Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Scabbers...Scabbers is a man—a disgusting old man... Ugh!"

He rushed back to the bathroom again.

"..."

At this moment, Hermione still looked confused.

But Ryan raised his eyebrows, realizing a possibility.

Soon, Ron came out of the bathroom again and confirmed that his guess was completely correct.

"I...I've been confused since I started school."

Ron seemed to have nothing left to vomit, so he quickly recalled the whole story.

Everything was almost exactly as Ryan and Dumbledore had guessed.

"Fred, George, and I...we bought a book in Diagon Alley called 'Dark Powers: A Guide to Self-Defense' - you know, the one for Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"I was going to use Fred's old textbook, but Mom and Dad heard Flourish and Blotts was having a sale...a German-made, lightweight quill, and Dad's quill was overdue for a replacement."

He thought quietly.

"There's a diary tucked inside that book... black."

"It talked to me, and then I started to drift off... Oh! Damn, that must be a horrible dark magic item!"

When he said this, Ryan felt a chill in his heart.

"You said...it talked to you?"

he asked softly.

"Yes—he spoke to me and said he could lead me to accomplish a great cause. I don't know how... Anyway, I was completely bewitched by him."

Ron seemed remorseful.

"Every day I always feel like I've forgotten something, but I can't remember it... Neville said I might need a memory ball, but I forgot to buy it in the end..."

"But you always remember something in the end—a vague, fragmentary thing...right?"

But Ryan spoke softly at this moment.

"Speak out, Ron...it could be important."

He could determine that.

Indeed - with Voldemort's magical attainments, his Imperius Curse and Oblivion Curse must have been extremely powerful.

But don't forget.

He was at Hogwarts, under Dumbledore's watchful eye.

He didn't dare and couldn't actually use the Imperius Curse, nor could he completely erase Ron's memory.

Just as Ryan judged during the duel with Voldemort in the Forbidden Forest - Voldemort had to make Ron behave normally enough most of the time, otherwise it would leave very obvious traces.

In fact, the professors have already confirmed this.

The Imperius Curse and the Oblivion Curse that Ron was hit with both permeated his memory and cognition in a repeated and subtle way.

And Ryan knew it.

In such cases, there will always be some fragments of memories preserved deep in the soul.

That was also the purpose of his visit.

After hearing Ryan's words, Ron nodded.

He did remember fragments of things.

for example...

"Like I said, Scabbers... I vaguely remember that on the first night I came to school, it..."

Ron's face turned pale again.

"That night, I felt dazed for the first time. I seemed to remember leaving the dormitory with Banban... Banban turned into a man."

"He was fat, bald and ugly, and he kissed my feet... I heard him call me master."

Ron looked like he was about to vomit again.

"Merlin—I feed him with my mouth all the time, and I sleep with him..."

His words made Harry and Hermione beside him feel sad for him.

"mouse..."

So Ryan nodded in understanding.

"Wormtail—a mouse's tail does look like a worm, but... Animagus isn't just simple magic. I didn't expect that."

he muttered.

"And the Quidditch pitch... Oh, yes, it should be him too."

At the same time, he couldn't help but look at the white cat Friday who was yawning at his feet.

"Mr. Mouse..."

Ryan looked strange.

He thought he might have misunderstood his cat—that it might be telling the truth.

But obviously, now is not the time to exchange information with your cat.

"Ryan—what Wormtail? Arnie…what is that?"

Hearing Ryan's murmur, Harry couldn't help but ask.

"ANIMAGUS!"

Hermione said thoughtfully, "That's a very advanced form of Transfiguration magic... Oh, do you remember Professor McGonagall? She can turn into a cat because she's a wizard who masters Animagus!"

She looked at Ryan: "Ryan, are you saying... Scabbers is a wizard's Animagus? And Wormtail..."

Her brows furrowed delicately.

"I remember this nickname, you..."

She remembered - Ryan had once looked for the owner of this nickname, who was one of the creators of the Marauder's Map!

"Yes."

And Ryan certainly had no intention of hiding anything at this moment.

"His name is Peter Pettigrew—Harry, I think he's the one who attacked you... Scabbers was missing a claw, remember?

Ryan said so, and Harry nodded.

In fact, after hearing Ron talk about Scabbers turning into a man, he realized this possibility.

But what Ryan told him next was beyond his imagination.

"Harry, I got some information about your father through some means... Peter Pettigrew was once his good friend."

"Well...but apparently, he's now in Voldemort's arms."

Ryan thought about it for a long time, but in the end he didn't say his guess out loud - after all, he knew too little about the past.

But even such a simple piece of news was enough to shock Harry.

"My father's friend..."

He suddenly remembered what the man pretending to be Ron had said when he cursed him.

"Oh, really... just as reckless as your father..."

"Friends should understand each other—I have to do this, otherwise I won't feel good... You should bear the consequences for me."

A guess suddenly came to his mind - that guess made him want to find the man named Peter Pettigrew and cast a spell on him.

But in the end, Harry barely suppressed the dark waves surging in his heart.

"You're probably right, Ryan... I heard him say that before..."

Harry reluctantly confirmed the news and then fell silent.

When Ryan saw this scene, he didn't say much.

He just continued to look at Ron: "Anything else? Ron - what do you remember?"

"And... and..."

So, Ron frowned.

He thought hard, and Ryan didn't bother him.

He knew it well – Ron's first night at school was when Voldemort's Imperius Curse had least affected him, so he could recall it easily.

As for the subsequent memories, it will most likely depend on Ron's will...

"I remembered!"

Just as Ryan was thinking about this, he heard Ron's voice.

He covered his head and vaguely recalled, "Not long after entering school, I seemed to have met a man... His voice was as hoarse as a snake..."

"He and I went to a place...a place..."

His head seemed to hurt a little, and his brows were frowned painfully.

But just when Ryan saw this and wanted to persuade him not to think too much about it.

"I remember now—Chamber of Secrets... they seemed to have mentioned this term?"

Ron said bitterly.

"It was a huge place, with the sound of flowing water and many strange traces—and there seemed to be a huge statue."

"The snake-like figure seemed very angry. He cast a spell on the statue, but failed to destroy it. He seemed to say something... He said..."

Ron recalled and said the last words he could remember.

"Slytherin, you will regret what you have done to me... I have defeated the curse - death cannot take me!"

As he said this, he gasped for breath.