Archaeologists at Hogwarts

Chapter 173 Basilisk and Rooster

Under Lockhart's "trouble", Harry did not reveal his Parseltongue, and the sudden confrontation between Lockhart and Snape made Harry's sense of Lockhart much better.

Even Ron became skeptical because of this incident, wondering if Lockhart was too involved in the drama and really thought he was great.

Hermione and Ron had a fierce argument over this, and Harry, who was caught in the middle, didn't know what to do.

"I forgot to pick up the textbook. I'll be back later."

After saying this, Harry hurriedly left the library, leaving an angry Ron and Hermione to continue their quarrel.

Well, he also knew that this excuse was lame, but Harry didn't bother to make a better excuse.

He suddenly became confused.

For some reason, since he calmed down at the end of the duel class, he suddenly became restless. Moreover, the scar on his forehead was still aching in recent days, making it difficult for him to sleep well.

If the previous violation of school rules could be compensated with a "righteous" excuse, then after deliberately becoming "smart", Harry always felt as if he was heading down a bad path.

He didn't know what the difference was between this and what Professor Heimer had done, but the sudden change still made him a little conflicted.

But at the same time, he silently seemed to be enjoying this feeling.

Enjoy the feeling of being "evil".

Just think it's psychological. Anyway, it's nice to vent. He and Malfoy have always been enemies, and it feels good to beat each other up. Sometimes Harry even wants to use the same weapon.

How to deal with Snape, he really hated him.

Harry rubbed his forehead as he walked along the corridor. Today was Sunday. A thin layer of white snow had already piled up on the playground. The icy cold wind was howling through the corridor. No one wanted to leave the warm common room.

There was nothing before or after him.

Harry felt that Ron and Hermione were going to quarrel for a while, and he was unwilling to go back immediately. He was walking around aimlessly and came to the armor corridor on the fourth floor, staring at a motionless armor in a daze.

correct.

Harry suddenly remembered Professor Hemmer's armor collection. It was first in the ancient magic office, and it was still black at the time. Later, it appeared in the mechanism protecting the Sorcerer's Stone and turned into silver. Finally, some time ago, he

Then I saw the armor carrying the Pharaoh's coffin and leaving the school.

Is that armor also Professor Hemmer's assistant?

Like Mr. Al?

He began to look for the long ax armor, hoping to see if the other party had returned to school, and by the way, he could also know the condition of Professor Heimer - as long as the armor was back, Professor Heimer should be fine.

About five minutes passed before Harry suddenly stopped and looked up at the ceiling——

"Killing and hunger will not be tolerated."

Yes. It’s the voice of the basilisk!

The basilisk appears again!

Harry quickly looked around, and after finding that there was no one, he decided to try to communicate with the other party again, and hissed: "Stop! Stop!"

Although he didn't know where the basilisk was hiding, Harry felt that this method worked again, and even got an answer from the basilisk——

"Hard. Hungry."

No?

Is the basilisk going to start killing people?

Harry suddenly thought and changed his words in a panic: "I order you to stop, just as - just as the heir of Slytherin!"

There was a brief silence, and Harry walked around anxiously, worried that the basilisk would start attacking others again.

Finally, just as Harry was about to try his luck in the prize showroom, he heard that cold voice again.

"Still hungry."

Just hungry?

Does the basilisk attack others because it is hungry?

Then why didn't it eat Professor Heimer? It didn't eat him twice?

It was difficult for Harry not to think this way, and he immediately asked: "Why didn't you eat Professor Hemmer? He was the person you attacked before."

But the basilisk's answer shocked Harry.

"No. Has not attacked anyone. Controlled. Needs Heir's help. Hungry"

Never been attacked?

Don't you think it's a basilisk?

What does it mean to be controlled?

There is also an heir. Has the basilisk admitted that he is the heir?

"How should I find you? Then can you. Can you close your eyes and talk to me?"

Harry felt that this was something worth taking the risk, and it might be more efficient than fooling Malfoy, but he also did not forget that the basilisk's gaze could kill.

"It's not time yet. I need to hide."

Avoid?

Hide from the person controlling the basilisk?

Is that the murderer?

Next, no matter how Harry asked, he never got any answer.

The basilisk disappeared.

Harry needed time to sort things out, so he ran down the corridor and rushed back to the library to share the news with Ron and Hermione.

At the same time, the previous speculations came to mind again.

Professor Heimer went to the chicken farm after being attacked for the first time. He should have known about the existence of the basilisk, and at least he had guessed something.

The three of them also suspected why Professor Heimer refused to reveal these things. It was only after the second attack that they gradually dispelled their suspicions.

Is it true that I directed and acted in the movie before?

Professor Hemmer is the one who controls the basilisk?

The scariest part is that the basilisk left words to avoid.

Doesn’t this mean that Professor Heimer is still at Hogwarts?!

Really performed the same scene a second time?!——

After Harry disappeared, two little heads suddenly popped out from the door of the trophy display room.

"Did I hear wrongly?"

Ginny said in fear: "Is Harry a Parseltongue? Who was he talking to just now?"

The other person is Luna. Ginny came to her today to continue discussing how to deal with Tom's notebook. Of course, Luna didn't care about anything and relied on Pandora for advice, but the matter ended before it was even halfway through.

- This was all because of Harry's appearance, which scared Ginny and hid quickly, taking Luna with her.

At this time, Ginny's mind became confused. Tom said that Professor Toby Highmore was the heir, but Harry obviously had something to hide.

What will happen then?

Is there going to be a fight? Fighting for the title of heir?

But how could Harry be Professor Heimer's opponent?

"Want to go out and play for a while?" Luna said suddenly, looking at Ginny.

"What?" Ginny was stunned: "What are you playing with? I'm not in the mood right now -"

"Let's go." Luna interrupted. She grabbed Ginny's arm and walked out of the trophy display room. Ginny was pulled away by her like a paper doll.

"I know a good place to go that will be very helpful to you and help you calm down."

Ginny couldn't refuse, what she needed most now was peace.

The two people walked out of the castle gate and came to the snow on the playground.

Ginny clutched her collar tightly. She looked back at the castle that was getting farther and farther away, and then at the Forbidden Forest that was getting closer and closer in front of her. She felt something was not good in her heart.

Luna's calmness has the same meaning as what she thinks?

"Where are we going?" Ginny asked anxiously.

She saw Luna glance at Hagrid's cabin from a distance, and then run quickly with Ginny with great experience. It only took less than thirty seconds to get away from the cabin to avoid being hit by the sea in the house.

Grid discovery.

"Of course we are going to the Forbidden Forest." Luna said matter-of-factly: "Don't scream, don't scream, it will be bad if you are discovered."

Ginny's mouth was so big that she really didn't make any sound at all.

She was already frightened.

"I'm not going." She wanted to shake off Luna's hand: "This is against school rules and will cause trouble for my parents."

"It's okay." Luna said, "As long as you don't tell them, they won't know about it."

Um?

Ginny immediately looked at Luna's calm face. She said with a strange look in her eyes: "I thought you were an obedient and good student. You couldn't even tell that you were being bullied. I didn't expect you."

She didn't expect Luna to be so bold, nor did she expect Luna to be so strong.

Ginny didn't dare to argue with Luna in a place like this, because it would attract too much attention. She wanted to ask Pandora for help, but Pandora's answer completely made her give up——

[Forbidden Forest? Don’t worry, dear, Luna and I have already been there once, and nothing will happen. 】

Fortunately it was daytime, otherwise Ginny would have screamed.

After entering the Forbidden Forest, Luna kept telling her the reason why she came here secretly.

"Professor Heimer visited my home once, and that's when I saw Thestrals. Then on the day Professor Heimer was sent away in a coffin, I saw Thestrals appear again with a carriage.

On the playground, I secretly found an opportunity to find Yeqi. The whole thing is so simple, you don't need to worry."

"No, it's not simple at all." Ginny clutched Pandora's notebook tightly and wrote quickly on it: "How could you do this? The Forbidden Forest is very scary."

[Listen to me, dear, it’s good to just relax. You are too nervous and mentally weak, which is not good.]

"Weak? Why do you call me that? I'm not weak at all."

【This has nothing to do with you, but magic.】

Ginny couldn't understand.

She followed Luna and walked in the Forbidden Forest for a long time, planning to escape with Luna as soon as there was any danger.

Next, something happened that she didn't understand even more.

She stood in a withered forest and watched Luna being lifted up by something transparent and sitting in the air with nothing underneath her.

"Can't you see them?" Luna asked.

Ginny shook her head in horror.

Luna grabbed Ginny's palm and touched it against something.

Ginny endured her fear and touched something that looked like skin, but she obviously didn't see anything.

"This is the Thestral." Luna said, "It's very well-behaved. Don't worry too much. It likes you very much."

Although Ginny was still scared, this novel experience was unique, and Luna looked calm.

Everything should be fine, right?

Ginny didn't dare to let the Thestral take her to fly. She wasn't bold enough yet, but when she walked around in the transparent air, she still forgot about the passage of time, and let her take her with her when she left.

With a trace of reluctance.

"Can't we play some more?" she begged.

But Luna shook her head: "No, not today, let's wait until the time is right."

They hurriedly left the Forbidden Forest, and when they walked back to the playground, they found that the sky had turned faintly dark.

The excitement of the adventure made Ginny forget how dangerous it was, and she asked casually: "Then how can we come back again?"

"I think I won't be able to do it recently." Luna's tone was still so calm.

"Professor Heimer is back - I saw the Thestral that took him away."

Ginny looked at her blankly, unable to believe what she heard.

"What? But how could it be? Why didn't he tell everyone? Why."

A distant shout suddenly interrupted Ginny's questioning. She turned her head suddenly and saw a white figure standing in front of Hagrid's cabin. Judging from the gesture, he was calling them over.

It's Professor Angela.

Ginny was completely panicked and let Luna hold her arm and walk over.

When she walked in front of Professor Angela, Ginny's cheeks were red and her eyes became extremely uneasy, and there was something wrong at first sight.

But after Angela glanced at her, she no longer cared about her. Instead, she looked at Luna and asked her: "Are you Luna Lovegood?"

"It's me, Professor." Luna said, her tone so calm that Ginny couldn't believe it.

"Have you ever secretly been to the Ancient Magic Office?" Angela continued to ask, her voice a little cold.

Luna said surprisingly: "Only once, Professor."

Ginny's legs went weak, and if Luna hadn't been holding her up, she would have sat down on the ground.

Angela looked back and forth at Luna for a while: "Have you ever seen a wizard potted plant?"

"No, Professor." Luna said calmly: "When I went there, the wizard potted plant was gone."

Ginny couldn't believe how she escaped from Professor Angela's clutches. After all, she didn't seem to be easy to get along with, especially after Professor Hemmer was attacked for the second time, her whole person became cold.

After asking, Luna comforted her and said: "Because we are not thieves, it seems that the wizard potted plant was stolen, and Professor Angela has been looking for him."

Was the wizard's potted plant stolen?

Who is the one?

Ginny didn't understand again.

After letting them leave, Angela stood there frowning and thinking for a while, until Hagrid pushed the door open to interrupt the thinking process.

"Professor Angela, you haven't left yet?" Hagrid asked in surprise.

Although Angela has not been so approachable recently, she is still much better than Lockhart.

"I have something to ask you." Angela turned around and asked: "Apart from the missing cock, are there no other questions?"

As soon as this incident was mentioned, Hagrid became angry. The roosters he had worked so hard to raise were stolen, and several of them were lost in a row.

"I'm going to catch that thief sooner or later!" he shouted at last.

But other than this, there is nothing else.

Angela nodded, then left, walking towards the castle in the drifting snowflakes.

Toby, what exactly are you going to do?