Chapter 296: The Legend of the Secret Room
For several days on end, the conversation in the castle was surprisingly unanimous, and the students talked about Filch being attacked all day long, without talking about anything else.
Filch was taken to the school hospital, and Mrs. Loris was with him.
Some students thought that without this nasty pairing, the rest of the day would be much easier.
For example, they can casually chat loudly in the hallway and fight each other without worrying about a person popping out of the corner and screaming for them to be locked up.
As a result, this was not the case at all, and they soon found themselves overthinking.
The professors took Filch's job and began to take turns patrolling the castle, and if anyone was caught violating the school rules, whether it was a point deduction or confinement, it was no less.
And they are even more difficult to deal with, and those little tricks on Filch before are of no use in front of the professor.
In just a few days, the hourglass of the four schools dropped significantly.
To make matters worse, the job of cleaning the castle now falls to those who break the school rules...... And you can't use magic.
The other day, Kyle had seen Fred and George scrubbing the words on the walls on the third floor with a large pile of tools.
From the conversation between the two, it can be heard that they actually miss Filch a lot.
There are also secret rooms, which are also a hot topic at the moment.
All of the library's Hogwarts, a History of the School were borrowed.
"They're just wasting their time."
In the auditorium, Cedric looked at the little wizards around him who were flipping through the pages of the book, and said with certainty, "I remember very well, there was no news about the Chamber of Secrets in that book. ”
"Did you memorize all that thick books?" Mikel asked incredulously.
"Of course not, how is that possible." Cedric shook his head and said, "But I still have a general impression, I don't remember any record of the so-called secret room in it...... Not at all impressed. ”
"Oh, I'm thinking I'll borrow it from Millicent when I'm done." Mikel sighed, apparently interested in the Chamber of Secrets as well.
After breakfast, the group walked out of the castle and headed for the third greenhouse.
Professor Sprout is a kind witch who always smiles, and her herbal medicine class is one of the most popular subjects at Hogwarts.
Today, they're going to learn how to get the beans out of a bubble pod.
It's a lot harder than you think, and if you use too little force to get it out, the beans will bloom immediately.
This strength is difficult to master.
"Don't be in a hurry, you have to increase the intensity little by little, it takes a process, and also, don't touch the leaves and twigs, otherwise they will get angry."
Just as Professor Sprout reminded them what to do, a Hufflepuff wizard suddenly raised his hand.
"Miss Bird, do you have any questions?" Professor Sprout asked with a smile.
"Professor, can you tell us a little bit about the Chamber of Secrets? And who is the successor? ”
Now everyone looked up.
Mikel was so excited that he almost pulled the bubble pod out of the pot.
The angry bubble pod squirted a barrage of pink beans into Mikel's face, causing him to scream in pain.
Professor Sprout blinked.
"Miss Bird, you're not the first to ask me that." She whispered, "Recently, students have asked this question in every class. ”
Professor Sprout thought for a moment, "Well, if you can finish this lesson ahead of schedule, then I can tell you some of the rumors that I know about the rest of the time." ”
At this moment, everyone lowered their heads. The chatter stopped, and the man who tinkered with dragon manure also put the bag aside and began to fiddle with the bubble pods in front of him with full attention.
……
With ten minutes left before the end of class, the last person finally completed the task.
"Oh, okay then." Professor Sprout looked at the large bean blossom in the greenhouse, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly.
Although the error rate of students is a little high, at least everyone has succeeded, and there are no cases of deliberate failure.
So she decided to keep her promise anyway, "Of course, it's just a legend, and it's even a little funny." ”
"Let me think about it...... Chamber...... It all started a thousand years ago, when Hogwarts was founded......"
For the next ten minutes, Professor Sprout explained in detail how Hogwarts was founded.
and the growing contradiction between the four founders...... They each have their own criteria for selecting students.
“…… After a heated argument, Salazar Slytherin left the school. ”
At this point, Professor Sprout paused.
"That's all there is to it, and it's also mentioned in Hogwarts, a piece of school history, so you can take a look at it if you're interested."
"As for the Chamber of Secrets...... It's a weird legend. She continued: "Some say that Slytherin built a secret room in the castle that the other founders knew nothing about.
As long as his successor can open the Chamber of Secrets, he will be able to unleash the monsters inside and have it purify the school and purge all those who are not worthy of learning magic. ”
The bell rang for the end of class, but there was silence in the greenhouse, no one had any intention of leaving, and everyone stared at Professor Sprout, hoping that she would continue to speak.
"Alright, go back to the castle, that's all I know."
Professor Sprout opened the door to the greenhouse.
"But in my opinion, this legend is complete nonsense, Salazar Slytherin may have been able to build a secret chamber in the castle without the other two founders, but he could not fool Rowena Ravenclaw.
And most importantly...... Even when Slytherin was at his most angry, he just wanted to get the kids out of the castle, not kill them. ”
At her urging, the students all left the greenhouse.
……
"I knew the Chamber of Secrets must have something to do with Slytherin."
Ryan said to Kyle and Connor, "The second-year student named Malfoy, he was very proud...... And that Flint too, I'm sure they must have known about the Chamber of Secrets. ”
"It's a pity he won't tell us." "It would be nice if we could sneak into the Slytherin common room, where we might be able to hear some secret news." ”
"If that's what you think...... Kyle said with a smile, "I've got Slytherin scarves and ornaments here, you can dress up and cover your face, maybe you can really get in." ”
"You can try...... Mikel thought seriously for a moment, "but I don't know their passwords." ”
"It's easy." Kyle said casually: "That is, pureblood, glory, eternity, power, etc., you just have to try a few more times."
Or you can follow the others and just have breakfast on the weekend, when there are so many people that you won't notice. ”
"Makes sense, I don't even need to know passwords." Mikel's eyes lit up.
He touched his red, swollen face...... It was smashed by a bubble pod.
Originally, he was thinking about finding some swelling potion, but now it seems that he doesn't need it.
The way he was now was unrecognizable to even some Hufflepuffs, let alone Slytherins.
It's a rare opportunity......
(End of chapter)