more glances when you opened the suitcase to rummage just now.

Your robe has been altered once and is a bit ill-fitting. I think when you put it on later, your sneakers will be exposed. The old wand is too obvious. Even Harry saw it just now."

Harry: |(*′口`)

"But that doesn't mean the wand is my second brother's!"

Ron couldn't help but say.

Sherlock shrugged, "Generally speaking, wands and robes are purchased at the same time, but judging from the degree of newness of your wand and robe, the purchase time of the robe is obviously longer than the wand.

Items like wands and robes are only left to the children in the family who are still in school after leaving school, so your two brothers must have graduated.

In addition, when you cast a spell on me just now, you mentioned that Scabbers was given to you by the brother who is a prefect, and you also said that the spell was taught to you by George, then it means that you have at least two more brothers.

Coincidentally, I saw you talking to a pair of twin brothers on this train - no one would suspect that you are not a family, you have the same red hair and similar faces.

But there is no prefect among them - the prefects are in the two compartments specially designated at the front, which is not difficult to find out.

Based on the above information, it is not difficult to infer this, right?

Look, based on this information, I can easily infer that you have five brothers, the robes and wands are from the graduated eldest brother and second brother respectively, and the pet is from the third brother who is a prefect, and the fourth and fifth brothers are twins."

"But, but how do you know I have a sister?"

"You may not have noticed, but there are a few strands of long red hair on your shoulders, and the age is similar to yours based on the hair quality and color.

So you should also have a sister, the possibility of a sister is greater.

This is also the only piece of information that I guessed rather than inferred, but I think this guess should be correct, I think she should not have gone to school yet, right?"