The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Hermione couldn't help it anymore, her tears flowed from the corners of her eyes like broken beads. In her opinion, Crookshanks was highly suspicious. It has always had a mysterious interest in Scabbers, and it just appeared near Gryffindor Tower, so maybe it was really the one who killed Scabbers.

Neville next to him also showed a complicated expression. He also thought it might have been Crookshanks raised by Hermione who killed Scabbers.

Hermione choked and tried to apologize to Ron: "Yes, I'm sorry...I, Crookshanks -"

"Crookshanks is innocent," Tom interrupted her feeble defense.

"Do you have no brains? Or are your heads filled with flour?" Tom took a step forward, almost in front of Ron, "Crookshanks is the murderer? You mean from the Ravenclaw common room He ran out of the room, then ran into Gryffindor Tower, and finally sneaked into your dormitory, caught and killed Scabbers? Don’t you think the logic inside is a little illogical?"

Crookshanks also meowed twice after Tom, as if to say: You are right, shit shoveler!

Ron's momentum stagnated: Indeed, the two are too far apart. A cat can cover such a long distance - if you ask a new little wizard to walk from the Ravenclaw common room to Gryffindor Tower, there is a high chance that it will get lost, let alone a kitten.

And the purpose of all this is to catch a mouse? As for that?

"There is a very simple way to verify it, Sir Cadogan!"

Tom turned to look at Sir Cadogan, who was standing next to his pony, watching the play with great interest.

"Aha!" Sir Cadogan suddenly became energetic when he heard Tom mention his name. "Brave man, Cadogan's sword is always ready for people like you."

Tom: Oh this?

Why do you feel that my favorability with Sir Cadogan is quite high? Tom analyzed his situation for a while, and suddenly found that from Sir Cadogan's perspective, he was definitely a vulnerable group: there was a dispute at the gate of another college, and he had to protect the crying girl... This is very consistent. Sir Cadogan's chivalry has been reduced. If he doesn't help, can he still call himself "Sir"?

"Did you see this cat enter the common room from your place yesterday?" Tom carried Crookshanks to Sir Cadogan's portrait to let him see it more clearly.

Ser Cadogan didn't even look at it, and held his head high to show that no creature, not even a cat, could pass through the gate he guarded without the password.

Tom spread his hands and said, "Look, the problem is solved. It wasn't Crookshanks at all. I admit that Crookshanks had a history of attacking Scabbers in Diagon Alley - but he was a cat, and the cat saw the mouse. Isn’t it normal to catch someone?”

Crookshanks: Meow (yes)!

Ron was immediately discouraged, and he was now in an extremely embarrassing situation.

"Don't put your fault on Hermione," Tom said seriously, his tone serious.

"My fault?" Ron raised his head again.

"Yes, it's your fault, you didn't think much of it, right? Maybe if you kept it in a cage, these things wouldn't happen - the brain of a mouse is just that big, and it's not as smart as other animals. It's very likely that it will Just ran away and lost——"

"No, no, Banban is very smart. He has been in my house for twelve years and has never gotten lost." Ron denied repeatedly, with a look of frustration on his face, "I am sorry for him... I always feel that Locking it in a cage is not enough freedom, but now think about it, it just lies there and sleeps every day..."

"Perhaps it was the rats in the castle who attacked Scabbers, but I think Scabbers is still alive." Tom said a random possibility.

As soon as he said this, Ron raised his head, his eyes shining: "Yes, Scabbers may still be alive! If it was done by a mouse, there should be other traces left at the scene, Tom, you What is the solution?"

Tom completely shot the arrow first and then drew the target. He knew that Peter Pettigrew would not die that easily. How could an adult wizard be killed by a mouse or cat? He made such a big show just to "escape".

Sirius's surprise attack really scared it, so it couldn't wait to find an opportunity to escape. It's just that the evidence forged during this escape was somewhat insufficient. It might be more convincing if it left a few cat hairs next to its own blood. But unfortunately, there are no students in Gryffindor House who keep cats, so this time Peter Pettigrew's forged "murder scene" is not so realistic.

So many things have changed. If Crookshanks lives in Gryffindor and has a history of attacking Scabbers many times, if he can get Crookshanks' hair, and if there is no one at the scene who can analyze it calmly like Tom, then the blame will be taken. For a long time, it will bear the name of "murderer", and Hermione will also live with guilt for a long time.

Fortunately, none of these things happened.

"Okay, don't cry," Tom walked in front of Hermione, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped the tears from the corners of Hermione's eyes and cheeks.

"Well," Hermione said after taking Crookshanks from Tom, she hugged him and stood aside, quietly waiting for the end of the matter.

But Tom has no intention of leaving just yet. Now Sirius is lurking in a corner of the school. How dangerous this is. It would be better to send Scabbers to his master.

Tom is a helpful boy and now he decides to help Ron find his little mouse.

After learning what Tom thought, Ron was shocked. He said incoherently: "Tom, you - why, I mean thank you, but how can you do it? I have no clue at all."

"We can divine." Tom gave his method.

The rest of the people present:…

Among the four people present, only Tom really believed in divination. The other three, Ron and Neville, all felt that divination was unreliable, while Hermione directly thought that this was a trick taught by a liar. She almost said, "I'm not targeting anyone, I want to say that all divination is All the masters are liars."

In Hermione's eyes, all divination was nonsense. In addition to arithmetic and divination, this course is also interesting.

"So, what should we do?" Ron raised his eyebrows and chose a dead horse as a live doctor.

"Professor Trelawney has taught us branch divination before. I think we can try it. It's mentioned in the book "Twig Divination"."

This book can be regarded as a supplementary teaching material for the divination class, and Professor Trelawney mentioned it in class. Of course Tom has not read this book.

But that doesn't stop him from using it to fool people.