Chapter 32: Ron's IQ is online
When Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor common room, there were still many people inside, and they were pouring up, babbling about tonight's events. Ron could handle the scene better than Harry, and finally satisfied all of their curiosity before going to bed.
Ginny was saved for last, she seemed to care about her idol and brother, "Harry, and brother, how are you?" β
"It's okay, it's just ......" Harry wanted to talk to her about the Chamber of Secrets.
"It's Snape, yes, you know that poisonous bat, always targeting Harry." Ron interjected suddenly, turning the conversation to his sister, "What about you?" Why is your face so bad? Ginny Weasley seems to be very troubled by Lady Loris's fate, and Ron has said that she is a super cat lover, and the sadness on her face is clear.
"But you don't really know Lady Loris," Ron said to her in high spirits, "and frankly, we'd be much better off without it." Professor Dumbledore would catch the madman doing this and get him out immediately. I just hope there's enough time to petrify Filch before he's driven away. Oh, I'm just kiddingβ" Ginny's lips quivered.
The two watched as Ginny walked back to the girls' dormitory, "What do you think of today's events?" Ron grabbed Harry and didn't let him go upstairs right now. Now there is roommate Neville in the dormitory, but there are only two of them in the common room, which is just the right time for them to say something private.
Harry looked at Ron's expression and knew what he knew, and he wouldn't ask Harry that he would do about homework. Just talking to everyone about what happened in the evening, Ron also said the same thing about stopping, which is appetizing.
"Harry, you said before, you said you heard a voice before you followed, right? But I can't hear ......."
"I don't know why...... Harry startled the light in Ron's eyes, "wait, you don't think it's me, I was with you all the time." β
"Of course I know it's not you, I mean Edge." Ron patted Harry on the shoulder, calming him down.
"What?!" Harry jumped up, "Shhhh
"Come to think of it, Aitch won't go through that corridor when he goes back to Ravenclaw, so how can he be there, is it a walk? In front of Professor Dumbledore, he didn't make it clear, and he brushed it off. Ron had forgotten that they hadn't talked about tonight, and the smile on his face now felt familiar to Harry, and it felt a lot like Snape's smile tonight.
"And don't you think? Aitch was close to Malfoy and Snape. Listening to Hermione and Neville, now Aitch has directly called Malfoy Draco; and Snape was too kind to Edge, and only Aitch and Malfoy were able to get Halloween candy from him; Tonight, I'm just saying that Aitch was there, and we know that Filch had received a gift from Edge, but Snape jumped out before Filch! Look at him like that, it's like stepping on his tail. "Ron is sensitive to Snape's every move.
"And did you notice? Aitch actually knew the truth about the cat, and that was before Professor Dumbledore said it. Lockhart had been wrong, and as much as I hated him, Lockhart was an adult wizard after all, and the other professors couldn't say why, but Aitch did. Do you think he can be better than Lockhart, better than other professors, and compare to Professor Dumbledore? The more Ron spoke, the more excited he became, and the more he spoke, the more he felt that Aitch was suspicious.
Ron's words had a big impact on Harry, but what Ron said did exist, and it was because of the correctness of this information that Harry also felt that there was something wrong with Edge.
Ron licked his dry lips, "According to me, tonight's murderer is Edge." β
Harry made Ron's "bombshell" blow up in a daze, "But...... But you heard it, Aitch was good to Filch and the cat. β
"No, no, no," Ron shook his head into a rattle, "I think it's because Aitch treats them that no one suspects him about it." It works well, doesn't it? And according to the handwriting on the wall, 'Whoever is the enemy of the Slytherin heir will die', but the cat is just petrified, not dead, right? This can only deceive fools, but it can't hide from me. "Ron looks like he's coming to compliment me.
"But the timing isn't right, Snape said, Aitch was still at the banquet before the incident, and there must have been a lot of people who saw him, and don't forget, he arrived after us."
"Well...... Ron's excitement suddenly seemed to be poured with cold water, and he gritted his teeth, "I don't know, but as the heir of Ravenclaw, he must have a way to make a bad move." Ron seemed to think of the scenes where he was retaliated against by Edge.
"And it can only be him, everyone else is at the banquet, and they can prove each other. Professor Dumbledore also said that the murderer has the best dark arts, except for the professor, that is, this Aitch can get the book in the forbidden area, you will never wonder which professor it is! The only possible Snape was under Professor Dumbledore's nose at the time, impossible. β
Harry seems to be trying to find a way to exonerate Edge, but from Ron's assertion and his own observations, it seems that everything proves that Edge's serious suspicion is serious! And this suspicion seems to be convicted after a sentence from the Ministry of Magic.
Harry lay on the bed, tossing and turning, thinking about Ron's words, thinking about Edge's abnormality.
In the middle of the night, in the cold underground chamber, the hissing broke the silence of the past. "What's going on today?" Aitch is asking for the basilisk's surprise attack.
"Heir, you can't blame me for that, you must have heard the inheritor's voice too. He told me to kill as much as I could, I just petrified the cat, and it wasn't bad if I didn't swallow it. All you need is some powerful magic potion to save its life. β
"What about others? I'm not really talking about a red-haired girl? β
"No, that's the one from fifty years ago, but the strange thing is that when the girl you said appeared, she suddenly disappeared, and I don't even know where he went."
"And then?" Aitch wanted to know what was next.
"And then, ah, and then he told me to come back to the chamber...... The rest, I don't know. β
"What then? You can't always control the scale, just petrify others. You remember, you must not die, this is the bottom line! β
"I ...... You can only do your best. The basilisk wasn't sure, it remembered the Slytherin's ban.
"It's not an effort, it's a must." Edge's tone became stern, "Otherwise I'll throw the into your snake's nest." β
Aitch thought for a moment, "Well, I'll go get something, something like glasses, that should weaken the magic on your eyes." But until I come back again, you can drag it and try not to go out. β
"Yes, heir."
The underground tunnel stopped hissing, but there was some rustling and footsteps fading away.