The Christmas holidays soon came to an end, and the students took the train back to Hogwarts, and the once quiet castle became noisy again.

After the holidays, the fear caused by the attack seemed to ease a lot, and everyone was talking and laughing on the surface, not as panicked as before leaving school.

Maybe it seems to them that the professors have already dealt with the monster in the secret room during the holidays.

That's what Lockhart said, anyway.

The professor was the first to leave the school, and he even left before the students, leaving in a hurry after the last Defence Against the Dark Arts class, not even attending the final dinner.

I don't know what he went through during the holidays, or what gossip he heard, but when he came back, he announced it in a high-profile manner...... The Chamber of Secrets had already been solved by him.

Kyle was waiting for someone near the foyer when he overheard him talking to Professor McGonagall.

"I don't think there will be any more trouble, Minerva."

Lockhart's voice was loud, "I don't think the Chamber of Secrets will ever open again this time because I've found the true successor, but I've decided to give him a chance, and if he's smart enough, he won't continue to mess around." ”

Many people heard his words, some believed and some did not, but in any case, it at least served some comfort.

However, it is worth mentioning that five minutes earlier, in the same position, Lockhart had said the same thing to Professor Flitwick......

Ten minutes ago, it was Professor Sprout......

Kyle was there.

No matter who he was talking to, Lockhart never changed a word, as if he had memorized the lines in advance.

Soon, Professor McGonagall left. Lockhart stood there and looked around, presumably looking for his next target.

In order, he was probably looking for Snape...... However, this task is a bit more difficult.

I don't know if Snape will ignore him, or listen patiently......

Of course, it could also be a boltbolt to shut him up temporarily, or a shadow to shut him up forever.

These are all possible.

Kyle was tempted to stay and take a look, but by then, the person he was looking for had arrived.

Cedric walked down the stone steps into the castle and walked over when he saw Kyle.

"I asked for you."

He handed Kyle a golden chain and said, "None of the shops I know, including Diagon Alley, have ever bought anything with this decoration. ”

"Nothing similar?" Kyle frowned.

"Nope." Cedric thought for a moment and continued: "But I didn't go to Tumbledown Alley to ask, my dad won't let me go there......"

"It's okay, that's enough." Kyle shook his head and said, "There are very few people who tell the truth in Tumbledown Alley, and it's useless to go." ”

"You have a point...... "Cedric walked into the auditorium with Kyle. I was just going to ask, what the hell is this. ”

"I don't know." Kyle said, "This is what I picked up, and it feels like it has something to do with the recent attack." That's why I'm asking you to ask for help and see what it is. ”

"You mean...... Chamber? Cedric paused for a moment, perhaps realizing that his voice was a little loud, and he quickly lowered his voice and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"It's just speculation, maybe it's just a decoration on a garment."

"Can I take another look?"

"Of course," Kyle glanced at the item in his hand and handed it to Cedric, "you take it, but be careful not to get too close to the fireplace, or it might turn back." ”

"Is this Transfiguration?" Cedric looked at Kyle in surprise, he hadn't noticed it before.

Not long after the two of them sat down at the long table, the banquet began.

Dumbledore was wearing a light blue robe and was chatting with Professor Trelawney, who taught divination.

But when it comes to divination lessons...... Kyle suddenly remembered that he hadn't been to a single divination class since the beginning of the school year.

Listening to people in the same grade say that he is now about to become a teaching prop in the divination class, Professor Trelawney was very dissatisfied, and even said directly before the holiday,

"I'm sorry that if he doesn't come to the divination class again, he will leave us forever next semester."

In this regard, Mikel and Ryan also persuaded him to take time to take a divination class.

Kyle originally wanted to go, but by chance, divination and ancient runes conflicted, and he had to give up one.

Ancient Runiwen definitely can't give up, and without Riddle's tutor, he can only ask Professor Ba Buling about the problems encountered in those magic scripts...... And only once a week.

Because no one knew where Professor Bablin was at any other time except during class, and there was no shadow of her in the whole castle.

So Kyle had to give up the divination class and didn't go again.

It is estimated that after the start of the second half of the school year, his name will probably become a "teaching prop" for the divination class.

Next to Dumbledore were Professor McGonagall with a serious expression, and Lockhart with a fluttering eyebrow.

Lockhart looked so happy that he took out a bottle of whiskey and wanted to have a few drinks with the other professors.

Everyone refused, and Professor McGonagall pursed her lips, seemingly unhappy with his drinking of spirits at school, but Dumbledore didn't care, and she couldn't say anything.

When the banquet was over, a dazed Lockhart stood up and repeated what he had said to the professor.

There was a burst of cheers around.

And Lockhart also said that he wants to publish a new book about Hogwarts and the Chamber of Secrets, and all the students will be the protagonists at that time.

The cheers were louder.

However, a small number of students did not move, and they no longer believed anything Lockhart said, except that he was drunk.

Back in the Hufflepuff common room, some students began to sit on the couch to catch up on their holiday homework.

Kyle gives his homework to Mikel.

"Thank you." Mikel said happily, "I'm five inches off my Potions homework and I can't finish it!" ”

As he was catching up on his homework, Kyle asked, "Did you notice any of the Slytherins acting abnormally some time ago?" ”

Before, Mikel said that he was going to the Slytherin common room to find out the news, and he didn't just talk about it, he really went.

What's even more outrageous is that he succeeded, under the pretext that his face was stung by a three-tailed bee, and managed to blend in with a group of Slytherin students who had just finished a class on protecting magical creatures, followed them into the common room, and secretly wrote down the password.

But later, for some reason, he was discovered, and because of this, Snape also deducted 50 points from Hufflepuff.

(End of chapter)