The Wind and the Wings of Hogwarts

Roger shook his head in denial. "Impossible. Lisa grew up in a wizarding family. She wouldn't know such petty tricks that belong to Muggle thieves."

Professor Flitwick asked Scott, "So you mean there's another student helping Miss Dupin?"

“Yes, Professor,” Scott said. “And the dark magic items that Dupin has are of dubious origin. I don’t think her parents would allow a minor witch to come into contact with such things.”

He added, "Of course, it's also possible that she stole it from home."

“I will ask Miss Du Ping about this matter.” Professor Flitwick nodded.

“Let’s go.” He led the way out of the dormitory. “I think this matter needs to be clarified as soon as possible, so that we can give the students an explanation.”

Scott and his men followed behind him.

When they arrived at the stairwell leading to the common room, the students gathered there immediately looked up at them, their eyes sparkling with curiosity.

Scott and his team found Lisa Dupin standing in the crowd immediately.

This was a rather ordinary-looking little girl, the only striking feature being her blonde hair. However, her hair wasn't very sleek, making her head look fluffy.

She seemed to have noticed that Scott and the others were all looking at her. In an instant, her face turned deathly pale.

Scott looked away, only to find that Professor Flitwick seemed hesitant.

Scott thought for a moment and understood the source of his hesitation. He probably didn't want to question the little girl in front of so many people. He was afraid that the child who had already made a mistake would lose the opportunity to correct it in the future.

"professor."

At that moment, Roger suddenly said to Professor Flitwick, "Perhaps we should go to your office to talk about this."

“Miss Dupin should thank you, Roger,” Professor Flitwick said emotionally. “Honestly, I don’t want to see any student ruin their future.”

Roger did soften his heart. He forced a smile and said, "It's nothing. Lisa is just too young."

Scott stood by, offering no comment on Roger and Professor Flitwick's decision. After all, Roger was the victim.

and……

Du Ping was nothing special; Scott guessed that the little girl was probably just being manipulated and used by someone.

Scott's gaze returned to Jacob in the corner of the lounge.

You can't escape.

Scott silently mouthed to Jacob.

Eyes facing each other.

Jacob's gaze did not waver this time.

Chapter 036 is like watching a stage play.

Roger and Professor Flitwick didn't want Dupin to lose her future because of this, so now they couldn't call her away in front of everyone.

"Dear students, I'm sorry."

Roger stepped forward and spoke to the Ravenclaw students who were waiting for the results.

"As a party involved in this incident, I request that Professor Frivi keep the details of the incident confidential."

After hearing Roger's words, the students present looked at each other in surprise, not understanding why Roger, as a victim, would make such a decision.

Scott, however, saw Lisa Dupin in the crowd suddenly tear up, staring intently at Roger with a complex look of love and hate.

Scott felt very strange.

Before this, he had never imagined that such complex emotions could appear in the eyes of a 12-year-old girl.

This is way too precocious.

At this moment, Chambers, who had been frightened on the field earlier, stepped forward and shouted angrily, "No! You have no right to do that, Roger! That damn broom chased me halfway across the field!"

The other Quidditch players were also somewhat dissatisfied, believing that Roger wasn't the only one affected by the incident.

"This is a crime, Professor!" a team member said. "Even if Roger wanted to cover it up, the laws of the wizarding world wouldn't allow it!"

"Are you trying to protect a criminal, Roger?" Chambers glared at Roger, veins bulging on his neck, clearly furious.

Faced with his teammates' questions, Roger was somewhat at a loss and couldn't help but turn to look at Professor Flitwick.

Professor Flitwick was now in a real predicament.

Scott watched the farce unfold with a cold eye, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "Professor Flitwick is good in every way, except that he's too soft-hearted."

Now that the news has spread throughout Hogwarts, it's no longer something that can be hidden away.

If Professor Flitwick does not make a decision soon, this matter could affect his prestige as dean and professor.

In Scott's view, Lisa Dupin should take responsibility for her wrongdoing, regardless of the reasons. Her young age is not an excuse for her to escape responsibility.

Fortunately, Professor Flitwick isn't the type to be generous with other people's money; he had only considered Roger's wishes beforehand. Now that the other parties involved in the team have different opinions, he won't disregard their thoughts.

Scott also noted that while Captain Bruce, who had been standing by, did not oppose Roger's proposal, he also did not stop the other team members from opposing it.

"I did it!"

Just then, the little girl's shrill voice came from the crowd, instantly drowning out the conversation of the other students in the lounge.

“I did it! I cursed that flying broom!” Lisa Dupin screamed, her face ashen, her eyes closed.

The common room suddenly fell silent.

The students nearby began to move away from her, all looking at her with surprise.

At that moment, Scott lowered his eyelids.

Just now, he had been staring at Du Ping with a determined look in his eyes, but he didn't expect her to give up so quickly.

His mental fortitude isn't very good.

However, now that she has spoken, things will be much easier.

Scott remained silent, waiting for the others to react.

"Why did you do this!" Chambers walked up to Du Ping and asked her angrily.

Du Ping still didn't open her eyes. She ran her hands through her hair, squatted down, and screamed, "It's Roger's fault! He's too much of a womanizer! I'm going to teach him a lesson!"

"you……"

Chambers glanced in surprise at the little witch who was crouching on the ground in a tiny ball, then turned to Roger with disdain.

Roger was subjected to strange looks from almost everyone in the lounge at that moment.

His immediate rebuttal was: "No, I didn't!"

In an instant, the contempt in everyone's eyes grew stronger.

“Okay, I admit I’m a bit of a womanizer,” Roger quickly changed his tune, “but you’re the only one who can’t use that as a reason to attack me, Lisa.”

"Of course I can!" Du Ping suddenly raised his head. "You dumped me! She was my first love!"

As she finished speaking, an eerie silence fell over the lounge once more. Several students even dropped their books onto the carpet.

Roger's face flushed red, and he shouted, "What you're saying is completely different from the truth!"

Scott and his two roommates exchanged glances, momentarily at a loss for words. They felt that if Roger couldn't explain this clearly today, he might suffer social death.

"I'm asking you, Lisa!"

Roger hurriedly went down the stairs, and the other students made way for him to go straight to Du Ping.

"Lisa!" Roger said anxiously, "You were the one who said that you weren't really in love with me, that you just wanted to experience what it's like to be in love! It was only after you said that that I spent two weeks playing pretend dating with you!"

"Yes, that's what they said at first," Du Ping said softly, wiping away her tears.

Roger breathed a sigh of relief and then asked, "You agreed with this statement back then, so why are you saying it now?"

"But...but didn't you say you liked me later?" Du Ping looked at him with her eyes red from crying. "We went from playing games to a real relationship!"

Roger's face instantly scrunched up. He suppressed his temper and explained in a gentle tone, "That was just sweet talk! You understand? Since it's a dating game, of course I'll play the role of a good boyfriend."

Upon hearing Roger's explanation, Du Ping trembled, covered her mouth with her hand, and large tears began to fall from her eyes.

Roger patiently continued, "And when I told you the game was over two weeks later, didn't you have no objections?"

"I...I thought..."

Du Ping sobbed uncontrollably, her words coming out in broken sentences.

"I thought the end of the game... meant... the beginning of a real relationship..."

She looked absolutely heartbroken.

"I also gave you... a divination crystal ball!"

Roger looked like he was about to cry. "I thought it was your thank you for those two weeks of gaming."

"I thought...I thought...we were officially dating!" Du Ping burst into tears. "But...but...you found a new girlfriend just a week later!"

At this point, the tense atmosphere in the Ravenclaw common room had completely dissipated.

The students sat on sofas or leaned against the walls, watching Roger and Lisa Dupin's "performance" with great interest, occasionally letting out soft gasps of amazement, as if they were watching a stage play.

Chapter 037 He helped me pick that lock

Scott stood at the top of the stairs, calmly watching the farce unfolding in the common room below.

Eddie whispered, "Although Roger looks pitiful, for some reason, I don't feel any sympathy for him at all."

“He shouldn’t have played those games with Miss Dupin,” Milton said in his usual tone. “Love should be a romantic and beautiful thing. We can’t treat love as a game or joke about it.”

Scott didn't offer his opinion like his two roommates. He felt that Lisa Dupin's words still had flaws and loopholes, while Roger seemed to be dumbfounded, having talked to her for so long without getting to the point.

However, he had no intention of going up to help. Lisa Dupin was clearly not an easy person to communicate with, and he always avoided these kinds of troublesome matters.

Therefore, everything depends on Roger himself.

Fortunately, Roger wasn't a complete idiot. He was just too shocked by the sudden "public execution" and too eager to prove his innocence, which made him somewhat impatient.

Now he seemed to suddenly come to his senses and asked Du Ping again, "Lisa, tell me. Since you had this misunderstanding, why didn't you come to question me back then?"

He stared into Du Ping's eyes. "Why? I've already had two girlfriends, and now you're suddenly doing this?"

“Listen to what he says, ‘He’s already had two girlfriends.’ That’s just asking for a beating,” Eddie muttered to Scott and Milton.