"I'm sorry, Hermione. I've known for a long time what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is - if I tell the professor, maybe you'll be fine, they're already thinking about closing the school, and I'll have to do something right now. Phoenix sat down at Hermione's bedside and muttered to himself.

Madam Pomfrey brought in Harry and Ron, but reluctantly.

"I know what the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is. After Madam Pomfrey left, Phoenix whispered. "It's the basilisk, a snake that can live for hundreds of years, and in addition to its deadly fangs, the basilisk's glare is deadly, and the rooster's crowing is deadly to it, and the spider is delicious to it. ”

"Yes, that's it. That's it—" Harry was almost out of breath with excitement. "Whoever the basilisk's eyes look at, he will die. But no one died here. Because none of them looked directly at it. Colin saw it through the camera. The basilisk scorched all the film in the camera, and Colin was simply petrified. What about Justin-Justin must have seen the basilisk through a nearly headless Nick! Nick was stared at by the basilisk, but he couldn't die a second time - and there was a mirror next to Hermione and the Ravenclaw girl when they were found. Hermione must have understood, too, and she had reminded her to look around the corner in the mirror when she met someone! The girl had just pulled out the mirror and—"

"Wonderful, but how could a basilisk crawl around?" said Ron, "a great ugly serpent—surely someone would see it—"

"Through the school's pipes, I had been wondering why the Parseltongue was coming out of the walls. Phoenix explained.

"Hagrid's roosters have all been killed, and once the Chamber of Secrets has been opened, the heirs of Slytherin never want a rooster near the castle and the spiders will run away when they see it. Ah, each one can match the number!" Harry exclaimed.

Ron grabbed Harry's arm.

"The entrance to the chamber!" He said hoarsely, "Maybe it's in a bathroom?

"The weeping myrtle's bathroom. Harry said.

They sat there, uncontrollable with excitement, unable to believe it all, and Phoenix was inexplicable.

"Myrtle was killed the last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago—" Harry explained to him. I have to say that this fills in the last piece of the puzzle, Phoenix has never had a clue about the entrance to the secret room, I can't think of Harry, but they guessed it, and from their description, it is eighty percent correct.

"What are we going to do?" Ron asked, his eyes shining, "Shall we go straight to Professor McGonagall?"

"Let's go to the staff lounge," Harry said, leaping to his feet, "she'll be there in ten minutes, and class will be out soon." ”

They ran downstairs. I walked straight into the empty faculty lounge. It was a large wooden room surrounded by dark wood chairs. Harry and Ron paced around in it, too excited to sit down, and Phoenix sat down in his chair with a calm face reading a book.

However, the bell for the end of class never rang.

Instead, Professor McGonagall's voice echoed through the hallway, amplified many times by magic.

All the students immediately returned to their dormitories in their respective colleges. All teachers return to the staff lounge. Act now. ”

Harry spun around sharply and glared at Ron and Phoenix.

"Is something wrong again? at this time?"

"What shall we do?" Ron asked in horror, "back to the dorm?"

"No, I can't. Harry said, his eyes searching around. To his left was an ugly closet full of the robes that the teacher wore to class. "Hide in here. We listen to what is going on and then tell them what we find. ”

They hid in the closet, listening to the footsteps of hundreds of people walking upstairs, and then the door to the faculty lounge was pushed open with a bang. Through the layers of musty robes, they looked at the teachers who walked into the room one by one, some of them looked confused, and some of them were frightened. Professor McGonagall arrived.

"Something happened again," she said to the silent teachers in the room, "a student has been kidnapped by a monster." Brought directly into the secret room. ”

Professor Flitwick let out a scream. Professor Sprout jerked his hands over his mouth. Snape gripped the back of a chair and asked, "How can you be sure?"

"The heir of Slytherin," said Professor McGonagall with a very pale face, "left another line of writing. Just below the last text, it reads: Her bones will remain in the Chamber of Secrets forever. ”

Professor Flitwick couldn't help but cry.

"Who is it?" said Mrs. Hooch, who slumped into a chair with her knees limp. "Which student is it?"

"Ginny Weasley. Professor McGonagall said.

Phoenix felt Ron silently fall to the floor of the closet beside him.

"We must send all the students home tomorrow," Professor McGonagall said, "and that's the end of Hogwarts." Dumbledore used to say—"

The door to the faculty lounge was slammed open again. On a whim, Harry thought it must be Dumbledore back. It turned out to be Lockhart, who was still smiling on his face.

"I'm sorry, I took a nap, what did I miss?"

He didn't seem to notice that the other teachers were staring at him with what could be described as hateful gazes. Snape took a step forward.

"The person who solved the problem came," he said, "and this is the man." Lockhart, a girl who has been captured by a monster. Taken into the secret room. The time has finally come for you to show off your brilliance. ”

Lockhart's face turned pale.

"Yes, Gildero," interjected Professor Sprout, "didn't you say last night that you knew exactly where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was?"

"This, this, me. Loha stammered.

"Didn't you tell me you knew with certainty what the monster was inside?" Professor Flitwick also chimed in.

"I—did I say that? I don't remember—"

"Of course I remember what you said, and you said that you were sorry that you didn't get to fight the monsters before Hagrid was captured. "Didn't you say that the whole thing was a mess and that you should have been left to deal with it from the start?"

Lockhart stared dumbfoundedly at his co-workers with straight faces. "I-I really never have-you're probably mistaken-"

"Well, then, Gildero, we'll let you deal with it," Professor McGonagall said, "and tonight is your perfect opportunity to show what you can do." We promise that no one will get in your way. You can deal with that monster on your own. Now it's finally up to you to do it. ”

Lockhart looked left and right in despair, but no one came out to help him. He doesn't look handsome at all now. His lips trembled, and his face was devoid of his usual smile with sparkling teeth, and his jaw was shriveled and he looked thin and haggard.

"Well," he said, "I'll go to my office and get ready." With that, he left the room.

"Alright," Professor McGonagall said, her nostrils flapping and snorting, "finally out of his way. ”

Now, the deans of the colleges go and inform the students of what has happened. Tell them that the Hogwarts Express will take them home early tomorrow morning. Other teachers make sure that no student is left outside the dormitory. The teachers stood up and left one by one.

Everyone sat in silence in the Slytherin common room, and the occasional whisper of conversation between a few people flashed like a slight pop of wood in the fireplace.

Melinda helps Phoenix in her bedroom with her dueling outfit, which is new and has just arrived in the mail. If the Chamber of Secrets event is not resolved, Hogwarts will inevitably be closed, and while for most Slytherins, it is still possible to go to Durmstran, but for those of half-blood or Muggle origin, their magical journey ends here, becoming a crappy third-rate wizard.

Phoenix sighed and grabbed Melinda's button-up hand, "When I get back, don't tell anyone." ”

Melinda kissed him on the cheek and said nothing, watching Phoenix fade into place. He quietly left with a disillusionment spell.