Chapter 117: Pride and Prejudice
Harry came back from training and saw the Knicks eat barbecue again, this time there were quite a few people, not only Hermione, but also Ron, George and Fred, and there were not only kebabs on the plate, but also various vegetables and seafood.
When the group saw Harry and asked him to come and enjoy it, Nick was full of food, and was carefully studying the characteristics of the basilisk, thinking about what materials he could get after the basilisk was killed by Harry.
"What are you looking at?" Hermione asked.
"A book about magical creatures."
Hearing Knicks' answer, Tifa looked unhappy, she felt that her brother was looking at this to please Luna, and his purpose was not pure. I grabbed the book and looked at it a few times, but I didn't care about it, but after seeing the basilisk part, she was stunned and looked at it seriously.
The more Tifa looked at it, the more he felt that the monster described above was the monster that petrified people during this time. Before she could finish reading, Nicks took the book and got up and said, "I'll go back first." Tifa immediately got up and followed, shouting, "Wait, I haven't finished reading it yet, you can't take it." ”
Ignoring his sister, Nix went back to his dorm room to sleep.
Tifa had been thinking about the monster all night, and couldn't sleep at night, so he crawled into Ginny's bed. Ginny put her arms around her with her backhand and said confusedly, "What's wrong?" ”
"I think my brother seems to have found the monster in the secret room." Tifa whispered.
Ginny instantly sobered up: "He found it?" ”
"The book he just brought back describes a kind of monster, and I think it's probably a monster in the secret room."
Ginny asked tremblingly, "You can see clearly, what kind of monster is that?" ”
Tifa didn't notice Ginny's anomaly and continued, "The book says it's called a basilisk, and if you look directly into its eyes, you'll die, and if you see it indirectly, you'll be petrified. Very much in line with the current situation. ”
Ginny's heart sank, and her throat became dry: "Maybe not, didn't you say that you would die if you looked directly?" No one died. ”
"yes, that's why I'm not sure." Tifa replied.
"Don't think about it, go to sleep." Ginny was thinking more, and she felt the need to take the book with her.
The next day, while the Knicks were practicing the Fire Charm, Luna on the side watched quietly, and Seamus would give Luna some fireworks display to prevent the fire from getting out of control.
It's a pity that Luna's focus has always been on the Knicks, and Seamus's fireworks display can only get a few unobtrusive compliments.
The figure of Dean Thomas appeared around the corner, he was panting, holding the wall with one hand, holding his knee with the other, the three looked at him, and when he was panting, he said to the three: "Nyx, Seamo, something happened in the dormitory." ”
Seamus was stunned, what does it mean that something happened in the dormitory, and what can happen to the dormitory.
Nicks immediately thought of Tom Riddle's diary, Ginny did it, she took it back, and then the school would be dangerous again.
A few people quickly returned to the dormitory, where Harry, Ron, and Neville were already in the dormitory, checking what was missing.
It's not just Harry's stuff that's messed up in the dormitory, everyone's belongings are scattered everywhere, but Harry's belongings are at the bottom.
If it weren't for the fact that Nicks knew what was going on, he wouldn't have noticed this, apparently rummaging through Harry's things first, and then throwing other people's belongings around when he found them.
Most of Nicks' belongings were in the lady's pouch, and he packed them quickly, eventually realizing that the book about magical creatures he had read last night was missing.
I was extremely depressed in my heart, what was wrong with Ginny, why did she take the books, it was borrowed from the library, and if she didn't go back, Mrs. Pins would be angry, what if she didn't let him continue to borrow books.
Harry's stuff was the messiest, and most of it was under the others, and he was the slowest to tidy up, and he and Ron secretly said something when they were done.
"I didn't lose anything." Dean said.
"Me neither." Seamus was also finished.
Neville said, "I didn't lose anything, but the garlic I planted was knocked over, and the seeds inside were all gone, so the Slytherin heir was scared to do it." ”
Nicks shook his head: "It should have been broken by turning over things, not on purpose." But I lost the book I borrowed from the library. ”
Harry and Ron looked at Nix in amazement, wondering why they wanted to steal a book or a book that they could borrow from the library.
Seamus smiled and said, "Who did you offend, he actually made you unable to return the book, and you will be hated by Mrs. Pince in the future." ”
Nix replied seriously: "We boys are all here, if you want, you can directly ask me, it won't be you, but I'm still famous among girls, and I may be jealous of boys in other grades." ”
Ron asked, "Why not a girl?" ”
"Because I usually agree to a lady's request, even if it's a little unreasonable, it's gentlemanly manners, you don't understand." Knicks' expression was full of disdain.
Harry was silent, he felt that the thief's main target should be the diary, and taking Nicks's book should be incidental, a cover-up.
In the evening, Hermione was sitting across from Knicks, eating the small cake that Knicks had brought from the kitchen, and slowly flipping through the "Easy Introduction to Ancient Runes" in her hand.
Harry walked over to Hermione and whispered something, Hermione got up and left, looking at her with some confusion in her eyes, and followed Harry to the other side.
"Why can't you tell the Knicks?" Hermione asked, sitting down.
Ron said firmly, "I suspect the Knicks are the heirs." ”
"It's just nonsense." Hermione was furious.
Ron explained, "He's got a lot of things that fit in with the heir, a pure-blooded family, his father's support for Voldemort, weird potions, and great power, and I think he's been messing us up and leading us in the wrong direction." ”
Harry nodded, "We were influenced by a lot of things, and he advised me to throw away the diary. ”
Ron continued, "I even suspect that Malfoy knew we were going to pretend to be Goyle and Crabbe, so he showed that he wasn't the heir. ”
"Are you suspicious of the Knicks snitching?" Hermione's voice was a little loud, and the people around her looked at her.
Harry immediately said, "No. ”
"Be quiet, we still have information, if you're loud, I won't tell you." Ron Road.
"What information?" Hermione asked.
Harry answered, "Remember what I told you before, we heard strange noises?" ”
Hermione nodded.
"I found out that the voice hadn't been there since I got the diary, which means that the diary is important, and it contains information about the location of the secret room, but the diary doesn't want me to know and gives me the wrong information."
Hermione speculated, "That is, Hagrid is innocent, he was framed by the journal, and it's a good thing we didn't go to him." ”
Harry shook his head, "No, Hagrid is innocent, but the Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago, Hagrid should know something, and it was a mistake that we didn't go to him." ”
"It doesn't make sense, why did the Knicks attack Muggle-born wizards?" Hermione asked.
Ron: "Jealous, he's jealous of Harry. ”
"Wouldn't it be better to attack Harry directly?"
"No, the monsters of Slytherin will only eliminate Muggle-born wizards, and will not do anything to purebloods." Ron said firmly. "He couldn't let the monsters attack Harry, so he had to choose the man next to Harry, Colin Creevey. There was also an attack on Justin Finchrie in order to frame Harry. ”
Hermione was convinced, but she still didn't want to believe that Knicks did this, and got up and said to the two, "I won't tell him, but I'll find evidence that it wasn't him." ”