Chapter 30: The Slytherin Chamber of Secrets

"Explain, gentlemen!" her gaze crossed the faces of the three men in turn.

"Explain what?" Ron looked a little panicked.

"Professor Snape is right, you guys aren't telling the truth in the office. Hermione said in a non-deniable tone, "First of all, you, Ron, you were in the third-floor bathroom, and Filch's cat was attacked right outside that door. ”

"You—You're not suspicious, I did it, right?!"

"Don't be stupid, Ron. Hermione waved her hand, "Professor Dumbledore said that it was a very deep black magic that we couldn't have cast it, and I wanted to ask, did you really not notice anything abnormal?"

"I just told Aven that I heard a hissing sound, but I'm not sure, Myrtle kept crying, and it was loud. ”

"Maybe it's a clue. Hermione turned her head, "Harry, can you tell me what you heard?"

The voice said it was hungry and that it was going to kill, and like a ghost, it went straight up through the stone walls of the castle. Harry explained in a low voice, "Then we saw Filch's cat petrified and hung on the wall, and it must have been the owner of the voice. ”

"But who was it, or what it was, I didn't hear anything at the time. Hermione frowned.

"Who knows. Harry hesitated, "You say, should I tell the professors about the voice I heard?"

"Don't say it!" replied Ron without thinking, "It's not a good sign to hear voices that others can't hear, even in the wizarding world. ”

Harry heard something in Ron's voice and asked, "You believe me, don't you?"

"Of course I do. Ron said quickly, "But, you have to admit it's bizarre. ”

"I know it's bizarre. Harry replied, "The whole thing is bizarre, you hear a hissing sound in the bathroom, and then Filch's cat is attacked, what's the point with those words on the wall?

"Perhaps, we should think about it another way, who would be happy that the cat was attacked?" Ron said.

"It's not going to work, everyone but Filch will be happy. Harry thought for a moment, "And what does this have to do with the Chamber of Secrets?"

"I mean extra happy, or who hates that cat the most. Ron added reluctantly.

"Don't guess, I know some information, there are legends about the secret room. Evan saw that Hermione wasn't involved in Harry and Ron's discussions, but was looking at him all the time, and he had to reveal something.

Hearing his words, Harry and Ron both turned their heads in unison and looked at Evan in surprise.

"I suppose you've all read the book A History of Hogwarts, right?"

"Nope. Harry and Ron shook their heads.

"Aven, you mean" Hermione seemed to remember something.

"That's right, it's the secret room that Salaza Slater left behind. Evan continued, "Hogwarts is known to have been founded by Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Roy Naravienclaw, and Salazar Slytherin, who initially worked together, but as time went on, the rift between Slytherin and the others grew. ”

Slytherin wanted Hogwarts to be more selective when it came to recruiting students, believing that magical education should be confined to purely magical families. He was reluctant to accept Muggle-born children, believing them to be unreliable. After a few days, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a heated argument over the issue, and Slytherin left the school, but he left a secret room in the school that the other founders knew nothing about. ”

"Secret Room?!"

"Yes. Evan nodded, "That's the end of the reliable writings in the books, but rumor has it that Slytherin sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it until his true heir came to the school. Only the heir can open the Chamber of Secrets, release the horrors inside, and let it purify the school and rid it of all those who don't deserve to learn magic. ”

The pitch-black classroom suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was tense and unsettling.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione didn't speak, they all waited for Evan to continue.

"That's the end of the story. After a long time, Evan said softly.

"But what do you mean by the horrors in the chamber?" asked Hermione hurriedly.

"I don't know. Evan shook his head, "It could be some kind of monster, and only the heirs of Slytherin can control it." ”

"It's a good fit for Slytherin, and I've known for a long time that Salazar Slytherin was a perverted old madman. Ron continued, "But I don't know if he came up with this pure-blood, even if I was given money for nothing, I wouldn't be in his academy." Truth be told, if the Sorting Hat had put me in Slytherin, I wouldn't have said a word, I'd just take the train home and see what kind of people are in that house. ”

"Wait!" Hermione's voice rose sharply, "Think of the writing on the wall, the Chamber of Secrets has been opened by the Inheritor. And Harry happened to hear something, if Filch's cat was petrified by something horrible inside the secret room, then"

She couldn't go on, and the other three knew what she meant.

"It can't be Harry, if you want me to say it, the heir must be Malfoy, their whole family is pure-blood, maybe he happens to be a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. ”

"Don't think about it, Hermione, Harry has been with us just now, he doesn't have time. Evan followed suit.

"I know, of course I believe Harry, but it's weird, isn't it, he can hear voices we can't hear. Hermione turned her gaze back to Evan, "Then again, you haven't explained why you've been trying to break into Myrtle's bathroom lately?"

Seeing the expressions of interest on the three of them, Ai Wen secretly said that it was bad, he didn't want to fall into the image of a peep in the girls' bathroom, especially the object of the peeping was still a crying myrtle.

"Alright, alright, I'll just tell you the truth. Evan smiled bitterly, "Actually, I have some other information besides the secret room. ”

"What is it?" the three asked in unison.

"You know, in order to prepare an article for the history section of the newspaper, I went to the library and looked through the Hogwarts Chronicles. Evan paused, "I found a fifty-year-old newspaper clipping in that book, which said that the Chamber of Secrets had been opened!"

"What?!Who opened it?"

"I don't know, it's not written in it. Evan shook his head, "The above sentence is related to the secret room, and it is still written by hand, but the news on the newspaper clipping is that a girl named Maytle Warren died in an accident, although I am not sure if her death has anything to do with the secret room, but that girl is"

Evan took out a yellowed newspaper from inside his clothes, which was the news introduction of the time, and there was a picture of a girl on it.

"It's the weeping myrtle!!"

"That's right, it's her. "That's why I wanted to ask her if she had noticed anything." ”