Dumbledore guessed that the basilisk was the monster in the Slytherin Vault, and Tom found the chamber in the first place, released it, and killed Myrtle.

Tom and Rhett, father and son, are both Parseltongue accents, so Red can hear the basilisk voice.

Now that the basilisk was harmless, he wanted to find the Slytherin Vault.

Unfortunately, Red had the same idea. He learned from the basilisk that it had lived in a large den for a long time, growing from a small snake to a large snake, and that it had seen a male witch before, and then he had locked it up again. It loves the Forbidden Forest, which is much bigger than where it lives and has plenty of food.

In order to find out what ancient magical creatures are near Hogwarts, Red read the dispute between Gryffindor and Slytherin in "Hogwarts: A School History", and also learned about the Chamber of Secrets. Of course, he would have thought that the basilisk had probably lived in the Slytherin Vault, and he would have wanted to keep it as if it had been a secret room that had never been discovered by the founders of Hogwarts more than a thousand years ago! There may be unknown magical spells, strange potions, or whatever. Anyway, since it hasn't been discovered, why didn't he find it?

However, he had no clue how to find the secret room. It is said that many people have been trying to find this secret room, but they have all failed, and some people even say that it is just a legend, and there is no secret room at all.

He was sure there was a chamber of secrets, because according to Hagrid, the basilisk must have lived for a long time if it could grow that big.

"It's been more than a thousand years, it's so pathetic, no one must have remembered to feed it." The tall half-giant sobbed, struggling to keep a thousand Scottish sea rats, vowing to feed the poor basilisk.

Red has a basilisk pet that no one says about it, but a lot of people know about it. Sgollahhorn was very enthusiastic and hoped that Red would let him take a little basilisk venom and blood, and if possible, it would be nice to have him cut a piece of meat or bone. He generously offered to pay a lot of gold Galleons.

"That way, your mother won't have to work hard and can buy a big house in the city." He said so.

Rhett was very impressed, he remembered that the family had never been very rich, living in a small house, not hiring servants, and having to do all the housework by his mother. He went to ask Rose—he was completely used to asking his mother beforehand.

"We have the money." Rose said.

Red sighed, "Mom, don't treat me like a child, you can tell me the truth, really." If basilisk venom could be exchanged for gold Galleons, of course we could. ”

Poise convinces him with the facts, closes the door, and after casting all the anti-eavesdropping spells that Red knows, the anti-theft charm, the anti-peeping charm, she proves to him that their family is not short of money.

"How many are there?" Red was calm from excitement at first, and he looked at the inconspicuous little black cloth bag that kept pouring gold gallons out.

"I haven't counted." Grace said that she had just poured out a bed last time and put it back on, and she really hadn't tried what it was like to pour it all out.

"Oh, Father......" Rhett is truly grateful to his father who has gone to heaven, although his mother has said that people like him will only go to hell, but seeing that he has left so much money, he is willing to pray that he will go to heaven.

After learning that the family is not short of money, Red hopes that Sgollahhorn will give him something that pleases him in exchange for something on the basilisk. Pauss reminded him slightly, such as "Professor Sgollahhorn is a Potions professor, so why don't you ask him for some rare potions?" ”

Rhett is like Bongron, and he asks Sgollahhorn for two rare potions that no one is said to have ever successfully concocted: the Fountain of Youth and the Elixir of Blessings.

The Fountain of Youth, which is said to be rejuvenating, wants to give it to Rose. Women always like to be younger, don't they?

Elixir of blessings, I heard that it can bring luck, drink a little at the right time, it will get twice the result with half the effort.

"Oh, Rhett, Rhett." Sgollahhorn looked at the little boy in distress, Merlin bless, he had never seen someone like him, not even his father. The thought of Tom dying early relented, and Sgollahhorn relented. Besides, a living basilisk is still very rare, at least no one in the wizarding world has ever seen it, think about it, if he had basilisk venom and flesh, how many people would envy him. As for the elixir, he happened to have some, the Fountain of Youth, some elderly witches were very willing to spend money on them, and he happened to have some.

"Okay, okay, I promise you. But you can't tell anyone, or they'll break down my door. Sgollahhorn said with a sly wink.

As a sign of sincerity, Red offered to take him to see the basilisk first. Led by Hagrid, Sgollahhorn and Red saw the huge magical creature snaking towards him, and he was surprised that his mouth couldn't close.

Upon returning to the castle, he immediately handed over the Elixir and the Fountain of Youth to Red, and then carefully told him how to use them and what they were not to do.

"No potion is a panacea, they always have their own problems." He said solemnly, and immediately waved his hand easily after seeing Red's skeptical eyes and said, "Oh, of course, potions are magical, even more magical than magic. He leaned closer to Red and whispered, "In the face of potions, the god of death will also sigh." ”

He took out the Fountain of Youth, a bottle of a faint crystal-blue liquid with little stars twinkling inside.

"You can only take one sip at a time, a small sip. On the night of the full moon, there is not a trace of dark clouds, drink it while bathing in the bright moonlight, and then your mother will be able to see the effect the next day. He handed the crystal bottle to Red, and he reached for it and took it back, "Oh, I have to warn you, you can't drink it all at once. Although this potion is magical, it is difficult to say what will happen if the person who takes it drinks too much at once. Otherwise, witches all over the world can drink it every day, and they will never grow old, right? ”

Red was worried about looking at the potion, what if something went wrong with his mom after drinking it?

"What are the consequences?" He asked.

"Nobody knows." Sgollahhorn shrugged, touched his chin and said, "Those witches who drank too much of the Fountain of Youth are hiding, and no one will see them again." ”

Red looked at the crystal bottle in his hand, and Sgollahhorn stood in front of him and deliberately asked him, "What's wrong?" Little Red, have you changed your mind? ”

In front of him, of course, Red wouldn't say that, he smiled lightly and put the crystal bottle away, "I'm sure mom won't be like those stupid witches." So, what about the elixir? ”

"You're going to empty me!" Sgollahhorn said angrily, then turned and pulled out another crystal bottle, which glowed wonderfully like gold.

"Like the Fountain of Youth, don't drink it all the time, it will drive your head crazy. Only one drop can be drunk at a time, and one drop is enough. Reluctantly, he handed the elixir to Red, and sat down on the couch like he had a heart attack: "Well, well, it's like a terrible robber." ”

Satisfied with this, Red said to him, "So, whenever it's convenient for you, I can take you to get the basilisk venom at any time." ”

"And a piece of its flesh and a vial of blood." Sgollahhorn said in a reliant tone.

"I remember." Red scribbled back and took his leave.

When he returned home, he only told Pauss that he had been given a bottle of Elixir.

"Elixir? It's a good thing. She took it and looked at it and gave it back to him, saying, "You have to be careful, for all medicines are poisonous." ”

"It's a poisonous medicine, I know, my mother said it." Red hid the elixir in his box. Since Pauss often runs around with him, he has moved twice this year alone, from London to Hogmound, and now to Hogwarts, who knows when he will move again? Therefore, he almost always collects his things in his suitcase, and he can pick them up and set off at any time, so he will not waste time at all.

The Fountain of Youth was hidden by him, he had seen women who seemed to lose some of their minds in the face of beauty and youth, although he believed that his mother was not such a person, but he was not willing to take risks, so he decided that he would secretly feed the Fountain of Youth to his mother, so that it would be fine.

In the middle of the night, when Paise fell asleep, Red walked in barefoot, he opened the curtains, let the full moon and moonlight shine on Paus, and then poured a teaspoon of the Fountain of Youth, carefully feeding it down the corner of Paus's mouth.

In the morning, Rose brushes her teeth in the bathroom while Red stares at her.

“…… Why don't you go out for breakfast? Pauss looked at him strangely.

"Do you think there's a difference?" Red looked forward to asking her.

Bao Si rinsed her mouth and wiped off the toothpaste foam: "No, it's the same as yesterday." ”

As she walked out, Red followed her, staring at her face as he sat at the table for breakfast.

"Don't you really feel anything?" He didn't give up asking.

Pauce felt that Red cared for her extra much this morning, and she happily said, "I think it's great." After saying that, he was worried that he would not speak well enough, so he added: "It's like I've been ten years younger overnight!" ”

Satisfied with Rhett, he began to drink milk.

Baosi was in a good mood all day, ah, her son knew that he felt sorry for her.

Dumbledore had a hard time finding the Chamber of Secrets, as he hadn't found the slightest news about it. So he decides to guide Red to find it, believing that it has something to do with the Slytherin Parseltongue so that Tom can discover the Chamber of Secrets. But he can't let Red speak snake language all day long, so he can only inspire him slowly.

Red found out that Dumbledore was thinking carefully, hum! Did he think he would still be deceived?

But he didn't find anything. Although the basilisk has always lived in the secret room, it unfortunately does not look at the castle with human eyes, so when Red wants it to tell him how to enter the secret room, he has the idea of letting him go into the hole in the ground and follow the sewer pipe to find the secret room.

'Shhh...... The seventh tail turns the corner...... And then ......'

The basilisk measures its distance by its length, so the first few times its tail hits a bend is where it should turn.

Not to mention whether Red will deign to go into the sewers, the basilisk does not enter and exit the secret room in a straight line or a short way to get there, it can play as much as it wants, so it may make him run a lot of wrong roads when he says the route.

As a result, Red's attempt to get the address of the vault from the basilisk failed. This frustrated him. He asked Pauline tentatively, "Mother, if you want to hide something, where will you hide it?" ”

Baosi looked at him puzzled and alert, could it be that he wanted to do something bad again? It seems that not enough carrots are eaten.

Red immediately explained, "Mom, it's not a bad thing, it's just that I need your opinion. "He looked like he wanted to hide something.

Rose decided to allow the child to have his own little secret, so she thought for a moment and said, "You can buy a small box with a lock and hide it in a place where you would never normally go." No one could think of it. ”

What would be a place that Slytherin would never go to? Red began to think. Almost everyone thought that the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was supposed to be in Slytherin House, so the basement tiles had been rummaged through several times, but no entrance to the Chamber had been found.

- Slytherin left because of a big fight with Gryffindor.

What if this entrance is in Gryffindor House?

Red couldn't sit still thinking about it, he went to find Dumbledore, now they have the same goal, as for how to divide the contents of the secret room after finding it...... Anyway, this time he will definitely not suffer again!

He ran to Dumbledore's office, where he was correcting his homework. Seeing Red push the door in, Dumbledore glanced at him from above the lens, his sly blue eyes shining, and he smiled and said, "Come in, my little friend." ”

It was as if one king was negotiating on another king's territory, the two of them sat on opposite ends of the couch, and Dumbledore waved his wand to bring honey, lemon tea, and cocoa milk, as well as sweet cakes.

"I have a discovery." Red took a sip of tea and tasted the cake before he could speak.

"Oh?" Dumbledore immediately put down his teacup and put on an expression of impatience.

Red took two more sips of tea and complimented Dumbledore's office décor and the shining little stars on his wizarding robes, until he thought Dumbledore was in a hurry, "But we have to negotiate terms first." I don't want that to happen to my pet again. He stared at the white-bearded old wizard with a stern expression.

"Of course, of course." Dumbledore immediately said sincerely, "I would very much like to, do you have any requirements?" ”

Red said unceremoniously: "After discovering the secret room, everything in it must be picked by me first, no matter how many things are in it, no matter how many I pick, the rest will be yours." ”

"That's right." Dumbledore frowned in embarrassment, and he put his hands together, his fingers moving as if he were playing a harp, and said, "Isn't that unfair?" "He feels like a grandfather who coaxes his grandson to be happy.

He looked at Red with a worried look on his face: "I said if, just if." He reiterated, "If you take all the words, then I ......."

"You don't have to worry about that." Rhett's 'you're insulting me' expression, "How could I be so excessive?" I'm sure I'll leave you with enough treasures. Of course, if he's happy with what's inside, there's probably nothing left. But my mother said that anything could be sold as a commodity, and the merchants would always brag about their products. He can say that the air in the secret room is also very precious a thousand years ago, and he heard that air also has weight, so he can leave all the air in the secret room to Dumbledore, and besides, there are a thousand living in the basilisk, and there will always be something left.

"Okay, okay." Dumbledore reluctantly said, "I don't think I have any other choice. He grimaced and looked very sad.

Red was overjoyed and comforted him, "Oh, why aren't you happy?" Come to think of it, you discovered the Chamber of Secrets a thousand years ago, and I think you'll be famous! ”

"yes!" Dumbledore was overjoyed, as if he liked to be famous.

Now everyone is happy.

"So, where's the secret room?" Dumbledore asked.

"I guess the entrance is in Gryffindor Castle." Red voiced his guess.

"Of course, it sounds like a lot of sense." Dumbledore said that although he didn't think so, there was no need to rush to find a secret room, and he liked to see Red think and grow.

Red immediately said, "In that case, I heard that you are the head of Gryffindor, so of course you can take me into Gryffindor?" He had already thought of this, each house at Hogwarts had its own door opening charm, and the students of the other houses would not know where and how to enter the house, and he had heard that sometimes even passing by would only think of it as an ordinary painting, tapestry, and wall.

"Well......" Dumbledore gestured, "I think we need to renegotiate the terms." He smirked as he was angry and ruined Red again.

Paose looked at the raffle and rushed in: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing." He wouldn't comfort him by telling him about his failures.

He sat down next to Pauss and threw himself into her arms: "...... Mom, Dumbledore bullied me. ”

Bao Siqiang couldn't hold back a laugh and said seriously: "Okay, I'll help you get revenge!" Red then watched as she made a plate of syrup cakes out of pure lemon juice instead of syrup, for the pirates to send to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore received this small gift, along with a note:

'Giving you a late-night snack: made by Rhett'

Dumbledore gave back a pack of cockroaches, then sat down and looked at the packet of syrup cakes and laughed, then plucked up the courage to taste a piece.

"Hmm!" He felt that his face was wrinkled, and he quickly took a big sip of honey tea: "It tastes good." He was amazed that such a sour syrup cake with honey tea was just right. He happily ate the bag of syrup cakes and drank a full pot of honey tea before going to bed.

Red held the bag of cockroaches, and Paucus sat next to him, "Do you want to eat?" "This is supposed to be a candy," she asked. ”

Looking at Red's sullen face, she yawned: "Ah, it's late, I'll go to bed first, you have to go to bed early." Then she went back to her room, and it seemed that Red and Dumbledore were getting along well, and she had been worried that Dumbledore would put his impression of Tom on him.

Red sat alone in the living room, the fireplace blazing behind him.

"Actually, what is this?" He picked up a black sugar cockroach, and it was almost alive. He really wanted to try it, it was fun and exciting. But he was worried that it was really a cockroach - who knew if Dumbledore meant it?

He thought about it for a moment and decided to take this pack of cockroaches to visit his half-giant friend tomorrow and ask him to taste it first. Isn't that enough?

Solving this problem, he immediately packed up the cockroaches and put them in the cabinet, and then prepared to turn off the lights and go back to the bedroom to sleep.

'Rhett ......'

There was a sound coming from the fireplace. It's snake language. But snakes don't go through burning fireplaces.

Red quickly drew his wand and pointed it at the fireplace, and he was stunned.

"Father......?" Just as Dumbledore had seen in the fireplace of their London home before, his father's head was now floating in the fireplace.

He leaned over cautiously: "I'm glad to see you." He greeted the impostor. The whole of Hogwarts knew that his father was dead, and this man was still impersonating him with Polyjuice Potion, did he think that he was a child and could fool him with a fairy tale like Santa Claus in the fireplace?

'Come to the secret room. This guy pretending to be a father is very much like a guy said. He also speaks snake language. Does polyjuice decoction make people speak snake language too?

I don't know where the chamber is. Red began to speak snake language as well.

In the old women's toilet on the east side of the first floor, there is a female ghost named Myrtle, and she is what I killed. There's a faucet in the sink that's the entrance, and you know how to get in. With that, the man vanished in flames.

- Could it be true?

Red stared at the flames in the fireplace for a moment before returning to the bedroom, and when he lay down on the bed, his mind still thinking about the man he had just had.

- He had an intuition that that person was his father.

So, why did mom say my father died? He turned his head to look at the bed next to him. If my father found out that my mother was doing this to him, would he be angry? Will......

He clenched his wand under the covers.

- Father, since you have passed away, rest in peace.