Chapter 53: Snape the Harsh

"Professor Kettleburn, what the hell is this monster?"

Snape looked at the professor in front of him who had asked him to take care of the Grey Snake when he was young, and thought that he was fortunate to react quickly at the time, and he was disfigured by the Grey Snake. It is now difficult for Snape to develop a liking for his old colleague.

"It's a basilisk!! The King of Ten Thousand Serpents with poisonous teeth and the Eye of Death! Impossible, impossible! The Ministry of Magic strictly forbids the cultivation of basilisks. Where the hell did this basilisk come from? ”

Excited, Professor Kettleburn's body began to tremble, and he trembled and took out a magnifying glass from his robe, leaned down and began to take a closer look at the head of the basilisk.

“1、2、3....8、9、10?! No way! Needle impossible! O Merlin's beard! This basilisk is thousands of years old. Why hasn't such an old basilisk been undetected? ”

Ten layers of scales. The first floor represents a hundred years old.

Professor Kettleburn shook his head, he was surrounded by a hundred thousand whys. Not quite believing this fact, he carefully observed the lines on the scales between the basilisk's nose again.

Ten floors! This time he was sure he was right.

This dead basilisk is really a thousand-year-old monster!

Professor Kettleburn was in a trance, recalling what his Defence Against the Dark Arts professor had warned him about his student days, that the basilisk was a very dangerous creature, with venom-spewing fangs and deadly eyes.

Thinking of this, Professor Kettleburn hurriedly looked into the basilisk in the eye. After noticing that the snake's eyes were missing, he stood up and asked Rick nervously.

"Rick! What about the basilisk's eyes? ”

Ever since Rick became Hagrid's drinking buddy, Hagrid has often taken Rick to Hogsmeade's Hogsmeade for drinks. Back and forth, Rick made it easy for Professor Kettleburn, who also liked to drink, to become a good friend.

"The basilisk's eyes are too dangerous, I'm afraid it will work after it dies, so it will be crushed."

Faced with Professor Kettleburn's question, Rick directly blushed and talked nonsense. It was in his coat, but he lied.

The basilisk, an extremely rare creature, is full of treasures, and the most precious are the two vertical eyes of the basilisk.

As the one who killed the basilisk, Rick felt like he was taking a little loot, and it wasn't a big problem, no! It should be reasonable.

"It's good to destroy it. That eye has the power to kill people. If it is obtained by an evil wizard, it will cause many disasters. ”

After hearing Rick's explanation, Professor Kettleburn nodded, appreciating Rick's approach.

"Professor Graves, this basilisk looks like it was decapitated by a sharp blade. I didn't expect you to be a swordsman. ”

While Kettleburn was observing the age of the basilisk, several of the professors present were not idle. Snape walked alone to the basilisk's corpse, and in the fluorescent light of the tip of his wand, he gasped when he found the cross-section severed by Rick's sworddrawing technique.

He had never seen a wizard use such superb swordsmanship, such a smooth and neat incision, and he secretly realized that this level of sharpness was not something that he could achieve without a blade.

I didn't expect this Yankee to smile all day long, and he actually had such strength. Did he come to Hogwarts for any purpose other than to have an agreement with Dumbledore? ’

Snape watched as Rick's gaze grew heavier, he stood up and began to hold his wand behind his back without moving, if Rick showed any of his feet, he didn't recommend that Rick try the Shadow Blade.

Snape, who misses Lily, is gradually becoming distilled!

"The basilisk must be kept secret from the students, and no one outside the room should know about it. Otherwise, there will be another big upheaval. ”

Dumbledore surprisingly didn't talk about the origin of the basilisk on the spot, but wanted to suppress the basilisk attack in the first place.

Rickmore clutched his wand, knowing that Dumbledore must have guessed the identity of the basilisk, and he didn't want it to bring back memories of the panic he had when Myrtle was killed years ago.

After hearing this, several professors looked at the three Hermione, who were eating melons.

The sudden gaze made the three people who were eating melons seriously lose their masters in an instant. Are the professors going to kill people? Ron's brain circuits are different from ordinary people, which makes him come up with such a strange idea.

"I won't kill anyone, but I need to erase your memory."

Snape came to the three of them, and after saying this in his already gloomy voice, the three of them were directly frightened and hurriedly hid behind Rick, which made McGonagall on the side look dazed, and her complicated face seemed to express that I am your dean, why don't you seek my refuge.

"Professor Snape, I don't think it's appropriate to erase their memories, but it would be good for them to remember what happened today. This unprecedented experience will be a solid footprint on their growth path. You can't deprive them of their upbringing by hiding the presence of a basilisk at Hogwarts. ”

Glancing back at the three Hermiones, who were terrified by Snape, Rick touched Hermione's forehead, which was closest to him. Then he objected to Snape, and the two looked at each other, and an invisible confrontation appeared between the two of them.

"Graves! It's not to hide secrets, it's to protect them. If the evil wizard had consulted their memories, the mystery man would have returned to Hogwarts again. ”

Seeing Rick standing in front of him, Snape's face became more and more gloomy. His mind began to think wildly, and finally came to the conclusion that Rick Graves must have an ulterior motive in preventing himself from erasing the memories of the three students.

So the more Rick stops it, the more determined he is to erase his memory.

"They're still children, and the Forgetfulness Charm has unpredictable consequences for them. Professor Snape, you should know this as some Potions Master. After all, those who have cast the Oblivion Spell need a potion to cure their after-effects. ”

Seeing Snape's unusually ruthless today, a terrible thought suddenly flashed through Rick's mind, that is, whether this basilisk was released by Snape.

No, no, no, it can't be.

Snape didn't have a reason to let go of the basilisk, unless he was taken away by Tom in the diary, no! Snape was a master of telekinesis and occlimony, and the chances of being taken away were too slim. Even if Snape did get his hands on the diary, the young Tom would not dare to expose himself.

He will remain hidden until he meets someone who can be seduced by him.

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Thank you to Ruoshui Qingchen, Lu Tian, Squirrel Guo and other friends who helped me catch insects, thank you!!