Chapter 161: Solving the Problem
With both amulets and scriptures, Ginny's problem is naturally solved. As for the culprit's Dark Arts Diary, Charon immediately sneaked into Ginny's bedroom with a vigilant look on his face and took it.
On the other side, while Charon is helping Ginny out of her nightmare, Harry is completely well in the hospital.
When he woke up on Sunday morning, he saw the winter sun shining brightly in the dormitory. He noticed that new bones had grown in his arm, but it was very stiff. He sat up jerked up and looked over at Colin's bed, but the long curtain in front of Harry's bed had been replaced yesterday had completely covered Colin's bed.
Madam Pomfrey saw that Harry was awake, and walked briskly over with the breakfast tray, and then began to stretch his arms and fingers in a curl manner.
"Looks good," she said, as Harry awkwardly took a spoon in his left hand to drink the porridge, "and you can go when you're done." ”
While Harry was eating, Hermione and Ron hurried to the scene, and when they saw that Harry was recovering well, their hearts immediately rested in their stomachs, and they sat on the bed and chatted with him.
After Harry finished eating, the two helped Harry pack his things and prepare to be discharged from the hospital. Hermione finished helping Harry clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and suddenly remembered something, "Why haven't Charon and Ginny arrived for so long?" They're walking too slowly. ”
Ron also wondered, could it be that something had happened? When Harry heard that Charon and Ginny were also coming over, he was also quite comforted, and asked casually, "Ron, has Ginny been in any better spirits these two days?" ”
"Not very good," Ron was a little worried, "and what happened lately has scared her out. ”
Harry hesitated a little, didn't know whether to say it or not, and after thinking about it, he lowered his voice and said to the two of them with a serious face, "Something happened last night, and that Colin Creevey in the first year was also attacked, petrified, and brought here!" It was in that bed last night, and now it has been transferred. ”
Harry's words startled Ron and Hermione, and their eyes widened and they were stunned.
"How so?" Ron was so surprised and scared that he didn't know what to say. Hermione bit her lip as well, churning inside.
Just then, Charon pushed the door open and entered, and Ginny followed him. Charon looked at Harry and saw that he was completely well, and said happily: "Yes, Harry, you are recovering very quickly, and if you are injured in the future, don't let that idiot of Lockhart start treatment." ”
Before Harry could speak, Hermione jumped up in a panic and said, "Charon, do you know? That first-year Colin Creevey was also attacked! Just last night! ”
Charon nodded, "I know that, I was here last night, not only did I see Colin Creevey being carried in with Harry, but I also figured out who was responsible for the chain of events on Harry. ”
Harry then remembered that the Dobby elf had not yet explained to Ron and them, and hurriedly told him about it from beginning to end. Everyone knew that there was such an episode last night.
The amount of information was so great that Ron was a little dizzy, "So, the mess of not being able to pass the platform and Harry's injury is all the "good intentions" of the self-proclaimed elf?" ”
Harry smiled wryly, "It sounds ridiculous, but that Dobby doesn't really seem to be malicious, he's just a little abnormal in his brain circuitry." ”
"So Dobby has nothing to do with the murderer behind the scenes!" Hermione thought for a moment, "But that Dobby seems to know something, or how else would he know that the Chamber of Secrets was once opened, and that's the clue we need to continue to investigate!" ”
"Alright, alright," Charon persuaded, "I'd better leave these nerve-wracking matters to the professors, and we'd better get Harry out of the hospital as soon as possible!" ”
Despite some reluctance, the three of them could only do what they were doing first, and continue to help Harry pack his things and take him out of the hospital. Ginny also came to help, and Ron saw that although Ginny's eyes were red, as if she had just cried, her spirit was much better, and the whole person had been freed from the gloom and depression.
He asked curiously, and Ginny's face flashed with gloom, but she kept silent. Charon walked over and smiled, "She's just a little frightened, and she has a depression in her heart. I gave her a talisman for meditation and taught her a mantra for meditation. It's a good mantra, and you can learn to chant it so you don't get irritated as soon as you learn it. Hehe. ”
Ron was a little skeptical, was this really that effective? Since Hermione went to Huaxia, she no longer dared to underestimate Charon's gadgets from the East that she couldn't figure out, and said to Ron angrily: "Is it effective, just look at your sister, you see if her mental state is much better than before!" ”
Ron was really a little tempted at this time, Charon smiled and said, "Okay, let's go quickly, go back and let Ginny teach you slowly, I don't have that patience!" ”
At noon that day, after lunch, Charon took Qi to drive away evil and subdue demons, made an excuse, and came to a remote and quiet corner of the Forbidden Forest alone. There was only one thing he was so serious about, and that was to find out the mystery of that dark magic diary.
Although from Ginny's account, Charon has the confidence to deal with this thing, but there is a way to "sail a ship of ten thousand years carefully", and it never hurts to be cautious.
Charon summoned a few of his skeletons to protect himself, and cast his bone armor to avoid any accidents. Then he carefully took out the diary, laid it on the ground, and surrounded it with a wall of bones.
This can be regarded as extremely cautious.
It was a small, thin diary, with a tattered black cover, and it didn't look out of the ordinary. Charon didn't dare to be careless, it must be Voldemort's split soul, it's not that simple. I just gave it a try this time, and I didn't plan to succeed at the first time. Anyway, the basilisk's fangs can wipe out this guy, so it's a big deal to deal with the basilisk first.
Charon took the Chinese amulet he bought, took all the protection, and carefully fiddled with the diary with a branch.
The journal has a faded date on the cover, indicating that it was fifty years ago. Charon carefully opened it, and on the first page, only one name could be recognized in vague ink: Tom Riddle.
Charon slowly turned the pages one by one, each page completely blank, without the slightest trace of writing. Flipping to the back cover, I saw the name of a newspaper dealer on Vauxhall Road in London.
"Voldemort turned out to be a Muggle-born," Charon mused, "only a Muggle-born wizard would buy a diary in a place like Vauxhall Road." A Muggle-born wizard came to persecute Muggle wizards and promote pure-bloods, what a laugh! ”
Charon naturally knew how to make this dark magic diary work. He took out a bottle of fresh ink from his bag, dipped his quill in it, and let a drop of ink land on the first page of the diary.
The ink shines brightly on the paper for a second, then disappears as if it has been sucked into the paper and disappears without a trace.
Charon was a little excited, and it was still fun to tease Voldemort. He dipped his quill in ink and wrote: "My name is Charon. The line flashed on the paper and was sucked in, leaving no trace.
Then the diary finally showed its singularity. Suddenly some words oozed from the paper, using his ink.
"Hello, Charon. My name is Tom Riddle. How did you find my diary?"
These words disappeared soon after Charon continued to write.
"I picked it up in the garbage heap and it looks like someone threw it away." Charon made up a lie and waited for Riddle's answer.
"Thankfully, I keep track of my past in a way that lasts longer than ink. I've always known that there are always people who don't want this diary to be read. ”
"What do you mean?" Charon continued to write along with the other man's meaning.
"I mean, this diary contains some horrible stories. Some of the things that have been covered up. Some of the events that happened at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. ”
"Here I am," Charon wrote quickly, "I'm at Hogwarts school, where terrible things keep happening. Do you know anything about the Chamber of Secrets?"
Riddle replied quickly, his handwriting becoming messy and sloppy, as if he couldn't wait to tell everything he knew.
"Of course I know about the Chamber of Secrets. At my time, they told us that it was a legend, something that didn't exist. But this is a lie. When I was in fifth grade, the secret room was opened, and the monsters attacked several students and ended up killing one. I caught the guy who opened the secret room, and he was expelled. But Headmaster, Professor Deepert, was humiliated by what had happened to Hogwarts and forbade me to tell the truth. They announced to the outside that the girl had died in a strange accident. They gave me a beautiful medal engraved with gold on it, rewarded me for my hard work, and warned me not to talk nonsense. But I know it will happen. The monster is alive, and the man who has the power to release it is not locked up. ”
Charon continued to write, presenting himself as an ordinary unwitting and curious little wizard. "Now it's happening again. There have already been two attacks, and no one seems to know who planned them. Who was it last time?"
"I can show you if you wish," Riddle replied, "and you don't have to read what I wrote. I can take you into my memory, into the night I grabbed him. ”
Charon hesitated. Is it necessary for me to continue to act? How did Voldemort pass on his memories? Will it affect yourself? Do you want to take this risk?
When his gaze returned to the diary, he noticed another line popping up.
"I'll show you."