The holidays always go by quickly, and this year's Christmas students are not having a good time, and most of the students in the school are panicking, and most of the students choose to go back to their homes, and the students who stay at school also have to be together to dare to move in the corridors.

Daphne and the others have returned to school, and Parney has brought good news, he has met with the Minister of Magic at the banquet, Cornelius? Fudge, and expressed his concern for the Ministry of Magic.

Although Fudge laughed and told him not to think about it, Dumbledore had always been one of the greatest wizards in the world, but Parney still noticed a hint of unease in the corners of the minister's eyes, and in the temptation of power, there would always be people who lost themselves.

Ning An seems to have returned to his first year recently, and he spends his days in the library with Hermione, only this time instead of helping him review the history of magic, he looks up all the information related to the basilisk and the Chamber of Secrets.

Hermione sat at her desk, flipping through a thick "Dangerous Monster Warning Book", but she felt that things were wrong, turned her head, and looked at Ning An, who was also consulting information next to her, Hermione was at a loss.

She didn't know what the boy next to her was thinking, there were so many mysteries tangled in him that Hermione was exhausted thinking about them.

"Found it!"

Ning An whispered in surprise beside her, Hermione turned her head, she remembered that Ning An had just read a book called "The Most Terrible Wizards of Ancient and Modern Times".

"Look at this, Hermione." The natural attitude made Hermione believe that Ning An still regarded her as a close friend in his heart, but why did he say such a thing? Why did he do it?

Hermione, who was confused, actually ignored Ning An's words.

"What's wrong with you?" Waving her hand in front of Hermione's eyes, Ning An asked strangely.

"Uh-it's fine." Hermione, who came back to her senses, glanced at Ning An tiredly and said, "What did you find?" ”

"Look here—" Ning An stretched out his hand and pointed to a passage in the book, only to see that it read:

"The dastardly Helmpo is a dark wizard from Greece who has a unique talent called the Parseltongue, and perhaps it was through his own talent that Helmpo bred the first recorded basilisk. ”

Frowning, Hermione thought for a moment and said, "It seems that there is indeed a connection between the basilisk and the Parseltongue, maybe only someone who understands the Parseltongue can control the basilisk." ”

As she spoke, her brows furrowed, and her tone became slightly higher: "In other words, the heir of Slytherin must be a parseltongue!" ”

"Yes, another besides Harry—" However, Ning An was only halfway through his words when a flurry of footsteps suddenly sounded in the quiet library.

Everyone turned around, only to see a boy in a Hufflepuff-colored tie running in, panting and terrified.

Mrs. Pince came out from behind the management desk, and the expression on her face was not very good, and she said unhappily, "This is the library!" You can't-"

"Quick, come on—"

However, the boy recklessly interrupted Mrs. Pince, and he cried out anxiously and fearfully, "Come and help—Justin has been attacked!" ”

His words instantly ignited the entire library, and after a brief silence, a noisy commotion erupted in the library, and the students hurriedly put down their books in their hands and ran outside in a mess, and Mrs. Pince shouted angrily:

"Watch out for your books! Don't break those books! ”

While stamping his feet anxiously, he said, "No, I have to inform Dumbledore about this, where is he?" Where are the students you are talking about who were attacked? ”

Ning An and Hermione glanced at each other, put down the books in their hands, and followed everyone to the outside of the house, most of the students ran away, but there was still a small group of people gathered together.

Ning An squeezed over and looked into the center of the crowd, only to see a boy wearing a wool vest and a Hufflepuff tie, lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, and strangely, beside him, a transparent ghost with a glimmer of light actually fell there motionless.

"It's Nick — Nick who almost lost his head."

Hermione exclaimed that she had received an invitation from Nick to attend the death party on Halloween.

Mrs. Pince walked into the crowd, and when she saw a man and a ghost lying on the ground, she involuntarily covered her mouth and let out a sad exclamation: "Oh! Oh my God—"

She walked up, crouched down beside them, stretched out her hand to test Justin's snort, and gestured at him a few more times before breathing a sigh of relief.

"I think they're just petrified," Madame Pince shouted to the crowd behind her, "Disperse now, Dumbledore is coming soon......"

Glancing at each other, Ning An and Hermione tacitly withdrew from the crowd, and the two walked side by side in the corridor, and when the number of passers-by gradually decreased, Hermione turned her head slightly to Ning An's side, and whispered:

"The monster in the chamber must be a basilisk."

Her expression was serious, and it was clear that seeing another classmate being petrified was a sad and unpleasant thing anyway, not to mention that Hermione thought Nick was a funny ghost.

"Whoever is seen directly by the eyes of the basilisk will die directly, but if they see it indirectly, they will be petrified." Hermione said in a deep voice:

"This time it's clear that the basilisk suddenly appears, and Justin stands behind Nick and sees the basilisk through Nick."

Hermione analyzed with Ning An as she walked: "Nick is a ghost and can't die again, so he was petrified, and Justin saw the basilisk through Nick, so he escaped and didn't die." ”

"Perfect reasoning."

Ning An applauded applauded, his black eyes looked at Hermione, and said softly: "But the question is, how did the basilisk "suddenly appear", and what did he rely on to commit murder everywhere in Hogwarts. ”

Seeing Hermione fall into deep thought again, Ning An suddenly realized that this girl was unusually charming when she was thinking about the problem.

"Do you believe I'm not the heir of Slytherin?" Ning An couldn't help but interrupt Hermione's thoughts.

Stopped, there were only two people in the long corridor, Ning An and Hermione, Hermione turned around and faced Ning An, her big bright brown eyes, staring at Ning An without blinking.

"I'd like to believe that you're not the heir of Slytherin, and of course I'm willing to believe it, Ning'an." The two men looked into each other's eyes, as if a subtle emotion was brewing in the air.

Hermione took a deep breath, a little agitated, and said as if pleading, "But, tell me, Ning'an, is it true that you explained earlier that you were close to those people who were close to Malfoy?" ”

Ning An was silent, facing Hermione, he didn't know what to say.

He was reminded of too many fond memories, and he knew that the one in front of him was called Hermione? Granger's witch also walked into his heart.

Thinking of what he was about to do, and the harm he might cause her, Ning An hesitated for a while, he had tried to stay away from Hermione and not let her get involved.

However, fate is a silk thread that can never be seen, no matter how far you run, in fact, you have already been tied together, no one can escape this thread, just like a butterfly falling into a spider's web, you can only make a fearless struggle.

Maybe only by shattering her illusions can she not be hurt so deeply at the end.

Hermione was still looking at Ning An, she felt Ning An's silence, but she didn't understand what it meant, she had a faint bad premonition, she tightened her black robe again, as if the air in the corridor suddenly became cold.

"It's true, of course it's true." Ning An smiled exaggeratedly and said, "I'm a Slytherin, is there anything wrong with pursuing power?" ”

"Ahh

Hermione heard the voice of shattered hope, how much she wished Ning An would say: It's all a lie to you, I have a reason to say that.

However, the answer was the opposite of what I expected.

The hall could hear a pin drop, the air seemed to freeze, and Hermione looked at Ning An with disappointment and sadness in her eyes.

But she didn't lose her temper, she didn't cry and run away, Hermione found that she was more and more able to control her feelings, and she thought that she would smash the book in her arms on Ning An's face.

But she accepted this result in her heart, she seemed to enter a state of extreme sanity, abandoning superfluous emotions, and Hermione easily controlled her body.

"Really?"

Taking a deep breath, Hermione looked at Ning An calmly, "Do you think your fellow Slytherin companions can be of great help to you?" ”

Ning An didn't refute, just let Hermione speak.

"Slytherin will ruin you, Ning'an, everyone has ambitions, that's undeniable." Hermione moved a little closer, trying to keep an eye on Ning with her eyes, only to find that the other party was dodging.

"You will only be united because of interests, Ning An! They're powerful, you're talented, but there's a lot more important to the world, like friendship! ”

Listening to Hermione's persuasion, Ning An could understand her mood. But can he turn back? If Hermione knew how he used the Unforgivable Curse, how he controlled McLeish, Delix, and the others knew how she killed Mondongues.

What about the situation? Ning An couldn't retreat, only Azkaban was waiting for him behind him, he could only move forward, keep moving forward, and Calidora was waiting for him to come back to life.

"Don't be too one-sided, Hermione." Ning An said lightly: "We in China have a saying called "like-minded" - anyone who has a common goal and walks on the same path can become friends. ”

He sighed and said faintly, "It seems that the range of friends I have delineated is broader than yours." ”

Then why don't you go and work with your "friends"? ”

"As I said, it's good for both sides, Justin is petrified, and Harry is more suspicious, right? So far, we still have the same goal and are on the same path. Ning An looked at Hermione and said meaningfully.