"You haven't answered my most important question yet. Have you ever been hit by Cruciatus Curse?" Percy asked.
Bill frowned and glanced at his brother.
Lin Ze shook his head in a funny way. The children probably only knew that this kind of spell was very powerful from adults' mouths, but they didn't know what it represented.
Lin Ze looked at Percy's serious eyes, and then nodded. "I got through it once."
The five children took a deep breath and moved surprisingly neatly.
"Does it hurt?" Fred asked.
"Of course it hurts." Lin Ze didn't lie.
"However, that person has now been sent to wizard prison by me."
The twins looked at each other, then turned to look at Lin Ze at the same time, their eyes shining with admiration.
"You are so cool." Charlie said.
"It's okay." Lin Ze waved his hand modestly, "It's far worse than raising a dragon."
Charlie grinned.
"Mr. Lin Ze." Percy suddenly stepped forward with a serious look on his face.
"What's the matter?"
"I would like to invite you to visit my new pet." Percy said.
"New pet?" Lin Ze raised his eyebrows.
But I said in my heart, it's coming, it's coming.
"It's a mouse. I picked it up in our backyard a few days ago." Percy said, motioning Lin Ze to follow him.
Lin Ze followed Percy through the living room, bypassing the yarn ball that was still rolling around on its own.
Come to the door of the room at the corner of the second floor.
Percy's room is not big, but it is neatly tidied.
There is a row of books arranged according to height on the desk. It can be seen that he likes to read books.
The bed was made flat and there was a hand-sewn stuffed bear on the pillow.
"Here." Percy walked to the desk, squatted down, and pulled out a small cardboard box from under the desk.
There are several layers of old newspapers in the carton, and a small butterfly is placed in the corner with clean water in it.
In the other corner are a few peanuts and a small piece of broken biscuit.
And lying in the cardboard box is a mouse.
A gray, chubby mouse with one front toe missing.
Lin Ze stared at the mouse and narrowed his eyes.
Found it.
The fat mouse lay on the newspaper like a piece of fermented dough.
The gray hair is shiny, which means the food is good.
Its little eyes rolled around. When it saw Percy approaching, it crawled forward two steps and sniffed Percy's fingers with its nose.
"I named it Scabbers."
Percy squatted next to the carton, picked up Scabbers with his hands, and held him in his arms.
"Look how well-behaved it is."
"And it's very smart. Percy taught it somersaults yesterday and it can learn it."
"Somersault?" Lin Ze raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, look..."
Percy drew a circle in front of Scabbers with his finger.
Scabbers's little eyes stared at the finger for a while, then slowly somersaulted in the palm of Percy's hand, with his belly facing up, revealing his gray-white belly, and his four short legs kicked in the air twice, and then turned back again.
"How's it going? Very smart, right?" Percy looked proud.
Lin Ze smiled and stared at the mouse silently.
Scabbers seemed to feel something, his beard trembled slightly, and his two round eyes stared at Lin Ze's face, as if he was identifying something.
"Can I touch it?" Lin Ze asked Percy.
"Of course, Scabbers is very docile and never bites." Percy said generously.
Lin Ze stretched out his hand, pinched the back of Scabbers's neck with two fingers, and lifted it up in Percy's hand.
Scabbers kicked its four short legs in vain a few times in the air, swung its tail back and forth, and made a weak squeaking sound.
"Look, it's so well-behaved." Percy said next to him.
"It's really good." Lin Ze raised Scabbers to his eyes and looked at its missing front toe carefully.
Scabbers stared straight at Lin Ze with his little eyes, his beard trembling and trembling, and the little heart on his chest was beating so fast that Lin Ze could feel it through the layer of gray hair.
"Scabbers seems a little afraid of you." Percy came over and took a look.
Lin Ze nodded and took out the wand from his pocket.
When Percy saw him taking out his magic wand, his expression became a little nervous. "Mr. Lin, Scabbers It's just a mouse..."
"Don't be nervous, I just want to check if there are any germs on it."
Lin Ze didn't wait for the others to react, and tapped Scabbers with the wand.
A light blue light emerged from the tip of the staff and spread on Scabbers's fur like water waves.
Detect magic.
If the rat was truly an ordinary animal, the detection magic would have no effect.
But if it is Animagus...
A faint golden light floated under Scabbers's fur, flickering like an oil lamp that could go out at any time.
Percy was stunned. "What does this mean?"
"Nothing, it means it is quite healthy." Lin Ze smiled even more.
He put the wand back to his waist, stood up, and patted Percy on the shoulder.
"Mr. Weasley, your mouse is well raised and very fat."
"It's just that... starting from today, it will be requisitioned by Ministry of Magic."
"Requisition?" Percy looked at Lin Ze blankly.
"Yes, your rat is an amazing breed, and we need it to help us solve the case."
"Scabbers... assist... in solving the case?"
Percy felt that his brain was a little weak. He knew these words, but he couldn't understand them together.
"Well... how should I put it..." Lin Ze said it now.
"Scabbers is a very rare species. It is different from ordinary mice. As you know, Dark Lord has just fallen. Ministry of Magic needs this magical creature to help us solve the case."
"Wow! Really! That's so cool!" George was jumping excitedly.
Only Bill looked at Scabbers in confusion and then at Mr. Lin.
"Of course, Ministry of Magic will not let you lose a pet for nothing. This is our compensation for Mr. Weasley." Lin Ze said, taking out a handful of Galleon from his pocket and placing it in Percy's hand.
There were probably dozens of them. Percy couldn't hold them with his small hands, and a few fell from both sides.
"Wow!" The other Weasleys on the side looked at the Galleon in Percy's hands with envy.
When Scabbers heard Lin Ze's words, he began to struggle uneasily, kicking his four short legs randomly in the air.
"Zhizhizhi--"
A miserable howl came from its mouth.
"Uh...Mr. Lin...Scabbers It doesn't seem to like it..."
"Oh, I'm sorry, maybe I pinched it and hurt it." Lin Ze said and waved the magic wand.
One Binding Charm and one Stunning Spell hit Scabbers's body.
Scabbers, who was still kicking around, suddenly became quiet.
Lin Ze put it in his pocket, turned around and walked downstairs.
Having completed the purpose of this trip, Lin Ze feels very good.
But he still needs to give Mr. and Mrs. Weasley an explanation for his visit to the Burrow.
After all, if you choose to trust yourself when there are big holes in your words, you can't go too far.
What's more, he likes this family very much.
So he first comforted the little Weasley to play by themselves, while he walked towards Mrs. Weasley who was cooking in the kitchen.