Hogwarts, a Scholar Becomes a God

Facing his cousin Clark's inquiry, Ron wanted to put on a show to whet his appetite.

But under Clark's gaze, he was quickly defeated.

"It's Tom Riddle!" Ron swallowed the food in his mouth and said excitedly, "I said that when I first heard this name, I felt a familiar feeling."

"Tom Riddle had a special contribution award to the school 50 years ago!" He expected a surprised expression on Clark's face, but he was disappointed.

Clark didn't seem to be surprised by this incident.

"Hogwarts will recruit all the young wizards of the right age in the UK. Judging from the name, it should be the child of Merope Gaunt and old Tom Riddle.

No wonder old Tom Riddle would get rid of the influence of the curse in the end. It seems that after Merope Gaunt became pregnant, his IQ decreased, and he thought that he could rely on the child to restrain Old Tom, so he broke the curse.

Unfortunately, she miscalculated. "

"But how do you know?" Clark asked Ron.

"It's confinement! That time Filch asked me to wipe the medals in the showroom." Ron said indignantly, "It happened that I hiccupped and spit slugs on his special contribution medal. If you spend a whole Wipe the slime off a name every hour, and you'll remember it too."

Harry also said at this time, "So the Gaunt family is not extinct. Tom Riddle studied at Hogwarts 50 years ago and made outstanding contributions. Now his grandson may also be here. in school."

"Aha," Ron groaned strangely, "Another Parseltongue, it seems that the suspects have increased again."

Harry glanced at Ron dissatisfied, "But Hogwarts doesn't have a student with 'Riddle' in his name now, of course he may have changed his name, but I really want to know, is he interested in Hogwarts? What special contribution did you make to get this reward?"

"It could be anything," Ron said casually. "Maybe he got thirty o.w.l. certificates, or saved a teacher from the giant squid's claws. Maybe he murdered Myrtle, and that must have made everyone Felt well…”

Clark secretly praised Ron's crow's mouth in his heart. Myrtle was really killed by Tom Riddle.

At this moment, Harry also saw the focused expression on Hermione's face, "Did you find anything, Hermione?"

"What's the matter?" said Ron, looking from Harry to Hermione.

Hermione looked up,

First, he looked at Clark and saw that he had no objection, so he said softly, "That's right, the secret room was opened fifty years ago."

"What?" Harry and Ron shouted in unison, seeing the curious looks from the little wizards around them, they quickly lowered their voices.

"I do not know how."

"Who was that time?"

Clark said slowly at this time: "This incident happened fifty years ago. Even your parents may not know the specific situation at that time. But in the old files of the "Daily Prophet", I still found something .”

He looked at Harry and Ron, "The last time the Chamber of Secrets was opened, a young wizard born in a Muggle family died. That's not just a so-called petrification, a so-called monster, I'm not kidding!"

Ron and Harry opened their mouths wide and couldn't close them for a long time.

"So are you scared?"

"No!" Harry shook his head decisively, "I'm not afraid, but do you know that the person who opened the chamber last time was caught?"

"Of course," Clark nodded, "according to the file, he was caught and fired, and the person who caught the murderer also received a medal."

When Harry and Ron heard this, they suddenly had a vague idea in their hearts, but they just couldn't grasp it, which made them very upset.

"So who is the murderer?" they pressed.

"It didn't say in the file, but Hermione obviously guessed it." He looked at Hermione.

"I didn't know who it was at first." Hermione "But combined with Ron's words, I have guessed that the murderer who was caught back then should be Hagrid."

"What?"

"impossible!"

Ron and Harry said in unison again, this time their reaction was even bigger.

Clark and Hermione had to drag them to the lawn outside the castle.

"Don't worry, listen to me." Hermione said as she walked.

"The Chamber of Secrets was opened fifty years ago, wasn't it?"

Harry and Ron nodded.

"The man who opened the Chamber last time was expelled fifty years ago, wasn't he?"

The two nodded.

"Tom Riddle received the Distinguished Service to the School fifty years ago, didn't he?"

Keep nodding.

"Hagrid got kicked out of school fifty years ago, didn't he?"

No one spoke, and Harry and Ron stood there. They felt that their brains were not enough, but the several conditions listed by Hermione were connected in series, and they all pointed to a fact.

That is, Hagrid was expelled from school for opening the Chamber of Secrets.

"But...but..." Ron said incoherently.

Harry quickly reacted, and said excitedly: "No, Hagrid is not that kind of person, and didn't you say that Tom Riddle is a descendant of Slytherin, and his mother is from the Gaunt family! "

"Ha, you finally figured out what the problem was," said Hermione, "so let's make a wild hypothesis."

"Fifty years ago, as a descendant of Slytherin, Tom Riddle, the heir of the Gaunt family, came to Hogwarts, and by chance, he found the secret room left by his ancestors.

Tom Riddle discovered the treasure left by his ancestors in the secret room, controlled the monster in the secret room, released it, and killed a little wizard.

This incident caused a huge reaction in Hogwarts, because he was worried that he would be caught by the professors, so Tom Riddle reported Hagrid first. "

"No, why did he report Hagrid," Ron interrupted her suddenly, "and didn't the professors suspect it?"

"Ron, use your brain," Hermione rolled her eyes, "think about what kind of person Hagrid is,"

Harry and Ron realized immediately, they had known for a long time how much Hagrid had a soft spot for those huge monsters.

In their first year, Hagrid had tried to feed a dragon in his cabin, and the big three-headed dog he called Fluffy had stuck with them for a long time.

"Hagrid must have kept some kind of large pet in school at the time, and Tom Riddle happened to find out, which gave him a chance to frame him.

Besides, even if there wasn't one, Hagrid was still a boy back then. If he heard that there was a monster hidden somewhere in the castle, I think he would try his best to take a look at it.

But at this time, as long as you report to the professor and catch him, things will be easy. "

"What a brilliant reasoning."

Clark clapped in unison, and Harry and Ron immediately decided that this must be the truth.

After all, no matter from the information they know now, or from personal feelings, they don't think that Hagrid will be the one who released the monster to hurt the students.

Although they had only been with the tall half-giant for more than a year, Hagrid's kindness and warm-heartedness had already made Harry regard him as a good friend.

How could he not trust his good friend.

"Then we should tell Hagrid and the professor quickly about this, he was wronged, and he is not the murderer!" Harry said hastily, wishing he could go to Headmaster Dumbledore now.

Clark stopped him, however.

"Things are not that simple, Harry, just like Stuart, you have no evidence. The so-called truth is just Hermione's speculation. Fifty years have passed since that incident."

"But is it just watching Hagrid being wronged like this?" Harry was a little unconvinced, "Besides, if you tell Headmaster Dumbledore about this, I believe he will believe it."

"Headmaster Dumbledore will indeed believe it, but so what?" Clark did not deny his words.

"Can he still publish it in the newspaper with great fanfare, is Hagrid wronged? It happened fifty years ago, who else cares? Can Tom Riddle still be found? If he finds it, he will Catch it?"

Clark's successive questions left Harry speechless.

"But is that so..."

"It's nothing but, telling Hagrid about this now is just adding to his troubles. Doesn't he know that he was wronged? Doesn't Professor Dumbledore know?" Clarke's words made them feel helpless. Be right.

At this time, the four of them walked to the dirt slope not far from Hagrid's cabin without knowing it.

They looked down and saw Hagrid coming out of the house with a bucket in his hand, happily watering the vegetables in the vegetable patch.

Harry wanted to rush over and tell him that he was wrongly expelled from school and that the real murderer was Tom Riddle.

However, looking at the smile on Hagrid's face, Harry felt as if his feet weighed a thousand catties.

Yes, Hagrid is obviously very happy and relaxed now, but he wants to tell him the bad news, and there is no way to solve it, so this is just adding trouble to him.

He subconsciously took a step back, out of Hagrid's sight.

"This matter can't be left alone. We need to find out who opened the secret room, bring the murderer to justice, and return Hagrid to his innocence."

Harry looked at Clark with firm eyes, and Ron nodded in agreement.

Hermione remained silent. Both she and Clark knew the truth of the matter. The murderer from last time was still there, but this time...

"That's right, don't worry, we won't let the real murderer go unpunished." Clark said, agreeing with Harry.

This made him even more excited and full of motivation.

However, the development of this world does not revolve around him alone. Many things that we think are extremely important may actually be as light as a feather in this world.

Harry and the others were eager to embark on an adventure to reverse the case, but their energy was quickly consumed by heavy learning and training.

When the faint sun began to shine on Hogwarts normally again, the mood of the people in the castle became optimistic.

There hasn't been a single incident of assault since Lady Norris and Peeves were petrified.

On the contrary, because of the disappearance of these two guys, the little wizards suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

No longer would a student who made a mistake be stared at by a cat and called for Filch.

Little wizards in the lower grades don't have to worry about being hit on the head by a cane thrown by Peeves while walking on the road, or being locked in a toilet.

Madam Pomfrey is pleased to report, however, that the depetrified mandrakes are beginning to become moody and withdrawn, which means they are rapidly losing their childhood.

This is not good news, the little wizards even began to pray, let the cat and Peeves continue to stay in the school hospital like that.

"As soon as their acne disappears, they can be retransplanted."

One afternoon, Harry heard Madam Pomfrey say to Filch gently, "Then, in a short time, they can be cut and boiled on the fire, and your Lady Norris will be back soon. "

The heir of Slytherin may have lost his courage. After all, all teachers and students in the school are now vigilant and suspicious all day long.

If you want to open the secret room at this time, the risk will definitely increase, just like fifty years ago, the other party may have given up.

Harry felt a little disappointed, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.

After this period of useless busyness, he was not as devoted to this matter as before. After all, he still had his own life and study, so it was impossible to put all his energy on capturing the heir of Slytherin.

Of course, not everyone thinks so.

Hufflepuff's Ernie Macmillan disagreed with this pleasant view, still believing that Harry was to blame, especially after "accidentally showing his fox's tail" at the Dueling Club.

Gilderoy Lockhart also seemed to think that he prevented those attacks, so he announced happily that he would boost the morale of the students and erase those bad memories.

By breakfast time on the fourteenth of February it was known what Lockhart had done to boost morale.

Early in the morning, when Clark and Neville finished their morning jog and walked into the auditorium together, he thought he had gone through the wrong door.

The walls all around the auditorium were covered in huge pink flowers and, to make matters worse, there were heart-shaped confetti that kept falling from the light blue ceiling.

Clark and Neville walked towards the Gryffindor table with a look of surprise on their faces. Ron sat there with a disgusted expression on his face, and Hermione seemed to be in high spirits.

"What's going on here?" Clark asked them, sitting down and brushing confetti off his bacon.

Ron pointed to the teacher's dining table, and Clark saw the flamboyant Lockhart in a bright pink robe at a glance. Well, it seemed that this was what he called a "surprise".

What a surprise for his mother!