Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Lin Xia didn't think that Mikel would be in any danger.

After all, Mikel is not an ordinary little wizard. He has a system that she cannot see.

Every step he took at Hogwarts had a purpose.

Lin Xia suspected that Mikkel went after Kreacher, perhaps because he could get benefits from this house-elf through the guidance of the system.

Thinking more deeply, perhaps Mikel and Kreacher's encounter was also guided by the system.

Compared to Lin Xia's calmness, Neville seemed a little frightened, and his calves were shaking when he walked.

He followed Lin Xia forward a few steps, then suddenly reacted and grabbed Lin Xia tightly.

"No, we can't go to him. We have to tell the professor about this. Something must have happened to Mikel!"

Lin Xia asked calmly: "Neville, what evidence do you have?"

She thought that since Mikel had decided to pursue Kreacher, he must have made all the necessary preparations, and she also wanted to know what Mikel was up to.

If Neville told the professor, then everything that happened afterwards might be stopped, and she wouldn't be able to watch the show.

Lin Xia selfishly didn't want any professor to get involved.

If it is only circulated among young wizards, there is no problem.

But Neville's class this semester was much bolder. When Lin Xia asked him this, his eyes flickered and a flash of inspiration suddenly came to his mind.

"Memory crystal ball! The appearance of the house-elf is recorded in my memory ball. After reporting it to the professor, he will find out!"

Lin Xia glanced at Neville.

This was the first time that Neville put forward his request so clearly in front of her.

She thought about it for a while and felt that it was more important to encourage Neville to be more courageous and have his own ideas than to find out what Mikkel really wanted to do.

So Lin Xia said, "Okay, I'll take you to see Professor McGonagall."

The search for Professor McGonagall went smoothly.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, they saw Professor McGonagall standing there straight.

She did not look inside the village, but turned around and looked far away outside the village.

Lin Xia followed her gaze and saw only a vast mountain range with overlapping green peaks. These mountains combined together made the surrounding area seem extremely vast.

After watching for a long time, my mind becomes more open and my thoughts become more peaceful.

"Professor!" Neville walked behind her and spoke.

Professor McGonagall turned around, first looked at Neville, then looked at Lin Xia with a questioning look.

Lin Xia nodded slightly at her with a serious expression.

Mag's expression quickly turned serious.

She knew that Lin Xia would not come to her unless she encountered unsolvable difficulties.

She is very confident in the abilities of the students she teaches.

Not to mention other spells, Lin Xia is far ahead of many senior wizards in terms of attainment in Transfiguration alone.

The Transfiguration Spell is widely used in many aspects and can basically solve most problems.

"Neville, don't worry, just sort out everything you want to say. This is Hogsmeade. Hogwarts has a lot of defensive measures in place, so nothing serious will happen."

Lin Xia was always several steps behind Neville, obviously wanting Neville to answer.

McGonagall fixed her eyes on Neville and spoke gently.

Neville took a few deep breaths, as if encouraged, and quickly told the cause and process of the incident, as well as the news they had discovered.

After Professor McGonagall heard this, her expression did not change much. Instead, she said:

“I will go with you in the search, and I will pass this message on to other professors, and they will also join in the search.

You don't have to worry, as long as they are in Hogsmeade, they will never escape, and nothing dangerous will happen to them."

Professor McGonagall's affirmative tone made Neville feel less panicked.

As he walked, he told Professor McGonagall about his discovery.

Lin Xia fell behind them silently as they walked quickly. Without Neville noticing, she turned around and walked to another place.

Mag did notice it, turned his head slightly to glance at Lin Xia's whereabouts, then turned back and ignored her.

She believed in Lin Xia's ability and believed that she could solve most problems by exploring alone.

When looking for someone, of course the more people spread out to search, the greater the chance of finding them.
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"Mikel, Mikel...where are you?"

"Mikel of Gryffindor, if you hear my voice please answer!"

"Have you seen Mikkel, Harry's roommate?"

On the other side, Ron and Hermione were actively looking for Mikel.

The Hogsmeade village, which originally seemed small to them, suddenly became complicated.

Every time they arrived at a place, they would ask the little wizards wandering around, but the little wizards all shook their heads and said they had not seen Mikel.

The only good thing was that after hearing that Mikel was missing, the little wizards all said that they would tell him and join in the search.

After searching for a long time, Ron sat down on a row of chairs feeling a little tired and took a short rest.

Hermione sat beside him, silent, thinking of a way.

Ron looked up and glanced around. The street they were on was a central street with many shops on both sides.

The shop was very crowded, with many little wizards coming in and out.

Because the place is not big, it seems to have a dense flow of people.

Not to mention recognizing Mikel among so many little wizards, just staring at the faces of some of the little wizards makes people feel like they have prosopagnosia.

Ron said irritably, "No, we have to think of a way. We won't be able to find it if we keep going like this."

Hermione: "But even Neville doesn't know where Mikel went. Do you have any idea of ​​where he went?"

After saying this, Hermione suddenly had an idea and screamed:

"Right! Why didn't I think of it before? We can look for it in places that Mikkel or the house-elves are interested in. The probability of finding it is higher in these places!"

Ron:…

He was just asking a random question, but how come Hermione seemed to have already found the answer?

Is there such a big difference between the thinking patterns of geniuses and ordinary people?

Hermione quickly pulled Ron up and ran in a certain direction.

At the same time, Lin Xia also made some progress.

She didn't know where Mikel liked to go, what the house-elves' hobbies and habits were, and she had never seen Mikel.

But as the class representative of Magic, she is responsible for collecting the magic homework of all the little wizards in the third grade.

Some little wizards had already handed her their magic writing homework in advance, one of which was Mikel's homework.

She found his homework from the traceless retractable ring and cast a "tracking spell" on it. Ordinary tracking spells would only be effective if they were made using clothes that the little wizard often wore.

But after Lin Xia improved this spell, as long as the object has even a brief contact with the cursed person, that breath can be extracted and tracked.

After a while, the homework book floated up and suddenly pointed to a certain place.

Lin Xia cast a levitation spell on it again, allowing the homework book to follow her movements and leave.

With the clear guidance in the homework book, Lin Xia quickly arrived at a place.

This place is the back street of Hogsmeade village. Little wizards rarely come here, and only local residents can come here.

Because this place is in the shade, it is used for work that cannot be frequently exposed to sunlight.

For example, cultivating shade-loving plants, forging alchemical artifacts that cannot be exposed to sunlight, and making food that cannot be exposed to sunlight for a long time...

Lin Xia followed the instructions in the exercise book and stopped in front of a wooden villa.

A lot of vines have grown on this villa, and the dense vines have covered the original appearance of the villa, making it look like a small cabin in the woods that elves like to live in.

The lack of sunlight gave the villa a gloomy feel.

Lin Xia controlled her footsteps, quietly opened the door, and walked in.

This villa is actually a shop. As soon as Lin Xia walked into the door, she was stared at by a waiter inside.

This waiter is a house-elf!
It was obvious that this villa was a gathering place for house-elves, or it was a place that specialized in selling things that house-elves needed.

Lin Xia smelled a strong scent of medicine. Many magic potions for healing injuries were also sold here.

But what puzzled her was that the potions that emitted a strong medicinal smell were all low-level potions, and their therapeutic effects were not obvious.

Like water of life, energy recovery potion, white fresh healing potion...

These are all intermediate potions, made by different potion masters. The tastes are different, but they do not emit such a strong medicinal smell.

Even the potions made by Snape wouldn't have such a strong smell.

Of course, the plaster he used for bruises and injuries was made using an oriental method of Chinese herbal medicine.

It can continuously exert its medicinal effects when applied to the body, and the medicinal materials used are of relatively good quality, so it is also an intermediate magic potion.

But it has a strong medicinal smell, which is unavoidable for plasters for bruises and injuries.

Just by the smell of the medicine, Lin Xia knew that the potions sold here were made from some not-so-powerful herbs.

The house-elf waiter took the initiative to speak: "Another wizard has come. You want to buy something? I don't think human wizards need to use the potions we make.

Human wizards usually disdain such cheap potions."

The house elf said, making a mocking expression.

He didn't have any restraining accessories on him, and his clothes were brand new. He was a free house-elf.

It was also because it was free that it was able to rent a shop in Hogsmeade village.

Lin Xia said, "I came here to look for someone. I wonder if you saw a little boy wizard walk in. He's a little shorter than me, about this tall."

Lin Xia pointed to the position of her chest.

The waiter stared at her for several seconds, then suddenly smiled grimly and said, "I know where the wizard went. He also came in looking for someone, and he was looking for my companion.

The wizard gave me something in exchange, what about you? What can you give me?"

The house-elf's eyes became sinister and cunning, reminding Lin Xia of the goblins in Gringotts.

Whenever they looked at the wizards passing by, they would reveal such a look from time to time.

It makes people feel very free.

Lin Xia asked: "What do you want?"

She had a hunch that the house-elf would ask for a very high price.

Before it spoke, Lin Xia quickly glanced at the goods on the shelf, and sure enough, they were all some low-level healing potions and ointments.

The production technique is very crude and the quality of the potion is not good. The people who made these goods probably did not receive systematic training.

It was just made by copying someone else's recipe, but the effect was very mediocre and it was just one step away from becoming a poison.

So Lin Xia said, "How about I give you a recipe for an oriental bruise ointment, which will be more effective than the medicines you sell in your store."

However, this suggestion made the house-elf's face change drastically, and he said angrily in his shrill voice:
"Get out of here! You stinking, sneering little wizard!
I don’t need your guidance, nor do I need you to give me a recipe, just get out of here, get out!!!”

The house-elf picked up a broom and chased her out.

Lin Xia kept backing away and came back to the front of the villa, not understanding why this little elf was so angry.

When she went out, she happened to meet Ron and Hermione.

They exchanged news.

Hermione said: "I have heard of this house-elf. Its owner died and no wizard was willing to accept it, so it became a free elf.

The reason for not wanting to accept it was that the elf had once secretly made potions without the master's knowledge, and was then discovered by the master, so the elf was imprisoned.

Those people were worried that after receiving it, it would continue to learn secretly.

Finally, it ran to Hogsmeade Village and opened a potion shop. Because it learned it secretly, the medicines it made were not very effective, so it was only open to house-elves.

If a human wizard enters and fails to pay a price that satisfies it, he will be driven out. Even if you pay, you will most likely be driven out.”

Lin Xia glanced at the homework book floating beside her and said thoughtfully: "The tracking spell tells me that Mikkel is here, so what should we do now?"

Hermione said confidently, "You wait outside. I'm sure I can get some information. I've had many dealings with the house-elves at Hogwarts and I'm friends with them!"

Hermione and Ron walked in. Lin Xia stood outside. Suddenly she felt something and looked up at the third floor of the villa.

All she saw was a dark window.

Lin Xia just looked up and then lowered her head again.

But even just a glance made the people in the dark quietly alert.

An adult wizard wrapped himself in shadows and held out a small mirror.

He waved his wand and uttered some unknown spell.

After a while, the scene in the mirror changed, and three Death Eaters wearing black robes appeared in the mirror.

The wizard said, "Using Kreacher as bait really worked. I saw Lin Xia."

One of the wizards in the mirror asked, "Are you sure you can catch her?"

The wizard shook his head: "No, I think she is very perceptive and will probably find me soon."

The wizard in the mirror said in a cold voice: "Then kill her! The first thing Bellatrix said when she woke up was to tell her that she would become one of the biggest obstacles to the master!"

The wizard outside the mirror frowned: "Do you really want to do this? She has an excellent research talent...

Bellatrix obviously failed in her mission and took her anger out on the little wizard. Everyone knows that it was Dumbledore—"

"Okay, I told you to kill her, so why are you talking so much nonsense? Don't you want to kill her?"

"No." The wizard immediately denied, "I just think that if she can be subdued, she can bring greater benefits to the master." (End of this chapter)