Chapter 483 A child raised by a snake

A stream of light that cannot be seen by the naked eye streaked across the night sky.

Originally, this stream of light would randomly fall in a corner of the world, allowing the soul wrapped in the stream of light to start a new life, but the stream of light was attracted by a weak traction from the dark soon after it left the train, causing its direction to change.

Whoosh——

A meteor streaked across the night sky of the Scottish Highlands.

Standing on the top of the Astronomy Tower, Dumbledore raised his head. The meteor was reflected in his lake blue eyes, but it could not dispel his inner troubles.

It was the second day after the second stage of the Global Young Wizards Championship. A piece of bad news brought him back to reality from the joy of Hogwarts's dominance in the championship.

Les Lint of Slytherin College disappeared, and a charred corpse suspected to be a human body was found on the Astronomy Tower.

Dumbledore was able to remain calm after hearing the first piece of news, but the second piece of news was quite explosive.

After learning about this, Dumbledore rushed to the scene quickly. Soon, he determined that the charcoal was the remains of a human body.

Combined with the news that Les Lint had disappeared, it was clear who the charcoal was.

But this was exactly what confused Dumbledore.

He knew that this student was unusual, so this could not be regarded as an ordinary disappearance. The things behind it were very complicated and must be treated with caution.

"Aurora, does anyone else know about this?" Dumbledore asked in a deep voice.

Astronomy professor Aurora Sinistra immediately responded: "No, Professor Dumbledore, there are no astronomy classes these two days. I reported to you immediately after I found the body and did not alarm other professors."

"Very good." Dumbledore nodded, "Don't mention this to others."

"Yes." Professor Sinistra's expression became more serious. She also realized the seriousness of the matter. It seemed that this could not be treated as an ordinary simple murder case.

"Let's go, let's go downstairs first." Dumbledore carefully put away the charcoal-like corpse and motioned Professor Sinistra to go back to the principal's office with him.

When Professor Sinistra turned around, Dumbledore drew out his wand——

"Obligate!"

Professor Sinistra's expression suddenly became dazed.

Dumbledore sighed: Aurora, I'm sorry.

Then he walked quickly to Professor Sinistra and said with a smile: "The weather just now was really great. Arrange for the students to come to the astronomy tower for astronomy class as soon as possible."

The daze in Professor Sinistra's eyes gradually dissipated, and then she also remembered the purpose of her appointment with Principal Dumbledore to come here in the evening: because the weather was suitable for stargazing, she applied for an extra astronomy class.

"...Oh, okay! I'll go and inform the children!" Professor Sinistra walked away quickly.

Dumbledore looked at her back and disappeared at the corner of the spiral staircase, and sighed.

The matter was really serious, he had to do this, and it was necessary to block the news.

After a little thought, Dumbledore returned to his office.

Sure enough, there were already two people waiting for him in the office.

"Professor White, Professor Arius, good evening." Dumbledore greeted the two first, then sat in the armchair opposite them.

"Professor Sinistra just told me that she found a body suspected to be human remains in the astronomy tower." As he said, he took out the collected remains and put them on the table.

"After my observation, this is indeed a human body."

Professor White and Professor Arius said nothing, so Dumbledore had to continue.

"I also heard that Les Lint from Slytherin College is missing. No one has seen him since the players returned from the competition yesterday."

The two finally spoke.

Rowena asked Dumbledore if anyone else knew about the body found in the astronomy tower?

"No. Professor Sinistra's memory has also been modified by me." Dumbledore said.

"Very good." Rowena nodded with satisfaction.

The fewer people who know about this, the better. If too many people know, then Salazar's identity will be useless.

"Les Lint has temporarily suspended school because he was...cursed during the competition." Helga thought for two seconds, and then arranged a reason for Salazar not to show up for the time being.

"Nothing happened in the astronomy tower." Rowena replied, and waved her wand lightly to collect the charred corpse on the table.

Dumbledore was stunned at first, and then realized that this matter was indeed as he expected, and there was an extraordinary secret behind it.

"Can I know the whole story?"

Helga and Rowena looked at each other, and felt that Dumbledore, as the current headmaster, seemed to have a certain right to know.

"He will come back naturally after a while." Helga said in a faithful tone, but couldn't help thinking of the prophet's prophecy in her heart.

This prophecy sounds unlucky, but considering that Salazar said that there is a follow-up to the prophecy, it may not be a completely bad omen because the prophet's physical strength is not enough to support the progress of the prophecy.

"He was injured while helping me with some personal matters, and was attacked by the villain who sneaked into the school. But it's not a big problem, it's all within our expectations."

"Huh?" Dumbledore raised his head alertly. He heard terrible news.

"This villain..." Dumbledore's eyes flashed with the flame of curiosity.

"That's the person you think of."

Dumbledore's eyes suddenly widened. They had hinted to themselves before that the man who claimed to be Gryffindor was untrustworthy, but now they finally had some concrete evidence?

But why did the two of them sit back and watch that man commit such a crime? What is the meaning of their actions?

"The things behind this are quite complicated, and it's difficult to explain clearly at the moment, but we do this for our own reasons. Don't worry, Professor Dumbledore, the matter is not beyond our control."

Seeing Professor Arius say this, Dumbledore's heart suddenly fell back into his stomach. He wasn't even interested in exploring further.

Why are you worried about this? It's not necessary!

"Do you need me to do anything?"

"No need." Rowena shook his head again. She didn't think Dumbledore's involvement would be of any use. Even in battle, he was completely unable to fight - his fire domain was completely restrained.

Just leave the matter to her and Helga. What's more, Salazar's plan is not a bright one, so it's better not to let the white wizard know about it.

Seeing Professor Arius's straightforward refusal, Dumbledore finally understood that he would not be able to obtain any more information from them.

He leaned back in his seat and seriously promised the two professors that he would do his best to help them if they needed it.

Dumbledore's sincere words did not move Rowena. The two hid themselves and left the principal's office.

They did not want the impostor to know that they had been in Dumbledore's office, which would increase their risk of exposure. Now every day the two of them hide, their chances of winning get better.

The two of them came in a hurry and left in a hurry, just to deal with some follow-up matters for Salazar so that he would not be too passive after his return.

Think about it, after Salazar returns again, he finds that Hogwarts has even held Les Lint’s memorial service. What will it be like?

Although Rowena wanted to know what kind of expression Salazar would show, she was also afraid of making Salazar angry, so she tried her best.

Soon, the young wizards learned that Hogwarts contestant Les Lint had withdrawn due to injury and was admitted to St. Mungo's.

This only sparked a moment of discussion, and then the storm died down. Hogwarts now has a huge advantage. Rice has many points. Although it is a pity to retire due to injury, the impact will be limited.

Except for a few people, no one continues to pay attention to this issue.

After Loki heard about this, he secretly concealed the news of the guy's death just because Dumbledore wanted to save face. After all, this is during the competition, and such negative news must not be leaked.

'If he knew that the person who died was not an ordinary student, but the founder of Hogwarts, the expression on his face would be wonderful. ’ When Loki thought of this, he felt extremely happy.

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Wow, wow, wow--

It's the sound of water.

A small wooden basin floated down the river from the upper reaches, swirled on the edge of the river, and got stuck under the shade of a tree at the bend of the river. The baby in the tub frowned, not being awakened by the shaking of the tub, and was still sleeping soundly.

Beside the river is an endless forest inhabited by a large number of wild animals.

Animals often come to the river to wander, either to absorb water or for the salt on the tidal flats. There are also predators who come here to feed themselves.

Soon, the trees near the wooden basin trembled, and a huge brown bear emerged from it.

It twitched its nose a few times and soon discovered the little cub in the wooden basin.

It's small and doesn't have much meat, so it's not worth mentioning compared to the big fat fish, but it's better because it's easy to get.

Just when the brown bear decided to have a pre-dinner appetizer, there was a rustling sound from the dense forest behind it, like something dragging on the ground.

The brown bear suddenly raised its body alertly, its nose twitched rapidly, and then a huge fear flashed in its small eyes.

It's that monster!

The brown bear immediately forgot about the food that was brought to his mouth, plunged into the river in front of him, and swam hard toward the other side of the river without even daring to look back.

A few seconds later, the small bush was parted again, and a giant green snake emerged from it, spitting out a message.

It originally came for the plump brown bear, but now a small thing by the river piqued its interest.

The giant snake circled the tub twice, and then wrapped its body around the tub.

It raised its head and stared condescendingly at the baby in the tub. A light of wisdom that did not match that of a reptile gradually appeared in its eyes.

After thinking for a few seconds, it opened its mouth, swallowed the baby into its mouth, and then quickly ran back to the dense forest.

Although the giant snake is huge, it moves extremely quickly in the jungle, as if it is flying close to the ground.

After a few minutes, it came to a big tree.

This is a very tall snake mulberry tree, nearly twenty meters high.

There are hundreds of snakes coiled up and down in the tree canopy. It seems like there is some super attraction to snakes here.

The giant snake swam under the tree, twisted its body and got into a tree hole at the root of the tree.

As soon as it entered the tree hole, it spit out the baby it was holding in its mouth and spit it out on the moss in the tree hole.

It was almost a miracle that this giant snake, which could scare people half to death just by looking at it, did not harm the baby.

The baby was still sleeping soundly, as if nothing had happened.

After the giant snake spit out the baby, it left. Ten minutes later, it returned to the cave again, and this time it brought a mother wolf with a bulging belly.

After being thrown into the cave, the frightened mother wolf dared not move at all, and was completely frightened by the giant snake, but the baby was woken up.

He turned over and crawled under the mother wolf's belly to suck milk.

The mother wolf's milk became his nourishment. When he sucked milk, a trace of silver-white mist permeated from the tree roots exposed on the top of the cave, fell on the baby, and was absorbed by his skin.

The giant snake hissed with satisfaction and coiled up its body.

In the following days, there were two more guests in this cave exclusive to the snake king: the baby and his wet nurse.

Days passed, and the baby gradually grew up and became a teenager. According to human calculations, he was already eleven years old.

Compared with ordinary children, he is very strong and healthy because he was raised by snakes. When he speaks, he does not speak human language, but a "hissing" sound.

Unlike ordinary children, he is calm and does not look like a child. He does not like to run around. He hides in the tree hole under the snake tree every day, absorbing the silver mist-like substance escaping from the roots.

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At the same time, the outside world is already midsummer, and the final stage of the championship has arrived.

The top sixteen players in the second stage of the competition will advance to the third round of the championship.

This time, the competition will be held in the Quidditch field of Hogwarts.

Now that the rankings of the schools have been settled, the third round is completely a personal honor competition for the players.

They will compete on the duel stage and under the spectators of countless people, and the winner will be determined in the form of a duel and the ranking will be determined.

The whole Hogwarts is therefore filled with excitement.

However, at this moment, not everyone is paying attention to the final stage of the championship, such as Professor White who is teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Royna, it's time." Helga pushed open the door of Rowena's office again, urging her to take action.

It's time to go to the alchemy world to welcome back their old friend.

It's time to reveal whether Salazar's "experiment" is successful or not.

Rowena glanced at her old friend and nodded.

"Why not--" Helga choked halfway through her words. She didn't expect Rowena to agree this time! Before she went to Rowena, Rowena had always expressed opposition!

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