Chapter 65: The Final Chapter of the Chamber of Secrets
Evan didn't remember how he got out of the office, he just knew that his back was covered in cold sweat.
Dumbledore was terrible, he may not have any ill will towards him, but the feeling of not having the slightest secret was bad.
Evan made up his mind that he must hurry up and learn Occlumency.
At this time, except for him, there was no figure in the school corridor, but it was very lively.
I don't know who leaked the news, but all the portraits are chattering about what is happening inside the secret room, which is almost the same as the real thing. After seeing Aven, each portrait stopped him curiously, hoping that he could tell him how he and Harry had defeated the basilisk.
Evan ignored the portraits and walked straight to the school hospital.
In the next second, with a bang, Dobby, the house-elf suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Sir, Dobby is free, Harry Potter freed Dobby, he asked the master to give Dobby a sock, he is even greater than Dobby originally knew!" said the elf in a piercing shrill voice, his eyes wide open and full of tears.
"Congratulations, Dobby!" Evan whispered, seeing that Dobby was wearing Harry's slimy, smelly sock on his right foot.
"Thank you!" Dobby's throat made another loud choked sound, "Sir, Dobby heard Miss Hermione Granger say, do you have something to do with Dobby?"
"I do have something to ask you. Evan nodded and asked quickly, "Dobby, now that you're free, what are your plans for the future?"
Dobby likes freedom, but he also likes to work, and Dobby needs a job and gets paid for it. "But it's hard, sir, people don't want to pay Dobby, it's not in keeping with the quality of a house-elf." ”
Dobby's voice grew lower and lower, not at all with the joy he had at the beginning.
"Actually, I have a job here that suits you, and I'm willing to pay you, but I don't know if you're willing to do it?"
Evan had thought about it, the printing of "Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry" was getting bigger and bigger, and it would definitely be too busy for a few of them, and it was almost summer vacation, he couldn't use magic as casually as he did now, he needed the help of a full-time wizard or intelligent magical creature, and Dobby just met all the conditions.
A house-elf may not be able to write articles, edit or review manuscripts, but he can do other tasks such as news gathering and newspaper printing.
Hearing that Evan was willing to pay him to work, Dobby cried tears of emotion, and he stretched out his arms around Evan and hugged him tightly. Aven's image in Dobby's eyes instantly elevated from a great friend of Harry Potter to a person as great as Harry Potter.
In this way, Dobby became the first full-time employee of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry.
Considering the huge workload, Evan originally planned to give him ten gold Galleons a week and weekends off. But Dobby disagrees with anything, he thinks it's terrible to have so much wealth and leisure time, and he bargains with Aven, and the final salary is set at four gold Galleons a month and a day off.
In addition, Dobby also took on other personal service work for Aven, like a servant, if Malfoy knew about it, I don't know if he would faint in anger.
After solving the Dobby problem, Evan arrives at the school hospital, where he gets a good night's sleep with the help of Madam Pomfrey's sleeping potions.
It wasn't until the next morning that he woke up.
Lockhart's bed was empty, and Ron had been transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries in the morning due to severe Oblivion Curse injuries.
It is said that Dumbledore had just come to see them, and everyone saw that Evan was sleeping, so they didn't wake him up. Looking at Harry's expression, Evan knew that Dumbledore must have spoken to him alone. How to describe this expression, it can only be said that the brainwashing is very successful.
In addition to this, Ron is also completely back to normal, and his mood is no longer as low as before.
The three of them happily ate a specially prepared lunch prepared by Madam Pomfrey, and Ron recounted his control by Tom Riddle. Harry told him in detail about the two battles that took place in the common room and in the secret room.
As soon as Harry finished speaking, Hermione, Colin, and Ginny walked into the hospital room.
They brought good news and bad news, the good news was that Dumbledore added two hundred points to each of the three of them during breakfast, which made Gryffindor House suddenly go from the bottom to the first place, and it seems that this year's House Cup is still theirs.
The bad news was that Harry and Hermione were frustrated by the cancellation of this year's Quidditch tournament and final exams due to the Chamber of Secrets. This is really bad news for both of them.
The few people chatted for a while, and just as Evan was about to tell the story of the secret treasure left by the Big Four, he suddenly saw Ron's pet mouse Spotted approaching. He stopped abruptly, this kind of thing couldn't be known to Peter Pettigrew.
"Why don't you say it, Aven!" Ron said curiously, "what the hell did you find inside the Slytherin statue?"
"Something to do with basilisks, no big deal. Evan glanced at the rat and decided to keep the matter a secret for the time being.
When it was time for dinner, Cornelius Fudge arrived at the school with the Special Contribution Award and Hagrid's pardon, and Evan asked Colin to take a few pictures of them, especially Ron to make sure that the rat spots were in a prominent position.
Filch then carefully took the trophy to the prize showroom for safekeeping, and Evan wrote an article about the Chamber of Secrets based on the photo and the basilisk that Colin had taken in the common room.
In addition to being the front-page headline of the latest issue of Hogwarts Wizardry and Wizardry, I believe the Daily Prophet must be very interested in it.
It would have been even more interesting if Fudge had brought the newspaper into Azkaban and shown it to Sirius Black! It wouldn't be long before the Ministry of Magic was scrambling for Black's escape.
The rest of the semester was spent in a dazzling sunshine.
Hogwarts returned to normal, with only a few minor changes: Defence Against the Dark Arts classes were canceled, Lucius Malfoy was expelled from the school board, and Draco no longer walked around the school with his toes as if he were the master of the school. On the contrary, he now has a gloomy face all day long, as if his heart is full of resentment.
After the mandrakes matured, several petrified students recovered, and Hogwarts Wizards returned to its highest sales before the Chamber of Secrets, and Evan had to struggle to find a new selling point to replace Lockhart's novels.
The section on character style is now replaced by the introduction of Hagrid, as an excellent supplement to the incident in the secret room, and everyone is very interested in his experience of being wronged over the years.
In the fiction section, Evan finally decided to write it himself. He borrowed the complete set of Lockhart's books from Hermione, imitated his writing, and wrote a book "Me and the Basilisk at Hogwarts", which was an unexpected success, with many fans writing to him every day.
Thankfully, Evan found Dobby to help, otherwise he would have been busy to death.
In the blink of an eye, the semester was over, and they were about to take the Hogwarts Express home.
Aven, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Colin, Fred, George, and Ginny occupied a separate cubicle, and they made the most of the last hours of magic allowed before the holidays to play wizard cards, with Fred and George setting off their last few hard-pulled fireworks.
Ginny tells them that Percy and Ravenclaw Prefect Penelope are secretly dating, and that she is surprised to see them kissing in an empty classroom on Halloween night, but it also explains why Evan always feels that Ginny is hiding something from him, and why Percy is so unusual, sad, and keeps running to the school hospital after Penelope is petrified.
As the Hogwarts Express slows down, Harry gives them the Dursleys' phone numbers, but Evan is skeptical that Harry's aunt and uncle would be willing to receive a call from a wizard.
As Harry was telling Ron, if they heard that Harry had almost died so many times, but he had escaped with his life, they would be furious!
As the train slowly approached the platform, Evan got up to pick up his luggage, and suddenly he felt the potion in his pocket, and thought of the Occlumenclumc and Protector Charms that had been included in his summer studies. A wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, it seemed that he would definitely have a very fulfilling summer vacation.