Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 243 A Failed Divination
Just as Xilun had expected, Banban did indeed run away. As they opened the door to leave, Banban quickly slipped through the crack in the door and disappeared at the end of the corridor in the blink of an eye.

But Ron, who was talking to Harry, didn't notice this.

Until the end of the Easter holiday...

"Banban, Banban is gone!"

That evening, Ron rushed into the common room, carrying an empty box in his arms.

"Don't panic." Harry put down his quill. "Scabbers probably went somewhere to play. Doesn't it often appear in the common room?"

"No, Banban hasn't been to the common room in a long time, ever since that stupid cat almost ate it..."

At this point, Ron instinctively glanced at Hermione, who was doing her homework.

He then thought of the large ginger cat named Crookshank and assumed it was the cat that ate Spot.

But he quickly rejected the idea himself, because the cat was neither in the Gryffindor Tower, nor in Hogwarts Castle or on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

It disappeared just halfway through the Easter holiday.

Hermione was extremely worried until a few days later, Hagrid said he had seen a ginger cat deep in the Forbidden Forest with Tom.

Hermione was relieved and continued to bury herself in the pile of books.

In other words, Crookshank is currently in the Forbidden Forest and could not possibly have suddenly appeared here.

Moreover, he had been in the common room almost the entire past two days, so if the cat had come back in the middle of the day, he would have definitely seen it.

But the truth is that not only did he not see the cat, but no one else did either.

But if it wasn't Crook Mountain, why did Scabbers suddenly disappear?

Ron suddenly understood how Hermione felt back then.

Although Banban is just an ordinary mouse, old and shedding fur, it is one of the few things that belong to him.

So when he discovered that Banban was missing, Ron was so anxious that he almost turned the whole dormitory upside down, but he still couldn't find her.

“Maybe… it ran off to the Forbidden Forest too.” Harry comforted Ron, seeing his anxiety, “Just like Hermione did on Crook Hill a few days ago.”

"Go into the Forbidden Forest to feed it?" Ron said.

Harry scratched his head awkwardly.

He almost forgot that Crookshanks was at least a cat, and with Tom, who was like a little wild animal, it was quite reasonable for him to appear in the Forbidden Forest.

But Banban is just a mouse, and a very ordinary one at that. If it appears in the Forbidden Forest, it can only be eaten by other animals.

"Hmm...maybe somewhere else," Harry said, sounding somewhat unsure.

Ron just sat there, lost in thought, seemingly oblivious to whether he had heard anything.

Harry had something else he wanted to tell him... Peter Pettigrew's name was missing.

Harry discovered that the name Peter Pettigrew had disappeared since the day they stormed into the dormitory, and had not appeared even once in the past few days.

He felt that the Marauder's Map had returned to normal.

But seeing Ron's dejected look, Harry figured he wasn't in the mood to talk about this, so he didn't say anything.

"By the way, Xilun."

Then Ron seemed to remember something and turned to look at Siron. "Could you do a divination?"

"What?" Xilun asked in confusion.

"So, you're using a crystal ball to help me see where the spots are?" Ron said.

“Ron…” Hermione, who was in the corner, finally couldn’t help but look up and say, “I think the best thing you should do right now is to go out into the hallway and into the armor, instead of resorting to such a deceptive trick as divination.”

“If Professor Trelawney were sitting across from me, I certainly wouldn’t have asked her that,” Ron said without turning his head.

"Please, Celeste, I really want to know where Banban is."

Silen blinked; in fact, he did know where Scabbers was. Right there in the Quidditch pitch, in the fifth row of the Ravenclaw stands, under a seat near the wall… right at the edge of the Marauder's map.

This was something Gollum told him not long ago. Gollum also said that a professor was watching the mouse, and it didn't dare get too close for fear of being discovered.

It seems that the professor Gollum mentioned must be Lupin, which confirms his earlier assumption that Scabbers' escape was indeed part of Lupin's plan.

Xiren looked at Ron and asked meaningfully, "Let me confirm again, do you want me to use divination to find Banban?"

“Yes,” Ron nodded vigorously. “Is that alright?”

“Of course, as you wish,” Xilun said with a smile. “However, I don’t have a crystal ball, so tea divination will have a similar effect.”

“No problem,” Ron said.

He immediately set to work, searching for the necessary items, and others around him joined in as well.

Fred contributed a teacup, and Neville brought over a copper kettle, filled it with water, and placed it in the fireplace with an iron rod. Soon it began to make a whooshing sound.

The most crucial tea was supplied by Lavender Brown.

She was a staunch supporter of Professor Krillonie, even using the same tea as her; the moment she opened the bag, a dizzying aroma wafted out.

Xilun seriously doubted whether this stuff was even drinkable.

But Ron didn't care; he drank the scalding hot tea in a few gulps.

"Oh, damn it, it's a biting teacup!" Ron suddenly cried out as he was finishing his drink.

Suddenly, the teacup sprouted a mouth and sharp teeth, biting Ron's mouth tightly.

Ron then realized that the teacup was provided by Fred, so why would he give himself something normal?

Fortunately, it was just a simple joke prop, and Ron quickly broke free.

He handed the teacup to Xilun.

"Is this still usable? If not, I'll get a new one?"

“It’s alright, the teacup biting doesn’t affect the tea leaves underneath,” Xilun said.

He took the cup and glanced at it.

Those tea leaves really do look like... a bunch of damp tea leaves!
Well, actually he couldn't see anything at all; those loose fragments didn't look like anything at all.

Xilun turned in another direction, but it still couldn't be seen.

Clearly, either the matter he wanted to divine was related to himself, or it was a failed divination.

Divination using tea leaves and crystal balls is not always successful; there are times when it fails, and the probability is not low.

"How is it?" Ron asked nervously.

“Hmm… I suggest you get a new pet,” Xiren said, putting down his cup.

Ron felt a wave of dizziness. "Oh, poor Scabbers, is it really already..."

He sighed and couldn't continue.

“In a sense, Blister is no longer your pet,” Celen said.

Ron, preoccupied with his grief, didn't notice that there was something amiss with Siren's words; he simply thought it was Siren's way of comforting him.

“I still remember how Blister helped us bite Gore on the train.” Ron sat there helplessly.

“That was its most glorious moment.” George couldn’t help but chuckle. “Alright, Ron, go to Hogsmeade and buy a new mouse. What’s the point of sighing here?”

“And that biting teacup is yours too,” Fred said. “You can try to replace Gore’s teacup and restore its former glory.”

"Crawb's is also acceptable."

"Or it could be Malfoy."

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(End of this chapter)