For days on end, the students talked about the attack on Lady Loris, without talking about anything else. Filch's performance made it impossible to forget. He often paced around the place where Lady Loris had been killed, as if thinking that the attackers would come back. He scrubbed the writing on the wall with the "Mrs. Skoll Brand All-Purpose Miracle Stain Remover", but in vain, the words still shimmered so brightly on the stone wall. When Filch is not patrolling the crime scene, he glares at two red eyes, stealthily hides in the hallway, and then suddenly pounces on the unsuspecting students, trying to find excuses to keep them confined, such as their "gasping too loudly" or "grinning faces".

"Can you imagine the hopelessly ignorant that these stupid Gryffindors would think that Harry is the heir to the Chamber of Secrets, that he attacked Lady Lori." Hogwarts Hall, Malfoy yelled loudly.

"Oh? Do you know the rumors about the secret room? "Lillian was clearly very interested in it.

"There aren't many people who know the Tao, but the Chamber of Secrets is related to Salazar, the founder of Slytherin, so his heir can't be a Gryffindor." Malfoy waved his hand and came to an arbitrary conclusion.

"You can't say it so dead, anything is possible, how do you know what his criteria for choosing an heir are, in my opinion, Harry is very likely to be the successor of the secret room." Lillian sighed and looked angry.

Malfoy's face flushed instantly, and his mouth began to mumble meaninglessly.

"The heir to the Chamber of Secrets shouldn't be Harry, I know a little bit about this history, Malfoy is right, the heir won't choose Gryffindor." Augustus relieved Malfoy.

Malfoy nodded gratefully, "I'll just say, Harry can't be the heir anyway, the real heir must be someone else, and it should definitely be a pure Slytherin." ”

"Oh? Are you talking about me? As a Slytherin pureblood for generations, it seems like I should feel very honoured. "Ever since Loki studied magic with Augustus, he has often dined at the long table in his second year without incident.

"If it's pure-blood, who here isn't pure-blooded, where do you need to show off here." Malfoy pursed his lips disdainfully, the cutlery in his hand making a crisp tapping sound.

"Oh? Is it? According to the history of the family, your Malfoy family has no chance of winning, and without the background of historical precipitation, at best it will not be able to make a big scene, let alone be the successor of the secret room. An undisguised trace of contempt flashed in Loki's amber pupils, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

"Okay, don't argue about this anymore, a person's family doesn't mean anything, whether it's Voldemort or Dumbledore, there is no obvious family behind him, and there are a few people in a big family who can compare to their achievements now? Therefore, heroes don't ask where they come from, you'd better forget your surname, don't be fooled by its scenery, time will tell, only by abandoning these cumbersome appearances, can you go further and further on the road of magic that represents the truth in the future. Augustus's faint words poured cold water on the three of them, and they all fell silent in an instant.

In the afternoon, the class bell rang. A few people walked towards the history of magic class.

History of magic is the most boring course on their schedule. Of all their teachers, only Professor Binns, who taught the subject, was a ghost. The most exciting thing in his class was when he walked through the blackboard into the classroom. He was very old, his flesh was wrinkled so badly, and many people said that he didn't notice that he was dead. When he was alive, he got up one day to go to class and accidentally left his body in an armchair in front of the fire in the faculty lounge. Since then, all his daily activities have not changed in the slightest.

Augustus is different from others, he is very interested in this boring course, and he can deeply understand the history of a magical civilization from its germination to development and then to growth, no matter who speaks, it is actually a very meaningful course.

Professor Binns was giving a very boring lecture on the International Wizarding Convention of 1289, when he looked up in surprise. "You're—" "I'm Lillian, Professor. I wonder if you can tell us what's going on in the secret room. "Well," she said in a clear voice...... "Well," Professor Binns said slowly, "yes, I suppose you can say that." He looked at Lillian as if he had never looked at a student before. However, the legend you are talking about is a very sensational, even comical, story."

Although Augustus knew the history of the vault very well, it did not prevent him from listening to the professor's interpretation of this history from another angle.

Now, the class was listening intently to every word Professor Binns had to say. He looked at them with dazed eyes, and saw every face turn to him. It was so difficult for Mr. Binns that there was such an unusually strong interest.

"Oh, well," he said slowly, "let me think about the Chamber of Secrets," as you all must know, Hogwarts School was founded more than a thousand years ago—the exact date is uncertain—and the founders were four of the greatest witches and wizards of the time. Four houses are named after them: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin. Together, they built the castle away from the prying eyes of Muggles, because at that time, the common people were afraid of magic and witches and witches were persecuted. ”

Professor Binns paused, looked around the classroom with a blurred vision, and continued, "For the first few years, several founders worked together in harmony, looking for young people who showed signs of magic, and bringing them to the castle to be cultivated. Slowly, however, a disagreement began between them. The rift between Slytherin and the others grew. Slytherin wanted Hogwarts to be more selective when it came to recruiting students. He believed that magical education should be confined to purely magical families. He was reluctant to accept Muggle-born children, believing them to be unreliable. After a few days, Slytherin and Gryffindor had a heated argument over the issue, and Slytherin left the school. ”

Professor Binns paused again, pursed his lips, like a crumpled old turtle.

"Reliable historical sources tell us this," he said, "but these pure facts are obscured by strange legends about the secret chambers." The story goes that Slytherin built a secret room in the castle that the other founders knew nothing about.

According to this legend, Slytherin sealed the Chamber of Secrets so that no one could open it until his true heir came to the school. Only the heir can open the Chamber of Secrets, release the horrors inside, and let it purify the school and rid it of all those who don't deserve to learn magic. ”

When the story was finished, the class fell silent, but not the sleepy silence of Professor Binns's classroom. Everyone continued to stare at him, hoping that he would continue to speak, and the atmosphere was unsettling, and Professor Binns looked slightly annoyed.

Augustus chuckled, there was no difference at all with the history of the secret room that he knew, in fact, no matter who was the successor, it was nothing important to him, the inheritance of a legendary mage was meaningless to him, a mage who had half a foot in the divine realm in his previous life, one step of the divine realm, one step of heaven and earth, even if Salazar was resurrected, it was just one more legend of the world. In this life, what he pursues is the ethereal and unattainable true divine realm, and in addition, it is all fleeting.