"Albus, are you sure?" Nick Lemay asked, looking at the little serpentine mark.

"Yes, Nick, with a lot of clues, I think this is the entrance to the secret room, but it's strange that Bernard didn't come here during his lifetime." Dumbledore looked at the rusted bronze faucet and said slowly.

"And how are we going to get in, Albus? Looks like you don't have the authority here. Nick Lemay said.

"That's right, I've never really been in control of the school, the four founders have all left more or less arrangements in the school, as the headmaster I'm not omniscient, I know Beauxbatons ......" Dumbledore was interrupted by Nick Lemay before he could finish his sentence.

"I know that Hogwarts is much older than Beauxbatons, you know, when I was studying at Beauxbatons, it was only a few decades old, and after that, Beauxbatons's defense system was almost all built by me, so I know you very well, but I don't blame you, Albus, Bernard himself chose to come to this vortex, I think he was prepared for the worst, but ......"

After a pause, Nick Lemay continued: "However, I really like Bernard's disciple, young, wise, with a lot of wonderful ideas, and sometimes I even think that he has a magical system that I don't know at all, you don't know, some of his works are really amazing!" ”

"I know, you didn't want him to come here to teach in the first place, the timing of his appearance in your field of vision was too coincidental, if it weren't for the deal with me, you would never have let such a suspicious person into Hogwarts, I think, you tested him!" In the last sentence, Nick Lemay unconsciously raised his voice.

"Of course, Nick, my friend, like you said, the timing of his appearance is so clever, Harry's safety is important, just as this incident proves that Hogwarts' defenses are not as foolproof as I thought, but if my speculation is true, then we are in big trouble! Oh, Minerva is here, I'm going to introduce you to a little friend, and we're going to use his power today! Dumbledore turned around and looked back.

……

Harry was dizzy now, and Professor McGonagall's sudden appearance caused panic among the Dursleys, and although Professor McGonagall had tried to communicate with them as gently as possible, it was a pity that the stern Professor McGonagall might have had some problems understanding the word "mild", and in the end everyone was still very unhappy.

Looking at Professor McGonagall's tightly pursed lips, Harry was really afraid that she would suddenly bite and bleed with excitement, and besides, can you walk slowly, he hasn't recovered from the feeling of the world spinning just now, indeed, Harry who had just come out of the fireplace was hurriedly led by Professor McGonagall to the third floor before he could stand firmly.

Looking at the familiar path, Harry's doubts couldn't help but swell, what was going on, until Dumbledore and an old man in golden robes appeared in front of him, Professor McGonagall slowly slowed down.

……

"Good work, Minerva, good afternoon, Harry!" Dumbledore greeted Professor McGonagall for a moment, then greeted Harry, and the old man next to him nodded at Professor McGonagall, and then looked at Harry with a scrutinizing gaze, which made Harry's heart furious.

"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore!" Harry cautiously greeted Dumbledore, then cautiously stood behind Professor McGonagall.

Seeing Harry's movements, Dumbledore frowned unconsciously, "Harry, this is Nick Lemay, I don't think you are new to him, after all, you protected his philosopher's stone in the first year, well, maybe you don't know, he is still Professor Rochefort's mentor, you know about Rochefort's disappearance, Harry, we need to rely on your power today!" ”

"My power? Professor, I didn't ......," Harry hurriedly argued.

"Don't be too busy denying yourself Harry!" Dumbledore interrupted Harry in a loud voice, "Harry, you have to learn to affirm yourself, everyone has their own strengths, and you are a very different Harry, remember?" You're a Parseltongue! ”

"Well, Professor, I, yes, yes!" Harry quickly turned his head to look at Professor McGonagall and Nick Lemay, and then resistantly affirmed Dumbledore's words.

"Very well, Harry, Parseltongue is not a bad ability, there is no good or bad ability, the difference between good and evil only exists in the holder of ability, just like now, Harry, your Parseltongue can help us a lot." With that, Dumbledore led Harry to the sink and explained softly.

"Minerva, don't you have a good look?" Nick Lemay asked, confused.

"Oh, Nick, you don't know......" Before Professor McGonagall could complain to Nick Lemay about the rudeness of the Dursleys, a roar drew the attention of both men.

As far as their gaze went, a huge passage appeared in front of them, "Very well, Harry, you did a great job, you see, your abilities are not as evil as you think, are they?!" After another word of encouragement to Harry, Dumbledore turned and said to Professor McGonagall, "Take care of Harry!" ”

Then he and Nick Lemay exchanged a glance at each other, then turned and jumped first, and then Nick Lemay jumped right behind, Harry thought Professor McGonagall would do the same, but unlike Harry thought, Professor McGonagall turned around and tapped his wand on Harry before pulling him to jump.

Like a feather, Harry fell to the depths of the earth so lightly, "click, click", Harry glanced at the bones on the ground in disgust, and searched for Dumbledore's figure with the discomfort in his heart.

"Here, Minerva!" Dumbledore's voice came from afar.

"Let's go! Harry. Unlike Harry, Professor McGonagall showed the excellence of an elite wizard at this moment, completely ignoring his surroundings and walking inside with Harry, much to Harry's admiration.

"Harry, do it again, just like before."

This time Harry felt much easier than the last time, these giant snakes wrapped around the stone door had an indescribable charm, and naturally, Harry "hissed", like a spell, these giant snakes retreated, and the door opened.

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"Nick, Bernard may have done something really good!" Dumbledore was the first to speak and break the silence.

"Maybe yes?! But! I'm going to take him to treatment first, and I'll talk about it when he wakes up! There was an indescribable determination in Nick Lemay's tone, and he did the same, silently stepped forward, and with a little wand, he left with the floating Bernard, and Dumbledore didn't say anything, just quietly observed the shattered altar,

Professor McGonagall had been silent since the stone door opened, as if she hadn't existed, and Harry, who had been confused, had no idea what was going on.

However, neither the observant Dumbledore, nor the silent Professor McGonagall, nor the confused Harry noticed a flash of black shadow chasing after the departing Nick Lemay and Bernard.