Department of Research and Records? She had never heard of that one. Jina frowned in concentration as she answered the Ministry worker's question and added her own theory. "I first noticed it when I was walking past five minutes ago. I don't know how or when it got here, but I guess it must have happened overnight, otherwise the shopkeeper would have tried to scrub it off, or at least cover it up before closing the shop yesterday."

Suddenly, she was reminded of an incident almost two years ago ... a suspicious stranger with a quill and notebook, asking about strange occurrences, and for her name. Said stranger turned out to be closely related to Hogwarts's timeline getting messed up. She could not trust this woman either. In fact, she had noticed the slight pause before she stated her position in the Ministry, which means that she could have been lying. And she thought Aurors do not handle local crimes like this, so the suggestion of sending a Patronus to them seemed unlikely. If she gave her name to this stranger, she could be framed for this crime, be accused of dark magic and sent to Azkaban! She had to leave this situation immediately. The graffiti, though intriguing, was none of her business anyway. "I would like to stay anonymous, please. If you don't mind, I'd better get going. Have a good day." With a polite nod that effectively concealed her wild (paranoid) imagination, she turned around and left the shop.