Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 168 Parseltongue and Arrival

On the magical car ride to the Burrow during the holidays, Professor Highmore "taught" Harry some unspeakable lessons, including that house elves are actually easy to deceive, that they are not perfect, and that

So full of wisdom, especially when they take the initiative to approach him, this is simply a perfect channel to find out information. And even if the house elf accidentally reveals the truth, he will not blame the person he deceived, but punish himself first.

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This is the constant characteristic of house elves - they are easily manipulated.

Harry still remembered how panicked he was at that time, and felt that a door that had never appeared before slowly opened in front of him, leading to the abyss of sin.

He also remembered Professor Heimer's last question to him at that time.

"So, have you learned it?"

Unfortunately, Harry finally learned it and used it on Dobby.

The ward was silent late at night, and Harry could not help but feel worried about Dobby's situation. After feeling silently guilty for a while, he began to try to sort out this large amount of complicated information.

At the beginning, Dobby was saying that someone was going to kill him in school. Now Harry knew that this was related to Voldemort. And not only Voldemort, but now this matter was also related to the Chamber of Secrets and Lucius Malfoy.

Got in touch.

The main reason why Harry was able to guess the existence of Lucius Malfoy was because he had been taught a good lesson by Professor Highmore at the train station, and he fit the characteristics of someone who wanted to kill Professor Highmore but did not dare to do it.

As for the relationship between the three, Harry could certainly guess that Lucius Malfoy and Voldemort were together, and the Chamber of Secrets must be related to them, but he didn't know the specific time when the Chamber of Secrets was last opened, so he couldn't judge.

Who opened it.

But there was still a key point that Harry couldn't figure out - that is, if what Dobby said was true, why did the victim become Professor Heimer instead of Harry himself?

Harry fell into a drowsy sleep with heavy thoughts. Thanks to the pocket watch Lockhart gave him, he was not disturbed by anything in his sleep. He slept until the next morning and was awakened by the sunlight coming from the window.

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There were no other victims, no pain, and the night passed peacefully.

When Harry opened his eyes again, he found that his arm had grown new bones, but it was very stiff. Seeing that Harry was awake, Madam Pomfrey walked over briskly with a breakfast tray, and then began to pull

Qu stretched his arms and fingers.

"You look good," she said, while Harry was awkwardly holding a spoon with his left hand to eat porridge. "You can leave after you finish."

Harry put on his clothes as quickly as possible and hurried towards Gryffindor Tower. After the Fat Lady's portrait moved in front of him, he happened to meet Ron and Hermione who were trying to get out of the passage.

"Harry!" Hermione shouted in surprise: "Are you cured? Oh, by the way, how effective is Professor Lockhart's pocket watch?"

"We'll talk about this later." Harry hurriedly grabbed the two of them's arms and led them, who were confused, to an empty classroom, closed the door tightly, and then told him about last night with a serious face.

discovery.

The Chamber of Secrets that had been opened, Voldemort who wanted to kill Harry, and Lucius Malfoy hiding in the secret - Hermione became more and more frightened as she listened. Ron said in disbelief: "So, Dobby's

The masters are the Malfoy family? Man, you are so capable that you can actually make the Malfoy elves rebel. Why didn't I know you were so charming?"

He took a few steps back and looked at Harry several times with surprised eyes, as if he was meeting him for the first time.

"It would be wrong if you knew."

Hermione said angrily: "Didn't you hear what Harry said? Because of his appearance, the tragic fate of those lives that were not valued was finally ended. I dare say there must be more than one person who is grateful to Harry for this."

people."

Ron muttered dissatisfied: "It's not like I'm miserable. All the things I use are old. I still can't afford my own wand. It makes me want to go back to do experiments for George and Fred.

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"Don't mention the multi-flavored juice." Harry said with a headache: "Also, don't you think these things are very strange? I am referring to the two attacks on Professor Hemmer, even though he is a Muggle-born

, but there’s no reason to be hurt twice.”

Ron and Hermione exchanged a look, and then Hermione said, "Do you remember Polyjuice Potion?"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked confused.

"Now that can come in handy." Hermione said in a cautious tone: "Draco Malfoy. Since this matter is related to Lucius Malfoy, do you think there is someone better than Draco Malfoy?"

Is there a better channel for information? As long as we become like the people around him, we can ask whatever we want."

Hermione's idea was simply perfect, and Harry nodded in agreement: "Okay, I can also inquire about Dobby's condition. I'm a little worried about him now -"

"Hey hey hey!" Ron interrupted, looking at the two people who suddenly made a decision: "I said, this matter already involves an adult wizard, not to mention a mysterious person, why don't you ask the adults for help?

?”

As soon as this matter was mentioned, Harry became aggrieved: "Of course I know I should do this, but Dumbledore didn't reply to me. And you also know that it is related to the mysterious man, so who else can you turn to for help?"

What about Snape?"

"It's not necessary." Ron immediately denied: "I don't want to add helpers to the mysterious man."

"Hey!" Hermione shouted angrily: "I know you don't like Snape, but there's no need to say that, right? Also, if you really need help from an adult, I do have a good candidate -

"

"Professor McGonagall?" Harry said first.

"Or Professor Angela?" Ron answered: "She should be willing to help Professor Hemmer take revenge. At the beginning, I thought they were enemies, but this is obviously not the case."

"I mean Professor Lockhart!" Hermione said angrily: "You should really take a good look at his books -"

"Oh, come on." Ron looked unconvinced: "Why are you looking for him? Blinding the mysterious man's eyes with your shiny teeth? This method doesn't sound feasible."

The two people looked at each other unwilling to be outdone, and then they all turned their heads and focused their attention on the hesitant Harry, wanting to ask his opinion again.

"You all seem to have forgotten one thing."

Harry said dryly: "What if, I mean what if I really am the heir of Slytherin?"

"You haven't forgotten this yet." Ron slapped his forehead and said, "How is this possible? Just do me a favor and forget about this, wouldn't you--"

At this moment, Harry suddenly heard a voice, cold and murderous——

"Tear apart. It's time to kill you."

"Stop!" Harry suddenly shouted, startling both Ron and Hermione: "Stop!"

"What are you shouting?" Hermione asked in surprise.

Harry didn't bother to answer her. He followed the direction of the voice to the center of the classroom. The voice became even colder: "Hungry. Need to be filled."

"stop!"

Once again, Harry shouted with all his strength: "Don't, don't hurt anyone again!"

And something magical happened - it was incredible - Harry felt like he was getting a response, because he heard -

"Since...it's only this time."

The voice slowly disappeared, and Harry vaguely felt that he had accomplished something. He still didn't understand what he had prevented, but there was no doubt that this was an amazing achievement.

He looked at Ron and Hermione with joy, but there was only shock and horror on their faces.

"Didn't you hear?" Harry asked doubtfully, "Didn't you hear that I just-"

Ron suddenly stepped forward, and Harry saw that he wanted to cover his mouth with his hand, so he quickly shook his head to avoid it.

"What are you going to do?" he asked angrily.

"Parseltongue," Ron whispered, as if he was afraid of being heard by others, while Hermione had already gone to check whether the door was closed tightly.

"Why didn't you tell me that you knew Parseltongue?"

"I" Harry frowned: "What?"

Hermione came back, she also lowered her voice and said: "Parseltongue, this is the ability to talk to snakes, and it is also the famous skill of Salazar Slytherin. Therefore, the symbol of the Slytherin school is

A snake."

Harry's mouth opened wide.

"I, I don't know." He said in disbelief: "I thought I was just talking normally, and is this such an exaggeration? I once talked to a python in the zoo that had never been to Brazil -"

"This is very abnormal." Ron said with a worried look.

Hermione tried to make Harry less uncomfortable, saying, "But we can at least confirm that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is the basilisk - you talked to it, right?"

Harry's heart suddenly became heavy. He was no longer against Slytherin House, but he never said he wanted to acquire Slytherin's own abilities.

After such an experience, both Ron and Hermione kept silent about asking adults for help, and they made the decision to use Polyjuice Potion to extract information from Draco Malfoy in front of Harry.

"We know you are not the murderer." Ron comforted: "But this method is the safest, Parseltongue. You must not be exposed."

Harry nodded dazedly. He didn't even know what he was promising. He only saw Ron and Hermione's mouths opening and opening, telling him some necessary things.

When Harry came to his senses, he found himself standing at the door of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, and saw Professor Lockhart, who had an unnatural expression on his face, taking the pocket watch back, and in a rare move, he didn't say any nonsense.

"Where are we going next?"

After leaving the office, Harry asked confused.

Ron didn't know what to do, so he and Harry could only look at Hermione.

"You have to find a suitable place to prepare potions first." Hermione said thoughtfully: "And it can't be discovered by other people - yes! Let's go to the abandoned bathroom. We didn't have time to go in last time, but

Very few people visit there.”

"Really?" Harry thought of the little girl he met before, named Luna Lovegood.

Hermione obviously knew what Harry was worried about: "Don't worry, it was just an accident, nothing will happen."

The three of them came to the door of the abandoned bathroom together. Hermione reached out and grabbed the copper handle, but before she could do anything, the handle twisted open by itself. Someone inside pushed the door and almost hit Hermione's nose.

"why is it you again?"

Ron looked at Luna Lovegood walking out of the bathroom in surprise, and he couldn't help shouting: "Are you - is the person behind you Ginny? Why are you here? No - you are

How did we meet?"

Standing behind Luna was Ginny who had pulled up her collar. She seemed to be using this method to conceal her identity again, but her dazzling red hair could not fool Ron.

Ginny was stunned. She stared blankly at the three people who suddenly appeared outside the door, and subconsciously covered her pockets with her palms.

Luna said in a daze: "I seem to have told you that this is the girls' bathroom."

"I know." Ron didn't know how to explain it. He wanted to drag Ginny over and ask what was going on, but Ginny silently circled Ron around Luna's body.

, moving in small steps, with his head still lowered, not daring to raise his head and look at Ron.

"It's me, Ginny." Ron said in surprise: "Don't you recognize me?"

Just as he was speaking, he suddenly took a step in the opposite direction, and his palms narrowly missed Ginny's collar. Ginny screamed and almost fell back until she was firmly supported by a pair of hands.

.

"Um, Ginny?" Harry asked with some uncertainty, "You really don't know us anymore?"

Ginny turned her neck stiffly, and after seeing Harry's face clearly, she screamed louder than before, and then ran away without looking back, making Harry who was standing there extremely embarrassed.

, those who didn’t know thought it was Ginny seeing something like a demon.

Just when the atmosphere gradually became a little weird, Luna finally said to them: "This is the girls' bathroom."

Then she chased Ginny away.

By the time Luna found Ginny, she had already run all the way outside the castle and was hiding behind a pillar.

"Here." Ginny quietly waved her hand and called Luna over: "Are they following?"

"No." Luna walked over and said, "You have really good physical strength."

"Oh, stop talking." Ginny said with lingering fear: "It seems that we can't go there anymore, it will be bad if we meet them again."

Luna didn't seem to understand this sentence: "Why? Is that the girls' bathroom?"

Ginny muttered: "I don't know what they are thinking. Just follow me."

She took Luna to find a secluded location, and then each of them took out a black notebook.

Ever since Professor Hemmer was killed, Tom Riddle's notebook has been with Ginny, but she has never dared to open it again. It was not until today that she had the opportunity to get together with Luna again.

"What did Pandora say?" Ginny asked.

Luna opened the notebook in her hand and showed it to Ginny.

[Since he has guessed that there will be an attack against Professor Heimer, why not ask Bad Tom what he knows before deciding whether to hand him over to the professors. What do you think of this method? 】

Ginny took a deep breath, nodded, opened the notebook in her hand with a cautious expression, picked a clean page and wrote: "Listen to me, Tom, I am willing to give you another chance.

But you have to tell me who the murderer is and how you knew there would be the next victim."

The handwriting disappeared quickly, and then Tom's answer was even faster, as if he couldn't wait to tell the answer.

[It’s very simple, Ginny, because only I know who the murderer is, and the other person will soon become the real heir of Slytherin——]

[Toby Highmore, he got me and fooled everyone.]

At the same time, tens of thousands of miles away from Hogwarts, a Thestral carriage slowly descended from the dark clouds in the sky.

Al jumped out of the front of the carriage first, and the carriage door behind it opened. The armor supported the Pharaoh's coffin and walked out of the carriage, carrying it on his shoulders. Then he stood with Al, looking at the dark castle standing on the cliff in the distance.

A bolt of lightning lit up, but it could not break through the thick fog surrounding the castle. Only a few dim firelights could be seen, seeming to welcome the guests.

"Yeah." Al said solemnly.

Armor nodded silently and grasped the long ax in his other hand.

They are back.