Chapter 252 Sell Me Your Rat

"Les, you are planning to go to Egypt in the summer vacation, right?" Daphne asked this question seriously on the Hogwarts Express back to London.

Daphne was a little anxious, because if she didn't ask, Les would be separated from them!

She still wanted to spend the long summer vacation with Les, and learn more new magic from him. Especially the "magic of creating puppets" he mentioned before, she was quite interested and had the urge to learn.

Les thought about it for a moment, a little hesitant. The main reason was that this expedition was inextricably linked to Hufflepuff, which meant a strong uncertainty behind it, and he couldn't say what would be waiting for him in the ancient ruins of Egypt.

Maybe there was nothing, maybe it was like the dungeon, with a crazy Hufflepuff in it.

Daphne thought for a moment and threw out a bait that she thought was very tempting to Rice: "Okay, forget the topic just now - Rice, what methods can humans use to fly?"

Daphne's jumping thinking confused Rice a little, but this was obviously a very simple question.

"Flying brooms, flying magic, flying carpets, and door keys count, right? There are also various flying magical animals - hippogriffs, thestrals, and dragons."

"Then do you know how Muggles fly?" Daphne's next question made Rice silent for a few seconds.

If this question was thrown to Rice, who had just woken up two years ago, he would definitely be confused - how could Muggles fly? But now Rice knows that those seemingly ordinary Muggles really have the means to fly after cramming a lot of knowledge!

"I heard that they have an alchemical creation called 'airplane' that can carry hundreds of people at a time. It's really an unimaginable scene."

Daphne's eyes flashed with eagerness: she felt that the fish had taken the bait.

"It seems that the British Muggle government and the Egyptian Muggle government have a lot of connections, so there are many direct flights from London to Cairo. What do you think of the idea of ​​flying to Egypt? This is a good opportunity to explore the flying creations of Muggles. If you want, I'll ask Dad to get you one." Daphne, who grew up in a wizard family, has a limited understanding of the Muggle world, so she only has a vague understanding of many things, but she can indeed use the power of her family to arrange for people to travel by plane.

Not to mention, Rice was really moved.

Daphne's meaning was very simple. She could help Rice get the Muggle plane tickets without any additional conditions - based on her understanding of Rice, she thought this was the most efficient way.

"I'll make a cup of tea first." In the end, Rice decided to use tea leaves to divination and predict the good and bad luck of this trip.

If the result of the divination was not good, he would never take Daphne with him, even if he shamelessly enjoyed the plane ticket that others got for him - he had already made up his mind to fly to Egypt.

Although divination is greatly influenced by talent, Rice thinks that the strength of the soul has an impact on the accuracy of divination, especially in the success rate of short-term divination.

Regarding this hypothesis, Rice even designed a simple experiment: he made a twelve-sided dice, and then threw it again after divination, and found that the accuracy was significantly higher than the mathematical expectation.

However, Ravenclaw also complained about the experiment designed by Rice. She believed that it was Rice who gave her psychological hints that caused her to throw the desired points unconsciously, so she thought that Rice's hypothesis did not have enough basis.

Although he did not get the support of Ravenclaw, Rice still believed in his hypothesis and believed that the results of his divination were more or less reliable.

Taking out the small crucible, Rice quickly made a cup of tea, and then drank the tea as quickly as possible. According to the content taught in the book, he shook the teacup a few times and observed the shape of the tea leaves.

The result of tea divination is quite optimistic. Rice believes that this trip is at most "near miss".

"Book two tickets. Do you want to go to Egypt, too?"

"Three!" Astoria immediately pestered Rice when she saw that he was talking.

"Will Mr. Henry agree?" Rice frowned slightly: no matter what he said, he was just a child in his teens. How could Mr. Henry allow three children to travel abroad together?

"Of course." Daphne and Astoria answered in unison.

Mr. Henry trusted Rice very much. They were confident that they could convince him. Besides, they had a big news that they hadn't revealed to their father yet...

Seeing this, Rice also agreed.

Just think of it as taking the children out to participate in summer camp. He comforted himself in this way.

At the same time, he also secretly warned himself that he would not accept apprentices in the short term. Two children were enough for him to worry about. If he accepted more students, he might not have so much energy.

The train arrived at the station, and the students filed out and rushed to the platform.

A large red mass in the corner of the platform caught Rice's attention: it was the complete Weasley family.

Judging from their attire, the Weasleys and their two graduated children were all here, and there were two people who looked like reporters standing next to them.

Ron, Fred and the others were called over by Mrs. Weasley as soon as they got off the train.

"Percy, Ginny, and the three of you, come over!"

After the confused five-member group walked over, Mrs. Weasley immediately began to "deploy troops" and lined up the whole family. Then, the photographer of the Daily Prophet took this somewhat hasty family portrait.

"We just accepted an interview with the Daily Prophet - you know, your father won the first prize, and the newspaper wants to conduct a follow-up interview to ask us how to distribute the prize money." After taking the family portrait, the interview came to an end. Mrs. Weasley also began to explain to the children what they had just done.

Ron, who was holding his pet mouse, shouted in dissatisfaction: "So that photo will be in the newspaper? Why didn't you say it earlier?! I would have put this guy away if I had known."

The mouse Scabbers didn't react after hearing this, but just turned over lazily in Ron's arms and curled up his claws.

Percy on the side also frowned: "Isn't this too cramped? How can we tell from such a group photo that we are going to Egypt?"

The reporter from the Daily Prophet smiled and ignored them.

Of course, choosing to interview in London is to save trouble. Do we want them to go to Egypt with us?

Just like that, a large group of people squeezed past Rice and the other two, and Ron accidentally stepped on Rice's foot.

"Ah, Rice, I didn't mean it!"

"It's okay... Eh? Ron, wait a moment."

Ron stopped and looked at Rice in confusion.

"Sell me your rat."

He was stunned by Rice's words.

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