Chapter 196 What a beautiful big dog
John and Michelle took Ron out of Hogwarts and for a walk around the Black Lake.
The weather at this time has gradually warmed up.
Basking in the sun and looking at the sparkling lake, Ron felt warm all over his body and heart, and finally had a smile on his face.
The dissatisfaction and anger accumulated in my heart for a long time are slowly melting away.
Ron is really grateful to John and Michelle.
Without them, it would probably take a long time for me to come out.
However, he still remembered Banban in his heart.
Looking at the tentacles of the giant squid in the black lake that poked out of the lake from time to time, Ron gritted his teeth and said:
"John, I don't know why, but I always feel that Banban is still alive. Could it be... is there really no way to retrieve it?"
Hearing this, Michelle sighed heavily.
She thought Ron was probably crazy.
John stared at Ron for a while. After confirming Ron's determination, he finally nodded and said:
"This hope is slim, but if you insist, then I do have a way to try. But do you have something on Banban's body? For example, hair or something else?"
"Of course!" Ron was overjoyed and immediately took out a small cloth amulet, "There are patches of hair here, I originally planned to keep them as a souvenir.
John, are you going to use divination?I see Professor Trelawney using all kinds of weird things to divine fortune! "
"You'll find out later."
After saying that, John returned to Hogwarts with Michelle and Ron.
They searched in the castle for a long time, and then they met Alice at a window near the library, who was staring at the scenery outside the window.
"Set a price," John said directly, "I need a 'directional spell tracker'."
Alice turned around slowly.
She completely ignored Michelle and Ron, looking at John with her eyes, and then a smile spread across her face.
"No need to ask for a price, I can provide it to you for free."
"According to my experience," John frowned, "many times, free things are the most expensive."
Hearing this, the smile on Alice's face became even brighter.
"Then I'll get it straight. Are you buying the 'Direction Spell Tracker' at this point in time to capture Sirius Black?"
Alice crossed her arms and said, "My request is not high. How about giving me 10% of the bounty after catching Sirius Black?"
As soon as these words came out, both Michelle and Ron were stunned for a moment.
John shook his head and said:
"Your ideas are unrealistic. If you want dividends or other rewards, you should give the 'Orientation Spell Tracker' to the Aurors. As for me, I have no idea about Black."
Alice still didn't give up and continued to ask:
"Then why did you buy a 'directional spell tracker?'"
John didn't answer, but glanced at Ron.
The latter finally came to his senses and quickly stepped forward to explain.
Perhaps due to the overly tense relationship, Ron was a little incoherent.
It took Alice a long time to understand what he meant.
After understanding it, her brows furrowed tightly.
"Make an offer," John urged, "and stop inking."
Alice's eyes scanned the three Johns, as if to distinguish whether the matter was true or false.
After a long time, she slowly stretched out a finger.
"One hundred galleons?" John nodded, "Very good, it's settled!"
Alice's eyes suddenly widened and she raised her voice and said:
"I mean a thousand galleons!"
"I see you haven't woken up yet!"
John scolded mercilessly, "If you want a thousand galleons, go and sell it to an Auror! It's just a mouse. It's only worth a hundred galleons to me. You can sell it or not!"
After saying that, John took Michelle and prepared to leave.
Alice was a little dumbfounded now.
Selling the 'Orientation Spell Tracker' to Aurors was unrealistic.
Because this thing has no effect at all without the 'tracking medium', and now the Aurors don't even catch Blake's shadow, so the 'directional spell tracker' is not that useful to them.
What's more, judging from the Aurors' behavior during this period.
Alice felt that even if they finally found Blake with the help of the 'directional spell tracker', they would still not be able to give her Galleons.
After hesitating for a while, Alice finally gritted her teeth and said:
"Okay! One hundred is one hundred!"
John paused, took out a cloth bag containing one hundred galleons from the deformed lizard skin wallet and threw it over.
Such a number of gold coins was so heavy that Alice almost didn't catch it.
This caused her to roll her eyes at John again, and then gave him something like a compass.
"How do you use this thing?" John asked.
"It has a mechanism card slot on the back," Alice replied while counting the gold coins. "Just open the card slot, put the medium in, and then close the mechanism."
Hearing this, John ignored Alice and left with Michelle and Ron.
This made Alice very angry again.
It wasn't until he returned to the foyer that John asked Ron for some mouse hair and began to install it.
Ron's face turned red when he saw this, and he hesitated for a while before he said solemnly:
"John, thank you! One hundred galleons is a lot, but I will definitely pay it back to you in the future! I swear!"
After saying that, Ron breathed a sigh of relief. Although the expression on his face was still embarrassed, he was more determined.
Things have always been difficult for the Weasley family.
This is not only because his family has many children, but also because his family’s consumption habits are not very good.
Ron was even worse.
He has grown so old that he has never even owned a real gold Galleon.
So one hundred galleons was really a huge sum of money to him.
But Ron was still prepared to pay it back.
After all, John was really good to him, and he couldn't let John suffer!
Hearing this, the movements of John's hands froze.
He really wanted to say that the 'Orientation Spell Tracker' was something he had originally planned to buy, and he just borrowed Ron's advice to get a high price.
But looking at Ron's expression, John nodded.
"Thank you, John!" Ron scratched his head and said, "The time limit for my repayment may be a bit long, I don't know..."
John interrupted Ron with a wave of his hand.
Because he has already installed the 'medium'.
The moment the 'medium object' was in place, the pointer on the 'directional spell tracker' began to rotate crazily, and finally pointed in one direction.
"It's working!" John said in surprise, "Ron, it's really possible that your mouse Scabbers is still alive!"
Ron opened his mouth wide, but no words came out.
John nodded to him, and then led the two of them to walk quickly in the direction pointed by the 'Orientation Spell Tracker'.
The three eventually arrived near Hagrid's hut and found the rat in a pile of hay in the kennel of Tooth the hound.
"Scabbers!" Ron's eye circles suddenly turned red, "Scabbers, what are you doing here?"
Ron grabbed the struggling rat and pulled it out of its kennel.
It was only then that everyone discovered that Banban looked embarrassed and thinner than before, with a large amount of fur falling off, leaving patches of bare skin.
It twisted in Ron's hand, as if desperately trying to get free.
"It's okay, Scabbers." Ron hugged the mouse tightly, "I found you! I found you!"
John smiled and said:
"Now it's clear. Your Scabbers wasn't eaten by Crookshanks. In that case, I think it's time you owe Hermione an apology."
Hearing this, Ron was stunned for a moment, then nodded seriously and said:
"You're right, John, I'm going to Hermione to apologize now!"
After saying that, Ron hugged Banban and rushed towards the castle without looking back.
Michelle also laughed and followed.
While running, he gave John a thumbs up.
She knew that no matter how difficult the problem was, it would definitely be solved as long as John took action!
After watching them go away, John looked at the 'directional spell tracker' in his hand.
To be honest, the effect of this thing was a bit stronger than he expected.
The distance between Hogwarts Castle and Hagrid's Hut is not that close.
But it still accurately found the location of the mouse Banban.
If you use it to hunt down Blake, it will definitely have better results.
It's a pity that John doesn't have the 'medium' from Blake in his hands now.
Just as he was thinking this, the hound Yaya, who had been wagging his tail beside him, suddenly started barking loudly in the direction of the forbidden forest.
John looked up subconsciously.
Then he saw a dirty but large black dog between the trees, glaring at him and Yaya with a ferocious look.
"Oh - what a beautiful big dog!"
John sighed sincerely.
A smile quickly spread across his face, revealing his white teeth.