Chapter 77 – New Clues
"Now what?" I asked while standing in the Room of Requirements, watching the unconscious grindylow inside a pretty big tube filled with water to the brim. We placed it under a spell that ensured it couldn't break out even if it woke up, but the bastard was especially ugly looking.
"Err... good question..." Quincy whispered to me, feeling a bit troubled. "I can't just put the parchment into the water... can I?"
"It doesn't feel water resistant at all!" I shrugged, looking back and forth between her and the little monster we caught. "Tell you what! Let's try tapping it with it! Use it like... like a wand!"
"O-okay."
While she got ready, I lifted the thing out, and the moment I touched it, it came to life. It started trashing around, splashing water everywhere and clawing at me like an angry cat.
"Damn it!" I shouted when it bit me, drawing blood, and saw Quincy hit it on the head with the parchment.
It was a reflexive action on her part and without any effect. The grindylow continued fighting, and it was like a mad little monster, wanting to kill me. When the bastard bit me a second time, I lost my temper and grabbed it by its body; I smashed its head against the tube, making it dizzy and also stopping it from struggling. I probably used more force than I wanted as the glass cracked, water began leaking out of it, and its head was bleeding... which gave me an idea.
"The blood! Use that!"
"It worked!" She cried the moment a drop touched the ribbon as it automatically unfurled, falling to the ground, along with the grindylow, as I let go of it immediately.
"Hah! Great!" I sighed, feeling relieved, shaking my hands, that were hurting like hell.
"Let me see!"