harry potter book of crimes

Like Animagus transformation, for wizards, speaking in the language of animals is by no means a skill that relies solely on innate talent. They are not like "the barrier-free changing appearance of the Metamorphmagus" and "Veela"

"The allure of blood to men" is essentially different from ordinary people, but it can all be accomplished through acquired practice.

And "Parseltongue", the ability to imitate the speech of snakes, is naturally one of them. At best, it is a type of "foreign language" that is relatively difficult to master.

Just like before Dumbledore was alive, he learned the mermaid language and goblin language without any special bloodline, and could smoothly understand the words spoken in Parseltongue.

In comparison, "animal communicators" such as Newt Scamander and Voldemort who rely on blood inheritance are quite rare.

"Open--"

The sound that came out of Enns' mouth at this moment was just a short hiss in Myrtle's ears, exactly like Harry Potter who came here not long ago!

As he finished speaking, the copper faucet suddenly erupted into a dazzling white light, and then the wash basin below began to spin violently, like a silent storm.

Not long after, the sink and faucet...and even the brick wall and floor connecting the sink disappeared. What was revealed in front of the two people's sight was an extremely thick sewer pipe opening.

"You, how did you do it?" Myrtle covered her mouth with her hands and asked in surprise, "Have people ever 'hissed' at that faucet? Why didn't it -"

"I don't know either."

Enns replied casually, and then immediately looked into the dark tube.

His answer was not actually a random response, because he only knew that he seemed to be able to talk to the snakes in the grass near his home from a very young age. However, most snakes could only make some simple responses, and they were basically

Most of them are the type to answer and ignore them, and he will get bored of them as time goes by.

But Enns didn't expect that this little ability that had always seemed useless would suddenly come in handy today.

"Oh - look, isn't it dark and scary over there?" When Enns stretched his neck to look into the big tube on the ground, Myrtle also floated in, but it didn't seem like it was there.

Daring was too close. "There seemed to be a monster living here before - it seemed to be a very big snake! However, it was later defeated by Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart. This incident

There is also a special performance..."

She was chattering there, but Enns seemed to be thinking about something, and didn't even look at her. After a while, Myrtle finally returned from talking to herself.

After God comes.

"...What are you thinking...do you also want to go in?" Myrtle floated in the air, "It's best not to...don't you look scared of this big hole? Although...although you are brave

Boys are really charming..."

But after Enns thought about it for a moment, he shook his head slightly.

"closure."

He still said this word in Parseltongue, clearly and accurately, much more fluently than Harry did at the beginning. And as he hurriedly finished the sentence, the pool quickly returned to its original state.

appearance.

"Yes, yes, don't go in - just stay up there! You -"

"Myrtle." Enns suddenly interrupted the other party, "I'm going to get something and I'll be back in a moment... If you meet others, remember not to tell anyone that I was here."

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More than ten minutes later, in the dark and damp underground pipe.

Enns was gliding rapidly in this intricate large tube, his thin lips pressed together tightly, his feet pointed downwards, and he was holding a very ordinary broomstick very tightly in his arms.

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This pipe is very big - at least much bigger than other caves around it. It can accommodate one or two people without any problem. However, the slope of this pipe is too large, and the walls of the pipe are still sticky and wet.

, it is easy to go down but difficult to come back.

Therefore, even though Enns did not show excellent flying talent in several flying lessons, he still went out to find a broom used for school practice.

Even if it will be difficult to fly then, it is much better than not being able to go back.

As he continued to slide down, Enns felt that the direction of this pipe was extremely complicated, and there would be twists and turns at each section. If it weren't for the obvious difference in the size of the pipes, he would have been really afraid that he would get lost here when he went back.

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Finally, when Enns felt that he was probably very deep underground in the school, the slope of the pipe suddenly eased, and then he was thrown straight out.

"puff--"

Enns, who was forced to sit down on the mud, quickly stood up without caring about the stickiness all over his body. He rubbed his hand on his robe, then took out the wand from his arms and held the wand in place.

The light spurting from the tip drove away the surrounding darkness, and he was able to take stock of the surrounding situation.

The long tunnel is as silent as a tomb passage, with small animal bones everywhere, mottled and damp stone walls, and shadowy corners where the light cannot reach...

This passage leading to the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets is as eerie and terrifying as ever, but now, all this can only become material for the juniors who come to "tour" to scare themselves.

"This is really..."

Although Enns still walked extremely cautiously every step of the way, and the wand in his hand was always ready to meet the enemy, but even he vaguely understood that there was probably nothing left to explore here.

"...How many people have been here?"

He looked at the footprints on the floor of the passage - positive, negative, big, small, and even many overlapping each other. He couldn't count how many pairs of shoe soles had stepped on them here.

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Sure enough, until the end of the tunnel, until he saw the crystal white frost, he did not encounter any unexpected situations.

The surroundings were still as quiet as a real underground tomb.

"……ice?"

Enns stretched out his hand to explore the wall around the doorway, but before his fingertips touched the layer of white frost, he felt a biting chill. Yes, he retracted his hand as if he had been electrocuted.

Look at the white gravel next to your feet. Even the stupidest person can understand that this rectangular doorway was originally supposed to have a thick stone door, but it was completely destroyed by an extremely terrifying magic.

Frozen into pieces.

"How long ago was this?" Enns murmured. "Judging from what Moaning Myrtle said, the only ones who have been here are Potter's group and Professor MacLean. Needless to say,

It must be... no, that 'Lockhart' seems possible, he seems to be the host of tonight's game, right?"

After carefully avoiding the white stones on the ground, he finally came to the real secret room.

The Slytherin Chamber of Secrets is obviously much larger than the previous Hufflepuff Chamber of Secrets, but now, it has long been turned into a ruins filled with huge stones.

To be honest, by the time we got here, Enns's inner annoyance was almost unsuppressable.

When he learned that many people came to "drill through the pipe", he had a premonition that he would return without success. But after all, he had spent a lot of time on that piece of parchment.

Thoughts have been translated, even if there are no loopholes to be found, he still has at least a hint of "come in and take a look".

However... in this poor place, what else is worth visiting?

"Did they set off a bunch of explosives here?"

Enns couldn't help but find that he couldn't even find a target to complain about, because where could he find out who had "destroyed" this place - and how completely it was demolished!

He sighed heavily and took a few steps forward. When he found that there was nothing else around but stones, he had already had the idea of ​​turning around and leaving.

But just when he was about to turn around, an inconspicuous green shadow suddenly appeared in his field of vision, making his heart skip a beat.

There is something! What is that thing?

However, this excitement only lasted for a few seconds and was quickly diluted by another thought.

"How many people have been here, even if there is any secret, it can no longer be regarded as a 'secret'——"

Having said that, Enns still held the wand and the broom, and walked deeper into the secret room with a look of impatience. Soon, he discovered the source of the green light.

That is some light coming from a certain wall. If you look carefully, you can still see some outlines. For example, the small green shadow at the top looks like...well, that looks like

Is it half a face?

Just as Enns was observing with confusion, a familiar yet unfamiliar hiss suddenly echoed in the quiet space. It could be seen that the mouth protruding from the stone wall was opening and closing.

Together, it's as if that sound came from there.

"...Foolish successor who is trying to shoulder the burden of sin, if you do not have talents and abilities far beyond ordinary people, I advise you to turn back and leave immediately."

"Luck may lead you to stand in front of me, but the danger of your future will kill you at any time."

"If you uphold Godrich's ridiculous justice, then use your ability to enjoy your mediocre life; if you are still a little greedy and arrogant, my basilisk can use you to harvest power and gold..."

"Stupid successor, turn back and leave! You only need to remember my name - Salazar Slytherin!"

The weird hissing sound kept swirling in Enns's ears, as if there was a strange magic power that stirred his gradually stagnant heart with every word.

"...Salazar...Slytherin?"