Nagini's Clue

The tender scene lingered for a long time until Aurelius remembered something else important, and he finally left Aberforth's embrace.

Aurelius pursed his lips nervously and made a request to his father and uncle.

"You mean you want to find Nagini?" Dumbledore asked softly, looking at Aurelius.

"That's right. Ever since that parting at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, I've regretted abandoning Nagini every single moment of the past ten years," Aurelius said dejectedly. "Now my body is fine, but Nagini is likely still suffering from the blood curse. All I want now is to make amends for my mistake!"

"But I think you should know that after ten years, Nagini's Blood Curse has likely fully manifested," Dumbledore said solemnly. "Maledictus is an extremely dangerous Blood Curse, with no way to break it and few ways to alleviate it. Once it fully erupts, the wizard bearing the Blood Curse will become a completely inhuman animal!"

"I know, but I still want to try," Aurelius a deep breath and looking determined.

"But now there's a problem, and without solving it, even if we wanted to try, we wouldn't succeed," Dumbledore said, looking intently at Aurelius. "This world is not small; how easy is it to find such a tiny person in a vast sea of humanity?"

"Perhaps we can use Divination to determine Nagini's location?" the Young Wizard Xiwen asked quietly as he stepped forward. "I remember Mr. Flamel used Crystal for Divination."

"Even Divination would struggle to pinpoint Nagini's exact location," Dumbledore said softly, shaking his head slightly. "Moreover, we lack the necessary clues for Divination. Without any clues, Nick cannot obtain any useful information through Divination."

"No matter how slim the chances are, we have to try, right?" Aberforth sighed and said to Dumbledore. "I'll go to France right away and plead with Flamel. Hopefully, he'll consider helping us, given that I'm risking my reputation."

"Father, you don't need to..." Aurelius opened his mouth, wanting to dissuade Aberforth, but was interrupted on the spot.

"Don't try to persuade me, I've already made up my mind," Aberforth said. "Consider it as me making up for the past forty years I've left you all alone."

"Aberforth, Nick and I are old friends, he should help out of respect for me," Dumbledore sighed, addressing the two. "But he's right about one thing, now we probably have no choice but to ask Flamel for help."

Just as he was about to ask Xiwen to help open the portal to the Flamel House, Kama, who had been silent all along, suddenly stepped forward.

"If you want to know Nagini's location, I think I might have some clues," Kama said to Dumbledore.

Aurelius abruptly raised his head and asked urgently, "What clues do you have?"

Kama glanced at him, then turned to Newt and Theseus, saying, "Newt, Theseus, you might remember me."

"Ten years ago, Nagini accompanied us to Hogwarts to find Dumbledore, Theseus even untied the bracelet that the Ministry of Magic using to monitor Dumbledore on the bridge leading to the Entrance Courtyard."

"Yes, I do remember." Newt looked somewhat nostalgic, glancing instinctively at his suitcase. His gaze seemed to pierce through the suitcase's exterior, revealing a playful Niffler inside building its little nest with glittering gold parts. "I was holding Teddy back then; he really did a great job!"

"At that time, we had only just quelled Grindelwald's intention to destroy Paris." Theseus's voice was somewhat somber, as if he were thinking of his deceased fiancée. "I must say, our losses were extremely heavy."

"Yes, perhaps our only achievement is that Teddy stole Grindelwald's Blood Pact with Albus from him," Newt said softly.

Tina also showed a nostalgic expression, gazing affectionately at Newt, seemingly recalling the time they met in France Newt. Back then, Newt had described Tina's eyes as "fire salamanders"...

"Hey, I'm glad you guys still remember what happened back then... but now's not the time to reminisce about the past," Kama said helplessly, watching Newt and the others reminisce.

"Yusuf, you can continue," Dumbledore chuckled and said to Kama.

Kama nodded and continued, "I don't know if you remember, but I lent my coat to Nagini back then."

"Are you asking us to praise you?" Theseus, clearly not understanding what he was trying to say, teased. "Yusuf, you are truly a gentleman. No wonder you are a wizard from a great family!"

Hearing Theseus's teasing, Kama's eye twitched, and his already dark face darkened even more.

"Theseus, let Yusuf finish!" Newt glared at Theseus reproachfully and said to him.

"Oh, sorry, Yusuf, please continue." Theseus realized his teasing was ill-timed and said seriously.

After being interrupted several times, Kama finally stopped keeping everyone in suspense and revealed the clues he had obtained in full.

"I noticed that Nagini was dressed rather thinly, so I lent her my coat. Later, when she was about to leave, she wanted to return it to me, but my upbringing as a gentleman prevented me from asking for it back."

"However, it wasn't until later that I discovered a Sneakoscope had been left in the pocket of that coat. That Sneakoscope was passed down from my father; he had instructed me to find and avenge the person whom Corvus Lestrange loved most, and the Sneakoscope was for use when searching for that person."

"At the time, I thought Credence, or Aurelius, was Corvus Lestrange V. But after Leta Lestrange told me that Corvus had already died in a shipwreck, the Sneakoscope was naturally useless. So even when I found out that Nagini had taken it, I didn't pay much attention to it."

"Later, I gradually forgot about the Sneakoscope. Until one day a few years ago, I suddenly felt that the Sneakoscope had been damaged by external force..."

"What did you say?" Aurelius asked in shock and disbelief.

Because Kama's family heirloom Sneakoscope is undoubtedly a finely crafted alchemical artifact, it is normally undamaged. Unless someone intentionally destroys it with magic, or the person carrying the Sneakoscope is subjected to a powerful magical attack!

Aurelius's biggest worry right now is that Nagini will encounter the last scenario, which happens to be the most likely one!

"I mean, the Sneakoscope was damaged by an external force." Looking at Aurelius's anxious face, Kama sighed and repeated reluctantly.

Upon hearing Kama's account, Dumbledore's expression turned serious.

"Yusuf, do you know where the Sneakoscope was damaged?" he asked, frowning.

"The Sneakoscope was perfectly preserved before, and my magic remained within it." Kama nodded slightly and said to Dumbledore, "At the moment it was destroyed, I was able to sense its location through the Sneakoscope connection."

"Where is it?" Dumbledore asked, taking a deep breath and speaking seriously.

"Albania!"