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Chapter 295 The Snake's Keenness
Chapter 295 The Snake's Keenness
After that, time passed quickly, and Peterson acted as if nothing had happened, treating Loila the same as before.
But Loila wondered if it was just her imagination—she felt like she rarely saw Peterson lately, except for magic circle classes.
I have a feeling that he used to hang out in various places—even when Loila wanted to catch him after class to discuss inheritance, he would always make excuses or leave before get out of class ended.
Why do I feel like I'm the same as Mr. Lockhart from last year—and Peterson is like myself—
Loila pursed her lips, feeling a bit of novelty.
So this is what it felt like when Mr. Lockhart staked out me like that last year?
But he probably isn't as kind as I am, is he?
But Peterson's approach left Roy somewhat helpless—the issue she wanted to discuss wasn't so bad after all—Roy had many of her own ideas about the succession.
She didn't want to inherit the entire Hamilton family—supporting so many people was something Peterson's father should worry about—but—
"Sigh—" Loila sighed softly, leaning against the window and saying something.
"Are you worrying about family matters again?" Miss Nagini leaned closer and reached out to pat Loila's head.
Although she didn't know the content of Loila's conversation with Peterson, she knew from Loila's behavior that something was wrong.
"Hmm————" Loila nodded gently, leaning against the window, her arm under her chin, her head tilted slightly as she lay on her arm.
"Peterson seems to be avoiding me," she muttered.
"Tsk—" Nagini clicked his tongue and said, "That means things aren't looking good."
"This is bad?" Loila looked up at Nagini, somewhat bewildered. "But I didn't expect—"
"This has nothing to do with your thoughts, silly girl," Nagini said softly. "It has to do with his, or rather, their thoughts."
"In their eyes, you might be a 'snake' who wants to inherit the family fortune."
"Steal—steal a cat?!" Loila stammered, repeating the word. Was she really being mistaken for that kind of person?
"But I'm not even—not even an Animagus!" Loila hurriedly explained.
"A cat that steals fish doesn't necessarily have to be an Animagus, does it?" Nagini raised an eyebrow and said, "Of course—it makes perfect sense to me, doesn't it?"
"If it was supposed to be your inheritance anyway, then you should inherit it, right?" Nagini said, lowering her voice, "Instead of acting like a guilty thief—"
"Deliberately avoiding you." Nagini said, flicking out her forked tongue, causing Loila to shudder slightly.
"Why don't I go and bite them to death?" Nagini grinned. "That way, Loila can inherit the Hamilton family, right?"
"Hmm!"
"I think it's better not to!" Loila quickly grabbed Nagini's arm. "I don't really want to inherit it."
"Really?" Nagini raised an eyebrow. "That's a lot of money."
"It could be millions of Galleons."
"Hmm!" Hearing about millions of Galleons, Loila was indeed a little excited—but then she thought about the dozens of family members behind those millions of Galleons—
Or maybe we should just forget about it!
Loila felt like she was going to go crazy in a few days—she was even having trouble dealing with relationships with dozens of students—her brain was a little overloaded.
If it were to become dozens of family members—
Seeing her troubled expression, Nagini sighed softly: "From what you said before, wasn't Peterson a very good person to you?"
"What exactly is it?" Nagini paused slightly before saying, "It can't just be talk, right?"
""
"He—he really was very good to me." Loila tapped two fingers together: "He gave me five thousand Galleons—"
"Hmm." Nagini raised an eyebrow. "That's quite a sum of money."
"And then he also—also—" Loila paused and thought for a few seconds.
"And then—then he gave me five thousand Galleons." Loila's voice was much softer.
"Is this another sum of money?" Nagini asked, taken aback.
"No," Loila shook her head, "it's a sum of money."
"I see—" Nagini raised an eyebrow. "So—all the good he's done for you from beginning to end has been giving you Galleons, right?"
"Isn't this enough?" Loila was stunned for a moment.
"It's not that it's not enough," Nagini said after a few seconds of thought. "It's that he got what from you."
""
"Hmm—" Loila thought for a moment and said, "It seems like nothing—nothing at all."
"He even helped me—helped me apply for patents and stuff!" Loira suddenly remembered what Peterson had done for her, and she said happily, "He dealt with the Ministry of Magic on my behalf—"
"Isn't this just like family?"
"—" Nagini frowned slightly upon hearing this. She looked at the seemingly happy girl in front of her, pursed her lips, and asked, "Did he—show you the contract?"
"I've seen it once." Loila nodded. "I even watched it carefully."
"It feels perfectly normal," she said, her pointed ears twitching happily. "He really helped me a lot."
"Now the magic array won't be used by bad guys, and it can even give me money!"
"Just once?" Nagini muttered, looking at Loila as if she wanted to say something, but seeing her bright smile, she hesitated for a few seconds and then didn't speak.
Ah—family—
If she continued to say that, it would seem as if she hoped to tear her and her family apart—but the more Nagini listened, the more she felt that this Peterson was a bit—strange.
He claims to be a magic array expert, but seems to have a different kind of interest in magic arrays—mainly in making money—and says he'll help Roy apply for a patent—but it's impossible that he only applied for one patent, right?
However, it's not a big deal for family members to do this—but they've only known each other for a few months.
But she—
Seeing Loila still happily talking about returning to the Hamilton family, Nagini felt it was better not to shatter her illusions so soon.
And what if this isn't just wishful thinking, right?
"Ahem." Nagini coughed lightly. "I think I understand."
"However, you should still be careful," she said slowly. "You might want to ask him about the contract next time you apply for a patent."
"Or you could keep the contract with you," Nagini said, pausing for a moment. "After all, isn't that your patent?"
"Oh—" Loila thought for a moment and said, "Won't this make him think I don't trust—don't trust him?"
He doesn't seem to trust you that much — but after thinking about it, Nagini didn't say that. She smiled gently and reached out to pat Loila's head.
"If you don't want to, then forget it."
After all, you have me, don't you? An Animagus who can turn into a snake—can see a lot of private, dark things.
Nagini already had some ideas in mind.
Peterson Hamilton — let me see if you really — really can be her family.