Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 12 You Have Five Brothers
After all the young wizards were seated, the Hogwarts direct train officially started, and the scenery on both sides of the window began to move backwards at an accelerated speed.

At this time, Harry and Ron were no longer as reserved as when they first met.

Harry, in particular, found that he and Ron were both very interested in each other's families.

The two sides asked questions and answered them, and their understanding deepened rapidly.

Sherlock did not join in.

Just the conversation between the two was enough for him to make inferences about their situations.

Instead, he was more interested in the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead.

Of course, in Sherlock's opinion, the scar looked more like a capital "N" than the legendary lightning.

At this time, Harry and Ron were becoming more and more excited as they talked. Ron was so excited that he decided to show some magic to his two friends who came from Muggle families.

"George told me a spell that will turn it yellow."

"It" refers to Ron's pet, a gray mouse named Scabbers, who was eliminated by his brother Percy, who was a prefect.

Ron said as he opened the suitcase and began to rummage inside.

The suitcase was very messy. He moved a pile of books away, pulled out two robes, and after a long time he finally pulled out a wand.

"Do you want to see it?"

He looked at his two friends expectantly.

"Hurry up!"

Harry said immediately.

Sherlock also looked at Ron with interest.

He had tried many spells during the summer vacation, and they all worked.

According to common sense, my talent in magic should be pretty good.

However, it is powerless against Transfiguration spells like the one McGonagall used to transform a teacup into a squirrel.

Of course, after reading the textbook, Sherlock also knew that it was not the teaching content for the first grade and was beyond the scope.

Under the gaze of his two friends, Ron cleared his throat and waved his wand:

"Daisies, sweet cream, and sunshine, turning this silly fat mouse yellow."

One second, two seconds, three seconds.

The mouse Banban was still as gray as ever, sleeping soundly and unaffected by anything.

Harry: '(°ー°〃)
Sherlock: ←_←

Ron was stunned for a moment, then raised his wand again and tried again:
"Daisies, sweet cream, and sunshine, turning this silly fat mouse yellow."

Still nothing happened.

Harry: (lll￢ω￢)
Sherlock: ←_←

"Well, I knew the spell wouldn't work. I bet you George knew it was a dud."

Ron said as he put away his wand with a look of disappointment.

"Is that the problem?"

Ron didn't react when Sherlock asked, "What?"

"Your second brother's wand..."

Sherlock pointed at Ron's wand.

The wand was very worn, peeling in places, and had a bright white gleam at one end.

"Oh, this is Charlie's old wand. The unicorn hair is almost showing, but my dad said that won't affect the use..."

Ron carefully touched the worn wand and suddenly looked up. "Wait, how do you know this is an old wand..."

"Ron, even I can see it's an old wand..."

Harry on the side couldn't help but say.

He was secretly happy, vaguely feeling that his intelligence had taken the upper hand. "No, no, no, what I mean is, how do you know it's my second brother's wand?

I haven't told you how many brothers I have!"

Yup!

Harry finally reacted.

He could indeed tell that it was an old wand, but Sherlock directly said that it was used by Ron's second brother.

Isn’t this too outrageous?

Sherlock smiled.

"Not only do I know that this is your second brother's wand, I also know that there are seven children in your family.

You are now wearing the robes of your eldest brother, holding the wand of your second brother, and using the pet of your third brother. Your fourth and fifth brothers are twin brothers, and you have a sister who doesn't go to school."

Harry and Ron were stunned.

The two of them were speechless for a long while. Finally, Ron blushed and muttered:

"Sherlock, there's no point in teasing people like this. You've probably investigated me beforehand!"

Harry couldn't help but help Ron and started talking, "Sherlock, you actually knew Ron's family before, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have known these things at all."

At this moment, the two formed a united front, and Sherlock must have investigated Ron beforehand.

Sherlock was already used to this kind of reaction from the two.

"Dear Harry, it's actually very simple for me to make these inferences. As long as you observe carefully and analyze carefully, you can also deduce this information.

Think about my analysis of you just now. To be honest, it’s not worth mentioning at all!
When I explain how I reasoned, you will say, 'Ah, it's so simple! '"

Harry was skeptical.

"really?"

"I do not believe!"

Ron shook his head like a rattle, "You must have researched me beforehand!"

Compared to Ron, Harry performed better, after all, he had just seen it once.

But now he also remains skeptical.

After all, the information Sherlock deduced from Ron was so detailed that it was incomparable to his own deduction just now.

Looking at the two people's eyes full of curiosity, Sherlock smiled and said:
"Okay, let me explain:
Ron's robes, wand, textbooks, and even the suitcase he carried with him were all old, which was enough to prove that he was born in a family with multiple children - sorry, I took a second look when you opened the suitcase and looked through it just now.

Your robes have been altered once and they don't fit you well. I think your sneakers will show when you put them on later, and your old wand is so obvious that even Harry noticed it just now."

Harry: |(*′口`)
"But that doesn't mean the wand belongs to my second brother!"

Ron couldn't help but say.

Sherlock shrugged, "Generally speaking, wands and robes are purchased at the same time, but judging by the condition of your wand and robes, the robes were obviously purchased longer than the wand.

Items like wands and robes are only reserved for children who are still in school after they leave school, so your two brothers must have already graduated.

Besides, when you cast a spell on me just now, you mentioned that Scabbers was given to you by the brother who was the prefect, and that the spell was taught to you by George, which means you have at least two brothers.

As it happens, I once saw you talking to a pair of twin brothers on this train - no one would suspect that you were not a family, you had the same red hair and similar features.

But there were no prefects among them—the prefects had two boxes specially reserved for them at the front, and it was not difficult to find out.

Based on the above information, it is not difficult to infer this matter, right?
Look, based on this information I can easily deduce that you have five brothers. The robes and wands come from your eldest and second brothers who have already graduated, and the pet comes from your third brother who is a prefect. The fourth and fifth brothers are twins.

"B-But how did you know I have a sister?"

“You may not have noticed, but you have a few long red hairs on your shoulders. Judging from the texture and color of your hair, your age is about the same as yours.

So you should have an older sister or a younger sister, but a younger sister is more likely.

This is the only information I guessed rather than inferred, but I think this guess should be correct. I guess she shouldn't be in school yet?"

(End of this chapter)