Chapter 173 Telling the whole story, the gap of misunderstanding

"Can you tell us the clues you found?" Hermione asked expectantly.

"This..." Aaron hesitated for a while and then said in deep thought: "Draco, you know that I am investigating the secret room, so you should be able to guess it. I didn't tell you more because I didn't want to let you know. Get involved!

The more you know, the more dangerous it becomes. You are one of my few friends and a pureblood, so you can stay out of it. "

"We are not afraid of danger." Harry said eagerly, but thinking of his current status, he immediately added, "Otherwise Malfoy wouldn't have brought us here."

Aaron raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Are you really Gower? Why do you feel so strange, a little different from usual."

"He's probably too excited." Hermione tried to smooth things over, "You'd better tell us quickly!

Just like he said, we are not afraid of danger, and the heir of Slytherin will not attack pure bloods, right? "

"Okay!" Aaron took out his wand and pointed it lightly at the wall, and dense clues were revealed in front of several people.

"These are the clues I put together." Aaron pointed to a snake in the center with some pride. "The first is the identity of the monster in the secret room - the basilisk."

"Are you sure?" Harry opened his eyes slightly. They had been checking for a long time but found nothing, but now the results were in front of them, it was so easy that it was hard to believe.

"Goyle, you'd better not interrupt when others are talking.

Besides, don’t you think you talk a bit too much today? "Hermione said, glaring at Harry and telling him not to be too anxious. More than half an hour is enough to understand everything.

Harry nodded and swallowed awkwardly.

"Don't be so nervous." Aaron waved his hand indifferently, "It's a very important matter, and it's important to understand it clearly.

Draco, you told me that the secret room was opened fifty years ago, and I accidentally found the heir who was expelled fifty years ago..."

Harry's expression shifted slightly, and just as he was about to ask, Ron nudged him with his elbow.

The two of them were Malfoy's followers. Malfoy didn't even say a few words, so it was his turn to ask them questions.

"The heir from fifty years ago?" Hermione asked in surprise, "Who is it?"

"I'm sorry, I can't say that.

But that's not important. What's important is that I learned some clues from him.

The monster in the secret room is the natural enemy of the spider. "

The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help but nod secretly when they thought of the group of spiders escaping from the window at the crime scene that day.

"Professor McGonagall also said that the monster was raised by Salazar Slytherin, which means it may have lived for thousands of years.

The natural enemy of spiders, with a lifespan of thousands of years, coupled with Mrs. Norris's petrified state, etc.

You taste it, you taste it carefully, this must be some kind of extremely ferocious magical animal, right? Aaron smiled, "While others were foolishly busy looking for clues in the school history that didn't exist at all, I borrowed all the books about magical animals from Ms. Pince. The only one that matched these characteristics was Basilisk. "

"The basilisk possesses a terrifying power. Any creature that directly meets its gaze will be killed immediately, while those that meet indirectly will be petrified.

Mrs. Norris may have seen its eyes through the reflection in the water, and Justin probably saw its eyes through Nick's body. As for Nick, he was a ghost. He died once and wanted to die again, that was a luxury. "

"And where is Colin?" Hermione asked, "He seems to have been petrified too."

"Well... I guided this, but I can only say that he was unlucky." Aaron shrugged, "After the Quidditch match, he went to see Harry Potter, but in the corridor Abe gave me The warning came.

There were only him and me there at the time, a pure-blood wizard and a Muggle-born wizard, so there was no need to think about who the basilisk was going to attack. "

"With your ability, you should be able to take him away!" There was a hint of anger in Harry's voice, but he concealed it well.

"Haha! Goyle, since when have you been so compassionate?"

"Um...I'm just curious."

"Then let's satisfy your curiosity." Aaron explained, "The situation was critical at the time, and I was indeed constantly wandering between life and morality.

It was clear to me at that time that if I turned around and left, the basilisk would definitely not hurt me.

But what if you take Colin with you? What if the basilisk comes out? I wouldn't dare risk my life. "

"Then you just watch helplessly?"

Hermione said with some astonishment that although it was human nature to save one's life, Aaron's behavior was a bit cold, and she even felt that she might have seen the wrong person.

"of course not.

Before Colin turned down the aisle, I asked him to take a few photos to send to Harry. "

"Oh, I understand." Hermione suddenly realized, "Looking at the basilisk through the camera, the worst result is that he will be petrified, but the school has enough mandrakes. As long as the herbs are mature, Colin can be restored. ”

Snapped!

Aaron snapped his fingers, “That’s it.

If I can't take risks, I can only use this method to save his life.

If a wizard of our age is not fully prepared, it is impossible to defeat a magical creature of the same era as Salazar. Choosing the latter between death and petrification may not be a bad idea, at least it can be saved. "

"That's it!" Hermione nodded, turned her head and gave Harry and Ron a meaningful look.

You heard it all! This is what you suspect.

Fortunately, there was no direct question, otherwise their friendship would have had an irreparable crack.

Harry and Ron looked at each other, feeling extremely ashamed that the bad guy they had always suspected turned out to be a great good guy.

"Wait a minute." Harry raised his right hand, "I have a little question. Now that we know that the creature in the secret room is a basilisk, why didn't we tell Dumbledore?"

"What a great idea, what a great idea, why didn't I think of it!" Aaron said with a meaningful smile, pretending to have a look of realization on his face, "Tell Dumbledore, and then ask him to tell all the teachers and students in the school that we found out Salazar raised a basilisk, and everyone's safety was adequately guaranteed."

Harry scratched his head sheepishly, but Aaron's next words made the smile disappear from his face.

"The heir of Slytherin may quiesce and continue to hide in Hogwarts as a time bomb, but who knows if he will release the basilisk in a fit of rage and then fight to the death?

He has ordered the basilisk to kill several people. Do you think he has any compassion?

A giant snake that has lived for thousands of years! It's not that easy for the professors at the academy to deal with it. How hard can it be to kill underage wizards like us? "

Harry was a little depressed, and Ron didn't know how to comfort him.

It seems that knowing the existence of the basilisk is of no use. It just gives you one more option when facing it, which is to look at it indirectly.

Although petrification is uncomfortable, at least one life can be saved.

Hermione thought for a while and murmured: "What if you tell Dumbledore and ask him to keep quiet and prepare secretly?"

"Draco, I'm glad you are willing to admit Dumbledore.

But there is no point in finding the Chamber of Secrets or finding the heir of Slytherin.

Dumbledore either did nothing or prepared the basilisk's nemesis. "

"Does the Basilisk have any natural enemies?" Harry asked excitedly. If prepared in advance, wouldn't Hogwarts be less dangerous?

"Goyle, I know what you are thinking by looking at your expression, but do you think I haven't thought of it?"

Harry's heart sank again when he heard this.

In the past ten minutes, his mood was like riding a roller coaster, with ups and downs.

“The basilisk’s natural enemy is the rooster.

But I regret to tell you that on the day that Justin was attacked, Harry Potter and I went to Dumbledore's office, and Hagrid was holding a dead rooster in his hand.

In other words, the heir has already begun to eliminate the threat of the basilisk. Once the number of roosters in the school increases, he will definitely know that if he doesn't want to play by then, the entire Hogwarts will be in particular danger. "

"Does that mean there's nothing we can do? There's nothing we can do?"

"You can say that, but there is the greatest white magician of this century in the school, so the other party will not carry out large-scale killings if they use rat weapons. They can only pick out those lonely Muggle-born wizards.

And since we are all purebloods, as long as there is no threat to him, we are still safe. "

"What about those Muggle-born wizards?" Hermione said anxiously, "For example, Hermione Granger, isn't she also your friend?"

"Of course, I have already prepared for this." Aaron raised his wand and pointed at the corner of the wall.

A pale white light flashed across, and a simple chicken coop appeared in front of the three of them, but what surprised them even more were the two roosters in the cage.

"This is a life-saving thing. I caught it from the chicken shed on the day of the Quidditch match without anyone noticing.

The heir may have started killing the roosters early on, but he didn't know these two existed. Aaron smiled self-deprecatingly, "Stealing public property may cost Slytherin more than ten points."

However, once the other party starts attacking students unscrupulously, the presence of these two roosters can ensure the safety of most students.

If you think about it carefully, I am quite great. "

Hermione and Ron looked at Harry again, their meaningful glances making him blush so hard that he couldn't even raise his head.

He had sworn before that Aaron would do something beneficial and harmless, which was to eliminate Muggle-born wizards, but he didn't expect that he was quietly making preparations to protect the entire school.

"What do you think he is doing?" Aaron asked in surprise, "Draco, are you hiding something from me?"

"No." Hermione immediately shook her head and said, "You know me. I have never lied to you."

Aaron frowned and looked at the expressions of the three people carefully, feeling very suspicious that they were hiding something from him.

But he won't ask too many questions. Sooner or later, he will say what he should say, and he won't be able to find out what he shouldn't say no matter how much he asks.

"Forget it, everything today is inexplicable."

"Aaron, can we only passively protect ourselves?"

"Draco, I really didn't expect you to worry about those Muggle-born wizards.

Mr. Lucius would probably not look very good if he knew about it, but you are right, I am not the kind of person who only knows how to be safe. It would not be good for me if Hogwarts closed down. "

As he spoke, Aaron waved his wand, and another wall of clues fell in front of the three of them.

"This is..."

Hermione's eyes widened, and Harry and Ron were also dumbfounded.

There are densely packed names on the wall, but many of them have been marked with crosses, and only a few dozen are scattered in various places on the wall.