The silence of Hogwarts at night was terrifying.

I don't know if it's a psychological effect, or if it's just like that.

After the attack on the two young wizards, the night at Hogwarts seemed to get even colder.

Operation Hermione and Ron was a success.

After the attack, although the professors began to take turns on night patrols. But such patrols are only in the vicinity of the towers of the students' dormitories.

After narrowly avoiding the Gryffindor Tower, which Professor Rolanda Hodge is in charge of.

The road to the forbidden area can be said to be unobstructed.

On the second floor of the castle, the library was silent and eerie, after carefully crossing the rope between the ordinary bookshelves and the forbidden area.

Hermione and Ron split up and began to search for clues.

After Nicolame's experience last year, Hermione also knew that a basilisk like this that could live for thousands of years was definitely not a product of modern times, and that it was at least a clue from hundreds of years ago in books.

The process of finding information is quite boring, in addition to being aimless and without accurate directions, more importantly, the magic books in the forbidden area are protected by black magic, and some dangerous books may cause harm to them.

...

After a few hours of rushing.

Just as Ron was about to give up, he finally found some descriptions in a pamphlet sandwiched between two heavy books.

"Hermione, come here."

Ron hurriedly waved the yellowed pamphlet in his hand and said.

And Hermione hurriedly rushed over when she heard the sound.

"I guess it's a student's notebook?" Hermione said suspiciously, holding the thin 'book'.

"Seven hundred years ago... (illegible)... An ancient Greek dark wizard... Despicable Helbo...

He is one of the most powerful and influential dark wizards known in history. He was the first wizard to successfully create a Horcrux, and possibly the first to invent a method of making it.

He invented many evil curses, which made him infamous. For example... (illegible) is his masterpiece.

Legend has it that Helbo was also a wizard who discovered that using toads to hatch eggs could hatch the Serpent King. He is one of the early Parseltongue cavities and is born with a rare ability to communicate with snakes. Able to control the basilisk using the Parseltongue cavity...

For details, please refer to the seventh bookshelf in the forbidden book area, the third floor of the book "The Dark Arts Unveiled"..."

This is a notebook dating back at least hundreds of years, as the English used in this notebook is also mixed with a lot of Latin and French.

It was clear that Voldemort had already looked up all the information about Horcruxes in the Forbidden Books section when he was a student at Hogwarts.

Sure enough, after getting the pointers, Hermione and Ron also found the book "The Dark Arts Unveiled" on the seventh shelf.

"Someone stole that copy of Dark Arts Unveiled!" Ron also reflected at this time, the books in the forbidden book area sometimes won't be read for centuries, how can it be such a coincidence that the one he was looking for is missing?

"It must have been stolen by that Slytherin heir fifty years ago." Hermione reasoned calmly.

"The notebook we found was hand-copied by a Hogwarts senior even back in time. Fortunately, the basilisk has been introduced very clearly here. ”

'The basilisk is a snake-like magical creature with an emerald green body, but it is fundamentally different from a poisonous snake. Its gaze is the most dangerous weapon of attack: any creature that interacts directly with its gaze will be killed instantly, and creatures that intersect indirectly (such as seen in a mirror) will be petrified. As long as there is enough food or hibernation, the basilisk can usually live for a long time. ’

Hermione pointed to the text on the note and said, "The secret room left by Slytherin is a basilisk, all of them are aligned, and indirect contact with the basilisk will be petrified, Colin is through the camera."

Hannah Abbott is through which the shiny copper pot is rubbed. ”

"But how did the basilisk run around Hogwarts?" Ron followed Hermione towards Gryffindor's tower.

"I mean, a basilisk that big, someone will always see it."

"I don't know." Hermione rubbed her head with a headache and said deflatedly.

Although they found information, the two were not much happy.

Because new problems have arisen.

After thinking about it for a long time, the two decided to go back to the dormitory first, they had been wandering outside for a long time, and it was hard to guarantee that they would not be discovered by the professors.

"Wait, there's someone up ahead." Ron hurriedly stopped Hermione.

Just as they were passing through the third floor, Ron keenly heard what seemed to be footsteps coming from the staircase ahead.

The two hurriedly clinged to the wall, and as long as they were cloaked in invisibility, they would not be discovered as long as they were not directly bumped into by others.

"Footsteps, like walking towards Myrtle's bathroom." Ron whispered.

"How can anyone come here at this time of day? Could it be the heir?" With that, Hermione ignored Ron's obstruction and slowly moved slowly in the direction of the bathroom.

The invisibility cloak is draped over their bodies, which allows the two to not worry about being seen, but that doesn't mean they won't be noticed. After all, it is just invisible and not disappearing, and the sound of footsteps, breathing, and heartbeat cannot be eliminated.

And a truly powerful wizard is able to tell those invisible units from the movement of air around them.

...

In the dimly lit bathroom, a familiar figure stood in front of the washstand.

"Smack!" A drop of water fell into the pool, splashing a ripple, and the girl's eyes narrowed slightly, looking in the direction of the door, her eyes sharp and cold.

"Hallie?"

After seeing the man's face, Hermione and Ron quickly took off their invisibility cloaks and walked over.

"Why are you here?" Harry's voice was stiff and hollow, but perhaps because it was so small, Hermione and Ron didn't notice any difference.

"We just went to the forbidden section to look for information. Let's see what we find. With that, Ron pulled out the yellowed notebook he found and displayed the description in front of Harley in its original form.

"I see!"

"But we still don't know how the evil basilisk managed to strike back and forth in the castle without being detected." Hermione shook her head and sighed.

"We still need some time." Ron suggested.

At this moment, Hallie's eyes became indifferent, and she looked up again in the direction of the door and said, "Who is it?" Come out! ”

...

"Uh... In the middle of the night, are you little wizards going to have a party here? ”

In the shadows, Lockhart led a little blonde boy out.

"Malfoy?" Ron stared at the little wizard who was following Lockhart in surprise.

"Oh! As a surprise bonus, a young Slytherin wizard who slipped out of bed actually led me to discover three other Gryffindor wizards. Lockhart was still speaking witticisms, his hands on his chest, like an associate professor.

"Malfoy? Are you tracking us? Ron said confusedly. It's impossible, he and Hermione are obviously invisible, how can they be discovered?

"Stupid, he's coming with Hallie." Hermione said as she gently kicked Ron next to her.

"Alright, four young wizards who violated the curfew, now go back with me immediately, I think your respective deans will punish you severely." As he spoke, Lockhart stretched out his hand as if he were driving a flock of sheep, urging the young wizards present.

At that moment, a cold voice came from behind Hermione and Ron.

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