Upon hearing the news, Harry suddenly stood up.
"What did you say?! Sebastian is in Azkaban?!"
He really hadn't expected that Sebastian would be imprisoned in Azkaban?
Moffin took two quick breaths and said, panting, "Yes, he is right in the cell next to us, should... still be alive."
"Professor." Harry glanced at Dumbledore and turned to leave.
As soon as he walked out of the cell, the Dementors approached.
Harry snapped his fingers, and a ring of bright blue flames rose around him.
The Dementors seemed to see something terrifying and quickly retreated, looking as if they had seen people like Dementors.
"Harry, you shouldn't do that."
Dumbledore's voice came from within the cell.
Harry said without looking back, "I'm just reasoning with them."
With that, Harry found the cell Moffin mentioned.
Through the cell's bars, Harry could see a thin, frail old man curled up inside.
"Sebastian?"
He softly called his old friend's name.
The old man suddenly raised his head, incredulously looking outside.
"Harry? Is that you? Harry?"
Harry swung his Magic Wand, dissolving the bars, and quickly stepped into the cell.
"Sebastian, is it really you?" He stood before the old man, crouched down to ask.
"It's me, it's me."
Sebastian lowered his head, covering his face with one hand, saying, "I never thought Miss Malfoy's prophecy would be correct, you really returned a hundred years later..."
"Cassandra's prophecy?"
Harry asked in astonishment.
Sebastian pondered for a moment, then said to Harry:
"Yes, after you disappeared, Miss Grindelwald was very worried, she wanted to know what exactly happened, whether Lanlock died with you... But Miss Malfoy brought a Prophetic Ball from home, according to her, she didn't want your concerned friends to be sad, the scene inside the Prophetic Ball was something we had never seen before... Later, Miss Malfoy said that you were actually from 1991, we speculated you returned to the era you came from."
"Later Miss Grindelwald found a Time Magic and intended to use this magic to go to 1991, we helped her strengthen Slytherin's study... After that, Pabi disappeared as well, followed by Miss Malfoy... But Miss Malfoy seemed to have visited Prophet Trelawney's home to learn prophecy, for some reason she returned later, and then she disappeared, Mr. Malfoy was furious and ordered her to be expelled from the family."
"I guess she must have come to find you... But not long after, maybe around a few years later, perhaps because Miss Grindelwald was sealed in Slytherin's study room, my uncle Solomon—whom you know, he was saved by Miss Grindelwald at that time."
At this, Sebastian sighed.
"I don't know why, Solomon regained his memory, he recalled that I used the Killing Curse on him, so he... reported me to the Ministry of Magic. They checked my Magic Wand and found I had used all the Unforgivable Curses, more than once, so as you see, I ended up here... Before I left, I entrusted Annie to Omnius, hoping he would take care of Annie for me..."
"By the way, Annie..." Sebastian suddenly couldn't care less about covering his face, he raised his head and asked, "How is Annie? Harry? Have you seen Annie..."
"Sorry, Sebastian." Harry sighed and said, "I came here to find Omnius... He left me a letter in a Merlin's Trial somewhere, and I also encountered a Sphinx—I used the gaze of the Snake Monster to kill the Sphinx, but it was only afterwards that I learned the Sphinx doesn't choke you to death for failing to answer riddles."
"Snake Monster? Killed a Sphinx?"
Sebastian's expression turned peculiar, "Harry, didn't you know, Sphinx is immune to the gaze of a Snake Monster..."
Hearing these words, Harry felt a jolt in his heart.
He quickly took out his wallet, opened it, and looked inside.
Snake Monster Alfonso was squirming on the ground like a grub, pleading continuously in Serpent Tongue; the Sphinx... at this moment, the Sphinx had transformed into a different eagle-headed, lion-bodied form, continuously pecking at Alfonso's tail.
It seemed the Sphinx did not intend to eat Alfonso but was perhaps just seeking revenge for being glanced at.
"Gryffindor kid!"
The Sphinx noticed Harry opening the wallet, angrily scolding: "You actually tried to kill the symbol of Gryffindor..."
"You're just a Sphinx, not a lion." Harry tried to defend himself: "Besides, it's not my fault, after all, the legendary Sphinx would choke anyone who failed to answer its question..."
"Oh." The Sphinx responded with an oh before saying: "Your Snake Monster—I really don't understand why a Gryffindor would raise a Snake Monster, but rest assured, it's not dead, I'm just playing with him."
"Is that how you play!" Alfonso shouted discontentedly, "Besides, the great master is Slytherin, not Gryffindor!"
"Only Gryffindor would be so reckless, you've been duped by him, Snake Monster." The Sphinx said in Serpent Tongue, hissing.
"His traits are definitely Slytherin!" Alfonso responded.
"We'll discuss your matters later." Harry felt a headache: "And you two, lighten up a bit, I have some important things to do."