The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 29 Post-match Analysis
When Ron and Hermione hurried back to their seats, they found that the match was over. According to Ron's account, Harry's broom had returned to normal a few minutes after they disappeared. He swooped down and swallowed the Golden Snitch to end the match, with Gryffindor winning by 170 points to 60 points.

At this time, Ryan also received a system prompt

- Changed the course of the game, causing Hermione to become suspicious of Quirrell. Gained 2 Deflection Points.

Well, this is a good harvest. Ryan happily invited a few friends to go back together.

When Ryan, Hermione and Ron were about to return to the castle, they happened to meet Harry who was about to go to Hagrid's house for tea, so the four of them walked towards Hagrid's cabin together.

A few minutes later, the four of them were sitting by the warm fireplace, each holding a cup of fragrant black tea.

"Snape did it," Ron was explaining to the group. "I saw him. He was casting a spell on Harry's broomstick and he was mumbling something to himself and his eyes were fixed on Harry."

"No, it's not just Snape who's suspicious." Hermione added, "Lion and I saw Quirrell, who was sitting behind Snape, also chanting a spell."

Ryan also said at this time: "One of them must be cursing while the other is protecting. Otherwise, Harry would not have been able to stay in the sky for so long."

"Nonsense," said Hagrid. "Why would professors do such a thing?"

The four of them exchanged glances, and then Harry motioned Ryan to go up and explain.

"Because both of their professors are related to the incident before Halloween." Ryan said word by word while thinking about the wording. "The troll belongs to Professor Quirrell, and how the troll got out is all Professor Quirrell's one-sided statement, and there is no witness to prove his words."

At this time, Harry couldn't help but said: "I found out something about Snape. On Halloween Eve, he wanted to get through the big three-headed dog. It bit him. We think he wanted to steal what the big dog was guarding..."

Hagrid put the teapot down heavily.

"How do you know about the three-headed Lu Wei?" he asked.

"Lu Wei with three heads?"

"Yes - it's mine - I bought it from a Greek I met in the tavern last year - I lent it to Dumbledore to keep watch over it -"

"What?" Harry asked eagerly.

"Okay, don't ask anymore," Hagrid said rudely, "That's Secret No. 1, do you understand?"

“But someone wanted to steal it.”

"Nonsense," said Hagrid again, "Snape and Quirrell are both teachers at Hogwarts. They would never do such a thing."

"Then why would anyone want to kill Harry?" wondered Ron loudly.

"That could just be a coincidence, you're seeing things wrong," Hagrid said irritably. "I don't know why Harry's broomstick behaved the way it did, but the teachers handpicked by Professor Dumbledore would never want to kill a student! Now, listen to me, all four of you - you're meddling in matters that have nothing to do with you. It's dangerous. Forget the big dog, forget what it's guarding, this is between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel -"

"Aha!" said Harry. "So there's a man called Nicolas Flamel involved, isn't it?" Hagrid was furious. He was angry with himself.

Soon, the four were driven out of the hut by Hagrid. After that, they returned to the common room, and after Harry dealt with a large number of people who came to congratulate him, he saw Ryan and others discussing something in a corner with few people.

Harry came closer, and Ron saw Harry and said to him, "I think Snape is the mastermind, and the two of them think that both Quirrell and Snape are suspects."

After listening to Ron's story, Harry said to Ryan and Hermione: "I think it's more like Snape, because I can feel that he hates me."

Ryan complained in his heart, who made you look exactly like your father who stole your love? Then he stopped Hermione who wanted to argue with Ron, cleared his throat and said, "Who wants to steal things is not the most important issue now. We got a lot of information from Hagrid today."

"We now know this information: the three-headed dog is called Fluffy, and it belongs to Hagrid. He was loaned to Dumbledore to guard something. And this thing is related to a man named Nicolas Flamel."

"And," Ryan added. "The troll that chased us before was holding a weapon that was very suitable for it. From what I read in the book Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, some smart trolls can be trained as guards. This means that the troll that day was originally used to guard a certain place. After all, if it was used as a teaching aid in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, it would not be equipped with a weapon."

"That means there's probably a large space under the trapdoor under Fluffy's feet, and there's more than one checkpoint set up," Hermione continued after reacting.

"Okay." Harry interrupted Hermione and Ryan's guess about the defense level. "Now what we need to know is, who is this Nicolas Flamel?"

"I don't know." "I haven't heard of it." "Wait, I think I have some impression of it. My father seems to have told me about it."

The remaining three people turned their eyes to Ryan, and Ron was the first to question: "How is that possible? There are no wizards in your family?"

"Some wizards are not only known to the wizarding world. For example, Merlin is also very famous in the Muggle world. My father is a writer and he would look up a lot of information. If Nicolas Flamel is very famous and has lived in the Muggle world for a long time, so that the Muggle world knows about this person's existence. Then my father may have seen this name when he was looking up information." Ryan explained to Ron.

"According to what you said, Nicolas Flamel couldn't have been a person from the past two hundred years. After all, the Statute of Secrecy was strictly enforced during these two hundred years, but who can live over two hundred years old? But it's also possible that there is someone with the same name in the Muggle world." Ron said after thinking for a while.

"Then could you write a letter and ask your father?" said Harry.

"I think I should wait until Christmas when I go back to ask. After all, the person who wants to steal things is likely to be a professor. He might intercept our communications."

Seeing that everyone was a little depressed, Hermione said, "How about this, let's use our spare time to look up this person. Remember Hagrid said at the time that this was between Professor Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel - although he didn't finish his words, we can be sure from this sentence that Professor Dumbledore knew Nicolas Flamel, so let's start with people of Professor Dumbledore's age."

"Well, that's a good idea," Harry said. "I won't have any matches until Christmas anyway, so we can take this opportunity to go to the library and look through some books. When Ryan goes to his house to ask his father during Christmas, we can make the next plan."

Seeing that everyone had finished speaking, Ryan stood up and said to Harry and the others, "Well, today is the first victory of our Quidditch team, and also your first victory, Harry." Then Ryan pointed to the noisy crowd in the lounge. "So if there is anything to do, let's talk about it tomorrow. Now is the time to celebrate."

(End of this chapter)