Chapter 52: The Sorting Hat: I Didn't Lie (Ask for Follow~)
Harry didn't carry the Sorting Hat, and it was impossible for Harry to use the Witcher's tricks.
That's so recognizable.
He waved his wand.
The tables and chairs twisted and turned into thorns in front of him, but before they could stop it, several blasting spells opened, blasting it to pieces.
It's only fleeting, but it's enough.
Harry cast another spell.
"The clouds are misty!"
A thick mist poured out, mingling with the smoke of the Explosion Spell, covering his body and enveloping the entire doorway.
"He's going to run!" One shouted in surprise.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to the common room opened, and Harry fled.
The little snakes ran out.
Away from the clouds, unobstructed in view, they saw the figure burrow into the bathroom in the underground corridor.
They followed in, and it was empty.
Cautious and cautious, a few little snakes opened the compartment door one by one, from the outermost side to the innermost side, a total of sixteen compartments, only a few panicked, were forcibly opened the compartment door, and before they had time to put on their pants, and looked like a dead heart.
The guy disguised as Graham was nowhere to be seen.
"It's a phantom spell!" A Slytherin spoke, raising his wand, "Stop!" β
Others followed suit and chanted the same incantation.
More than a dozen spells are stacked instantly.
Powerful, majestic magic swept away and spread in all directions.
No one showed up.
The little snakes were pale-faced, gritting their teeth with hatred.
What about people?
Why is it gone?
The little wizard who shouted "Curse Stop" the fastest frowned: "Go and tell Professor Snape that you will definitely find him!" β
Harry had already put on his invisibility cloak and slipped through the gap between them, and after more than half an hour, the effect of the polyjuice potion had worn off, and he returned to his original shape and walked back with a calm demeanor.
The Gryffindor common room is bustling.
The lower and upper grades all got together, arguing and discussing.
"Harry, Professor McGonagall came over and took a group of people with her." Hermione was greatly relieved to see Harry, "It was said that someone broke into the Slytherin common room and was discovered, I thought it was ......"
"How did you get discovered?" Ron lowered his voice, unable to hide his surprise, "That's a polyjuice potion." β
Harry didn't speak, but waved his hand.
Take Hermione and Ron to their bedroom.
Neville wasn't there, still in the break room, discussing the hero who dared to force his way into the Slytherin common room... Oh no, it's the "outlaws".
"Shouldn't our Mr. Hat explain?" Harry looked at the Sorting Hat on the bed and locked the bedroom door with a Curse of Confinement.
The Sorting Hat was crooked.
"There are no portraits of Slytherins." Harry said softly, his tone a little dangerous, "Who would have thought that the symbol of Hogwarts, the Relic of Gryffindor, would lie about such a thing. β
"Harry, I didn't lie to you." The Sorting Hat dangled, "There is indeed a portrait of Slytherin in the Slytherin common room. β
"The trials of Gryffindor are written in the castle contract."
"If the portrait is taken, destroyed, or deliberately hidden, I can feel itβI'm the most important part of the trial."
As it spoke, it paused.
"It's in the Slytherin common room, it's in the open, and every Slytherin student can see it."
Hermione frowned.
From Harry's words, it was not difficult for her to analyze how Harry's identity was exposed.
The Slytherin students didn't think there was a portrait of Slytherin in the common room, so Harry, under the guise of Snape, was immediately recognized.
Can...
The Sorting Hat swore again.
It is also said that every Slytherin can see a portrait of the ancient, legendary founder.
It's so contradictory.
Harry's wand poked at it, "You're over a thousand years old, and I wonder if there's something wrong with you than the Slytherin brains." β
"I don't!" The Sorting Hat was so angry that he wanted to pounce on him and bite him, "Hogwarts and I are one, and this castle is still there, so I can't damage it." β
"I can assure you."
"In the name of Gryffindor and Hogwartsβ"
"There is absolutely no problem with the trial."
As it spoke, it scoffed, "But this is the Gryffindor trial, not the kind of little joke Dumbledore had with you last year. β
"For more than a thousand years, there will always be some geniuses who can draw the Gryffindor sword when they are still students, just like you, and have the qualifications to conduct trials......"
"But none of them succeeded."
"The successor of Gryffindor must be better than Gryffindor, my dear Harry."
Harry was expressionless: "Slytherin can see it, but they just don't recognize it as a Slytherin portrait." β
"So the first step to Slytherin is to stuff dung stones into your head?"
The Sorting Hat shook his head and stopped talking.
"Looks like we're going to have to stay in the library and find that Slytherin's stuff." Harry lowered his wand, "Maybe we should also look for Gryffindor to see if he's like Dumbledore, old age has been stuffed with dung in his head." β
Ron's brain is down.
He was still analyzing the Sorting Hat's words.
What "something that can be seen and something that cannot be seen".
It's complicated enough.
Harry canceled the spell and had just opened the door, where Seamus and Neville were standing.
"Look, I'll just say Granger is in there." Seamus winked at Neville, making the little fat man blush.
"Wait!" Seamus then saw Ron who was walking a step late, "Ron, why are you in there too?" β
Ron looked back at his bed.
This...
It seems that it is also his bedroom, why would he be so surprised that he is also in this matter.
"What's wrong?" Harry asked.
"Come and tell you to celebrate." Seamus replied, "Someone, suspected to be a Gryffindor, broke into the Slytherin common room, and Weasley brought them a batch of alcohol. β
"And some cakes." Neville added, "A roasted whole lamb, I don't know how they got it." β
Professor McGonagall had almost all of the sixth, seventh, and fifth-year students and interrogated them so many times that Snape could barely resist using the Truth Potion.
Such a shameful thing!
Someone broke into the common room and let the man escape!
The old batel, the head of Slytherin, was eager to unleash a fire spell that leveled the Gryffindor common room.
But no matter how hard they tried, they still couldn't find the culprit who broke into the Slytherin common room.
The lion cubs are also speculating.
Good at transfiguration, and can also spell the illusion, there are not many people who meet such harsh conditions.
I don't know if it's hiding deep and not wanting to reveal my identity, or... In fact, it wasn't Gryffindor who broke into the Slytherin common room.
But it doesn't matter.
Whatever the result, it doesn't affect the little lions to celebrate.
Harry wasn't in the mood to drink, only a few people were drunk, and then he scribbled on, watching the Weasley brothers grab Percy and conjure him up with a Transfiguration Charm to create swan wings, dancing there in an awkward but cheerful way.
Weekend.
The three of them set up roots in the library in search of information on "Salazar Slytherin", who is not hard to find as one of the most famous wizards in Great Britain.
"Parseltongue?" Harry flipped to the first line of text and froze, "Talking to snakes is a rare ability?" β
"Of course!" Ron nodded, "Not everyone can do it, only Slytherin descendants can ......"
"Me too." Harry said slowly, his face heavy.
He had long since discovered that he could talk to snakes without having to take any potions.
This is one of the symbols that he is considered extremely gifted.
In fact, in that world, the name "snake whisperer" is often used in the small circle of witchers and warlocks to refer to him, and many people who don't know him will even mistake him for the pit viper school.
A Slytherin descendant?
He didn't think so, he had read the Potter family tree, and it had nothing to do with Slytherin.
Is it the piece in his scar, the fragment of Voldemort's soul?
That's really bad news.
Ron laughed, but his smile became dry, "Harry, it's not funny. β
"I'm not a Sorting Hat, no kidding." Harry's fingers rubbed the words.
Ron's face contorted, "Oh... Not ......"
"Does Slytherin have Animagus?" Harry quickly looked down.
Hermione also buried her head in the pages.
Ron struggled for a moment, and simply put this thing behind him - Harry was so good, with a "parseltongue" talent, it seemed to make sense, even if he was a Slytherin descendant, but he was now a Gryffindor.
More than an hour later.
"I didn't find it." Hermione shook her head.
Ron's face turned strange: "I found a rumor - the big squid in the Black Lake may be Gryffindor." β
"No wizard has ever lived for a thousand years." Hermione shook her head.
Harry closed the book and threw out the question, "If Slytherin had Animagus, what kind of animal would it be?" β
"Snake!"
Hermione and Ron didn't hesitate and spat out the same word.
The image of Slytherin has been equated with a snake.
Hermione quickly reacted, "You mean..."
"What Slytherin left in the common room may not be a portrait of himself, but a portrait of him in the form of Animagus?"