Hearing Xiwen's question, Riddle frowned.

"I can understand that you are doubting me?" He asked softly.

"I'm just a little curious about the old snake." Xiwen said with a chuckle. "After all, if we think of the snake as a language, Mr. Scamander tells us that snakes do not have hearing, they can only feel vibrations, and cannot hear our communication exactly;"

"And if you think of it as a kind of magic against snakes, you don't see how magic works. With such a magical ability, who can resist not being curious? ”

"It's not magical, it's just a talent." Riddle's face looked a little better, and he said casually. "The magic doesn't really work on the snake's body, so it's normal that you can't communicate with the snake with magical power."

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"It's not normal for the snake to be unable to communicate with Nagini!"

At this time, in the office of the director of the Transfiguration Division, Dumbledore was explaining something to everyone.

"When Tom was using the snake tongue, Nagini was clearly affected by something." He said. "Whether it's in the cave or in Newt's chest, Tom's snake tongue calms Nagini for a short time, proving that it is possible to communicate with Nagini with snake tongue."

But Riddle said Nagini didn't trust him and didn't want to talk to him. Ghost Xiwen asked. "Could it be that Nagini has magical powers and can resist the influence of the snake's old tongue?"

Shevin repeated what Riddle had said to him.

"I don't think so." Dumbledore shook his head lightly and replied. "If Nagini's madness in the cave is normal, his seizures in the cage are a bit of a wistful feeling."

"There's something wrong with that." Newt explained. "In fact, in addition to the two ways I showed you in the Albanian forests, the viper actually has a third way to move forward - and that is the telescopic movement!"

"When a prey is chasing or going to hunt for food, the viper tends to lift the front of its body and stretch it forward as best it can, and when it comes into contact with an object, it shrinks its back forward. This stretching movement is physically demanding, but it's faster than winding a crawl! ”

"In addition, vipers usually do not flee when they are frightened, but coil their bodies in a circle and make exhalation sounds, and their bodies are constantly shrinking to scare each other and gain a sense of security."

However, Nagini did not exhibit these two normal behaviors when he was locked in the cage, but instead showed a very disobedient state of madness, constantly circling around the cage wall. It's like acting! ”

Hearing Newt's explanation, everyone else present almost believed Dumbledore's speculation, and they all felt puzzled and annoyed.

"But why did he lie to us?" Aurelius asked with a frown. He still couldn't believe that the polite-looking little wizard could deceive them.

"It's not that from Riddle's point of view, it's not that I can't understand his behavior." Ghost Xiwen pondered for a moment, then spoke. "It's hard to come across a powerful snake creature, and Riddle, who has a snake old cavity, may have a chance to subdue it and get a powerful boost."

"Since no one else understands the conversation between man and snake, why should he do something to get this big snake completely under his command?"

"So, that kid really dares to play tricks on us?" After hearing Xiwen's speculation, Aberforth was furious, and shouted angrily. "See if I don't settle accounts with him right away!"

However, Dumbledore grabbed him, shook his head slightly, and said to him, "Strange is right, we don't understand his conversation with the snake, so there is no evidence that Tom has concealed or manipulated Nagini's affairs. In order to avoid further trouble, let's wait until Nagini is awakened. ”

"So, how are we supposed to wake her up?" Aurelius asked helplessly.

"yes, how do you wake her up?" Dumbledore pondered.

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Before they knew it, Shevin and Riddle had descended the spiral staircase and returned to the Slytherin common room. The journey went smoothly, and there were no encounters with Administrator Pringer who was patrolling the night, and there were no red-handed bags by other professors. So I didn't even use the note Dumbledore wrote.

Beep Pavilion

"It's late, let's go back and rest early, Riddle." Xiwen looked at the candles that were still burning with green flames in the lounge, and whispered.

Riddle nodded silently and headed towards his bedroom.

Xiwen didn't go back immediately, just stared at the deep and dark black lake outside the window of the lounge, quietly in a daze.

Who created the Blood Curse? If it really doesn't have a mantra, why isn't it classified as an unforgivable spell? Did Riddle play any tricks on this?

Xiwen thought about this and that, and felt a mess in his mind.

Shaking his head helplessly, he finally returned to his bedroom, where Mobley's faint snoring and the steady breathing of Abu and Gomez sounded.

It's really late at night.

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Even though he slept late the day before, Xiwen didn't feel too tired and sleepy in the next day's class.

In the morning herbal class, Sivin successfully answered Professor Isad's questions one by one from Miranda's herbal medicine class notes, which he had borrowed, and gave Slytherin three points.

Of course, Hufflepuff next door gets a little more points, even if the questions they answer aren't technical. But Shevin was still relieved, after all, it was already a rare thing to have Professor Isad give Slytherin extra points.

In the afternoon's Defence Against the Dark Arts class, Professor Enriquez, with long blue hair, showed up in the Defence Against the Dark Arts classroom.

However, he seemed to be a little absent-minded this time, and instead of using his bloodline magic knowledge to bring everyone the different Defence Against the Dark Arts experience that he had in the previous class, he let the young wizards practice the repellent spell on their own in the classroom.

Professor Enriquez himself was cradling a thick book, frowning at something. When a student is under the podium casting a spell, he will raise his head to deal with it.

After class, Hiven tried to stop Professor Enriquez to ask a few questions about Nagini. But the professor hurried out of the classroom as soon as the bell rang. Judging by the direction he left, it was likely that he was going to the office of the director of the Transfiguration Division to find Dumbledore.

Xiwen looked at his back and sighed silently.

Even Dumbledore didn't seem to have any solution to Nagini's Blood Curse, and could only discuss and study it with Professor Enriquez.

Occasionally, the ghost Shewin would be called over to help observe Nagini's soul, so Shewin had some knowledge of the situation over there.

He knew that Nagini's situation was not too good, that the blood curse of Meledith was still eroding her humanity, and that Dumbledore did not have much time left for them.

Riddle hasn't been called in for help since yesterday's incident, even if he's inadvertently brought it up several times.

After all, Nagini's body could no longer afford an adventure.

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