readx;?police... When the teachers arrived at the scene, they took Mrs. Loris down for an autopsy and called Harry to the office for questioning. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Xiana waited at the door, her super sensitive ear listening to the discussion inside, and a thin door panel could not resist the monitoring.

Dumbledore's examination confirmed Xana's judgment that poor Lady Loris was petrified.

Fortunately, this is not a permanent result, and the mandrake is the most important ingredient for de-fossilizing after it matures, as long as it waits until the end of the period when the herb matures (Xana: Can't you order it if you have to cultivate it yourself?). Lady Loris will be fine.

But that doesn't mean it's okay to go back to bed today, and Filch firmly accuses Harry of petrifying his cat.

"It's impossible for a sophomore to do that." Dumbledore affirmed, "It takes a powerful ...... of black magic"

"He did it, he did it!"

"You've seen what he wrote on the wall! He discovered... In my office... He knew I was a... It's a ......."

"He knows I'm a squib!"

Filch finally spoke, and even Xana could hear the desperation in her voice outside.

After some debate, Harry and the others were eventually released due to lack of evidence. Dumbledore didn't heed Filch's hysterical request to see Harry punished, or Snape to suspend Harry (God knows what it had to do with Quidditch).

"Are you alright?"

Xana, who was waiting at the door, looked at several suspects who came out of the office and were "released on bail".

"Let's go."

Harry found an empty classroom as quickly as he could, brought it to the door, and told Xana about the incident and the office's inquiries. Including voices that others can't hear, and Filch signs up for a strange quick magic class.

"So you hear a voice that no one else can hear, and that voice is going to kill? … So you rush over... Finally found poor Lady Loris, petrified and hung on a torch? ”

Harry nodded.

"It's weird."

Xana couldn't think of anything more for a while.

"Do you think I should tell the professor about what I heard?"

"Nope." Without hesitation, Ron replied, "Even in the wizarding world, it's not a good sign to hear voices that others can't hear. ”

The overtone in Ron's words made Harry ask, "You believe me, don't you?" ”

"Of course I do."

Ron said immediately.

"But you have to admit it's really bizarre."

"I know it's bizarre."

'Who wrote the writing on the wall?' The secret room has been opened'What the hell does this mean?' ”

Everyone was completely clueless, and finally Harry brought up Filch's strange term - "Squib".

"What exactly is a Squib?"

Ron covered his mouth at Harry's question, seemingly holding back his laughter.

"Hmm... It's not very interesting......"

Ron finally held back a laugh and began to explain what a Squib was.

The so-called squib, to put it bluntly, is a person who was born in a wizard family, but has no magic at all, which is very unusual, as if an ordinary family has a wizard.

Listening to Ron's explanation, Xana sighed. It doesn't take much imagination to know that compared to wizards from ordinary families, Squibs are more unlucky. Growing up in a magical family, but not magic, neither can you gain a foothold in the magical world, but it is difficult to integrate into the world of ordinary people, and most of the time life will not be too easy.

"I'm afraid the Quick Spell Class isn't a normal tutoring school, is it?"

"That's right. I really didn't expect Filch to believe this, maybe out of despair. ”

The Quick Spell Course is also a joke, and to put it bluntly, it is an unlicensed training institution that specializes in deceiving people. Filch actually reported this, and it is estimated that he signed up for the doctor after being completely desperate.

"If Filch really tries to take a quick spell class... So... I reckon he's definitely a squib. This can explain a lot of questions, such as why he hates students so much......"

"He's full of hatred."

Ron concluded, smiling with satisfaction.

"That's all you have to offer, Weasley. I am actually happy because I am better than people with disabilities. ”

Boom! Ron was shocked.

In the days that followed, little was said about anything other than the murder of Lady Loris.

Filch often wanders around the area where Mrs. Loris was attacked, as if he thought the killer would come back, and also tried to arrest the students and lock them up on various inexplicable charges for "breathing too loudly" and "looking too happy".

The students' interest in the so-called "secret room" increased greatly, all the books about the history of the school were robbed of books in the library, and many students from wizarding families wrote to their families to ask if their ancestors had any records of the "secret room". Everyone spends their spare time digging up ancient secrets that seems interesting.

As for the danger -

"Who would be afraid of a guy who can only abuse cats!"

What happened to Mrs. Loris, on the contrary, made many people think that criminals are weak, weak enough to dare to bully cats. There are also many people who believe that this is actually a prank by some student, petrifying the cat and using ancient rumors to cause panic and amusement.

It wasn't until Hermione asked Professor Binns about it in the History of Magic class that everyone finally knew what this so-called "Chamber of Secrets" was. It still sounds incredible, but at least it's the most reliable version out there.

That day, Hermione suddenly raised her hand in the history of magic class.

"Professor, I wonder if you can tell me about the secret room?"

Suddenly, all the students who were dozing off woke up, and everyone stared at Professor Binns.

"Miss Granger, my subject is the history of magic, facts, not myths and legends."

The old professor, who had been a ghost for many years, cleared his throat and continued to read the textbook in his completely bland and hypnotic tone.

"In September of that year...... Anything else? Miss Granger? ”

Professor Binns was interrupted again by Hermione's raised hand.

"But sir, aren't legends always based on facts?"

"yes, I guess people can say that. However, the legend you mentioned is very sensational, even absurd......"

At this moment, the students in the classroom listened intently to every word that Professor Pennsey said.

"Oh, okay......"

Seeing that it might not have happened in the classroom for hundreds of years, Professor Bincy finally decided to say something, otherwise he would not be able to continue without telling them something given the students' posture.

"Let me think about it...... Chamber...... The exact date of the establishment of the four witches and wizards is unknown. The school's four colleges are named after them......"

Professor Binns finally began to tell the story of the Chamber of Secrets. A long time ago, because ordinary people persecuted wizards, the four founders of Hogwarts came here and established Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Initially, everyone worked in harmony and went out to find the little wizard and brought it back to the castle for education. But after some time, a contradiction arose. Slydrin was at odds with the other three over admissions criteria.

Slydrin wanted to be more careful and strict in the selection of Hogwarts students, and magic could only be taught to pure magical families. He hates students from ordinary backgrounds. The disagreement ended with a big fight between Slydlin and Gryffindor, and Slydlin left the school and never returned.

"This can't be the reason for the Gryffindor and Slydrin fight in the first place."

Hearing this, Xana couldn't help but let out this exclamation. It turns out that the earliest grievances have been left since the time of the ancestors, so it's no wonder that the two academies started to pinch as soon as they met.

Originally, Slydlin left in a bad mood, and the story ended. But this is not the end of the story, Slydrin has built a secret room in the castle, and the other three are unbeknownst to the other three. It is said that Slydrin sealed the Chamber of Secrets before leaving, and no one could open it except him or his successor. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened, the horrors hidden within it will be unleashed, purging all those who are not worthy of being taught magic.

"Of course, the whole thing is completely boring..."

"The school has been looking for such a secret room, and many times some of the most well-known witches and wizards have also investigated it. But nothing was found, the secret room did not exist. It's just a story to scare the faint of the heart. ”

Professor Binns concluded by saying that the legend was actually nonsense.

Hermione wanted to ask more, but this time Professor Binns was angry, and the students were not good at learning standard history and were interested in absurd stories, and they should never be tolerated.

"Enough! It's a myth! The Chamber of Secrets does not exist at all! Like a secret broomstick chest, there is not a shred of evidence that Slydrin ever built such a secret room! ”

"I regret telling you such a stupid story! Let's go back to history! Back to those solid and credible facts! ”

So in less than five minutes, the whole classroom was back to its usual sluggishness, and everyone continued to be drowsy.

As Professor Binns's version fermented, rumors began to spread, and the horrors inside the chamber were all sorts of monsters, from dragons, werewolves, vampires, and tentacle monsters, and God knows if they would survive until now. In addition, there are various speculations about the so-called heir of Slydlin, and what makes Xana most angry is that there is a strange version that actually says that Harry is the heir of Slydlin, and Xana is the heir's thug and maid.

"Harry, whose disciple is that guy, what does it matter to me! That's it! Why is it a maid?! ”

Xana swore that if she knew which guy was spreading the rumors, she would beat him up, not to mention his mother, even his father.

"Forget it, let's go to the library and borrow a book to change the mood."

When she came to the library, Xana saw that except for Hermione, Harry and Ron were all there today, and these two bear children would not come here to do their homework so obediently at this point. When they got closer, they found that several of them hadn't actually done their homework, and Ron and Hermione were scribbling their homework around. Ron is it, why is Hermione like this today?

As he walked up, he listened to Hermione scribble and mutter, "Who wants all the Squibs and Muggle blood out of school?" ”

"Who is it? Who most wants Muggles out of here? ”

"Malfoy?"

"It's Malfoy!"

In contrast to Hermione's suspicions, Ron almost immediately identified the criminal—it was Malfoy.

Several people looked at each other, completely oblivious to the fact that Xana had walked behind her.

"If you think it's Malfoy..."

"Of course I think so!"

Ron was pleased with his judgment.

"You heard what he said, too." You're the next Muggle victim! ’。 Cut, just look at his face to be sure it's him..."

"Malfoy, heir of Slydrin?"

"Look at his family." Harry closed the book, "His whole family is in Slydlin, and he often shows it off. It would have been easy for him to become the heir of Slydrin. His dad was terrible. ”

"So they may have the key to unlock the mystery of the secret room!"

The discussion was so lively that Xana couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Enough! I didn't expect your brain talent to catch up with Lockhart. ”

Boom! Boom! Boom! One popper per person!

"If you want to be the boss of the big bad, you also need qualifications. It's not just any idiot who shouts that he has sores on the top of his head and pus on the soles of his feet, and he is the demon king. If Voldemort is a third-rate crappy wizard, no matter how fierce he is, everyone will take him for an idiot. It's not that I look down on Malfoy, just his cowardly appearance, Baga, who will only cry and look for his father when he is beaten, will be the heir of Slydlin? ”

"Whether Malfoy is or not, can you not say that name!"

"If you think he's suspicious, find evidence. Anyway, I'm also the successor of the Demon Dragon King, if any cat or dog can call himself the Demon King, wouldn't even me be cheaper? ”

"Okay, we'll find it out for you, I have a plan......"

Hermione closed the book, full of energy.

The next day.

"Ma'am, we're going to borrow this."

Hermione handed the note to Mrs. Pince in the library. This permission was swatted from Lockhart in the defense of the dark arts class in the morning, and everyone didn't expect to get the autograph so smoothly.

"The Magic Pharmacopoeia?"

Mrs. Pince couldn't believe what she was seeing, and she tried to get the note out of Hermione's hand, but Hermione wouldn't let go.

"I'm going to see if I can keep it."

Hermione was out of breath, and the two played tug-of-war.

"Oh, give it to her."

Ron jerked the note out of Hermione's hand and handed it to Mrs. Pince.

"We'll give you an autograph. Lockhart will sign anything, as long as it stands still in front of him long enough. ”

Ron complained, and Xana secretly gave a thumbs up.

Lockhart has signed out obsessive-compulsive disorder for the sake of fame, and as long as he sees a place where he can sign, he will definitely not let it go. Even if he is given a devil's contract, as long as he is told that he can become famous if he signs it, it is estimated that he will sign the name directly and sell his soul to Lucifer without looking at it.

Mrs. Pince brought the note close to the lamp and double-checked it to find some signs of forgery, but alas, it passed. Although Lockhart is extremely unreliable, he is indeed a teacher at the school and has the right to approve banned books for students.

After taking the book from Mrs. Pince, the group went to the women's restroom. That's right, the women's restroom. It is located near where Lady Loris's attack was made, and there are ghosts resident in it.

"Why did you choose this place? These two scumbags won't awaken any bad sexual interest, right? ”

"Not really!"

Harry and Ron didn't want to be seen as sexually interested in the women's bathroom.

"Because no one else will come here, Myrtle will get water everywhere, and no one will want to come in."

Hermione explained. Because of the existence of the ghost "Crying Myrtle" in the women's toilet, the entire women's toilet is flooded all year round, and no girl wants to go to this kind of dirty and messy toilet, so it is the safest here.

Flipping through the book, he quickly found what Hermione needed, a compound potion.

"Are you really going to drink this?"

Looking at the curious illustrations in the album, Xana felt that Hermione's plan might not be very reliable. Then suggest that if she waits, she can make a few fraud orbs, although it is a little more expensive, but it is better to be safe.

"After all, this time is not as good as last time, I can't project the Fraud Orb, so I can only make it in a regular way. The price is a bit expensive, so you have to charge a little material fee. “

"How much?"

Harry began to calculate how much pocket money he had to buy materials. If there are other options, such as the alchemy props provided by Xana, then it is better not to drink that inexplicable medicine. Gritting his teeth, the cost of a dozen Galleons is still affordable.

"I'll calculate..."

took out a notebook, and Xana wrote and drew on it for a long time, and then said a price.

"Xana, it's actually twenty-five Galleons, right?! Two thousand five hundred Galleons or something, are you kidding? ”

Ron was already in a trance, and even Harry and Hermione were dumbfounded. After all the calculations, even Harry, who had the largest imaginary number, was not mentally prepared for more than twenty Galleons (Harry's pocket money this semester), and the result was directly hundreds of times higher than his maximum estimate.

"Uh... Sorry for the miscalculation..."

As soon as Xana's words gave the three of them hope, they were driven into deeper despair.

“… The selling price of my target, of course, we have to come at the cost price, there must not be so much. Well... Find a store with a good relationship to buy raw materials in batches, and it will be almost as good as a six-fold discount just now..."

"Then we can't afford it. Even Malfoy's dad I can't afford to show so much, so many Galleons are enough to change the team's broom three times. ”

Even the cost price made Harry's three screams unbearable. Just to disguise the news with Malfoy, it cost at least four thousand Galleons, which is said to be pure cost price, even if Galleons can't afford this method.

"Forget it, let's drink the medicine. Although it is a bit curious, it is cheaper. ”

Alchemy is too high to be used.

Not to mention Hermione and Ron, who don't have much money, even Harry, who inherited his parents' inheritance and has a small asset, also shouted that he really can't afford it, and after refining it, it is estimated that there are not a few copper plates left in the vault.

Xia Na's alchemy is really not something that ordinary people can play with, not a billionaire or a way to make money, don't touch it, otherwise just wait for the debt to build up, no wonder her system can make alchemy stones so early, there is not enough gold to base it, and she will become poor in minutes.

"Lacewings with transparent wings, leeches, weeds, and grass leaf powder..."

Hermione began to sort out the list of medicinal herbs, and the beginning was good to say, basically all of them were common things, and they were in the student medicine cabinet, but the latter ones were troublesome.

"Powder made from bicorn's horn... I don't know where we can find it... Dried African Tree Snakeskin... Finally, there's something about the other person... Of course it's a bit difficult, no matter who we want to become. ”

"What?" Ron said scathingly, "What do you mean?" A little difficult? No matter who we want to become? I drank everything, but at least Crabbe's toenails couldn't be in it. ”

Hermione continued, as if she hadn't heard him.

"But we don't have to worry because we can put these bits and pieces at the end and add ......"

Without saying a word, Ron turned to Hermione, he had his concerns.

"Don't you know how much we have to steal? African tree snake skin, powder made from bicorned horn, that's certainly not in the student cupboard. What do we do next? Infiltrate Snape's private storage room? I don't know if that's a good idea......"

Hermione snapped the book shut.

"If you want to back off, okay!"

Hermione's cheeks flushed, and her eyes were brighter than usual.

"You know, I don't want to break the rules. I think threatening someone of Muggle origin is worse than trying to make a drug. But if you don't want to find out if it's Malfoy, I'm going to go straight to Mrs. Pince right now and return the book......"

"I never thought I'd see the day when you persuaded us to break the rules." Ron said, "Okay, let's do it." But don't have toenails, okay? ”

"Anyway, how long will this medicine take?"

"Hmm... The suppositories can only be obtained when the moon is full, and the lacewings have to be stewed for twenty-one days...... I think it could be ready in a month, if we could get everything. ”

"A month? By that time, Malfoy had already attacked most of the Muggle-born people in the school! ”

"But that's our best plan. After all, none of us can afford four thousand Galleons, and we don't have time to wait for Xana to scrape together the four thousand Galleons with alchemy. ”

Seeing Hermione's eyes narrowing dangerously, Ron hurried to see the wind at the helm.

"I said, whether it's a finished potion or an ingredient, can't we go to Diagon Alley for mail order?"

Seeing that several people had already started discussing burglary, Xana had to give her opinion.

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