After the professors who had accepted their assignments dispersed, Hermione waved her wand, and the chairs all vanished with Evanesco. The Headmaster's Office instantly felt much more spacious.
Penelope came over from the back as well. "Crazy Girl, you can't determine Voldemort's location either?"
"He used shielding magic and prophetic means to conceal himself." Allen sat back down in the headmaster's chair and explained on Luna's behalf, "Although the range of prophecy is broader now and I can see more clearly, its nature is still the same as before... Unless I'm willing to spend several weeks maintaining constant focus to search for a breakthrough, but it isn't worth our doing that."
"Then how was this incident confirmed?" Hermione frowned and poked her bushy hair with her quill. "We'd already made some guesses about the assassination, but according to the intelligence, it should have been led by hostile countries like Germany and Bulgaria, not Voldemort."
"It is indeed something this little clown from Germany cooked up, but that day I noticed the future trajectory of Jessica's younger brother... I noticed that after he left us, he would receive a Portkey, and the place he went to was protected against prophecy... But after he came back, I followed that thread and looked at several possibilities, and found a few of the more troublesome directions." Allen's fingers brushed over his chin. "The Germans' target is me, but Ian has been deceived. When he assassinates me, some of the more radical wizard assassins will target my friends, Hogwarts students, and other people connected to me... That familiar style made me guess that the mastermind behind it is Tom."
"Then I understand even less. What is there about that kid that's worth Voldemort valuing him so much?" Thinking of Ian's behavior when they had met