The mastermind behind Hogwarts

Slytherin common room.

With the five luxury items in hand, Moriarty began to examine them.

Krum chimed in, "I didn't notice anything unusual when I was painting numbers and letters on it."

"You don't know Professor Dumbledore," Moriarty said with a laugh, turning a watch over and over. "He really enjoys designing little puzzles on these gadgets."

"Hmm?" Moriarty noticed that there was only a second hand on the watch. "Look, isn't this it?"

"There's only one second hand, pointing to 12 o'clock."

After putting down the watch, Moriarty discovered some more information on the remaining four luxury items.

The purple of the clock, a small square at the bottom of the blue and white porcelain, the red of the red carpet, and a small, unburnt candle on the candlestick.

"What do these represent?" Fleur blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Moriarty.

"It's too early to say," Moriarty said thoughtfully. "Let's wait until we get more information."

"Next location: the sixth-floor men's ward's restroom."

Moriarty didn't send anyone else there; he planned to go himself.

Outside the washroom, Moriarty encountered someone he never expected.

"Astria Greengrass?"

Moriarty looked at the white-haired girl walking towards him; it was Astoria, the younger sister of the Greengrass family.

"Mr. Slytherin?"

Astoria blinked, not expecting Moriarty to come to the restroom in person.

Behind her, Daphne tugged at Astoria's clothes, desperately trying to signal her with her eyes.

Astoria knew what her older sister meant.

"Now is the time for the Greengrass family to show their strength, so it's best not to get too close to Moriarty."

But Astoria's ideas were exactly the opposite of Daphne's!

"I need to find a way to tell Moriarty what happened in the restroom."

Astoria and Daphne came here by following Lionheart!

"Although there aren't many people here, there are still some senior students passing by."

"There's no other way, we'll have to use the old method."

Astoria blushed slightly, as if she had thought of something.

They immediately left quickly together, disappearing around the corner.

The two sisters came and went quickly, leaving Moriarty somewhat bewildered.

Just as he was heading towards the bathroom, Astoria rushed out again!

"Mori, Moriarty-senpai!"

Astoria looked charmingly innocent, her eyes filled with trepidation and anticipation.

He pulled out a pink letter from behind his back with both hands!

Moriarty's lips twitched. "No way, not again?"

Some students nearby saw this and whistled, "Wow!"

Astoria, somewhat embarrassed but also excited, said, "Senior Moriarty, please accept this!"

With that, she stuffed the letter into Moriarty's arms and ran away shyly.

Reaching a secluded spot around the corner, Astoria breathed a sigh of relief, hoping she was still in time.

Moriarty knew that Astoria must have made some discovery again, so he began to read the contents of the book.

"Moriarty, at the start of the game, my sister and I saw the Weasley twins outside the Gryffindor common room. They must have been sent out by you, Moriarty."

"I had no intention of competing with them for information, but Lionheart misunderstood my intentions, so he injured the Weasley twins, and I don't know how to explain it—it was really embarrassing."

"Fortunately, the Weasley family always has so many children. Percy Weasley protected his younger brother, while Ginny Weasley took the seven items from the Gryffindor common room."

"Then, let's talk about the restrooms. Percy Weasley and Lionheart both see this as their target, and now that they're inside, a conflict is likely to break out."

"My sister and I followed you all the way here, and then we met you, senior. You know what happened next."

It turned out to be the case.

After putting away the letter, Moriarty went into the washroom!

Percy and Lionheart were indeed inside!

Percy gripped his wand, while Lionheart held the sword in the lake. It was clear a battle had broken out; Percy's school uniform was tattered, and Lionheart had fared poorly, his nose now resembling a pig's snout.

"Mr. Moriarty!"

Percy was pleasantly surprised to see Moriarty enter, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sir, the message is in the bathtub!" Percy cleverly reminded him.

Moriarty looked at the bathtub; a layer of pale blue bubbles floated on the surface, suggesting the information was hidden beneath.

If it were someone else, they might get soaked in the water during this challenge.

But Moriarty snapped his fingers, and the surface of the bathwater parted automatically!

Lionheart frowned upon seeing this: "Moriarty Slytherin! You'd better give me the information."

"Give it to you?" Moriarty said casually, "and then have you give it to Larpo? Do you think that's possible?"

"That's a pity, we'll have to fight it out." Lionheart charged at Moriarty, sword in hand!

"You lost. The information is mine, and Astoria Greengrass is mine too!"

Moriarty was displeased upon hearing this, and any good impression he had of Lionheart vanished completely.

"You really are a little brat."

"Lionheart! Don't you want to know the whereabouts of the scabbard of the sword in the lake?!"

"laugh--"

Lionheart abruptly stopped, staring at Moriarty in shock: "W-what did you say? The scabbard? You know where the scabbard is? Tell me!"

"Heh," Moriarty scoffed, "Why should I?"

"I can terminate my cooperation with Gamp, and I'll stop caring about the information here." Lionheart calmed down when he mentioned the scabbard.

The special nature of the Pendragon family gives Lionheart the confidence to say this.

"Not enough." Moriarty shrugged. He'd finally gotten his hands on you once, how could he let you off so easily?

"Well..." Lionheart thought for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I can let you have Astoria Greengrass too, okay?"

Moriarty gave Lionheart a deep look and shook his head, saying, "It seems you still don't understand."

"Then what do you want!" Lionheart roared like a furious lion.

"I haven't decided yet, let's talk about it later."

Moriarty lost interest in the conversation and took the information out of the bathtub—a music box.

Having found the information, Moriarty no longer needed to stay here.

"Percy, let's go."

Just as Moriarty was about to leave the restroom, Lionheart said coldly, "You're not lying to me, are you?"

Upon hearing this, Moriarty turned around and looked at Lionheart as if he were an idiot. "Slytherins never lie!"

"Oh, right, I didn't mean to say this, but since you're so stupid, I'll tell you: you don't want Gamp to know where the scabbard is, do you? So you'd better pretend nothing happened."

"Click."

The door was closed, and Moriarty was gone.

Lionheart sighed and rubbed his cheeks vigorously with both hands like a helpless old man.

"Ancestor! What should I do?"

Outside the door, Percy asked, "Sir, where do we go next?"

"Aren't you worried about your sister Ginny?" Moriarty chuckled. "She's carrying seven pieces of merchandise; do you think she'll make it back safely?"

Percy smiled slightly when Ginny was mentioned.

"Although Ginny is usually an introverted girl, she immediately becomes assertive when faced with important matters."

"She admires you a lot, so I think she planned to go to the Gryffindor common room a long time ago. It was also during my encounter with Lionheart that she offered to take seven items with her. So I believe she can accomplish this task."

Moriarty nodded slightly, "I see."

I knew it! Why did Ginny suddenly appear?

wrong!

Moriarty suddenly realized: if Ginny could take action so suddenly, why couldn't the other female students do the same?

Hermione! Luna! Hannah!

I hope nothing bad has happened to them!