Chapter 43 - Infiltration, lies and deception - Part 2 (2/2)

On my great-grandfather's face for a moment you could see the pride he felt when hearing these words from Phineas. But this quickly went back into hiding and he said again.

''About Hogwarts. What can we do?'' Phineas sighed and said.

''I can't do much and neither can you. But maybe little Arcas can do something.''

At that, a compartment that was under the painting of Phineas opened showing a small notebook. ''Take it. Maybe I can't do anything but my old self thought that maybe that information would be useful one day.'' Phineas said looking at the notebook.

My great-grandfather nodded. With his eyes, he told me it was time to go and I just nodded. As we were leaving my great-grandfather stood up and said.

''Thanks, grandpa.''

''Go at once child. I'm already tired of all this, I'll get some sleep.'' Phineas replied. Quickly my great-grandfather and I walked the corridors of the house until we reached his study where he sat behind his desk and began to review the notebook.

His face quickly showed many emotions but the one that stood out the most was surprise. Then he told me. ”It seems there is a way for you to go to Hogwarts without putting yourself in danger.”

In that, he showed me that the notebook talked about the book that registered the young wizards who could attend Hogwarts. And what he said in a way surprised me but it had logic. The book did not record every wizard at birth, it recorded how chaotic magic was and when it was used for the first time.

That is why the sons of magicians were not automatically registered. And some parents despaired when their children did not show signs of magic. On the other hand, when a Muggle-born wizard showed some kind of magic for the first time, the book recognized it and gave a signal.

This made perfect sense to me since otherwise it would be very easy to track down any magician with such a book. On the other hand, recognizing the chaotic nature of a child's magic was something more feasible.