Halloween is a day off, and most students would have chosen to spend the day in school or take a good rest in the dormitory.

But on the morning of Nov. 1 this year, the Hufflepuff common room was packed with students.

The seats are a bit insufficient.

They were whispering and talking.

"What the hell is the Chamber of Secrets, I heard it has been opened?"

"I think I heard my father mention the secret room, and I thought he was trying to scare me into falling asleep early!"

"The spell in Lady Loris is said to be extremely powerful dark magic, and Professor Dumbledore is helpless against it. ”

"Who did you listen to, how could Professor Dumbledore be helpless!"

"The Weasley brothers of Gryffindor, their youngest brother had gone with Professor Dumbledore to check on Lady Loris. ”

"I think that Ronald Weasley is suspicious...... And then there's Potter and Granger, why are the three Gryffindor students at the entrance to the basement? And the three of them have always had a bad relationship with Mr. Filch. ”

"yes, that Ronald Weasley was locked up by Mr. Filch in September?"

"Potter also had a fight with Mr. Filch......"

......

From first-year freshmen to seventh-year veterans, they expressed their opinions in a variety of ways.

Although it seems to be a bit farther and farther away.

There was a sudden commotion at the archway, and a chubby witch climbed up.

"Professor......" The students hurriedly surrounded her: "Professor Sprout......"

"What the hell is the Chamber of Secrets?" asked Hannah Abbott impatiently.

"How's Lady Loris?" asked Cedric Diggory, with some concern.

"That...... Professor...... What is a Squib?" Justin Finch-Finreli touched his head sheepishly.

"It's okay...... Let me answer it question by question!" Pomona Sprout's eyes were bloodshot as if she hadn't slept all night...... However, after checking on the petrified Mrs. Loris and returning to the greenhouse to take care of the mandrakes, she chose to go to the Hufflepuff common room as soon as possible to comfort her students.

"Lady Loris is not in danger of life, she is just petrified!" Professor Sprout said, "Mandrake can easily cure her...... As it happens, we have a batch of mandrakes growing in our greenhouse!"

There was a burst of cheers from the students.

"And what about the Chamber of Secrets, Professor!" a sixth-year girl hurriedly asked, "Is it just a prank?"

"Chamber of Secrets!" Professor Sprout's voice became muffled, "That's not a prank......

"There is a legend, of course only a legend...... Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin, four of the best wizards of the era, who worked together to build the Hogwarts ......"

"For the first few years, the founders worked in harmony with each other, looking for young men who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to be trained...... Slowly, however, a disagreement began between them. Slytherin believed that magical education should be confined to purely magical families, and he was reluctant to accept Muggle-born children, believing them to be unreliable. So they had a heated argument, and Slytherin left the school. ”

"So there's a weird legend about the Chamber of Secrets...... The story goes that Slytherin built a secret room in the castle that the other founders knew nothing about. Slytherin sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it until his true heir came to the school. Only that heir can open the Chamber of Secrets, release the horrors inside, and let it purify the school and weed out all those who don't deserve to learn magic!"

"That is, Muggle-born wizards and Squibs. ”

As he spoke, Professor Sprout pursed his lips.

"This ...... It's just a legend!" said Eloise-Midgan with a shudder.

"We all thought it was a legend...... "Professor Sprout said with a solemn face, "but then...... Fifty years ago, when I was a second-year Hufflepuff student, the Chamber of Secrets was opened once!"

"What!" many of the girls took a few steps back in fright.

"Death of a Ravenclaw student, terrible black magic, no one knows the cause of her death...... Later, Armando Duppet also found out the 'real culprit', and we all thought it was over......"

"Ah......h

Several girls next to them also screamed and fled, thinking that the terrifying monster in the secret room had come out and arrived in the Hufflepuff common room.

Professor Sprout frowned, she quickly discovered the culprit...... Taking out her wand, she shouted almost lazily:

"There are many obstacles!"

She grabbed the two little ones on the ground who were scurrying to escape from the Hufflepuff common room.

"I'm sorry, Professor!" Jon Hart hurriedly ran over with the glass cage in his arms.

"Jon, it's not the right thing to do to scare your classmates by letting go of your pets!" she said two South African red spiders in a glass cage, her voice reproachful but not harsh.

"I'm sorry Professor......" Jon quickly explained, "but I really didn't mean to...... They were the ones who escaped!"

"I fed them Professor Kettleburn's Valium potion, and they were all quiet...... But since last night, they have suddenly become agitated again, and it is useless to feed them a tranquilizer, and just now I accidentally opened a slit in the cage and they both jumped out...... I almost made them run away!"

"Yes!" said Professor Sprout, his face becoming solemn.

......

Half an hour later, Jon made another trip to the owl hut.

For nineteen Galleons and seven sicos, he bought five ounces of powder from a two-horned beast, and a whole snake skin from an African tree snake.

The potion was a money-burning thing, and the two materials almost ruined the money.

Fortunately, at Hogwarts, there is no need to consume content, and it doesn't matter if you don't have a Nat on you.

Back at the castle, and into the basement, he passed by the place where Lady Loris's murder had been, the words still so bright as they flashed on the stone walls.

"The chamber was opened. ”

"Those who are enemies of the heirs, be vigilant!"

Jon snorted coldly and touched the rooster alarm clock hidden in his robes...... didn't stay, just walked away.