Albert has never been a suspicious person, at least not in his previous life. This may be related to his previous living environment, but now he has to say that Professor Rowena Smith is a bit suspicious. At least that is the result of connecting the many pieces of intelligence he has obtained now.
It is undeniable that there is also Albert's prejudice as a time traveler, but he still believes that before Voldemort was completely defeated, every wizard who came to Hogwarts to serve as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was here to cause trouble and might be involved in certain things.
Perhaps, the final answer may be far from what he guessed, but before Professor Smith leaves Hogwarts, it does not prevent Albert from temporarily putting him on the blacklist.
The form of Boggart is closely related to people's inner fears. Professor Smith's Boggart turned into the corpse of Isobel's father, which made Albert suspicious.
He even boldly speculated that the death of Isobel's father was most likely related to Professor Smith. Even if there was no direct connection, there would be an indirect connection.
According to Isobel, her father died as a result of a magical experiment.
If we have to connect all the things together, the only thing the four people have in common is that they are all candidates for the heir and have all been trained to be the heir.
Therefore, Albert boldly guessed that the failure of Isobel's father's magic experiment was caused by human factors, and Professor Smith was very likely the culprit. Therefore, the body of Isobel's father became Professor Smith's object of fear. It is possible that he deliberately, unintentionally, or even indirectly killed his good friend.
Albert wrote down his guesses in a small notebook with a quill pen. This kind of plot is very common in detective novels, and the trigger may be for a certain event.
As for, the so-called something
It's naturally the heir's business.
In order to inherit a large sum of Galleons and other valuable inheritance, it is not strange to do such a thing.
Although such speculation is a bit ridiculous, it does not mean that such bold speculation is impossible.
Huge wealth is enough to drive people crazy, and as long as the benefits are big enough, it is not impossible to backstab a friend.
Then there is the speculation about Ravenclaw's treasure trove of knowledge.
Why does Professor Smith want to get the treasure in Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets
There are two speculations about this. The first is that Ravenclaw's Chamber of Secrets is related to the matter of heirs, and the second is that they went there purely for the wealth inside. However, knowing that the wealth inside is knowledge, Professor Smith's back looked so lonely before.
If the four were linked to the Ravenclaw Treasury, the first possibility would be more likely.
Moreover, Isobel may have found Ravenclaw's treasure trove of knowledge from his father's notes, which means that his father was very likely to have been inside and may have obtained something from it and became the heir.
Because there was only one heir, he was killed
However, why did Professor Smith fail to become the heir
The reason why Albert was sure that Professor Smith was not the heir was because when he was invited by Mog McDougal to celebrate Halloween at the lakeside cabin last time, he discovered that there was a generation gap in the age range between Professor Broad and the others. If they were really related to the heir, or... In fact, Professor Broad and the others were responsible for selecting the heir, or were they once the heirs themselves
So, what was Professor Brod's purpose in coming to Hogwarts last year
Was it for the knowledge treasure of Ravenclaw? Or was it related to the matter of the heir? But there was one thing that even Albert could not deny: Professor Broad helped him in the end, and had no hostility towards him. He was even kind to him, just like a family member.
This led to Albert not suspecting Professor Smith at the beginning, not only because they knew each other, but also because he was not clear about the heir at that time. He just thought that Professor Broad intended to pull him into a circle of friends.
If the bold guess is true, then what role did Isobel play in this matter
An avenger seeking revenge for his father
Or is he a candidate to seize the position of heir
Or... both
"So, what role do I play?" Albert muttered to himself as he looked at the parchment in his hand. "The unlucky guy who was dragged into this incident for no reason? The candidate for the heir?"
What roles do Professor Broad and Mr. Mog McDougal play
The judge who chooses the successor
So... Mr. Smith is the heir candidate and the villain boss
No, Professor Smith may no longer be qualified. After all, he was the heir candidate in the last round. Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, should the role of heir candidate be eliminated
Besides, he had already failed.
Of course, there is another possibility that Mr. Smith is also the "heir" judge. After all, with the previous case of Snape, it is hard to say until the end.
There's no way, the plots of novels are sometimes really ridiculous, but reality is sometimes even more ridiculous, not to mention that he is now in this world where he doesn't know whether it is a novel or reality.
Of course, all of this might be Albert's own delusion, but he still believed that Professor Smith's coming to Hogwarts was probably related to the heir issue. After all, Rowena's last name was Smith, and the so-called coincidence was usually just considered a manufactured coincidence.
So, last question.
Isobel seems to know a lot of things. How does she know so much
Did someone tell her, or did she infer it from the things her father left behind, or did she have some way of getting information
All three are possible, but there is no doubt that Isobel knows a lot of things, and is even closer to the truth than him, but she is unwilling to say it.
In fact, Albert could understand Isobel. If he were in her shoes, he would keep the secret even if it meant death, and would not trust others easily.
"Somehow, I always feel that this world is unsafe!" Albert tore off the pages of the diary and threw them into the fire to burn to ashes.
Now, he just hoped that his guesses were just idle delusions.
"Sure enough, I should prepare more things for self-defense." Albert murmured. If possible, he really wanted to carry two magic wands with him.
Why bring two
This is inertial thinking. Most wizards only have one wand. Many villains like to show off by mumbling something after disarming their opponents, which gives others a chance to turn defeat into victory.
Who caused the villain to die because of talking too much