Hogwarts starts with stealing power

Chapter 116 Post-Investigation
"Name?"

"Lin Xia."

"gender?"

"Female."

"School class?"

"First year at Hogwarts."

……

Professor Babuling treated the three people businesslikely. He first investigated their identity information, then separated the three people and asked them one by one.

Lin Xia didn't know if other wizards were interrogating like this, but at least as far as she was concerned, it felt quite relaxed.

Babuling did not ask her repeatedly, and she went through many questions once.

Only when asked about the doll in red will the question be more detailed.

Babuling asked: "Have you seen the red doll before?"

Lin Xia: "Yes."

Babuling: "Why didn't you say it felt abnormal before?"

Lin Xia: "There is no evidence. It looks normal on the outside. That's just my feeling."

[Puppet Spider] captured a scene where a red doll turns its eyes, but it was deleted by Lin Xia after it was broadcast that day.

Professor Babling thought she noticed it when she followed the large army to explore the central circle, but in fact it was discovered by her and Draco sneaking out.

Because it was difficult to explain his whereabouts, Lin Xia had the foresight to delete them all.

The automatic quill next to Babuling wrote quickly and continued to ask the next question: "How did you get to that residential building?"

Lin Xia: "I buried a few magic bombs to weaken the surrounding protective power, and then went to the residential building. No one stopped me during this period."

Babuling raised her eyebrows: "There are many residents hidden in that residential building. How did you get to the third floor?"

Lin Xia: "There is no one on the first floor, so we go directly to the third floor through the elevator."

Professor Babuling nodded slightly, and the other two people said the same thing.

Her expression became serious: "How did you get through the surroundings and get to that room?"

Lin Xia: "Compete for speed, cast magic spells all the way, and then rush through with your body."

Professor Babuling was not surprised when she heard her answer. She had investigated Lin Xia's student files in advance.

Her parents are both Eastern warlocks, and Eastern warlocks have very strong physical strength. It is not surprising that she inherited the power from her parents.

It is said that Eastern Warlocks still have a hidden potential within their bodies, which will be gradually released over time.

"Why did you use [healing potion] against that doll?"

Lin Xia pondered for a while and said slowly: "Professor..."

Babuling coughed lightly and interrupted: "Call me captain, it's useless even if you call me mom at this time."

Lin Xia smiled.

"Captain Barbling." She said: "I think this strange object is very taboo about magic, otherwise it would not have controlled the town without using magic power for so long. I was wondering if it is most likely that it does not understand Magic, even aversion to magic.”

"I prefer the last answer. It hates magic, so that's why it has been unwilling to study it. If you bring something full of magic close to it, it should be able to hurt it."

Babuling asked, "So this is just your intuition?"

Lin Xia nodded: "Yes, this is just a little intuition of mine."

Babuling shook her head: "Your intuition is not small. Not all wizards have your intuition. This should be one of your talents. Cherish this talent."

Lin Xia's eyes flashed slightly: "Professor, can I ask a digression."

"Ask." Babuling did not refute Lin Xia's call for professor this time.

Lin Xia asked: "What exactly is talent?"

Babuling smiled: "It seems that you are very confused about talent. In fact, there is no need to be so confused. You can think of it as having extraordinary intuition, talent, hobbies, etc. for something. Do that thing You can often get twice the result with half the effort and understand it faster than others.

In short, it means that you have abilities that are far more outstanding than ordinary people, and they can all be summarized as talents.

Ordinary talents are readily available, such as conscientiousness, concentration, and concentration. Rare talents are rare. I think you are a research-oriented talent. Your talents are used very well in research, but maybe you are not aware of it.

To put it simply, if you study something a hundred times, no matter whether you study it yourself or are favored by the goddess of luck, you will get results a hundred times. And ordinary people who don't have the innate ability to study will not get results even if they study tens of thousands of times. "

Professor Babling changed her words, "Just like this time, the Ministry of Magic has been studying Windmill Town for a month, and four teams have been stationed there, but they found nothing.

Only you and Draco discovered the anomaly as soon as you entered Windmill Town, and you also proposed a brand new idea and advanced the solution plan. In the eyes of many wizards, this is an extraordinary talent. "

Professor Babuling continued the previous topic, "I have said that there are ordinary talents and rare talents. Everyone has ordinary talents, but rare talents are rare.

You feel that [Healing Potion] is a rare ability to restrain a rare item like a red doll. Extending outward, every time you encounter a strange object, can you predict what will have a restraining effect on this strange object?
If you can really foresee it, then our capture and research of strange objects will take a big step forward. "

Lin Xia shook his head: "I'm not sure I can predict it every time."

Babling's brows widened: "I know you can't do it, little wizard, you are too young. Even if you can do it, your top priority is to study, not to do annoying tasks."

Lin Xia smiled. The professors at Hogwarts seemed to be afraid that the little wizard would suffer.

In addition to the dean, many professors told her not to let the heavy workload overwhelm her entertainment life.

Some people want to grow up quickly.

And when some people grow up, they miss the time when they didn't grow up.

The investigation ended, and Professor Babling stood up and patted her shoulder. "I forgot to tell you, wish you a Merry Christmas."

Lin Xia hugged her: "You too, Professor, I wish you a Merry Christmas."

After the questioning, Lin Xia and others could not leave.

They also had to spend one night at the Ministry of Magic, staying in the detention center next door.

It is said that the Ministry of Magic has a special detention center, but Professor Babling did not let them go. Instead, he used a traceless stretch spell to temporarily build a place next door for them to live in.

When Lin Xia entered, she saw Draco and Cedric sharing candies with each other.

The detention center is not so cold. There is a huge Christmas tree in the hall, with sparkling transparent bubbles hanging on the tree. Inside the bubbles are gifts and various snacks.

The two happily opened gifts there.

They unpacked many packages of Bibi's multi-flavor beans, but were in no hurry to eat them because who knew what flavors they would get from them.

Just last week, Draco had eaten something that smelled like dish soap and earwax.

In addition, there are licorice wands, chocolate crucible cakes, pumpkin pies, syrup pies...

Draco said excitedly, "Oh, I got pumpkin juice."

The pumpkin juice still maintains its original appearance and is taken out to emit heat, as if it had just been made fresh.

He couldn't wait to take a sip and felt like he was really celebrating Christmas.

This was the meanest Christmas he'd ever had!

Lin Xia also opened the gift.

"Wow!" Cedric exclaimed, "Lin Xia, the first time you opened a gift, you actually opened butterbeer!"

"Butterbeer?!" Draco was envious.

How come there are people who are more powerful than you, and even have better luck than you?

He opened dozens of gifts before opening the pumpkin juice. Lin Xia only opened one gift and then opened the butterbeer.

Lin Xia took a sip and felt sweet at first, and her body quickly warmed up.

No wonder the bar business is so good in winter. Who doesn’t want to take a sip of beer that can warm up the body in the cold winter?
After opening the gifts, everyone piled the unwrapped things on the ground, ate, drank and chatted.

Cedric said: "This is the most memorable Christmas I have ever had. I never thought I would be spending Christmas in a Ministry of Magic detention center."

Draco: "I don't understand. We've already asked, why don't you let us leave?"

Cedric has participated in several missions, including rare objects missions, and said:

"We must not be allowed to leave. We have all been exposed to strange objects. Being so close, who knows whether we will be affected by the strange objects. We must make sure that we are okay before we can leave."

Lin Xia asked: "Influence?"

"Yes, the power of the strange object is very strange and powerful. Although the strange object has been taken away, it is said that when you come into contact with the strange object, you may be contaminated by the strange object, thereby losing your mind and turning into a madman who has power but no reason. , will crazily destroy everything around it."

Cedric said: "This kind of thing has happened several times, so the Ministry of Magic asked us to stay here to investigate."

If something happens in the Ministry of Magic, there are so many wizards here and they can still control the situation.

"We have already made a plan. Based on our level of contact, we will at least be locked up in the detention center on the second floor underground. There is nowhere near such a good environment."

Cedric ate ​​a Big Bean and became happy.

Lucky for him, it was peach flavored.

The second floor is the Magical Enforcement Department, which contains the Auror Headquarters, which is the most powerful and violent department of the Ministry of Magic.

Being stared at by a bunch of Aurors made even sleeping feel stressful.

Besides, the detention center doesn’t need to have very good conditions. It would be nice if they can provide you with a bed and quilt.

Cedric has never been to the detention center, but he heard other wizards mention it when he was doing tasks, saying that it was not a place for people to stay.

He was very happy that he did not go to the detention center this time.

Lin Xia asked about the follow-up of Windmill Town.

Her interrogation took a long time. Before she was interrogated, she was kept in a separate place and could not get any information.

The first to be interrogated was Cedric.

Perhaps it was because he was Professor Babuling's student. Babuling knew this student's temperament very well, and he was not someone who would take the initiative to find trouble.

So she asked quickly and let others in.

Mia happened to come down from another floor and report to Professor Babling, so Cedric also listened.

"The strange object has been confirmed. It is the doll in red. It is initially determined that it has a puppet effect that can control people. The increase range is half smaller than that in Windmill Town, and the puppet enslavement effect is also half weaker than that in Windmill Town."

Having said this, Cedric couldn't help but look at Lin Xia.

Strange objects usually have some weakening effects after being successfully captured, but this is the first time that they have been weakened like this.

Sure enough, Lin Xia's three blows to the strange object were too harsh. Each blow was a bottle of healing potion. The swords were deadly, and each sword was stronger than the last.

Lin Xia asked: "What about those people who were manipulated? Are they still alive?"

Cedric sighed: "Only half lived, and the other half died completely after falling down."

"By the way," he remembered something, "in the room where the strange object was, the wizards and witches in it all survived."

(End of this chapter)