Study Days at Hogwarts

Hermione hurried to the library, where she found Harry and Ron doing homework.

Since Wood frequently summoned the team members for Quidditch training, Harry had to spend the remaining time in the library to do homework to avoid being sent to the professor for not doing homework.

Professors Snape and McGonagall can definitely do this.

"Harry, come out, I have something to tell you."

Hermione motioned with her eyes to Harry to follow her out.

"I still have a lot of homework that I haven't done yet!" Harry's voice contained helplessness that could not be concealed.

"It's very important." Hermione lowered her voice, "It has to do with you."

"Is it related to me?"

Harry was a little confused, but under Hermione's urging, he began to pack the parchment and quills on the table.

Ron, who was also copying a potions paper next to him, looked up at Hermione, started to pack his things, and followed Harry and Hermione out of the library.

Ron jogged a few steps, and after he lined up with the two of them, he looked at Hermione in confusion and asked, "What's going on?"

"About the speculation about the Chamber of Secrets, we need to find a place where no one will disturb us to chat." Hermione lowered her voice and said to Harry and Ron after noticing that no one was around.

"Have you found the secret room?" After Ron spoke, he realized his gaffe and stretched out his hands to cover his mouth. He knew that it was quite stupid for him to speak loudly in such a place.

Hermione glared at Ron dissatisfied and said angrily: "It's just a guess."

"When did you find out?" Harry was also curious about what Hermione found out.

Because there had been no attack for a long time, people wondered if the heir of Slytherin had washed his hands of it.

Hermione didn't speak, just walked forward silently, as if looking for a suitable place. Finally, the three of them turned into the girls' bathroom on the second floor of the castle.

"Why do we come to a place like this to whisper." Ron saw Hermione opening the toilet doors one by one, as if she was confirming something.

After Myrtle was no longer in the bathroom, Hermione turned to Ron and said, "Because no one will be eavesdropping on us here."

"Hermione, what did you find?" Harry thought Hermione might have discovered a big secret, that's why she was so cautious, and he couldn't wait to know that secret.

Hermione did not answer directly, but suddenly asked mysteriously: "Harry, do you still remember that mysterious voice you heard?"

"Are these two things related?"

Harry did not forget the voice that only he could hear. He frowned slightly and asked, "Do you know what that is?"

"I think the two are related." Hermione reminded: "Don't forget, Harry, you are a Parseltongue."

"Parseltongue? That voice is actually parsel tongue!" After being reminded by Hermione, countless thoughts immediately flashed through Harry's mind. He quickly connected all the things together and came up with an answer: Slytherin's monster is a snake?

"Snake, how can a snake live for hundreds of thousands of years?" Ron couldn't help but remind Harry and Hermione, "Don't forget, the legend of the Chamber of Secrets began to spread thousands of years ago, and how could a snake turn people to stone? "

"If you carefully check the literature in the library, you will find that there are indeed snakes that can live for thousands of years." Hermione glanced at Ron and silently recited what she had memorized: "In our country, there are many snakes wandering around. Horrible beasts and monsters, the most bizarre and lethal of which is the basilisk...the glare of which can kill...is the deadly enemy of the spider...the crowing of a rooster is also fatal to it."

"Basilisk!"

At this moment, Harry was so excited that he could hardly breathe, "No wonder, I can hear that voice wherever I go, but others can't hear it because they are not Parseltongues."

"The basilisk's glare doesn't kill people, it turns them to stone."

If it weren't for Dumbledore, others might have thought that the person being attacked was dead.

"Hermione, I didn't expect you to find out the truth about the attack!" Ron admired his good friend, "I dare say that no one at Hogwarts has known that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is a big snake for thousands of years."

"No." Hermione shook her head and said, "Actually, Albert discovered this secret before me."

At this moment, both Ron and Harry were a little stunned, but then they heard Hermione continue: "Albert suggests that you tell Professor Dumbledore everything you know."

"Why doesn't he go by himself?" Harry asked confused.

"He thinks Professor Dumbledore should also realize that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets is the Basilisk, but he can't find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets and the heir of Slytherin." Hermione looked at Harry, waiting for the other party to make a choice .

"If Dumbledore knows this secret, what's the point of telling him?" Harry shook his head.

At this moment, he hesitated.

When Hermione saw Harry's hesitation, she guessed the other person's choice. She sighed and told him, "Don't spread this matter around."

"Why?" Ron asked.

"Dumbledore certainly has his reasons for not telling everyone about this." Hermione said Albert's excuse, "If you make everyone know about it, it will easily cause panic, and they will Thinking it was Harry who did it.

"It's not me, you know," Harry said.

"I know it's not you, but others don't know." Hermione reminded: "Don't forget, now everyone knows that you are a Parselmouth. Parseltongues can control snakes, and controlling basilisks is no exception. No matter what No matter how you look at it, you are the most likely suspect."

After hearing Hermione's words, Harry couldn't help but shudder. He could already imagine what other people would think of him when they knew that the monster in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets was an ugly basilisk!

Ron looked at Harry with the same uneasiness. He knew that Hermione was right. If he knew Harry, he would also think that Harry was the so-called "Heir of Slytherin" after hearing the same news.

The evidence is that he is a Parseltongue. Parseltongues are evil wizards, and only Parseltongues can control basilisks.

"Then what should I do?" Harry looked at Hermione uneasily.

"We can only wait for Principal Dumbledore or Albert to find the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, or capture the heir of Slytherin." Hermione didn't have any good ideas.

"Why don't we investigate ourselves?" Ron said to Harry, "I think we can..."

"Do you know where the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets is?" Hermione asked, looking sideways at Ron.

Ron suddenly stopped talking.

yes!

If Hermione hadn't told them, neither he nor Harry would have known that the monster in the Chamber of Secrets was the basilisk.

"The basilisk must be huge!" Harry expressed his doubts. "How on earth did it wander around the castle without being discovered by students and professors?"

"The pipes in the school extend in all directions, and I suspect that the basilisk can move in the pipes." Hermione expressed her point of view, "And the sound can travel very far in the pipes."

"Then we can find the location of the secret room through the pipe." Ron was very satisfied with his wit.

"Even if the pipes in the castle extend in all directions, not all pipes may be big enough for you to get into, and they may be choked inside." Hermione said quietly, "Albert thinks there may be only one entrance to the secret room, and it is secretive enough. It still needs certain opening conditions, otherwise it would have been found long ago.”

Ron opened his mouth, but finally reason told him to shut it.