Chapter 499: Chapter 498 "Full Of Mysteries"
"Huh? You are hiding something?!" Ian immediately widened his eyes.
"It doesn't matter whether I hide or not because this is a spell that only I can use." Hugo explained, "But I still can't escape the spell of that attacker."
As he spoke, he lifted up some of his clothes, revealing half of his white and greasy belly.
"Others have eight-pack abs, but you have eight layers of skin." Patricia said.
Hugo said calmly, "I did it on purpose."
Sean looked at his belly and frowned. It was impossible for him to pay attention to his belly at ordinary times, and Hugo himself was chubby, so there was nothing weird about it. But now that he heard this, Sean realized something was wrong.
Hugo's belly was a little too loose.
He picked up his wand and pointed it at his belly, "Stupefy!"
A red light hit his stomach amidst everyone's surprised eyes. The fat on Hugo's belly trembled for a moment, like ripples on the surface of a lake that had been thrown with a stone, and nothing happened.
"This is probably my talent. I can gather magic power in the fat layer to form a defensive spell," He explained, "You also know that my natural source of magic power is large, and I eat all the time. Because I need to build up my body."
"When I need it, I can awaken this magic power to resist the spell for me just like I did just now. Of course, I'm not immune to all spells, and the magic power will be consumed together with fat."
Sean suddenly understood, "You mean your defense magic didn't work?"
Hugo nodded, "I awakened my magic power when I entered the water. In theory, I can resist several spells. But when I woke up, I found that the magic power in my fat layer had not decreased. I know my stomach, and if it works, my stomach will become smaller."
Patricia suddenly showed an expression of enlightenment, "No wonder when we practiced a few times, my magic spell hit you, and you seemed to be fine, and you looked a little skinnier the next day."
"I thought you would have discovered it a long time ago. But it seems that this is not the time to talk about it. What do you think?" Hugo turned his head.
Sean leaned against the wall, thought about it, and said, "In short, you have activated a passive ability that automatically defends yourself, but this ability does not take effect when you are attacked back then."
"Something like that."
"What about hypnotic spells, jinxes, or dark magic?" Sean asked.
Hugo thought for a while and said, "According to my own experiments, neither hypnotic spells nor jinxes will work. I don't dare to experiment with dark magic, but I think that except for the Unforgivable Curses, normal dark magic spells will not work."
"I can also resist part of a magic power. Most of the spells can be resisted because they're just in a form of magic. But I can't resist a spell like Transfiguration, but Transfiguration can't stun me, can it?"
Sean nodded, "Transfiguration does not do that. It seems that they have mastered a spell that can ignore your defensive magic. Why does it feel a bit like a Killing Curse?"
Hugo patted his stomach, "Don't scare me like that. I can't resist the Killing Curse."
"That's not what I meant. A defensive spell cannot resist a Killing Curse; it will ignore the magic power, and you must either dodge or use something or someone to cover you. This thing cannot be made of pure magic, such as Protego Charm and other types of spells. Isn't this very similar to your fat layers?"
As a master of the Killing Curse, Sean has a good theory on this.
Hugo thought for a while and said with some doubts, "But there are some differences. I didn't notice the attacker's appearance at all. I just felt my body go limp, and I was lying here when I woke up. However, when I lost consciousness, I felt as if the magic power in my whole body had lost its vitality all of a sudden, and I didn't want to move."
Hearing his description, Sean's eyes shrank. This description is very similar to The Sloth—a Sin mixed in with the contestants. Maybe it's like Thomas's group he met before, and the three of them are still locked in the cell in his ring.
The attacker who mixed in with the contestants is likely to be like Thomas and the others. It is obviously not correct to call them a Sin. They only gained part of the power of The Sloth], not The Sloth itself. Sean felt that it might be more appropriate to call it a temporary vessel.
It was almost certain that the attacker was someone from Durmstrang, and Leon was the suspect.
This incident did not meet Sean's expectations. From the beginning of last summer's enrollment, he knew that Durmstrang must have contact with the Returners.
Sean shifted his gaze to Hugo on the hospital bed.
Grindelwald facilitated Hugo's relationship with himself. Coupled with his character, who is addicted to food, in Sean's mind, Hugo is most likely to be The Gluttony.
But why would the attacker just stun The Gluttony?
Thinking of this, Sean frowned and asked, "Hugo, feel it again. Are there any differences between you now and before you fell into a coma? Do you feel that something is missing in your body? Magic power or anything?"
Seeing Sean's expression, Hugo closed his eyes and felt it carefully, scratching his head, "There is no difference except that I am a little hungry."
This is strange. If they want to do something to the Gluttony in Hugo's body, it is impossible for Hugo not to feel anything in the slightest. Either Hugo is not The Gluttony, or they just want to confirm whether Hugo is.
But if it was the same person who attacked Hugo and Daisy, this is strange. Daisy was not a Sin, but Stephanie is a Sin.
There are seven Sins in total. The currently known ones are The Pride in Sean and The Lust in Stephanie. Neville and Harry are the ones that Dumbledore once told him personally are the other two Sins, but the two of them have no signs of them, perhaps waiting for The Pride to wake them up.
Hogwarts has four Sins, and The Sloth has been determined to belong to the Returners.
This is confirmed as five Sins. For the other two crimes, Hugo is highly likely to be The Gluttony, and the other one is currently unknown.
Of course, Sean can also directly mobilize the power of The Pride to test Hugo, Harry, and Neville one by one to know whether there is a Sin in their bodies.
However, among the prophecies, the more people who know the prophecy, the more likely it will come true. As an important part of the prophecy, the less these people know about it, the less that the prophecy will happen.
Moreover, Sean is worried that if he startles The Pride to test them, it may cause the other Sins to wake up early, which is something he doesn't want to happen.
The Returners obviously know more about the Sins. The information gap between the two parties makes it impossible for Sean to judge their real purpose.
Seeing Sean thinking hard, the others looked at each other with some doubt.
"Have a good rest. I'm leaving first." Sean left such a sentence and left the infirmary quickly.
Patricia said, "He is getting more and more confused about dealing with things. He would usually blush in front of me a few years ago."
Ian was playing with the cards in his hand. "Is there a possibility, just a possibility, that you're not gorgeous anymore?"
"I'll kill you."
Seeing Ian being chased and beaten, Hugo, on the bed, touched his head, picked up a hamburger, and stuffed it into his mouth.
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"The principal is not here. If you have anything to tell him, I will deliver it for you." The gargoyle said to Sean in front of the principal's office.
"Isn't Professor Dumbledore always in the castle recently?" Sean frowned.
The gargoyle moved, "But he's really not here now. Do you have anything to say?"
Sean hesitated for a moment, "Forget it."
The gargoyle pouted, "I know I can keep secrets. Why is no one willing to tell me all kinds of secrets?"
The nearby painting let out a mocking laugh. The quarrel between the gargoyle and the painting figure was beyond Sean's concern. He entered the Room of Requirement, took off the ring, and got in.
As soon as he entered the ring, the magical animals immediately surrounded him. Leo and Leona seemed to have gotten along well with the others, so they allowed Pudding and the airwing bird to squat on their heads.
The Thunderbirds are also growing rapidly. Except for the biggest one, the seven that hatched later have grown into teen birds and possess the power to summon lightning.
After playing with his friends for a while, the airwing bird shrank into a ball and was hugged by him. Naja turned into a scarf, wrapped it around his neck, and went in the direction of the cave by the Lake.
With such a large space, Sean also opened up some special areas, such as prison cells. The cell in the cave is not that big, but Sean is not interested in providing the prisoners with a cozy room full of food and drink, especially since most of them don't need one.
When he entered the cave, the torches on both sides were lit one by one. The frontmost one was a single cell, inside which a figure floated in the air. She maintained an expression of shock and anger.
Gormlaith Gaunt, the ghost in the cell in Sean's cave, was stared at by the Basilisk and can no longer die again. This evil witch maintains her soul right now here.
Sean just glanced over and skipped her. Gormlaith is useless now. Of course, considering that Salazar Slytherin may return to reality, Sean still kept her.
Next to Gormlaith was a prison cell reinforced with layers of spells, inside which was also a dark ghost floating in the air, and he was still a unique black robe of the Returners.
This was the first Returners that Sean caught in the Ministry of Magic. He wanted to dig out more information from him, but he lacked a better interrogation method. He was also worried that he would there would be accidents, especially during the last summer vacation, where someone forcibly distorted Dumbledore's Portkey.
Going further, there are many stone statues densely piled up in it. They maintained expressions of fear, and all of them widened their eyes and opened their mouths in fear. This was when Sean went to Baron Skinner's manor to find out the truth about the Blood Pact. The Death Eaters he met who were attacking him under Voldemort's command are here.
On one side of the large room was a person who had not been petrified. He shivered and shrank back into the corner when he saw Sean coming in. Fear remained on his face, and his hands with sharp claws were clenched tightly.
It was Fenrir.
However, Voldemort wouldn't tell this mindless werewolf his plan, and Sean could only leave this guy aside. He glanced at Fenrir casually, and after he flinched and avoided looking at Sean, he continued to walk.
Pulling out a magic spell and pushing open the black iron door, a blue light appeared.
In the innermost part of the room, three people who were firmly bound by various magic items appeared in front of Sean.
"Hello again, Wallup." Thomas, whose mouth was covered with an iron mask, let out a voice.
"What, you miss me?" Sean chuckled, pulled a chair over, and sat down.
Thomas laughed, "You don't have a chance. You want to ask our real plan, right? Come closer. I will tell you directly."
Sean sighed, "You're such an idiot."
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