After the professors were gone, Evan, Hermione, Colin, and Ginny hurried into the room to see Ron.

Ron apologized to Aven, saying he didn't remember anything.

Madam Pomfrey didn't let them stay long, and as she meant, Ron needed a break. The effects of the Imperius Curse on the soul are not so easy to undo and poor Ron will probably need to spend the upcoming Christmas in his hospital bed.

In addition to this, the final outcome of the investigation also surprised Evan that Ron had only been caught under the Imperius Curse, not as he had imagined.

Evan was tempted to tell Dumbledore about Tom Riddle and the journal, but ultimately said nothing. He didn't know how to explain how he learned about Voldemort and the Horcruxes. This is top-secret information, and so far, even Dumbledore has only been guessing.

The situation is getting more and more confusing, and everything is up to Evan himself.

It wasn't Ron who opened the Chamber of Secrets, and his guess was completely wrong. It is not very difficult to control a weak-willed young wizard, as long as Tom Riddle is controlled, anyone can use the Imperius Curse on Ron. And Ron has been in contact with a lot of people, and it is impossible for Evan to investigate them all.

Everything is back to square one, or even worse than it was.

Ron, who had fallen under the Imperius Curse, used the Corruption Curse and the Killing Curse on him, suggesting that Tom Riddle or someone else had become suspicious of him and wanted to get rid of him. Evan shifted his suspicious gaze to everyone around him, but almost all of them were very suspicious.

In the days that followed, the school was on heightened security, and professors could often be seen patrolling the hallways and escorting students.

A Slattery heir is bad enough, and now this madman has not only opened the Chamber of Secrets, but is also using a wand to use the Imperius Curse on people.

The young wizards, who didn't know the truth, were talking about Ron's disappearance, and they kept pouring into the school hospital to see for themselves if Ron had been attacked. Madam Pomfrey had to pull out a long curtain and completely cover Ron's bed.

Professor McGonagall announced that there was a problem with Ron's wand, which had caused him to fall under a very powerful spell, but no one believed it.

It was agreed that Ron had been attacked, rumors swirled around the school, and the young wizards were debating who the Slytherin heir was.

Harry's suspicions were almost certain of him, especially after he revealed himself to speak snake language at the Dueling Club. This made Harry feel terrible, and he tried to talk to Justin about it, but the other party kept avoiding him.

On Friday night, Evan and Hermione were in the library preparing for the next issue of Hogwarts Witchcraft and Wizardry when they saw several Hufflepuff students whispering about it.

He and Hermione glanced at each other and crept forward.

"Anyway, my name is Justin hiding in our dorm room and can't let Potter find him. "I mean, if Potter is sure he's going to kill him, he'd better hide for a while." ”

"But why?"

"Needless to say, I've expected this to happen since Justin accidentally slipped out of Potter that he was a natural Muggle. Jas even told Potter that he had attended Eton College. For Slytherin descendants, you can't just say that, can you?"

"That's right!" a couple of Hufflepuff students nodded hurriedly, "But, Ernie, can you be sure it's Potter?"

"Don't you understand, he's a parseltongue, as everyone knows, it's the mark of a dark wizard. Have you ever heard of a decent wizard who could talk to snakes, they called Salazar Slytherin himself the serpent? ”

"But he looked friendly, not like a dark wizard. A girl with a golden ponytail said uncertainly.

"Hannah!" Ernie said solemnly, "see the reality, he can speak snake language, and he is the first to appear on the scene every time an attack occurs." ”

Hearing this, everyone whispered and began to talk about it.

"Do you remember what is written on the wall?" Ernie continued, "Be wary of those who are enemies of the heirs. Filch's cat wouldn't let Potter into the third-floor girls' bathroom, and we soon learned that the cat had been killed. ”

"And Penelo Rifat, who had met Potter outside the bathroom, and she must have found something to be murdered, and the weeping myrtle, who had been in the bathroom, so it was no surprise that she had been removed. ”

"But why did Potter have to go into a girls' bathroom?"

"Who knows, maybe he's experimenting with some evil black magic in there, or maybe the entrance to the secret room is in that girls' bathroom. Ernie said.

Several Hufflepuff students took a breath of cold air, and Evan, who had been eavesdropping, was also startled, who would have thought that what Ernie said nonsense was actually the truth.

"Come on, Ernie, you don't make sense. Hannah hesitantly said, "In addition to Potter, Hermione Granger and Evan Mason fit what you said, but they can't be descendants of Slytherin, their parents are Muggles." ”

Hearing Hannah's words, several girls hurriedly nodded.

"They're Potter's helpers!" Ernie continued, "just talk about that Mason, any normal first-year student would think of starting a newspaper, and his spells, and I dare say there's no one in the underclassmen who is his opponent." ”

"But I think it's handsome"

"Don't be fooled by appearances, Hannah!" Ernie mysteriously lowered his voice as the Hufflepuffs tightened together, "Look at Ron Weasley, who has been attacked recently, he must have been murdered in order to stop them." ”

But Professor McGonagall said it was an accident with his wand. ”

"If a wand has an accident, it won't keep people in a hospital bed. Another thing, if you think about it, it was Potter who made the mysterious man disappear. ”

His voice was as low as a whisper, and Aven and Hermione couldn't help but lean forward again.

"No one knows how he escaped death when he was attacked by a mysterious person. You've all read the article that Evan wrote, and when it happened, Potter was a baby, and he should have been blown to pieces. Let me say that only the most powerful Dark Wizards can escape such a spell. It was probably because of this that the mystery wanted to kill him first, and he didn't want another demon to fight him. ”

"Anyway, now only Hufflepuff is left, dare I say the next attack"

Hermione couldn't take it anymore, and she stepped out from behind the bookshelf, and Evan hurriedly followed. He found the sight comical in front of him, and the sight of them made every Hufflepuff stunned, and Ernie's face was bloodied.

"You, you've all heard, if you want to hit me. Ernie hurriedly said, "I might as well tell you that you can go back nine generations of wizards in our family, and my bloodline is as pure as anyone's, so"

"Bad!" Hermione turned away disdainfully at the sight of Ernie.

"I don't care what kind of bloodline you have!" Evan leaned over and squinted at Ernie, "Listen, if you're still spreading this rumor in public, I can make you a specimen on a shelf like Filch's cat without the help of a Slytherin heir." ”

Hearing Aven's words, Ernie fell down in fright.