Chapter 17: The Curse of Forgetting
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"Headmaster, are you sure we're going to go here? This is the girls' bathroom. Lockhart stopped at the door of the weeping myrtle's bathroom. "An internationally renowned figure and writer, a third-class medalist of the Order of Merlin, and an honorary member of the Anti-Dark Arts League...... Lockhart finally stopped his meaningless chatter when he saw Silver's wand pointed at him.
Silver pushed open the door to the bathroom, and the weeping Myrtle was sitting on the tank of one of the innermost toilets. "Are you here to make fun of me, too? Peeves just humiliated me again, saying that I would die again like Nick, who almost lost his head. Myrtle sobbed, wiping her hand from the tears that did not contain zài on her face.
"Don't get me wrong, Myrtle, we wanted to ask you how you died?" said Silver.
Myrtle's whole demeanor changed all at once. It seemed that no one had ever asked her such a question that honored her.
"Ouch, it's horrible," she said with relish, "and that's where things happened." I died in this toilet. I remember it very clearly. At the time, Olive Hombe laughed at me for wearing glasses like a four-eyed dog, so I hid here. I locked the door and was crying inside, when I suddenly heard someone coming in. What they say is funny. I guess it must be another language. But what annoyed me the most was that I heard a boy's voice talking about life. So I opened the door, scolded him to go away, went to his boys' bathroom, and—" Myrtle thought herself remarkably puffed out her chest, her face radiant, "and I died." "How did you die?" Silver asked. "I don't know," Myrtle said mysteriously in a low voice, "I just remember seeing a pair of frighteningly large yellow eyes." It was as if my whole body was being caught, and then I floated away. She looked at Harry in a trance. "Then I came back. You know, I'm hell-bent on settling accounts with Olive Humbey. Oh, and she regretted laughing at me for wearing glasses. ”
"Where the hell did you see those eyes?" Silver asked.
"Pretty much right there. Myrtle said, gesturing vaguely to the pool in front of her. Hart hurriedly stepped aside, a horrified expression on his face.
"Look. Silver pointed to the side of the bronze dragon head on the pool, on which was carved a small serpent. "This should be the entrance to the chamber.
"Jack, I was actually suspicious of this place at the beginning, but I couldn't open it at all. Dumbledore said. "The myrtle returned as a ghost after her death, and Armando Dippet asked about the myrtle, and we found it, but we couldn't open it. Salazar Slytherin's technique is very ingenious, could it be that Jack has come up with an idea?"
"Of course, Slytherin left the Chamber of Secrets for future generations, and in order to ensure that it would not be opened by others, they would definitely put a lot of effort into the entrance, and the way to open the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets was naturally the secret language of the Parseltongue. Silver pulled a bow-tie knick-knack out of his pocket.
"It's a small device for language conversion, and it's a device that can transform ordinary human language into snake language. ”
"Open. Silver said to the bowtie-like thing, and from the other part of the bowtie came a strange hissing sound. Suddenly, a dazzling white light came out of the dragon's head and began to spin rapidly. Then the pool moved. They watched as the pool slowly faded from view, revealing a very thick pipe that could fit a person in.
"Well done, Jack. Dumbledore waved his wand. "I'll let Fawkes go down first, Professor Lockhart second, then me, and you go down last. ”
"Headmaster, if you don't mind, I think I'm better behind, I'm Gilderoy Lockhart very good at covering my teammates in the back. Lockhart said, raising his hand.
"Professor Lockhart, this operation is very dangerous, and we must follow Professor Dumbledore's command. Silver stabbed Lockhart in the waist with his wand. "Okay. Jack, be careful, the wand might go off. ”
Fawkes flew down the tube first, followed by Lockhart, Dumbledore, and Silver followed closely and slowly got into the tube, and then let go and let himself slide down.
It felt like speeding down a dark, slimy, endless slide. He could see that there were many other pipes that were branching out in all directions, but none of them were as thick as this one. Their pipe twists and turns, and the slope is steep all the way down.
"I haven't been on a roller coaster for so long. Just as Silver sighed, he suddenly fell to the ground. The water pipe became horizontal, and he came out of the mouth of the pipe, and fell to the damp ground with a pop. It was a dark stone tunnel, big enough for a person to stand in. Near him, Lockhart was rising from the ground, covered in slimy mud and pale as a ghost. Dumbledore stood in front of him, as if observing something. Fawkes stopped on Dumbledore's shoulder and let out a pleasant cry when he saw Silver arrive.
"We should be a mile deep below the bottom of the lake right now. Dumbledore said. "It's hard to imagine that Salazar Slytherin had built such a secret chamber under the noses of the other three founders. ”
"Clean up!" Silver got up from the damp floor, trying to clean his robes.
"Let's go, Ginny Weasley is still waiting for us to save him. Dumbledore said. "We have to hurry. ”
The tunnels were as silent as graves, but there were occasional exceptions - the tunnels were littered with the bones of small animals. As soon as you step on the bone, you will make a crisp sound. Lockhart was so frightened by the sound that he jumped up like he had stepped on a spring every time he heard it.
"Look, there's something there. Dumbledore pointed ahead, and Silver saw the silhouette of a coiled behemoth, lying motionless on the other side of the tunnel.
"Shall we, do we study it first, and then, then go over?" said Lockhart in a trill.
Dumbledore raised his wand, and no incantation was uttered, and a bright flash of light flashed across it, illuminating the dimly lit tunnel.
The light shone on a huge snakeskin, green and bright, and at first glance it looked like the skin of a poisonous snake, coiled around the floor of the tunnel, and the inside was empty. Apparently, the animal that had just shed this layer of skin was at least twenty feet long.
"Oh my God. Lockhart went limp on his knees and collapsed to the ground.
"Professor, we're going to move on. Silver smiled devilishly.
"Please let me go, I'm just a liar who doesn't know anything. Gilderoy Lockhart pleaded.
"But you've had so many thrilling legends. Silver feigned surprise. "I collected those stories from wizards who had actually experienced them, and I used the Oblivion Charm to make them forget about them. Lockhart bowed his head.
"So, I have to cast an Oblivion Spell on you as well, lest you divulge my secrets. Lockhart suddenly straightened up and rushed over to knock Silver to the ground. Lockhart's combo was so fast that Dumbledore didn't even have time to react. It can be seen that Lockhart still has some ability-
He raised his wand high above the top - "Forget it!" At this moment, the basilisk that was lying quietly on the ground suddenly writhed quickly, rushed over and rolled Lockhart up.
The spell was blocked by the basilisk and didn't hit Silver and Dumbledore—
"It's all right, Jack. Dumbledore walked over to Silver. "I didn't expect him to be so bold. ”
"I didn't expect Lockhart to dare to do it in front of you. Professor, your magic of activating the basilisk and snake is so beautiful. Silver slapped his ass.
"The basilisk's scales are quite resistant to magic, and it's not easy to activate this snake molt. The Basilisk's skin has the same armor effect as the Dragonskin, reflecting offensive spells that hit it. I wish Lockhart hadn't been hit by his own Oblivion Charm. Dumbledore actually sighed.
"Professor Dumbledore, I think there's nothing wrong with Professor Lockhart, we need to hurry, to be honest, it's been a long time since Ginny was brought into the chamber. ”
So the two of them continued on their way, and the tunnel was very long, turning one turn after another. At last they carefully turned another bend and saw a sturdy wall carved with two intertwined snakes with large, shining emeralds in their eyes. Dumbledore looked at Silver.
"Open. Silver pulled out his little bow-tie again.
The two snakes separated, and the stone wall cracked in the middle and slowly slid to both sides and disappeared.