“Splash!” Little Har pounced back onto Ghostie.

Haggs looked at me calmly, saying, “Nothing happened.”

I looked at Haggs, replying, “He obviously doesn’t know you. But when I was with Raffles, he clearly showed that he knew Raffles. He’s a water ghost. It’s normal for him not to know you, but how would he know Raffles?”

Haggs listened to my question, stunned.

“I observed him for a long time.” I looked at Ghostie again. He would look at Haggs suspiciously whenever he came out from the water. It was as though he was wondering why Raffles had suddenly become a different person wearing the same outfit.

“On Hagrid Island, I thought he had simply developed human intelligence....