Chapter 42: Unchanging Doubts
After that, the school was quiet for a while, and it seemed that everyone had forgotten about the poor cat as if nothing had happened, but when Harry asked Hagrid before, the death of the rooster still cast a shadow over the matter, making it impossible to see the truth. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
They were still skeptical, if the basilisk really existed, then it lived in that secret room? The writing on the walls seemed to be ignored by everyone.
But Hermione didn't, and she asked Professor Binns about the Chamber of Secrets in her History of Magic class, and Professor Binns looked at her with displeasure. As an old-fashioned ghost, Binns disliked myths and legends, he liked facts, real and reliable facts, but he was not of a high level, and would only read them in his dry, low, monotonous voice as he read from the script, like an old vacuum cleaner, and at last the whole class was groggy, occasionally coming back to his senses, copying a name or date, and then falling back into a half-sleep.
However, today's lesson was probably the most serious lesson his students had listened to since his teaching career, and he couldn't help but be unusually interested in it, and he still told the legend of the secret room.
"Is the basilisk the horror of the Chamber of Secrets?" Hermione continued to ask, but before Professor Binns could answer, she deduced to herself, "The symbol of Slytherin is also a snake, and this is too likely. Then he sat down and immersed himself in his reasoning. From time to time, there was a low murmur.
"I regret telling you this ridiculous story," Professor Binns scolded, scolding the students, as they began to discuss it and treat him as nothing. He coughed, finally drawing everyone's attention back.
Within five minutes, the students fell into that groggy sleepiness again.
After class, the trio began to discuss what they had just heard about the secret room.
"I knew Salazar Slytherin was a perverted old madman. Ron said to Harry and Hermione, "But I didn't know he came up with this pure-blood. Even if I was given money in vain, I wouldn't go into his academy. Truth be told, if the Sorting Hat had put me in Slytherin, I wouldn't have said a word and would have taken the train home."
Hermione nodded a little reluctantly, but she still felt in her heart that she couldn't use the academy to distinguish between good and bad people.
Harry's mind was even more complicated, as the Sorting Hat had seriously considered putting him in Slytherin. He vividly remembered the little voice that spoke in his ear when he put his hat on his head a year ago, and it all happened as if it had happened yesterday.
"You're going to be very successful, you know, it's all in your head, and Slytherin will help you succeed, there's no doubt about it."
If Slytherin represents evil, is there something evil in one's personality or nature?
They then went to the hallway where the attack had taken place, hoping to find some clues, but when they did, they went to the girls' bathroom, and when they were about to ask Myrtle about Halloween, Percy Ron's prefect's brother found them and kicked them out after deducting five points, although he had no right to deduct points.
That night in the common room, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat as far away from Percy as possible. Ron is still in a bad mood, and he always spills ink on paper while doing his magic class homework. As he absentmindedly pulled out his wand to remove the stains, he set the parchment on fire. Ron was so angry that a fire burst into his heart, and he snapped the Standard Spell, Level 2. To Harry's surprise, Hermione slammed the book shut.
"Tell me who will be the heir of Slytherin. Ron asked, fiddling with his broken wand.
"I don't know. Harry shook his head.
"Me too. Hermione sensed that Ron would say the name she didn't want to hear, but she shook her head anyway
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"If I were Salazar Slytherin. Ron lowered his voice and looked around, noticing that no one was looking this way, before continuing: "I will definitely find an absolutely excellent heir, and he is pure-blood, and he is also willing to deal with Muggles and Muggle-born wizards. ”
"You mean Draco?" the name blurted out from Harry's mouth.
None of them noticed that Hermione's lips were pursed.
"Who else could it be?" Ron's voice lowered, "Come to think of it, we don't want to admit it, but he's really good at magic, and I don't think those sixth or seventh graders are as good as him." As if thinking of what happened in Hagrid's hut in first grade, Ron took a deep breath and said, "You can't imagine that Crabbe and Goyle are the heirs of the Chamber of Secrets, can you?"
Harry couldn't help but laugh out loud when he said this, those two people and the heir really didn't match, if Salazar knew that his heir was this kind of goods, maybe the first basilisk to kill was either a Muggle or these two fools.
"If you think about it, he was rumored to torture a Muggle with a spell, and as a result, his wand was confiscated. Ron continued.
Harry also remembered what he had experienced that day, and now he still has a lingering feeling when he thinks about it, he almost was transported to Malfoy's house with that cabinet, he heard a lot about Lucius that day, as if dealing with some items related to dark arts, and then they met again at the Blotted bookstore, and the atmosphere between Weasley and Malfoy's house was even more tense, whether it was reasonable or reasonable, Harry was on Ron's side.
"But that's all speculation. Hermione said sneeringly, hesitant to speak for him, for even she didn't know who to trust. "What you say makes a lot of sense, he is indeed the most suspicious, but we have no evidence. She said helplessly.
"yes, we can't walk up to him and point at him and say, "Hey, Draco, is that the secret room you opened?", that would be stupid, if he would answer us, he would be even more stupid. Ron shrugged his shoulders as well.
"Maybe I have a solution. Hermione hurriedly turned her gaze to Percy on the other end of the room, lowering her voice, "Of course, it's not easy to do, and it's dangerous, very dangerous. We're probably going to break 50 school rules. ”
"In another month or so, if you're willing to tell us, you'll tell us, won't you?" Ron said impatiently.
"We can become someone he knows and ask him directly. Hermione didn't know what she had come up with for the suggestion.
"Are you kidding?" Harry and Ron laughed, looking at Hermione in disbelief.
"I didn't. Hermione shook her head and said, "Snape was annoying, but the knowledge he had in class was useful, and a few weeks ago he mentioned a potion in class, Polyjuice Potion."
"What's that?" Ron and Harry asked in unison.
"This decoction can turn you into a different person. Hermione said slowly. "Of course, these are time-sensitive, and they will change back after time. ”
Suddenly, Hermione noticed that Harry and Ron were both looking at her in silence and not speaking.
Hermione remembered that Crabbe and Goyle were just Malfoy's nominal followers, but in fact Malfoy didn't often spend time with them, they didn't know each other very well, so who else was there?
Pansy.
Ron and Harry wouldn't want to be girls, even for a very short period of time.
Hemin felt her stomach start to cramp, and she dug a hole for herself.
"Hermione, the safety of all the teachers and students depends on you. Ron looked at her expectantly.
Harry nodded heavily.
"But the recipe is hard to come by," said Hermione, a little reluctant, trying to find an excuse to excuse herself, "Snape said that in a book called Potions, it must be in the forbidden section of the library. ”
There is only one way to borrow a book from a forbidden area: get a handwritten slip from a teacher.
"I thought of a good candidate. Harry said.
"Me too. Ron laughed too.