"You truly are a gentle person… I almost wish I could come back to life and enroll in your class." Myrtle slowly shrunk herself back into the toilet, only her head visible as she spoke.
"Thank you for your trust, truly."
"You're also very polite. Speaking of which, why are you here looking for me? I don't believe anyone would visit a ghost for no reason." Her two pigtails swayed like waterweeds in the water as she spoke.
"My question is a bit offensive; you might get angry when you hear it."
"Given how polite you are, I can forgive you this once. Ask away."
Kaisen nodded: "How did you die?"
Myrtle seemed to sigh in relief upon hearing this question. Kaisen only heard a long, drawn-out sound.
"That question isn't offensive. To me, death is like a second life, like a birthday, something to celebrate."
"Then my luck isn't bad; I chose a good question."
"Hmm… when I died, there was an annoying fellow who mocked me terribly. I don't know where she is now. Maybe she married a Troll, or perhaps she choked to death while eating a bagel that day. In any case, with all my magic, I wish her a miserable life."
"That day I was crying here, in this very lavatory, until I heard a boy's voice. It was quite pleasant, deep and magnetic. I thought the owner of that voice must be a handsome guy."
"It was just a shame the occasion wasn't right, as this is the girls' lavatory, after all. I turned to warn him, and then I died."
Kaisen stroked his chin…
"That's all?"
Myrtle nodded: "That's all… well, not entirely. At that time, I also saw two yellowish-orange… like the eyes of some huge creature."
"That clue is very useful. Also, how exactly did you die back then? What was your body like?"
"Just like that, terrifyingly peaceful, like I was asleep. I wish I had died a more unsightly death, because then I could have scared that fellow more. If I had died as frighteningly as The Bloody Baron or Sir Nicholas, that fellow definitely wouldn't have been able to handle it!" Myrtle said with some regret.
"That fellow?"
"It's the annoying fellow I mentioned at the very beginning, the one who mocked me into this lavatory."
"That fellow is…" Kaisen asked curiously.
"I won't tell you her name. Perhaps she's already died in some unknown corner. I just hope her name can completely vanish from this world." Myrtle said fiercely.
"Hmm… I can understand."
"May I ask why you're asking this?" Myrtle asked again.
"To uncover the truth of your demise back then, find the culprit, and also to protect the current Little Wizards." Kaisen explained.
"Hmm… you are a good person. Your actions are worthy of this face…" Myrtle smiled, her eyes fixed on Kaisen as she spoke.
"Oh… thank you for the compliment."
"You're welcome. Just like you complimented me, if you want to hear such blatant praise, just come here."
"Thank you, I will if needed."
After getting his answers, Kaisen politely and warmly bid Myrtle farewell, turning back three times as he left. Of course, besides the farewell, no other unnecessary glances fell anywhere else in the lavatory.
After all, the sign outside the lavatory door said 'Girls', and his entry was already questionable. To meticulously scan every inch of the lavatory like a pervert… would be a bit abnormal.
Upon returning to his office, Kaisen pulled a movable small blackboard from a classroom downstairs and placed it in a corner of his office area. He wrote two key points on it with chalk: first, huge yellow eyes, and second, an intact body.
Drawing these two confirmed key clues on the blackboard, other clues found later could be fitted onto it like a formula, which was quite convenient. It was just that his former neighbor Mr. always looked down on such a clumsy method.
"...… If only that fellow were a Wizard, then I wouldn't have to stare at this damned blackboard…" Kaisen leaned back in his armchair, muttering through his lips.
The next day…
"Class dismissed." Kaisen said, then picked up the drafts from the podium, tapped all four corners to straighten them, and then casually folded them into a thick paper airplane and threw it into the trash can.
He used Ender Teleportation and appeared directly at Hagrid's villa on the edge of the Forbidden Forest.
If one were to look for someone in Hogwarts who knew the most about magical creatures, the first person that would come to mind would definitely be the Professor of Magical Creatures, Professor Kettleburn.
However, this Professor possessed a quality that made people unable to help but praise him: seven days a week, he spent one day teaching five classes for five grades, and the remaining six days he roamed the world.
So much so that… he couldn't be found.
But it didn't matter. If Professor Kettleburn couldn't be found, there was a second person who understood magical creatures.
"Knock knock knock!"
Soon, Hagrid, wearing an apron, opened the door.
"I'm baking cupcakes! Come in and try some. Of course, I'd be even happier if you could take some away." Hagrid eagerly welcomed Kaisen inside.
Kaisen, sitting on the sofa…
Chew chew chew…
"Hagrid, do you know what a tire is?"
"Yes, I do. Why?"
"Which do you prefer: a tire that tastes like cake, or a cake that tastes like a tire?" Kaisen asked.
"...…"
"Are you really starting to research?"
Hagrid's old face flushed upon hearing this, and he quietly cleared the cake from the coffee table.
"Perhaps something else, rock cake."
"I also need milk."
"Of course, I wouldn't forget the milk."
Soon, after changing to a different set of refreshments, Kaisen let out a long sigh of relief. He couldn't help but think of the Cerberus from last year; perhaps that big fellow's chew toy was the cake Hagrid made.
Regardless of the texture… at least the taste wasn't bad.
"Alright, a new year has begun… Honestly, I see the Black Lake is much brighter with sunlight." Hagrid sat on the sofa, looking out the window at the distant Black Lake and sighing.
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