Chapter Forty-Seven: The Slytherin Chamber of Secrets
After learning that his cat was still saved, Filch finally calmed down. When Harry and the others left, the professors in Lockhart's office also left.
At night, Yang Su walked into Dumbledore's room.
"This time this incident is very strange, the heir written on the wall, what exactly does the secret room mean, let's not mention what does this incident have to do with Lucius Malfoy, how did he be in Malfoy Manor but there could be an accident on campus."
"Robin, you seem to have a big opinion of Lucius lately." Listening to Yang Su's words, Dumbledore said in the words he had just said to Snape: "Until the truth of the matter is investigated and the truth of the matter is clear, Lucius is also innocent." ”
"I know, but I think it has something to do with what his house-elf is talking about. Tell me about the Chamber of Secrets and all the rumors. ”
"You should ask Professor Robin Binns," Dumbledore looked a little impatient for some reason. "I'm tired, it's a troublesome day, and I have to think about how to protect all the students from harm. You know, no matter which person is in my position, as long as Mrs. Loris's situation appears on the child, I will be under tremendous pressure. ”
"Well, I was too reckless." Yang Su apologized for Dumbledore's words and left. He was also well aware and understood that Dumbledore was under a lot of pressure at this time. Even if there is no such thing as today, Yang Su feels that he should rest more.
Although it was quite late, Yang Su still walked to Professor Binns's office, the older ghost was well versed in the history of magic and was very familiar with all things in the school.
"Professor Binns, excuse me."
Yang Su walked into Professor Binns's office, which looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a long time. Professor Binns sat at his desk as if in a daze.
"Oh, what a rarity. It's been a long time since anyone has come to me. Professor Robin, what's the matter? Professor Yang Subins, who looked into his room and greeted him, responded.
"I'd like to come and talk to you about the Chamber of Secrets, something strange happened tonight, it seems to have something to do with it."
Listening to Professor Binns's greeting, Yang Su directly said his intention, and he knew that the other party would definitely tell him what he knew.
"That's just a ridiculous rumor, Robin." Listening to Yang Su's inquiry, Professor Binns, who was translucent, smiled and said, "I think it may be a prank by that senior student, who retreated to the secret room for fear of punishment." ”
"I don't think so, as annoying as Filch is, no one has ever done this directly to his cat in all these years. Tell me about the Chamber of Secrets. ”
"Okay, Robin. If you wish, I will tell you what I know. Seeing that Yang Su still insisted on his idea, Professor Binns had no choice but to agree. Anyway, being a ghost doesn't need some rest. It's good to have someone to spend time with.
"It all started with the founding of the Academy. At that time, the living environment of wizards was very bad, the common people were afraid of magic, and witches and witches were persecuted a lot. ”
Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Roy Na Ravenclaw, and Salazar Slytherin, the four founders of the Academy. As you should be aware, the names of the four faculties are named after these four founders. ”
Listening to Professor Binns's words, Yang Su nodded to indicate that he knew this and asked, "What happened later?" What does this have to do with the Chamber of Secrets. ”
"In the first few years, the founders worked in harmony with each other, 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. This is where the rumors of the Chamber of Secrets began, when it was rumored that Slytherin had built a secret room in the castle, and the other founders knew nothing about it. ”
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. ”
"It's a terrible rumor, I hope this story isn't true, or we'll be in big trouble this time."
"Hahaha~" Listening to Yang Su's words, Professor Binns let out a laugh, and he felt that the matter about the secret room could not stand up to scrutiny at all.
"Naturally, the school has investigated whether there is such a secret room, and has investigated many times, and invited the most learned witches and wizards. The Chamber of Secrets does not exist. It's just a story designed to scare simple-minded people. Professor Binns responded to Yang Su's words.
"Has anything like this ever happened in decades?"
"Let me think about it, after all, I'm a ghost but I can't remember everything." Professor Binns fell into deep thought.
"It seems like this happened, just 50 years ago. I don't know much about the specifics, though, and you should ask Hagrid. He is the party. ”
Hearing Professor Binns' response, Yang Su left the old ghost's office. Although I was only familiar with some rumors about the secret room, I at least got some information. For example, Hagrid was once reported to have opened a secret room and released monsters and was expelled.
Yang Su expressed no belief in Hagrid's opening of the secret room. It's not that Yang Su trusts Hagrid much, it's that Salazar Slytherin can't let a half-blood giant be his heir and let him open the secret room.
The one who was able to open the Chamber of Secrets was a perfect Slytherin heir, and Professor Binns's legend also mentions that Slytherin closed the Chamber of Secrets until his true heir came to the school. Only the heir can open the chamber.
It can be assumed that Hagrid was falsely accused at the time. I don't know what the Ministry of Magic thought Hagrid would open the Chamber of Secrets. But Yang Su was sure that the guy who reported Hagrid back then was definitely in trouble.
But there is also a key problem, 50 years have passed since the events of that year, and almost all the people involved have already died, and many people have died during the period when Voldemort was rampant and the Death Eaters were rampant.
The next day, Yang Su didn't have a class, and he came to Hagrid's cabin early in the morning.
"I was wronged!" Listening to Yang Su's questioning, Hagrid said, "Aragog, he won't hurt anyone." ”
"Aragog? Is it a monster that was thought to have come out of the secret room back then? Listening to Hagrid's words, Yang asked.
"Yes, but he's not a monster in the Chamber of Secrets, and he hasn't hurt anyone." Hagrid said firmly, "The cupboard at Hogwarts was hatched and given to me by a traveler from afar. I used breadcrumbs to raise it. ”
"Is it still alive? Where do you live? Hearing Hagrid's words, Yang asked.
"In the Forbidden Forest, he's an eight-eyed spider. Should have seen its descendants. ”
Listening to Hagrid's words, Yang Su thought about it, he had indeed seen the eight-eyed spider in the Forbidden Forest. But they weren't as harmless as Hagrid said. Even they have this very strong aggression towards people.
At this time, Yang Su thought of the reason why Dumbledore was irritable last night. If this time it was defined as a secret room monster attack, then Hagrid would definitely be targeted by the Ministry of Magic again. He could be imprisoned in Azkaban.
From Hagrid's mouth, Yang learned the name of the person who reported him back then-Tom Riddle.
"It's time to find out who this person is. Perhaps this man is the heir of Slytherin. ”
Yang Su's brain circuit may be different from that of ordinary people, and he is very willing to believe that the guy who falsely accused Hagrid is the real murderer who opened the secret room back then.
But who opened the Chamber of Secrets this year? That descendant of Tom Riddle?
However, in the following communication with Dumbledore, Yang Su confirmed that Hagrid had been falsely accused, but the clue to the person who opened the secret room that year was broken.
Tom Riddle, he's Voldemort. No one would have thought that the student council president, who was excellent in character and academics, would become Voldemort who was enough to harm the wizarding world.
Based on what he knew, Yang Su summed up the truth of what happened back then: "Tom Riddle, that is, Voldemort. Salazar Slytherin's descendant, fifty years ago, as the heir of Slytherin, opened the Chamber of Secrets, and after killing a man, he closed the Chamber of Secrets and falsely accused Hagrid, who had raised Aragog, for opening the Chamber of Secrets. ”
At this time, Yang Su concluded: "This is very bad for Hagrid, and it is understandable that the eight-eyed spider that is highly aggressive towards humans is considered a monster. Now that the events in the Chamber of Secrets have happened again, he is likely to be imprisoned in Azkaban for this reason. ”
"Wait, I overlooked something!" At this time, Yang Su remembered the conspiracy about Lucius Malfoy that he had investigated earlier.
"Lucius used to be a Death Eater, and perhaps this incident in the Chamber of Secrets is a conspiracy he hatched." At this time, Yang Su exclaimed and patted his head: "Damn it, I'll be stupid at this time!" There is such a thing as the murder of a student in the school, not to mention Hagrid, who has a criminal record, Dumbledore, as the headmaster, is likely to be responsible for this incident. ”
That's his conspiracy, but how did he do it. He himself was in Malfoy Manor, and it was impossible for him to open the door to the secret room in the school.
Yang Su informed Dumbledore of what he had summarized and told him to prepare. Prevent possible accidents at any time.
The last few days have been very peaceful, and the chamber seems to have been closed again, with no one killed or injured. On Saturday, around eleven o'clock, a Quidditch match was about to begin. It's Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. Soon, the whole school began to make their way to the Quidditch Stadium. It was a hot and humid day, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the air.
Soon the Gryffindor players entered the arena, and as they came out and walked into the arena, they were greeted by a loud noise. Mostly cheering, for unknown reasons both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff would like to see Slytherin defeated, but the Slytherin boos and cheers of the crowd can also be heard. Lady Hodge, the Quidditch referee, asked Flint and Wood to shake hands, and they glared at each other menacingly, clenching each other's hands unnecessarily tightly.
"Listen to my whistle," said Mrs. Hooch, "three-two-one-"
At the moment of the whistle, all the Quidditch players flew into the air. Yang Su, who was sitting in the teacher's seat, could clearly see that Harry was flying the highest, and it seemed that from there he could observe the traces of the Golden Snitch.
Suddenly, a heavy black Bludger flew towards Harry, a thrilling one that Harry managed to dodge by a fraction of a second thanks to his skilful Quidditch skills.
Bludger's attack didn't end so easily, as Harry's teammate George had just hit the Bludger at the Slytherin team when the Bludger changed direction and flew straight towards Harry.
Something strange happened, the Bludger would change its angle and fly towards Harry no matter who hit it.
It was starting to rain, and Harry, who had nothing to do with the Bludger, began his own escape to keep himself from dropping his broomstick. Big drops of rain hit his face and splashed on his glasses. His vision was blocked at this time, and he couldn't see the path he was heading through.
Quidditch matches don't end when it rains, but Gryffindor chooses to ask Mrs. Hodge for a timeout.
The moment the game started anew, the Bludger got around Harry again.
"Someone wants to make a move on Harry?" Looking at the situation on the field, Yang Su remembered the scene last year, but it was obvious that there was no one in the teacher's seat controlling the Bludger.
Yang Su has never done much research on countering magic, and at this time, he can only keep looking for the guy who controls the Bludger to help Harry.
Skipping the first, second, third, and fourth grades who lacked magic power, and the teachers around him who were present, Yang Su searched among the remaining students. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
At this moment, Harry flew towards Malfoy, did he want to die with Malfoy? No, Harry found the hovering Golden Snitch within a few inches of Malfoy's ear.
Just as Harry sped up towards Malfoy, the Bludger's attack arrived. I saw the Bludger slam into his elbow fiercely, and seeing that Harry was holding back the pain, Yang Su was also desperately looking for the caster.
Unfortunately, until Harry caught the Golden Snitch and was stunned by the Bludger, Yang Su didn't find all the clues about the man.