Chapter 598: Wasted Words
Before the end of the dueling club, Lee Jordan failed to fulfill his wish to beat Lockhart.
The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor seemed to see through Lee Jordan's sinister intentions, and every time he offered to be coached, Lockhart pretended not to hear and ignored him.
On the way back to the Gryffindor common room, Lee Jordan complained a lot, but no one wanted to listen to him. Everyone was talking about Harry Potter being a parseltongue, and even when they returned to the lounge, they would look around for Harry Potter.
"Harry Potter really isn't the heir to Slytherin?"
Lee Jordan, who had just sat down, was nagging about what was happening at the dueling club.
No way, the parseltongue is one of the symbols of Slytherin, and it's not surprising that everyone thinks this way.
"Shut up!"
Fred shoved the cookie into Lee Jordan's mouth in an attempt to calm him down.
"Everybody was curious. ”
Lee Jordan took a bite of the biscuit and muttered indistinctly.
The next moment, the guy turned into a canary.
"Damn canary cookies again. Lee Jordan couldn't help but complain, "Don't give me that stuff again." ”
"What do you think. George threw the question straight to Albert.
"The heir of Slytherin is supposed to be a parseltongue. Albert drank the hot cocoa in his glass and calmly analyzed: "The Harry Potter incident has inspired me. ”
"What inspiration?" the three asked in unison.
"The symbol of Slytherin is a snake, and the things related to the Slytherin heir are most likely related to snakes, and Parseltongue is one of them. Perhaps, it is possible to use a parseltongue to open the secret room, and the monsters in the secret room are likely to be related to snakes, and there are not many monsters related to snakes. ”
"You have a point. Fred nodded, he really deserves to be Albert, and his brain is good.
"It feels like I'm one step closer to the truth of the matter. Lee Jordan gave Albert a thumbs up.
"Do you have any suspicions? George asked suddenly.
"Well, there are indeed suspicious targets. Albert admitted, "However, if you can't find the secret room, it's useless to suspect a target." ”
"What is it?"
All three were curious about it.
"A terrible monster called a basilisk. Albert raised his hand and pointed to a book on the bedside table, "The basilisk is dangerous, but the heir of Slytherin should be able to control the basilisk with a Parseltongue cavity." ”
"Oh my God!"
The three of them flipped to the bookmarked page and couldn't help but exclaim.
"I know what you're trying to say, but ......," Albert shushed, "remember don't talk nonsense about this, the headmaster and professors should already be investigating this matter, and Harry Potter is indeed suspected of being a lot at the moment, but I still think it shouldn't have been him." ”
"And, as long as the petrified students return to normal, they will be able to point the culprit. After Albert drank the hot cocoa, he soaked his feet in hot water, reapplied the ointment, wrapped the bandage and went to bed.
Tonight, though, several of his roommates were doomed to insomnia.
Of course, they believed Albert's judgment, that is, after knowing that there was a basilisk hidden in the castle, they felt an inexplicable uneasiness in their hearts.
The group of people gathered together and whispered for a long time, and finally remembered that the Slytherin heirs seemed to only attack Muggle wizards, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
All three are pure-blood wizards, and Albert, who was born in a Muggle family, is obviously in a more dangerous situation than them, and he can be so calm now, what is he afraid of?
Then, unable to sleep, they began to discuss whether to raise a rooster or something in the dormitory for Albert's safety.
What they didn't know was that Albert had actually had several roosters for the house-elves.
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Ever since Harry Potter revealed himself to be a parseltongue at the Dueling Club, his reputation has become very bad.
No way, the Parseltongues throughout history are so notorious that everyone almost instinctively avoids him, as if Harry was carrying some kind of terrible deadly germ on his body, or would open his fangs and spit venom when he spoke.
"What's wrong with your feet?" Hermione noticed that Albert was walking in a somewhat strange way.
"I was trampled on. Albert said casually, and then changed the subject: "Is Harry Potter really a parseltongue?"
Hermione didn't want to talk about it here, and they both noticed that everyone else around them was pricking up their ears to eavesdrop on the conversation.
"I'm not doubting that Harry is the heir to Slytherin. Albert said to Hermione, "I just suspect that only the Parseltongue can open the Slytherin chamber." ”
Ron, who was playing wizarding chess next to him, couldn't help but secretly sneer: Aren't you suspecting that Harry is the heir of Slytherin?
"You probably didn't understand what I meant. Albert looked at Hermione, who had a stunned expression, and reminded, "Why didn't anyone find the Slytherin Chamber before?"
Without waiting for Hermione to answer, Albert continued, "Because they are not Parseltongue, they can't find the Chamber of Secrets, but Harry Potter is different, he may be able to find the Slytherin Chamber and use the Parseltongue to open it." ”
Hermione and Ron both stared blankly at Albert, not relieving themselves of the meaning of Albert's words for a moment.
"However, if you find the secret room, don't enter without permission, and be sure to ask the professors for help. Before Albert turned to leave, he added, "I know you don't plan to go back for the Christmas holidays." ”
"What does he mean?"
Ron asked after using a knight to checkmate Hermione's king.
"He probably meant that the Parseltongue was the key to opening the Chamber of Secrets. Hermione thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps, we should do something." ”
Actually, Hermione had already guessed, but she didn't expect Harry to be a parseltongue.
"What do you mean?"
"Try to find the location of the secret room. Hermione lowered her voice and said, "That's probably what Albert just hinted at us!"
"But do you know where the Chamber of Secrets is?" Ron asked angrily.
Hogwarts Castle is not small, I don't know how to find the Year of the Monkey, and there is a terrifying monster hidden in the secret room.
To be honest, Ron didn't want to provoke the monsters in the secret room at all, it wasn't a terrifying existence that the few of them could fight against.
Soon after, Harry returned, but he looked very grumpy.
He had just had a big fight with Justin Finchrie, who believed that he had instructed the serpent to attack him at the Dueling Club.
"There's no point in arguing with him. After listening to Harry's complaints, Hermione said, "Justin Finchreury has decided that you are the heir of Slytherin, and no matter how you explain it, it will not change his opinion, it will only make it more unpleasant for both parties." ”
"But ......"
"Don't waste your saliva in vain. Hermione reassured, "When the truth comes out, you can get Justin Finchrie to apologize to you." If he has the courage to apologize to you. ”
"It's not like what you would say!" Ron was a little surprised by Hermione's words.
"I learned it from Albert, and he never argued with me about Professor Lockhart. Hermione had a strange expression, "Every time I talked to Albert about Lockhart, the latter smiled and never expressed his opinion.
Hermione actually knew that Albert thought that the contents of Lockhart's book were made up, not Lockhart's own experience.
He himself is not as great as he is in the books.
Although reluctant to admit it, her gut told Hermione that Albert's guess was most likely correct, especially after seeing Lockhart's poor performance at the Dueling Club.
"I think Albert is quite sane. Ron said dryly, he and Harry both knew that Hermione admired Lockhart, and on several occasions they had a bad time because of that guy's relationship.
"We'd better see if we can get any useful information from Malfoy first, and if we don't, try to find the Slytherin vaults. Harry didn't like the use of the Parseltongue to find the Chamber of Secrets, and he suspected that things might get worse if someone saw him looking around for the Rooms.