Filch limped out of the staircase, and when he saw his cat turned into a stone statue, he couldn't help but be overwhelmed with grief, and then looked at the two students in front of him, and he was furious.

"Is it you two bad guys?" He pointed to Joel and Haylis' noses, his fingers trembling violently with excitement, "It must be some kind of ghost from the two of you......"

Joel looked at him as if he was going to eat Haylis alive, frowned, and protected his girlfriend behind him.

"It wasn't the two of us who did it!" Haylis retorted, "The cat was already petrified when the two of us came here. ”

"!" Filch didn't believe Haylis' words, "It's just the two of you in this hallway!" ”

"Besides, it's dinner time, what are you two doing on the fourth floor?" At this moment, Filch is a Japanese elementary school detective and analyzes the loopholes one by one.

The sound of footsteps sounded in a string, followed by loud chatter and laughter after a full meal.

It was Harry, Hermione, and Ron, who were passing by and couldn't help but stop when they saw the tragic situation of Lady Loris.

"What is this, the Petrification Charm?" Ron was a little curious.

"Enemies of the heir, beware of ......" Harry looked at the bloody letters on the glass.

"It's these two people who made my cat like this!" Filch hurriedly complained to the three Harry, "You all saw it, Weasley, what did you just say, the Petrification Charm?" ”

"Hurry up and change my cat back to its original form, or you'll ...... tonight," Filch turned to threaten Joel and the others.

"It's not a petrification charm." Joel and Hermione said in unison.

The two of them looked at each other, "It's just that it looks very similar to the effect of the Petrification Charm, but it's not that simple. Joel continued.

"Yes, but I can't see what spell caused it." Hermione nodded in agreement with Joel.

"I don't care what kind of Rausch spell this is!" The old cat slave Filch jumped to his feet in a hurry, how could the focus of this group of students be different, "You guys hurry up and return my cat!" ”

"What's wrong, Argus?" Lockhart's voice suddenly rang out, and he stood on the landing of the staircase, the last rays of the setting sun shining through the window on one side of his face, and the other half of his face shrouded in shadow, which was rather eerie and eerie.

Joel noticed that Professor Lockhart was looking deep and thoughtful when he saw Mrs. Loris under the floor-to-ceiling window, and he couldn't help but feel a little suspicious.

But when Lockhart walked up to them, he had a greasy smile on his face, which made Joel suspect that what he had just seen was nothing more than an illusion.

"My cat ......" met the Hogwarts professor, and Filch finally found someone who could call the shots for him, and quickly recounted what had just happened.

"Professor Lockhart!" Hermione was excited, "You're going to be able to save this cat, right?" ”

"Of course, Miss Granger," Lockhart blinked, crisping Hermione on the outside and tender on the inside, "Professor Lockhart can do anything!" ”

He took out his wand in what he thought was the most handsome, danced a flower, and then lowered his head and tapped the petrified cat with his wand in front of a nervous Filch, hiding the heavy thoughts in his eyes.

"This cat's injury is very strange, Argus, it's not as simple as a petrification charm," Lockhart scratched his head and smiled, "I don't think Mr. Taylor and Miss Selwyn, two third-year students, have this ability." ”

"Get Professor Dumbledore to do justice!" Filch was a squib - only a few deans and Dumbledore knew about this news, so naturally they couldn't see that their cat was hurt, and they thought that Lockhart was protecting the students, and they had to go to the most impartial professor in his heart to judge, and when the time came, they would definitely let the two students who did not admit their mistakes be unable to eat and walk around.

Filch was worried about his cat, and insisted that the three of Harry go to the Headmaster's office to find Professor Dumbledore.

And Joel was distracted from the moment he saw Petrified Lady Loris, he didn't expect Lucius Malfoy to start so quickly, whose hand was Riddle's diary?

The truth is confusing, and there are many letters to and from Hogwarts every day, and it is very likely that the diary will be sent to the castle in this way, and the most suspicious of them is Draco Malfoy.

But why did Lockhart have that expression...... Joel always felt that something was wrong.

Haylis looked at Joel's brow furrowed, looking distressed, thinking that he was distressed by Filch's slander, and reached out to pinch the back of his hand.

Joel smiled reluctantly, but his mood did not improve.

Professor Dumbledore hurried over, and after seeing Lady Loris, he came to the same conclusion as Professor Lockhart.

"Obviously some kind of deep and difficult dark magic," Dumbledore shook his head, "It's not a spell that a student can use. ”

"The two of them were still wandering the fourth-floor hallway during dinner...... "Filch didn't give up.

"Can't the two of us fall in love in the hallway?" Haylis was a little angry, and she couldn't see Joel's frowning and uneasy, "Does Mr. Filch even care about this?" ”

Dumbledore's gaze lingered on Joel and Haylis' clothes for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth rose slightly to reveal a smile.

"Professor!" Filch was anxious, "And what about my cat?" ”

"Gotta find a ripe mandrake," Dumbledore said calmly, "Head Sprout has a batch of potions, and when they grow up, they can be boiled." ”

With Dumbledore's involvement, Filch still failed to punish Joel and Helis as he wished, but this did not prevent him from linking the two with the murderer of his cat.

When the news of Lady Loris's petrification reached the ears of every student at Hogwarts, everyone didn't care about cats, but instead focused on the words secret room and heir, and thanks to this, the sales of "Hogwarts, A School History" at the Blotted Bookstore quickly climbed.

After the incident, Filch, who was in a frenzy, frequently deducted points for Joel and Haylis in the hallway, and this morning even the two of them held hands to go to the ancient magic language classroom to class, which was simply mad.

Professor Bussida Barblin quotes the scriptures from the podium, the last lesson of the Ancient Magic Script class before Halloween.

Ancient scripts were used by wizards hundreds of years ago, who could use the magic contained in the words to cast a variety of inconceivable spells.

However, with the simplification of spell chanting and the decline of wizards' magic level, the ancient magic script gradually reduced to a simple text, and now the wizarding world only uses it to translate ancient texts, of course, there are many kinds of ancient magic scripts in the wizarding world, and the most commonly used runi script in the British wizarding world is only a part of it.

Due to the lack of practicality, there are not many people at Hogwarts who take this course, most of them are Ravenclaw students - some out of curiosity, more because of family inheritance, many descendants of ancient magic translation scholars study in Ravenclaw, and their descendants have learned a lot about ancient magic before entering the school, and they have come here to brush up on credits.

In their opinion, this is the O given for free, don't be in vain.

Nearly two months later, Professor Babling finally finished telling the history of the development of ancient magic scripts in the British Isles, and led the topic to Northern Europe.

"The history of ancient magic in Northern Europe is mainly focused on Scandinavia, and in the wizarding world, the ancient magic script they use is very different from that of the British Isles...... "Professor Babling has studied ancient magic very deeply, and once won the second class of the Order of Merlin for a study of the Mayan magic script in North America.

Joel was always focused on the ancient magic class, and he wanted to understand the contents of the seven books left by the original parents of the body, and after months of contact, he always felt that there was some secret hidden there.

In the two-hour lesson, Joel finally figured out the ancient Norse magic system, but he didn't see the rare letters of the seven ancient books on Professor Barburing's board book.

After holding back his curiosity for two months, he finally couldn't suppress his curiosity, and picked out a few rare words from an ancient book, transcribed them on parchment, and asked Professor Babling for advice.

"Where did you see these letters?" Wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a cold complexion, Professor Barblin is an ascetic royal sister, and although not as charming as Professor Claire White back then, she is still a flower at Hogwarts - in fact, she is one of the few unmarried women of appropriate age in the Hogwarts faculty and staff.

"An ancient book......," Joel replied, "I found it from the second-hand book market." ”

Professor Babling looked at him with straight eyes, as if to examine whether he was lying.

Joel is not timid, he has a perfect-level Occlumency, and he is not afraid to play this set at all.

After a moment, Professor Babling withdrew his gaze and looked the same, "This is Hölsinge Runes, a branch of the Norse Runes system, which was mainly used in the Muggle world hundreds of years ago, and the wizarding world did not use this script at all, because no one could properly guide them to cast spells. ”

"Wizards hundreds of years ago didn't use this kind of writing, so the ancient magic scripts of later generations would not include this kind of writing in the scope of research at all, after all, wizards didn't use this kind of writing to leave a book with research value." Barburing was patient with Joel.

"......I see," Joel then reacted, he was simply looking in the wrong direction, since he received the inheritance of the original owner of the body, he had been obsessed with exchanging all kinds of runi translations in the wizarding world, never expected that ancient wizards would not use this kind of writing at all.

The question is, how did Lockhart know that the book was a set of seven volumes?

Joel felt more pain in his skull when he thought about it, and he realized that the real Lockhart was not as stupid as he was in the original book.

"Can you lend me that ancient book?" After answering Joel's question, Professor Babling made her own request.

"Didn't you say that the Ancient Demon Script didn't contain this kind of script......" Joel was stunned for two seconds.

"That's right, but I'd like to talk about H?lsinge Runes in my next paper," Professor Babling held his glasses, and now the classroom was empty, only Haylis was lying on the table reviewing the herbology textbook and waiting for her boyfriend by the way, "I always feel that something is wrong, and several other runes can be used as ancient magic scripts, why is it difficult for this branch of runes to channel magic power alone?" ”

Joel hesitated for a moment, and agreed, with the help of Professor Babling, he must be able to crack the secrets of ancient books faster.

It was Professor Lockhart who helped him make this decision, and Lockhart had read the book on the train at the time, and he didn't show any covetousness, and he probably couldn't hide any big secrets.

Joel left Professor Babling a scroll, and she promised that the translation would be completed after the Halloween break, and she would probably have to stay up all night to see how she was so enthralled.

At the same time, the discussion of the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts intensified, and many students found out about the Slytherin Chamber in "Hogwarts: A History of the School", and constantly asked Professor Binns questions in the history of magic class, and Professor Binns had never been so enthusiastically sought after by students since he became a ghost.

But Professor Binns has the ethics of a historical researcher, and he does not make up stories as he likes, although he answers the legends about the horrors in the secret room, but repeatedly stresses: "This is all nonsense, and the school has invited many historians over the centuries to verify that this is complete nonsense, and we must believe in history, believe in the truth, and not superstitious legends made up by boring people." ”

Fast forward to the third Friday of October, the last time the dueling club responded enthusiastically, this time all the students of Hogwarts were present, due to the large number of people, it was obviously not appropriate to duel in groups in the ring like last time, the four headmasters discussed with Professor Lockhart, and planned to have a house ring match.

"Each house has a team, one from Year 1 to Year 7," Professor Lockhart became the man of the dueling club after his victory over Snape, and the four deans didn't bother to snatch his place and let him perform in front of the students, "There is a two-on-two showdown between the houses, and we want to use two periods - that is, two months to get this event done, and if it works out, we may have the next round of the House Ring after the Christmas break." ”

"You can get a close-up look at the skills of the outstanding students, and our professor will explain them on the side, which I think will be very helpful for improving your dueling skills."

"The winning house and individual can get some small prizes and big house points," Lockhart said, standing on a high spot, looking at the dense crowd of human heads in the auditorium, holding his head high like a proud peacock, "and, of course, Professor Lockhart's own autographed photograph and signed books." ”

Whispers rang out from the audience, and the students were clearly interested in the rewards.

The four deans came to the students and began to discuss the contestants.

"Joel, you're okay with being a third-year representative, right?" Professor Flitwick stepped out of the line of sophomores who were taller than him and asked Joel.

"Ah......h

"Don't look at me, you're definitely better than me." Haylis directly vetoed it, she was able to cause trouble to Joel before purely by relying on a one-handed plant trap, and she was not as good as Joel in terms of overall strength in the head-to-head battle.

"You just go up," Sergey didn't have a big deal, "Didn't Lockhart say there would be a chance next time?" ”