"You said it just now, Harry. This necklace was once in Burkin Burke's shop," Hermione said. "From what we know so far, Malfoy is obviously a regular customer of that shop, but that doesn't mean anything. Many people go to Burkin Burke's shop, not to mention that this necklace was there five years ago."
"A month ago, when we followed him, he went there to buy this necklace." Harry didn't care about Hermione's rebuttal. He said stubbornly, "He didn't forget about it. He wanted to go back and buy it!"
"Buy it just to put it in the female toilet of the bar?!"
Harry didn't say anything. This was indeed unusual. If it was Malfoy, there was no reason for him to murder Katy.
Elwyn was sure that it was Malfoy. He had started to act!
This was not a clever murder method, but there were many things that Elwyn couldn't figure out.
Hermione's doubts were very reasonable. Why did he choose to do it in the female toilet of the Three Brooms Bar?!
Elwyn couldn't remember clearly. When he was waiting at the bar for Madam Rosmerta to bring him a drink, he did feel a chaotic magical aura. Was someone casting a spell inside, or did Malfoy borrow some black magic item?
He was sure that it was a black magic item, but now that he thought about it, he wasn't so sure.
If it was a black magic item, how did Malfoy put it in the female toilet?
After all that had happened, how did he manage to take that thing away?
This meant that he definitely had an accomplice who was in the Three Brooms Bar at the time …
But thinking about it, there might not be such a person.
As long as there was a Death Eater working with him, it would be very easy for Malfoy to do this.
Elwyn hesitated for a moment and gave up!
He didn't think too much about the details. He only needed to know that the mastermind was Malfoy.
They walked across the field, and Professor Meg walked down the stone steps to welcome them in the swirling rain and snow.
"Hagrid just told me everything. He said that the five of you saw Katie? Please come upstairs to my office immediately! " She stopped and frowned at the pearl necklace floating beside Elwyn. "Wait, Mason, what's that floating beside you?"
"The thing that caused Katie's problem," Elwyn said.
"Gosh!" said Professor Meg nervously. "Can you control it? You did well. Now put it down and be careful not to touch it … No, no, Filch, they're with me! "
Filch came stamping cheerfully down the hall, his gun raised.
Professor Meg took out her wand and pointed at the necklace floating in the air.
A ribbon emerged from the end of her wand and wrapped itself tightly around the necklace. Then, holding the ribbon carefully, she handed it to Filch.
"Take this necklace to Professor Snape at once. Filch, don't touch it. Just hold the ribbon like this!" she said. "All right, the five of you, come to my office."
Filch took the necklace, which was entangled in the ribbon, and went to the basement. The rest of them followed Professor McGonagall up the stairs and into her office. The snow-spattered windowpanes rattled in their frames.
It was cold in the house, in spite of the fire crackling in the grate.
Professor Meg closed the door and walked quickly round to the back of her desk. She frowned at Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, Elaine, and Lini, who was still crying.
"Speak!" she said sternly. "What's the matter?"
Leenie stammered out, pausing several times as she sobbed uncontrollably.
She told Professor Meg how Katie had gone to the toilet at the Three Broomsticks Pub and come back looking a little strange with the unmarked parcel in her hand; how they had argued because she thought Katie shouldn't have agreed to deliver an unknown object.
On the way, at the height of the argument, they had begun to fight over the parcel, and it had been torn open.
At this point Lini broke down completely and couldn't say another word.
"All right, all right," Professor Meg said gently. "Lini, you should go to the school hospital. Madam Pomfrey will give you some medicine to calm your nerves." Professor McGonagall said gently.
When Lini had gone Mrs Meg turned to Elwyn, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine.
"What happened when Katie touched the necklace?"
"She rose into the air!" Hermione said. "Elwyn wanted her to come down. She started screaming and looked like she was in pain."
"Only then did I realize that Katie wasn't under a spell, but was under the influence of a black magic item." Elwyn said. "Then I saw the necklace in her hand and knocked it away. She fell down. I used a few spells to dispel the curse and gave her a bottle of magic potion to calm her mind. I brewed it myself … "
"You handled it well, Mason. Fortunately you were there and didn't let things get worse. The black magic on the necklace, whatever it was, must have wanted to kill Katie on the spot," Professor Meg said with lingering fear. "Madam Pomfrey just told me that it was thanks to your potion that she was able to stabilize her mental state. When Professor Snape examines the necklace, we'll know what the black magic is. Now, is there anything else you want to tell me? "
Elwyn felt that there was nothing more to say. His plan was to let things develop.
This was Malfoy's first action. Obviously, it was not time for Elwyn to act yet.
Besides, so what if he said it? He had no direct evidence at all. There were a lot of things about this incident that Elwyn had not figured out. It was impossible for him to convince Professor Meg to believe him rationally.
Hermione also shook her head, not to mention Elaine. Her mind was not on this at all.
Only Harry hesitated. He made up his mind and asked, "Professor, can I see Professor Dumbledore?"
"The headmaster is out. He won't be back until Monday, Potter," Professor Meg said, looking very surprised.
"Out?" Harry repeated angrily.
"Yes, Potter, out!" Professor Meg said sharply. "But I think, whatever you have to say about this terrible thing, you can tell me!"
Harry did not answer immediately. It seemed that it was difficult for him to confide in Professor Meg.
Since the beginning of the semester, all his conjectures about Malfoy had been opposed by Hermione, Ron, and even Elwyn. However, it was just an internal discussion. Now he had to tell the professor about it …
Although Dumbledore was intimidating in many ways, he was not likely to scoff at an idea, no matter how ridiculous it was.
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