Chapter 241 Basilisk: That thing is so scary, it scares the baby to death

Harry remembered what Les had said to him before, so maybe it was a snake talking!

Harry raised his head suddenly and looked around to make sure there was no one else around. Harry further believed the inference he had drawn under the guidance of Les.

Thinking of Ron and what he had said about the characteristics of Parseltongue, a bold idea came to Harry's mind: Why not try to chat with the snake?

Harry was a man of action. As soon as the idea came to his mind, he took action immediately - he was afraid that if he delayed for too long, the snake would go somewhere else.

"Why are you running away?" Harry said in a low voice. While talking, he tried his best to imagine that he was a snake and that he was talking to a fellow snake.

With Harry's efforts, the sound coming out of his mouth was no longer a human voice, but a "hissing" sound like gas leaking.

Harry's voice reached the ears of the basilisk in the pipe - it came with a mission, and would not go to other places after a while as Harry thought.

The little wizard in front of him could actually communicate with himself, which surprised the basilisk. However, it didn't care to think about the reason, but immediately talked about what Rice told it to say.

[The end has come, terrible monsters have appeared, and we must escape... My child, don't hesitate, go! 】

Harry: Huh? What the hell?

"What kind of monster is it? Where is it?" He couldn't help but ask further: "Can't even Dumbledore stop it?"

[In the Forbidden Forest, mixed with spiders, it is very evil and dark... It is still very weak now, but when it grows up, the world will be swallowed by it——]

Harry:? ? ?

He was confused by the snake that didn't know where it was hiding. What if the thing mixed with the spider grew up and swallowed the whole world? What is this and what?

He once wondered if the snake was mentally disturbed.

[It would be great if someone could stop it... There are obviously so many magicians here, but no one knows what happened in the Forbidden Forest...]

The snake in the wall said "heartbroken".

"Really?" Seeing how sincere the snake was, Harry started to believe it again: How could a snake lie to itself? ——Obviously, Harry has not read the Bible carefully.

[It is true, my people have seen it with their own eyes. If it is false, I will never be able to catch a fat and delicious mouse in my life]

Harry's attention was distracted for a moment by the snake's description of the mouse, and then he fell into thinking: Since what the snake said was conclusive, then there was a high probability that this matter was true. As the first wizard to know the truth, Harry Maybe something should be done.

At this moment, Harry felt that he suddenly had a heavy mission on his shoulders. After all, according to what the snake said, when that thing grows, even the world will be swallowed by it.

He confirmed the monster's location with Snake and got a clear answer: it was hiding in the Acromantula's lair in the Forbidden Forest.

[Run, kid! 】

"Thank you...but I have another choice!" Harry's eyes gradually became firm.

He will change everything!

Maybe his power is weak, but he has——

Dumbledore!

He had to tell Professor Dumbledore about this!

The snake's voice disappeared, as if it had left this place.

Harry ran out of the library in a hurry, and then he was stunned: the same problem still existed, he didn't even know where Professor Dumbledore's office was, and probably not many people in Hogwarts knew it.

Why don't you go ask Fred and the others? They know the castle well and should know the location of the principal's office, right?

At this moment, Harry noticed a figure in emerald green robes disappearing around the corner of the stairs in the distance.

It's Professor McGonagall!

Harry ran over as fast as he could grasp a life-saving straw.

"Professor McGonagall, please wait a moment——"

Hearing Harry's shout, Professor McGonagall stopped and looked at him sternly from the top of the stairs.

"What's the matter, Mr. Potter?"

"That's right. I want to see Professor Dumbledore. It's a very important thing."

"Professor Dumbledore is busy with work. If you have anything, you can tell me first." Obviously, Professor McGonagall would not take him to disturb Dumbledore just because of the student's words.

Same thing with Professor McGonagall, Harry thought to himself.

So he told Professor McGonagall what he heard.

"You mean there is a monster in the Forbidden Forest, lurking among the Acromantula clan? When it grows up, the world will be swallowed up by it?" Professor McGonagall's tone was full of doubt.

This is so normal that no mature person would believe this news at the first time.

"Yes, it's absolutely true." Harry looked extremely sincere.

"May I know where you heard this news?"

Harry was speechless.

He learned from Ron that the ability to talk to snakes was by no means something worth showing off, and it was best not to tell others, so he couldn't help but hesitate. More importantly, he suddenly thought of a question: What if that thing was just the world-destroying enemy in the snake's eyes? For example, it is a kind of spider that is particularly good at catching snakes. It would be hilarious to alarm Professor Dumbledore over something like this.

Seeing that Harry couldn't give a reasonable explanation, Professor McGonagall seemed to understand everything. She pursed her lips and told Harry: "I will inform Hagrid and ask him to patrol the Forbidden Forest. This is his job."

Seeing Professor McGonagall say this, Harry's eyes were full of disappointment: he didn't think Hagrid could solve this crisis. It's not that he looks down on Hagrid, but his character is too rough and he may not always be able to detect the dangers in the dark - and the name Rubeus Hagrid is indeed not as reassuring as Albus Dumbledore.

What Professor McGonagall added made Harry even more desperate.

She said: "Final exams are approaching and it's normal to feel stressed, but you still need to relax. If that doesn't work, Madam Pomfrey will be happy to prescribe you a dose of calming potion."

Harry:…

He understood that Professor McGonagall didn't believe a word he said. It was over now, not even Hagrid's inspections!

The feeling of loss soaked through his body like a basin of ice water poured over his head. At the same time, Professor McGonagall, who was busy grading students' homework in the office, sneezed. She raised her head and locked her gaze on the open window.

"The only disadvantage of opening windows for ventilation is that all the dust and everything else comes in..." Professor McGonagall took out her wand and waved it lightly, and all the fine dust in the office and the dust on the window edges disappeared. .

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