Inside Gringotts Cosmetic Magic Hospital, the line of customers stretched almost all the way outside Hogsmeade.
After nearly an hour of waiting, Willow finally reached the front desk.
The young witch receptionist smiled professionally.
"Good afternoon, ma'am. Which part of yourself are you dissatisfied with?"
Willow instinctively lowered her head slightly.
"…Which part…"
Her eyes briefly landed on her chest.
Then she froze.
A second later, her face turned bright red.
"N-No! That's not why I'm here!"
Flustered, Willow hurriedly pulled out her Auror identification.
"I'm an Auror. I'm looking for Mr. Sean Sebastian."
The receptionist blinked in surprise but still maintained her smile.
"In that case, you'll need to speak with our deputy manager, Mr. Hart."
After thanking her awkwardly, Willow squeezed through the crowded hall and eventually reached Hart's office.
Knock knock.
"Come in."
Several minutes later, after a brief conversation, Hart finally leaned back in his chair thoughtfully.
"So that's what happened."
He nodded seriously.
"Then Miss Willow… what exactly can we help you with?"
Willow immediately explained everything again, including the dark wizard attack and the mysterious wizard who had saved her.
By the time she finished, Hart's expression became full of understanding.
"Ah…"
"I see now."
Then he sighed apologetically.
"Unfortunately, Master Sean already returned to Hogwarts earlier today."
"I'm afraid you came for nothing."
Willow's shoulders instantly drooped slightly.
"…Oh."
She forced a polite smile.
"I understand."
"Sorry for bothering you."
After Willow left, Hart watched her departing figure through the office window with an expression full of satisfaction.
The old goblin even revealed a knowing smile.
What a pity.
Hart had absolutely no idea how much trouble he had just created for future Sean.
In fact, he was still secretly proud of himself for helping.
Outside the hospital, Willow slowly looked toward Hogwarts Castle in the distance.
"…So he's a Hogwarts professor?"
Meanwhile—
Sean still had no idea he'd just been sold out completely.
At this moment, he was happily listening to system notifications inside an empty Hogwarts corridor.
[Congratulations to the host for causing a sensation throughout the wizarding world.]
[Reward: Three Mysterious Spell Fragments.]
[Mysterious Spell Fragments may be combined inside the Spell Analysis Chamber.]
[Newly synthesized spells may already exist in the wizarding world… or may become entirely original magic.]
[The greater the number of fragments used, the higher the chance of obtaining high-quality spells.]
[Current fragments owned: 4.]
Sean's eyes immediately lit up.
"Perfect."
"That means I can synthesize another spell later."
At that exact moment, Sean's body gradually began shrinking again.
His broad shoulders narrowed.
His height rapidly decreased.
Within moments, the effects of the Age Advancement Potion fully disappeared, returning him to his normal eleven-year-old appearance.
By the time Sean finally returned to the Slytherin dormitory, he had barely slept for nearly two full days.
The moment his head touched the pillow—
—he lost consciousness instantly.
When Sean finally woke up again, it was already Monday morning.
After washing up lazily, Sean immediately noticed something strange.
The entire Slytherin common room felt tense.
Everyone looked nervous.
Careful.
Almost frightened.
Sean blinked in confusion.
"Malfoy."
He looked toward Draco suspiciously.
"What happened to everyone?"
"SHHH!"
Draco immediately looked around nervously before dragging Sean into a corner.
His voice dropped to a whisper.
"Keep your voice down, Boss."
Draco looked genuinely terrified.
"You weren't at school this weekend, so you don't know."
"Professor Snape's gone completely mad."
Sean's heartbeat skipped slightly.
"…What?"
"Someone broke into his potion storage room and stole ingredients."
Draco swallowed nervously.
"He's been hunting for the thief ever since."
Then Draco lowered his voice even further.
"Even the portraits suffered."
Sean nearly choked.
"The portraits?"
Draco nodded frantically.
"One painting claimed it saw the thief passing by but couldn't describe the face clearly."
"Professor Snape almost tore the portrait frame off the wall."
"If Headmaster Dumbledore hadn't stopped him, that painting probably wouldn't have survived."
Draco shivered dramatically.
"Now everyone in Slytherin's terrified Professor Snape's going to explode at us."
Sean's expression stiffened slightly.
Originally, he thought hiding at Hogwarts after committing crimes outside school would be perfectly safe.
Now it turned out someone inside Hogwarts wanted to kill him too.
At that moment, Charlie suddenly approached excitedly.
"Prefect!"
Behind him followed a large group of older Slytherin girls.
Charlie's transformed face had clearly become extremely popular overnight.
Sean immediately laughed.
"Looks like life's treating you well now."
Charlie smiled bitterly.
"I literally get watched while using the toilet now."
Then his expression softened slightly.
"But honestly…"
"It feels amazing."
Charlie looked sincerely grateful.
"Please thank your brother for me."
Sean nodded solemnly.
"I'll pass it along."
The moment the girls spotted Sean nearby, however—
—Charlie was abandoned instantly.
The group rushed toward Sean like starving wolves.
"Sean!"
"Where does your brother live?!"
"What colours does he like?"
"What food does he enjoy?"
"Does he have a girlfriend?!"
Questions exploded nonstop like machine-gun fire.
Sean's scalp nearly went numb.
Without hesitation, he abandoned both Draco and Charlie behind and fled immediately.
Several minutes later, Sean finally hid behind a castle corner while secretly watching the girls search elsewhere.
Only after they disappeared did he exhale in relief.
"…Terrifying."
Soon afterward, Sean quietly entered the Great Hall for breakfast.
Fortunately, nobody paid much attention to him now.
Everyone remained focused on the Daily Prophet headlines instead.
For the first time all morning, Sean finally relaxed enough to eat peacefully.
Not far away at the Gryffindor table, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat together once more.
Apparently whatever conflict they previously had already disappeared.
Children really did forget things quickly.
Ron leaned toward Hermione excitedly.
"Hermione!"
He grinned mischievously.
"Professor Snape's potion stores got robbed!"
Ron looked delighted.
"I really wish I could've seen his face."
"He must've completely lost his mind."
Hermione barely reacted.
Instead, she stared silently at the newspaper in her hands.
On the front page, the silver-haired Sean Sebastian smiled calmly toward the camera.
Everyone in the wizarding world believed that the handsome twenty-one-year-old businessman and the eleven-year-old Hogwarts student were completely different people.
But Hermione knew the truth.
Sean didn't have any brother at all.
Slowly, Hermione lifted her head and looked toward Sean.
Her gaze became complicated.
Meanwhile, completely unaware of her thoughts, Sean happily drank pumpkin juice while eating breakfast.
Then suddenly—
"Sean Sebastian."
Snape's cold voice echoed directly behind him.
"Come to my office."
PUFFFFT—
Sean instantly sprayed pumpkin juice everywhere.
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